Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Eppelsheimer/Archive

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User:Tahtafi's only edits (save one) were all over the span of about 15 minutes, during which time the user left racially offensive vandalism to an article. A few minutes after that, User:Eppelsheimer came along and performed an ostensibly useful edit to remove the vandalism, but all he really did was move the offensive material to the edit summary, where it's harder to hide (I'll be following up with an oversight request to remove that, when this is all settled). While User:Eppelsheimer has been around for 10 years, this user has a total of 24 edits over that time span. Most recently, to WP:Articles for deletion/Michael J. Brooks, which has been already been plagued by extensive socking. -- RoySmith (talk) 03:54, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

I would not be surprised if this was part of the sock ring from WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Claireliontamer -- RoySmith (talk) 03:56, 17 February 2018 (UTC)


 * I've added User: Empyreal808. They have made exactly two edits, to WP:Articles for deletion/Michael J. Brooks (and it's related talk page).  The style of writing used by Empyreal808 is similar to that used by User:Eppelsheimer.  And the usernames are similar.  -- RoySmith (talk) 14:45, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

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RoySmith excuse me? This is clearly inaccurate. You think I'm in a sock puppet ring because I voted keep on an article you want to delete? Have you considered googling this public figure to see if it's possible that a number of people think an entry is warranted? Because that's clearly what's happening. 107.217.224.179 (talk) 11:41, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

I don't see how Eppelsheimer and Empyreal are similar other than both start with "e." The former is a surname and the latter is a word in the English language. Did you run some sort of writing style comparison to determine that styles are similar? Empyreal808 (talk) 15:02, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Given the results at Sockpuppet investigations/Claireliontamer/Archive, I doubt this is all the same person. Closing with no action. Sro23 (talk) 03:26, 27 February 2018 (UTC)