Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ericacbarnett/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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 * At 0111 on 15SEP, 24.143.121.234 edited the page Erica C. Barnett to blank a paragraph that contained potentially unflattering information about the subject of the article. 24.143.121.234's only edits have been to the page Erica C. Barnett.
 * 19 minutes later, at 0137 on 15SEP, newly registered editor Ericacbarnett edited Erica C. Barnett to remove a Creative Commons-licensed image of the subject of the article and replace it with a professional headshot . Ericacbarnett's only edits have been to the page Erica C. Barnett.
 * On 1635 at 15SEP, Pshotes edited the page Erica C. Barnett to blank the same paragraph blanked by 24.143.121.234 (and which had, since, been restored). In their edit summary they referred to the subject of the article "Barnett" in the third person, indicating that either they are unrelated editors or they are attempting to obfuscate their identity as a sockpuppet (the user Ericacbarnett has claimed, on their talk page, to be the subject of the article ). Pshotes's only edits have been to the page Erica C. Barnett.
 * B k has less than 140 mainspace edits spanning five years. The only article they've created in that time is Erica C. Barnett, which was created ten days ago.
 * Since the creation of the article Erica C. Barnett, only three editors not named in this SPI have contributed to the article. It is a very low-traffic article and the possibility of several unrelated editors with a similar, seemingly WP:PROMOTIONAL, viewpoint coming online in rapid sequence seems improbable. As noted above, some of the possible sockpuppets have claimed not to be related to each other, which eliminates the possibility of a new editor repeatedly losing their login credentials and WP:FRESHSTARTing every few minutes. That said, out of a preponderance of caution, I think a CheckUser would be helpful. Chetsford (talk) 18:54, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Ericabarnett and Pshotes are /. B k is ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:06, 15 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Ericabarnett needs either confirmation of her identity via OTRS or a username change per WP:IMPERSONATE. Pshotes claims insider knowledge ("objectively false allegations against Barnett for which the author refused to print corrections". I'll notify the former about the username issue and block the latter per WP:MEAT. Huon (talk) 16:41, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Nothing more to do here. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:37, 18 September 2019 (UTC)