Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/EverlastingGaze/Archive

24 October 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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The IP has been edit-warring at White Terror (Russia), mostly with User:Cwmacdougall, over content and tags, since October 9. There's also been considerable discussion on the article talk page. The new account (the one I'm labeling the master) registered on October 23 at 23:05 (UTC) and immediately supported the IP, both on the article and on the talk page. The comments on the talk page by the IP are extensive. These edits by the master are almost identical in content, tone, and wording. Also note that in the one edit summary by the master to the article, they use "RV" plus text to describe the revert. Compare to this edit summary by the IP, which also uses "RV" in caps. There are other IP edit summaries that do the same thing, although there is at least one that says "Rv". The timing and WP:DUCK are very strong. On that basis, without getting into the content dispute and the edit-warring, I have blocked both the master and the IP for 72 hours, and filed this report.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:37, 24 October 2012 (UTC) Bbb23 (talk) 00:37, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
 * EverlastingGaze has acknowledged in an unblock request that they and the IP are the same person. I will leave the disposition of this report to an admin more familiar with SPI protocol than I.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:13, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

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This report may be formatted incorrectly: the IP would be listed as the master if the named account came after. But it seems moot: this editor began as, left that IP for 75.51.171.155, and then on to the named account - never going back to previous accounts. EverlastingGaze was evading the 72-hour block of 75.51.171.155, but there doesn't seem to be any sockpuppetry. Doc  talk  23:02, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Closing case - there doesn't seem to be anything to do here Elen of the Roads (talk) 22:39, 28 October 2012 (UTC)