Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Farlsno/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets


Adding the editors that raised my suspicions:

Evidence submitted by Kww
I blocked all three today for obvious socking: editing each other's user pages and cooperating on speedy tags on hoax articles. When I went to look at the contributions each had made, the articles they have edited are all worked on by short-lived accounts, where those short-lived accounts also have high overlap. I suspect I've found a sock-drawer, and would like a checkuser to run a sweep and see what other accounts are out there.&mdash;Kww(talk) 20:00, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by &mdash;Kww(talk) 20:00, 19 May 2010 (UTC) for a sleeper check. Tim Song (talk) 04:01, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Checkuser comment

All of these accounts are ❌; one of them is stale. I suspect they may be school chums who have some common interests; for example, The Feeling is a very popular UK band. I did not see any editing patterns that would lead me to believe that these are the same individuals; their edits within the same articles are varied. None of them seem to be particularly vandalistic accounts. Recommend unblocking all, with a suitable apology, and greeting them as newbies who could use a guiding hand. Risker (talk) 02:43, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Accounts unblocked. I'll leave a note on their talk pages. Tim Song (talk) 02:56, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I have communicated with Tomdresser27 by e-mail, and will extend a personal apology that way as well.&mdash;Kww(talk) 13:15, 21 May 2010 (UTC)