Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/FeelTheBernBaby/Archive

28 April 2016

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The two suspected socks were created after I had nominated the article Wild Bunch Paintball Team for deletion. CoachKBar's only edits involve the article in question, while English Prof Wizard's only edits are to the AfD page. Both accounts have similar writing stiles to the article's creator, FeelTheBernBaby. Honestly, I doubt that either account is a sock, this is merely a precaution. Either way, there's a possibility that the other accounts, even if they are not sockpuppets, may be related in other ways; i.e., they could be meatpuppets. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:39, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * FeelTheBernBaby and CoachKBar are and at the same time . One is using a PC and the other a cell phone. Both are editing from the same location on the same ISP.
 * English Prof Wizard is . They are using a different ISP. I don't trust their location.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:30, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Admin action requested: Based on the AfD pattern, these all look like meatpuppets. Please block as appropriate; I recommend a two-week block for FeelTheBernBaby, indefinite for all registered socks, and no block (as stale) for the IPs. Thanks, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 22:06, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * None of the accused users and IP editors have received any warning or notice of this SPI so I have {{subst:Socksuspectnotice}}ed FeelTheBernBaby and {{subst:uw-meatwarn}}ed all the other users and IPs. Since I'm involved in the AfD, I'll let another admin or clerk close the SPI. But unless FeelTheBernBaby continues to recruit new people or starts socking, I don't think blocks are necessary. Deryck C. 22:50, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I am closing this without action. I will note that (a) there is no requirement to notify users of SPIs, though it's a good practice to follow, and (b) WP:MEAT allows meatpuppets to be treated identically to socks, and Sock_puppetry requires socks to be blocked indefinitely. However, best practice is to not block for policy violations that have already been warned for where there have not been new policy violations, so closing. Thank you for your work. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 03:50, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

06 May 2016

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Again, I honestly doubt that any of the above users are sockpuppets, but the fact that they are (for the most part) only editing the AfD mentioned above makes me feel that there might be some relation. 216.14.180.132 is very likely to be related based on the comment they added to the discussion page, while 74.93.25.125 is less likely to be so (probably a Wikilurker). Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:15, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * AuribusTeneoLupum is to .--Bbb23 (talk) 15:05, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Admin requested, see above request. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 22:06, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * See also my comment above on due process of notification. Deryck C. 22:51, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing. See above. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 03:50, 29 May 2016 (UTC)