Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Finspond/Archive

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The puppetmaster account created the page about Kaelan McGrew (and another vandalism page)  in July 2014. Kaelan188 and Kae188 both recreated the title in 2015. (The pages describe a high-school student in Indiana.) Multiple sock accounts have popped up in the last few months to create sandbox pages about bands or books all featuring Kaelan McGrew. For examlple,, , ,. There are multiple IP addresses involved. Some relate to Burris Laboratory School which is currently under a 1-year school block. — Cactus Writer (talk) 18:20, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * Did this as a sleeper check, as everything but Kae144 is, and I don't see any. I could do a rangeblock, because of the logged-out editing but I don't think it's necessary at the moment because this disruption seems to have stopped (at least for the summer). I'll reconsider if it resumes. All named accounts blocked and tagged. Closing. Katietalk 20:54, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

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No checkuser needed because all of these IPs and usernames have done the same thing: put the name Kaelan McGrew into the encyclopedia, using sandboxes associated with the sock accounts, for instance User:Cpeakmusic17/sandbox and User:Redhotties17/sandbox. I listed a couple of really old usernames for completeness, but of course these will be stale. It looks like Finspond was the second account, with User:Kaelanmcgrew1998 being first. Binksternet (talk) 20:39, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm putting a case page together, starting at User:Binksternet/Finspond. Probably should call it User:Binksternet/Kaelanmcgrew1998. Binksternet (talk) 20:54, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Please check for sleepers. Given the sheer number of accounts, it seems likely that some exist. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:45, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Redhotties17 and Non17 are ✅, Tjcd14 is a match to them, and the rest of the accounts are . Except for 2601:805:500:9048:0:0:0:0/64, the IP addresses/ranges are stale for blocking purposes. . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 14:22, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * - The behavioural evidence against the rest of the accounts is compelling. The IP's, Kaelanmcgrew1998, Kaelan1998, and Kaelanx11 have been inactive long enough that no action is necessary with respect to them. Please block the others indefinitely. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:53, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Masquerade18, Brk2017crew17, Redhotties17, Non17, Tjcd14, and Fiveduster17 all have been RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:36, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Looks like everything's done here. Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:46, 25 October 2017 (UTC)