Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Geo Swan/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

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There was a 3RR case recently in regards to this IP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/3RRArchive447 I'd commented that the behaviour of the IP reminded me of indeffed editor Geo Swan. A couple of days later I received an email from Swan. I find it more than coincidence that an indeffed editor from a year ago would be interested in the case. I can forward the email in question should a CU require it.  Aloha27  talk  01:15, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Proceeding onward to behavioral evaluation... --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 01:25, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Please bear in mind the large editnotices when you edit any SPI page (emphases original): Do not make accusations without providing evidence. Doing so is a personal attack and will likely be summarily removed. ... If you do not clearly and adequately explain why you suspect sockpuppetry or you fail to provide supporting evidence, the investigation may be summarily closed. All you've said here is that the IP reminds you of Geo Swan, and that Geo Swan emailed you. Please promptly add some hard evidence to your case; otherwise I'll have to close it. If the email is an important part of that evidence, you are welcome to forward it to me at wikimedian@tamz.in; or, if you'd prefer that it be a CU who looks at it, I've checked with TheresNoTime and she says you can send it to her at sammy@theresnotime.co.uk. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 01:51, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I have received the forwarded email, and will keep it in mind when evaluating any behavioral evidence that is presented. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 02:57, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * The only evidence presented is that Geo Swan somehow learned of the informal socking allegation against them and that they overlap extensively with the IP at . Perhaps someone contacted Geo Swan to tell them their name had come up. Perhaps they stumbled on it. Who knows. That's not dispositive, nor is a single article's overlap. If anything, the fact that they only overlap on the one article cuts against a conclusion of socking. . --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 19:44, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This newly created user went directly to a draft of the puppeteer, who was blocked by in 2022. Might be innocent, but definitely needs a looksee.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:43, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * Geo Swan created Mohibullah as a disambiguation page in 2009. Clare10711 replaced it with an article. The article contains various formatting errors that wouldn't be expected from a sock of an experienced user. . Spicy (talk) 14:43, 17 March 2023 (UTC)