Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/GeordieWikiEditor/Archive

02 May 2011

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This editor already has a lengthy history of chopping and changing accounts, they started as, then plus prolonged use of , and also ,  and , before eventually settling on GeordieWikiEditor (see this for confirmation). Yesterday GeordieWikiEditor made this edit, then proceeded to make essentially the same edit with new account Jimmyson88 (which I would suggest is a highly inappropriate username anyway due to this person's far-right tendencies in their editing and obsession with emphasising people's Jewishness). On the Jewishness subject the new account took part in the same discussion on Elvis's talk page GeordieWikiEditor started and carried on discussion without making clear they are the same editor. This use of disposable accounts editing the same articles without making clear they are the same editor is not covered by the sockpuppetry policy. O Fenian (talk) 08:05, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' I came here to submit this case, and found I had been pre-empted. There is no doubt that this is the same editor, with an obsession about proving that celebrities are Jewish by origin. Also continuing the same edits as suspected sockmaster on Ethnic Germans, Volksdeutsche and other pages. RolandR (talk) 14:18, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

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A lot of the accounts listed were, but the following are ✅ matches:
 * TN X Man 13:04, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * All socks blocked and tagged, master blocked 48h for puppetry. I'm leaving GeordieWikiEditor as the master even though Geordi2011 is older, as WikiEditor has been used much more. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:50, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 13:04, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * All socks blocked and tagged, master blocked 48h for puppetry. I'm leaving GeordieWikiEditor as the master even though Geordi2011 is older, as WikiEditor has been used much more. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:50, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
 * All socks blocked and tagged, master blocked 48h for puppetry. I'm leaving GeordieWikiEditor as the master even though Geordi2011 is older, as WikiEditor has been used much more. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:50, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

09 May 2011

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Editor has used the previous identity of User:Jimmyson88. Jimmyson14 has edited One-night stand, Judd Trump and Ethnic Germans in common with Jimmyson88. Betty Logan (talk) 04:40, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

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Obviously the same editor, with yet another account. O Fenian (talk) 07:44, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

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 * Blocked as a duck. Since this is a repeat offense, I have also blocked GeordieWikiEditor indefinitely. Favonian (talk) 11:25, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * No sleepers, marking for close. TN X Man  11:25, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

21 October 2011

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Very similar editing pattern to sockmaster and established puppets on articles and talk pages including Austrians, Ethnic Germans, Adolf Hitler, Anschluss. Also similar obsession with establishing that individuals have Jewish ancestry. There seem to be no identical edits, but the similarity is very strong. RolandR (talk) 17:52, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

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 * The technical data for the master will be, so this will have to be considered on behavioural evidence alone. WilliamH (talk) 17:55, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

I'd already blocked User:14Adrian a week for disruption. I do see some edits which match spot on in kind and have blocked indef as a Geordie sock. Gwen Gale (talk) 18:14, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

31 October 2011

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Loudly quacking sock of serial puppeteer RolandR (talk) 14:32, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I requested CU because the past history of this editor suggests that there may be more sleeper accounts. RolandR (talk) 14:41, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

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 * I'm iffy with endorsing, quacking yes compared to the last sock though. Alexandria   (talk)  14:39, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * -  Alexandria   (talk)  14:42, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ no sleepers. Courcelles 14:47, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * blocked and tagged, closing. Alexandria   (talk)  14:48, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

10 February 2012

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Blindingly obvious, the person is not even attempting to conceal it. The same crazed obsession with ascribing Jewish ancestry (with no / little evidence) or highlighting Jewish ancestry out of all proportion. See his contributions: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Special:Contributions/Vincentnufcr1. Some of the other sock puppets contained the string "Vince". Moreover, a "Geordie" is a person who lives in Tyneside (north east England). The largest city in Tyneside is Newcastle. The acronym for the Premier League soccer team is NUFC (Newcastle United Football Club). Open and shut. 89.204.130.132 (talk) 23:34, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

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This editor is also edit-warring, with the same editing pattern as confirmed socks, at Anschluss, Adolf Hitler, Austrians, Ethnic Germans and elsewhere. A clear sock. It may also be worth looking at, who shows much of the same behaviour. RolandR (talk) 13:02, 11 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Before closing, please also look at the edits of, another obvious sock with the same behaviour (including attempting to "prove" that Elvis Presley was Jewish, another obsession of GWE). RolandR (talk) 10:56, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged per WP:DUCK. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 03:20, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

13 February 2012

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As with other socks, repeated contentious edits at several articles, including Anschluss, Austrians, Sexual Offences Act 2003 and Ethnic Germans. Also repeatedly adding unsourced claims of Jewish ancestry or ethnicity to many biographical articles; like other socks, apparently trying to prove that Elvis Presley was Jewish.. An obvious sock. RolandR (talk) 11:32, 13 February 2012 (UTC) RolandR (talk) 11:32, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

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The pattern of edits from this IP is very similar to that of GWE and their other socks, namely insertion of unsourced and tendentious content frequently in front of existing citations. Geolocation to NE England is another tip off Malljaja (talk) 14:53, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked 1 week. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 05:13, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

04 April 2012

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Edit-warring diff1, diff2, same bad grammar as in the edits by recent sock example by Vincentnufcr1. Seems preoccupied with adding that the Jews were expelled from Graz to the Adolf Hitler article in an edit almost identical to Vincentnufcr1's: Vincentnufcr1, SubaruImpreza2.0. WP:FOWLPLAY is suspected. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 00:48, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

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This user's editing pattern and comments clearly continue where other GWE socks have left off. Behavioural evidence alone seems sufficient for block. Open and shut case. Malljaja (talk) 02:06, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

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✅ the following are the same:
 * TN X Man 14:00, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. T. Canens (talk) 07:31, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 14:00, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. T. Canens (talk) 07:31, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. T. Canens (talk) 07:31, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

14 February 2013

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Self-admitted sock of someone; Malljaja mentioned GeordieWikiEditor as a probably sockmaster, and it looks likely to me. General topic seems to be the same, edit summaries are generally similar (and similarly infrequent) to User:SubaruImpreza2.0, Geordie's most recent sock; compare EPM to SI2, EPM to SI2. (Incidentally, EPM didn't deny it.) I've indeffed EPM as a self-admitted sock of someone. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 15:58, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

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 * - Seems like a reasonable request. Rschen7754 21:20, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
 * - I don't have anything to compare to as all previous socks are --  DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  11:18, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, must have missed that. Closing as we can't do a CU - you're welcome to tag if you want, but more or less academic at this point. Rschen7754 23:04, 15 February 2013 (UTC)