Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ghriscore/Archive

06 May 2016

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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Both editors have a limited editing history:
 * Ghriscore was created in 2010, used for a brief time and blocked in 2012 after this edit. The user did not return until March 26, 2016, and began only contributing to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (diff).
 * Thefearedhallmonitor was created in 2014 and made less than a 100 edits over the next year before becoming inactive. Then, a year later on March 28, 2016, Thefearedhallmonitor reappeared and began editing the same article (diff).

Since returning, both accounts have been solely editing the same article. Though the styles are sometimes different, both accounts have used similar aggressive language, such as citing "fanboy" and "hater" in some of their edit summaries (examples here and here). Both accounts have also assumed similar positions in the same talk page discussion, where it is clear that they returned to comment on the same day after being away for more than a week (both were inactive from April 26 to May 4).Either this is a case of sock puppetry, or if these truly are two different people, it may be a case of meatpuppetry. Either way, I felt obligated to report it. I believe it is more than coincidence based on this evidence. GoneIn60 (talk) 05:15, 6 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Update: Ghriscore admitted to the sock puppetry on his/her talk page, including a veiled threat that it would continue, and then promptly removed it (diff). This page was then vandalized by a brand new account, Domiarigatomrroboto, so I've added that account to the list. --GoneIn60 (talk) 10:36, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

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As another data point, I noticed several instances of Thefearedhallmonitor impersonating an admin and a bot in August 2014, accusing users of vandalism who appeared to be acting in good faith. When I attempted to address this on his/her Talk page, my comments were removed with misleading edit summaries such as "rm vandalism, from sock puppet" and "archived, 2014 August, script". This account is at best a lame joke, and more often a platform for biting. Nick Number (talk) 15:48, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:47, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:47, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:47, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:47, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:47, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

19 May 2016

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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Games Junn is a scramble of the name James Gunn, which is a similar scramble used in Ghriscore to represent Chris Gore. After Ghriscore was recently blocked in an earlier SPI, this account was used to continue editing at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, with similar preference in the same contested material in the lead (diff1, diff2, diff3).Games Junn was an account created back in late 2010, went dormant six months later, and resumed in May 2016 following Ghriscore's block, editing the same article and content. The language in the edit summaries and on the article's talk page is similar, as is their insistence to reinsert or remove contested material when he/she knows there is an active discussion (see diff3 and diff4). Asking for another set of eyes here to determine if this is an extension of the same account that was blocked, as I believe it is based on this pattern of behavior and also on this veiled threat to find ways to evade the block and continue being disruptive. GoneIn60 (talk) 14:57, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked and tagged. Games Junn was created one day earlier than Ghriscore. I'm okay with leaving the master as Ghriscore (partly laziness and partly doesn't matter that much). However, if a clerk wants to move this and retag everything, that's okay, too.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:16, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:10, 20 May 2016 (UTC)