Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Gtarmanperson/Archive

29 May 2011

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At the request of another editor, User:Guyonthesubway, I am requesting a checkuser for this named user and the following IP. The editor believes this user outed (diff) him because of a COI issue here. Additionally a quick GeoIP lookup for the IP shows it is from the same city as the user says he is located in on his user page. Tiggerjay (talk) 06:42, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * CU won't connect an account to an IP. The IP is blocked anyway and the master's gone quiet, so I'm closing for now. Relist when more things happen. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 12:58, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

09 June 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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First edit of a new account is to remove a COI tag on an article the IP and probable Sockmaster appear to be associated with have been adding promotional material to. Guyonthesubway (talk) 21:54, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

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I have also noted this behavior and was on the verge of opening a sock investigation myself. All three users--both accounts and the IP--are SPAs devoted to promoting Gold Pure Food Products Co. in one way or another. Puffery and spam have been added to the article itself, links to the article have been spread across Wikipedia, tags have been vandalized, etc. Despite multiple warnings and an investigation on the COI noticeboard, the behavior continues, with an increasing number of "users" making the edits. Qworty (talk) 22:11, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I'm on the borderline of a duck block. I hate doing one edit blocks without confirmation though. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  02:08, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * From a technical standpoint, it's, but I wouldn't discount the possibility that the two accounts are operated by different people, either. No comment about the IP address. My general sense of the situation is that discussion would be preferable over blocks... Courcelles 09:14, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked Salamander1296, warned the master. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 23:40, 13 June 2011 (UTC)