Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Harry (singer)/Archive

16 December 2013

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I just came across the IP address doing some weird edits and checked their contributions and opened a can of worms. 86.5.176.46 has edited (and in some cases created) the userpages of all the accounts (examples: ). User:Simpsons (band) has also edited some of the other userpages. User:B&L Recordings has edited them as well. Each userpage is something to do with The Simpsons. – anemone projectors – 22:18, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

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 * - seems like another using enwiki as a webhost sort of deal Rschen7754 23:31, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The following are all ✅ to one another:
 * The oldest account I can see is Harry. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 01:31, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: this has been moved from Sockpuppet investigations/B&L Recordings per the findings of Harry being the master. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:58, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Master and all socks tagged and blocked indef. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:04, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The oldest account I can see is Harry. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 01:31, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: this has been moved from Sockpuppet investigations/B&L Recordings per the findings of Harry being the master. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:58, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Master and all socks tagged and blocked indef. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:04, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The oldest account I can see is Harry. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 01:31, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: this has been moved from Sockpuppet investigations/B&L Recordings per the findings of Harry being the master. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:58, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Master and all socks tagged and blocked indef. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:04, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The oldest account I can see is Harry. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 01:31, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: this has been moved from Sockpuppet investigations/B&L Recordings per the findings of Harry being the master. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:58, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Master and all socks tagged and blocked indef. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:04, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: this has been moved from Sockpuppet investigations/B&L Recordings per the findings of Harry being the master. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:58, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Master and all socks tagged and blocked indef. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:04, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

05 January 2014

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The user page is a fake type of Simpson's page typical of the other socks. I am One of Many (talk) 02:39, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

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 * The Bouvier blocked indef per WP:NOTHERE, closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:41, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

21 March 2015

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The IP address is the same as that from the previous case, and has editted the user page of  B&LTVC. User:B&LTVC has an obviously similar name to User:B&L Recordings from the previous case, and has created his user page as in infobox for Mr. Burns consistent with the fascination with The Simpsons television show from the previous case. Whpq (talk) 03:20, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

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 * -   Vanjagenije   (talk)  19:32, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * and are ✅ and blocked. As the IP has been previously blocked for this same disruption I have also restored the block on it.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  22:06, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I've tagged the accounts and left a note at the MfD. Mike V • Talk 22:15, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Did you mean to tag them as Mangoeater1000?-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:19, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * D'oh! Thanks for catching that. I copy and pasted the tag but forgot to update it. All fixed! :) Mike V • Talk 22:36, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * No worries. There are days when I think ALL sock may be Mangoeater.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:52, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

24 February 2016

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Quack. Sum mer PhD v2.0 03:33, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * Apparently, this case should be moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Harry (singer). - Sum mer PhD v2.0 04:36, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * That is based on my blind trust of . Unless I'm misunderstand him here (or the warning was a mistake).
 * It probably doesn't matter much: Harry is de facto banned and the edits shown here indicate no chance of editing "under the radar". - Sum mer PhD v2.0 16:55, 26 February 2016 (UTC)


 * 186.14.102.210 is obsessed with piping links to Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. and Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. so that they show as "Ross Bagdasarian" (father and son are involved in various Alvin movies/TV shows).
 * Ditto 200.8.63.101.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks_%28film_series%29&diff=prev&oldid=704491293
 * Both have repeatedly added Belle Thorne and Jane Lynch to "starring" lists (in the same articles) while removing hidden warnings to leave the lists limited to those names included in billing blocks on posters.
 * Both have repeatedly added extensive lists of links to individual characters in the same articles. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 03:34, 26 February 2016 (UTC)


 * A connection to the original Harry (singer) account would be impossible, as that account performed no edits to Chipmunks-related topics. Instead, the connection must be shown to the confirmed socks of Harry (singer). One connection I found is that confirmed sock Sadagms, besides creating the usual hoax articles, also edited Busted and McBusted. Here, Sadagms and IP 82.25.11.240 made the same edit, adding Super Records. Here, Sadagms and IP 82.25.11.240 both tried to say that the band was defunct. The IP was deeply involved in Chipmunks-related topics, as can be seen here. The IP was discussed at Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive914 and then blocked as a sock of Harry (singer). Previous to that, the IP was discussed at Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive901 and then blocked as a sock of Harry (singer). Having established the IP 82.25.11.240 as Harry (singer), all we need to do to connect the dots is add that IP to the editor interaction utility to see a large commonality in editing interests between that IP and the ones listed above. They make similar edits, too, for instance removing the suffix "Sr." or making it invisible to the reader by way of piped link. Also. I hope that helps. Binksternet (talk) 19:36, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Just added a new IP, 174.69.207.70, hiding the Jr./Sr. Other than that idiosyncratic change, all I have is the unlikely intersection of the Chipmunks and Hardball_(film) (the first two IPs intersect at Alien vs. Predator (film) along with the Chipmunks, making for a triple feature you are unlikely to find at your local multiplex). - Sum mer PhD v2.0 05:07, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Just added 186.14.76.65. More of the obsession of confusing Jr. with Sr. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 00:44, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Can you provide some evidence for this connection? Some diffs?  Vanjagenije   (talk)  00:13, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
 * For some reason, your ping did not show for me. I just happened to see the update on my watch list. Please see my comments above. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 03:37, 26 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I was asking you about the connection to .  Vanjagenije  (talk)  12:38, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocking IPs and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:47, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

30 May 2016

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Compare to the confirmed sock's edits at :

Andresjrl97
 * Ross Bagdasarian Jr./Sr. confusion
 * adding Bella Thorne to Chipmunk articles
 * add Jane Lynch to Chipmunk articles
 * add Chipmunk family links to Chipmunk articles
 * unlikely Aliens vs. Predator/Chipmunks intersection Sum mer PhD v2.0 16:13, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * I just added IP 194.61.223.53 from Nottingham UK. This IP was active at Chipmunks-related articles, and recreated some previously deleted drafts. Another Nottingham IP was previously blocked for the same stuff: Special:Contributions/82.25.11.240. These are all Harry (singer) evading his block. Binksternet (talk) 18:33, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * I believe is a sock and should be blocked, based on SummerPhD's evidence and the previously established behavioural connection via IPs (see the archive) to previously confirmed socks; however checkuser is not possible. The IP is registered to Nottingham City Council. I reviewed the IP's contribs and I see that they were making the same kind of edits up to May 31, but they are currently active and seem to have moved on to an entirely different topic area, so I think that the IP has been assigned to a different user. I'll leave it up to admin discretion whether to block the IP, but I'm inclined to leave it unless it returns to the master's behaviour. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 13:36, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked  Nakon  02:39, 7 June 2016 (UTC)