Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hornets23/Archive

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 * had been identified as the oldest account socking, , , and . Hornets23 is actually much older, dating to 2016 and still active. Edits match the same pattern: edit warring to change racial categories, for example, changing Colin Powell from African American to Jamacian American, ignoring consensus and reliable sources, e.g.: Talk:List of African-American United States Senators.Presumably there are many other sleepers, since it seems they have been active for at least a few years, and working to evade blocks. Dennis Bratland (talk) 16:35, 12 July 2018 (UTC)


 * I c,an break this down diff by diff tracing every connection and inference, but it takes time. There's no benefit or upside for me personally. I will do this if time allows. But I am not personally the sole protector of Wikipedia from the scourge of sock puppetry. I hope others will want to step up and take care of these chores. If not, it won't get done and this disruption will go on for a while, until somebody else takes a run at it. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 04:57, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

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Putting aside that you should have filed this at the other SPI and not assumed that Hornets23 would be found to be a sock, the evidence you've presented is too generalized to justify a check or a behavioral analysis. You need to present diffs for all the accounts, including Guestreal11, whom you don't even discuss, to show a connection between the accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:54, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Closing for insufficient evidence. Bbb23 (talk) 14:25, 13 July 2018 (UTC)