Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hwhoop56/Archive

30 December 2014

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It may be a coincidence but these accounts and IP have all been used to delete a large portion of the content from Paul Hollingsworth without consensus. The accounts have not edited any other pages. T.C.Haliburtontalk nerdy to me 04:50, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

63.138.96.104: This is another IP address being used to blank the same page. The IP addresses are both for the same hotel. T.C.Haliburtontalk nerdy to me 16:28, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
. Looking at the edits of the named accounts and the IPs (I'm including the other one below), first, it is obvious that the two IPs are the same person. Second, it looks to me like the IPs and the named puppet are acting in tandem in the Hollingsworth article as they are focused on just one part of the article (removing it - it's true that the article is pretty tiny so even one part is a large percentage of the article), whereas the master seems intent on destroying the article completely. Note that the IPs, who are the only of these accounts that have edited the AfD, don't appear to be anti-Hollingsworth. So, to rule out any relationship between the two named accounts, I'm endorsing a CU. (The disruption to the article has ceased because it's been semi-protected. It's fairly obvious that the only thing that interests all of these accounts is Hollingsworth.)--Bbb23 (talk) 23:01, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Hwhoop56 and Bathurstbob are to each other. Can the clerk who closes this please inform Hwhoop56 of the sock puppetry policy as they have another account which hasn't edited), assuming they aren't blocked (if they are let me know and I'll block the other account). . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:54, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I've indeffed and tagged the puppet. I've blocked the master for one week. My inference,, from your remarks is the unused account is confirmed. I'm not sure if in blocking the master but not indefinitely, you still want me to warn them, but I haven't as I believe the block notice is sufficient as it wikilinks the policy. My preference is that you indef the unused account and add it to the list here. I'm leaving this open for you to respond. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:29, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to Hwhoop56 which I'll block and tag in a sec. Only reason I didn't give the name of the other account is that is that if you decided the two accounts weren't related (and hence didn't block the master) then there isn't a violation of the sock policy so no reason for me to disclose the account. Closing as there's nothing left to do. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 22:49, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

08 January 2015

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The suspected sockpuppeteer was already blocked for using IPs as sock puppets to edit Paul Hollingsworth. That page was also semi-protected. Since the semi-protection was lifted this new IP address has begun making edits to this page which fit Hwhoop56's M.O. T.C.Haliburtontalk nerdy to me 04:53, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

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09 January 2015

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This is another IP address that is making edits to Paul Hollingsworth which bare a strong similarity to the blocked user. T.C.Haliburtontalk nerdy to me 00:54, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

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Comment applies to this case and the one above. No recent activity to the article by the listed IPs or any other IP. Closing with no action. Please let me know if there is additional activity. The best action in that eventuality would probably be to reimpose semi-protection.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:16, 17 January 2015 (UTC)