Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/IHeardFromBob/Archive

06 July 2015

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Note 1: I have decided not to include a possible sock Special:Contributions/Lostmycellphone in the list as that user has already been banned indefinitely as a vandalism account.

Note 2: User appears to be using IP addresses in New Jersey.

1) Downplaying and removing references to Frank Zappa in the Steve Gadd article.

IHeardFromBob



MikeyLin



Dantyack



69.124.211.0



2) Claiming Genesis samples "I Am the Walrus"

IHeardFromBob



MikeyLin



3) Downplaying and removing references to Frank Zappa in the "I'm in You" article.

IHeardFromBob



24.187.214.210



4) Claiming John Lennon's influence on Yes' "I've Seen All Good People".

IHeardFromBob



24.187.214.210



5) Downplaying and removing criticism of "Hurricane"

IHeardFromBob



75.99.160.42

 

6) Downplaying and removing criticism of Ralph Nader's book Unsafe at Any Speed

MikeyLin

 

ThatSaved

 

24.187.214.210



130.156.29.101



7) Highlighting Ralph Nader's criticism of the swing axle

MikeyLin



ThatSaved



66.252.163.94



8) Adding his own POV to the Howard Beach, Queens article.

MikeyLin



ThatSaved



24.187.214.210



9) Editing the same music article.

IHeardFromBob



MikeyLin



24Ralph



24.187.214.210



65.51.243.195



10) Tagging articles with the same category.

IHeardFromBob



MikeyLin



24Ralph



66.252.163.94



EducationR



If you look at the user histories there is more similar edits, but for the sake of brevity on this list, I'll leave at 10.

IMO, these two IP addresses in New Jersey below also likely to be the same person above:


 * Special:Contributions/69.121.84.32
 * Special:Contributions/160.93.236.139


 * LumpyGravy (talk) 07:09, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * - Per provided evidence.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  12:47, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Everything is except:
 * which are ✅ to each other. . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 14:07, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * which are ✅ to each other. . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 14:07, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * which are ✅ to each other. . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 14:07, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * which are ✅ to each other. . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 14:07, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * which are ✅ to each other. . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 14:07, 16 July 2015 (UTC)


 * It is certain that most of these accounts are the same person, and likely that they all are. Normally, I would not block the accounts which have not edited for a long time, but some accounts have lain dormant for a significant time and then come back into operation after another account was blocked (24Ralph came back after an absence of over three and a half years), so on this occasion I have blocked all the accounts, except for Lostmycellphone, which was already blocked. Most of the IP addresses have not edited for a long time (130.156.29.101 not since 2008) so there's no point in blocking them. At least one IP address was used by this editor in May of this year, and likely more than one, but there is no justification for IP-blocking on the basis of edits two months ago. If the editor uses the IP addresses again, they can be blocked. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:14, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

29 December 2015

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User:SkunksAreOutside was checkusered and blocked after the last SPI and I have added them here for historical purposes.

User:EarlyNews, same edits as User:IHeardFromBob and previous IP address (24.187.214.210) identified in the first SPI:

Adding influences to The Band article:. User:IHeardFromBob,  ,.

Reverting the same edit to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence article:,  ,  ,  ,. User:24.187.214.210.

Reverting the same edit to the Death of Latasha Harlins article:,  ,. User:24.187.214.210.

User:63.143.236.16 is the same service provider (Optonline) identified in the first SPI.

User:AccountCreationErrror appears to be a single-purpose account, reverting edits similar to IP address (63.143.236.16):,  , User:63.143.236.16.

User:AnnRule appears to be a single-purpose account, reverting edits similar to IP address (63.143.236.16):,  , User:63.143.236.16.

User:Donatetom, I strongly suspect given the revert activities in the above, occurring during the same time period, they are likely to be the same person:. User:EducationR was previously banned editing the same article: . LumpyGravy (talk) 09:43, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

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 * I've taken the case off hold. The filer is blocked as a sock. See Sockpuppet investigations/Fisheriesjoe. I have not examined the merits of this SPI, though, and it shouldn't be declined just because the filer is a sock. Nonetheless, the clerk who evaluates the evidence should do so with a tinge of skepticism.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:17, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
 * - can we compare  to the July CU data. Some of his edits are quite suspicious ( vs ).  Vanjagenije   (talk)  12:46, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * . Everything else is stale. As for the connection to the July 2015 data, I'd say it's solely because the data is old. They geolocate to the same location. Mike V • Talk 16:49, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
 * . Everything else is stale. As for the connection to the July 2015 data, I'd say it's solely because the data is old. They geolocate to the same location. Mike V • Talk 16:49, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
 * . Everything else is stale. As for the connection to the July 2015 data, I'd say it's solely because the data is old. They geolocate to the same location. Mike V • Talk 16:49, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
 * . Everything else is stale. As for the connection to the July 2015 data, I'd say it's solely because the data is old. They geolocate to the same location. Mike V • Talk 16:49, 9 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Socks blocked and tagged as confirmed to the master. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  18:28, 9 January 2016 (UTC)