Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/IbankingMM/Archive

20 February 2013

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Named accounts started being used after a COI investigation concerning user IbankingMM was launched on February 18. Duck-like behavior editing same constellation of COI articles being discussed (see COI investigation for details). Example: CorpFinance's first edit on Feb. 19; MngDirector's first edit on Feb. 20. — Brianhe (talk) 21:30, 20 February 2013 (UTC) Brianhe (talk) 21:30, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

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 * Seems pretty clear to me. Blocked and tagged, closing. Rschen7754 07:24, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

09 May 2013

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The account User:Generalusgrant was created on 23 February 2013, the same day that an administrator blocked User:IbankingMM. The account User:Generalusgrant has been editing the same group of articles that User:IbankingMM had previously edited.

Perhaps User:Generalusgrant is really Charles Grant Smith. Perhaps not. But it doesn't matter.

Dear SPI staff: I wonder if you could please investigate this matter. Also, I wonder: is there any way to stop the same person from creating more accounts in the future? Kind regards, Unforgettableid (talk) 23:06, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

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 * - - Can't hurt to do a sleeper check. King of  &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 08:00, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks rather . WilliamH (talk) 08:41, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Sock blocked, closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 10:04, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

18 June 2013

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Like old sock CorpFinance, this new sock likes to edit "Pegasus Intellectual Capital Solutions", and also likes to include spurious tildes in his edit summaries. Unforgettableid (talk) 16:59, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

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IP blocked one month.&mdash;Kww(talk) 23:59, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

23 June 2013

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Same old same old editing habits and articles of interest: Brianhe (talk) 23:25, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

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Different range from same ISP as yesterday. Hardblocked 198.144.176.0/21 and 75.127.0.0/20. That should make this go away.&mdash;Kww(talk) 00:48, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

25 June 2013

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Chicago IP still reverting me on Pegasus Intellectual Capital Solutions:. Maybe page protection is justified at this point? Brianhe (talk) 04:36, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

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One year hard block on 198.71.84.0/22 as a webhost range. Protecting article.&mdash;Kww(talk) 05:18, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

28 July 2013

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Anon: Another out-of-the-blue Comcast IP with singular interest in Human capital -. Compare with previous Comcast IP sock associated with this sockmaster. Wordsindustry: Signed user page with real-world name which appears to be associated with sockmaster. Not sure how much I can say without going into outing territory. Brianhe (talk) 14:34, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * Account is a duck. I'm not entirely convinced on the IP. At first I thought they were related, btu as I looked more and more it would seem its quite likely they aren't related. They are both comcast IPs, but they geolocate differently, and are writing significantly different things on Human Resources. NativeForeigner Talk 20:20, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Unless he has had a major move, the IP isn't him. Closed. Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

29 April 2015

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Duckish pattern of editing on Relational capital [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Relational_capital&diff=652065622&oldid=651854781], Intellectual capital [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Intellectual_capital&diff=651789787&oldid=627927660], Boutique investment bank [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boutique_investment_bank&diff=651631458&oldid=651518876], Bankruptcy examiner [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bankruptcy_examiner&diff=635576450&oldid=587015939], Middle-market company [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Middle-market_company&diff=652232454&oldid=649047862], Mergers and acquisitions [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mergers_and_acquisitions&diff=prev&oldid=656156392] etc. -- nearly a perfect match for sockmaster's article footprint. Also, similar weird argument style about editing protocol on my talkpage: compare [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Brianhe&diff=prev&oldid=539325518] (master) and [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Brianhe&diff=prev&oldid=659789422] (new IP).

Also note that Chicago area Comcast IPs turn up repeatedly in the SPI archive. — Brianhe (talk) 02:34, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

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 * No recent activity by IPs. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:12, 5 June 2015 (UTC)