Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Iluvrihanna24/Archive

Evidence submitted by JohnFromPinckney
Iluvrihanna24 edited frequently since 20 October 2009, almost exclusively Rihanna-related articles. His edits were typically executed in a series of trial-and-error, save-and-tweak revisions. The addition of references was a strange, foreign concept and he had to be reminded repeatedly not to add unsourced content. He was eventually blocked on 25 August 2010 by Kww for this failure to heed warnings on unsourced material.

82.24.227.215 is the IP address of Iluvrihanna24 when not signed in. The IP does not seem to ever change (although up until 1 July it was consistently 82.19.248.157; both IPs are in the same town). The editing behavior and articles of interest are the same. During the rare occurrences when the user could be drawn into a discussion, one would sometimes answer for the other. See here, where .215 mentions his iPod when responding to messages for Iluvrihanna24. Just above that, Iluvrihanna24 had previously mentioned editing with his iPod. 82.24.227.215 just made three edits today, including pushing for an edit that Iluvrihanna24 had previously pushed for.

I3eN 10-11 edited Rihanna articles from 5 February 2010 to about 2 July 2010, on and off, then (I believe) the user forgot he had this account. Then I reminded him (Iluvrihanna24) of it on 7 August, and a burst of edits from I3eN 10-11 came on 10 August.

Big45Ben has not been terribly active, and my suspicions here are weaker. His edits were mostly to Love the Way You Lie, all in a series of try-it-and-fix-it edits doing what Iluvrihanna24 was also attempting. I also note the slight similarity of name between Big45Ben and I3eN 10-11.

I request CU now because it appears that 82.24.227.215 is evading the block on Iluvrihanna24. Since these accounts' activities are decreasing, I'm trying to get some determination on the association of the four users, now, rather than be told later (when one or two edits pop up again) that the activity is stale and so can't be examined reliably (but maybe it's too late already). &mdash; JohnFromPinckney (talk) 14:11, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for asking for more info (Hersfold and DeltaQuad, below). I assume I should add whatever I have here in "my" area, rather than invade the clerk/admin area. Is that right?

The connection I see between I3eN 10-11 and Big45Ben is primarily the similar areas of interest and the single edit spree of Big45Ben, bolstered by the idea that the "I3eN" at the beginning of I3eN 10-11 is meant to convey the name "Ben" in a leet, hipster way. Besides Love the Way You Lie, Big45Ben also made single edits to Olu Jacobs and Paper Trail, which doesn't seem to match behavior from Iluvrihanna24 and the others. I agree the connection is rather tenuous and I'm sorry I can't offer more evidence either way. &mdash; JohnFromPinckney (talk) 21:32, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

 * Firstly, I'm not going to connect an IP address to an account; it seems you're quite certain they're the same person anyway, so I'm not sure what checkuser is expected to achieve on that end of things. What you have presented here seems duckish anyway. I might be willing to do a checkuser on I3eN 10-11 based on the suspicious timing and related subject area, however I don't see any similarity between that username and Big45Ben. I'd like to see a little more evidence for Big45Ben, please. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 16:52, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * - Per Hersfold, awaiting further info. -- DQ.alt (t)  (e)   19:44, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, I see what you meant by username similarity now. It's still somewhat tenuous, though, so for the moment I'm going to a check on Big45Ben, but the timing on the leet-spelled version is odd, so I'll take a quick peek over there and see what comes up. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 21:37, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Iluvrihanna24 and I3eN 10-11 are technically ❌. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 21:45, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The behavioral evidence against the IP editor is quite compelling, so I have hard-blocked it 1 month. The other accounts are unrelated, so taken. -- Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 23:18, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Closing case -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 23:18, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

29 November 2010

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Overlapping field of interest (nearly exclusively on Rihanna and Rihanna related articles), and a talk page filling up with warnings about bad sources and copyright violations. Borders on WP:DUCK, but doesn't quite get there for me. I'd feel much more comfortable blocking with checkuser data to back me up. &mdash;Kww(talk) 19:03, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
✅ the following are Iluvrihanna24:
 * TN X Man 19:35, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, reverted where possible.&mdash;Kww(talk) 19:52, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, reverted where possible.&mdash;Kww(talk) 19:52, 29 November 2010 (UTC)