Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Immersive01/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * - this user may or may not be the sockmaster. Confirmed COI editor who agreed several months ago not to edit article. See below for more information
 * - this user may or may not be the sockmaster. Confirmed COI editor who agreed several months ago not to edit article. See below for more information
 * - this user may or may not be the sockmaster. Confirmed COI editor who agreed several months ago not to edit article. See below for more information
 * - this user may or may not be the sockmaster. Confirmed COI editor who agreed several months ago not to edit article. See below for more information


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All three of these accounts have only edited one article James Rowe (footballer, born 1983). All only used in the past three days. Two created in past two days. All edits are about removing any mention of a match loss in the article, add WP:PEACOCKING terms like "impressive form", "The stunning form continued" and "instantly rejuvenated". This article has long been targeted by "negative vandalism" by fans of the coach's previous team of which I (and another user) have continually helped to remove and restore neutrality. It is now being done with "positive vandalism" if that makes sense.

The article has a confirmed COI editor Susy211, who agreed to not edit the article due to the COI, but would regularly comment on the talk page asking for vandalism to be removed (a good recognition of the COI policy) or anytime negative information. This user may or may not be the sockmaster.

The other three users+IP I am positive are the same. Their combined edits have been reverted twice, once by me and once by the other editor who has helped to combat valdalism - example 1 and example 2. It has now been re-edited a third time, which I have not reverted as each time it gets reverted it is a matter of hours before they re-create the edits with a new account. Instead, I created this investigation. Thanks RedPatch (talk) 03:51, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Subpoint: This is the first time I've opened a Sockpuppet investigation. If there's anything I didn't do correctly in creating this, please let me know. RedPatch (talk) 04:20, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I do not have enough evidence to run a check on . The other accounts are . .  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   12:06, 16 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Maybe meatpuppetry, maybe some kind of canvassing, maybe just a bunch of fans. The page in question has been semi'd, I think that's sufficient for now, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 19:44, 20 June 2021 (UTC)