Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Indiasummer95/Archive

18 October 2013

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Shows up a couple of days after Indiasummer95 was blocked. Same time frame of edits, both using mobile edit. One other point in common I'd rather not add here. Dougweller (talk) 18:28, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

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 * It's decently from a technical standpoint, and, when taking behavior into account, I have decided to block the new account as a sock. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 01:38, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

12 January 2014

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Admits to it in Special:AbuseLog/9809498. Since this user has socked before, requesting CU to find sleepers (and because it's so obvious it might just be someone pretending to be him). Jackmcbarn (talk) 22:02, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

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Indefinitely blocked by me for flagrant vandalism/trolling, but the SPI should continue. Dougweller (talk) 22:07, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

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 * - King of  &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 09:35, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Rschen7754 20:15, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

19 January 2014

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Duck quacking. Appeared shortly after the previous SPI. Editor has a similar range of editing. They mix (usually correct) grammar and minor prose fixes and (not always correct) formatting fixes on a variety of pages, generally editing from a mobile. I've come across them on football-related pages, but they also regularly edit pages related to Islamism, ethnic and religious issues, religious buildings, and murders: this editor has just created Murder of Georgia Williams. This editor has also edited Pavlo Lapshyn, a page created by a previous confirmed sock and edited by another. Requesting checkuser to check for sleepers. Struway2 (talk) 15:20, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

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✅ Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (Message me) 13:40, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

03 February 2014

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Duck quacking. Appeared shortly after the previous SPI. Editor has a similar range of editing. As stated at previous SPI, they mix (usually correct) grammar and minor prose fixes and (not always correct) formatting fixes on a variety of pages, generally editing from a mobile. I've come across them on football-related pages, but they also regularly edit pages related to Islamism, ethnic and religious issues, religious buildings, and murders. This one has also edited Tell Mama UK, a page created by the sockmaster and also edited by three other socks. Perhaps I shouldn't, but I did find it mildly amusing that they called this one the French word for sock, give or take an extra couple of letters. Struway2 (talk) 17:59, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

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 * Suspected sock blocked indef per the duck test, closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:45, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

02 March 2014

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Adding category to Muhammad in the Bible, which only this editor has evcer done. Anti-Islmic edits on a host of articles consistent with sockmaster's concerns  Paul B (talk) 01:04, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

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Get real. I'm here since 2011, account registered in 2008. How can I be a sock puppet of someone who registered in 2012? I simply came across this user's edits (after I noticed this thread here ) and thought he had been wrongly blocked and re-instated some of his edits. Just take a look at our editing histories: these are very different, Indiasummer only edited topics like Islam and football, I'm active across a number of topics like Eastern european political parties, Russian-Ukrainian relations and only then Islam. Lokalkosmopolit (talk) 01:15, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

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I'm not seeing the connection. It takes more than a (possibly) similar point of view, and the reinstatement of a few edits to conclude that sockpuppetry is taking place. In addition, Indiasummer95 and their socks edited frequently (almost exclusively) using "mobile edits", while I see that Lokalkosmopolit has never done so. I have to conclude that there is not enough evidence to call this editor a sockpuppet, and a lot of evidence to call this not a sockpuppet. --  At am a  頭 21:50, 3 March 2014 (UTC)