Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ivance1027/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
This one is really weird to me. A bunch of accounts have shown up to add LGBT mayors to Category:LGBT heads of government, despite mayors not being heads of government. (Some of their category adds, like this one, appear legitimate.) – Muboshgu (talk) 19:49, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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I just added another one to the list above: Ivance1027. They are swarming all over the wiki all of a sudden. -- MelanieN (talk) 20:07, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Oops, I didn't notice that Ivance1027 is listed here as the master. Sorry. -- MelanieN (talk) 20:11, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I hadn't seen your AN/I thread before opening this SPI, so I had no idea who to list as the 'master'. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:18, 12 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Several more added from these recent changes. FDW777 (talk) 20:08, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I noticed that one of these accounts was created by, who is a Wiki Education Program leader, with the summary of This user is participating in outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/CUBoulder/INFO3504-LGBTQWikiEditing. Looking at the WikiEd course page, it appears that all of these editors are students participating in that course. I'm going to close this without action from a SPI perspective, as I don't believe that this is sockpuppetry, but I'll follow up on the WP:Education noticeboard since unfortunately it appears that many of these student edits are disruptive. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:19, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi there! I am not the educator leading this particular program. My involvement is just that as an Outreach Dashboard administrator I receive requests for user account creation and go over them when they are legit. The editor I have created an account for is indeed involved in a Wikimedia-related activity. I hope this context makes sense, and if there are issues with this particular program you should connect with the educators leading it --listed on the link I have just provided. Let me know if you need more info on my side! --Joalpe (talk) 20:27, 12 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Noting this is not listed at the oldest account, however in light of the circumstances I'm going to archive as-is. --Jack Frost (talk) 15:41, 23 April 2022 (UTC)