Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jack DeMattos/Archive

06 March 2016

 * Suspected sockpuppets


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Evidence is as follows:


 * Use of "Jack" in current username, just as with original account.


 * Only one article edited, Billy the Kid, an article Jack DeMattos edited 454 times (his third most edited article) and edited to the point of edit warring repeatedly in order to force his version to stick. User was brought to AN/I numerous times.  Diffs here: ; ; ;


 * Suspected sock is edit warring over the same type of content and the same manner as the Jack DeMattos account with similar edit summaries.


 * Some Jack DeMattos diffs here: ; ;


 * Jackartist diffs here: ;


 * Suspected sock then makes a case for his edits on the article talk page by specifically quoting and attributing Jack DeMattos and citing him several times.


 * Prose used by suspected sock mirrors that of Jack DeMattos, whose "flowery prose" was noted several times by other editors who objected to his additions to the Billy the Kid article as well as numerous other articles he edited during 2015.

I believe Jack DeMattos has returned as another account in an attempt to escape scrutiny due to his previous problems and blocks. This is certainly a WP:DUCK, but I believe a checkuser is necessary and will come up positive for the accounts being technically linked. Requesting a check for sleepers as well. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 16:36, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * Note how both editors persistently mark their edits to the article as minor, here is a small sample:
 * Master:
 * Sock: . Looking through their contributions, this trait is extremely noticeable. GABHello! 18:45, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The two accounts are . The lapse of time between the last edits by the master in late December 2015 and the first edits by the puppet on March 5 make it more difficult to connect the two technically. The details that match are (1) the ISP; (2) the location; and (3) the operating system. .--Bbb23 (talk) 18:32, 6 March 2016 (UTC)


 * I can't act here because I edited the Billy the Kid article several weeks ago, but . I got really familiar with DeMattos's editing style during that ANI episode and the sock is inserting exactly the same content in exactly the same style. He seems to think the article should be the most comprehensive source on BtK online and the recent talk page comments definitely allude to that. He may be trying to get sections put back the way he wants them, starting at the beginning, instead of reverting the entire article as he used to do. Katietalk 18:03, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Sock indeffed and tagged. Master not blocked because they have been inactive since December. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  12:17, 28 March 2016 (UTC)