Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jack turnip/Archive

03 July 2010
Long term sockpuppeteer who adds the same weird joke to the John Craven article every few months, from what appear to be a number of sleeper accounts, which may be worth clearing up. Six of the above were blocked at the time, but I'll list them for completeness. User:Jack turnip appears to be the first account he registered (after the article was first protected from IP edits), so I'll tie it back to this one. McGeddon (talk) 12:01, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Suspected sockpuppets
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 * Evidence submitted by McGeddon (talk)


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all the accounts have been blocked and tagged, cheers. SpitfireTally-ho! 16:38, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
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Evidence submitted by McGeddon
One of many accounts making mundane edits to a handful of film/Garbage Pail Kids articles and then vandalising a single exact paragraph into the John Craven article. McGeddon (talk) 11:20, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

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Comments by other users
Looks like an admin already spotted this and banned him for it. --McGeddon (talk) 11:30, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

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 * Account was blocked by another admin, so there's not much else to be done. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:50, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Bobrayner
The man who rotates hedgehogs has performed some highly distinctive vandalism: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Craven&diff=prev&oldid=389300156

Which is exactly the same vandalism as performed by "The badgers nadgers", currently blocked as a sock: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Craven&diff=prev&oldid=371528944 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Craven&diff=prev&oldid=371543278

And "Jack turnip", currently blocked for vandalism: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Craven&diff=prev&oldid=260031284 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:John_Craven&diff=prev&oldid=260325450 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Craven&diff=prev&oldid=260325340

There also seems to be some overlap in the other files edited by these users. bobrayner (talk) 11:23, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

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Comments by other users
Comment, there are also some others in there (all of whom are blocked). This guy's been making the exact same edits since late 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Craven&action=history  —  Soap  —  11:27, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd already reported at the sockpuppeteer at Sockpuppet_investigations/Jack_turnip, and the new account has already been banned. Looks like an admin has got the only page this guy vandalises on his watchlist. --McGeddon (talk) 11:29, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep, that's right. If I see anyone making that edit, I block indef straightaway. This latest one was clearly a sleeper sock, vandalising a semi-protected article on edit 11.  A checkuser might be useful to flush out any more sleepers.  BencherliteTalk 11:36, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

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 * I just moved the case from Sockpuppet investigations/The man who rotates hedgehogs to here, as this is the master account, it seems. I'm vaguely curious about sleepers, but if the accounts are more than three months old the data will be stale (and therefore unusable). But I'll defer to another clerk on that. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:53, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * No sleepers, but is ✅ as .  TN X Man  14:30, 7 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Alright then, that's all we can do for now. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 14:31, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

11 January 2011

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Added "When John Craven talks he sounds like gwabadee gwabadee gwabadee gwabadee gwabadee gwabadee gwabadee gwabadee" to John Craven. Most of the article history for the last few years comprises socks/IPs adding that text to the BLP, then somebody else removing it. This one looks like a sleeper. There have been other sleepers in the past. Could CU uncover other surprises? bobrayner (talk) 23:15, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

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Added a couple of blocked IPs from the last few days; is already quack-blocked (by me). BencherliteTalk 23:21, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

No other sleepers from what I could find on that range. –MuZemike 23:22, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Everything's blocked, so we can close. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:17, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

27 August 2011

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Diffs like this and this; same as Jack Turnip (this and this) bobrayner (talk) 14:38, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

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Both accounts already blocked indef. Nothing for us to do here. OhanaUnitedTalk page 05:18, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

14 September 2011

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Usual bizarre pattern - mundane edits to a few other articles to become autoconfirmed, then adding a nonsense paragraph to the John Craven article. McGeddon (talk) 18:52, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

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✅ the following are the same:
 * TN X Man 19:18, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:20, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 19:18, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:20, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:20, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

12 January 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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Long-term history of vandalism at John Craven, requesting another check for sleepers (some have been found in the past, as this case archive shows). BencherliteTalk 20:30, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * Sorry, I have to decline this one. All of the suspected and confirmed socks of Jack turnip have gone stale. CU won't run a check against IPs per the privacy policy, so without further evidence that multiple accounts are being abused, there's not much else to do. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:12, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

03 January 2013

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Another sleeper account making ten innocuous pop culture edits and then vandalising the same nonsense into the John Craven article. McGeddon (talk) 17:24, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * . Blocked and closed. Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:35, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

23 June 2013

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More sleeper socking from the John Craven vandal. McGeddon (talk) 18:36, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * Both users are indefblocked, the case can be re-archived. Materialscientist (talk) 22:43, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

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 * Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:46, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

11 November 2013

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Already blocked as a vandalism-only account, but probably worth flagging as a sockpuppet and sweeping for sleepers again. McGeddon (talk) 15:42, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * I don't see any unblocked socks. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:26, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

26 October 2015

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Scrozzlebnit just got a 31-hour block for vandalism on the John Craven article. This is actually old vandalism from a long-term sockmaster, who's been trying to add the same joke through edit filters since 2010. Raising an SPI to sweep for sleepers. McGeddon (talk) 10:05, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

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 * I've declined the CU request. I see no basis for looking for sleepers, particularly when only one account can be checked.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:45, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Was just that many previous socking attempts have involved sleeper accounts, some dormant for months before making edits to the John Craven article. --McGeddon (talk) 18:31, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Per the archives, the last several investigations in 2013 turned up no sleepers. You have to go back two years earlier to 2011 to find that.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:53, 26 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Comparing those diffs: shows that this new user is really Jack turnip. I recommend blocking him indefinitely.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  10:48, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked per request. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 12:04, 27 October 2015 (UTC)