Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jamestwo/Archive

26 February 2013

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There is some sort of sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry going on with the article Christian Massa, a possibly non-notable actor currently up for AfD. Multiple brand new accounts have all taken an interest is this relatively unknown actor and are making similar edits such as re-inserting IMDB links as references or adding in his modeling photo. His photo has been uploaded three times 1 (deleted) 2 3 with three different accounts on Commons. The new account names are becoming less creative, too. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 23:29, 26 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Added yet another account that more or less . -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 00:01, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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 * We have a number of people editing off the same business IP address:
 * Group 1, ✅ from one another:
 * Group 2, also ✅ from one another:
 * There are a couple of possibilities: A) It's one person using two different computers, or B) two or more people working in concert. Considering the behavior, I'm leaning toward A, but the distinction between the two is largely irrelevant. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 00:06, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Based on technical and behavioral evidence, socks blocked indef and master for 1 week. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:46, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * is there any particular reason hasn't shown up in the results? (that account does essentially admit meat/sockpuppetry here, but I still find it odd - would appreciate clarification: are they in a separate group by themselves?). Cheers, SpitfireTally-ho! 07:00, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * It looks like that account was added to the case, and only edited from that IP after I started, so it didn't appear in my checks, and I didn't notice it here when I posted my results. Checking again, I see that is on the same IP as the rest of the accounts, but on a different device. The account's earlier edits were from a mobile phone. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 11:32, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah right, I see. Thank you for clarifying that! SpitfireTally-ho! 12:41, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * There are a couple of possibilities: A) It's one person using two different computers, or B) two or more people working in concert. Considering the behavior, I'm leaning toward A, but the distinction between the two is largely irrelevant. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 00:06, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Based on technical and behavioral evidence, socks blocked indef and master for 1 week. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:46, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * is there any particular reason hasn't shown up in the results? (that account does essentially admit meat/sockpuppetry here, but I still find it odd - would appreciate clarification: are they in a separate group by themselves?). Cheers, SpitfireTally-ho! 07:00, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * It looks like that account was added to the case, and only edited from that IP after I started, so it didn't appear in my checks, and I didn't notice it here when I posted my results. Checking again, I see that is on the same IP as the rest of the accounts, but on a different device. The account's earlier edits were from a mobile phone. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 11:32, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah right, I see. Thank you for clarifying that! SpitfireTally-ho! 12:41, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Based on technical and behavioral evidence, socks blocked indef and master for 1 week. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:46, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * is there any particular reason hasn't shown up in the results? (that account does essentially admit meat/sockpuppetry here, but I still find it odd - would appreciate clarification: are they in a separate group by themselves?). Cheers, SpitfireTally-ho! 07:00, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * It looks like that account was added to the case, and only edited from that IP after I started, so it didn't appear in my checks, and I didn't notice it here when I posted my results. Checking again, I see that is on the same IP as the rest of the accounts, but on a different device. The account's earlier edits were from a mobile phone. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 11:32, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah right, I see. Thank you for clarifying that! SpitfireTally-ho! 12:41, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

27 February 2013

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Yet another new account changing the article photo again as their first and only edit, though at least this photo isn't a promotional shot. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 18:38, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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 * - Same device, mobile carrier and geolocation as . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:14, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * New sock indeffed, master's block now upgraded to indef, and the article is protected for the duration of the AFD plus some more. Someguy1221 (talk) 23:53, 27 February 2013 (UTC)