Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/JayR19/Archive

30 September 2011

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I suspect that the above accounts are either the same person or working for the same organisation, based upon the very similar editing behaviour and history, tag-teaming at Template:Big Brother UK and usernames. Rangoon11 (talk) 20:10, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

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The edit that really set off my spidey sense was this one. Further investigation tells it is ✅ the two are the same. TN X Man 20:38, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

To add to that, just take a look at their userpages. Anyways, JayR19 blocked 1 week. CornishLad19 blocked and tagged. Elockid  ( Talk ) 23:20, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

25 September 2012

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I recently uncovered a huge collection of user accounts making fake articles of various reality TV shows. Following an ANI thread, many accounts were blocked and pages deleted. Today I've come across even more. Hopefully everything can be sorted out, perhaps identifying long-term offenders.


 * ← only one not currently blocked

The creations by these accounts were of a similar nature to those listed below...


 * Creator of WP:FAKEARTICLE @ User:JamieRoberts19/sandbox
 * Seems to be obvious new account of
 * Created WP:FAKEARTICLEs @ User:JayR19/Sandbox, User:JayR19/Sandbox2, User:JayR19/Sandbox3, User:JayR19/Sandbox4
 * Previously blocked for socking with
 * Created WP:FAKEARTICLEs @ User:CornishLad19/Sandbox, User:CornishLad19/Sandbox2, User:CornishLad19/Sandbox3, User:CornishLad19/Sandbox4
 * CornishLad19 blocked following Sockpuppet investigations/JayR19
 * JamieRoberts19 obviously also based on interests/userpage
 * See Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Sirocco758 & Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Sirocco758/Sandbox5 for creation & deletion of a number of similar WP:FAKEARTICLEs
 * JamieRoberts19 obviously also
 * Creator of WP:FAKEARTICLEs @ User:FleetwoodLad19/Sandbox, User:FleetwoodLad19/Sandbox1, User:FleetwoodLad19/Sandbox2, User:FleetwoodLad19/Sandbox3
 * JamieRoberts19 obviously also
 * Creator of WP:FAKEARTICLEs @ User:AaronRoberts19/Sandbox, User:AaronRoberts19/Sandbox1, User:AaronRoberts19/Sandbox2, User:AaronRoberts19/Sandbox3
 * JamieRoberts19 is also apparently
 * See Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:JayHayle01736/BB2 for similar pattern of activity in 2010
 * See Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:JayHayle01736/BB2 for similar pattern of activity in 2010

It's clear that all these WP:FAKEARTICLEs are a misuse of Wikipedia and should be deleted. Given that each of the JamieRoberts19 accounts has edited on overlapping articles and templates, and the newest account asserts at User:JamieRoberts19 to be a brand new Wikipedian, I'd argue that there's a bad-faith WP:SOCK violation here. At best, the individual behind JamieRoberts19 should be limited to one account. The account JayHayle01736 has known since June 2010 that such pages are inappropriate...that account is too old for a checkuser, but considering the deleted history of User:JayHayle01736, it's certainly the same person.

If, however, the JourneytoAtlantis accounts are related to the JamieRoberts19 accounts, will need to be blocked; additionally, all the JamieRoberts19-associated accounts should be blocked for continuing to create and edit fake articles after being told several times over the two years, and very recently to boot, that such creations are inappropriate.

A site ban should be a consideration, in my opinion, for the JamieRoberts19-associated accounts--this is a long-term pattern of behavior. If the JourneytoAtlantis accounts are related to the JamieRoberts19 accounts, I think I'd just bag & tag 'em all and not worry about opening a site ban discussion.

TL;DR checkuser rationale: whether these two sets of socks are related will determine final account blocks and potential WP:BAN-related activities. &mdash; Scientizzle 16:25, 25 September 2012 (UTC) &mdash; Scientizzle 16:25, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

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 * ✅ JourneytoAtlantis# (replace # with any number listed above) only on the basis of the same 2 useragents, large area, and username. They could be broken down into smaller groups, but I doubt that is necessary here.
 * ✅ JamieRoberts19, Sirocco758.
 * to draw any connection between the two groups as the geolocation is all over the country. No rangeblocks will be possible, any future cases should just look behind the account for immediate sleepers.
 * JourneytoAtlantis, FleetwoodLad19, AaronRoberts19, JayHayle01736, JayR19, CornishLad19. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  10:20, 26 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I'll clean everything up from here. &mdash; Scientizzle 12:23, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * JamieRoberts19 et al. have been blocked with a detailed message. No further action appears necessary on the JourneytoAtlantis crew. &mdash; Scientizzle 13:06, 26 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Closing per Scientizzle -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  03:12, 27 September 2012 (UTC)