Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jellington/Archive

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Persistent vandalism of True and the Rainbow Kingdom and other related articles (e.g. the disambiguation page True, creators FriendsWithYou, etc.) with constant assertions about how "his name was different in the book" (but whose name, what book, and what any of it has to do with True and the Rainbow Kingdom since its article doesn't say anything to suggest that it was based on a book, all goes unexplained.) Technically there's no need to investigate the linkage itself (it's a no-brainer), the accounts have all already been blocked, and I've applied a week of semi to True and the Rainbow Kingdom itself (though not the other pages) — but the fact that they're this persistent (this has been going on for a week, with each +1 account created shortly after the previous one was blocked) indicates that it's time to escalate this, since SPI has more powerful tools at its disposal than just "revert after the fact" reaction. There may also be hidden sleepers, and Jellingfifteen is likely to be created soon if it hasn't already been (it didn't exist yet when I first submitted this, as fourteen had only just been blocked, but I'm adding it as a followup.) Bearcat (talk) 15:11, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Update: Fifteen did indeed happen soon after I added that followup comment. Then sixteen, and seventeen. All three of those have been added above; no sign of eighteen yet. Bearcat (talk) 16:37, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * - the creations are sequential, so I'm not super hopeful, but let's see whether there are any others. Mostly endorsing to see if we can get an IP block in place. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 15:14, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
 * .  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:18, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

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Name matches pattern shown by other socks. aeschylus (talk) 21:00, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
 * @Oshwah and @Bearcat, the reason I filed this was that User:Minecraft eye with 1.0e+2 conjunctives and User:Minecraft eye with 1.0e+1 conjunctives were both CheckUser-confirmed as Jellington. aeschylus (talk) 11:00, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Just to make this easier to see:
 * -- RoySmith (talk) 15:29, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * -- RoySmith (talk) 15:29, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * Added another sock. SWinxy (talk) 02:48, 12 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Sorry ! Only trying to help. SWinxy (talk) 18:02, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * I don't see the resemblance between the usernames of and . The archives show a pattern where Jellington added numbers to the end of their username. I don't see any socks with a username like this. Am I missing something?  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   14:48, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't think you are — in addition to the lack of an obvious connection in the usernames, there isn't an obvious connection in the topics that Minecraft eye was editing. I just don't see why the superficial similarity of "multiple usernames with changing numbers" automatically implies that Minecraft=Jellington per se. Bearcat (talk) 17:56, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * They're both tagged that way, but where's the documentation of them actually having been confirmed that way? There's certainly no record in this investigation of them ever having been linked to Jellington. Bearcat (talk) 11:13, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * The tags were placed by, a CU; not all checks are run because of (or recorded at) SPI. That said, I just removed a tag that placed on 's userpage; please don't place tags as a non-admin/clerk barring exceptional circumstances. --Blablubbs (talk) 09:05, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
 * retagging the original two (+3 and +4) and closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:33, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

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Just for record keeping (I was not aware of the SPI). All have already been blocked. Quack: continuing the sequential numbering of accounts previously used on socks Jellingeleven through Jellingseventeen, and Jellingeighteen through Jellingthirty (not listed here but all CU blocked). Same interest in True and the Rainbow Kingdom, FriendsWithYou, Eric Peterson. See     by latest sock. Meters (talk) 22:21, 14 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Just so that it's documented, thirtyfour and thirtyfive have also happened since this last update. Bearcat (talk) 12:45, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 * And thirtysix and thirtyseven. Bearcat (talk) 18:20, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Nothing to do, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 23:31, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

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The sequential numbering pattern here has now gotten from ten all the way to fiftythree, still persistently trying to vandalize the same set of targets every time. Is there any escalated step SPI can take to shut this down for good? Bearcat (talk) 05:34, 1 November 2021 (UTC)


 * @Bearcat The most I can say is that yes, some steps have been taken which hopefully will at least slow this guy down. If new socks pop up, keep reporting them. -- RoySmith (talk) 03:43, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

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See naming pattern of previous accounts. Quack quack.  always forever  (talk) 22:29, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * : blocked promptly by Ohnoitsjamie. clpo13(talk) 22:48, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
 * --Jack Frost (talk) 02:11, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Clarified question; whack-a-mole is the way to go. Archiving. --Jack Frost (talk) 04:58, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

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Username pattern makes this pretty obvious, instant disruptive editing blockable on its own via AIV, but logging here for the record... firefly ( t · c ) 12:34, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 17:10, 26 November 2021 (UTC)