Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jessicavofficial/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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I think this a clear WP:DUCK situation but I'm also slightly nervous because I've never used SPI before... Their big connection is they seem to be editing Runt (film) to add themselves as cast members and presenting themselves as the official account of some actress (in the most recent sock's case, at least, an actress named Emma who is apparently related to Cameron Boyce, using an image of Jessica Sula that they claim is themself on their user page). All but Emmagkingsley5 (and the sockmaster) are blocked for other reasons right now.

Runt edits:
 * A diff of JessicaVernendez' sole two adjacent edits to the page
 * Five adjacent edits by Jessicavofficial (which also show that the prior sock's vandalism was incompletely reverted)
 * Four more edits by Jessicavofficial
 * Again
 * Once more
 * Three adjacent edits from Emmagkingsley2, wherein the behavior switched from calling the added cast member Jessica Vernendez to Emma G Kingsley
 * Another from Emmagkingsley2
 * Yet another
 * Three adjacent edits by Wikiofficialweb
 * Two adjacent from Wikiofficialweb
 * 5 edits by Emmagkingsley5, the only account yet unblocked
 * Both Jessicavofficial and Emmagkingsley5 asked on the Runt film's talk page that it be locked

Other possibly relevant but less directly obvious edits/info:
 * Emmagkingsley2 adding themself to the cast of Mrs. Fletcher, another film Cameron Boyce worked on
 * Emmagkingsley5 adding themself to Cameron Boyce's page as his god sister
 * In line with the prior bullet, Emmagkingsley5 lists the same information on their talk page along with a bit of information trying to look like a mainspace article, using a copyvio image of Jessica Sula at a different event and claiming it's them at Cameron's funeral

This is the first time I've ever opened a case at SPI, so I don't know if it's appropriate to request CheckUser so I've erred on the side of "no". Please let me know if it might have been appropriate here, I guess. *awkward shrug* - Purplewowies (talk) 20:52, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

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 * D'oh. I was basing the account age on which one had the oldest edits instead of checking the logs to actually date the account. Whoops. - Purplewowies (talk) 04:08, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Excellent report, . I appreciate how detailed you made it, and it was really easy to follow your logic based on the diffs you presented. I agree this is a pretty clear WP:DUCK case, so I have all accounts. The only thing I would have changed is listing the sockmaster account as Jessicavofficial, not JessicaVernendez, since Jessicavofficial is technically the oldest account.  Please move this case to Sockpuppet investigations/Jessicavofficial. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 22:26, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Case moved —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 07:09, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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This user appears to be operating on the same MO at Runt (film) as the prior socks. It doesn't claim itself to be related to Cameron Boyce on its userpage as some previous ones did, but it has the same behavior of adding a new actor to the cast list linked to its own userpage (this is all the edits it's made to the article at present, consecutive and in one diff) and using an image of a person not known by that name (in this case, Gia Mantegna) on their userpage as an image of "them". (The link to the "image of a person not known by that name" is a link to a "visually similar" Google search because I'm having some issue finding the original creator/copyright holder of the photo reasonably quickly; might revise this report if I find the holder...)

The evidence for the IP is weaker, mostly just that it was the initial person to add the actor to the article at all, which at the very least makes them seem suspect in relation to Gigiroxannevegah...

Thought about requesting a CheckUser this time but opted against it like the prior report, just because I really still don't know where the "line" is that makes such a request reasonable. Hope this is an adequate report. Thanks. Purplewowies (talk) 04:02, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

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...This hasn't appeared in the cases table at the main SPI page, despite being (re)opened. Is there a reason for that? (Did I forget something?) - Purplewowies (talk) 18:56, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah, misread some dates; appears bot just hasn't been working in general for SPI stuff. - Purplewowies (talk) 19:00, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Please indef the named sock. Cabayi (talk) 12:57, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:01, 3 February 2020 (UTC)