Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jewelakhter/Archive

01 January 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets

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This report is being filed due to the AfD for Grameen Social Business Model. The above listed socks are dead set on improperly closing the AfD. All usernames (excluding Pronobnath) are formatted as given name-surname.Looking at edit histories, the accounts have sporadic edits on the following dates: 10 Nov 2013 (Ode203, Pronobnath, Abul.kammal), 20 Dec 2013 (Asumiko Nakamura, Wong qiiang, Zhang junn), and today (excluding Abul.kammal). All edits occur in the same time frame without overlap.  Ish dar  ian  08:37, 1 January 2014 (UTC)


 * @Berean Hunter: I went with Ode203 since it was the oldest of the disruptive accounts. If you look at these edits (Ode203, Abul, Pronobnath), and several other in their contribs, these accounts all attempt to capitalize headers. Coupled with the fact that Ode203 created the article that is the subject of the AfD and editted in the same time block as the other accounted, that is why I tagged that account as the master.  Ish dar  ian  03:00, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

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 * The suspected socks were created 23 and 24 April, 2 and 3 December 2013. Initial edits had a common pattern, changing capitalisation. Few other edits. Interest closely focussed on Bangladesh-related articles, including those concerning Mohammed Yunus, despite the varied user names. Commonality revealed by edits to Grameen Social Business Model and Articles for deletion/Grameen Social Business Model. – Fayenatic  L ondon 17:38, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 * IMHO it is beyond reasonable doubt that the user socks are socks of Ode203. However, Ode203 - if it is not in turn a sock of another more experienced editor - may have reasonable excuse for ignorance of Wikipedia policies, having never received a Welcome message. A warning, and a temporary block after closure of the AfD, may therefore be appropriate rather than an indefinite block. – Fayenatic  L ondon 07:44, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I have added 2 IP addresses that were used to add material about Rashidul Bari's writings on Muhammad Yunus into various other articles in late 2011. Rashidul Bari us the author of Grameen Social Business Model. – Fayenatic  L ondon 08:26, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I have put this case into the CheckUser queue as the initial admin response did not take a view on the suggested sockmaster. – Fayenatic  L ondon 21:50, 6 January 2014 (UTC)


 * The suspected socks have all commented on Articles for deletion/Grameen Social Business Model in a very similar fashion: all requesting that the page be "undeleted" (it has not been deleted) and all within a short time frame today. I glanced at the accounts' edit histories and suspected they may be meatpuppets rather than WP:SPAs, but other editors' observations have made me think they are indeed a single user with multiple logins trying to skew consensus and stack !votes in the AfD. Several have been used to bypass WP:3RR in reverting changes by ; one is currently blocked for doing so. Ivanvector (talk) 17:53, 1 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Ode203 created the article Grameen Social Business Model on 23 April 2013; the socks Abul.kammal and Pronobnath were then set up to add to the page. – Fayenatic  L ondon 10:35, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
— Berean Hunter   (talk)  18:07, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I have indeffed all of the socks but I'm not necessarily convinced that the named master above is a match so I'll leave open for other opinions. I have fully protected the article in the meantime per the request at RFPP.
 * - Endorsing check against the blocked accounts only. With no talk-space contributions from Ode203, and so few contributions in general, I don't find I can say whether or not he behaviorally matches any of the others. But those other accounts have all been active on other articles as well, so they may bring up more socks we don't know of. Someguy1221 (talk) 10:21, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * However, please don't overlook the possibility that this is collaborative editing. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:56, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * After consulting with another CU, collaborative editing is less likely to be the case. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 18:05, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I've moved this SPI from Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ode203 to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jewelakhter to reflect the oldest confirmed account. All confirmed accounts have been tagged and blocked indef. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:07, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Upon reviewing the case I've opted to block the master for two weeks, reducing it from my indef block. They never recieved notice of the sock policy, and I'll AGF regarding their general intentions. They edited productively in 2008 and should also be able to do so now. NativeForeigner Talk 18:08, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * However, please don't overlook the possibility that this is collaborative editing. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:56, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * After consulting with another CU, collaborative editing is less likely to be the case. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 18:05, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I've moved this SPI from Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ode203 to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jewelakhter to reflect the oldest confirmed account. All confirmed accounts have been tagged and blocked indef. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:07, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Upon reviewing the case I've opted to block the master for two weeks, reducing it from my indef block. They never recieved notice of the sock policy, and I'll AGF regarding their general intentions. They edited productively in 2008 and should also be able to do so now. NativeForeigner Talk 18:08, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * However, please don't overlook the possibility that this is collaborative editing. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:56, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * After consulting with another CU, collaborative editing is less likely to be the case. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 18:05, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I've moved this SPI from Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ode203 to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jewelakhter to reflect the oldest confirmed account. All confirmed accounts have been tagged and blocked indef. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:07, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Upon reviewing the case I've opted to block the master for two weeks, reducing it from my indef block. They never recieved notice of the sock policy, and I'll AGF regarding their general intentions. They edited productively in 2008 and should also be able to do so now. NativeForeigner Talk 18:08, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I've moved this SPI from Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ode203 to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jewelakhter to reflect the oldest confirmed account. All confirmed accounts have been tagged and blocked indef. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:07, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Upon reviewing the case I've opted to block the master for two weeks, reducing it from my indef block. They never recieved notice of the sock policy, and I'll AGF regarding their general intentions. They edited productively in 2008 and should also be able to do so now. NativeForeigner Talk 18:08, 7 January 2014 (UTC)