Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jin2794/Archive

25 January 2015

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * (no longer exists, renamed to Samsotle)
 * (no longer exists, renamed to Samsotle)
 * (no longer exists, renamed to Samsotle)
 * (no longer exists, renamed to Samsotle)


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All recently created accounts, one creates an article another marks it reviewed. I leave COI welcome message on ones talk page and another responds on mine. They all seem to only be interested in one group and have not edited else where. - McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 04:58, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Further evidence has come forward with Samotle admitting to Meat Puppetry on USER:Chillum's talk page.

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Special:Log/Samsotle has a lot of reviewed articles in it, most of which were created by presumably unrelated accounts (considering the frequent deletion/uncategorised/etc tags), so I'm not convinced that's an argument for socking. However, I notice that Samsobot and Jackchee were both present at Articles for deletion/Jefferson Yap and Articles for deletion/Kelly Tang, both AFDs for articles created by Jackchee. The arguments presented by Pichu9x and Samsobot are also somewhat similar (unqualified assertions that the subjects are notable, and when pressed on it, claiming that they are supported by reliable sources). Finally, this diff doesn't seem like a response to the COI note. ekips 39 05:17, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Just popping by with a diff from my talk page: "Hello everyone, I'm writing to say that User:Jackchee is my close friend, hence we both have been editing pages on similar topics. Please do not mistake us for a sockpuppet! Please do let me know how we can avoid seeming like sockpuppets in future. Thank you! Samsobot (talk) 08:17, 25 January 2015 (UTC)"

This should eliminate the confusion on if this is a sock or meat puppet. Chillum 16:29, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
. Samsobot has been renamed (because of the "bot" in the name) to User:Samsotle. When declining a speedy delete tag at Francis Tan Huan Chun (now at AfD), I noticed the problem with Samsobot and Jackchee but didn't pursue it at the time because Samsobot had been blocked, and assuming good faith, I assumed that Jackchee was the same person using another name without going through the formal process. The accounts seem obviously related. The only issue, in my view, is whether they are socks or meat.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:47, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * please change your preferences so when you sign your name it uses Samsotle, not Samsobot. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:27, 25 January 2015 (UTC)


 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other:


 * This appears to be outright socking as opposed to MEAT. The accounts are not only sharing an IP/IPs, but are also editing from the same computer and mobile device.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 23:07, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've blocked and tagged all of the accounts. Mike V • Talk 00:03, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Retagged all accounts based on new master.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:27, 26 January 2015 (UTC)