Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/JosephDann/Archive

26 August 2012

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Fixation on the same pages, particularly Cursed Since Birth Stuartyeates (talk) 22:15, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

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 * I just wanted to add some additional content to prove the release was relevent. I was on my wife's laptop who doesn't have this on her favorites and I forget my password all the time. --JosephDann (talk) 17:29, 27 August 2012 (UTC)mike
 * OK, thanks for getting back. Please try to remember logging in from now on, it makes working together much easier on a collaborative project like this. :) Amalthea  20:00, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

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 * Editor are allowed to log out, sometimes it happens unintentionally, or less experienced editors simply don't think about it. Can you show that this editor used the two accounts with intent to disrupt/deceive/mislead, i.e. abused multiple accounts per WP:SOCK? Amalthea  07:51, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I interpretted the editor only going IP once an AfD discussion had started as intent to disrupt/deceive/mislead. I confess there may have been other reasons. Stuartyeates (talk) 20:39, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

12 September 2012

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Fixation on Jeff_Duran / Articles_for_deletion/Jeff_Duran Stuartyeates (talk) 00:19, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

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 * Should also include User:Cocoabrown - have added user to the list above. Cheers, Stalwart 111  (talk) 02:25, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

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Well that's disappointing, I talked with him only two weeks ago. The following accounts are strongly connected: Whether the edits were made by one person alone or not (he mentions his wife in the archive) does not really matter, the accounts are used inappropriately all the same. Amalthea 07:30, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * - Both users created accounts in Sept. of 06, are basically SPA accounts, and the sock doesn't show up until 5 years after their last edit, magically at the AFD, to case a keep vote. Last time their paths crossed was  Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 00:28, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I also ran this check independent of this SPI and came to the same conclusion as Amalthea. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  10:33, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:28, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Already blocked and tagged...closing.

23 November 2012

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User name is one letter different from the user who brought the article Jeff Duran to AFD. Evidence of an issue forming between these two users here:. This user has recreated the original Jeff Duran article as Jeffrey Dandurand, which could simply be a copy/paste of the original deleted article. &#124; Uncle Milty  &#124;  talk  &#124;  11:46, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked for close username. Mdann52 (talk) 13:17, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

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 * Note: In order to avoid confusion between two similar usernames, in the following I write one as "Dufbeerforme" and the other as "Duffbeerforme".


 * Dufbeerforme is clearly a disruptive username, likely to be confused with Duffbeerforme, so I have already blocked the account indefinitely for that reason. Looking into the matter further, I now see other problems. In view of JosephDann's animosity towards Duffbeerforme, it is entirely possible that JosephDann might created such an impersonation account. Dufbeerforme's only edit was part of a pair of edits made jointly by JosephDann and Dufbeerforme, the main effect of which was to remove a speedy deletion tag that Duffbeerforme had placed on an article created by JosephDann, but making it look as though the final edit had been done by Duffbeerforme. Add to all this JosephDann's known history of sockpuppetry, and I regard it as a DUCK case, and I shall block JosephDann indefinitely too. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:30, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:46, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

07 January 2013

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More SPA accounts editing around Jeff Duran, aka Jeffrey Dandurand. Like a previous sockpuppet of JosephDann (User:Dufbeerforme with one f) the first, Duphbeerforme, is clearly a disruptive username, designed to be confused with Duffbeerforme. Edits by these accounts include: sock1) creation of Brian Holtzman, a collegue of Duran who appeared on his cd How Embarrassing. sock2) Recreation of the Duran article at Jeffrey Dandurand (as JosephDann has done. Trying to avoid attention by postion at a different spot?). Recreation of an article on Duran's cd Defects of Character. Putting Dandurand into various articles (eg ). (Can't supply more diffs due to deletion). duffbeerforme (talk) 08:03, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * Duphbeerforme is a completer duck for some of the established sockpuppets, as well as having an unacceptable username. BrianHoltzman is a complete duck for the original JosephDann account (including give-away evidence which I will not describe, for WP:BEANS reasons). I have blocked and tagged both accounts, but, in view of the the history of this sockpuppeteer, sleepers and/or other as-yet-undetected socks are quite likely, so a checkuser would still be helpful. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:50, 7 January 2013 (UTC)


 * ✅, plus one further account: A quite old account that I almost discarded, but its two recent edits should be sufficient confirmation.  Amalthea  11:23, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, and closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:03, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

24 January 2013

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In addition to having a problematic user name this account has shared interests in Jeff Duran (Introducing Duran into List of unreleased Britney Spears songs like JosephDann  and sock EddieJarvis ) and impersonating duffbeerforme (compare this afd nom with the original Jeff Duran afd nom). duffbeerforme (talk) 13:04, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

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✅: T. Canens (talk) 17:02, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Bag em and tag em. Closing. ( X! ·  talk )  · @783  · 17:48, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

14 July 2013

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Quack. Created a new page for Jeff Duran at Jeff Joseph Dandurand. duffbeerforme (talk) 11:49, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * With respect to CUs, those who were involved in the last AFD will know the style and the quacking seems fairly obvious to me. For a start, this account started editing only days after the last SPI closed in January. The account has kept a low profile, but still managed only 6 managed only 5 unrelated edits before moving on to Duran-related edits - every edit since has been Duran-related. Nothing else. The new account holder also knew enough about the article's history to know the article couldn't be created at any of the person's (now salted) common or stage names, ignoring all of the obvious ones to create an article that included his middle name. Stalwart 111  02:10, 15 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Beyond the obvious (to me) sock-puppetry, the COI continues - within a week, the subject's website was using the WP article linked directly from his website in lieu of an ABOUT page. Exactly the same thing happened last time with the other articles. Not only is the on-WP quacking fairly loud, we all know full well who owns these accounts and how they operate. Blatant self-promotion reinforced by blatant sock-puppetry and rule-breaking here. Stalwart 111  02:15, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * To me, the alleged sockpuppet looks unrelated to the sockmaster. The new article Seargentgommer created is substantially different from the deleted versions Jeff Duran and Jeffrey Dandurand. Editing patterns don't show a clear connection. ~Amatulić (talk) 14:15, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Merely asserting that it's obvious sockpuppetry is not enough; you need to provide diffs. Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:21, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

20 January 2014

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Fixation on Jeff Duran, creation of DuranShow, a Duran product. duffbeerforme (talk) 11:45, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Some diffs: Introducing Duran into List of unreleased Britney Spears songs like JosephDann  and socks Kourtneykardashian  EddieJarvis.
 * Spamming Duran into other articles, . duffbeerforme (talk) 13:05, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

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 * Blocked & tagged. Amalthea  14:46, 22 January 2014 (UTC)