Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jpdante/Archive

03 December 2010

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Very strange activity at Articles for deletion/Prince Gharios of Ghassan, which has been dominated by a flock of new accounts, some of which are arguing for retention of the article, and the rest arguing for the deletion of the article. It's not a high-profile article (such as a pop-culture icon or internet meme), and it's not a long-standing article (it was created three days ago). One of the few autoconfirmed editors participating in the discussion has suggested that the socking may be all from one person, attempting to create sympathy for the subject of the article to ensure its retention.  Horologium  (talk) 12:53, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * User:John_Vandenberg showed up in the debate and blocked user:Pgghassan and user:Jpdante and also user:PeechPie and user:Fonzalot for being socks (although apparently not the same user). Mainwhile we have some more socks on both sides of the debate showing up: User:Highmasterplan, User:Jonathon100. Yoenit (talk) 21:32, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

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 * - Could be sockpuppetry, but it could also be meatpuppetry. I have a feeling it's the former, but CU will clear that up. (But it won't connect the IP to any of the accounts.) —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:05, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * - User:Highmasterplan and User:Jonathon100 apparently ❌ on technical grounds. Frank  &#124;  talk  04:17, 5 December 2010 (UTC)


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 * The above two groups
 * All are within a hour's drive (most less, closer to 15 mins) of the same city, share the same operating system, and often the same entire useragent. Given the timing of everything, it's probably more likely that this is meatpuppetry rather than actual socking, assuming the geolocation is entirely accurate, which is usually isn't.
 * All are within a hour's drive (most less, closer to 15 mins) of the same city, share the same operating system, and often the same entire useragent. Given the timing of everything, it's probably more likely that this is meatpuppetry rather than actual socking, assuming the geolocation is entirely accurate, which is usually isn't.
 * All are within a hour's drive (most less, closer to 15 mins) of the same city, share the same operating system, and often the same entire useragent. Given the timing of everything, it's probably more likely that this is meatpuppetry rather than actual socking, assuming the geolocation is entirely accurate, which is usually isn't.


 * ❌ to all, technically:
 * User:Highmasterplan and User:Jonathon100 (just reiterating for clarity)


 * No comment on any IP addresses. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 03:52, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked and .  Nakon  04:41, 12 December 2010 (UTC)