Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/King Genovese/Archive

20 July 2012

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User:King_Genovese has been blocked twice for the repeated creation of numerous articles on non-notable individuals affiliated with crime (usually in or around the New York City area). As a fairly active NPP, I caught quite a number of his articles and tagged for CSD/Prod or nominated for merge/deletion at AfD. I requested the second block of User:King_Genovese, but just now a couple of very similar articles have popped up on NPP (1 and 2, also related to NYC crime and citing the same website as some of User:King_Genovese's articles. These articles were created by User:Evan12345678910, a username which has become active again after KG's second block. Based on this, I believe these two accounts may be either run by a sockmaster or otherwise affiliated. --IShadowed 21:25, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

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I'm quite familiar with "King Genovese", afd'd a number of their articles, and in my opinion the style and content of Evans123....'s contributions looks indentical to KG's.TheLongTone (talk) 21:45, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus . -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  01:09, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
 * King was on a one month block, bumped to 2 months, indef'ed the socks, fresh tags for everyone. Closing. Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;  17:03, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

26 July 2012

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This user is creating new articles about mobsters of dubious notability, referenced to wikis or web forums: This is exactly the same behaviour that King Genovese was blocked for. — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 17:54, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

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 * . This will have to be decided on behavoiral evidence. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  01:29, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The behavior is a dead ringer for King Genovese, but I hesitate if the CU data is problematic. If it was just inconclusive, I would have duck blocked by now.  Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 01:46, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Based on reevaluation of CU data and blindly obvious duck-ish habits, I'm calling this a sock. Indef. blocked and tagged.  Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 02:16, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

28 August 2012

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entire edit history matches King Genovese's pattern of creating poorly sourced articles on mobsters who almost always fall short of notability. Can't find too many diffs due to deletions, but the previous sock investigation should give an idea. Lenin and McCarthy |  (Complain here) 21:06, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Also wondering if there's a connection with the ip that dropped a cock photo on my talk page after I dropped "King Luciano" a warning. Said warning was reverted, as was KG's style. --Lenin and McCarthy |  (Complain here) 18:28, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

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 * Blocked indef and tagged per WP:DUCK, articles G5'd. — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 23:14, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Also warned the IP about personal attacks. — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 23:29, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * And now I've extended King Genovese's block to 4 months. — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 23:47, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

05 September 2012

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Similarly to King Genovese and his sockpuppets, JoeyZasa11 has created several biographies of mobsters of dubious notability sourced to websites that don't pass WP:RS. Also JoeyZasa11 shares a trait with of adding ungrammatical apostrophes. Compare e.g. JoeyZasa11's "He also voiced in Planet Hulk (film) and Medal of Honor as Gen. Flagg and also all of the Dead Rising game's." to this diff by KL. There are plenty of other examples in the history if needed. — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 15:21, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

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 * - Being quite familiar with King Genovese, I concur that this is pretty ducky. Due to repeated socking, CU and check for sleepers is suggested and endorsed. Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 15:28, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Very, --  DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  17:02, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged, closing. Dennis Brown - 2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 20:49, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

06 October 2012

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Same MO of non-noteables. Of note is his username referencing an apparently-fictitious mobster he wrote an article for. Lenin and McCarthy |  (Complain here) 05:24, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged KingBerardo per WP:DUCK. — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 05:56, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * And now I've rolled back the contribs and G5'd the articles. — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 06:10, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Totality of circumstances is consistent with Mr. S's conclusion. Closing. Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 09:27, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

07 October 2012

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Ducky as they get, sleeper check if possible. Dennis Brown - 2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 00:04, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

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 * Self endorsed, already got feedback from User:DeltaQuad that this is a confirmed match, so blocked as such. Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 00:06, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
 * , ✅ with behavior, IMO. Still have to finish a sleeper run, I have to go for now though. Another CU can feel free to take it up. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  00:20, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
 * No sleepers. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  01:16, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

03 November 2012

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Same editing patterns as KG - non-noteable mobsters and actors. --Lenin and McCarthy |  (Complain here) 17:18, 3 November 2012 (UTC) Lenin and McCarthy  |  (Complain here) 17:18, 3 November 2012 (UTC)


 * A further update - the user is now uploading numerous probable copyvios with laughable own-work claims. Now sure how to proceed, but going to yell at him anyway. --Lenin and McCarthy |  (Complain here) 03:44, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and was redone as it expired. --  DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  04:00, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I've deleted the articles under CSD G5. — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 09:05, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

03 February 2013

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Matches KG's habit of poorly sourced or otherwise bad mob articles. Frank Diecidue has no reliable sources, and the sources for Vincent LoScalzo do not back the bizarre claim he was an underboss at age 17.

The puppet master is not above grandiose claims - I guess impersonating a real writer isn't too much of a stretch. Lenin and McCarthy |  (Complain here) 20:05, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

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 * and pretty much ✅. One typo'd sleeper: . WilliamH (talk) 22:47, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged, closing. Rschen7754 06:20, 4 February 2013 (UTC)