Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kristover/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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Page created by Kristover1981, who very much appears connected to the company, based on style (such as this). Created the page in 2017, active through December 2020. Received a basic talk page warning and hasn't edited again.

User Kristover first appeared on the "armory" page in December 2020, about 48 hours after Kirstover1981's last edit. This account was created in 2014, but first mentioned "armory" on another page in January 2020. Has uploaded photos of products and the store location, listing themselves as the image owner. . Active within the last week.

The listed ipv6 then made some edits that have a slight tilt towards listing store locations. Not very provable though.

JTBeshears began making edits a few days ago. Proceeded to add a location directory with addresses and phone numbers. I added a COI warning message on their talk page. They stopped editing, and..

Jtbassin began making edits today, re-adding the store directory. They actually made a ton of additions that appear to match previous COI-ish content additions, but it was reverted by XLinkBot after they added a youtube link. They added some of that back.

I could give more warnings and personal messages, but their M.O. is to simply create another account. They never use the edit summary. Given the similiarities in the usernames and content additions, I expect they are one or more people who work for the company. I don't know what a good course of action is for this. tedder (talk) 18:02, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * My impression is multiple employees. Here's what I've done:
 * Pblocked Kristover and Jtbassin from Palmetto State Armory for apparent undisclosed COI.
 * Blocked JTBeshears as UPE, since I can prove that one (off-wiki evidence involved, can disclose by email)
 * Watchlisted the page; if more accounts show up, I'll protect the page (or, if you prefer: "when the socking starts, the locking starts"). GeneralNotability (talk) 02:10, 14 April 2021 (UTC)