Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/LACABL/Archive

04 May 2015

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User:LACABL created Bobby Laurie with [] as their first edit at 00:50, 22 May 2012. Then User:BoLaINC tried to AFC-review this new article with their overall second edit a mere 30 minutes later (it looks like a try to push the whole article live without any independent review or supervision). Their first edit at all was the addition of the AfC-helper script, pretty obviously not a new inexperienced user. Two days later User:TTCStar corrects the article with, again with their first edit as user (looking at that diff, an inexperienced user wouldn't know or care, if the "reflist" tag was written in lower or upper case). Other evidence includes their usernames BoLA, BL (Bobby Laurie), while TTCStar is most likely their company or an abbrevation for their TV show. All 3 accounts are SPA-accounts focussed on Bobby Laurie, his aircraft incident and TV show. Although Commons is a separate project, these photo contributions clearly indicate, that TTCStar is connected with Bobby Laurie and/or his show.

A more experienced SPI-reviewer may also be interested in a possible connection with blocked User:FergusM1970, who created the now-deleted article for Laurie's partner Gailen David in a very similar style and with the same PR-tactics. But I haven't the tools (or time) to do a full analysis on that specific connection, the point is probably moot anyway as that user is banned and the article has been deleted. GermanJoe (talk) 16:09, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * Case withdrawn by the filler here. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:44, 15 May 2015 (UTC)