Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lacyswim/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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I noticed Sabikptah adding many templates, mostly Aberystwyth University, to articles mostly of alumni of the university, over 100 in an hour. He was blocked 12 hours due to failure to respond to communications into that. Shortly thereafter, Lacyswim started adding nav templates, apparently mostly Exeter University, to various biographies They're both very new in terms of edits but Lacyswim also made a couple edits back in September 2020. Wondering if it's the same person. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  14:28, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Another behavioral similarity: They both continued to add navboxes at a rapid rate while ignoring and not replying to my posts on their user talk pages. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  14:37, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * , you blocked then unblocked Sabikptah. Could you fill in some background from that? -- RoySmith (talk) 16:16, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, reported by and later blocked by myself (perm link), but following the user's promise to cease from adding the bogus navboxes, we both felt that an unblock would be fine. El_C 16:22, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I now see that the user has announced their retirement on May 3 and has not edited since, so this can probably be closed as . El_C 16:26, 16 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Closing per El C's comment above. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:36, 16 March 2021 (UTC)