Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/LemonadeDrinker/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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This user claims to be a "lurker" who uses Wikipedia a lot during their "free time at work". The account was created today at 18:17. Merely 53 minutes later, this user posted a 600-word speculation piece on WP:ANI suggesting that I am a sockpuppet operated by a different account. The only other public activity of them was at 19:12 when they posted on my user page the obligatory notice associated with their post.

Given the highly unusual circumstance here, I cannot help but question the nature of the account. Are they a long-time IP that never posted anything before, and that suddenly decided to create an account today only to make evidence-free speculationson WP:ANI? Or are they someone who already has an account, but who decided that the cost of using their original account to post on WP:ANI would be "too high", thus going for a new account solely for the purpose of making these speculations/accusations against me?

I have read WP:ILLEGIT and feel that there is enough reason to initiate an investigation to see whether there are illegitimate uses of alternative accounts to "mislead, deceive, disrupt, or undermine consensus" in the community. Normchou  💬 23:05, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Is it possible that this is ? Stonksboi has edited Zoom Video Communications (which LemonadeDrinker mentions) and also some China-related topics (which LemonadeDrinker mentions). This ANI report happened one hour after Normchour reported Stonksboi for edit warring, also within an hour after Stonksboi reported another editor they were having a conflict with to WP:AIV . – Thjarkur (talk) 11:15, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Insightful observation, thanks. Adding to the suspect list.  Normchou   💬 12:20, 23 December 2020 (UTC)


 * This incident also happened just after had been blocked as a sockpuppet. CA and Normchou had been edit warring in Uyghur genocide. That is another possible sockmaster. In addition, another brand new account called  launched a SPI on the connection between  and Normchou: Sockpuppet investigations/Horse Eye's Back. See how the last bullet point there is mimicking my SPI on CA. CU assistance here would be good. --Pudeo (talk) 20:44, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, it is good to know that someone's using VPNs/proxies to create throwaway socks here. Suggest closing with no further action as I don't think there are reasons to suspect Stonksboi and CA are related. --Pudeo (talk) 13:11, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Mz7 (talk) 22:07, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * . LemonadeDrinker and Lexus220 both appear to be using some kind of proxy (e.g. a VPN). Stonksboi and CaradhrasAiguo are unrelated to each other. Mz7 (talk) 22:23, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Because of their apparent attempt to evade CU detection, as well as the fact that both accounts are WP:SPAs created solely to target Normchou, I've decided to block both LemonadeDrinker and Lexus220 as sockpuppets of each other on the basis of WP:DUCK. I will defer this case to the discretion of another admin or SPI clerk to decide whether Stonksboi or CaradhrasAiguo are related. Mz7 (talk) 22:33, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * This isn't CaradhrasAiguo; they're a different sockmaster and write fairly differently. As for Stonksboi, it's possible, I guess? Stonksboi seems to have butted heads with both Horse Eye's Back and Normchou, but that connection on its own is not sufficient for a block. Tagged LemonadeDrinker and Lexus220, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 03:15, 1 January 2021 (UTC)