Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lewys G/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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Originally filed in Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents by an ip. Based on Editor Interaction Analyser it seem the sockmaster create two accounts for edit war plus one more as stale which discovered by me (edit:, registered in CA but not actually in en-wiki). Request CU since all 3 accounts are new and probably not the true primary account Matthew hk (talk) 14:24, 14 January 2020 (UTC)


 * For diff. For example in Cool for Cats (song) article, compare Special:Diff/933577006 and Special:Diff/934795040. Just some wording change after the first batch of edits had been reverted


 * While in More Stars, compare Special:Diff/933552771 and Special:Diff/934793018. Matthew hk (talk) 14:28, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * My thanks to for bringing my ANI report here. There are also IP accounts, one of which was blocked last year, for engaging in the same disruptive edit history. 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 00:44, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I'd also suggest an indefinite, rather than a one week block of the master account, based on their edit history. But it's a foregone conclusion that they'll continue using IPs for the same purposes. 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 00:54, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * Sure, I'll endorse a check to see if there may be more accounts. The similar usernames, the edits between the same articles, and the similar changes between the articles clearly show that the two accounts are being used by the same person. I was almost going to say that this situation may be where the user simply stopped using one account and started using another (which is allowed), but their edit to Gary Numan between the two accounts, and their edits afterwards on the same articles (as seen here) show that the user switches from Lewys Gil to Lewys G when their edits are reverted in the given article. This is disruptive, and not in compliance with policy. I'm going to indef and tag the sock puppet account, and block the master for one week. If CU evidence uncovers more information, I'll evaluate it when it's presented.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:38, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:41, 15 January 2020 (UTC)


 * at best. The technical evidence doesn't tell us anything, so this has to be a behavioral block. Katietalk 03:20, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Nothing more to do. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 09:51, 15 January 2020 (UTC)