Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ludivine/Archive

29 December 2011

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Hi. I was reading Ritchie Blackmore's bio and i noticed odd edit patterns as they seemed to back each other up. I clicked on the edits of the users and three topics constantly appear; Ritchie Blackmore, French actresses/film, Tennessee politics. From the Ritchie Blackmore bio, User:Msgv has also made edits to Tennessee politics (Jimmy Duncan (U.S. politician)), and French actress (Juliette Binoche}. User:Xbvca, Tennessee politics, and French actress (Françoise Brion), User:Testu, Tennessee politics Chuck Fleischmann, French actress Danielle Darrieux). User:Gfl, who like user Testu has made edits to Tennessee politician Fleischmann, User:Ewin has also made edits to the two subjects (Tennessee Volunteers football team, and French actress: Emmanuelle Devos), User:Devinn, made edits to French born actress Claudette Colbert as has User:Ure. Next user, User:Imrie, also has a fondness for Blackmore, french actresses (Véronique Genest), and Tennessee politics (Bob Corker, as has User:Gfl), User:Diora Tennessee politics (Harold Ford, Jr.) and french film (André Cayatte). I then clicked on the Deep Purple bio (Blackmore's band), and seen the same patterns; User:Lane edits Ritchie Blackmore, French actresses (Renée Adorée) and Tennessee politics (Tennessee House of Representatives), the previous editor, User:Laod edits Ritchie Blackmore, French actresses (Emmanuelle Béart) and Tennessee politics {Bob Corker the same page that two editors, User:Imrie and User:Gfl, i previously listed}. The collective edits by Lane/Laod on the Deeep Purple page had been reverted by an editor. Thats 10 editors i have come across on the same three subjects of Blackmore, French actresses, and Tenneessee politics, there may be many more. GrampsSydney (talk) 04:41, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

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 * - A lot of these acounts are old - 3+ years in some cases - but the overlap is strong enough to make me suspicious. Endorsing to see if these accounts are at all connected. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:49, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah that's a weird coincidence, but can anyone find any abuse or team tagging? I'm wary of using CU if these people have merely the same interests. -- Luk  talk 10:30, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Placing on hold -Luk, I'm going to send a note to the CU-list functionaries list, if you're around. TN X Man  15:49, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, here we go. After checking with some other CUs, ✅ the following are the same:
 * -now User:Pinkd
 * TN X Man 18:25, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Whoa. I've moved this case to show Ludivine as the master. Blocked and tagged all the socks, and the master as well. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:55, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm relisting: of the accounts in the original list, Xbvca and Ewin didn't come up in the confirmed list above. Are they unrelated, or are they part of a separate branch of this farm? —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:58, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Defacto ✅ per --  DQ  (t)   (e)  21:07, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I just missed them -sorry. Add the following to the above list:
 * TN X Man 21:10, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright, the socks in the second set have been blocked and tagged. We're done. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 21:29, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * -now User:Pinkd
 * TN X Man 18:25, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Whoa. I've moved this case to show Ludivine as the master. Blocked and tagged all the socks, and the master as well. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:55, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm relisting: of the accounts in the original list, Xbvca and Ewin didn't come up in the confirmed list above. Are they unrelated, or are they part of a separate branch of this farm? —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:58, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Defacto ✅ per --  DQ  (t)   (e)  21:07, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I just missed them -sorry. Add the following to the above list:
 * TN X Man 21:10, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright, the socks in the second set have been blocked and tagged. We're done. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 21:29, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 18:25, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Whoa. I've moved this case to show Ludivine as the master. Blocked and tagged all the socks, and the master as well. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:55, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm relisting: of the accounts in the original list, Xbvca and Ewin didn't come up in the confirmed list above. Are they unrelated, or are they part of a separate branch of this farm? —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:58, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Defacto ✅ per --  DQ  (t)   (e)  21:07, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I just missed them -sorry. Add the following to the above list:
 * TN X Man 21:10, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright, the socks in the second set have been blocked and tagged. We're done. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 21:29, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 18:25, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Whoa. I've moved this case to show Ludivine as the master. Blocked and tagged all the socks, and the master as well. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:55, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm relisting: of the accounts in the original list, Xbvca and Ewin didn't come up in the confirmed list above. Are they unrelated, or are they part of a separate branch of this farm? —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:58, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Defacto ✅ per --  DQ  (t)   (e)  21:07, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I just missed them -sorry. Add the following to the above list:
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 21:10, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright, the socks in the second set have been blocked and tagged. We're done. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 21:29, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 18:25, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Whoa. I've moved this case to show Ludivine as the master. Blocked and tagged all the socks, and the master as well. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:55, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm relisting: of the accounts in the original list, Xbvca and Ewin didn't come up in the confirmed list above. Are they unrelated, or are they part of a separate branch of this farm? —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:58, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Defacto ✅ per --  DQ  (t)   (e)  21:07, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I just missed them -sorry. Add the following to the above list:
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 21:10, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright, the socks in the second set have been blocked and tagged. We're done. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 21:29, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 18:25, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Whoa. I've moved this case to show Ludivine as the master. Blocked and tagged all the socks, and the master as well. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:55, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm relisting: of the accounts in the original list, Xbvca and Ewin didn't come up in the confirmed list above. Are they unrelated, or are they part of a separate branch of this farm? —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:58, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Defacto ✅ per --  DQ  (t)   (e)  21:07, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I just missed them -sorry. Add the following to the above list:
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 21:10, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright, the socks in the second set have been blocked and tagged. We're done. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 21:29, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 21:10, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright, the socks in the second set have been blocked and tagged. We're done. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 21:29, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 21:10, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright, the socks in the second set have been blocked and tagged. We're done. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 21:29, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 21:10, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright, the socks in the second set have been blocked and tagged. We're done. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 21:29, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright, the socks in the second set have been blocked and tagged. We're done. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 21:29, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

29 November 2012

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These accounts to one degree or another show signs of the same editing patterns as before. In particular, Ritchie Blackmore (all of them), French film/actor/actresses e.g., Claudette Colbert (all except Baile), and Tennessee politics e.g., Bob Corker (all except Askedoffer; Baile edited a couple of different TN politicos).

While significantly less telling, there's also some overlap between who uploaded File:Mae Clarke in Fast Workers.jpg locally which was then moved to commons and had it's description edited by previously confirmed sock.

Requesting CU mostly because of the horde which was previously uncovered. VernoWhitney (talk) 23:21, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

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 * - T. Canens (talk) 00:00, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Zrb is, all the other named accounts are ✅. Also:
 * Are ✅ to be each other, and to be the same as the above.  (Makes me wonder where the other letters of the alphabet are).  &mdash; Coren (talk) 20:54, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the confirmed socks, but Zrb has some slight behavioral quirks that I can't find in the others. For example, he adds a message before the "Undid revision 123456789 by..." rather than after. Since he is also stale, I don't feel comfortable blocking him just yet. EDIT: This was just brought to my attention. Zrb's quirks are shared by other socks, so he is now blocked too. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 22:33, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Are ✅ to be each other, and to be the same as the above.  (Makes me wonder where the other letters of the alphabet are).  &mdash; Coren (talk) 20:54, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the confirmed socks, but Zrb has some slight behavioral quirks that I can't find in the others. For example, he adds a message before the "Undid revision 123456789 by..." rather than after. Since he is also stale, I don't feel comfortable blocking him just yet. EDIT: This was just brought to my attention. Zrb's quirks are shared by other socks, so he is now blocked too. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 22:33, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the confirmed socks, but Zrb has some slight behavioral quirks that I can't find in the others. For example, he adds a message before the "Undid revision 123456789 by..." rather than after. Since he is also stale, I don't feel comfortable blocking him just yet. EDIT: This was just brought to my attention. Zrb's quirks are shared by other socks, so he is now blocked too. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 22:33, 30 November 2012 (UTC)