Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Macechap/Archive

Evidence submitted by Eagles247
and have already been indef blocked. has edited the userpage of several times including,  and many other times. All five of these users edit their userpages 100 times in a day. Zeuz101 posts a "don't vandalize" message on the user talk pages of Kar.patriots (here), Macechap123's here, PwnedByMe here and creates the userpage for Rex3241 here. After Macechap12 and Macechap123 were blocked indef, Kar.patriots, PwnedByMe and Zeuz101 all posted unblocks of their autoblocks for the IP address 76.184.196.15. The first time around, the autoblock was lifted. They have requested it a second time and nothing has happened yet.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  17:30, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

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Comments by other users
Overall I can't see any useful edits by these users. Many edits were reverted as vandalism. User:PwnedByMe created the Cell research article, but it was unreferenced and per WP:MCB discussion was redirected. PDCook (talk) 17:58, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by Hers fold  (t/a/c)

This is screaming socking to me, and I'm going to take a quick check here to clear out the drawer. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 17:44, 1 April 2010 (UTC)




 * I'm blocking and tagging all of these accounts as socks of User:Macechap, as that's the most common name and Macechap is one of the three oldest accounts here. When closing this, would a clerk please rename this case accordingly? Thanks. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 18:03, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
 * moved. Marking as closed 19:09, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Hairhorn
A circle of socks or meatpuppets here. All new accounts, doing mostly harmless vandalism so far, awarding each other barnstars, and a lot of userpage back and forth. Cow373 nominated Zuez101 for adminship, but this is so clearly a non-starter as a nomination that I can't help seeing this as jokey vandalism as well. Hairhorn (talk) 17:45, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Eagles247
This is a sockpuppet of, who has a similar sockpuppet named.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  19:36, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

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Moved to the correct SPI case header. –MuZemike 22:01, 5 April 2010 (UTC) Blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 22:04, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Eagles247
Pretty obvious - edited User:Zeuz101's userpage and 's userpage, while JoshMBroadfield edited 's talk page. Piepiepie1110 and Piepiepie2110 has almost identical usernames.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  22:42, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

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Comments by other users
.  N ERDY S CIENCE D UDE  (✉ message • changes) 23:21, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
These accounts have been bagged and tagged. However, the most recent sweep dug up a lot of sleepers, I think another sweep may be warranted. TN X Man 16:09, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

self endorsing for a sleeper sweep, please, per Tnxman. Thanks, SpitfireTally-ho! 16:31, 10 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Nothing else floating around. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 05:00, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Accounts tagged. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 05:31, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Eagles247
User creates userpage (second edit) with "Admins, please dont block me as a suspected sockpuppet of Macechap. What did i do to become one." (here) User has the initials of other blocked socks, User:JoshMBroadfield and User:Joshbroadfld. Also created a RFA like User:Cow373 did for another sock. Also has same numbers in username as User:Zuez101 and User:Zeuz101.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  22:13, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Airplaneman
This says it all. Airplaneman  ✈  01:44, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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Comments by other users
. ~ N ERDY S CIENCE D UDE  (✉ message • changes) 00:10, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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 * Both blocked as ducks. Sad to say, this is third time I've seen an attempted RfA with a sockpuppet by Macechap. Still, a good laugh. — ξ xplicit  02:03, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Eagles247
User gave User:JMB101 a barnstar (here), and is suspected to be JMB101 logged out. I reverted the user's addition of the barnstar to JMB101's talkpage, and JMB101 undid my reversion (here). Fails the duck test as well.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  00:26, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

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Blocked for 1 month. ~ Amory ( u •  t  •  c ) 17:40, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Novaseminary

 * In the first edit to this user's talk page, asked not to be blocked as a sock of Macechap. Also has awarded self barnstars and other odd editing behavior. Novaseminary (talk) 02:20, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * This editor also edited Battle of the Head of Passes, an article created by one of the socks. I wonder if this is a legitimate page or if all of the editors of it are socks. A google book search for this battle comes up with nothing. Novaseminary (talk) 02:31, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I just noticed that this user also created this nonsense article, Second Battle of Dragoon Springs, which probably should be speedily deleted once this is closed. Novaseminary (talk) 02:45, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

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Comments by other users

 * They are signing their posts with "JMB" too, very similar to an account which was blocked for sockpuppetry of Macechap recently. Duck? --Taelus (talk) 07:27, 22 April 2010 (UTC)


 * He gave me a couple barnstars, one here that thanks me for protecting one of Macechap's socks from vandalism by another of Macechap's socks. Loud quacking. —Joshua Scott (LiberalFascist) 12:44, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
The quack is strong with this one. Blocked and tagged. TN X Man 14:36, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Spongefrog
Similar name and editing behaviour as User:Me101223, Lord Spongefrog,   (I am Czar of all Russias!)  18:45, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

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Blocked by AlexiusHoratius. TN X Man 18:49, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * still appears to be unblocked. SpitfireTally-ho! 18:59, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Whoops! Looked at other account. Now it's done. TN X</b> Man  19:14, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Verified now blocked Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 19:16, 23 April 2010 (UTC)