Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Madler/Archive

03 June 2011

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A wave of IPs were making poorly-sourced claims about Bradley Cooper speaking fluent French and once living in France. Even if true (which it very well may be), when I semi-protected to prevent a war, it appears some old sleeper socks were utilized to continue the warring. With the sheer number of distinct users and IPs, I don't want to block without being sure which are actually violating WP:SOCK. Thank you. Wknight94 talk 15:54, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

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 * - I'll endorse, but I think we're looking at fairly widespread meatpuppetry here. Those IPs geolocate all over the place, so it's unlikely that it's all the same user. But I guess we'll see on the named accounts, at least.. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:05, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
 * The accounts appear ❌ from a technical aspect. -- Avi (talk) 06:46, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Closing for now, then. It looks like the article has calmed down anyway. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:01, 6 June 2011 (UTC)