Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Madzookie1122/Archive

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Madzookie1122 seems to be a single-purpose account that since 2012 has been adding that an alleged professional soccer play, named Stephen Gallagher, exists and has played for all these teams. Colinrobinson6 is doing the same thing now, to the same pages. A real Gallagher exists, but doesn't match with the description that both accounts are giving. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 17:31, 17 June 2021 (UTC) (CC)  Tb hotch ™ 17:31, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * Another account by the name of 'Bankski' is now making the exact same edits. As stated above, this has gone on for nearly a decade. The user has previously attempted to make a profile for Stephen Gallagher, initially stating he played for Birmingham City. After getting no where with this, he changed the club to Stevenage Borough, presumably hoping there was a little less information available on player records from the years suggested. Just for absolute clarity, no player called Stephen Gallagher has ever played for Stevenage Borough or Stevenage. Some of these edits have remained in pages for years (the 1991 Youth World Cup edits had a Stephen Gallagher replacing Brian Byrne for four years!). SBFCEdit (talk) 22:42, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * Obvious socking; I've blocked both accounts indefinitely. Normally I'd give a timed block on a first offense, but these are the only edits Madzookie1122 has made in years and there's been zero response to concerns raised on their talk page. I didn't tag as this is likely a one-off, but will go back and do so if they create new accounts.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:36, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

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Same as the last time (Sockpuppet_investigations/Madzookie1122/Archive). A user adding that Stephen Gallagher was part of those teams. I thought this was over but after this caught my attention, I saw Bankski's edits. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 01:33, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * It's virtually certain that Bankski is Madzookie. On the other hand, quoting from WP:BP, Blocks are used to prevent damage or disruption to Wikipedia, not to punish users.  They haven't edited in 4 months, so it's hard to see how a block today would be to prevent damage.  If they start editing again (or create a new sock), please ping me, but in the meantime, closing with no action taken. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:57, 12 October 2021 (UTC)