Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Manorathan/Archive

12 May 2011

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While patrolling recent page creations, I found an article that was a copy and paste of a web page, so I placed a speedy deletion tag (G12) on the page. I went to inform the author (Manorathan), and noticed that the username ws familiar, because this person had created another article earlier that was a violation of G12, so I looked at their recent contributions and found 4 new articles that were simply copies and pastes of other web pages. I put G12 tags on all of the pages, and then the author went through and replaced a few words in the articles (like changing a name to a pronoun), but much of the articles were still the same. Then the author "Wadidng through the miasma" came and began deleting the tags off of all of the articles and changing a few more words in the articles. Another user suspected that this user might be a sock, and I believe so as well, because the account was created shortly after I marked the pages with the CSD tags, and this user has only contributed on these pages.Inks.LWC (talk) 20:21, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Later, another account, which has only edited pages that were created by Manorathan has also begun editing and commenting on AfD discussions. I suspect that this may be another sock or meatpuppetry. Inks.LWC (talk) 21:08, 13 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Looks like the user has begun to edit from the IP address that I have added above to evade their block. MarnetteD | Talk 14:18, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

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This user Inks.LWC has been targeting the articles created by me of late, turning them up for deletion, which were of course responded to in a way unfavourable to him in the AfD pages, and here he comes sulking. This should be a joke, as it is only me here who uses his real name. Let him do what he is best at, raising such false alarms. Manorathan (talk)r 18:30, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

It is very unbecoming for such an experienced wikipedian user to conceive of such conspiracy theories. I have the correct combination of mental soundness and volition to comment on any article that I come across. Wading through the miasma (talk) 18:56, 15 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm interested in this case, and I am partly making this edit so it's easy for me to return to it. Anyway, I had the same suspicion, but Manorathan claims on my talk page that Tunafish is a different person. I am not completely convinced (but see the discussion at User_talk:Drmies. If CU is more or less conclusive, then I guess a block is in the works--still, I think Manorathan has contributed some valuable articles, all of which were nominated for deletion by the editor who began this SPI and all of which are likely to be kept. So I hope that block won't be too long--I hope that the warning I gave them, between the lines but obvious enough, suffices if indeed Tuna is a sock, or a piece of meat. (I have not looked in great detail at Wading's edits, but I will grant that they look suspicious.) Thank you. Drmies (talk) 16:21, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I notified the suspected sock master; I think that should have been already. Drmies (talk) 16:25, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I'm almost tempted to block directly, but let's get some pixie dust on this. T. Canens (talk) 17:44, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Excuse me if I cannot write here but is "" applicable here?  EBE123  talkContribs 13:04, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
 * No. SpitfireTally-ho! 18:37, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Tim was just endorsing this case. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 14:33, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Manorathan and Wading through the miasma are ✅ as each other; there might be others, but there is a possibility that the IP range is shared, and the others' edits aren't necessarily a match. Tunafish9 is. –MuZemike 18:44, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged Wading; blocked the master 24h for socking. I'm going to leave Tunafish alone for now (my guess is meatpuppetry), but relist if it becomes a thing. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:32, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
 * That meat note is not that far-fetched given the comments on my talk page. Shame. Drmies (talk) 02:13, 16 May 2011 (UTC)