Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Manustella/Archive

20 July 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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Manustella repeatedly reverted edits to a specific section of 1-800-GET-THIN. User:AndyTheGrump warned Manustella of WP:3RR at 01:31, 20 July 2012, after Manustella had performed 3 reverts within a 24-hour period. An account with only one edit, Cablebill, again reverted the same edit at 14:54, 20 July 2012‎, within the same 24-hour period. The edit summaries on Cablebill's revert was similar in tone and content to those of Manustella. It is suspected that Manustella created this sock to subvert 3RR.
 * Manustella's reverts: 1 2 3
 * Cablebill's revert: 1
 * Similar edit summaries:
 * Manustella: (Removed text not relevant to insurance fraud but to Julian and Michael Omidi)
 * Manustella: (The current statements has nothing to do with 1-800-GET-THIN, but is related to Omdi, who don't own 1-800-Sleep-Help. It looks like personal attack. This is not neutral, but editorial. [WP:FOC] &)
 * Cablebill: (The current section is specific to brothers and should be on its own. Is there a document that shows the brothers own 1-800-GET-Thin? No.) MsFionnuala (talk) 15:29, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * Named users are ✅ matches to one another. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:03, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I blocked Cablebill as an obvious WP:DUCK even before seeing this. Nice to see my hunch was correct! SmartSE (talk) 18:16, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I've also blocked Manustella for 31 hours for edit warring, since using the sock took them over 3RR. SmartSE (talk) 18:18, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I've bumped up the block on the master to 1 week for socking, and tagged both. Closing. Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;  17:00, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

02 August 2012

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Probable ducks editing 1-800-GET-THIN. Two brand new accounts with same whitewashing attempts and complaints about the company being a "marketing company" and removal of insurance section. Requesting confirmation and a sleeper check as there was a long gap between the account creation for AzamDlorah and their first edit, unlike Kmcphail23. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:03, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
— Berean Hunter   (talk)  11:19, 2 August 2012 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:39, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
 * - to confirm socking and flush sleepers.
 * Very and for all extents and purposes ✅. Didn't see any other accounts. Rangeblocking is not an option as there would be quite a bit of collateral, so whacking and potentially semiprotecting is the way to go. WilliamH (talk) 17:28, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked master 48 hours and indeffed the socks with tags.
 * Thank you for handling the blocks, but I think you were a bit lenient on the master. They were already blocked for a week for socking with the last SPI report. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:33, 3 August 2012 (UTC)