Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Matthew05(ginger)/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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Matthew05(ginger) appears to have inserted repeated edits adding false/unsourced information to the page of Wirral Grammar School for Boys that involved a living person ( 1 2), in doing so citing a government source that had no such information on it. Subsequently, the user inserted an inappropriate link underneath the name of one of the school's employees. The edit was reverted by.

Later that same day, a new account was created. That account, which is the first listed sock, then re-inserted the link that had been removed. This account has since been blocked for vandalism. However, according to the logs, the account itself created another account, which has thus far remained dormant and remains unblocked.

Later the same day, yet another account was created. This account proceeded to repeatedly vandalize the same page (1 2). The user has since been blocked for vandalism.

Even later the same day, yet another vandalism-only account was created. This account has since been blocked.

The sockmaster, on their own talk page, seems to have no remorse for what they did. I am making this report so that an SPI case can be investigated, the sleeper account can be blocked, and so that we can prevent future vandalism on the page in the future. I believe that we have evidence to block them all on the behavioral side, though a checkuser would not hurt to obtain hard technical evidence on the sockpuppetry ring. — Mikehawk10 (talk) 05:38, 7 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Not an issue regarding the ping. I probably should have just typed the name of the user to have been more clear, rather than requiring you to click through to find that detail. — Mikehawk10 (talk) 20:40, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * This school page has seen almost nothing but vandalism for a few years now and has just been protected for three months. The most recent edits are clearly either socks or meats and the use use of throw-away and sleeper accounts seems to justify a CU. Meters (talk) 19:53, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * , what makes you think Zacharyiddon06wgsb is a sock? As far as I can tell, they haven't made a single edit. Blablubbs&#124;talk 20:05, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Ugh, I obviously can't read, sorry for the unnecessary ping. I'm not sure CU is going to be of use here – the accounts are all SPAs and the page has since been protected. I think this may just be some classmates trolling around. A check is warranted in case disruption resumes elsewhere, however. – please block  indefinitely. Thanks,  Blablubbs&#124;talk 20:21, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Zacharyiddon06wgsb blocked as requested. Back to, Cabayi (talk) 07:33, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks., closing. Blablubbs&#124;talk 09:10, 9 April 2021 (UTC)