Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mdtemp/Archive

26 January 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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 * Editor interaction utility

Mdtemp and 204.126.132.231 have voted in 100s of the same AfD's and always vote the same way. See Editor Interaction Analyzer for a current list, unusual amount of overlapping sentiment. Perhaps also relevant that the IP geolocates to Howard Community College in Maryland, and "Mdtemp" may be connected eg. "Maryland temporary". GreenC 18:09, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

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We are not sockpuppets. I have never edited from Howard Community College and a CU would show that. There are few editors at AFD martial arts discussions, so it's not surprising there are overlaps and strong agreements in votes--especially since most articles are deleted. I bet user PRehse and I have more overlaps and agreements than I do with the IP. Also, it looks like the IP mainly edits sportspeople articles, which include martial arts, while I focus on martial arts (especially MMA) articles--not hockey, football, etc. The edit analyzer also says that sockpuppets would show edit times close together and the IP and I have made few edits to the same articles that aren't days apart.Mdtemp (talk) 19:42, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * CU won't connect an account with an IP address. There is a definite crossover but I'd like to hear what User:Mdtemp and User:204.126.132.231 have to say about it. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:37, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
 * After reviewing the situation, I'm closing this without action. It's very difficult in general to tie an IP to a named account based only on behavior, for privacy reasons checkusers won't get involved here, so I would need to see particularly compelling evidence to take action. I don't think voting in many of the same Afds is enough to block based on behavior, as it certainly could be a coincidence. Mark Arsten (talk) 21:48, 27 January 2014 (UTC)