Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Millerv441/Archive

27 March 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

All these accounts are already blocked, but evidence suggest that all these users are automated spambot accounts created by the same operator. Every accounts created different advertising pages on User:Millerv441 or his talk page right after being created. Googling these usernames themselves results in a list of other Wiki's where users using the same names posted identical spam pages as well.

I suspect that some configuration issue in the bot caused these editors to target Millerv441 instead of their own user or talk pages as happened elsewhere. Seeing the evidence I suspect there will be more automated accounts that can be tied to this set. (And if there is a common IP address for these, it may be an idea to block that as well). Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs ) 15:13, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * - Per above. All the relevant diffs can be found on this deleted page. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 22:45, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
 * These accounts have all been blocked and ultimately locked by the Stewards as spam bots. I don't think any further action is needed by en-wiki CUs?--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:41, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 * @Ponyo: I believe Excirial wants a sleeper check. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 21:46, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 * It seems like me or other stewards have handled this already. --Rschen7754 21:53, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 * This was indeed intended to be a sleeper check. If that has already been handled by the stewards all the better. Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs ) 21:56, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 * When the Stewards (and local CUs) identify the spam bots they run them by Checkuser-l and block the associated IPs as well.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:01, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Closing then. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 22:25, 2 April 2014 (UTC)