Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Montana's Defender/Archive

Evidence submitted by Atlan
User:Montana's Defender, had moved to User:AmericaIsNumberOne, in an effort to avoid scrutiny for their less than cooperative behavior. I suspect that AmericaIsNumberOne has now moved to User:SocalBill09 for the same reason, after receiving several warnings. Note that all 3 accounts and the IP edit the same articles (Hannah Montana and Star Trek related articles, Billi Bruno and Dakota Fanning) and that the IP and SocalBill09 have picked up an edit war on Montana (disambiguation) right where AmericaIsNumberOne left off. The master may be stale now, but the other accounts certainly are not.--Atlan (talk) 17:21, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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 * Don't be quick to assume that someone is a sockpuppet

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by Atlan (talk) 17:21, 29 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Assuming these accounts are the same user, switching from one account to another isn't necessarily nefarious... is there some policy violation or other shenanigan to point at, here? – Luna Santin  (talk) 01:43, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, there's the illusion of support here, where they support their own position by "hating it too"; Contributing to the same articles with several accounts; Misusing a clean start by continuing the same edit wars; Gaming the system, where they have switched accounts and continued disruption after "last warnings", receiving a new set of warnings with the new account from unsuspecting editors, when continuing under the same account would have inevitably lead to blocks. Maybe a checkuser isn't necessary here and behavioral evidence is enough, but I'll let you decide that.--Atlan (talk) 05:45, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Mind if I add a code letter here? Reading the above, I think it falls under one.—  Dæ  dαlus Contribs 07:03, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Hm, that does look more actionable. All three named accounts appear to be ✅ matches based on technical evidence; no comment on the IP address at this time. I'll leave it to admin discretion what sort of response is called for, if any. – Luna Santin  (talk) 09:43, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd restrict them to only one account (the master, preferably) and block the other two. I don't really care about any kind of additional sanction, as that seems hardly useful here. I'm sure they get the point.--Atlan (talk) 10:02, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

I've blocked all three accounts indefinitely, and left a note on each account's talk page indicating that they may request an unblock on one of the accounts once they decide which account they will continue to use. Tim Song (talk) 15:20, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Individual picked User:AmericaIsNumberOne ~ Amory ( u •  t  •  c ) 16:26, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Atlan
Per the outcome of the previous SPI case, the user was allowed to continue editing as User:AmericaIsNumberOne. That account is currently blocked for a month for continued reverting without explanation, with no checking whether the revert is even warranted. It appears he has now started using a dormant account, User:YellowLeader09, to evade the block. All accounts used share an editing pattern of According to Jim related articles, Star Trek related articles, the Sandra Cantu homicide article and a preference for the actress Dakota Fanning.--Atlan (talk) 14:26, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
✅, unambiguous. --jpgordon:==( o ) 15:18, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Already blocked and tagged by Jpgordon.  E lockid  ( Talk ) 15:43, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

13 July 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Same as before: edit warring over According to Jim related articles. The Admiral William Bruno account was created right after I confronted the IP and after its suspicious denial. Combined with his continued interest in Star Trek, it's pretty much a duck. Atlan (talk) 07:52, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
All of the accounts in the archive are, sorry. TN X Man 13:33, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * That's not unexpected, even though I'm sure the IP range hasn't changed in the past year. I suggest you go by the behavioral evidence I suggested above.--Atlan (talk) 13:38, 13 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Per behavioral evidence I've blocked and tagged the sock with the master of AmericaIsNumberOne. (That's who Montana's Defender is also tagged as.) —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:03, 20 July 2011 (UTC)