Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nbirnbaum1/Archive

02 July 2015

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All users have been exclusively involved in editing Jubilee USA Network and Eric LeCompte (non-profit). (LeCompte is the Executive Director of Jubilee USA.) Such gang-editing would be questionable enough, but several members of the farm have also ganged up to show opposition to a merge proposal at Talk:Eric LeCompte (non-profit), giving the false sense of weight to the oppose argument. If this isn't sockpuppetry, it is likely meat puppetry. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:15, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note Having been tagged as SPAs, the accounts have begun making mostly meaningless edits elsewhere, in an apparent attempt to cover their main goal of supporting the Eric LeCompte article. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:33, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Is any action going to be taken on this report? I have tried to request page protection on Talk:Eric LeCompte (non-profit) to prevent further socks from mucking up the merge proposal, but the reviewing admin there closed the request without action, recommending I take the matter to SPI. Since the matter is already at SPI, can the reviewing admin here protect the talk page based on the ongoing puppetry? WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:12, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * - - All are interested in only one topic (person) . Nbirnbaum1 and Sicsemper031544 are, other four may be compared to each other.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  12:40, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Two more puppets have been added by the filer since your endorsement. What do you want done with them?--Bbb23 (talk) 14:29, 7 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Those two may be compared to each other: brand new accounts whose both argue against merging at Talk:Eric LeCompte (non-profit) in the span of several minutes.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:24, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Group 1 - the following accounts are ✅:
 * Group 2 - the following accounts are to each other and  to Group 1:
 * Group 3 - the following accounts are ✅ and to Groups 1 and 2:
 * Group 2 is likely meat.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:12, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Group 3 - the following accounts are ✅ and to Groups 1 and 2:
 * Group 2 is likely meat.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:12, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Group 3 - the following accounts are ✅ and to Groups 1 and 2:
 * Group 2 is likely meat.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:12, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Group 2 is likely meat.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:12, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Group 2 is likely meat.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:12, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

08 July 2015

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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Yet again, a user creates an account solely for the purpose of contributing to a merge discussion. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 20:06, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

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WikiDan, I guess my comments struck a nerve. And the failure to respond substantively tells me everything I need to know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nickcjacobs (talk • contribs)
 * Given that you are "possilikely" a sockpuppet contributing in violation of Wikipedia policy, I feel no need to validate your comments in the merge discussion with a response. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:59, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * is to .--Bbb23 (talk) 13:45, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm closing this case as all non-stale accounts have been indefinitely blocked. I went straight to indefinite even for the master accounts as it is clear these accounts were all created with the sole intention of influencing a discussion through deception. I have blocked the three groups listed by Bbb23 separately. Group 1 was blocked with Mrzinn as the master, group 2 blocked as suspected socks/meats of Mrzinn, and group 3 plus Nickcjacobs as socks with Ggxoxo as master. I'm not entirely sure of the correct way to archive this. I know that we would be within protocol to split off two separate SPIs on the two masters, but I personally like the way everything here is neatly contained within a single page, given that all accounts are concerned with the same article. Separately, I find no convincing behavioral evidence to tie Nbirnbaum1 to the other accounts. Someguy1221 (talk) 02:55, 6 August 2015 (UTC)