Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Necroshine95/Archive

17 January 2013

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Obvious sock of Necroshine95 - editing same articles, adding sales figures based on possibly unreliable sources, not formatting source links. He's user multiple accounts simultaneously last time and he makes up stupid arguments to deny socking, so CheckUser might be worth it to be sure and to look for any sleepers. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 00:57, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Previous socks are User:Phantomlord95, User:XGabriel1986X, and User:XGabriel86X -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 00:59, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * (Btw, He's made quite a few changes, and I've only reverted a couple of them - I don't know what might be good and what might be bad - but if confirmed as a sock, it should really all be reverted -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 01:03, 17 January 2013 (UTC)).

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 * Other than XGabriel1986X who edits from work, but we can tell is obviously related, all listed users including Boing!'s previous socks are ✅. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  06:07, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged, closing. Rschen7754 07:34, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

29 March 2013

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Bulk-adding album sales figures as per all previous socks, and now doing the same for release dates. Some of his sources are reliable, but many—too many—are not, e.g. the use of message forums, unreliable foreign language sites, user-submittable content, and other stuff which contradicts official information on the bands' own websites. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 23:11, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

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 * ✅ - A l is o n  ❤ 06:59, 2 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Blocked, tagged, closing Rschen7754 07:05, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

02 November 2013

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User is currently edit warring on the album article for The Years of Decay, just as with all of his previous socks. The telltale numbers at the end of the username, never signing posts on talk pages, as well as a penchant for editing articles relating to the band Overkill, should be strong enough reasons to suspect User:Abomination85 is indeed User:Necroshine95. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 20:30, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * - - This user is clearly related, but it was created at the same time as past socks. Endorsing for a sleeper check, though I'm not sure how effective it will be since the account was created a while ago (and so the old sock is going to be stale).  Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 22:37, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged  Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 22:37, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
 * What on earth? Checkuser data is unhelpful here. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 23:02, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

31 December 2013

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As with all six previous socks who displayed similar editing behaviour, as well as the telltale metal-related username and number at the end of it, this user is only concerned with an album article pertaining to the band Overkill. He is currently edit warring on the Taking Over article by adding content (album sales figures, as always) which does not explicitly support the statement made in the article. Just like his previous socks made use of questionable/unclear sources, the one he insists on using does not even mention the album in question whatsoever, hence obvious WP:SYNTH. In response, and clearly unaware of how WP:RS works, he claims that any first-time readers of the article need not "care" about the source provided and to just read it; and if in doubt to look for some half-hearted, all-knowing explanation left on my talk page. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 21:23, 31 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Per the request to provide an additional diff: User:Abomination85, the last known sock of User:Necroshine95, first added this source in June, which I believe violates WP:NOR and WP:SYNTH. I then removed it in December, only for User:Paranoid90 to immediately add back the removed content verbatim. An edit war ensued, which is behaviour typical of all previous User:Necroshine95 socks, and here we are now. This, I believe, is reasonable proof that User:Paranoid90 is a sock of User:Necroshine95, and that any subsequent attempts to add back the questionable source will almost certainly be another sock(s). Mac Dreamstate (talk) 20:46, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

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 * - - Looks pretty damning; let's look for sleepers. King of  &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:40, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Where's the diff for the sockmaster or other confirmed sockpuppet? There's only one diff provided (for the suspected sockpuppet). See Template:DiffsNeeded if, for some reason, the instructions provided elsewhere on what evidence is required are not clear enough. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 12:41, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * - Per Deskana. NativeForeigner Talk 19:59, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
 * User is ✅. No sleepers. Thanks for second diff. NativeForeigner Talk 22:04, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Suspected sock tagged and blocked indef per CU findings. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:06, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

11 March 2014

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Fresh edit war about to happen at the Taking Over (Overkill album) article. Suspected sock displays the telltale signs of all predecessors: keeps adding the same source with the same exact wording (March 2014: vs December 2013:  vs June 2013: ); keeps using WP:SYNTH to corroborate his addition, claiming that it the reader's responsibility to figure it out (whilst parroting what a previous sock, User:Paranoid90, said at my talk page in December 2013); mobile edits like previous socks; and finally has the same type of name (always with the two numbers at the end, per all previous socks). Mac Dreamstate (talk) 04:41, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * Account blocked and tagged as a DUCK based on the website they keep adding. Closing now. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:32, 12 March 2014 (UTC)