Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/P0PP4B34R732/Archive

01 February 2012

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All four accounts do the exact same work on past created biographies... creating the talk page and then adding tags and minor cleanup to the articles. Last 500 edits of P0PP4B34R732, Millertime246, Sweat1nce, 2MuchCoffee. I've both warned Millertime247 and P0PP4B34R732 on their talk pages about adding the same inappropriate WikiProject Banners. Their edits never overlap, but come uncannily close to each other. For example: Except for their inappropriate WikiProject Banners, I'm haven't noticed any malicious intent. They have actually done some good work. So, I don't think a block to the master account, P0PP4B34R732, is warranted... I don't know, it is above my pay grade. Bgwhite (talk) 23:14, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) February 1 - P0PP4B34R732 edited from 19:20 to 19:52 and Millertime246 picked up at 19:56 to 20:37.
 * 2) January 21 - Sweat1nce edited from 22:07 to 22:48 and 2MuchCoffee picked up at 23:38 to 00:12 on the 22nd.
 * 3) January 13 - Sweat1nce edited from 1:07 to 2:02 and 2MuchCoffee picked up at at 2:08 to 2:39.

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 * Hrm. There's something going on here. On hold for now. TN X Man  8:01 pm, Today (UTC−5)

Assuming they are all the same person, what policy is being violated here? -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 02:10, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I'd assume the "one account per person" policy? - The Bushranger One ping only 21:04, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * No such policy, of course. Perhaps a case of someone doing something questionable, not sure what, and using more than one account to do it. A casual view of the edits simply shows editing of a number of more or less acceptable articles. User:Fred Bauder Talk 13:45, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * From WP:SOCK, a policy: "The general rule is one editor, one account.". - The Bushranger One ping only 05:45, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

. Right. These accounts appear to be the same, but I can't see what they're doing. There's no abuse I see, so before any blocks are placed, the edits should be checked and the editors contacted. What are they up to?
 * The following are somehow known to each other (probably not the same person, though):
 * So, here's my interpretation: these are all marketers/PR people/agents, charged with maintaining biographies. If that's true, is anything problematic going on? I don't see any blatant promotion or spamming. In fact, most of their edits seem quite helpful.
 * As I mentioned above, we should make an effort to discover the motivation here before handing out blocks. TN X Man  19:02, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Honestly I'd be shocked if they're not the same person solely based on behavioral evidence, but I'll defer to TNXMan on this one. I'm going to close for now.. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:11, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * So, here's my interpretation: these are all marketers/PR people/agents, charged with maintaining biographies. If that's true, is anything problematic going on? I don't see any blatant promotion or spamming. In fact, most of their edits seem quite helpful.
 * As I mentioned above, we should make an effort to discover the motivation here before handing out blocks. TN X Man  19:02, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Honestly I'd be shocked if they're not the same person solely based on behavioral evidence, but I'll defer to TNXMan on this one. I'm going to close for now.. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:11, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * So, here's my interpretation: these are all marketers/PR people/agents, charged with maintaining biographies. If that's true, is anything problematic going on? I don't see any blatant promotion or spamming. In fact, most of their edits seem quite helpful.
 * As I mentioned above, we should make an effort to discover the motivation here before handing out blocks. TN X Man  19:02, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Honestly I'd be shocked if they're not the same person solely based on behavioral evidence, but I'll defer to TNXMan on this one. I'm going to close for now.. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:11, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * So, here's my interpretation: these are all marketers/PR people/agents, charged with maintaining biographies. If that's true, is anything problematic going on? I don't see any blatant promotion or spamming. In fact, most of their edits seem quite helpful.
 * As I mentioned above, we should make an effort to discover the motivation here before handing out blocks. TN X Man  19:02, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Honestly I'd be shocked if they're not the same person solely based on behavioral evidence, but I'll defer to TNXMan on this one. I'm going to close for now.. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:11, 9 February 2012 (UTC)