Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/PlusPlusDave/Archive

12 April 2011
User with a one-month, not-very-active edit history, and then launches into fictional AfD topics with gusto. Might be Otto4711, or might be a genuinely new editor completely unrelated. Would appreciate an uninvolved CU seeing whether there are issues or not. Jclemens (talk) 00:54, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

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Wow. I'd like another CU to take a look at this. I think there may be 20-ish accounts hiding here, but I'd like a second opinion before posting the list. TN X Man 11:31, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * On hold. Amalthea  14:28, 12 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I've blocked the first batch of obvious ones. CUs are uncovering more, hang on. - Mailer Diablo 00:59, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Just a note - I've tagged all the accounts that Diablo has blocked thus far. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 03:14, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Moving this back to being endorsed, as nothing seems to be happening here, but it's not quite done yet. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:47, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Following accounts are ✅:



Some are still unblocked. Almost all were used as throw-away accounts. Noting that after a part of these socks were uncovered a while ago (Sriramachandran_V.), there is every reason to believe that the person behind these accounts is going to continue with this behavior.

Predominant opinion is that these are all. In any case, all edits can and should be treated as those of a banned user. I would welcome it if one or several admins could work through the edits of these accounts and handle them accordingly.

Amalthea 14:26, 18 April 2011 (UTC)


 * All socks have now been blocked and tagged. I will now start going through all the edits. -- Diannaa (Talk) 19:24, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I have checked the edits so far of the accounts with a tick mark. So far the edits consist mostly of removing unsourced information on articles on obscure blues musicians. The editor repeatedly re-created articles on Marc Benno, Michael Packer, and Samuel Prody. In some instances he tagged them for deletion himself and then re-created them the next day using a different user name. I am stopping for now as it's giving me a headache. Here are some more potential socks you could check out:, , . -- Diannaa  (Talk) 20:40, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Repeatedly re-created articles:
 * Marc Benno -- a lot of edits focus on this musician (adding and removing links in other articles, for example)
 * Michael Packer
 * Samuel Prody
 * Rob Stone (musician)
 * R A Walton
 * Ron Hacker
 * Blue Skunk Music -- This company seems to be a common thread of a lot of these edits.
 * Earwig Music -- This company seems to be the common thread of a lot of these edits. created this article, and Earwig Music Company, on September 9, 2005.


 * More potential socks:

Closing remarks - Almost none of these contributions were deleted by me, as the majority of edits were removals of unsourced content from BLPs. The users also added "fact", "notability", and other maintenance tags, added and removed PROD tags, and created articles on obscure musicians and their record companies. The PlusPlusDave account specialised more in nominating articles for AFD and commenting on the nominations of others. None of the other socks participated in AFD discussions. The list of additional possible socks is, with the exception of the last one, accounts who participated in a similar manner to one another on the same set of articles (removing unsourced material from articles about musicians and other living people, creating the same articles, etc). HHaeyyn89 was listed because his activity resembles that of the PlusPlusDave account: participation in AFDs—this activity commenced within days of the account being opened. OK, that's it for my investigation and I now turn it back over to the experts, who can decide if any of these other accounts should be investigated. Cheers, -- Diannaa (Talk) 23:46, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * - Relisted for a check on Diannaa's list before we close this. T. Canens (talk) 00:43, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Several of these are also :
 * So you'll have to make a call on that last group based on edits alone. Dominic·t 10:01, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I have blocked and tagged the ones in the "confirmed" group. -- Diannaa (Talk) 16:49, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Several of these are also :
 * So you'll have to make a call on that last group based on edits alone. Dominic·t 10:01, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I have blocked and tagged the ones in the "confirmed" group. -- Diannaa (Talk) 16:49, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Several of these are also :
 * So you'll have to make a call on that last group based on edits alone. Dominic·t 10:01, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I have blocked and tagged the ones in the "confirmed" group. -- Diannaa (Talk) 16:49, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Several of these are also :
 * So you'll have to make a call on that last group based on edits alone. Dominic·t 10:01, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I have blocked and tagged the ones in the "confirmed" group. -- Diannaa (Talk) 16:49, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Several of these are also :
 * So you'll have to make a call on that last group based on edits alone. Dominic·t 10:01, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I have blocked and tagged the ones in the "confirmed" group. -- Diannaa (Talk) 16:49, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * So you'll have to make a call on that last group based on edits alone. Dominic·t 10:01, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I have blocked and tagged the ones in the "confirmed" group. -- Diannaa (Talk) 16:49, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * So you'll have to make a call on that last group based on edits alone. Dominic·t 10:01, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I have blocked and tagged the ones in the "confirmed" group. -- Diannaa (Talk) 16:49, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * So you'll have to make a call on that last group based on edits alone. Dominic·t 10:01, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I have blocked and tagged the ones in the "confirmed" group. -- Diannaa (Talk) 16:49, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I have blocked and tagged the ones in the "confirmed" group. -- Diannaa (Talk) 16:49, 25 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm gonna close without any further action against the stale ones. Blocking is relatively cheap, so relist if any of them become active and we'll deal with it. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:05, 26 April 2011 (UTC)