Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/PoliticalScientist3/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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Both users' entire edit histories consist of spamming the "ideological ratings" from the American Conservative Union and sometimes from the Americans for Democratic Action into the bios of US politicians. Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 21:03, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Certainly. Here's some of the latest diffs from the suspected sock:, , . And here's some diffs from the master: , , . The edit summaries ("Added ideological scores from several think tanks") are identical, and both users are adding in the "ratings" from the same think tanks. Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 22:06, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I need more information. How do we know for certain that these two accounts are being controlled by the same person? Can you provide diffs or other specific behavioral evidence that links these two accounts together to the same person?  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   21:49, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. Bagging and tagging both accounts. This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:27, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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The exact same pattern of editing as the previous master and sock. The user is spamming the "ideological rating" from the American Conservative Union's Center for Legislative Accountability, and occasionally the ratings from the Americans for Democratic Action, into the bios of US politicians. The user is also marking most of their edits as minor just like the sock. Compare, , , with , ,. If the CU doesn't turn anything up, then this has to be some form of meatpuppety. Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 21:58, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock account. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   05:28, 16 June 2021 (UTC)