Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pompous Retail/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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overlap in 225 articles: https://intersect-contribs.toolforge.org/index.php?project=enwiki&namespaceFilter=all&users%5B%5D=Pompous+Retail&users%5B%5D=Terry+g.+bishop&users%5B%5D=&users%5B%5D=&users%5B%5D=&users%5B%5D=&users%5B%5D=&users%5B%5D=&sort=0 .. of Pompous Retail's 685 edits.

both almost exclusively edit rappers.

very similar edits across the board. both constantly change the stage name of artists in the captions to their last name, and both always add where the person is from to the short description:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khalid_(singer)&diff=prev&oldid=1051606758
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eve_(rapper)&diff=prev&oldid=1045901578

same lowercase edit summaries and mobile edit:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juicy_J&diff=prev&oldid=1051606223
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Summer_Walker&diff=prev&oldid=1050149063

requesting queckuser to confirm FMSky (talk) 14:22, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 01:45, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Pompous Retail to Terry g. bishop.  Different IPs on different providers, but very close geolocation and, at least for some edits (including the two specific edit pairs from the cited diffs), identical user agents. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:03, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * After some rummaging in my AGF bin, I went with a "talk first" approach: . pending a reply from the user.  --Blablubbs (talk) 09:12, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, there's my answer, and there goes my AGF. Indefs for both accounts it is; I don't doubt that they are operated by the same person, and given the long history of cautions and warnings for both accounts, splitting contributions inevitably equals evasion of scrutiny. The response seals it. They need to demonstrate that they understand our socking policy and address the massive pile of accumulated concerns on their talk pages before they can edit further., closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 22:30, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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overlap with previous sock Terry g. bishop in 40 articles out of DwightGetRight's 78 edits: https://intersect-contribs.toolforge.org/index.php?project=enwiki&namespaceFilter=all&users%5B%5D=DwightGetRight&users%5B%5D=Terry+g.+bishop&users%5B%5D=&users%5B%5D=&users%5B%5D=&users%5B%5D=&users%5B%5D=&users%5B%5D=&sort=0

constant additions of person's origin to short description:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swae_Lee&diff=prev&oldid=1062208309
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eve_(rapper)&diff=prev&oldid=1045901578

both mobile edits only

--FMSky (talk) 08:26, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

these edit summaries are dead giveaways
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ja_Rule&diff=prev&oldid=1037912917
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=6ix9ine&diff=prev&oldid=1062907913

--FMSky (talk) 12:24, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * This seems to be obvious enough I don't think CU is needed. Blocking and tagging. Sro23 (talk) 18:19, 8 January 2022 (UTC)