Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Purdya/Archive

02 January 2015

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User's both make the same kind of edits, and Purdya did not return editing until main believed sock (Acpurdy) was given a one-month block for edit-warring. Both user names reflect the person's personal name (Alijah Purdy). Both make the same kind of edits to infoboxes, specially concerning The Real Housewives and other television series with fancruft information that defies infobox parameters. Acpurdy's user page is a stomping ground for promotional use, and where a lot of the edits reflect they might, in fact, be the same exact user.


 * 1) Diff 1 (Separates "current" wives from "former" wives)
 * 2) Diff 2 (Separates "current" hosts from "former" hosts)

If it quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, it's more than likely a duck.  livelikemusic  my talk page! 04:21, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

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Already blocked and tagged by. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:15, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I've added a month to the master's existing block. Any new socking should result in an indefinite block of the master.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:23, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

03 January 2015

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WP:DUCK. Aside from the obvious similarities between the names, both Purdya and Acpurdy have extensively edited the same articles, and Purdya has been editing User:Acpurdy, so it's clear these are the same person. Acpurdy was blocked for 30 days for edit warring on 30 December. Purdya was created in September 2008 but has been silent since December 2013, about a month before Acpurdy was created, and only started editing again after Acpurdy was blocked. Purdya has now been indef blocked for block evasion. Only 2 minutes after I reverted Purdya at The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and 33 minutes after I had reverted at The Real Housewives of Melbourne, User:Thesmartone94 was created. Thesmartone94's first edits were at both articles, making similar edits to those made by Purdya. Thesmartone94's user page is now populated with the same type of tables as on Acpurdy's user page. Acpurdy's user page, created in January 2014 claims that he is 19 years old. If we assume that the "94" in "Thesmartone94" refers to year of birth, as is common with younger editors, 1994 + 19 = 2013, which would make the editors the same age. Thesmartone94's edit history is a bit thin at this point, but the other evidence points to all editors being related.  Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 10:13, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * So between Bbb23, Callanecc, and myself, all of the accounts have been blocked. I also blocked YoungBoss15, as it was created recently and was editing Thesmartone94's user page, which also had the same timeline as Acpurdy did on his/her user page. Due to the recently created account, I've increased Acpurdy's block from 3 months to indefinite. Mike V • Talk 00:36, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

15 January 2015

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WP:DUCK As explained in a previous case, "94" refers to 1994, the birth year of Purdya. As explained on this revision of User:Acpurdy, the editor's first name is Alijah. (The "aaa" is obviously a feeble attempt to avoid recognition. The interaction report shows Alijaaah 94 extensively editing at the same articles as Acpurdy, including one not part of the "Real Housewives" universe. Alijaaah 94 was created the day after the puppetmaster and all socks were indef blocked. Alijah 94 wasn't created until today, and has made fewer edits, but the interaction report shows edits at the same articles. He has also added the same tables to his user page as the other blocked socks. -- Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 09:57, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * Totally obvious, and all blocked. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:28, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

10 February 2015

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Main suspected sock's main page is exact replica of previous socks homepage, outlining lineups for fictional spin-offs of The Real Housewives; second sock continues to edit main page for first-suspect sock.  livelikemusic  my talk page! 01:40, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

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I wasn't aware of the existence of but that ties everything together. Once that link is made, these are all obvious socks. -- Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 10:00, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Since there's an entire /16 belonging to a university blocked now, has anyone contacted the university's abuse team? From my experience at WP:ABUSE, universities are pretty responsive to cases like this. PCHS-NJROTC  (Messages) 17:11, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

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Both named accounts indeffed and tagged based on duck (first one's user name is similar to two others). Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:10, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

19 June 2015

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Is targeting articles pertaining to The Real Housewives franchise and is re-adding in text to the ibox that violates Infobox television and the television manual of style, which includes separating the "Current housewives" from the "Former housewives", as well as including small text in the ibox.  livelikemusic  my talk page! 16:46, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Diff 1 (in comparison to 1 2) — User's obsession with cluttering the ibox with fluff information, including small texts and which season they began, as well as alphabetical ordering the cast.  livelikemusic  my talk page! 00:27, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Anonymous account exhibits the same kind of editing patterns and behaviors as previous socks.
 * Sock 1
 * 1) Diff (in comparison to 1 2)


 * Sock 2
 * 1) Diff (1 2 2)  livelikemusic  my talk page! 00:31, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

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 *  Vanjagenije  (talk)  18:34, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * - - To compare two names accounts (Allthingshousewives123 and Thebeach91) based on provided diffs.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  14:24, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Technically, and  are between ❌ and .--Bbb23 (talk) 14:57, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * : I'm going to indef both of these accounts. The IP address hasn't done anything recently, so I'm not going to block it.  —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:45, 6 July 2015 (UTC)