Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rdactyl/Archive

28 October 2015

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Two single purpose accounts editing around Graig Weich. As the subject of the article Rdactyl has a clear conflict of interest. Animekings appears to have been created to remove the coi tag from the article, pretending that it's "fixed" as Rdactyl has previously done. (See  for the connection between Weich and Ice and Coco). duffbeerforme (talk) 04:25, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

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 * - compare the two based on the provided diffs.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:54, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The two accounts are ✅. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:45, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

14 December 2015

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The names of the two suspected socks are cosmetically similar, each comprising three words. Both accounts started editing between December 11 - December 13, 2015. Per their contribution history, both seem interested in biographies. Bloodycoolbaby, Homerkicksass and both have a tendency to mark edits as minor. Both seem to be working toward autoconfirmation by making mostly useless one-word additions, like "yet", "also", "then", "too", etc.

Bloodycoolbaby: too, also, then, also. Homerkickass: ever, then, then, also, then.

Lastly, and perhaps the most compelling fact, they have both voted Keep at an AfD for Greg Weich, and I note in the sock archive that Greg Weich is a central point for the Rdactyl socks. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:15, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

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Some more sameness between these two. Both are using a modified version of SwisterTwister sig. Both wrote "sources sited" (sic) at the afd. Also of note is the timing. Bloodycoolbaby started editing just 7 minutes after Homerkicksass stopped. duffbeerforme (talk) 07:08, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

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 * - compare them to the master per provided evidence.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:02, 16 December 2015 (UTC)


 * They are but indicate a link to the archive in CU and behavior, so I have blocked. --  Amanda  (aka DQ) 10:16, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:13, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

07 January 2016

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Recent confirmed Rdactyl socks were active at Articles for deletion/Graig Weich. Since then, two SPAs have sprung up and both started commenting at AfDs almost immediately after their accounts were created. Lit1979 contrib history, baswana89 contrib history. Note also the cookie-cutter user page statements:


 * Lit1979: "hi,hi everyone. I am new to wiki but have been watching it for years now and am very excited to finally contribute as I feel I am now ready to. I will add more here in the future. Happy New Year to you all."
 * baswana89: "Hi, I'm Baswana. I'm looking forward to contributing to Wikipedia when I can. My interests vary. I like to help resolve disputes. I'm always open to constructive comments. I'm looking forward to learning as I go along."

Here, baswana changes signature color to green. In the sock archive, notes that the Rdactyl socks were using sigs similar to SisterTwister's green signature.

Odd writing style. Not sure how to describe it. Sort of "deliberately over-eager"?
 * baswana89 - "Delete For The Moment, though the subject has done a lot of work and one day may become well known, they are not yet known due to lack of mainstream coverage and does not yet meet WP:ANYBIO."
 * baswana89 - "Note: I will continue to search for more sources when I find more time later."
 * Lit1979 - "I will research this further and ask the other WP users to do the same so we can make a fair comment to keep or delete."
 * Lit1979 - "I am at a loss as to how this page is still up. This does not meet the adequate needs to be on WP"
 * Lit1979 - "Keep - The cases presented above to keep seem to all check out."
 * Lit1979 - "Unsure - Not enough cases presented above to keep or delete. Needs more attention."

Since the last time the sock was active they had several accounts going, it might be prudent to check for sleepers. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:05, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * This account is ✅:


 * This account is :
 * The behavioral evidence will need to be evaluated here. Mike V • Talk 17:31, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The behavioral evidence will need to be evaluated here. Mike V • Talk 17:31, 9 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Blocked Lit1979 per this:. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  18:42, 14 January 2016 (UTC)