Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rex65mya/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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I was patrolling the user creation log, when I saw this account. I remembered someone with a similar userpage that I have interacted with before, and, surprisingly, they were blocked a day ago. Suspicious timing. – AssumeGoodWraith  (talk | contribs)  05:50, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * My first though here was, "Yeah, it's suspicious but they haven't even edited in mainspace yet, let's just wait and see what happens", but then I saw the oversighting on Rex65mya's user page and figured it was worth taking a closer look. Based on CU, they're ❌.  Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:36, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same crossover of interests between astronomical objects and zoology/botany. Both accounts write in somewhat incoherent english. The account was first active only a few weeks after their previous sock was blocked. Hemiauchenia (talk) 00:53, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Between usernames, topic combination, unusual writing style, and a few summary quirks (e.g. Links and X, small changes), I'm convinced enough by behaviour. Don't think there's a need for CU here. --Blablubbs (talk) 19:03, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same crossover of interests between paleontology/zoology/botany and astronomical objects. Similar edit summaries. Both have a tendency to use the phrase "small edit(s)" Exo Mammoth. Both Mammoth500 and Exoplanet9 tend to create articles with the edit summary "New article", and the formatting of the articles looks very similar. Exo Mammoth. Hemiauchenia (talk) 03:55, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ - blocked, tagged, closing.  firefly  ( t · c ) 08:41, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same crossover of interest in zoology/paleontology and astronomical objects. The usage of edit summaries is very similar to their most recently blocked sock, including the tendency to use the phrase "minor change" in edit summaries  Hemiauchenia (talk) 18:24, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * CU - previous accounts are likely stale. After reviewing the behaviour, I'm convinced that this account is a sockpuppet., closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 10:59, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same crossover of interests between astronomical objects and prehistoric animals, like previous socks. Both this account and previously blocked sock have the tendency to use the phrase "text change(s)" Hemiauchenia (talk) 22:09, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * Different range from past socks but same geolocation. In combination with the behaviour, that's enough for me., closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:06, 26 December 2023 (UTC)