Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/RichardHornsby/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Vandalism across multiple pages. Re-filing due to... issues. Primefac (talk) 15:42, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * The original filing here was made by RichardHornsby, who is the same as the other three accounts. I'm only here because I gave a second opinion, and I'll leave the rest to the CU who ran the original check, but I've blocked RichardHornsby in the interim. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:53, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I can add


 * In the original filing, RichardHornsby had reported the three other accounts listed above as socks of each other. Those accounts, and the ones in my post, are ✅ to each other... but so is RichardHornsby. The technical data shows that there is a good hand/bad hand situation going on, where the user is vandalizing on sock accounts, then reverting the vandalism using their "main" account. It looks like there have been attempts to obfuscate the relationship between the accounts, but this obviously wasn't entirely successful. I'll move this to the oldest account, and I'm not tagging these because of reasons. Spicy (talk) 00:34, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( originally filed under this user)

Infobox fiddling on Australian articles (like AuspolWiki in the archive); similar cross-wiki behaviour. I'm honestly not 100% sure I have the master right (certainly more than 50%) but something fishy is definitely going on here. Graham87 (talk) 09:35, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

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I doubt this is the right sock master. Wondabyne hasn't really edited the same articles as any of these other socks, as shown by. I've never seen any of Te Reo Ahitereiria's socks edit railway station articles before. They mostly stick to Australian politics and places. Steelkamp (talk) 09:44, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

And I'm just here to say that were recently created in quick succession. Is this suspicious? ClumsyOwlet (talk) 02:33, 3 March 2024 (UTC)


 * . ClumsyOwlet (talk) 03:45, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * is now restoring Wondabyne7's edits. ClumsyOwlet (talk) 07:03, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * And now . ClumsyOwlet (talk) 07:21, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * They're not attached to enwiki, but they do exist. is now reverting all of my reverted reverts, though. ClumsyOwlet (talk) 12:28, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, didn't think to check cross-wiki. Primefac (talk) 12:31, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Technically : same range and devices but the range is absolutely massive and the devices are very common. Spicy (talk) 19:18, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Noting that it's also that this could be Sockpuppet investigations/RichardHornsby and the editing interests for that case look like a much better match. But again the technical data is pretty weak and basically boils down to them being in the same general area. Spicy (talk) 22:28, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
 * , I blocked those and
 * I saw some stuff in this check that convinced me that these accounts do belong to the RichardHornsby case, so I'll merge this filing there. Spicy (talk) 03:04, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I saw some stuff in this check that convinced me that these accounts do belong to the RichardHornsby case, so I'll merge this filing there. Spicy (talk) 03:04, 3 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Case merged. No tags as per my previous comments on this case. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 03:07, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Is above a typo? They don't seem to exist. Primefac (talk) 12:16, 4 March 2024 (UTC) Clarified above

Suspected sockpuppets
This user randomly reverted one of my edits that reverted a previous sock. Blocked but not tagged as per procedure here. I'm basically looking for sleepers. Graham87 (talk) 04:33, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Group 1:


 * These accounts are ✅ to each other and to RichardHornsby in that they geolocate to the same highly populated area, but they're not really technically similar otherwise.
 * Group 2:


 * These accounts are ✅ to past socks of RichardHornsby. Spicy (talk) 04:58, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. How about ? They reverted one of my reversions of this user and were created around the same time as Randompandaeatcake. I know Australian IP's are, well, interesting ... Graham87 (talk) 07:22, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * , Orbitm8693 is ✅ to, but ❌ to all of the accounts above (different continent, no indications of proxy use). Very strange, as they look like an obvious sock of Randompandaeatcake based on behaviour. Maybe an online friend. Spicy (talk) 16:06, 3 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Flogdafrog blocked, all other accounts already handled. The Wordsmith Talk to me 22:26, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I'm hopeful this is a pretty straightforward WP:DUCK situation. One of the socks discussed above, User:Randompandaeatcake, was edit warring on the page 1960 United States presidential election. Now this user, user:Nppfarcenter, has revived an older account and resumed the edit war with identical summaries (example one, example two) Yaksar (let's chat) 21:05, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

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look, I am not sockpuppets, you can see that my account has been created for a while and has a lot of edits made. I think this accusation you leveled against me is ridiculous and unfounded. Nppfarcenter (talk) 22:37, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

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No technical match. Primefac (talk) 12:20, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The Wordsmith Talk to me 22:41, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

User:AaronGolem, User:AaronGolem1, User:AaronGolem2, User:AaronGolem3, User:AaronGolem4, User:AaronGolem5 are all already blocked. AaronGolem6 was just created on 5 May 2024 and its first edits outside of Sandbox and userspace was to Template:Cite New South Wales transport timetables (see page history), which User:AaronGolem1 has also edited in the past. All AaronGolem accounts have edited pages related to public transport in New South Wales. Pinging @Oshwah as they might be interested. Fork99 (talk) 07:55, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Actually, this might need to be merged into Sockpuppet investigations/RichardHornsby. Fork99 (talk) 08:05, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Clearly part of the group of other accounts I caught originally; is indefinitely blocked. Keeping SPI open for possible merging as mentioned above...  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   17:39, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * CU data suggests that the accounts are related to the RichardHornsby case. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 08:30, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Behaviorally these definitely seem to be related to the sockmaster. The Wordsmith Talk to me 22:44, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Initial contribution history is very similar to AaronGolem6 (already blocked per previous report; see Special:Contributions/AaronGolem6), initially editing WP:Sandbox, then Template:Cite New South Wales transport timetables (see page history). Also very similar username style to RichardHornsby, i.e. a common male first name followed by a geographical place name in New South Wales. Fork99 (talk) 05:32, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Yep, it's Richard. The Wordsmith Talk to me 22:47, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Immediate interest in railway stations in New South Wales as per previous socks; see contribution history. Very similar username style to previous socks; random common male first name followed by a random Sydney suburb name. Account's second edit was to Sandbox, which other socks have also touched, e.g. AaronGolem6 diff and JamesRevesby diff. Fork99 (talk) 23:09, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Obvious sock is obvious. The Wordsmith Talk to me 22:51, 12 June 2024 (UTC)