Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/RichardPDavis/Archive

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Unable to provide diffs because of copyright violation rev dels on Eckankar. This diff by Anna matches very closely with the MO of accusing me of bias and asserting their credentials and this matches the pattern of these edits removing information. Requesting CU to confirm, but it could be a meat situation. TonyBallioni (talk) 19:24, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

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 * Note to checkusers/patrolling admins RickDavis just reinserted the copyrighted material I removed that had been posted by Anna . TonyBallioni (talk) 00:43, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 * would you mind putting a CU block on these accounts? The disruption at the article in question has been pretty consistent and I'm confident we'll be looking at more copyvio and blanking of criticism without discussion soon. TonyBallioni (talk) 12:31, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I prefer to leave blocking to another admin. If they resume editing, though, I will consider it. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:47, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 * , new master, just restored copyvio TonyBallioni (talk) 15:14, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks - all three are now blocked, and copyvio revdel'd. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 15:20, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Was just about to file this myself.  I confirm that socking or MEAT is extremely likely. Jytdog (talk) 01:05, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Please compare these accounts. Thanks, GABgab 00:33, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 11:35, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Also ✅ is an older account, . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 15:18, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:27, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

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Unyibless is pretty clearly either a sock or a meatpuppet based on the archives of this case, and I think worthy of a DUCK block for block evasion or proxy editing for the named master. Their sole edit has been to add copyvio content to add copyvio content to Eckankar with this edit, which is the one thing that all the accounts in the archive did.

Sarunfeldt is less clear. Their edit also copies content, but is in quotes and is arguably within our text fair use policy. Their previous edits from 2015 though have a similar syntax and accusatory structure to the other RichardPDavis socks, however:

Sarunfeldt: ,

RickDavis: total contribs, (see edit summaries accusing conservative Christian bias and accusations, I can't post many diffs per not being an admin and revdel),

Anna007P: total contribs same as above re: revdel.

I think there's probably enough for a meat or block evasion determination between Sarunfeldt and the other socks as well, but its less clear cut. Requesting CU to see if these two are related technically or if it is meatpuppetry, and also to check if there are any sleepers.

If CU comes up unrelated on these two, I think behavioral assessment on the archives is probably warranted for the reasons presented above. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:23, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * I'm pinging you if you don't have the SPI watchlisted so you can weigh in on the behavior since you've also dealt with these accounts before. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:45, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I think your analysis is dead on. Unyibless is a likely sock and Sarunfeldt is MEAT (definitely) but maybe sock.  This religious=y stuff borders very much on COI territory (wanting to use WP to spread the word of the organization in which they have an interest outside of WP) as well and people/groups will not let go.  Jytdog (talk) 02:56, 16 October 2017 (UTC)


 * yes, I know the previous accounts were stale here, my CU request was for these to against each other to see if we could distinguish socking from MEAT. The previous round also had a sleeper account (the current named master), so a check for sleepers also seems reasonable here. TonyBallioni (talk) 07:54, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I can't provide diffs because of the revdel, but there is a behavioral connection between Sarunfeldt and the previous CU confirmed socks in that it follows the pattern of citing alleged academic credentials when challenged on this one article (compare to Anna007P's first edit summary and to an extent that accounts unblock message). If someone wants to chalk this up to meatpuppetry or proxy editing on behavioral evidence, that'd be fine by me, but I think there is enough here to behaviorally connect both accounts to the archives, and that given the history of sleepers and very old accounts using new accounts with different names to warrant a check to determine both if there are other accounts, and if this is one person or if it is multiple people editing in concert. TonyBallioni (talk) 08:55, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * All past socks are . We'll need to go on behavior here. ~ Rob 13 Talk 07:42, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not 100% convinced a check between these two is warranted. Religious topic areas have no shortage of POV pushers, and I'm not really seeing enough in the diffs you provided to demonstrate a high likelihood that these two are the same person vs. just two different POV pushers. (I do see plenty to suggest Unyibless is RichardPDavis, but that doesn't help justify a check of Unyibless against the other potential sock.) I'll let a clerk take a look to see if they think otherwise. ~ Rob 13 Talk 08:34, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Y'all want to add User:Bill07Ch to the list--look at the deleted contributions, look at the non-notable poet they keep adding to the NIU page. Pity--NIU is a fine institution. I've already blocked them. Drmies (talk) 15:00, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * There has been no action on this case for two months. In that time, none of the unblocked accounts have edited. This ship has sailed. Closing. --Deskana (talk) 22:36, 15 December 2017 (UTC)