Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Richard S. Lee Cooper/Archive

25 October 2013

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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All users active at All Tomorrow's Parties (band), some at related articles. Suspected master account was renamed in what looks like an attempt to hide his connection to the band. RumpelStylish has no substantive edits other than to war over the presence of coi on the article, which the IP has also done.

The IP  to remove a topic on the COI noticeboard about the band article.

The two accounts in particular have a suspiciously-overlapping edit history (a relatively sparse history, but with edits within minutes of each other) which suggest meatpuppetry at a minimum. In particular, see these three pairs of edits which were done around the same time and with no intervening edits, and the order in which the accounts edited is the same in all three cases.


 * at 2013-10-24 23:15 UTC, at 2013-10-24 23:31 UTC.
 * at 2013-10-25 07:57 UTC, at 2013-10-25 08:02 UTC.
 * at 2013-10-25 12:51 UTC, at 2013-10-25 13:01 UTC.

(These edits were to different articles, but the time the edits were made seems highly suspicious.)

I have considered just blocking them on behavioral grounds, but due to the limited amount of edits on the second named account (RumpelStylish) I am requesting CheckUser to verify my suspicion. --Chris (talk) 18:00, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - to confirm - note that the only 3 edits on the RumpelStylish account are to the same article. Rschen7754 08:48, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ Reaper Eternal (talk) 00:30, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked master 1 week and IP, sock indef. Closing. Rschen7754 00:32, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

31 March 2015

 * Suspected sockpuppets


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Both possible sockpuppets were created 8 minutes apart today and are single purpose accounts, focused on promoting the band Cruel Tie (formerly All Tomorrow's Parties.) Prior to renaming his account, Richard S. Lee Cooper was called Wladek Sheen, the same name as the band's lead singer and he was blocked in October 2013 for use of sockpuppets. The accounts in question are removing the COI template, the same as the parent account did and blanking the talk page, the same as the parent account did when advised of this COI here. On the talk page both Richard S. and Lester John argue that they have removed the tag because "there is no misleading info", which misses the point. Valenciano (talk) 20:39, 31 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I've added an ip account, which is engaging in the same behaviour. Valenciano (talk) 21:49, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Oh, Valenciano hates me. Everything he claims is just his fantasies. Richard S. Lee Cooper (talk) 21:52, 31 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I don't dislike you at all, on the contrary, I quite like what I've heard of your band. I just dislike people using Wikipedia as a promotional tool and dishonestly using different accounts to spam our encyclopedia. Which part of my claims do you think are "fantasies?" That your account name was originally Wladek Sheen, exactly the same name as the band's lead singer? Sorry, but that's in the history log. That you were blocked for using sock puppets in the past? That block isn't too hard to find, in fact it's right here above. ^^^ The ip address incidentally traces to Moscow, where Cruel Tie are said to be based. Valenciano (talk) 22:14, 31 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I'm not him. I just made this account and took that name. I changed it then to avoid some misunderstanding. I am from Moscow, you're right. But you're wrong about everything else. I have the right to create any page I want and make edits.Richard S. Lee Cooper (talk) 22:26, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Why the heck?195.239.134.134 (talk) 22:11, 31 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Simple enough, you're single-mindedly focused on promoting Cruel Tie here and, like the other accounts, determined to remove the COI tag from the page, so determined in fact, that in revenge, you've disruptively added a COI tag to numerous pages I've created, including the 1966 Tashkent earthquake and 1995 Dinar earthquake, unless you're mistaking me for someone else?

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * -  Vanjagenije   (talk)  23:32, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the IP for being *really* likely the same person *and* edit warring a *really* ridiculous amount. No action on other accounts, waiting for CU instead. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:46, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Mike V • Talk 00:01, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Mike V • Talk 00:01, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Mike V • Talk 00:01, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Mike V • Talk 00:01, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 00:01, 1 April 2015 (UTC)


 * I've blocked the three accounts; I haven't tagged them, because it doesn't seem vital and I don't know the templates well. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:32, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've added the tags to the accounts. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 15:35, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * No, thank you. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:37, 1 April 2015 (UTC)