Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rockosteve/Archive

18 October 2011

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I don't know exactly how far back this vandal goes, but here are the sequence of edits that have led me to file this SPI case. From the Billy Jean article(from Hungryforfun9000 1,2,3,4)(from blocked Masterknowledgelol 1) from anon ip 96.246.254.161 1,2,3 plus about 4 more of the same edits) and then Drugsarebad89‎ makes the same edits to the article 1 and then moves to other articles playing the same games and has already been blocked twice with this account. This needs a CU because it seems as if this particular vandal has multiple accounts and has had interactions with admins numerous times before(per edit summaries by these accounts). The Drugsarebad89‎ account is currently blocked for 2 weeks for edit warring on the Michael Jackson article. Thanks. Dave Dial (talk) 19:28, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

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No comment on the IP, but the following accounts are the same:
 * TN X Man 19:39, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * All blocked up. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  06:18, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 19:39, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * All blocked up. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  06:18, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 19:39, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * All blocked up. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  06:18, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

05 December 2011

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Editor making same edits to Michael Jackson article as previous socks of Rockosteve.

Drugsarebad89:1

Supercalifrag778:1

Same editing pattern. A CU should confirm and make sure that others aren't waiting to disrupt again. Dave Dial (talk) 04:20, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

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 * A ✅ match to previous socks, also found . WilliamH (talk) 04:29, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Both blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:31, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

31 May 2012

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User is making the same edits to the Michael Jackson article as past sock puppets. MJKingofMusic - Drugsarebad89 - Supercalifrag778. All of the users edits reflect those of the Rockosteve sock farm. If a CU is possible, it might find other socks of this user, since there seems to be multiple accounts associated with this user when they decide to disrupt Wikipedia. Dave Dial (talk) 22:55, 31 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I am also adding Louis Taylor as a suspected sock puppet, and really wish the CU would reconsider and run a check on this account to see if there are any others. The same edits(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10) from this editor have been made since at least 2010. The edit warring, uploading of copyrighted images and refusal to accept consensus continues. Of course I couldn't really care less about Michael Jackson, but this editor seems to be destroying the article and I would guess the edits made by the sock accounts are doing the same to other articles. Dave Dial (talk) 23:24, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

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 * - All of the previous accounts are stale, so a determination will have to be made on behavioral evidence alone. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:14, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * , based on the technical aspects of behavior, but would like a second opinion. Dennis Brown  -  2&cent;   &copy;  11:46, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * . It is certainly possible there are sleepers. WilliamH (talk) 01:05, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
 * . WilliamH (talk) 01:18, 14 June 2012 (UTC)


 * While there are some interesting technical similarities to the style, they can't be linked with a degree of certainty required to take action at this time. Dennis Brown  -  2&cent;   &copy;  01:27, 14 June 2012 (UTC)