Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Scottycraig/Archive

30 December 2012

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Both users share an interest in Clan MacQuarrie and the islands in the vicinity of Ulva. See for example the sockmaster's edit to Macquarie Island followed by the sock's edit when he didn't get his way. Similarly at Fingal's Cave here and here. C.mcquarrie seems to have the sole purpose of supporting Scottycraig in adding/deleting material that is either tendentious or uncited and (on one occasion) vandalising my sandbox. Ben  Mac  Dui  11:48, 30 December 2012 (UTC)


 * User:Dougwhirrie has now pitched in with similar edits. A quick look at the edit history may suffice. Compare Doughwhirrie with C.mcquarrie at Staffa.   Ben   Mac  Dui  08:39, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

I think that is likely a sock as well. This account was created on the 31st, and so far has only added Siol Alpin into two 'see also' sections. The only other editors who edited anything remotely connected to the Siol Alpin article in the last while are Scottycraig and his sockpuppets (here's a Siol-Alpin-type type edit by C.mcquarrie, two hours after the appearance of Omnibus1745 ). The edit-history of Dougwhirrie shows that although Scottycraig's puppets can start by editing harmlessly, the accounts are actually created to win little wiki-battles.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 09:04, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Here's another one:. The account was created on the 30th, and came back the next day to revert MacDui in a Macquarrie related article.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 09:23, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for you assistance. Ben   Mac  Dui  10:59, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

I've added another new one. Wallaceistheman is currently engaged in an edit war at Ralph McQuarrie, backing up Scottycraig and Dougwhirrie.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 09:03, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the lot of them for sockpuppetry. This was getting ridiculous. Reaper Eternal (talk) 11:36, 4 January 2013 (UTC)