Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ShanSaac/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Per this ANI filing by Canterbury Tail.

This is my first SPI filing, hope I didn't mess up. ♠ JCW555  (talk)  ♠ 00:40, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - to investigate the relationships between these accounts and check for others, per the evidence and discussion at the linked ANI. It was mentioned there that this might be a school project or editathon. That seems unlikely to me because usually those projects involve creating new articles or expanding existing ones - these accounts have mostly been making disruptive minor changes to a variety of articles. ShanSaac is the oldest listed account, but I'll wait to move the case until CU is completed in case an older master is found. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:16, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
 * They're all editing from different different countries, and there's no evidence of proxies. If you still think there's something going on, I would say that you'd be best off just asking them what's going on if you want an explanation.  I don't see any explanation to be found in the CU data. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:51, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
 * That's odd. They've been notified of the ANI thread, so I guess we can wait and see if they have anything to say there. Spicy (talk) 05:57, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
 * They've come back with an interesting explanation, and if the CU says they're coming from all over the world I think they may actually be truthful. So not sockpuppetry, just perpetration of bad editing practices by an inexperienced person who is teaching bad habits to others. Canterbury Tail talk 11:58, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Seems like a reasonable enough explanation to me. Closed with no action.  It can be resolved at ANI if necessary. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:00, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved case to oldest account. Spicy (talk) 15:39, 19 June 2022 (UTC)