Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shaniack77/Archive

11 June 2014

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Via request after report was first filed on IRC. Dennis Brown &#124; 2¢ &#124; WER  00:02, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * This is going to take some serious sorting. I can see some that are likely the same person, others may not be, and then there is the issue of whether it is abuse or not.  This may take a bit to sort out.  Any help is obviously welcomed.  Dennis Brown &#124; 2¢ &#124;  WER  00:14, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * Okay, I asked for this report because there is a mess here, there is a chance of a public computer being involved, and far too many accounts to sort out on an IRC request. Technically, there is no distinction between these accounts:

Courcelles 00:09, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * In my opinion, they are probably not all the same person, though I do see some sock groups in there. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 07:07, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Also ran a check on this. I blocked the obvious pattersn but these user are truly technically identical. It's a very strange bunch. NativeForeigner Talk 08:21, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * If you run a WHOIS on the IP address, is there any suggestion that it might be a shared computer (e.g. in a library)? -- King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 11:40, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * For what it is worth, last night I was short on time but did some looking after Courcelles did the heavy lifting. I can see at least a couple of people, some of the linkage is subtle as there are few edits for any of them, but there must be some kind of shared computer going on.  Whether it is two or three roommates or a library, I don't know, but it does make it a bit time consuming to link up and show abuse.  I expect to be short on time today as well, but these aren't heavy vandals so if it takes a day or two, it shouldn't be a problem.  Dennis Brown &#124; 2¢ &#124;  WER  13:10, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * At least one of the addresses was public, but it's still far more than I'd expect to see. NativeForeigner Talk 18:19, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Any progress on this? Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:41, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Others made some blocks, I've been letting some of it sit and hopeful get a few more contribs to compare to, but I will do some digging today at work, should be a slow day here. Dennis Brown &#124; 2¢ &#124;  WER  12:46, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
 * That wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, and this now looks more like one person, not meatpuppetry. There were enough threads to connect here if you look past the surface.  I didn't block BLAaaaaa as there are no edits, but I am guessing that is a sleeper.  I have no issue if someone else wants to block.  Shaniack77, I've indef'ed due to the sheer number of socks and methods used to avoid detection.  I would bet my lunch money this isn't the first time we've seen this person at SPI.  I've made the blocks and tags but since I opened this, I will leave to another to close.  If there are questions about the threads (if you lose close enough, you will see them), email me as I don't want to educate the socks.  Dennis Brown &#124; 2¢ &#124;  WER  13:21, 19 June 2014 (UTC)