Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sidneyandrewsmancini/Archive

Report date February 15 2009, 20:49 (UTC)
No socks to check for; this case was created to merge another case here.
 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Siawase (talk)
 * Requests for checkuser/Case/Girl Get it
 * Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Brexx
 * Suspected sock puppets/Brexx
 * Sockpuppet investigations/Brexx/Archive


 * This report is slightly less blatantly obvious than the last Brexx sock I reported, but the account is being quite disruptive already.


 * Since this account was created the day before the last Brexx sockpuppet investigation and yet apparently wasn't caught in that checkuser, it might not be a simple checkuser match, but it's worth a shot I think.


 * Likely to be a sock, a supposedly new user who on their second day on Wikipedia creates a new article complete with infobox.


 * First edits were to A Little More Personal (Raw), which Brexx socks User:Anywhere But Home and User:Raatm have been editing over and over., specifically related to I Live for the Day, which the socks have also been editing.


 * Blatant copyvio, something Brexx and socks were prone to as well. Compare plot in with


 * Like Brexx and socks, adds a lot of new material regarding future releases, often violating WP:CRYSTAL, and most completely unsourced.


 * The few instances where material is referenced, it appears to be copied and pasted from other wikipedia articles without attribution, in violation of GFDL, compare with Scream trilogy, and  with Halloween (franchise).

Siawase (talk) 15:24, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * In one big problematic edit to Lindsay Lohan (unsourced material and changes contrary to WP:MOS) Sidneyandrewsmancini added material on "Ye Olde Times" and "The Maison Girls"[sic], something an old Brexx sock was including and arguing for earlier, and also removed the "Independent movies" header, something the socks have been quite persistent about changing before.


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users
 * I hadn't quite reached the point of filling out an SPI report, but had considered it several times. I think Siawase has a good chance of being right.&mdash;Kww(talk) 15:33, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I considered waiting for even clearer evidence, but when I was done compiling this batch of diffs and looked at the contribs again, lo and behold, another blatant GFDL violation. Given how prolific this editor is with questionable additions (another hallmark of the Brexx socks) I felt there was some urgency. Siawase (talk) 15:48, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Requested by Siawase (talk) 15:24, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions
 * = =  = . I have blocked the underlying IP, which appears to have a long-term history of film/music-related vandalism. I'm not sure if this user is related to Brexx; this IP traces to the UK, while Brexx has most recently traced to the UAE. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 18:15, 15 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment: Well, it seems I might have been only half right. There was socking afoot, but not quite what I expected. Maybe for clarity and future reference it would be better if this is moved to a different report name? I don't know the procedure on these things. Siawase (talk) 20:23, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Case has been moved here from Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Brexx.  Syn  ergy 20:50, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, all tagged and blocked.  Syn  ergy 22:59, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

 Syn  ergy 20:50, 15 February 2009 (UTC)