Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Skankhunt42/Archive

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Aside from the similarity in usernames and the short time range in which most of these accounts were created (each one created within <5 days of its predecessor), there isn't much of a similarity between the actions of the accounts, except for the filter logs of the three newest accounts (SkankHunt42(42), Skankhunt47 and Skankhunt6969; accounts are listed in order of creation) and edits to Salisbury, Maryland and Jason Aldean, but given the evidence, there's a good chance these accounts are the same vandal, we can at least say that a user under one of these names (listed sockpuppeteer is the oldest account) is socking (Salisbury article). I found these accounts from auto-completes in the search box, searching after noticing a username similarity between a report at UAA and a vandalism account I came across a day or too back, and I'm requesting a CheckUser to see if there are any sleepers I've missed out, and IP similarities between the accounts, and therefore whether an IP or range block is necessary. Linguist 111 Moi?  Moi.  21:19, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

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In case you are not aware, "Skankhunt42" is the name of an internet troll, and primary antagonist, in the series of South Park currently being broadcast - thus it's not infeasible that multiple users could have had the same idea within such a short timespan. That said, the SPI results should clear this up. 68.232.71.82 (talk) 23:18, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Skankhunt42 is the name of an Internet troll named on South Park in its most recent season. These accounts were most likely created in response to the episodes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skankhaunt42 (talk • contribs) 23:25, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

I have to agree, the influx of Users with this name is probably just due to it's use on South Park in the episodes of Season 20. Lor Talk 00:16, 5 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Blocked Three of the accounts for username violations ("Skank hunt"). I left the three accounts with constructive edits alone, and will be leaving them username warnings. Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 16:38, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Enough evidence to justify a CU. Seems like the sockmaster has a high rate of sock production, so sleepers are another possibility. There's also a chance of meatpuppetry, atleast 3 of the listed accounts are connected in some way (and another one indirectly), so I guess it should suffice.  QEDK ( T  &#9749;  C ) 17:45, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The three accounts I checked are ❌, so I stopped looking. This is most likely as described in the section above, and the accounts may be blocked for vandalism or for their disruptive usernames as necessary. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:46, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Nothing more to do here. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  14:20, 10 October 2016 (UTC)