Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Spitfire202/Archive

19 May 2012

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Both accounts are editing a narrow range of articles to insert the same material, which appears to be a hoax claim on the throne of Afghanistan. DrKiernan (talk) 16:03, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

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I support this - these are SPAs working only on hoax article Niaz Ali Khan and extensive falsification of other Afghan-related articles to support it. CU requested to decide whether sock or meat. JohnCD (talk) 21:54, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
 * 21 May: 06:46 Wilykat reposted the hoax article, 08:15 it was speedy tagged, 08:25 new editor HiwaruWatanabe appeared and removed the speedy, 09:20 article deleted, 09:34 HW posted it again. JohnCD (talk) 10:05, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

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 * To facilitate investigation (if any), could you show a comparison of diffs from both accounts to show that they are linked? - Mailer Diablo 02:07, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * See their edit histories - both work exclusively on Afghan, particularly Barakzai, history in order to insert a fictitious Niaz Ali Khan as Crown Prince. The edit history of that article shows a curious pattern where they seem to work alternate days. When at 17:48 yesterday Spitfire's removal of the AfD template is reverted, WilyKat appears at 18:09 to try to remove it again. JohnCD (talk) 08:53, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Today's shenanigans move this firmly into DUCK territory. WilyKat and HiwaruWatanabe blocked indef, Spitfire202 one week. I would be glad of a CU to help decide whether to extend the block on Spitfire202, who has some useful-looking (though now suspect) edits before this hoax. JohnCD (talk) 10:39, 21 May 2012 (UTC)


 * - My Gut has this nagging feeling that sleepers are floating around. A "for-the-record" CU confirmation would be nice, as with the edits with this guy, if we have to come back down the road, it would be nice to know who is related to who instead of behavoiral check games. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  16:04, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * No unblocked accounts found. TN X Man  16:41, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Are these three accounts CU-confirmed as identical/related? JohnCD (talk) 16:49, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, sorry. TN X Man  17:48, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Nothing left to do here. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  17:51, 21 May 2012 (UTC)