Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sportsfan92700/Archive

09 January 2014

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 * .- Obvious username similarities
 * .- 5000 has a single edit 5 days before 92700's block, and started editing very seriously about a day after 92700 was indef'ed (thus a CU request to check for sleepers)
 * .- 92700 was blocked for "repeated creation of non-notable, unreferenced & indiscriminate lists of BLPs" by GiantSnowman; 5000 has been involved with similar content, notably including the extensive User:Sportfan5000/BLPlist (which was discussed at MfD but kept.) ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  05:09, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

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 * - Master is . Rschen7754 09:10, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
 * OK, but I'd still like a second set of eyes to investigate the accounts before blocking purely on behavioural grounds in case I missed something. ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  15:19, 9 January 2014 (UTC)


 * After a careful review of the evidence, I actually think they might not be the same person. The BLP link is rather weak, as Sportsfan92700 is interested primarily in football but Sportfan5000 is interested primarily in LGBT issues. In fact, they don't even have any pages edited in common. So all we have here is the username, which definitely raises eyebrows, and dates of activity, both of which are very suspicious indeed. But now let's look at the times of their editing activity. Sportsfan92700 seems to be from Europe while Sportfan5000 is likely from East Asia. Overall, weighing the probabilities, I think preventing a sockpuppeteer is not worth the very real chance of blocking an innocent user. -- King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 11:57, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the input, I was on the fence and this is exactly why I preferred having a second opinion; I agree with you that this is possibly the same person, but it is far from evident enough to take any action. ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  16:03, 16 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Close with no action taken. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 17:39, 16 January 2014 (UTC)