Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Steptacular12/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
On the Steps discography article, Convert12 restored pretty much the same edits there as did the Steptacular12 account: diff by Steptacular12, diff by Convert12. The major takeaway here is the addition of the "25 Revisited & Alternated Videos" section.

Then after the article got semi-protected, both Steptacular12 and Convert12 have appeared to game to get autoconfirmed permissions, by adding " |2 " to reflist templates, or adding reflist templates with " |2 " parameters in them:


 * Edits by Steptacular12: example 1, example 2, example 3
 * Edits by Convert12: example 1, example 2, example 3

Both accounts marked them as minor edits too. — AP 499D25  (talk)  02:19, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.


 * An important note is that several IPs from Vietnam have been involved in the same activity:
 * I reported this disruption two days ago at WP:ANI. Binksternet (talk) 05:39, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I reported this disruption two days ago at WP:ANI. Binksternet (talk) 05:39, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I reported this disruption two days ago at WP:ANI. Binksternet (talk) 05:39, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I reported this disruption two days ago at WP:ANI. Binksternet (talk) 05:39, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - given all of the activity around this, might be worth a check of the accounts. (Obviously not requesting for IPs.) The SandDoctor  Talk 23:51, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The accounts are ✅ to one another, also . Blocking all. Will leave this open so that someone else can consider the IPs.  Girth Summit  (blether)  14:14, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Closing per the above and without any action on the IPs as they haven't edited in a number of days, have no recurring history of this, and a block probably wouldn't prevent anything given the dynamic nature of most IPs. The SandDoctor  Talk 16:21, 16 June 2024 (UTC)