Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TAG speakers/Archive

16 October 2013

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If you go to the oldest edit (July 8, 2008) by TAG speakers on his user contributions page, you will see that it's for the article "Anthony Ervin". When Polyglottz and Quixote1122 appeared in October 2013 and suddenly started undoing edits on the "Hapa" article, it was suspicious that Polyglottz's first edit ever was for the "Anthony Ervin" article too. If you look at the revision history of the "Hapa" article, between October 3 to October 5, 2013, TAG speakers, Polyglottz, and Quixote1122 all engage in an edit undo war in quick succession. As per usual with sockpuppets, it seems TAG speakers is attempting to circumvent the three-revert rule by employing sockpuppets. It's very telling that Quixote1122 and 184.189.221.68's only edits are to the "Hapa" article, while Polyglottz is also focused on the same article. 12.166.104.221 (talk) 22:14, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

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 * is almost surely unrelated based on behavioral differences. The other two accounts might be related but there simply isn't enough information to go on, and they haven't edited recently enough to warrant further investigation. The IP does not appear to be disruptive in any manner. Closing with no action.  Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 18:14, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

12 November 2013

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The original investigation was closed because Polyglottz was considered unrelated due to behavioral differences and the other sockpuppets hadn't edited recently. However, there have been two new developments. First, Polyglottz edited the "Paul Spickard" article on November 3, 2013 while TAG speakers made edits to the same article on October 4, 2013 and again on November 11, 2013. It is highly unlikely that two different users would both edit the same article within such close temporal proximity and both be so invested in the "Hapa" article that they both made requests for page protection. Second, both are clearly interested in the same topic: multiracial issues. TAG speakers has made numerous edits to articles like "The Hapa Project" and "Kip Fulbeck", both of which relate to multiracial issues. Polyglottz has made numerous edits to articles like "Loving Day", "Multiracial", and even made a request for a new article called "Critical Mixed Race Studies". It's worth noting that Paul Spickard and Kip Fulbeck are both professors at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The user contribution histories of Quixote1122, Pendrop9, and 184.189.221.68 show that they have only made edits to the "Hapa" article. Particularly since TAG speakers/Polyglottz has been engaging in persistent edit warring and making unreasonable requests for page protection, this sockpuppet investigation needs to be reopened. Thank you. GaryKia (talk) 09:05, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * - - Requesting checkuser again Quixote1122 only. Looking at the history of the article here, Quixote's first action upon creating an account was to leap into an existing edit war. I believe this is worth checking. Someguy1221 (talk) 21:47, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * In checking,  turns up repeatedly and is ✅.  is a  match to TAG speakers and Polyglottz, I believe it can be bumped up to  when combined with the behavioural evidence.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  22:50, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Polyglottz and Quixote1122 tagged and blocked indef; master blocked two weeks. The IP is stale. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 23:06, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

30 November 2014

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184.189.221.68 was part of the original sockpuppet investigation for TAG speakers and it has returned to editing the "Hapa" article. Anonymous IPs from the 64.134.x.x block have been making the same type of edits as TAG speakers and its sockpuppets during the past year since the block. Since the sockpuppets Polyglottz and Quixote1122 have been blocked indefinitely, TAG speakers seems to be using anonymous IPs to get around the block. I encourage a CheckUser in order to confirm the anonymous IPs' connection to TAG speakers and to block the anonymous IPs from continuing to vandalize the "Hapa" article. GaryKia (talk) 14:48, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

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 * Checkusers won't connect the account to the IPs. This will have to be decided based on behavioral evidence. Mike V  •  Talk  23:05, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Give that the account hasn't made an edit since over a year and the IP stopped editing back in late October, I don't think any action needs to be taken. If the issues resume, please feel free to open up a new case. Mike V  •  Talk  03:35, 24 December 2014 (UTC)