Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/THENEWYORKER/Archive

20 June 2014

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 * 05:15, 14 February 2014 User account Strawhatstheatre was created
 * 06:20, 14 February 2014 User account Sandles05 was created
 * 15:12, 14 February 2014 User account Queerty03 was created
 * 22:32, 15 February 2014 User account MarbellaFF was created

Four accounts (that I'm aware of) created within 36 hours, all particularly interested in Sean Robinson (filmmaker) (all four edited there between 14 and 18 February) and films he has made such as The Puritans and Naked (2013 film).

Diffs:
 * Strawhatstheatre Sean Robinson (rugby player) with content about the film-maker, including copyvio from http://www.nyfa.edu/nyfa-news/alumni.php (or maybe http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/09/out-filmmaker-growing-up-gay-motivates-his-success/) and edit comment "Updated information on filmmaker Sean Robinson"
 * 20 minutes later, Sandles05
 * Later the same day, Queerty03 Sean Robinson (filmmaker) with identical content and image, with edit comment "updates for Sean Robinson (filmmaker)".

Checkuser requested in the hope of confirming or laying to rest these suspicions. If it is ethical to do so, I'd also like to request CU for, not included with the above because an older account and a different SPA, not obviously the same editor. However:
 * Strawhatstheatre to Paul Warner (director)
 * Sageblue22 to the same article. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:27, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Many thanks to both and, apologies for adding to the workload by putting stuff in the wrong place. Most unexpected outcome. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:04, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

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

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Per above. Note that if confirmed, Strawhatstheatre should not be listed as the master, as they should be blocked for username anyways. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:07, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Queerty03 is . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:05, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Moving from Strawhatstheatre to THENEWYORKER. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 21:22, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * All socks blocked. Looks like Sageblue22 is unrelated. Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 21:35, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Actually, since it wasn't listed in the usual place, I missed checking that account. is also ✅. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 21:49, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Also blocked, closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:34, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Queerty03 is . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:05, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Moving from Strawhatstheatre to THENEWYORKER. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 21:22, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * All socks blocked. Looks like Sageblue22 is unrelated. Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 21:35, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Actually, since it wasn't listed in the usual place, I missed checking that account. is also ✅. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 21:49, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Also blocked, closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:34, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

07 July 2014

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IP 69.64.203.114 has edited:
 * . That AfC has also been edited by and, neither of whom was previously listed here.
 * , where the IP signature is replaced with that of
 * , a film by Sean Robinson
 * , where the IP replaced in the article an image of Sean Robinson that I had nominated for deletion on commons, where it was uploaded by ; that deletion was
 * , where the IP added what seems from memory (I can't check) to be closely similar content to that previously added by and Strawhatstheatre.
 * , where the IP added what seems from memory (I can't check) to be closely similar content to that previously added by and Strawhatstheatre.

On Wikipedia, IP 47.16.237.54 has edited only, a film by Sean Robinson.

In case there's any doubt:
 * Sean M. Robinson to have his name appear without the prefix "User:"
 * Robinson.smr

I'm aware that linking user names with IPs doesn't happen without good reason, and that requesting check-user may thus not be appropriate here. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:33, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Greetings. No sock puppetry or abuse of LP addresses has transpired in the aforementioned recent activity. I work editorially for a U.S. LGBT publication, and myself, along with others from a PR team, have contributed citations/secondary sources, and factual information relating to the creative team surrounding OUTMusic the LGBT Academy of Recording Arts, in order to protect the accuracy and integrity of these individuals' work, along with others. Thank you for your time in reviewing this case.


 * Well then,, or , or whoever you are, could you please explain why you made to the sockmaster's talk page, and what prevented you from protesting when, one minute later, that sockmaster ? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:38, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I do not have any information on who contributed to this edit, nor do I know who THENEWYORKER is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.228.207.140 (talk) 12:03, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

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. There's more than enough evidence that convinces me that the two IPs (not to mention the third) are the same person and connected to the master. I've therefore blocked the two (the other was already blocked) for three months. There's also little doubt that the two named accounts are the same person. They make no bones about it. However, what's not clear to me is that the two named accounts, which are significantly older (created the same day) than the master, are connected to the master. They purport to be Robinson himself. I'm not going to make a finding that there is a behavioral connection and I'm leaving them alone (they haven't edited in years anyway). That also means the master doesn't change.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:51, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
 * - Both listed accounts are, and we won't publicly link named accounts to IP addresses, so CU is of no use here. . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:49, 7 July 2014 (UTC)