Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TSE7V3N/Archive

18 November 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

All are SPAs pushing a hoax about a film called The Cantos of Ezra Pound (title now a protected redirect). TSE7V3N created the article, deleted at WP:Articles for deletion/The Cantos of Ezra Pound. 166.172.186.134 and Jmzit48 edited it. After deletion, Jmzit48 re-created and JohnCD1 and Joseph Flom edited. When it was protected, Joseph Flom created The Cantos of Ezra Pound (film), and JuanJoseNegroni re-created that and created The Cantos of Ezra Pound™. JohnCD (talk) 20:21, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

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

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
IMO these are all DUCKs, no need to bother with CU. Possibly a gang of friends collaborating, but same difference. My namesake JohnCD1 is already blocked by Beetstra for impersonation and hoaxing. I have blocked JuanJoseNegroni to stop tonight's flow of these hoaxes, and will block on sight anyone who posts new ones. I will leave someone else to decide what to do about the others. JohnCD (talk) 20:44, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

I have blocked the other accounts indefinitely, and the IP address for 3 days. It is clear that they were a group of accounts that existed only for vandalism, and whether they were operated by one person or by a group of friends, they were clearly not here to contribute constructively to the encyclopaedia. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:57, 19 November 2014 (UTC)