Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tbc32/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Oct–Nov 2015:
 * (sandbox moved to (Draft:Office of Educational Equity)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Jonah Platt)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Stranded Deep)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Big Wood Brewery)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Geoff Collins)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:We are the Williows)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Ted Rooney)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Starbucks Seasonal drinks)
 * (completed TWA; sandbox was moved to Draft:Kathryn Givney)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Gender Rebel)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Dolina Polish Folk Dancers)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:J.J Green)
 * (sandbox moved to (Draft:Office of Educational Equity)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Jonah Platt)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Stranded Deep)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Big Wood Brewery)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Geoff Collins)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:We are the Williows)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Ted Rooney)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Starbucks Seasonal drinks)
 * (completed TWA; sandbox was moved to Draft:Kathryn Givney)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Gender Rebel)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Dolina Polish Folk Dancers)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:J.J Green)
 * (sandbox moved to (Draft:Office of Educational Equity)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Jonah Platt)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Stranded Deep)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Big Wood Brewery)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Geoff Collins)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:We are the Williows)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Ted Rooney)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Starbucks Seasonal drinks)
 * (completed TWA; sandbox was moved to Draft:Kathryn Givney)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Gender Rebel)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Dolina Polish Folk Dancers)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:J.J Green)
 * (sandbox moved to (Draft:Office of Educational Equity)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Jonah Platt)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Stranded Deep)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Big Wood Brewery)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Geoff Collins)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:We are the Williows)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Ted Rooney)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Starbucks Seasonal drinks)
 * (completed TWA; sandbox was moved to Draft:Kathryn Givney)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Gender Rebel)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Dolina Polish Folk Dancers)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:J.J Green)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Jonah Platt)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Stranded Deep)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Big Wood Brewery)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Geoff Collins)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:We are the Williows)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Ted Rooney)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Starbucks Seasonal drinks)
 * (completed TWA; sandbox was moved to Draft:Kathryn Givney)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Gender Rebel)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Dolina Polish Folk Dancers)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:J.J Green)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Big Wood Brewery)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Geoff Collins)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:We are the Williows)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Ted Rooney)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Starbucks Seasonal drinks)
 * (completed TWA; sandbox was moved to Draft:Kathryn Givney)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Gender Rebel)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Dolina Polish Folk Dancers)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:J.J Green)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Ted Rooney)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Starbucks Seasonal drinks)
 * (completed TWA; sandbox was moved to Draft:Kathryn Givney)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Gender Rebel)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:Dolina Polish Folk Dancers)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:J.J Green)
 * (sandbox was moved to Draft:J.J Green)

April 2016:
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Museum of Craft and Design)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Love Your Melon)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Josh Dorr)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Museum of Craft and Design)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Love Your Melon)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Josh Dorr)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Love Your Melon)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Josh Dorr)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Love Your Melon)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Josh Dorr)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Josh Dorr)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Josh Dorr)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Josh Dorr)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Indonesia Women's National Volleyball Team)
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))
 * (sandbox moved to Draft:Pulling Strings (film))

IP addresses in both periods:
 * (multiple interactions)
 * (multiple interactions)
 * (multiple interactions)
 * (2 edits)
 * (2 edits)


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 * Editor interaction utility

Sock-puppetry is suggested by the mutual cross-editing of drafts and articles. Tbc32 submitted several drafts for AFC review after they had been created by the other accounts; some of these are still recorded in AFC notices on user talk:Tbc32. Some 78 new accounts were registered in October–November 2015 and these created (in most cases) one new draft or article with each. The new accounts in some cases made one or a few edits to pre-existing pages, and thereafter generally made no edits other than creating their own new articles, and working on each others' drafts. This was repeated with another batch in April 2016. Many of the drafts and articles were directly promotional. Several were deleted or subject to history deletion for blatant copyright violation.

user:Tbc32 connects both sets, and was still active last month. That editor's deleted contributions in the stated months are on pages created by the other accounts.

Many of the new pages have been deleted, e.g. Articles for deletion/Falen Bonsett, Articles for deletion/Simplified grading, re-post after Articles for deletion/Martin Roach, Articles for deletion/Amy Williams (composer), Articles for deletion/Grayson DeWolfe, Articles for deletion/Croix Provence, Articles for deletion/Lenox Tillman, Articles for deletion/Ted Staunton, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Ajean42/Maria Vegh, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Eniko Parrish, Templates_for_discussion/Log/2016_April_13, Moses and the Burning Within (non-notable),  Motivation in the Classroom (WP:OR), Just For Kix Dance Company and Just For Kix Dance (spam), Draft:Love Your Melon (NPOV), Michael J. Doyle (notability), Three Rivers Figure Skating Club (notability), Welch Mill (advertising & copyvio), Countryside Cooperative (advertising), Bass Horn (copyvio, now redirected), User:Fasolcia1979/sandbox/Nutribullet (Clearly not an encyclopedia article), Amy Nelson (notability), Creating Making Monsters (duplicate), Basil's Pizza (notability), Taylor Ray Holbrook (notability), Church of St. Albert (Albertville, Minnesota) (redirected), Falcon Centre (notability), Molly Moon's Hypnotic Time-Travel Adventure (redirected), Grand Agent (notability), Children's Museum of Tacoma (promotional), Wayland (band) (notability), Sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald (redirected), LEAPNOW (advert), Draft:213 Valentines (Book) (notability)

Other new pages remain, though many of them are tagged for multiple problems: Kurtis Conner, Bunde, Minnesota, Wendy Higgins, Bentleyville Tour of Lights, High Tyde, Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance, Campfire (album) (expanded from redirect), Lawrence Rhodes, Pandea rubra, Eagles4kids, Color-blocking, Dark Hollow (song), Come the Dawn (now American Sin), Inez Y. Kaiser, Driftwood (novel), Maria Vegh, Carmen Pata, Guy Pelly, Pre-assessment, High School Story, Gary Braasch, Drew Kaser, A'ja Wilson, Mitch Leidner, Wisconsin Association of School Councils‎, Luis J. Landin, Dadchelor Party, Nic Collins (potter), Tatiana Weston-Webb, Justin Kloos (expanded from redirect), Gabrielle Ruiz, Seascape with Sharks and Dancer, Tetsuo Araki, Tip-up (ice fishing), Las Carretas, Costa Rican Oxcarts, National Cashew Day, Stonebridge Elementary, Flambeau Mine, Céline Gittens (initial copyvio was resolved), Wendy Webb, section Coloring book (was Adult coloring books), Will Wesson, Colleen Houck, Baby books, On the Bubble, Glass Houses (novel), Jonah Hodges, Pulling Strings (film), Cake Wars, Death in a Tenured Position, Bakersfield Rock & Country Music & Art Festival, Paroniria, Apparent Project

Contributions include some that may particularly need checking:
 * Alpha thalassemia abnormal morphogenesis, is probably a WP:CONTENTFORK from Alpha thalassemia, contains ignorant-looking mis-spellings e.g. fatalist for fetalis
 * Skyview Community School, copyvio which was later resolved in the draft but had already been made live
 * Clomipramine:, may need fact-checking as it appears to be outside the editor's usual spheres of interest
 * BB-8 App-Enabled Droid, tagged as advert

Some of the other contributions were immediately reverted, e.g. (unsourced)

– Fayenatic  L ondon 09:57, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

I may have misunderstood what was happening here. Perhaps it is a twice-yearly university class exercise, from which none of the new editors remain active on Wikipedia thereafter. If so, it would be helpful for Tbc32 to make some kind of declaration about this, because the editing pattern looks suspicious when others stumble across it. – Fayenatic  L ondon 12:24, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Closing as per discussion on my talkpage. GABgab 16:17, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Both editors are rarely active, both have edited an obscure upcoming film, Tbc32 recently re-created a promotional article on a motivational speaker originally created by user:Highstakes00, banned as a spammer and sockpuppeteer, both these editors share Highstakes00's history of writing well-formatted articles on obscure commercial topics with superficial referenciness but mainly actually based on press releases. Guy (help!) 18:15, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * In 2017 I spotted an unusual pattern of collaborative editing, and opened the original sockpuppet investigation on Tbc32. However, on further examination it appears that Tbc32 was assisting students with creating Wikipedia articles as a classroom exercise. Tbc32 declares himself to be an Assistant Professor of Educational Technology. He appeared to be active on Wikipedia on a seasonal pattern. I therefore withdrew the investigation, and it was quickly closed; see the archived investigation page and User_talk:Tbc32.
 * As for his collaborations with AmericanEagles, the Editor Interaction Analyzer shows that both editors have edited the article Daniel Knudsen, three articles on recent films by him, and nothing else. This is a credible overlap of interest, and does not necessarily indicate sockpuppetry. – Fayenatic  L ondon 21:40, 16 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi, tbc32 here. I'm not quite sure what "sockpuppets" are, but it looks like there is some question on who I am and my motives for publishing Wikipedia articles.  I am no longer a professor of educational technology (so I guess I need to update my user page), but did indeed help my students make Wikipedia edits seasonally for about a five year period.  I even published an academic article on the value of teaching students how to contribute to Wikipedia.  I do have a personal interest in and make continue to write articles in the following areas:  educational documentaries, Christian movies, athletes (especially those from my alma mater BYU), and public speakers and podcasters. Basically, if there is something I'm interested in and there isn't a Wikipedia article for that thing, I try to write the article.  I'm still learning and growing as a Wikipedia contributor, so any advice is welcome.  As to "AmericanEagles" I'm not sure who that is, but I did work on the Daniel Knudsen article (he's a director of Christian films) and when he has knew films come out I check to see if there are articles for them (and if not I write them).  The most recent Christmas Coupon has been flagged for deletion so I'm working to make it better. - tbc32 tbc32 06:40, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
— Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:12, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing per the above. The SandDoctor  Talk 04:21, 19 September 2019 (UTC)