Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Thatsnotwright/Archive

13 January 2012

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All accounts are SPIs working exclusively on Craig Gottlieb, a puff piece. Drmies (talk) 04:26, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * - Could be friends, or could just be one person. Truthisconsequence and Hans are stale, but Jackdawson and Militaria aren't. I don't think Thatsnotwright is stale either, but we can see what the CU says. There'll be no comment on the IPs. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:44, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Wait, it seems that Militaria... undid several of JackDawson's edits. Hans... and Thatsnotwright also appear to be editing at cross-purposes. Can I see some diffs laid out demonstrating the relation between these accounts? TN X Man  13:58, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I noted that too, Tnxman, which made me pause for a moment. I have two possible explanations: good cop/bad cop, or a relatively normal editing process with different accounts (which is odd). Of course I don't have access to CU evidence, but if that is inconclusive I think it's meat puppetry. Drmies (talk) 15:01, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Skimming the contributions, I just don't see how these accounts could be the same person (and by extension, in need of a check). Even the IPs geolocate to San Diego, West Virginia, and Virginia. I'll need to see something more concrete before running a check. TN X Man  15:28, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree. Switched to . WilliamH (talk) 16:01, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, then the party is over. I don't have anything besides the contributions. None of them have edited anything but Gottlieb, except for Thatsnotwright who also added spam for Gottlieb's auction site to Hell's Angels (film). A closer look suggests that Militariaexpert is indeed at cross purposes and I should not have included them. HansOttomar's three edits are odd but not inconsistent with promotion of the subject, and I found there's another Jackdawson:, who is responsible for this addition to Hell's Angels, furthering the plug for the Luger that was auctioned by Gottlieb. But that account hasn't edited since June 2011, and Jackdawson (without a) took over in October. I don't know what you all can make of that. I have little doubt that they are meat or sock (not Militariaexpert of course, I stand corrected there) but if there's little to go on then that's the way it is. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 16:34, 13 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Sorry folks, I dropped the ball on this one. Taking a closer look, I doubt there's a connection between the two non-stale accounts. Jackdawson1970a is pretty stale too, so that should be left alone. And with nothing else left, I suppose we're done. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 05:47, 14 January 2012 (UTC)