Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TheSethMovieChannel/Archive

11 November 2012

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Obvious based on the username, but also the activity: This guy is a hoax-only account. His obsession is going around to articles related to the band Green Day and inserting the names of voice actors from children's cartoons into the credits of their works (the actors in question have never had anything to do with the works he's crediting them with). He also like to go to articles about children's cartoons and insert the members of Green Day into the credits of the cartoons (the band members have never had anything to do with the cartoons in question). He's also created hoax articles about songs that don't exit and done other types of hoax-related vandalism. Areas of obsession include Green Day, Tara Strong, Michelle Rodriguez, and SpongeBob SquarePants. 2 of the accounts are already blocked, but the Thesethmoviechannel4 one is new. Suggest a checkuser be run to ferret out sleepers and any other related accounts. --IllaZilla (talk) 23:37, 11 November 2012 (UTC) IllaZilla (talk) 23:37, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' — Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:53, 13 November 2012 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  16:34, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Are you kidding me? Did you not look at the usernames? All 3 have been blocked for persistent vandalism, and is a clear case of WP:DUCK. A CU is simply needed to check for sleepers and to definitively label this vandal as a sockmaster. But if you insist on process wonkery for the sake of process wonkery:
 * TheSethMovieChannel adding Tara Strong to the credits of a movie she wasn't in, and adding a fake movie title to the list of credits for Michelle Rodriguez.
 * Thesethmoviechannelmovies adding Michelle Rodriguez to the lineup of Marilyn Manson (a band she was never in) and adding members of Green Day to the cast of SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis (a cartoon they were never in). Also adding Michelle Rodriguez to the writing credits of "Wake Me Up When September Ends" (a Green Day song she had nothing to do with) and adding her to List of SpongeBob SquarePants guest stars (she has never had any involvement with the cartoon). Then adding the members of Green Day to the cast of Fairy Idol (a cartoon they've never been involved with) and adding a false credit of The Fairly OddParents to Tré Cool (the Green Day member has never been involved with the cartoon) and adding Tara Strong as a member of Green Day (she's not).
 * Thesethmoviechannel4 adding Tara Strong and the members of Green Day to the credits of It's a SpongeBob Christmas! (neither have had anything to do with the cartoon) and adding the members of Green Day to the credits of "Frozen Face-Off ‎" (a SpongeBob SquarePants episode they were not involved with). Also adding Tara Strong and Michelle Rodriguez to the credits of a whole bunch of Green Day songs they had nothing to do with.
 * Every single edit each one of these accounts has ever made has introduced deliberate factual errors and outright lies. Nearly every edit each account has made has involved Green Day, Michelle Rodriguez, Tara Strong, and some other children's cartoon voice actors. Just run the CU to ferret out sleepers already. Yeesh. --IllaZilla (talk) 15:49, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * There is this recent posting by a checkuser which clarifies this request. If they are so easy to see then it shouldn't be a problem to produce diffs. Also, please note the edit notice for SPI cases.
 * Ridiculous that I have to spend 20 minutes providing evidence that 3 accounts with the same name are probably the same person. Is there a template that calls for the application of common sense? --IllaZilla (talk) 16:23, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * But it is okay if we have to spend our 20 mins looking for evidence? It is much easier for you to gather the diffs than for us to do this for every case especially when we can't make your case for you. I would recommend that you start a thread on WT:SPI to open this up for wider comment. As a clerk, I'm doing the job as expected of me...these are my marching orders.
 * It's fine. It's not you I'm upset with, it's the bureaucracy. If I had 5 vandalism accounts named IllaZilla1 through IllaZilla5, and I used each one to vandalize different articles in different ways, then under this rule no one would be able to provide diffs showing that any of the 5 accounts demonstrated the same behavior. That's the lack of common sense inherent in this rule: All 3 of the above-listed accounts have been blocked as vandalism-only accounts, and they all share the same root name ("TheSethMovieChannel"). It's quack, quack, quack, diffs or no diffs. --IllaZilla (talk) 18:22, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:03, 13 November 2012 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  16:35, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * - to flush sleepers. Thank you for providing the requested info which helps expedite the case.
 * No sleepers found. --Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:10, 13 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Tagged socks and master. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:33, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

17 November 2012

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Maudiewanna50 falsely inserted actress Tara Strong and another actor into the credits of a Green Day album, in place of the correct credits, and falsely inserted members of Green Day into the credits of TV shows and movies in place of the correct credits. This is the exact same thing TheSethMovieChannel and his socks have done dozens of times and were blocked for. WP:DUCK. IllaZilla (talk) 19:19, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Note: Since the original report Maudiewanna50 has gone buckwild falsely inserting Tara Srong into the credits of various albums, TV shows, and films. Every one of this editor's contributions consists of deliberate introductions of factual inaccuracies. --IllaZilla (talk) 12:58, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:49, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Indeffing sock, tagging and closing.

04 December 2012

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Having been blocked for vandalism & sockpuppetry, TheSethMovieChannel is back at it under IPs. This IP demonstrates the exact same pattern of vandalism as TheSethMovieChannel (who patterns are described in earlier reports): Falsely inserting Tara Strong, Michelle Rodriguez, and the members of Green Day into the credits of SpongeBob SquarePants, and falsely inserting Tara Strong into the credits of a Green Day album. TheSethMovieChannel's obsessions are Green Day, Tara Strong, Michelle Rodriguez, and SpongeBob SquarePants, and his pattern was falsely inserting the actresses into the credits of the band's works and the band members into the credits of cartoons. IllaZilla (talk) 19:10, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

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 * Blocked the IP for adding false information and likely being a sockpuppet. Closed. Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:37, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

21 December 2012

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This is the latest IP of TheSethMovieChannel. All his contributions consist of inserting deliberate factual errors,. See previous reports for descriptions; this edit is classic TheSethMovieChannel; inserting Michelle Rodriguez and Tara Strong's names into the credits of an album they had nothing to do with. Recommend an immediate block and, if the IP is close enough to some of his other ones, a rangeblock. --IllaZilla (talk) 00:29, 21 December 2012 (UTC) IllaZilla (talk) 00:29, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

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 * I think this is clear enough to declare foul play. Either way I've blocked the IP for vandalism and tagged it as suspected. Basa lisk  inspect damage⁄berate 11:07, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

06 January 2013

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TheSethMovieChannel is back again. All edits are deliberate insertion of factual errors with his fingerprints all over them: Adding actress Tara Strong to the credits of Blink-182 albums. This is the same IP he used last time (see report dated 21 December 2012); it was blocked 2 weeks and the behavior has immediately resumed upon expiration. Time for a much longer block (indef, if this is a static IP which it appears to be). IllaZilla (talk) 09:50, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the IP for six weeks this time. Reaper Eternal (talk) 04:19, 7 January 2013 (UTC)