Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TheUser2020/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Nearly identical recreations of Tad Damron but similar hoax matter on otherwikis, specifically simple:Kent Bays which while not relevant here definitely shows their inclination to create dubious hoax articles with fake sourcing, not to mention introducing death hoaxes here. PRAXIDICAE💕 13:48, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
 * They've also got an interest in Danny Roark like the master, per this own work upload. PRAXIDICAE💕  21:02, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Pretty confident that JorieLeisure is a sock based on the shared interests in the same dubious subjects. I'm also suspicious of AndyWalkerton, whose account was apparently created for the purpose of spreading the same death hoax cross-wiki: . - to compare these two accounts (I'm aware that the master is likely stale). Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:38, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 22:17, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry RoySmith, I was taking a quick look and blocked the accounts, but I'd still welcome your analysis. These two accounts are confirmed to each other. In searching for the sockmaster, I came across Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Southernyoungin. The technicals are weak but not unrelated, and the more I look at it, the more I become convinced. -- zzuuzz (talk) 22:29, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Yup, I agree that those two are confirmed. What I've been looking at is if this is related to Sockpuppet investigations/GermanKity.  There's overlap in the deleted history of Tad Damron, which could possibly be GHBH, or could be competing UPEs trying to get each other's work deleted.  At this point, I'm leaning towards the latter, so I'll just note it here and not take any action on that. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:58, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll stick with my original comment that this looks very much like Southernyoungin. The fake deaths, the music, the location, the interest in trolling, it all fits. Maybe GermanKity was just in the right place at the wrong time. -- zzuuzz (talk) 23:21, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * - I'm setting this to clerk status so that someone can decide whether or not to move this case to Southernyoungin. I had a look myself but it's hard for me to evaluate because most of Southernyoungin & co.'s articles have been deleted. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 18:45, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I'd recommend closing the case *without* moving to Southernyoungin. None of the accounts in Southernyoungin's sockpuppet category have edited since 1-Jan-2020 and there is no SPI case for that editor. So it wouldn't add much useful information to merge the two cases even if it's really the same person. EdJohnston (talk) 18:03, 25 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm fine with that. Tagged socks, closing. Spicy (talk) 18:50, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Recreated Danny Roark (previously created by ) and simple:Tad Damron (previously created by ). Creates hoaxes like previous socks (see this and the talk-page history), and this account was created just days after the previous ones were blocked. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:20, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * . --Blablubbs (talk) 16:32, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ to the master, along with . --Blablubbs (talk) 16:41, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Recreated the thrice-deleted article on Danny Roark, TheUser2020's favorite subject. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:41, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * - yep. Endorsing due to the user's history of using multiple accounts concurrently. Spicy (talk) 08:41, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * . --Blablubbs (talk) 08:59, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Reasonably consistent with past socks, but nothing entirely conclusive. . as suspected, closing.  --Blablubbs (talk) 09:04, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * for cross-wiki abuse. Also, it's probably not worth blocking, but is obviously them as well. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 09:17, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
A couple of dozen edits, mainly to bios, with overlap including edits to Chelcie Lynn (see, ) and Elisa Jordana (see ), then recreated the perennial Danny Roark. 2A01:4C8:B3:B050:28E6:67D6:4C33:FA9C (talk) 06:16, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

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Yep, definitely a match. Requesting CU to look for sleepers. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:06, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - worth a sleeper check given the history of hoaxes and cross-wiki activity. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 10:41, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  12:50, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. They're active on a couple of busyish ranges, and are using a very generic UA, but they look exactly like previous socks such as {{{noping|DavidBrackett}} and . There is another account on one of the ranges that is also technically indistinguishable, but their behaviour is different - I think it's somebody else, but come back if you see similar behaviour from other accounts, even if they're established. Blocking, requesting locks. Girth Summit  (blether)  12:57, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
After investigating, I believe these are the same person. The LeafK1 account primarily exists to edit Elisa Jordana and to vote against deletion in 5 AfDs, so far. Some of the previous AfDs had newly-created accounts voting against deletion as well, a sign of sockpuppetry. The account created Template:Elisa Jordana, placed it on several other articles, and most of that account's edits were related to the Howard Stern show (where Jordana received most of her notability) before it was blocked for being a sockpuppet. Fred Zepelin (talk) 02:35, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Isatoya is marked as a sockpuppet in Sockpuppet investigations/TheUser2020, so the cases need to be merged - resetting the status from "Checkuser requested" to "clerk". Noting also that Isatoya and other accounts in the TheUser2020 investigation seem to be and so are the driveby accounts in the AfDs. Unless there are IPs in the checkuser logs, LeafK1 is the only checkable account. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:44, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. Case status reset to "open".  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:50, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not convinced here. This account predates the master's by over a decade and looking at some of their edits on Commons, they seem like someone who has a COI with Jordana . This case is very weird but I don't get the impression that TheUser2020 and their socks are COI editors. Their MO seems to be making legitimate edits to articles, mainly on musicians, interspersed with blatant hoaxes and trolling. They've done this sort of template creation for many articles. I'm going to close this without further action - feel free to re-report if more evidence surfaces. COI issues can be dealt with at the appropriate noticeboard. Spicy (talk) 19:52, 9 December 2023 (UTC)