Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Thesoundkillers/Archive

04 January 2013

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Case was originally filed under Pugdemskuf. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:09, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Case was originally filed under Pugdemskuf. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:09, 4 January 2013 (UTC)




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All write and source in a similar promotional style. All misuse sources in a similar fashion, using sources that verify related aspects not directly related to the subject, sources not verifying claims (even helping out when another accounts bad source is questioned (removal of valid tag)), mutliple bad sources for one part of sentence. There is overlapping interest on obscure, diverse subjects where you would not expect an overlap.
 * Bullethead (band) - Australian rock band
 * Affordable Green Tiny House Project - Green Tiny House project
 * Master Charles Cannon - NY guru
 * Marcus Parker (author) - Texas author
 * Arty Skye (producer) - record producer
 * Greg Polisseni (producer) - film producer
 * Faint Hubble Blob Galaxy - a class of galaxies
 * Jordon Hodges - actor

Timing of edits is also telling. eg one creates page at 10:08, another edits at 12:57. eg one creates page at 00:28, another edits at 2:27. eg one creates page at 5:40, another edits at 10:50. eg one creates page at 14:05, another edits at 18:30 , back to first 18:50. eg one uploads an image at 01:19, another creates an article for it at 02:26. The overlapping and timing is clearly not just a coincidence. If there is no socking there is still colussion and promotion. There is other SPA editing around here that may need to be considered by they only edit one page. duffbeerforme (talk) 11:09, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
I declined to check those in an earlier case, but [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Master_Charles_Cannon&diff=523476380&oldid=523454463 this diff] convinces me that a check is appropriate.

✅: is ❌. T. Canens (talk) 14:39, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I've blocked all the accounts indefinitely for sockpuppetry and promotion. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:11, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

12 April 2014

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User created to stack AfD and redact user comments in AfD. red dog six (talk) 21:22, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

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 * Quack! --j⚛e deckertalk 22:11, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - Because of differences of opinion and interpretation I am a suspect for sockpuppets. "If the dog does not bark does not mean that he is a cat". Why keep a debate if there is Wikipedia policy? Because different interpretations. In my schooling Wikipedia was forbidden as a reference, but it was used as a source of information and as portal to other links, so I can understand your efforts to preserve the basic principles of Wikipedia. But I ask you a question. Would you rather like to have the information that the user can find or be without information? I apologize if I offended anybody because it was not my intention.Lvlada (talk) 11:56, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: see also Sockpuppet investigations/Thesoundkillers. This SPI should probably be merged there. Ruby   Murray  17:04, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

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I'm closing this case as redundant. There is another active case that is pending CheckUser results that connects all three of these editors together along with another suspected sockpuppet and a known sockmaster. There is no actual information in this case that would be helpful to the other case (no diffs, the only connection given is an AfD) so there's no need to move anything here to the other case. I've renamed the sockmaster here to merge the cases together. --  At am a  頭 17:11, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Please merge per Atama's comments above. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 14:00, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:01, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

17 April 2014

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Block evasion.
 * Qasim900: just created The Soundkillers (record producer), with space in the external link to get around the spam block. Previous edits have been speedied as spam. Ruby   Murray  15:48, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Removed speedy tag twice from Crossinvest (Asia) soon after creation, , and along with sockpuppet Riratul is casting dissenting "Keep"s at the AFD without reference to policy.


 * Kaledit: created Crossinvest (Asia) and a few other articles on companies speedied db-corp.
 * Riratul: sole edits so far have been to add a "keep" to the Crossinvest AFD, with no keep rationale given until pressed by other editors. Ruby   Murray  16:35, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Lvlada: sole edits have been to add similar "keep"s at the same AFD. Three of these sockpuppets are already listed at Sockpuppet investigations/Riratul. That investigation should probably be merged here. Ruby   Murray  16:59, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

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 * Compare Qasim900's deleted article here to this version of User:Mamadoutadioukone's sandbox. This seems to be a more general spamming crew than just a Thesoundkillers sock. I can't tell whether this is sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry, but something is going on here. Huon (talk) 01:09, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
 * isn't it possible to confirm a connection with the user not previously included in the SPI above? --nonsense ferret  22:19, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

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 * This group is technically ❌ to each other (both geographically and by user agent) and also unrelated to the previous group of confirmed socks. Perhaps this is co-ordinated editing? Risker (talk) 19:02, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Over to you to do with what you want (maybe spam/advert blocks/warnings), closing as nothing here for SPI to do. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:58, 20 April 2014 (UTC)