Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Thomasfan5034/Archive

04 August 2013

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With the exception of User:Plong26 all of the listed editors have been indef blocked, 4 of the 6 (including PrestonLong501 and PrestonLong2468) for sockpuppetry. However, for reasons that I don't understand, nobody has ever opened an SPI case. I'm not entirely convinced that all of these editors are actually the same person, but Plong26 seems an obvious sock of PrestonLong, if not of Thomasfan5034. Coincidentally, most of the editors listed have interacted with another group of editors on their talk pages, so I have invited those users to comment here as they may provide further insight into the actions of these users.  Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 11:34, 4 August 2013 (UTC)


 * I've had trouble trying to understand the links between all of these editors, and why they've all been linked to each other, but I did find an interesting diff on Plong26's talk page, notifying him of a CSD nomination for Thomasfan501, a page he'd created. Coincidentally, Thomasfan501 is one of the previously blocked socks. Not being an admin I don't have access to the deleted page to shed further light on the mystery. Thomasfan501 was blocked in August 2012, before Plong26 started contributing here. From what was posted on his talk page, http://www.youtube.com/user/Thomasfan501?feature=watch appears to be a YouTube channel owned by Plong26. This would seem to link the two editors, as it has to be more than a simple coincidence, given that there is significant overlap in the limited range of articles that all of the editors have edited. -- Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 19:39, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

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 * If this is a case of block evasion I request a checkuser. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 17:10, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
— Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:44, 6 August 2013 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  20:04, 6 August 2013 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  00:13, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Tiptoety talk 18:36, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
 * (to filer) It should be sufficient to link Plong26 to any of the known socks by way of diffs. Although all of the other socks are stale, he was known to operate multiple accounts simultaneously which may warrant a sleeper check. I believe that CU results may have already linked the accounts.
 * The link is a deleted diff where Plong26 started the user page for Thomasfan501 with "Thomasfan501 is a Youtube user who created Toontown TV on July 4, 2013. He has played Disney's Toontown Online for 8 years."
 * It's very this user is related to some if not all of the named accounts. --  DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  23:40, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
 * That sounds like there are no sleepers. Indeffing remaining sock, tagging and closing.