Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tj363/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
User Tj363 made edits removing a color from Yale Bulldogs football. I reached out, because the edit seemed well-intended, but incorrect. I told the user I requested a change to the template, and explained why "white" was a featured color. User then began engaging in an edit war, claiming "this edit was requested by the Yale Athletic Department". I warned the user about COI, and they continued to edit war.

On their talk page, I told the user to seek consensus on the talk page of the article. Last night, the user then posted on the article talk page at 21:46. In less than 15 minutes, three brand new users with similar usernames all commented that they "agree with the edit". It appears to be very clear vote-stacking. glman (talk) 14:45, 16 February 2024 (UTC) glman (talk) 14:45, 16 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Three additional accounts have now commented, with similar replies, continuing to votestack. One has no edit history and a COI username (Yaleathcommunications), and the other two are IPs associated with New Haven, CT, where Yale is located. glman (talk) 20:50, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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 * I followed each step that glman provided and addressed each concerns. I asked people within the community to reply to post. I do not own those accounts nor created them. Tj363 (talk) 18:27, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Even if these accounts are not operated by you, asking other people in "[your] community" to reply is possible meatpuppetry and/or canvassing and not allowed, as I told you on my talk page. Rusty4321  talk contribs 21:32, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The named accounts are very to each other (although notably not ✅); there is a chance that they could be separate individuals but given the timings involved they'd probably have to be sitting in the same room together. . Leaving open for an admin or clerk to decide on sanctions.  Spicy (talk) 01:21, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Named accounts indeffed, IPs are likely stale so there isn't much I can do without blocking all of Yale. The Wordsmith Talk to me 01:06, 7 March 2024 (UTC)