Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tokolosheman/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
All accounts appear to be only interested in editing articles about St. Brandon, the Raphael Fishing Company, Île Raphael, L'île du Sud and other directly linked articles. These are very obscure topics, especially as St. Brandon only has a listed population of 40 and is nearly invisible on Google Maps, which makes the editor interest especially suspicious. Although the user claims in their talk page that they are not paid to edit (only doing "pro bono" research). I have found a pattern of edits that seem to suggest the user has an agenda directly related to the article's context.

From what I can gather in external sources over the last few hours of investigating, the short version of the story is that the Raphael Fishing Company is in an ongoing legal dispute with the government of Mauritius over territorial jurisdiction of the St. Brandon archipelago. This user in question appears to be making a case for the Raphael Fishing Company to retain their jurisdiction. Despite claiming to be independent, the user in question "just so happens" to be an all-knowing expert on this obscure company, authored the company's Wikipedia article, and added tidbits of info that paint the picture of a historic, reliable, and environmentally-conscious company that works for the betterment of the islands.

I suspect that the MauriceBer account, which has 1,000+ edits, extended confirmed rights, and even a barnstar award from a veteran editor is too valuable too lose especially when creating articles (which this user has made several of.) Following the government's announcement of legal action against the company last January, it seems the user decided to create a series of single-purpose accounts for the purpose of making less-than-ideal edits to the St. Brandon-related pages, such as:


 * This edit naming Raphael Fishing Company specifically as the saviors in a recent shipwreck.
 * This recent edit with blatant NPOV issues on the Raphael Fishing Company article.
 * This blatantly anti-government edit on the St. Brandon article, and subsequent edits that highlight the fishing company as "protectors" of the island ecosystem.
 * This should-have-been-reverted earlier edit on St. Brandon by an account very similarly named to MauriceBer.

While it is possible that they are a group of people operating in one location, I believe this is all one person. All of the accounts have the same editing style, every account appears to have the same level of familiarity with wiki markup (despite being completely new), and almost all edits do not use edit summaries. But what's quite damning is that most of them make the same editing quirk/mistake of using nowiki tags in edits especially when using quotation marks.


 * User "MauriceBer" using nowiki tags.
 * User "MauriceBer" using nowiki tags.
 * User "MauriceBer" using nowiki tags.
 * User "Chinesejunkahoy" using nowiki tags.
 * User "BillythekidfromtTexas" using nowiki tags.
 * User "Woodpigeoninthedark" using nowiki tags.
 * User "Howgreenismyvalley" using nowiki tags.
 * User "Mauritiacontinent" using nowiki tags

In summary, I believe there exists sufficient proof that the user MauriceBer:
 * Failed to adequately disclose their conflict of interest with Raphael Fishing Company
 * Is editing Wikipedia in order to support an agenda in an ongoing legal dispute concerning territorial sovereignty.
 * Is using sockpuppet accounts in a deceptive manner to make biased edits without arousing suspicions towards their main account. PritongKandule -✉️📝 11:42, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - What a bizarre thing to sock about.I'm pretty confident that these are all connected, but I'm endorsing to check for other accounts given the number of accounts here. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 00:57, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * - GeneralNotability (talk) 01:08, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Good grief. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:31, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * All of the listed accounts, plus the ones below, are somewhere between and ✅:
 * Technical evidence is mostly consistent with a single person operating these accounts, but I can't completely rule out multiple people working together. . - please move to oldest account and tag everyone proven (I believe it's JasonBarltrop) GeneralNotability (talk) 01:46, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Tokolosheman is the oldest - I've moved the case there. BTW, you forgot to block Americaisafteryoupm and Bladibladiblaok. Spicy (talk) 01:49, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, got 'em. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:50, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:51, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Technical evidence is mostly consistent with a single person operating these accounts, but I can't completely rule out multiple people working together. . - please move to oldest account and tag everyone proven (I believe it's JasonBarltrop) GeneralNotability (talk) 01:46, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Tokolosheman is the oldest - I've moved the case there. BTW, you forgot to block Americaisafteryoupm and Bladibladiblaok. Spicy (talk) 01:49, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, got 'em. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:50, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:51, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Technical evidence is mostly consistent with a single person operating these accounts, but I can't completely rule out multiple people working together. . - please move to oldest account and tag everyone proven (I believe it's JasonBarltrop) GeneralNotability (talk) 01:46, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Tokolosheman is the oldest - I've moved the case there. BTW, you forgot to block Americaisafteryoupm and Bladibladiblaok. Spicy (talk) 01:49, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, got 'em. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:50, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:51, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Technical evidence is mostly consistent with a single person operating these accounts, but I can't completely rule out multiple people working together. . - please move to oldest account and tag everyone proven (I believe it's JasonBarltrop) GeneralNotability (talk) 01:46, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Tokolosheman is the oldest - I've moved the case there. BTW, you forgot to block Americaisafteryoupm and Bladibladiblaok. Spicy (talk) 01:49, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, got 'em. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:50, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:51, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Technical evidence is mostly consistent with a single person operating these accounts, but I can't completely rule out multiple people working together. . - please move to oldest account and tag everyone proven (I believe it's JasonBarltrop) GeneralNotability (talk) 01:46, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Tokolosheman is the oldest - I've moved the case there. BTW, you forgot to block Americaisafteryoupm and Bladibladiblaok. Spicy (talk) 01:49, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, got 'em. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:50, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:51, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Technical evidence is mostly consistent with a single person operating these accounts, but I can't completely rule out multiple people working together. . - please move to oldest account and tag everyone proven (I believe it's JasonBarltrop) GeneralNotability (talk) 01:46, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Tokolosheman is the oldest - I've moved the case there. BTW, you forgot to block Americaisafteryoupm and Bladibladiblaok. Spicy (talk) 01:49, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, got 'em. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:50, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:51, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Technical evidence is mostly consistent with a single person operating these accounts, but I can't completely rule out multiple people working together. . - please move to oldest account and tag everyone proven (I believe it's JasonBarltrop) GeneralNotability (talk) 01:46, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Tokolosheman is the oldest - I've moved the case there. BTW, you forgot to block Americaisafteryoupm and Bladibladiblaok. Spicy (talk) 01:49, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, got 'em. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:50, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:51, 16 February 2023 (UTC)