Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Topdog2014/Archive

03 February 2015

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Behaviour at Articles for deletion/Yung Stet. All three have started editing, in particular at AfD, then with an hour two either !voted or supervoted keep (see Deletion review/Log/2015 January 31), like experienced editors not new, with two admitted as such: and. In each case this AfD was their last edit. The only other editor commenting in the AfD is the article creator, Topdog2014.

So looks like three accounts created to vote stack, doing enough other edits so they aren't obviously SPAs, but quickly and in areas that make them look like experienced editors, which two admit to being, though without revealing their previous account(s). JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 01:40, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Adding Cec2020 as the latest new user to make to quickly make under 20 edits, again with a focus on AfD, before adding their me too !vote to Articles for deletion/Yung Stet. I would also note the similar numeric user names.-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 03:51, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Adding WoodBook90. Probably the last one as they've closed the discussion, so no need to create any more sockpuppet accounts. A similar name, similar short series of edits, similar edit summaries, before closing the AfD.-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 02:34, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Requesting a CU; though I find the case pretty compelling I think it would be helpful and might also identify accounts they were previously using.-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 22:56, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other and very (borderline confirmed) :


 * The following accounts are related to the accounts above:


 * Note that Sec12345 is an old account resuscitated specifically to sock; though technically the oldest account I'm not sure it makes sense to name them as the master as their first edits are only a week old.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 23:46, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I've left the master account as is. I've blocked the likely accounts, as the behavior and edit summaries are a give away. Finally, I reverted a non-admin AfD closure performed by the individual in which other sock accounts participated. Mike V • Talk 05:02, 7 February 2015 (UTC)