Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Toronto2503/Archive

09 August 2011

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Toronto2503 was blocked a second time (first 24 hours, then 60 hours) for continual vandalism to Milton, Ontario. After the second block, this account was created. One of Maple111's first 20 edits was reverting back to Toronto2503's unreferenced edit at Milton, Ontario. The master began editing List of numbered roads in Niagara Region before the second block. The majority of the sock's edits are a continuation of that initial work on and relating to that article. Both users do not heed advice, comments, and warnings on their talk pages. Hwy43 (talk) 01:53, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

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 * - I think it's likely, but I'll endorse to confirm. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:20, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The two listed accounts are ✅ matches. TN X Man  13:46, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * - Sock blocked and reset the sockpuppeter's block. 14:51, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

25 August 2011

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See also Sockpuppet investigations/Toronto2503/Archive for prior background. This user has a similar pattern of behaviour, most notably the persistent creation of one-line stubs about county roads, which provide a geographic description but make no attempt at providing any referenced claim of notability — focusing primarily but not exclusively on Halton Region, the same geographic region that the tendentious edits in the prior case pertained to. Bearcat (talk) 05:36, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

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✅ match to previous accounts. TN X Man 15:04, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Done. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  17:32, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

23 October 2011
Noting for the record that was blocked without an SPI as a WP:DUCK case, and I have now indef blocked the puppeteer. Not sure if this is deliberate trolling or gross incompetence, but that hardly matters at this point. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:05, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

01 November 2011

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Review of contributions for Louve101 shows similarities to those of Toronto2503 and his/her other sockpuppets, with similar subject areas (including undoing redirects of articles started under other usernames Maple2000 and Maple111) and similar editing patterns where several edits are made that don't do a lot.  PK T (alk)  12:00, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

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The following are ✅: WilliamH (talk) 15:19, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * blocked and tagged. Alexandria   (talk)  15:22, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

05 December 2011

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A review of Special:Contributions/WolfSearcher3 shows a pattern of edits similar to Toronto2503 and his several sockpuppets - adding a bunch of stub articles about non-notable topics in the area of Oakville, Ontario.  PK T (alk)  15:41, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

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A ✅ match to previous socks, along with: WilliamH (talk) 17:00, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  17:43, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

17 December 2011

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Editting pattern is similar with creation of stubs for non-notable geographic locations and schools; e.g.,, Whpq (talk) 12:16, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

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 * We had sleepers last time, so endorsing to see if there are any, and check if this account matches. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:15, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Technically very and behaviourally it's him. A ✅ match with  as a sleeper. WilliamH (talk) 17:01, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Both blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 17:37, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

19 December 2011

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This user has been blanking the user pages of socks of Toronto2503 that are tagged with the sockpuppet template, which leads me to believe that this is Toronto2503 trying to hide evidence of his or her sockpuppeting. Logan Talk Contributions 00:18, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

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 * -, but there's been sleepers in the past, so let's check for those.  Steven   Zhang  Join the DR army! 00:21, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

✅. Didn't find any sleepers though. Also,. Elockid  ( Talk ) 02:37, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah well. Sock tagged. We're done here. Steven   Zhang  Join the DR army! 02:39, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

15 January 2012

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New editor creating stubs for neighbourhoods in Halton Region towns,a nd lots of redirects. Same editting pattern. Whpq (talk) 16:16, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

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per: Overall a duck, but I'm endorsing a check for the sake of a sleeper scan, as in the past such scans have turned up a number of socks, and it's been a couple of months since a check was last done. Cheers, SpitfireTally-ho! 16:46, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Focus on stubs for neighbourhoods (MGBken, CrazyZA and WolfSearcher3) with many redirects (MGBken MGBken, NAmerica44 NAmerica44), as Whpq comments.
 * Naming pattern: this account is, is a previous sock of Toronto2503.
 * User page pattern of using (or trying to use) adminstats: MGBken, NAmerica44
 * ✅. No other new socks found. This was on the same IP as the last several socks in the archive. --jpgordon:==( o ) 20:54, 15 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 22:47, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

31 January 2012

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Editing pattern has similarities to many of Toronto2503's socks, although a difference in this one's case is that s/he is tampering with articles about small places in California (evident from a quick review of Special:Contributions/Mountain3144). Note that there is also an item on Wikipedia:ANI about this person's editing.  PK T (alk)  01:51, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * We're looking at a really narrow focus here, but it seems this account took up the mantle after we blocked MGBken earlier in January. Endorsing for confirmation. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:07, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅, no sleepers. WilliamH (talk) 10:40, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged already. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  14:23, 31 January 2012 (UTC)