Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Triplicatio/Archive

07 December 2012

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Both accounts are SPA's for the article Art Pope, created in the same month. Both use rather similar language, make similar typographic errors, and nearly always refer to other users by usernames rather than with a pronoun:. With a single exception user Alethaie's edits have been made after a running discussion involving Triplicatio, and made only a single edit for a year-long period while the Art Pope talk page was quiet. For example, Triplicatio made ten edits between 7 and 10 November 2011. Aethaie makes seven edits between 27 and 30 November 2011; Triplicatio resumes editing just a few hours later. I noticed this editing pattern before but didn't do anything at the time as both became inactive, but both have recently made edits. I agf-sock'ed both users, but neither has responded. a13ean (talk) 05:46, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

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 * . The editing histories certainly look suspicious: Both accounts started editing in November 2011, both almost exclusively edit the Art Pope article and its talk page, both went inactive around 6 December 2011 and reactivated in November 2012. However it could just as well be a meatpuppetry issue. Talking about oneself in the third person and using the other account's edits to support one's own view is a pretty blatant instance of deceptive socking if it turns out that these are indeed the same person. The IP hasn't edited for over a year. Jafeluv (talk) 15:05, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * - I've been on the fence as the overlap is more meaty than socky, but summary style and other behaviors have me thinking this is possibly the same person. Dennis Brown - 2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 15:46, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Judging by checkuser information only, it's, bordering on ✅ that the two accounts are the same person. No comment on the IP addresses, and I haven't taken the editing history into account. The Cavalry (Message me) 21:32, 7 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Adding CU to behavior leads me to block the IP and master for two weeks and indef the sock. Closing. Dennis Brown -  2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 22:58, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

04 September 2013

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This user is also a SPA for articles related to Art Pope. User made a single edit (file upload) in July 2012, but next 20 edits occurred within a few days of the master and one other sock being blocked. As previously, I agf-socked'ed the user, but they declined to respond. a13ean (talk) 16:45, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * NF is correct, the Triplicatio account has not made any edits recently. This user made about half their total edits while Triplicatio was blocked for socking, but the block has since expired.  a13ean (talk) 17:02, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * It looks Like the Triplicatio account may have been abandoned. NativeForeigner Talk 16:58, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Triplicatio hasn't edited since December 2012. His two-week block (also in Dec. 2012) expired long ago, and any possible block evasion violation via the Bookbuyer99 account is also old news by now.  It's probably appropriate to ask Triplicatio / Bookbuyer99 to confirm that they are (or aren't) the same user, and if they are, to ask them to pick one account and let us indef-block the other.  But I don't see any current abuse here linked to socking violations.  —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 20:29, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I have posted a request at User talk:Bookbuyer99, asking the user to confirm whether or not he is the same person who previously edited as Triplicatio and/or Alethaie. —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:48, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
 * He seems to have simply switched accounts. Furthermore, any sockpuppetry is old news by now. I will not block for something over six months ago. Feel free to re-report if recent sockpuppetry occurs. Reaper Eternal (talk) 00:34, 6 September 2013 (UTC)