Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Truesade/Archive

Evidence submitted by Nableezy
Both the and the  accounts were registered on May 12. Since that time they have both made the same edit on the Deir Yassin massacre page. The accounts were created within a couple of hours of each other on the 12th, but neither one edited until this past Friday. I think it is clear these two users are the same, though it is unclear which other accounts, if any, they may be connected to. The users combined made 4 reverts in 36 hours, not quite 3RR but they are tagging up with another to edit-war.  nableezy  - 17:50, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Legallymine was created today to carry on the edit-war.  nableezy  - 21:26, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Zero0000
These four new editors all showed up around the same time and only edited the same article Deir Yassin massacre and its talk page with similar comments.

Update: It seems there was already a relevant SPI filed. Sorry about the duplication. Zerotalk 14:12, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims. Zero, not concerned about your thought control tactics. Sorry, in the USA people disagree and argue with sources, not try to silence. You have yet to show any neutrality in your edits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Truesade (talk • contribs)
 * Do not continue engaging in personal attacks or you will be removed from this investigation. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 14:21, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * The article Deir Yassin massacre is currently undergoing an edit-war, with some editors (User:Jiujitsuguy, User:No More Mr Nice Guy, User:Guy Montag and User:Brewcrewer) arguing in favour of changing the title to "Deir Yassin battle" and/or introducing sources others see as sub-standard. In the edit-warring going on, the three above "new" SPA´s were created, to back up the views of the 4 above editors. Cheers, Huldra (talk) 21:31, 24 May 2010 (UTC)


 * The only editing done by the three accounts (with the exception of a message on a User Talk page) is to restore edits made by User:Jiujitsuguy at Deir Yassin massacre after they were reverted by other editors. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 21:33, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by Nableezy 17:50, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Pattern suggests these editors are probably socks of an editor already participating or an editor who due to blocks or bans cannot participate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zero0000 (talk • contribs) 07:17, 26 May 2010

Merged from Sockpuppet investigations/HumanitarianHeart -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 14:17, 26 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Borderline case; I was going to decline, but instead I'm going to endorse for a different reason than the above, though a CU may wish to consider that reason as well. These accounts existed for quite some time (several weeks) before editing. I think there is reason to suspect sleeper accounts that may be able to be identified using a CU. I'm going to block the above accounts under WP:DUCK as I see content, edit summary, and timing similarities sufficient enough for me to agree conclusively. The CU would be a good idea just to see if there are other created-but-unused accounts floating around. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 14:27, 26 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Sock accounts indeffed and tagged, main account blocked for one month. I left the IP as there is insufficient evidence to go on to suspect sockpuppetry. I do not expect a comment from CU regarding the IP. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 14:33, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

✅ =

I'm not sure about. All of the other accounts are on one IP, and this one is not. However, the IP geolocates to the same city, so it's possible he is a friend of Truesade, or it could be an internet cafe or something of a similar nature. J.delanoy gabs adds 03:08, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The block on the confirmed editors will obviously stand (though I note Goldy770 was blocked as VOA, not a sock). I'll let the HumanitarianHeart block stand for now under a "can't tell between WP:SOCK and WP:MEAT" clause if there are no objections. Closing this case, all accounts are tagged and were blocked. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:22, 28 May 2010 (UTC)