Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Truthforlife/Archive

Report date May 27 2009, 22:22 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

New account picking up from accounts banned] for legal threats and suspected sockpuppetry: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Eritrea&curid=17238593&diff=292753389&oldid=292118589 Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive539. Potentially related sockpuppetry cases include: Godlovestruth & Dji19165, Suspected sock puppets/Kyleain (3rd), Suspected sock puppets/Unbiaseduser, and Suspected sock puppets/Lunasblade. — Novangelis (talk) 22:22, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by Novangelis

Since this case was opened, a new account with "truth" in the name, Truthfiles, has edited using the same blog as a source as was mentioned in edit comments by Truthforlife. Novangelis (talk) 13:36, 29 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions


 * Quack. and  blocked as sockpuppets of Truthforlife (I was slightly doubtful about the latter at first, but the PA within the edit summary and the similar edits make me pretty sure it's him).
 * was already blocked, but again, obviously the same.
 * They quite clearly match, which was blocked last November.
 * Possibly match but there isn't really enough conclusive information. Besides it's so old that I haven't bothered taking any action.  Peter Symonds ( talk ) 22:03, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

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Report date May 30 2009, 13:59 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Novangelis

Resuming edits of Truthforlife, using a name identified by by that user in a vandalism report , and the same blog source is cited in edit summaries .Novangelis (talk) 13:59, 30 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions

Blocked and tagged. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 14:05, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Report date May 30 2009, 14:50 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Novangelis

New account following deletion of. Novangelis (talk) 14:50, 30 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions

Blocked and tagged. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 14:53, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * As a further note I semi-protected the articles concerned for a week. Let me know if I missed any. Best, Peter Symonds ( talk ) 15:08, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Report date June 10 2009, 08:21 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Novangelis

Restoring edits after ban:, , ,.


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions

Blocked and tagged. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 15:25, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * (banned, but not linked to this case)
 * (banned, but not linked to this case)
 * (banned, but not linked to this case)

Evidence submitted by Novangelis
There is a history of multiple accounts following such a ban, hence this report.Novangelis (talk) 17:46, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * summary indicatess prior activity.
 * indicates existing animosity.
 * Compare with  in reference to the same article.
 * The, which resulted in a ban on their own parallel.

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Note that the link between User:Godlovestruth and User:Dji19165 has already been ✅ by a steward CU in November 2008. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 17:59, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Seems like the point of this was to link the accounts officially, so it's been done. They're all blocked already, so we're done here. ~ Amory ( u  •  t  •  c ) 17:24, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

07 September 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

This is a complex case involving a succession of short-lived accounts, probably to evade detection although several were blocked. This may reach criteria for long-term abuse, but I was sufficiently uncertain to file there. The first two accounts listed (Search4truth & Repllyturns) are a classic duck-test: two new accounts with one agenda.

The purpose of the latter five is to establish a pattern of sockpuppetry that goes back years. The use of "truth" in account names is a major theme. The livejournal account was used by by  (blocked as a sock of Truthforlife) and  by Truthforlife, the last sockmaster identified in SPIs. Links to blogs by "D. J. Knight" (http://djknight.livejournal.com/, http://eternian.wordpress.com/) are another and offer a link back to accounts from the "Suspected sock puppets" era. (which establishes a link via the new blog name) was tagged in Suspected sock puppets/Kyleain. was linked in Suspected sock puppets/Kyleain (3rd). This included and  which are close enough to raise the association to the name Spearfire.

Spearfire cites the "eternian" blog in an, and the common agenda of four accounts was , but I don't believe it was reported as a sockpuppet case.

Authorship of the blog is by Yahweh is Eternal. Novangelis (talk) 15:11, 7 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Another new account, rather blatant: Novangelis (talk) 17:02, 7 September 2011 (UTC)


 * A curious account, was created three minutes after a  by Repllyturns. The new account  proffering an opinion on Seventh Day Adventists, then Repllyturns . This is a bit stranger than I thought at first and a checkuser might be in order; there are more active to cold accounts than I first posted.Novangelis (talk) 18:49, 7 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Another account has now driven this to a potential multiple-account 3RR violation:
 * Novangelis (talk) 22:21, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Novangelis (talk) 22:21, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Novangelis (talk) 22:21, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Novangelis (talk) 22:21, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Novangelis (talk) 22:21, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Novangelis (talk) 22:21, 7 September 2011 (UTC)


 * For thoroughness, I looked at the edits of the two accounts I hadn't discovered. Truthspotter's two edits sought a deleted page from "Serpentdove." To keep the extensive account list together, I'd like to note WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Serpentdove/Archive.Novangelis (talk) 15:49, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Of the accounts listed, only Search4truth and Repllyturns are not stale. The other accounts listed in the prose are also alive, so I'm endorsing for a check between all of them. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

✅ These accounts are being controlled by the same person:



J.delanoy gabs adds 04:43, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
 * DQ blocked; I tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:13, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

22 September 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Two new accounts. The first restored edits in recent case: Sockpuppet investigations/Truthforlife/Archive and the second polished them. Checkuser requested for block evasion and prior history of a well stocked drawer. Novangelis (talk) 17:32, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Johnbelonger and Catholicelisha are, bordering on , matches to the accounts J Delanoy found last time. TN X Man 18:00, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Awaiting Tnxman's comment for second block. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:25, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that - Johnbelonger and Catholicelisha are matches to each other.  TN X Man  01:09, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Ducked Johnbelonger, and using behavoiral + CU, blocked Catholicelisha -- DQ  (t)   (e)  16:18, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

30 September 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

New account restoring same edit as previous case: Sockpuppet investigations/Truthforlife/Archive. Novangelis (talk) 00:06, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Yes indeed. I've blocked and tagged both socks per WP:DUCK. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:09, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

03 March 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Adding same POV as prior case, complete with the same blog source as Sockpuppet investigations/Truthforlife/Archive. Check user requested as multiple accounts have been found in previous cases. Novangelis (talk) 16:22, 3 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Diffs per request:
 * cite eternian.wordpress.com by ;
 * by ;
 * over multiple edits by.
 * All three comparison editors are CU-confirmed group from the above noted case.Novangelis (talk) 19:12, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * All three comparison editors are CU-confirmed group from the above noted case.Novangelis (talk) 19:12, 3 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Addendum: here's the clearest diff I can find: see the comparison at line 30 and  the bot filled in a tag which was restored on the first edit. Other that adding two Biblical references it is an identical restoration from the last version from the last known sock:  (Sockpuppet investigations/Truthforlife/Archive).Novangelis (talk) 05:00, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Could you provide diffs that indicate the smoking gun? - Mailer Diablo 17:59, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * . Between the ones listed above and the similarity in these three edits, there's almost certainly some kind of connection. Endorsing for confirmation and sleepers. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 05:16, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the details. Unfortunately I discovered that the previous socks were all stale by now. - Mailer Diablo 05:26, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * That.. is a good point. So really then, CU doesn't really make sense here. I'm not seeing a lot of other edits that seem to indicate further abuse of accounts, so I've just blocked and tagged the sock per the evidence given. Relist if new accounts show up. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 05:32, 4 March 2012 (UTC)