Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/User1215/Archive

12 September 2013

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All three accounts have been primarily active at the article Vinay Iyengar and its related page Articles for deletion/Vinay Iyengar. They have all !voted to keep the page with similar arguments and wording and without signing their statements (,, and ). User1215 and Researchsci84 have both attempted to remove the AfD tag ( and ). CheckUser is requested to prevent sockpuppetry and disruption to the AfD process. DPRoberts534 (talk) 03:15, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Now that abuse is confirmed, I see evidence that additional accounts may be involved. Should I add them to this report or open a new one? DPRoberts534 (talk) 17:34, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Add to this report. Materialscientist (talk) 23:04, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

My apologies for not catching these earlier. I added Ttysb, 75.92.148.105, and 50.53.57.62. These accounts/IPs, and the others listed above, have an almost exclusive interest in the topics Vinay Iyengar, Valerie Ding, and the activities of Iyengar at Oregon Episcopal School. Ttysb and Asdfymb have similar usernames. DPRoberts534 (talk) 04:27, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

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Self-endorsed for CU. Confirmed User1215, Asdfymb and Researchsci84. Materialscientist (talk) 04:18, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * All three indefblocked. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:24, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Confirmed Ttysb to User1215, Asdfymb and Researchsci84, but note that they edit in a highly shared environment, i.e., CU results alone can not unambiguously distinguish whether these are genuine socks or a group of students working on a project. Materialscientist (talk) 05:02, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * (non-admin) That makes sense. If autoblocks interfere with legitimate student projects, it might be necessary to send an activity report to the school. DPRoberts534 (talk) 15:55, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked Ttysb. I left the IPs alone (except for whatever autoblocking happens from the user blocks) as it seems likely they are school addresses and/or not permanently assigned. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:25, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Tagged the accounts. Might be something for OTRS to deal with if this was a school project. SpitfireTally-ho! 23:13, 25 September 2013 (UTC)