Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vandman1/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Admits he is a sock of vandman1, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dieudonn%C3%A9_Gnammankou&diff=1128204227&oldid=1128204157 Magical Golden Whip (talk) 00:20, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Thanks to both who reported. (Please remember to capitalize the first letter when reporting.) . Closing. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 00:22, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Or, rather, blocked by Ad Orientem while I was writing the above.   --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 00:23, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Sleeper check requested due to high sock activity. Someone who&#39;s wrong on the internet (talk) 23:46, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * The pile of socks listed plus more have already been nuked. I'm not a fan of the idea of a rangeblock at this time. -- Amanda (she/her)  00:00, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vandman1&diff=prev&oldid=1130639690&diffmode=source Philipnelson99 (talk) 05:40, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * Sock now blocked and glocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:42, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Literally look at these two user and talk page revision permalinks (and their username)- they literally said they were a Vandman1 sock. Clear and unambiguous; looks like a duck quacking into a megaphone amplified 100 times and broadcast over a loudspeaker to me. CU requested for sleeper checks. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  02:18, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * See below. Spicy (talk) 23:21, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Openly said that he was a sock of Vandman1 and placed an unblock request saying that and abused the template. Additionally you can see user contribs.  Wesoree  ( Talk ) 23:17, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * See below. Spicy (talk) 23:21, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Literally block evading sock that just created the account.  Wesoree  ( Talk ) 23:19, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * indeffed for harassment.-- Deepfriedokra (talk) 23:29, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * This account was just blocked by a CU. I'm sure the checkuser team is aware of this. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:21, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Openly said that he was a sock, also CU requested to find additional sleepers, should open an LTA.  Wesoree  ( Talk ) 01:26, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * I'm going to refer you to 's comments here, and also to WP:DENY. I don't think a LTA page would be useful. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 00:31, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
It's pretty obvious that he is a sock, there's one sock known as User:Vanditism which was also blocked for being a sock. Just pure block evasion right here. Looks like a duck quacking into a megaphone amplified 200 times and broadcast over a loudspeaker to me. CU requested for sleeper checks. Evidence can be explained via contribs.  Wesoree  ( t · c ) 16:59, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

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Not entirely convinced. Nothing to add. -- zzuuzz (talk) 17:54, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Just look at the usernames and the vandalism they do (e.g. calling different admins "n***rs"). Duck. Requesting CU as their past knowledge of administrators' and editors' names show that they might have been around for longer - and that they might be socks of some other master account. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  03:26, 9 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Judging from this diff, they might be Vandman1 socks- but I'm kinda unsure at the same time. Their vandalism (other than the above) seems quite unlike Vandman1's, which often involved adding gibberish or text like "I am a sockpuppet of Vandman1 so please unblock Vandman1". -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  03:32, 9 May 2023 (UTC)


 * 2 more suspected socks added. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  03:38, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to Vandman1; merged under that user. Because the usernames were egregiously offensive, I have used revision deletion to redact the whole list per WP:RD2. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 08:55, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
 * In the future, when faced with offensive usernames like this, please consider avoiding public CU requests at WP:SPI per WP:DENY. Consider instead reaching out to an administrator or checkuser privately, e.g. via email or IRC. Mz7 (talk) 09:00, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, please don't add imposter to the user pages. It is obvious to any onlooker that these accounts are imposters, and the addition of those templates violates the WP:DENY principle as well. Mz7 (talk) 09:06, 9 May 2023 (UTC)