Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vermont Hardcore Punk/Archive

31 January 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets


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All 3 user accounts appear to focus exclusively on creating the page for My Revenge (band) and defending said page on Articles for deletion/My Revenge (band). ZZArch talk to me 05:42, 31 January 2012 (UTC)


 * These user accounts are also SPAs who commented on the deletion debate right after registration and exhibits similarity to the master account:
 * ZZArch talk to me 21:52, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * ZZArch talk to me 21:52, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * ZZArch talk to me 21:52, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * should probably also be added to this investigation, given he is the leader of the band in question, and was editing My Revenge (band) within half an hour of the article's creation by Vermont Hardcore Punk. MikeWazowski (talk) 05:56, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * That user appears to have contributed to other articles before as well, so I'm thinking that (1) he may be the sockmaster; OR (2) he may be called to edit the article via offline correspondence. ZZArch  talk to me 06:01, 31 January 2012 (UTC)


 * now as well - this one actually on an IP from Burlington, Vermont, where Vermont Hardcore Punk and Spencer Crispe are from. MikeWazowski (talk) 17:07, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Something weird is going on here, so I'm adding a CU to clarify it. I have a feeling some of these are connected, but others may just be meatpuppets. Anyway, I've consolidated all the accounts to check into the list at the top. There won't be any comments on the IPs. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:18, 5 February 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅ that Spencer Crispe and Vermont Hardcore Punk are the same. ✅ that Thrasher77 and Doveplusdove1 are the same. Roshanbo stands alone. Geographically, they are quite close together where it can be determined (Thrasher/Dove is on an ISP that doesn't geolocate precisely.) --jpgordon:==( o ) 19:11, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * So per the findings, I've blocked Doveplusdove, Thrasher, and Spencer Crispe. The latter is technically older than the master here, but they seem to prefer this new username. Roshanbo gets left alone, and one of the IPs has the autoblock engaged. And per the socking, I've blocked the master for 3 days. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:33, 7 February 2012 (UTC)