Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vorspire/Archive

28 April 2013

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All of the above listed editors are believe to be associated with banned WP:PAID WP:SOCK meanie: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Meanie/Archive

You will note in the above SockPuppet investigation I called out most of the editors that were later found to also be sock puppets in this investigation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Thesoundkillers/Archive

With that said, I believe Vorspire was incorrectly excluded in the second WP:SOCK and is definitely part of this team. All of the socks named in this report have edited the same circle of articles that were also edited by the already banned socks. They continue to produce page after page of WP:PAID/WP:PROMO articles. If possible, please compare these users with the users already banned in the aforementioned two WP:SOCK investigations.

Of the above listed users, I believe the new Meanie socks to be: ThatWouldBeHer, Forwedlock, SlowFatKid, AnotherGenericUser, Mmtick

These users are also believed to be involved:  Nickaang and Madmoron. These two users edit(ed) articles that overlap with the articles in the Meanie crew and TheSoundKillers crew. AfD (Nickaang + Madmoron): Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion%2FUser:The_Duke_of_Waltham     AfD (Meanie, Meanie's puppets, and Nickaang):  &       Madmoron + Nickaang editing Nickaang's sandbox:

The others appear to be related to: Thesoundkillers PeterWesco (talk) 04:33, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Compare these edits: SlowFatKid and AnotherGenericUser and the specific way edit comments are labeled. Note the "Tweaking" and "Correcting" and "Removing Quotes". PeterWesco (talk) 03:03, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

I just added one more:  Tkgaatyum    This user just joined and followed up on an AfC for user Ceecily (listed below as a Sockpuppet). AfC editing here:   PeterWesco (talk) 01:47, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

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A quick look, looks like a duck for Thesoundkillers. One account (sock of User:Thesoundkillers) creates the article (02:53). Another account quickly comes in and edits it (04:54). Follows the pattern of Thesoundkillers socks. Using throwaway accounts to make it look like multiple people. Time for a ban? duffbeerforme (talk) 10:35, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Petroscivineceva2012 would have missed the last checkuser by being stale. Resurected after blocking of other socks. duffbeerforme (talk) 10:40, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Given the sheer number of suspected sockpuppets, and the likelihood that there are more, I've added a request for CheckUser. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:43, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

In re: stale. KonstantineUO just removed PRODs: contribs PeterWesco (talk) 00:17, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Dennis. Does KonstantineUO becoming non stale have any influence on any possible future checks? duffbeerforme (talk) 15:07, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I will ping the CU and see if he wants to review. I still haven't looked at all these, I only looked at the ones that were actually on another case. Dennis Brown - 2¢  © Join WER 01:47, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * inprogress I don't know if I'm checking all users yet, but i'm going to start adding results.
 * Groups are ❌ to each other unless noted:
 * ✅ Madmoron,, , , , (Blocked), , , , , ,
 * ✅ SlowFatKid and AnotherGenericUser
 * ✅ Vorspire and KonstantineUO
 * to all groups above:, switches editing locations to literally the other side of the world in about 8 hours.
 * Mmtik, Forwedlock, Bobigarvey, Lilmoonbeam, Help111, Gmg90067, Jack d'Argus, Rassadullahi


 * Vorspire and Petroscivineceva2012 are ❌ to anyone or each other, and neither appear to be socking.
 * to check without more evidence.
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  02:04, 10 May 2013 (UTC)


 * The ones linked to Madmoron I'm taking to Sockpuppet investigations/Nickaang which is already open. The rest I will leave to someone else. Dennis Brown - 2¢  © Join WER 22:57, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I've handled all the linked socks in the case I linked above. Didn't check the unlinked accounts for behavior. Dennis Brown - 2¢  © Join WER 23:30, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I have updated the CU results above. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  02:04, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I have blocked Vospire 2 weeks as master, and indef blocked KonstantineUO as a puppet, after confirming abuse between the accounts. I still haven't checked the other unblocked accounts for behavior due to lack of time.  Dennis Brown - 2¢  © Join WER 02:15, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * This might be affiliated with, see admin only link and Bobigarvey above, which have a common link to Vorspire, although CU didn't see a technical link there. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 02:34, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Much of this is stale, abandoned accounts. There is a good chance that many are linked either by being the same, or more likely by working as a team.  Closing, as I think we've nailed most of the active offenders now. Dennis Brown - 2¢  © Join WER 10:09, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

16 January 2015

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New single purpose account dedicated to promoting Jordon Hodges and Sand Castles (previously at Sand Castles: A Story of Family and Tragedy).

Vorspire, who was behind the original versions of these two pages, is an Executive of Oceanus Pictures which owns Sand Castles Both are promo accounts using the same sort of sources.

Evidence of at best collusion. 10:21, 27 November 2014 Vorspire uploads an image. 10:22, 27 November 2014 Pandora774 adds it to the article. duffbeerforme (talk) 03:21, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * ✅ Courcelles 05:56, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked both accounts indefinitely. Mike V • Talk 19:27, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

20 January 2015

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Quack. New account created after the recent blocks. Created solely to support the retention of Jordon Hodges. duffbeerforme (talk) 02:59, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Claims to be a new user but first edit are in a VERY unlikely place for someone so new. duffbeerforme (talk) 03:29, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Adding Johnnylego88.
 * Another new SPA centred around Hodges and Sand Castles. Created soley to !vote at the afds for the Hodges and the film.
 * MoonglowMan created a user page with "New to Wikipedia. Anxious to learn. Page coming soon.".
 * In a virtual admission of sockpuppetry Johnnylego88 create on with "Newer to Wikipedia, specializing in upcoming notable films and filmmakers." . duffbeerforme (talk) 04:00, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * To which account(s) are you referring as socks? Also, could you also provide additional diffs that connects the master account to the socks? Thanks, Mike V • Talk 03:14, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Oops, I've now added the account. duffbeerforme (talk) 03:26, 20 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Checkuser comment: The following two accounts are  linked to each other, but there is nothing to link them to Vorspire from a technical perspective:

Risker (talk) 00:38, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the sock account and issued a warning to MoonglowMan about multiple accounts. Mike V • Talk 02:19, 9 February 2015 (UTC)