Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vurt30/Archive

02 October 2013

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

I'm bringing this up because this is smelling rather WP:DUCKy. These accounts are all either primarily or solely editors of articles relating to InterQuest Group in some form or fashion. One of the accounts is clearly COI, but the others look like they're either sockpuppets or meatpuppets. One of the users, Garethmolyneux, signed up shortly after I tagged one article for speedy and removed the template. What makes it rather telling is that some have edits that mirror one another, as in the case with the IP user and Pmanley. I'm thinking that this is either one person editing on behalf of a company or several people editing on one company. I'm bringing it here just to make sure which one it is. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   23:03, 2 October 2013 (UTC) Tokyogirl79  (｡◕‿◕｡)   23:03, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
The reported master hasn't edited since 2008. InterQuest Group hasn't edited since August 2012. In terms of named accounts, we're left with Garethmolyneux and Pmanley, whose last edits were on October 2. Even if I were to block them based on WP:DUCK, I'd feel uncomfortable doing so using Vurt30 as the master given the years that have elapsed and pretty much nothing to go on style-wise. If I endorsed a CU and it was accepted, it could connect the recent accounts only. If you have any more thoughts, that'd be great. If not, I'm gonna ponder a bit before deciding what to do. Bear in mind that there've been no abusive edits for almost three weeks.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:54, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
 * More than likely, it's just coworkers. However, please do not remove deletion tags from articles related to you (see Wikipedia's conflict of interest policy). Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:26, 22 October 2013 (UTC)