Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wayside616/Archive

08 August 2013

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All edits by all of the above users have been to promote the book "Kalamazoo Gals." Wayside616 creating the page KalamazooGals spamming it JohnThomasCT spamming it again and again. None of the users have any non-Kalamazoo Gals-related edits. KalamazooGals was softblocked for an inappropriate username, but neither Wayside616 nor JohnThomasCT are blocked. Jackmcbarn (talk) 23:42, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  01:06, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
 * - to help sort this out. I note that KalamazooGals was soft-blocked and encouraged to get another username so JohnThomasCT may be legitimate. Wayside is an account that was created in 2007 but never edited until this July. I'm not sure if this is meats or socks.

✅ the following accounts are related: the following accounts are related to the above: As noted, JohnThomasCT was made after KalamazooGals was softblocked for having an inappropriate username, so that's not abusive sockpuppetry and therefore not blockable. There's something a bit weird about the geolocation of Wayside616 which makes it difficult for me to determine where they're from exactly, but it's possible they're from a location near to JohnThomasCT. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 08:49, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

My error! While trying to figure out how to create and account, I used a friend's account. Lesson learned. I'll not do it again. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnThomasCT (talk • contribs) 12:06, 9 August 2013 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  20:39, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Extending good faith to JohnThomasCT that it won't happen again, I'm closing the case.