Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/WhereverUGo87/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
I have strong reason to believe this user is using an IP as a workaround for avoidance of WP:3RR and attempting to continue to add their own edits back into an article as a workaround of ownership of the article, as well. Judging by their history of edits, as well, both registered account and the IP edit the same articles in the same level of manner, insisting the same information be placed in, repeatedly, despite information either being edited and/or removed, in accordance with Wikipedia's guidelines and policies. User, both via reigstered user and anonymous IP address, continue to insist reputable sources (ie: USA Today) have taken an edit of Wikipedia — which was not sourced — as their sourced value, and that USA Today should not be trusted as such.

1 2 3 4 5 (repeated instance of going against sourced media) 6 (states information came from previous edit of Wikipedia, which user admitted they made, which shows they've continued to introduce factually inaccurate information to the article) 7 8 9 (re-introduces IP edit exactly as it was, which violates MOS:HIDDEN as previously explained) 10 11
 * Edits by WhereverUGo87

1 2 3 (re-introduces previous format introduced by main account, which violates source and MOS stylings) 4 (another re-introduction of main account's previous edit, including MOS violations)
 * Edits by 64.184.58.44

If not a sock-puppet account, at the very least, this is a situation to be watched.  livelikemusic   ( TALK! ) 13:57, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.


 * I can add to this, as the user is ignoring WP:NOTRSMUSIC. When I had explained that Setlist.fm wasn't a reliable source due to it being user-generated content, WhereverUGo87 reverted with this edit summary stating that it is when it is not and the discussions regarding it as a source say otherwise. HorrorLover555 (talk) 14:15, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The problem is the user(s) do not always use edit summaries. It is more so the same pattern of editing and edit subject matter. And comments left are usually personally specific. I can do my best to re-format the diffs (may take some time).  livelikemusic   ( TALK! ) 13:41, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * . For privacy and policy reasons, CheckUser information cannot be used to publicly link an account to its IP addresses. Mz7 (talk) 01:10, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Being on the same side of an edit war is not, on its own, enough evidence to block for sockpuppetry. I know I've been in that position; I'm sure you have too. Do you have any evidence in the form of similar edit summaries, similar talkpage comments, etc., indicating that these are the same person? --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 20:33, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
In addition to previously-reported socks, these two new additions follow the same patterns as outlined with the original report, with examples below. This seems to be a case of avoiding blocking, by-way of using newly-created sock accounts.

1 2 3 4 5 (repeated instance of going against sourced media) 6 (states information came from previous edit of Wikipedia, which user admitted they made, which shows they've continued to introduce factually inaccurate information to the article) 7 8 9 (re-introduces IP edit exactly as it was, which violates MOS:HIDDEN as previously explained) 10 11 12 13 14
 * Edits by WhereverUGo87

1 2 3 (re-introduces previous format introduced by main account, which violates source and MOS stylings) 4 (another re-introduction of main account's previous edit, including MOS violations) 5
 * Edits by 64.184.58.44

1
 * Edits by 2a00:23ee:13d8:5f0b:e105:b2ab:7276:5a6 (NEW)

1 2
 * Edits by 2603:8080:58f0:250:d43b:1952:a81d:821e (NEW)

1 2 3
 * Edits by Janet Data Updates (NEW)

Apologies if this should have been merged with the original posting.  livelikemusic   ( TALK! ) 15:22, 26 May 2023 (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

 * Closing per Drmies' comments on the below case. I note in passing that the two IPv6 addresses geolocate to different continents and are not obvious proxies. Spicy (talk) 00:41, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
User's behaviour completely mirrors that of same sock, while also claiming to have attended a concert, and name-calling another user, while citing they've "used this website for years", yet the account is newly-used/created. Surely, this is a sure-fire sign of a sock account, no?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  livelikemusic   ( TALK! ) 04:26, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.


 * I can agree with the evidence provided. I had tried to explain to Lost ingrande about the Wikipedia policies on having to find a reliable source, but was met with the name-calling in defense of their edits, while they assumed bad faith on my part. It admittedly does sound familiar to the edits of WhereverUGo87 and how similar it is to them defending their edits. HorrorLover555 (talk) 04:44, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Lost ingrande has made a response to the notice on their talk page, claiming that it is their only account. HorrorLover555 (talk) 15:27, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Can you please showcase comparative diffs (diffs comparing each shortlisted edit of the reported user with that of the master, to prove the similarity)? Thank you, Lourdes  06:11, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Ping. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 20:28, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
 * This has been going on long enough, and no further arguments, though requested, have been provided. I see no reason to run CU on the two accounts linked to WhereverUGo, and since we're talking about one article (are we?), or just a few, I don't see a pressing need. I blocked Janet Data Updates for the user name, but I think this should be closed. Drmies (talk) 23:38, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Closing per above. Spicy (talk) 00:39, 21 July 2023 (UTC)