Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Willdude 132/Archive

26 February 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets


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Restored information to page that was written by previous user on same page. User Talk:Willdude123 16:57, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * In the future, I ask that you provide diffs of the edits in question, and at the very least a link to the article the accused socks/master is making the edits too. While it may seem very cut and dry to you, please understand that we process many cases a day and do not have the time to go through the contributions of every listed sock and look for evidence ourselves. We cannot read your mind. That said, some relevant diffs are, , . As such:




 * Additionally, the filing party, appears to be a ✅ sock of . This looks very typical of a good hand/bad hand account. Willdude123, would you please comment on why your account is sharing the same IP and useragent as Thekidnextdoor?  Tiptoety  talk 05:53, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi,What was the ip that the user logged in by as if it was a public one it would be the same. We currently go to the same school. I spotted him vandalizing and he was blocked; Then he later evaded the block. Could you please tell me the ip that is the same?. If it's not my school then I think he may have compromised my account. Thanks User Talk:Willdude123 08:01, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Per the privacy policy, I can not provide you with the IP address of another user. I find it highly suspicious that you seem to think your account may have been compromised, as you used the same defense when caught socking last time. Additionally, how did you know this "classmate" was vandalizing Wikipedia? Were you sitting over his shoulder watching him do it? Tiptoety  talk 08:04, 27
 * Yes, I was. By the way it's standing over his shoulder not 'Sitting over his shoulder'
 * Yes, I was. By the way it's standing over his shoulder not 'Sitting over his shoulder'

February 2012 (UTC)
 * Everyone but Willdude123 is blocked. I'll assume a whole lot of good faith and not block that account. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:09, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I disagree, but I'm not an admin.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  02:33, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

26 April 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets


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All seem to make edits to Chicken Run, Wallace and Gromit and also WALL-E. Too many diffs to count. Willdude123&#124;Ƹ21ɘbublliW (talk) 15:42, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Comments by other users
I also tried to file a report for these uses agree that these are most certainly socks for thekidnextdoor.--Calu    Thanks (talk) 15:22, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
I started looking at this independently, and saw that the case had been filed after I had mostly completed my work, so I guess I'll put my results here.

First, I want to say that this case is quite confusing, and it is very conceivable that I have left out a few accounts that I should have named as socks. It appears that there are a couple of legitimate users intertwined with the vandals, and I was not always 100% sure who is who.

In any case, I am reasonably sure that the following are socks, and I think that the master would most properly be (not to be confused with the filer of this case).

✅ =



Most (all?) of these accounts are already blocked. I also saw much of what Tiptoety mentioned in the previous case of this name. I have seen this situation before (classmates/"friends" attempting to sabotage someone), and I think it is virtually certain that this is what is occurring here. Unfortunately, unlike in the previous, similar case I saw, I can't simply give him an IP block exemption and rangeblock everyone else, since the ranges involved here are much too large and/or busy. J.delanoy gabs adds 17:18, 26 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey, Sorry, I don't know what happened there. Willdude 132 is my old compromised and blocked account. Thekidnextdoor is the suspected sockpuppeteer. I am confused as I originally filed this for Thekidnextdoor. I had also previously filed a sock-puppetry case for him. I don't think I would create an account calling myself homosexual either! Willdude123&#124;Ƹ21ɘbublliW (talk) 18:11, 26 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I am having serious reservations here. First, you edit via the same IP as the socks above, and even revert their edits. Now, you are admitting that one of the accounts listed above was at one time yours but has now been compromised. What next, your brother was using your computer? Tiptoety  talk 18:43, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * First, I do not have a brother. Secondly, AGF, I can edit from the same IP as others without being them. Have a look at the matching IP. It is owned by Hampshire County Council, UK; it also has a school block.That therefore implies that it is a school. Put it this way, if I go to the same bar as some other person, it doesn't mean I like the same beer as them.Willdude123&#124;Ƹ21ɘbublliW (talk) 06:58, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * You get drunk at school? --MuZemike 07:04, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Uhm,err,Nope:-|Willdude123&#124;Ƹ21ɘbublliW (talk) 09:59, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Assume good faith does not say "be an ignorant fool." I assumed good faith during the last sockpuppet investigation and did not block your account. What I am saying is that the evidence provided does not reflect well on you. For starters, you somehow noticed that was sitting next to you at school, vandalizing Wikipedia. As such, you took it upon yourself to hunt them down (or find out what article they were vandalizing) and revert them. Strangely, you also discovered they had a sockfarm and reported them here. Alright, I am willing to buy the explanation up to that point. Now you are saying that one of the accounts, Willdude 132, which is both technically confirmed and matches the behavioral MO, was once yours but has been compromised. So, it was compromised while at school? If that is the case than I think you need to seriously consider stopping editing from that school IP. I for one, only edit from my home computer. This is sensible in regards to account security but also in regards to CheckUser.  Tiptoety  talk 16:40, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

The school IP has been appropriately blocked. In effect, that school has effectively lost its privilege to edit Wikipedia, and I sure the school's administration would concur with the block and express similar disappointment to the students' online conduct. --MuZemike 19:24, 27 April 2012 (UTC)