Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Willy on Wheels/Archive

Report date April 14 2009, 13:10 (UTC)

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All user names that resemble name of a banned user KuyaBriBri Talk 13:10, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
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Another account resembling that of a banned user KuyaBriBri Talk 13:22, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
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Requested by  Syn  ergy 13:27, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
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 * This is self endorsed. Curb accounts being created, check for more accounts, etc.  Syn  ergy 13:27, 14 April 2009 (UTC)


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It's unlikely that this individual is the original "Willy on Wheels". All of the accounts were created by the same highly dynamic IP, there are no additional accounts. Also, The last account listed above is invalid. -- Versa geek  16:00, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions
 * Thanks. I didn't believe it to be the original either.  Syn  ergy 16:05, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

--Nothing much we can do here; all accounts blocked. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 16:04, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

02 February 2012

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Editor claims to be Willy on Wheels, a banned user NellieBly (talk) 02:17, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

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I don't see where they claimed to be Willy on Wheels, just someone named Willy. Is it listed somewhere else? TN X Man 14:45, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Says it on his Userpage - third edit. Of course he may just be a Willy Wannabee, but I have blocked as either he is Willy (so is a banned user) or he is a troll pretending to be Willy (not here to further the project). --Elen of the Roads (talk) 18:37, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The edit says "I am Willy, and I have returned.", but that's it. How do we know it's Willy on Wheels, and not some other person named Willy? Their edits are also innocuous, whereas a troll would have jumped right into disruption. I don't see the connection here. TN X Man  18:53, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I had missed it - the "on Wheels" was added by an IP - that geolocates to Australia. So unconnected to the Willy Returns account. Which I did CU on the assumption that the addition was by the same chap - the underlying IP however is a US one. The only thing I would add is - making an IP edit and then immediately creating an account to undo it is somewhat suspicious. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 19:13, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I definitely agree that it is odd. However, I don't know if there's enough evidence of a problem to block the account. Making an anonymous edit, then creating an account isn't super-disruptive. TN X Man  19:25, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll unblock, or you can, if you think it's the better course. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 19:34, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I've unblocked them -thanks figuring this out with me. Cheers! TN X Man  19:44, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Marking for close. TN X Man 16:20, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

28 April 2013

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I came across Billy on Meals the other day when he redirected WP:AIV to Willy (EastEnders). I've been chatting with Anemone Projectors about him since then and it's been suggested that he may be a sock of Willy on Wheels.

The evidence is that the names are similar and here http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Undelete&target=User%3AWilly+on+Wheels&timestamp=20050101162347 Willy admits to editing encyclopedias containing articles on Willys.

I know it's quite a few years later but then Billy has performed this edit, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism&diff=next&oldid=551544009 directing AIV to Willy (EastEnders) and then this one directing Willy (EastEnders) to AIV http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willy_%28EastEnders%29&diff=prev&oldid=551544113. He also redirected his own talk page to it http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Billy_on_Meals&diff=next&oldid=551544395.

Requesting Checkuser to see if these accounts are related and also to see if there are any sleepers. If these are related I think it would be highly unlikely that the user has not edited in over 8 years without creating another account. 5 albert square (talk) 14:03, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

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 * Given that DoRD already CU-blocked the account it's probably just DFTZ or another LTA trying to fake being WoW. I seriously doubt it's actually WoW. Legoktm (talk) 14:07, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

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 * - I'm going to be bold and decline this since CU appears to have gotten this already and because the real WoW is long gone. Wouldn't be offended if a CU decided to take this however. Rschen7754 23:29, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I CU-blocked the account, so you can assume that I ran a check at some point. If you look at my block log, there are some related accounts, but it's not necessary to list them here. In any case, I'm pretty sure that this isn't WoW. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 02:05, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Closing. Rschen7754 05:24, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

30 September 2013

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This person has a similar name and their only contrib is the creation of Willy on wheels, as seen. Jns4eva (talk) 06:00, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Also, I forgot to mention the other two articles: WILLY ON WHEELS and Jumbo Wheels, one of which is an attack page on Jimbo Wales. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jns4eva (talk • contribs) 06:03, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * WoW is long gone, but blocked as an obvious troll. Rschen7754 06:02, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

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Impeaston account MarkSewath (talk) 12:15, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Everything here is long-since . ~ Rob 13 Talk 13:41, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Taking this directly to close - globally blocked account, no edits on this project at all. Risker (talk) 03:00, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

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Edit Summary: Willy on Wheels Swag Gangster  ☎</b> 02:04, 2 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Seems I was too slow, this account was banned while I was writing this. <b style="color:navy">Swag Gangster </b> <b style="color:black">☎</b> 02:05, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

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