Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wilma Henderson/Archive

02 October 2012

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WP:SPAs editing Articles for deletion/Phillip Nelson. Phillip Nelson was created by the suspected sockpuppet-master. Diffs:, , , ,. JoeSperrazza (talk) 02:20, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

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 * I can concur with the evidence. The sockmaster has been blocked for legal threats, so I think that this issue might need to be addressed, as they are requesting unblock.  Thekillerpenguin     (talk)   02:34, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I also concur on this one. I've been watching it for quite a while, and the suspicious accounts--all of them recently created SPAs--started popping up in the AfD shortly after the puppetmaster was blocked.  It's a huge WP:QUACK. Qworty (talk) 02:43, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * - The Bushranger One ping only 03:00, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Come on Bushranger--do we really need those cute graphics all the time? Drmies (talk) 03:56, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * As a casual observer in this case, I am not fully convinced that all of the SPA's were created by Wm55. The IP almost certainly looks like Wm55 signed out. But the others, or some of them, might be garden-variety trolls who are trying to get Wm55 into further trouble. There's just something different about the way the SPA's are doing their editing. Like, for example, deliberately vandalizing Wm55's comments. Of course, it's also possibly Wm55 wants us to think they are not Wm55. The checkuser should look at the technical info and the IP and see if they are all the same or not. That doesn't mean the checkuser needs to tell the world all the details, obviously. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 06:39, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I certainly agree that Credibilty1981 Smurfvillage and Movieuk have been vandalising other users' comments, and may be trolls rather than sockpuppets. However, It seems that these three accounts are likely to be sockpuppets at least of one another, whether or not they are also the same person as Wm55, and I do think that a checkuser would be helpful. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:54, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * In a way it won't even matter terribly whether the accounts belong to Wm55, who has larger questions to answer--I also have doubts whether all are associated. But further explanation from Wm is necessary. 76.248.149.47 (talk) 09:15, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * At the very least, once we have the evidence, we'll know which comments to strike from the AfD debate. Qworty (talk) 09:45, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The following accounts are a confirmed match to each other:
 * They do appear to be technically ❌ to Wm55, though which, of course, does not necessarily mean there was no socking or meat puppetry. I was also able to find a ✅ sock of Wm55, however:
 * As usual, no comment regarding the IP address. Cheers. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 11:00, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * They do appear to be technically ❌ to Wm55, though which, of course, does not necessarily mean there was no socking or meat puppetry. I was also able to find a ✅ sock of Wm55, however:
 * As usual, no comment regarding the IP address. Cheers. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 11:00, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * As usual, no comment regarding the IP address. Cheers. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 11:00, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * As usual, no comment regarding the IP address. Cheers. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 11:00, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  21:38, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * To be technically accurate, Wm55 is a sock of Wilma Henderson, rather than vice versa, but it makes no difference. Wm55, Wilma Henderson, Credibilty1981, Smurfvillage, and Movieuk all blocked and tagged. That seems to be all. JamesBWatson (talk) 12:33, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I reckon this should be moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Wilma Henderson before archiving? - The Bushranger One ping only 19:33, 2 October 2012 (UTC)