Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Windwillows/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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Even a quick glance at the history of edits to Laura Skandera Trombley will show a remarkable number of edits made by SPAs who exclusively edit that article to promote the subject and remove even well-sourced negative information. These editors often work in concert e.g., adding information and then readding it when other editors object, reverting other editors and continuing to edit war about the exact same phrase. The editors have never responded to any questions or warnings on either their own Talk pages or the article's Talk pages; they also do not use any edit summaries and usually mark all of their edits as minor. ElKevbo (talk) 14:11, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Whatever happens here, the proliferation of SPAs who repeatedly add glowing information about the subject of the article has to stop. It's been going on for seven years and has resulted in an article that is nothing but a hagiography. 32.218.45.37 (talk) 17:33, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
— Berean Hunter   (talk)  16:51, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Edits4LA, Smarr1987, and Californika19 are.
 * The remaining named accounts are based on UA and geolocation. There's at least one webhost as well as a company that provides residential wifi services to universities, and there are several ISPs also involved. I think it's more meat than sock and rangeblocks would be difficult. I'll let one of the admin clerks do the rest if they believe there's enough to block. Katietalk 20:10, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I've hardblocked the IP for two weeks as they were avoiding scrutiny. Closing this for now but noting that they are COI editors and they should be advised to use the article talk page. Continued whitewashing won't be allowed.