Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/WindyPegg/Archive

03 October 2014

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These users have heavily edited Marilou McPhedran and related articles, including Annette Trimbee and University of Winnipeg. They have accussed others of vandalism and misogyny while removing valid maintenance templates and adding more or less subtle falsehoods to articles: "Composting organ waste"? The most obvious connection is that between Peachey Deen and Dean of Nectarines, made worse by the fact that there is a professor named Dean Peachey at the University of Winnipeg. I have no idea whether this is sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry, and I have blocked most of the above accounts for individual reasons, but this concerted attack needs to be stopped, and a check for sleepers seems warranted. Huon (talk) 13:21, 3 October 2014 (UTC)


 * I've added Stopphippo whom I had considered inactive but who went on a reverting spree with the same tired accusations of editor misconduct as the others. Huon (talk) 15:15, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * And another obvious sock. Huon (talk) 16:01, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other and are very :


 * All of the accounts are blocked, but I haven't tagged them yet.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:20, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Adding:


 * All ✅ and blocked.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:38, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I've tagged the accounts and blocked the master indefinitely as well. Mike V  •  Talk  02:24, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

05 October 2014

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Editing the same page as before (The TRPoD faker actually vandalized the SPI archive), plus the offensive names directed at users they've run into before. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 04:32, 5 October 2014 (UTC) Howicus (Did I mess up?) 04:32, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, tagged. WindyPegg has access to a wide range of IPs, thus xe may pop up again any moment. Materialscientist (talk) 05:21, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

05 October 2014

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Same pattern of attack-username, immediately jumped up to re-revert editors who cleaned up behind previous socks (and then reversion-spree against those editors' other edits). Duck-blocked as obvious. DMacks (talk) 05:38, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

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 * ✅, thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 05:42, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

05 October 2014

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Duck-blocked, same as previous. DMacks (talk) 06:12, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Recent history at University of Winnipeg has a few others as well. Not sure protecting it will solve the actual "problem" here, vs being a nice honey-pot. DMacks (talk) 06:16, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

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 * Dougweller already protected it. Yes, WindyPegg created a few more socks, which are blocked, but again, this won't stop'em. Materialscientist (talk) 08:15, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

05 October 2014

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Duck  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 23:34, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the account. Even assuming it's no the same person (which I find highly unlikely), it's clearly a harassment-only account. HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  23:43, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ and blocked other new socks (please do report socks of WindyPegg to checkusers - xe always leaves sleepers). Materialscientist (talk) 23:53, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

18 October 2014

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I've just blocked these 7 accounts for both vandalism and abusing multiple accounts. I've protected a couple of the biographies being targeted. I thought a checkuser should take a look for confirmation, sleepers, and any range blocks. Thanks. -- zzuuzz (talk) 08:46, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

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 * All the above are ✅ and tagged. I've checked for sleepers starting from the above accounts and found many. Most were already indeffed, some where not, now all are blocked and tagged. New socks may appear any time due to the vast IP space available to this editor. Do report them to checkusers, because xe always leaves sleepers. Materialscientist (talk) 09:16, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Looking closely I see open proxies were also involved. -- zzuuzz (talk) 09:33, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I haven't checked closely, perhaps VPN-like thingies, though this is not to be derived from my block logs - recent proxies there come from another case. Materialscientist (talk) 09:58, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

06 December 2014

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All blocked by DMacks per WP:DUCK. Time for a sleeper check, I'd say. Huon (talk) 10:37, 6 December 2014 (UTC) Huon (talk) 10:37, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

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 * ✅ all those and blocked one sleeper. Materialscientist (talk) 10:53, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
 * All set, closing. Mike V  •  Talk  15:06, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

31 August 2015

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All the above accounts are blocked for similarly juvenile or abusive usernames and/or similar edits related to University of Winnipeg. Check for sleepers please, and see if there's a rangeblock. Thanks. -- zzuuzz (talk) 09:34, 31 August 2015 (UTC) -- zzuuzz (talk) 09:34, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * All the above accounts are ✅. No additional accounts found. . Mike V • Talk 15:56, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

29 September 2015

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Edit histories Stephenb (Talk) 08:19, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

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 * The user name fits the juvenile naming pattern of a number of confirmed previous socks (compare to, ,  and ), the edit on Kajagoogoo is very similar to this edit by blocked sock , and the edit promoting Michael Weinrath is typical for WindyPegg, that article being one of their favourite targets, edited by multiple confirmed socks. Thomas.W talk 10:51, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you to Thomas W above. I thought it was absolutely immediately obvious from the diffs, given the edit histories of this new editor and the sockpuppets of the master.  and  and  and  and  enough? Stephenb (Talk) 12:02, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  10:23, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Sock account blocked and tagged. Proxy blocked and .-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 16:20, 29 September 2015 (UTC)