Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wldyevn/Archive

11 July 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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The suspected sockpuppets are, at the time of this complaint, all single-purpose accounts that appear to have been created for the purpose of editing the page belonging to Beijing's University of International Relations. The University in question is linked by multiple reliable sources to China's Ministry of State Security (MSS), the country's top intelligence agency. Information on this affiliation was added to the page in March. In late June, User:Watner began reverting it, at first with no explanation, and then with very specious or false rationale. An RfC was filed, and consensus was reached on the inclusion of information pointing to the University's MSS connection. Around that time, User:Antirumor made his first edit, adding a POV tag to the article. Soon thereafter, User:Admick appeared and began reverting again and burying the MSS connection in the article, without any substantial discussion. The users' MOs differ slightly, yet given that all three accounts were created between 26 June and 8 July, and that all were created to edit this particular article with the same apparent objective, an investigation seems prudent. Homunculus (duihua) 02:53, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * Comment - Randomly scanning thru the list of users below, they seem to fall into two categories: those that edit about China/Korea; and those that edit about Wisconsin or Milwaukee. Not sure if that means they are two people, or a single person with interests in China & Wisconsin; or multiple people sharing a single IP.  --Noleander (talk) 13:58, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * They're all technically indistinguishable- same IP, same computer set up. TN X Man  14:14, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
The phrase "tip of the iceberg" comes to mind. The following are all ✅ matches:
 * TN X Man 13:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked all, tagged socks. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 13:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked all, tagged socks. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 13:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked all, tagged socks. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 13:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked all, tagged socks. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 13:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked all, tagged socks. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 13:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked all, tagged socks. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 13:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked all, tagged socks. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 13:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked all, tagged socks. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 13:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked all, tagged socks. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 13:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked all, tagged socks. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 13:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked all, tagged socks. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 13:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked all, tagged socks. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)