Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wotz5gaM/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
These four editors can be linked to each other based on all accounts show exclusive attention to the same article (Blind Willie Johnson), seek to promote one preferred source (Shane Ford), and remove other sources that don't agree (contrary to maintaining a neutral point of view and giving due and undue weight):


 * Wotz5gaM:
 * Reverted edit to replace birthplace (Independence with Pendleton)
 * Reverted edit to remove earlier source for birthplace
 * Reverted edits to replace birthplace and remove earlier source
 * Again, reverted edits to replace birthplace and remove earlier source


 * Ciscokid997
 * Reverted edits to replace birthplace and remove earlier source, identical to Wotz5gaM


 * Demojury73
 * Replaced birthplace and removed earlier source same as Wotz5gaM and Ciscokid997
 * Again, replaced birthplace and removed earlier source same as previous two editors


 * DejaVudu19
 * Added unneeded preferred source to lead with the false edit summary claim "This citation links to the first source which places Johnson's birth on January 25, instead of the, previously often cited, date of January 22" in the edit summary. A source published years earlier by a different author gives the January 25 date.
 * Replaced earlier source with preferred source and replaced parents' names
 * Falsely claimed the earlier source removed "is factually incorrect" on talk page.
 * When it was pointed out that "This is a case of conflicting sources and should follow a neutral point of view, they responded "There is no 'conflicting' information. Only you are conflicted." Another talk page editor also felt that "We should summarize the conflicting information as Ojorojo suggests."

Demojury73 and DejaVudu19 are also similar in that they have four-syllable, eight-letter names starting with De, followed by two digits that add up to ten. Johnson talk page participants, , and possibly others also share a very similar writing style to Demojury73 and DejaVudu19 and their edits only involve Johnson. Ojorojo (talk) 14:23, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Let me start by saying that I can see some similarities. However, considering the majority of this SPI occured six or eleven years ago (!), and it's limited to a civilised discussion on one page, I don't consider the similarities enough to block . I'm not sure how popular the Shane Ford book is, but I find it possible that a person reads it, opens Willie Johnson's Wikipedia article, notices the article conflicts with the book, and tries to correct it. As such, . DatGuyTalkContribs 14:27, 16 December 2022 (UTC)