Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Y2Kfreak/Archive

Report date June 15 2009, 21:05 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * Evidence submitted by Bms4880

On January 18, 2009, User:75.74.66.185 began adding large amounts of incorrect information to Kendall, Florida and List of snow events in Florida. On February 13, User:Y2Kfreak began making edits to the same two articles. In March, these same two users began making similar edits to Gatlinburg, Tennessee and Mount Le Conte (Tennessee). On April 14, User:Blobmaster33 appeared and began making edits to List of snow events in Florida; Gatlinburg, Tennessee; and Mount Le Conte (Tennessee). Other articles where two or all three of these users have made edits include Storm of the Century (1993); Asheville, North Carolina and List of tallest buildings in Miami. Recently, User:XboxGamerz1096 appeared and began making edits to Gatlinburg, Tennessee and List of tallest buildings in Miami. Today (June 15), User:XboxGamerz1096 and User:75.74.66.185 both began making edits to Airheads (candy).

These edits typically consist of adding unsourced material (often a "Climate" section with dubious figures), or they change already-existing numbers (such as the height of a building) without providing a source. Recently, they have attempted upload images without providing a liscense or source. Most of their edits are reverted as "disruptive" or in some cases vandalism. User:Y2Kfreak was on the verge of being blocked when s/he quit editing, and User:Blobmaster33 has been blocked once. Bms4880 (talk) 21:05, 15 June 2009 (UTC)


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 * Conclusions

Evidence is compelling. Blocked and tagged all. IP hardblocked for 3 months. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 16:30, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Report date June 22 2009, 19:52 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Bms4880

Users 75.74.64.24 and Franfine13 are clearly sockpuppets of Y2Kfreak. Both addresses made edits June 22 and June 23 to Gatlinburg, Tennessee; List of tallest buildings in Miami; and List of tallest buildings by U.S. state, all of which Y2Kfreak's socks frequented. The edits are similar (addition of a climate section with dubious figures, e.g.). Bms4880 (talk) 19:52, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


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 * Conclusions

Account blocked and tagged. 75.74.64.0/22 hardblocked for a month. Best, Peter Symonds ( talk ) 19:12, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Report date July 8 2009, 18:22 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Bms4880

Actions resemble Y2Kfreaks' sockpuppets, mainly adding a climate box (the box was created by a Y2Kfreak sockpuppet two weeks ago) and several paragraphs of unsourced climate information to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The information is identical to what a known Y2Kfreak sock attempted to add to the article two weeks ago. Bms4880 (talk) 18:22, 8 July 2009 (UTC)


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 * Conclusions
 * IP blocked for one week. Tiptoety  talk 20:44, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Bms4880
Actions grealy resemble Y2Kfreak's sockpuppets, namely adding a climate section to the Gatlinburg, Tennessee article (with incorrect data), adding incorrect numerical data to other articles, such as List of tallest buildings in the United States. Bms4880 (talk) 14:29, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

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Conclusions
IP blocked for quite some time. Tiptoety talk 18:59, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Bms4880
Both users' actions resemble Y2Kfreak's previous edits, namely making dubious edits to articles' climate data (the Gatlinburg, Tennessee infobox and the New York City weatherbox template, and Climate of Miami). Bms4880 (talk) 01:16, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 01:54, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Bms4880
This IP is making edits typical of Y2Kfreak socks, namely adding dubious climate info to Gatlinburg, Tennessee and the New York City weatherbox template. These changes are almost identical to the recent Y2Kfreak sock Gatlinburg22.

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 * Blocked. Tiptoety  talk 05:16, 14 February 2010 (UTC)