Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Yosesphdaviyd/Archive

05 August 2011

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Wintersbrock has five edits. The first was to the the AfD for Saudia Mills an article created by Yosesphdaviyd. He voted keep and used the same argument YD did in his edit summary for rejection of the prod, but it was not an argument used on the AfD page. If someone could explain to me how a brand-new user finds an AfD and can format for URLs immediately, I'd love to know.

The second was to give Yosesphdaviyd a barnstar and agree with his assertion that he has been targeted by other users. The next two were nonsense edits to userspace and talk (to remove redlinks), and number five was to blank talk. Keep in mind that YD was here for maybe a week before he decided to "retire" instead of learning how to edit constructively. This is certainly puppetry of the meat or sock kind, thus the RFCU. MSJapan (talk) MSJapan (talk) 22:47, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

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 * With this edit, he essentially gave himself away as Yosesphdaviyd - "This account was created to protect myself from you and your crew of bullies.". Block, tag, and bag, I say... MikeWazowski (talk) 16:27, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Can you explain how that gives him away? I don't follow. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 17:47, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
 * A couple of things stick out for me - first off, Wintersbrock's first edit was to a deletion discussion about an article about an article created by Yosesphdaviyd - generally a red flag. In that edit, Wintersbrock posted "as created noted already, no consistent rules for reality show star Reality Show Contestants" - however, Yosesphdaviyd had not made that point in the discussion, or on the talk page - it was only in the edit summary when Yosesphdaviyd removed the prod - not something most first-time editors would have known to find. The complaint about bullies linked above sounds like what Yosesphdaviyd has posted on his user page, epsecially the line about "protecting myself" - sounds like rationalizing another username, IMHO, especially for a new user who (theoretically) has not been harrassed by anyone. WP:DUCK, and all that. MikeWazowski (talk) 18:15, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Could be meatpuppetry; endorsing to find out. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 22:53, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
 * , but probably meatpuppetry. Both accounts edit from the same IP address, although different computers. Additionally, the IP address is registered to a public library. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 22:59, 5 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I'll call it meat for now. Relist if there's further evidence of abuse. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 23:52, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Based on behavioral evidence I've blocked and tagged the sock. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 18:35, 6 August 2011 (UTC)