Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Andy67890

User:Andy67890

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

Choess (talk) 22:41, 12 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Evidence

The first action of the Andy67890 account was to create the article Baron Of Glastry (diff), a hoax not supported by the references included. Andy then removed context and notability tags another user had added to the article (diff). After making an addition to the article at 15:50 (diff), edits ceased on the Andy67890 account. The Jill9990 account was created at 15:51 (diff) and proceeded to create a related article, Glaister family, which referenced Baron Of Glastry (diff). Jill then began editing Baron Of Glastry (diff), but her last edit was made at 16:05. The IP address made small edits to both Glaister family (diff) and Baron Of Glastry (diff), and later removed AfD notices from both articles (diff, diff). The IP and the two accounts appear to be single-purpose accounts here for the purpose of entering a hoax into Wikipedia. Choess (talk) 22:41, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

In addition to my original evidence, note that hoax content involving the "Glaister-Walker" family has previously been deleted from Wikipedia (diff diff); see also Articles for deletion/Henry Makepeace Glaister-Walker, Articles for deletion/Benedict Glaister and Articles for deletion/The Gamma Adventurers League suggesting that, and  may also be connected with this account. Choess (talk) 23:16, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

The sockpuppetry is obvious based on editing times and common interests. This person should be limited to one account. It may be necessary to "salt" the pages after deletion if this is a recurring problem. Yechiel (Shalom) 04:03, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comments

It's pretty clear that there's sockpuppetry here, and that the earlier hoaxes about the Glaister-Walker family are connected to it. However, these are throwaway accounts, and I don't think there's much point in blocking them, since there's no current activity. I've tagged the named accounts as sockpuppets, with Bear1985 as the main account. --Akhilleus (talk) 05:06, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Hm, there's actually more socks. See Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Bear1985. All throwaways, but in case they come back... --Akhilleus (talk) 05:15, 2 July 2008 (UTC)