Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Blue Bugle

User:Blue Bugle

 * Suspected sock puppeteer


 * Suspected sock puppets


 * Report submission by
 * HighKing (talk) 17:37, 3 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Evidence
 * Both accounts created within days of one another - Blue Bugle on 25th July, LemonMonday on 29th July. Both accounts are targetting the edits of User:HighKing and very little else.  The Blue Bugle account was dormant from creation on 25th July till 30th September. The Lemon Monday account was dormant from 29th July till 30th September.

A total of 4 contributions have been logged for Blue Bugle to date, all have been reverts of HighKing's edits , ,  and , and used in a tag-team fashion with LemonMonday.

LemonMonday was temporarily blocked in July having been incorrectly suspected of being a sockpuppet - all edits prior to be block were targeting the edits of HighKing. Just about all edits of LemonMonday target the edits of HighKing:

Sample from before the block (in fact all articles before the block targetted the edits)
 * "Martello Tower" HighKing edit  LemonMonday edit 


 * "Beautyberry" HighKing edit  LemonMonday edit <tt></tt>


 * "Martello Tower" HighKing edit <tt></tt> LemonMonday edit <tt></tt>


 * "Mormon Train" HighKing edit <tt></tt> LemonMonday edit <tt></tt>


 * "Glastonbury" HighKing edit <tt></tt> LemonMonday edit <tt></tt>


 * "American and British English differences" HighKing edit <tt></tt> LemonMonday edit <tt></tt>


 * "Cuisine of Argentina" HighKing edit <tt></tt> LemonMonday edit <tt></tt>


 * "Roman Britain" HighKing edit <tt></tt> LemonMonday edit <tt></tt>


 * "Britons (historical)" HighKing edit <tt></tt> LemonMonday edit <tt></tt>


 * "Joseph of Arimathea" HighKing edit <tt></tt> LemonMonday edit <tt></tt>

Sample from the return of the account after being dormant
 * "Rainforest" HighKing edit <tt></tt> LemonMonday edit <tt></tt>


 * "Alexander Thom" HighKing edit <tt></tt> LemonMonday edit <tt></tt>


 * "Doyle" HighKing edit <tt></tt> LemonMonday edit <tt></tt>

The similarity in creation dates and behaviour leads me to suspect that these are sockpuppet accounts.


 * Comments
 * Please remember to notify all accounts listed as possibly linked to the sock puppetry in question (instructions).
 * Already done --HighKing (talk) 23:07, 3 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Which edits of LemonMonday were targeting HighKing, and how? Please provide diffs.  Jehochman Talk 20:09, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Diffs now provided above --HighKing (talk) 23:07, 3 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I see sock puppetry. These are two single purpose accounts that do nothing but stalk you and revert your edits.  I am going to have a checkuser look at this SSP report because I think there is a master account out there.  Be patient.  If the user causes further disruption while this is pending, leave me a message and I will block them. Jehochman Talk 13:16, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Any progress on this? Has the CheckUser resulted in anything? --HighKing (talk) 17:20, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You can watch Requests for checkuser/Case/Blue Bugle. Jehochman Talk 17:27, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. BTW, nothing at that page so far?  Should the case be logged here at least? --HighKing (talk) 22:36, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The correct case name is Requests for checkuser/Case/Blue Bugle, and it has come back with . Tiptoety  talk 22:32, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Based on the behavioral evidence, I think the user accounts are disruptive socks. They only seem to exist for the purpose of reverting User:HighKing. I am blocking the sock accounts. Jehochman Talk 03:56, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Conclusions
 * closing for Jehochman. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 10:19, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Alison has unblocked the accounts and warned them, as she feels that checkuser evidence is now . Lar's findings were . Jehochman Talk 04:23, 8 October 2008 (UTC)