Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Ciaracooper247

User:Ciaracooper247

 * Suspected sock puppeteer


 * Suspected sock puppets


 * Report submission by
 * kotra (talk) 02:31, 28 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Evidence
 * Content — All four of these accounts have been involved in creating two hoax articles (except Ciaracooper247, which was blocked before the second article was created). (since deleted) and  (not yet deleted, but probably will be) are the two mainspace articles I am aware of. The content of these articles has been copied and continued to be edited on their user pages,  (a copy of Holly Cooper, edited by both Ciaracooper247 and 76.171.249.22), and  (a copy of Paul Cooper (Rapper), edited by User:Diamond billionaire.
 * Editing style — using " Blah " as a placeholder for proper nouns: Ciaravault,Diamond billionaire; adding random years in the future: Ciaravault,Diamond billionaire,76.171.249.22. Unfortunately, I can't provide any diffs for Ciaracooper247 or another one for 76.171.249.22, since the pages they worked the most on (Holly Cooper and User:Ciaracooper247) have been deleted.
 * Names — "Ciara" is part of both "Ciaracooper247" and "Ciaravault". "Cooper" is part of "Ciaracooper247", "Holly Cooper", and "Paul Cooper", whose apparent "stage name" is "Diamond Billionaire" (according to Paul Cooper (Rapper)).


 * Comments
 * User:Ciaracooper247 was blocked indefinitely for vandalism on Dec 21. However, I have listed that account as the puppetmaster because these new accounts were created after the block and edit in a very similar manner. -kotra (talk) 02:31, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * User:76.171.249.22 has just been blocked temporarily for vandalism. When the block is over, I expect it to make further edits of a similar nature, as User:Ciaracooper247 did. -kotra (talk) 02:31, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It's possible, since there are two main names used for the hoax articles (Holly Cooper and Paul Cooper), that this is actually two closely-related individuals playing a game with Wikipedia. However, since they both are active in creating the same hoax articles, I would still consider it meatpuppetry. -kotra (talk) 02:31, 28 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * I have blocked User:Ciaravault and User:Diamond billionaire as socks of Ciaracooper247.--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 09:19, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Closed. All blocked, will tag. Cirt (talk) 09:35, 28 December 2008 (UTC)