Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/45abc123/Archive
45abc123
- 45abc123 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
12 August 2012[edit]
- Suspected sockpuppets
- Coldplayfan5550 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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94.171.180.179 repeatedly removed an AfD template from Paradise tour 1 2 3 4, plus 2 others, received 4 warnings, and was blocked at 13:49, 12 August 2012. 45abc123 removed the same AfD template from Paradise tour at 17:00, 12 August 2012.
I began examining the edit history of both accounts, as well as User:Coldplayfan5550, which was the account that created the Paradise tour page. All three accounts have a similar editing history, including multiple edits to the same pages, including Mylo Xyloto Tour, The X Factor, The X Factor (UK series 9), Our Version of Events Tour, and Emeli Sandé.
IP and 45abc123 began editing in May 2012. Coldplayfan5550 began editing in late June 2012, and created the page Calvin Harris (album), which was proposed for speedy deletion. Coldplayfan5550 removed the tag, and then when the article was nominated via an AfD, he removed the AfD notice, as he did on other pages. 45abc123 created a page named Cavin Harris's third studio album, which appears to have been deleted via an AfD.
To summarize:
- All three accounts have a history of editing similar or the same pages.
- Two out of three accounts have a history of removing AfD and speedy delete notices from pages.
- All three accounts have done these activities around the same timeframe.
- The individual operating these accounts crossed the line when he used the 45abc123 account to evade the block on the IP. MsFionnuala (talk) 18:47, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
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Confirmed with respect to the named user(s). 
No comment with respect to IP address(es). -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 02:20, 13 August 2012 (UTC)- One week for the master, indef for the sock. Closing. —DoRD (talk) 12:33, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
