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JudahM2305

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01 July 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

• JudahM2306 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Wedonttaoaboutbruno (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Judahmart (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • SPI Tools

These four accounts are spamming comments on random users’ talk pages, including administrators such as LuK3. Most of his comments consist of “Hi?,” “Hello?,” “Huh?,” and other one word comments on random account talk pages.

• Wedonttaoaboutbruno making such comments. [1] [2]

• An example from JudahM2305. [3]

• LuK3 also happens to be the administrator who blocked JudahM2305

• JudahM2306 is an obvious sockpuppet, as the user creation log for that user literally says that he was created by Wedonttaoaboutbruno. [4]

Judahmart also showed the pattern of replacing content with the word “p*nis,” [5] which is something JudahM2305 also liked to do. [6] ProClasher97 ~ Have A Question? 17:27, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users

Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

•  Confirmed plus the following accounts:
  • Judahthehappykid (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Kinderkidlol (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Usethename2 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Judah the boy (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Wedonttaoaboutbruno2 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
•  Blocked without tags per WP:DENY. Although Judahthehappykid is technically the oldest account, I'm happy with having JudahM2305 be the name of this sockmaster since that is the first account with edits.  Global lock(s) requested for all accounts due to cross-wiki abuse. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 01:53, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

  I also found Meters (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). -- RoySmith (talk) 17:20, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

  @RoySmith: Wow, Meters. Are you sure there’s not some mistake? Meters is an editor with 130,000+ edits, and I’ve been seeing them around for years. From a behavioral standpoint, I find it quite unlikely they are related to the rather juvenile vandalism of the other accounts. Mz7 (talk) 17:44, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

  I came here to say the same thing... @RoySmith, I don't know much about CU but is it possible to see if other CUers agree? I'd be shocked if it's actually the same person. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:01, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

•  On hold - I can't talk about the details, but I will say that I'm aware of the apparent incongruity and that this is actively under discussion by a number of CUs off-wiki. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:10, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

  Any block of a long standing and productive editor like Meters should come AFTER not before confirmation of socking RoySmith. Otherwise the action violates WP:AGF among others. MarnetteD|Talk 18:25, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

• Reclosing. Meters has been unblocked. All I can disclose is that there was extensive off-line discussion among the CUs regarding this case and some totally surprising twists. Other CUs can read the notes I left in cuwiki. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:53, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Unless the rules have changed RoySmith blocks are supposed to be WP:BLOCKPREVENTATIVE not WP:PUNITIVE. The only thing you prevented was an editor in good standing from continuing to edit. Try to think things through in the future. Also I hope your off wiki followup with Meter's includes an apology. One on their talk page would be better MarnetteD|Talk 15:13, 5 July 2022‎ (UTC)

Fixing messed up ping RoySmith. My apologies. MarnetteD|Talk 21:30, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

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