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25 November 2021[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets[edit]
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The biggest bit of evidence is this: Lightiggy added a bunch of images violating copyright over at the commons. I have since reported these images to an admin over there who has deleted them: [1]
Both the IP's added these images (uploaded by Lightiggy) to articles as seen here: [2], [3], [4], [5], [6].
Think that is pretty solid evidence. A look at Lighiggy's talk page on the commons confirms his account uploaded those images: [7].
All edits are very siminlar in style as well, all occurring on 24th-25th November and seeming appearing from nowhere. All editing similar articles and one IP and Lightiggy both editing this page within hours: [8], [9]. Thank you. Inexpiable (talk) 22:09, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
Furthermore, I suspect this is also the same person who was in charge of this IP here: 128.239.205.22 an account I reported a month ago for making a series of unconstructive edits. The edits from this IP are identical to another sockpuppet listed here. See this example:[10], [11] Both IP's making exactly the same edit a month apart on a pretty unviewed and unedited page. Again here:[12], [13] very similar and weird edits to infoboxes of criminals, murderers, serial killers, etc.
I suspect this is also the same person based on a similar editing pattern. Example here on the page David Mason (murderer): Edit from IP a month ago: [14], edit from another IP sock made on 25/11/21: [15], edit from Lightiggy: [16]. Inexpiable (talk) 23:39, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
Another example, again edits to a fairly unviewed page: Edit from IP a month ago: [17], Edit from Lightiggy: [18] The similar pattern of linking "U.S." in the infobox. Nearly every edit they make is edits to infoboxes. Inexpiable (talk) 23:49, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
Comments by other users[edit]
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Yes, I am guilty of these accusations. I was being stupid and thought I understood the rules. I forgot to log in my phone, but did login on my computer, hence the "sockpuppeting". I want to apologize for the image copyrights. Those images were prison websites, with them mentioning that the images were free to share. So I jumped to conclusions. The other strange edits were technical. I thought the edits were necessary since they were often distinguishing categories. For example, for Donald Beardslee, I thought it was important to write that he was convicted of "first degree murder with special circumstances" instead of just "first degree murder" since only the former carries a possible death sentence in California. The only edit I can't budge on are the ones made to Mohammed Bijeh. Every single social news website I've seen said that Bijeh was 24, not 18. This won't happen again, sorry. Lightiggy (talk) 17:12, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
- @Lightiggy: The Bijeh article is a mess in general but the 24 age thing seems to check out so I've changed that. In future you must add references before doing so. In terms of the other edits, edits to infoboxes with all that information are usually not helpful though and not necessary. Also MOS:OVERLINK, linking countries in infoboxes isn't needed. Inexpiable (talk) 14:38, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
- @Lightiggy: You made this edit here to the serial killer page: [19] Unless an article for set serial killer exists on Wikipedia, it should not be added to that list per the talk page terms of that page. A better use of your time would be to actually create an article for that person you added in question to Wikipedia. No article exists yet for Girvies Davis so maybe consider creating that page and contributing productively to the site. Thank you. Inexpiable (talk) 14:40, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]
Check declined by a checkuser. Wikipedia policy generally prohibits checkusers from publicly connecting accounts to their specific IP addresses. Mz7 (talk) 07:43, 27 November 2021 (UTC)- The IPs are long stale and Lightiggy has stated that they won't do it again. Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:33, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
