Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/WikiAddict81/Archive
WikiAddict81
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11 February 2017[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets[edit]
- Sevenapart (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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The alleged master has been promoting a software called Vecteezy for years ([1][2][3]), and made a similar edit to the same page as the alleged sock: [4][5]. The alleged master also created Vecteezy Editor, while the alleged sock created an article on the same product. Both have edited/created articles on tech entrepreneurs: [6][7]. There's also a really strange shared interest in Bowling Green, Kentucky, particularly the mayor: [8][9][10]. The connection is blatant, but I suspect that there are other accounts involved, due to the abnormal account ages and editing lapses. Thanks, GABgab 03:53, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]
- Good eye,
Confirmed. Not a lot of data to look at, and given the timescale, that I can't find any other accounts makes sense, but that's no reason to believe there aren't any. Courcelles (talk) 22:10, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
- Good eye,
Awaiting administrative action - Thanks again for the check; please block those accounts. Sock indef, master for however long you see fit. Best, GABgab 00:33, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
Blocked and tagged Both blocked indef, seeing as accounts were solely to promote their product. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:50, 14 February 2017 (UTC)- Tagged, closing. GABgab 23:39, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
22 May 2024[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets[edit]
- Niryabci (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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An SPA whose only edits were the promotion of Vecteezy [11] [12] and the recreation of a very promotional Vecteezy article. Evidence for sock block based on same pattern as found in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/WikiAddict81/Archive. — CactusWriter (talk) 14:55, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
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