Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Brexx

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User:Brexx

Suspected sockpuppeteer

Brexx (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Suspected sockpuppets

Mimibianca (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Good Guy Gone Bad (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Let's Migrate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Report submission by

SWik78 (talk) 15:46, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Evidence

Brexx was blocked on February 18 for 1 month due to copyvio issues. Most of Brexx's work was done on the article Touch My Body (a song by Mariah Carey) as well as E=MC² (Mariah Carey album) (the album from which the song is taken) and the Mariah Carey article itself. Mimibianca started editing on March 3 and, up to this point, all of his/her edits have been on Touch My Body.

The editing style between these two is very similar. This edit by Mimibianca and this edit by Brexx both contain the same characteristics:

• no capitalization of words at the beginning of sentence
• no spaces between a comma and the word following the comma
• question marks or exclamation points are trippled (???, !!!)
• heavy usage of ... as well as ending the comment with it
• no signature

Before concentrating mostly on Mariah Carey, Brexx edited some articles related to Janet Jackson including her new album Discipline (Janet Jackson album) and song Feedback (song)‎ from the album. Both Brexx and Mimibianca have made references to that album and that song when there was a discussion about deleting certain things from Touch My Body.
Examples:

• When Touch My Body was initially deleted because it was improperly sourced, this was Brexx's rationale as to why it should be kept (janet song Rock With U doesnt have any reliable sources and is not confirmed as a single,and is kept,and not bieng deleted), basically saying that if one stays then the other one should as well
• During a current debate on Talk:Touch My Body about whether or not to include a plot description for the music video, Mimibianca used this argument as to why the plot description should stay. He/she is referring to the Janet Jackson song Feedback (song) again basically saying that if there is a music video plot description for Feedback then there should be one for Touch My Body. The interesting thing about this reference is that the plot description that Mimibianca is referring to was introduced to that article by Brexx on this edit which, coincidentally, is very similar in style and content to this edit on Touch My Body by Mimibianca. Both of those plot descriptions fail to capitalize the proper names (Janet and Mariah respectively) and use some of the same writing style characteristics.

One of the copyvio issues that resulted in Brexx's block was his uploading of screenshots taken from music videos (mostly Touch My Body) and inserting them into articles (see his talk page for numerous warnings about that). Mimibianca has also uploaded and inserted several music video screenshots for the same video such as [1], [2], [3] and more.

Comments

A quick note regarding the reason why I bring this up: by using a sockpuppet account, Brexx would be circumventing his current block. SWik78 (talk) 20:39, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

In addition, User:Mimibianca has just uploaded Image:Tn poster2.jpg and added it to the article Tennessee (film). Brexx uploaded the same image on February 18th. Brexx's image was twice deleted due to a lack of fair use rationale. It is particularly suspicious that not only was Brexx's image exactly the same as Image:Tn poster2.jpg, it is also exactly the same filename. It seems an unlikely coincidence that Mimibianca would upload the same image with the same filename as Brexx did. I strongly suspect these are the same user. Gwernol 10:55, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

In addition even still, this user shares an IP with Connortt9 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), with whom s/he was caught up in an autoblock. Connortt9 not only exhibits only slightly better grammar ([4]) but the same propensity to revert administrators ([5] [6]), and an equally atrocious grasp of image policies (see [7]; I strongly suggest closing admin delete all these images). The second connection may be a coincidence, though it may not. The known IP (213.42.21.62) has a similar contribution record to the above addresses, but stems from United Arab Emirates, which is known to use proxies. The Evil Spartan (talk) 07:25, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

I would be confident enough to say that 213.42.21.62 is Mimibianca's IP based on Mimibianca's replacing of signatures here. SWik78 (talk) 12:38, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Agreed, though I don't believe its exclusively used by Brexx/Mimibianca, see for example this edit which I highly doubt is written by the same person. Gwernol 13:02, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I agree with you 100% that it is a shared IP between at least 2 users. One of them is Brexx/Mimibianca, the other user (or users) is/are someone who knows quite a bit about technology and Asian history. The second user has contributed quite well, I hope that he has an account and that the edits we are seeing from him as an IP are only what he contributes when he's not logged in. Knowing that the IP is shared, will Brexx/Mimibianca be able to create another account during their block? SWik78 (talk) 13:27, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Conclusions

I feel the evidence is pretty compelling. Mimibianca is indef-blocked as a sock, Brexx's block is extended to 6 months. I'm not so sure about Connortt9, however I nuked a reposted page in his userspace and a copule of obviously copyvio images he uploaded. There are a few more his images that need to go to WP:PUI. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 09:07, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Note I've also indef blocked User:Good Guy Gone Bad as a sockpuppet of Brexx. See Good Guy Gone Bad's contribution history for details. Gwernol 16:57, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Also indef blocked User:Let's Migrate as a Brexx sockpuppet. Gwernol 17:55, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

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