Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Dingbat2007

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User:Dingbat2007[edit]

Suspected sockpuppeteer

Dingbat2007 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Suspected sockpuppets

Note: These are just the socks created since March 1 2008; there are nearly 60 others that can be included upon request.

Note: The following are socks created before March 1 2008. All named accounts have been indef blocked; IP accounts could still be used. There is a pattern among named accounts that the vandal uses again and again.

Report submission by

dhett ^{(talk • contribs)} 06:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence

May 29 2008 as User:76.195.180.84

Inside Edition 20th Century Fox Television UPN Kids

May 24 2008 as User:Word76

WMYA-TV Dr. Gangrene KXAS-TV

May 22 2008 as User:76.212.130.232

KVRR

May 13 - May 14 2008 as User:Texasboy11

List of Telefutura affiliates List of America One affiliates - station does not exist per FCC

April 27 - April 29 2008 as User:76.216.112.82

KAMR-TV - station does not user NBC Weather Plus Sony Pictures Television Template:Lubbock TV - station does not exist per FCC

April 27 - April 28 2008 as User:Word67

Template:Tucson_TV - station does not exist per FCC Template:Green Bay TV - station does not exist per FCC WFAA-TV

April 25 2008 as User:76.212.143.107

KECY-TV - Station does not exist per [1] Template:Imperial Valley TV - station does not exist in market per [2]

April 23 2008 as User:Word61

K34HO KESE-LP - Category does not exist

Comments

This puppetmaster has been vandalizing Wikipedia since July 2007, having created nearly 80 socks in addition to his master account. All accounts have been blocked at one time, except the first account listed. Named accounts have been indefinitely blocked. His typical m.o. is to change dates by one year, to create articles for fictitious television stations, to add NBC Weather Plus and cable networks (often Disney Channel) to DTV subchannel lists, to create fictitious former affiliations, usually as "Independent" with a phony date range, and to add fictitious city names as the station's location. Typical activity is to edit 15-20 articles in a session, although he used to edit 50+ articles in earlier sessions. Most sessions will include a station from the Amarillo TV market; Yuma/El Centro is another common target.

I'll have a look, see what i can find. Steve Crossin (talk) 14:39, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please see the results of the UserCompare tool. They're rather conclusive. Steve Crossin (talk) 15:06, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK - where do I go from here? User:76.195.180.84 is still not blocked, and when someone reported him as a vandal, he and I both got chewed out by an admin for not reporting him here. I just want this account blocked before the vandal returns, as he did last night. dhett ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:19, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

An administrator has been requiring this page to be linked to any WP:AIV report, so the remainder of the socks have been added. dhett ^{(talk • contribs)} 06:46, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusions

All registered accounts blocked; can't do much about the IPs except block them as they come. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :)} 05:07, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]