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10 May 2021[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


On 18 April, User:Therazzors was blocked for 1 month for "Persistent addition of unsourced content". The articles edited included George Stephanopoulos, Jeffrey Epstein, Felix Sater, Bill Clinton sexual assault and misconduct allegations, Bill Clinton, and Al Gore, focusing on various scandals and suspect associations.

On 2 May, User:Pleaseandthankyou1 is created, and lo, their only edits are focusing on various scandals and suspect associations for George Stephanopoulos, Jeffrey Epstein, and‎ Felix Sater.

Note also the the edit summary from User:Pleaseandthankyou here, compared to User:Therazzors's edit summaries here and here Calton | Talk 10:15, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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16 May 2021[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


More non-stop attempts at mudslinging on George Stephanopoulos ([1] [2] [3]). Given the creation and immediate abandonment of socks, perhaps a block of the underlying IP is called for. Calton | Talk 00:44, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

Also active at Steve Bannon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). I think we may need to request some protections here because this goober isn't going away. Guy (help! - typo?) 12:50, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

Also found and  Confirmed:
Thezolas (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:40, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

30 August 2021[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

All three users include near-identical materials that violate WP:NPOV and WP:BLP in the same articles, including George Stephanopoulos (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)[4][5] and Chris Cuomo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)[6][7]. The suspected sockmaster is under an indefinite block. KyleJoantalk 03:21, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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This makes sense. I've encountered these accounts. They edit very similarly and with the same POV and lack of communication. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:34, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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21 October 2021[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


These are already blocked, not tagged; they are CU-confirmed with Richardarmitrage, Everythingmatters, Pleaseandthankyou1. Drmies (talk) 15:26, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Thanks, Doc.  Tagged; master's tag belatedly updated to 3X-banned as of 30 August. Closing. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 05:31, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

08 February 2022[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

First of all, User:Mrbarron who is listed above, is already a confirmed sockpuppet of User:Elkridge, but a diff presented below, suggests that User:Mrbarron/User:Elkridge might be the same individual as User:Therazzors; if indeed the same, the investigations of User:Therazzors and his/her sockpuppets should be moved to the sockpuppet investigations of User:Elkridge, since this account predates the former.

The IPs listed below appear to be the same individual; located in Maple Ridge (British Columbia). Furthermore, they all focus on the article of George Stephanopoulos, and their edits are mostly or exclusively about controversies/criticism concerning the individual. This behavioral/editing pattern, matches perfectly with the one of User:Therazzors (and his/her other socks) who also tried to add similar content in the article. The IP 2001:569:7505:CD00:9180:2119:3CAF:8DC4, is located in Pitt Meadows (British Columbia), about 6 km west of the aforementioned Maple Ridge. This is important, because this IP is currently blocked and associated with a sockpuppet of User:Therazzors.

As for User:Mrrevan, other than adding one more controversy/criticism (diff) concerning George Stephanopoulos, his/her last edit is on the article of Politico (diff), where he/she replaced "Controversies" with "Criticism" as the title of a section. His/her edits reminded me of this diff by 2001:569:538A:D800:60A7:6486:3FF5:3508 (not listed below, but also from Maple Ridge), which added "and criticism" in a section title of George Stephanopoulos; and this diff by 2001:569:538A:D800:F51B:7899:13FC:94A5 (listed below), which added a report by Politico in George Stephanopoulos.

Diffs of User:Therazzors

User:Stephencottenberg (confirmed sockpuppet of User:Therazzors)

  • diff; about Michael Corn
  • diff; about Stephanopoulos and Dee Dee Myers

2001:569:7505:CD00:9180:2119:3CAF:8DC4 (IP from Pitt Meadows; associated with User:Therazzors)

  • diff; about Stephanopoulos and Dee Dee Myers

Diffs of suspected sockpuppets

User:Mrbarron

  • diff; about Michael Corn

2001:569:538A:D800:715B:2F2F:59D9:6447

  • diff; about Michael Corn

2001:569:538A:D800:7DF8:D554:CBFE:428D

  • diff; simply added another reference in support of a controversy

207.81.120.115

  • diff1, diff2; about Stephanopoulos and Dee Dee Myers

Other controversies/criticism, pertaining to different cases:

2001:569:538A:D800:F51B:7899:13FC:94A5

  • diff; about report by Politico

User:Mrrevan

  • diff; about Brian Ross interview

Sockpuppets aside, can an admin also protect the page, because the aforementioned activity is quite disruptive? I believe a WP:BLUELOCK would be the most appropriate for this situation. Demetrios1993 (talk) 10:51, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks, Spicy (talk) 00:06, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • (Re)tagged everyone. The IP is currently rangeblocked. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 00:25, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

03 April 2022[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Clear interest in US political and news media figures (e.g., Don Lemon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) and Keith Olbermann (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). Same POV editing with lack of communication, as stated prior, as other sockpuppets. Persistent WP:BLP violations. Zero use of edit summaries. KyleJoantalk 08:16, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Rossenbaum responded to the accusation here. Further evidence includes creating brief subsections[8][9] and citing unreliable sources such as Newsweek and the New York Post.[10][11][12][13] KyleJoantalk 19:47, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

  • CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - editing pattern is in line with previous socks; please compare to known accounts and check for others, given the history. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 00:17, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  In progress - -- RoySmith (talk) 00:27, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Confirmed No sleepers immediately visible -- RoySmith (talk) 00:41, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

03 May 2022[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Account created after last known sock, Rossenbaum, was blocked. Clear overlapping interest in Gavin Newsom (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs).[14][15] Visual editing, edit summary style, and marking edits as minor very similar to known sock Therazzors.[16][17] Using Fox News as a source for US-political materials and creating subsections.[18][19] KyleJoantalk 06:36, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Phonecaller denied the accusation here. This diff shows their only edit where the VisualEditor feature was not used, which leads me to believe they used a different device. Not sure if it merits another CheckUser run if that's the case, but I just thought I'd point it out. KyleJoantalk 00:11, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please link to where you see I didn't use the visual editor? I'm not quite sure why you keep going after me, instead of trying to help me. I'm literally so new to this, I don't even know if I've passed the "checkuser". It seems I have but I'm completely lost. Phonecaller (talk) 00:58, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, so, I think I may have spotted another sock of this person. Would I file a new report and it'd be automatically listed under or after this one? Zaathras (talk) 21:19, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Zaathras: You mean Heathertramp (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)? An account created after Phonecaller's last edit? KyleJoantalk 00:44, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that is the one! Something in Heathertramp's editing felt like deja vu, so I looked through some political articles and remembered seeing "Mrtarkin". No edit summaries, the visual editor thing, rarely if ever partakes in talkpages, does not even react to being reverted. An admin at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Elkridge/Archive#03_April_2022 said "no sleepers visible" on Apr 6. heathertramp created on May 8. Zaathras (talk) 01:10, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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05 June 2022[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

User's focus is American Politics with an occasional step into current events, and about 90% of it is trivial, mundane, or inserting the commentary of Person A into Person Bs article. They always use the visual editor, almost always create a new-subsection, never react when reverted, never partake in talk page discussions, all of this is evidenced by thecontribution history. They have a particular fixation on Tucker Carlson, either adding to his article or adding his comments to others.

1. Media Matters for America, Heathertramp adds a criticism section including a bit about Joy Reid. NotPeteTownsend tried again. Shorter, but still tics that same Joy Reid focus.

2. Tucker Carlson. Rossenbaum's edit, interpersonal minutiae of Carlson's adversaries. NotPeteTownsend's edits. Not the same material per se, but the same fixation on things Tucker says about others, who his hi-profile friends are, etc...

Can do a lot more article by article comparisons if needed, but I think this is enough? Only difference this time is that they're sometimes using edit summaries, "I added...", "I created...".

I gave them a prod, User talk:NotPeteTownsend#Sockpuppetry, hoping they'd just give up upon being spotted but they feigned innocence. Zaathras (talk) 13:35, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Addition. NotPeteTownsend has apparently abandoned their account after my nudge above on June 5th. On June 11th, RollingHill was created. Same style of edits, minor or inconsequential factoids about Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson, always uses Visual Editor. The edit summary style adopted by the last few socks is "I added X about Y". Zaathras (talk) 21:10, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

  • CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - please compare these accounts to each other and the archive per the evidence above. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 05:12, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Aye, that's him alright. Salvio 10:46, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Blocked and tagged. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 10:53, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

28 November 2022[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Account created in August 2022 after the last known sockpuppets were blocked. Clear overlapping interest in US political and news media figures [e.g., Bill Clinton (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs), Tucker Carlson (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs), and Hunter Biden (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)] as other sockpuppets. Visual editing with no edit summary use. Citing low-quality sources (e.g., Newsweek)[20][21] and generally unreliable sources (e.g., New York Post).[22][23] Valkrie11 says they're "not aware of another account which belongs to me". KyleJoantalk 11:27, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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29 April 2023[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Account created in February 2023 after the last known sockpuppets were blocked. Clear overlapping interest in US political and news media figures [e.g., Laura Ingraham (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs), Tucker Carlson (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs), and Bill Maher (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)] as other sockpuppets. Visual editing with no edit summary use. Citing low-quality sources (e.g., Newsweek)[24][25][26] and generally unreliable sources (e.g., New York Post).[27][28][29] Using Fox News as a source for US-political materials and creating subsections.[30][31][32] KyleJoantalk 01:54, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I'm not commenting with my admin hat on here, I just want to point out that the English errors and poor sentence structure of Georgefrancis11 look pretty similar to Elkridge's. Bishonen | tålk 10:00, 29 April 2023 (UTC).[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

  • Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:57, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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