Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/REALidMan

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User:REALidMan

Suspected sockpuppeteer

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

Suspected sockpuppets

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

Report submission by

TravellingCari 20:45, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Evidence

repeated promotion and spam on Real ID Act as well as the organization's own page: Coalition for a Secure Driver's License. There have been IP activity as well, not sure why the switchin accounts as REALidMan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) doesn't appear to ever have been blocked whereas I just blicked the latter as a spamusername.

Comments

I concur that the contrib records look pretty similar: both SPAs editing the same two articles and both pushing the promotion of the same organization. There seems to be high likelihood that both users are the same person. I am not sure, though, if this qualifies as actual abuse of multiple accounts since User:SecureLicense started editing in August while the last edit by User:REALidMan was in June. Nsk92 (talk) 00:46, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

See also:

• LicenseAuthority (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
• 12.38.30.1 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs)} 21:22, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Conclusions

Blocked all accounts indef, IP 1 week. Tagged all. Does appear to be switching names, edits and behavior very similar. Tagged LicenseAuthority as the master. — Rlevse • Talk • 20:12, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

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