Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alarbus
Alarbus
Alarbus (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.
22 March 2012
- Suspected sockpuppets
- Tycho Magnetic Anomaly-1 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Identical editing styles, and edit summaries
User:Tycho Magnetic Anomaly-1/common.js closely mirrors User:Alarbus/common.js
I'm not certain what is supposed to be done in this situation. Although there is no contributions overlap or obvious abuse, there was a strong recommendation to stick to one account at the last sockpuppet investigation. I don't see why two accounts are necessary when the purpose of each account appears to be the same. DrKiernan (talk) 22:20, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Hmm. There's a Possible technical connection, but the behavior (edit summaries, topics) is close enough to make me think they're connected. TNXMan 14:06, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Is there any other evidence aside from the fact that they have the same common.js pages? I ask because the editing patterns and behaviors seem rather far off, at least from my perspective. --MuZemike 18:41, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
- The edit summaries are nearly identical, for one. TNXMan 14:07, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
- I suspect the similarity in edit summaries is as a result of a script in their common.js; it's not an unusual pattern, and I've seen several other editors with nearly identical summaries. Risker (talk) 22:50, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
- Closing for now, am talking with the user. Amalthea 10:13, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
- Moot, retired and self-disclosed now. Amalthea 11:47, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
- Closing for now, am talking with the user. Amalthea 10:13, 28 March 2012 (UTC)