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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by The Call of the Wild (talk | contribs) at 12:02, 28 March 2012 (Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments: :::: User:Victoria and Albert was me; User:Sitti Noerbaja, too. ~~~~). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Alarbus

For archived investigations, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alarbus/Archive.

– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.

22 March 2012
Suspected sockpuppets


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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

The edit summaries are nearly identical, for one. TNXMan 14:07, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
Closing for now, am talking with the user. Amalthea 10:13, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Moot, retired and self-disclosed now. Amalthea 11:47, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
User:Victoria and Albert was me; User:Sitti Noerbaja, too. Buck 12:02, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]