Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/JoshuSasori
JoshuSasori
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20 February 2013
– This SPI case is open.
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- Mysterious Island (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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The Mysterious Island account was created[1] only two days after JoshuSasori was blocked[2] and has proceeded to make over 1000 edits. They work in the same areas (particularly Japanese film), and have edited 185 of the same articles. Mysterious Island is too knowledgeable to be a new editor and follows much of Joshu's MO, including replacing Japanese names with English translations (compare [3] and [4]), removing or altering macrons - often as the very next edit after Joshu ([5] and [6]; [7] and [8], etc.), and participating in RMs to do the same.
However, evidence from today clinches it as far as I'm concerned: After Elvenscout742 moved Yoko Ogawa to Yōko Ogawa, an obvious Joshu sock started an RM to remove the macron. When someone opposed, Mysterious Island showed up to move the page anyway. Call me cynical, but this looks like Joshu, unable to move the page unilaterally as an anon, bringing in his good hand sock to get his way. If it is Joshu, he's also double-voted at least in this RM started by a sockpuppet.Cúchullain t/c 02:27, 20 February 2013 (UTC) Cúchullain t/c 02:27, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
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Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. This sockpuppet investigation was opened on behalf of Elvenscout742 in an effort to evade scrutiny of his actions. See this. Mysterious Island (talk) 02:33, 20 February 2013 (UTC)