Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Thenightchicagodied/Archive
Thenightchicagodied
Thenightchicagodied (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
14 May 2013
- Suspected sockpuppets
- Eyeteststar (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Joshuabcohen (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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The article has seen a series of edit reverts from the sock-master account. This have been almost always followed by random Copyedit by unrelated IPs in the next couple minutes which masks the original revert. The copyedits have also been very similar - All have been line breaks and subsequent reformatting. 1, 1a and 1b; 2, 2a and 2b; 3, 3a and 3b.
The most clear cut evidence of Sockpuppetry can be seen in the following talk page edits - a, b and c. The last word of Eyeteststar in the comment, and its subsequent editing by Thenightchicagodied is enough to raise eyebrows. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 06:04, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- Comment The account Joshuabcohen (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) also seems to be a sock of the same person. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 06:12, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- 4 4a; 5, 5a, 5b; 6, 6a and 6b give further evidence of the same behaviour. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 06:44, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- Also, seems to be also related. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 06:44, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- Yet another likely sock found. DarkAsSin (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) came back to editing after 4 years only to edit this article. While their actions are not exactly the same as the current one, d and e seem a clear indication of the same. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 07:05, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- I don't think DarkAsSin is a sockpuppet. She has the same username on Reddit and is not a Suburban Express sockpuppet. 2602:306:c4ad:4709:21f:5bff:febf:e186[1] vandalized my user page and is likely a Suburban Express sockpuppet too. What are these long anonymous IPs(?)/editors? AlmostGrad (talk) 07:14, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- My internet presence can be verified by searching my username; and as AlmostGrad said, I am the same person as darkassin on Reddit. I'm just rather conservative when it comes to Wikipedia edits and will generally only make minor language corrections. The original copy that I changed seemed more like an advertisement, and I signed in specifically so the edit could be attributed to me. Normally, I don't bother. DarkAsSin (talk) 12:59, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
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- Take a look at User:Joshuabcohen too. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 06:14, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- And User:Hammondsorgan. Clear evidence of mass single-purpose account sockpuppetry going on here. I've requested semi-protection. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 06:19, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- This archived recent sockpuppet investigation page[2] is also relevant. Additional suspected sockpuppets from there:
- I don't know if external evidence (evidence external to Wikipedia edits/behavior) is admissible here, but I know the Suburban Express guy from the UIUC subreddit (from where all the reddit/lawsuits controversy originated, information about which he is continually deleting from Suburban Express' Wikipedia page), and the behavior of these suspected sockpuppet accounts here exactly mirrors his behavior there - tens of new sockpuppet accounts pretending to be different people and posting only about Suburban Express. (I have an admitted COI with Suburban Express from the UIUC subreddit.) AlmostGrad (talk) 06:42, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Administrator note I've blocked the sock account indef, master 1 week, letting someone else decide about the IPs. Rschen7754 06:08, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
CheckUser requested - 
Self-endorsed by clerk for checkuser attention - to find sleepers - note similar signature patterns on the newest account. Rschen7754 06:14, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
Confirmed: Thenightchicagodied, Eyeteststar and Joshuabcohen are either the same person, or at least they know one another. Hammondsorgan is 
Likely related as well. 
No comment with respect to IP address(es) and I didn't see any sleepers. —DoRD (talk) 12:28, 14 May 2013 (UTC)- Got the two accounts, will let someone make a decision on the IPs. Rschen7754 12:30, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- CU didn't pick up DarkAsSin, so will consider that unrelated for now. Leaving the IPs be for now as the article is semiprotected, and they're likely dynamic. Closing. Rschen7754 08:21, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
