Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mmoates
Mmoates
Mmoates (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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23 February 2020
– This SPI case is open.
Suspected sockpuppets
- Datamaster1 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
Evidence:
- Shared obsession with Michael Moates. See wikidata:Special:Contributions/datamaster1.
- Arbcom cases filed with few edits. See [1] and [2]
- Interaction with previous sock account at commons:Deletion_requests/File:Michael_Moates_SOC_Papers.png
- Signature ends with PHD, like Jamesharrison2014 (talk · contribs)
- There is significant additional evidence, but I'm not posting to avoid an outing.
— BillHPike (talk, contribs) 17:55, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
Comments by other users
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Comment by Datamaster1 I have nothing to hide and I wish that you would perform an IP check or whatever necessary steps you need to do in order to prove that I am not linked to this so-called account. I have nothing to hide in simply stated just because someone makes edits on Wikidata does not make them a sock. I have edited numerous pages on Wikidata including the president, members of the first family, Fox News anchors, and others. Again, filing an Arbcom case is something that can be done by a new user such as myself who has again been reading the polices weeks before beginning to exit on wikipedia. As for his 3rd point, really the PhD comment? There are literally thousands of people in the United States and across the world working to get their PhD. I am trying to assume good faith from Mr. Pike but this reeks of desperation due to the fact that there are a few editors who disagree with some of my last edits. Mr. Awesome, PhD (talk) 18:08, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
- I would invite editors to compare the above comment with Special:diff/816467622. When accused of misconduct, both editors defend themselves by pointing out they gave edited similar classes of articles. — BillHPike (talk, contribs) 18:12, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
- So you're argument which is not based on evidence or fact... is based on the way a user talks? So if I start saying My fellow Americans are you going to accuse me of being Barack Obama? Mr. Awesome, PhD (talk) 18:14, 23 February 2020 (UTC)