Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/A Nobody

A Nobody

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Populated account categories: confirmed

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

06 May 2012

Suspected sockpuppets

• 24.112.202.78 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 63.3.19.130 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

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The 24 IP is from the same IP range as a previous A Nobody sock from May 2010. There are also very significant editing similarities to A Nobody, most prominently the extreme hatred of the notability guideline. Both the IP ([1]) and A Nobody ([2], [3], [4]) call it "elitist and subjective", terminology I have not seen from anyone else.

The 63 IP address appears to be from the same range as another, admittedly inconclusive, suspected A Nobody sock. This one has flooded a bunch of AFDs with copy and paste votes ([5], [6], etc.) less than a hour after the 24 IP flooded those same AFDs with copy and paste votes ([7], [8], etc.). There's about another half a dozen of these, but I can't be bothered listing them all; check the contribution histories. This IP also has editing similarities to A Nobody, most significantly the insistence that anyone of a different opinion is "dishonest". For example, this diff ("no fact based or honest reason") from the IP is too similar to these from A Nobody to be a coincidence. ([9], [10], [11], etc.)

In short, I feel that editing similarities confirm that the IPs are the same person and that they are both A Nobody. Reyk _YO! 21:27, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

• • Update: The 24 IP has now adopted the "You disagree with me therefore you're dishonest" routine ([12], [13]), further confirmation of the link between the IPs and to the suspected sockmaster. Reyk _YO! 01:50, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

Both IPs are now blocked, and the bulk of their edits reverted. The behavioural similarity of 24.112.202.78 was compelling, and I had no doubt. The recent edits of 63.3.19.130 were not as compelling, but, when I searched the history, I found http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_fictional_books_within_the_Discworld_series&diff=prev&oldid=437659412. Anyone familiar with A Nobody would recognize that edit. This means that we have had A Nobody editing through at least two IPs since July 2011. That's sufficient to run a sweep and block any other accounts that have been using these IP addresses.—Kww(talk) 02:36, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/63.3.19.129 has also been brought to my attention, especially the block by MuZeMike and the discussion at User_talk:MuZemike/Archive 10#63.3.19.129.—Kww(talk) 03:32, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

•  Clerk declined -  Stale. T. Canens (talk) 16:03, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

• Checking to see what accounts have been using these IPs and blocking them doesn't require fresh data, so "stale" can't apply. No one is requesting that a checkuser match the accounts to A Nobody ... the behaviour did that.—Kww(talk) 16:44, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

• Checkuser declined. Tim is right, we're not going to report anything here, as that would connect IP's and accounts without just cause. Courcelles 18:40, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

After further checking, 63.3.19.130 clearly belongs to another sockmaster, whom I will not mention for privacy reasons. Other than that, all IPs have been appropriately blocked, so there is nothing else to do here. --MuZemike 16:55, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

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