Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Geekyhistorian

Geekyhistorian

Geekyhistorian (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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13 February 2018

– A user has requested CheckUser. An SPI clerk will shortly look at the case and endorse or decline the request.

Suspected sockpuppets

• MaryFrancesWoods (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Ninja 26 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• AKfreakin47 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Hamilton010604 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• EmyBondevik13 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Cyanide42 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• A.Burr (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• 45.17.24.38 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 96.27.220.198 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

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User:Geekyhistorian is a WP:SPA, used exclusively in Talk:John Laurens to WP:PUSH a theory that Laurens was Alexander Hamilton's gay lover. The suspected socks are also SPAs, each used WP:BRIEFLY, and created immediately before their first edit. The user is believed (per WP:BADSOCK) to be using the first 2 socks to create an illusion of support by contributing to the same talk page discussion with multiple accounts, and using each of the other socks to make an edit or two to the article John Laurens, consistent with the pushed position.

User:Geekyhistorian and seven of the suspected socks were all created within a recent 60-day period starting December 10, 2017:

• MaryFrancesWoods, active Jan. 25 only. Edit to Talk:John Laurens: diff, matches writing style of Geekyhistorian
• Ninja 26, active Feb. 12 only. Edit to Talk:John Laurens: diff, newly created account provides a reference for Geekyhistorian
• AKfreakin47, active Dec. 17–18 only. Edits to John Laurens: diff1, diff2
• Hamilton010604, active Dec. 16 only. Edit to John Laurens: diff
• EmyBondevik13, active Dec. 13 only. Edit to John Laurens: diff
• User:45.17.24.38, active Dec. 17 only. Edit to John Laurens: diff
• User:96.27.220.198, 1 unrelated edit before Dec. 17. Edit to John Laurens: diff

Two suspected socks were both active for a single day in December 2016, one year earlier:

• A.Burr, active 2016-12-10 only. Edits: diff1, diff2 to John Laurens, diff3 defending the edits after rv
• Cyanide42, active 2016-12-10 only. Edit to John Laurens: diff (a tweak to A.Burr's edit) Lwarrenwiki (talk) 06:48, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Comments by other users

Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

this is my only account, but good try i guess Geekyhistorian (talk) 23:19, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

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