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The other sockfarms could probably be merged into Dr90s as they are the same.


{{confirmed}} as Dr90s:

*{{checkuser|Amanofan}}
*{{checkuser|Grassyboots}}

{{possible}} based on similar geolocation and editing patterns:
*{{checkuser|JFK01}}
*{{checkuser|Wiki wiki64}}

No comment with regard to the IP addresses. –[[User talk:MuZemike|MuZemike]] 04:32, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
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Dr90s

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For archived investigations, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dr90s/Archive.


– A checkuser has completed a check on relevant users in this case, and it is now awaiting administration and close.


19 October 2010
Suspected sockpuppets


Evidence submitted by Thibbs

I am requesting a merger for a number of SPIs that I believe are all related. The SPIs to be merged into this one are here (Puppetmaster:Majorphase) and here (Puppetmaster:Wikipedian05) and in addition I am bringing charges against User:Wikipedian06 (currently banned for vandalism). The similarities of the socks in these SPIs is so strong that while each individual may escape the taint of association with a much older puppetmaster, taken as a whole I believe they demonstrate (exceptionally clearly in some instances) that they are actually nothing more than yet further socks of the same pernicious former user.

All characters named in this report are currently blocked/banned and there is no immediacy to this request however for the sake of bookkeeping and in order to reduce confusion with similar claims, I believe these cases should all be merged. My specific discussion of the similarities between the puppetmasters follows:

Drakes Fortune & Ikemen
I had been watching these two characters off and due to earlier suspicions that they were sockpuppets of Dr90s. To begin with, User:Drakes Fortune had engaged in combative editing at the article on Famitsu (a video game magazine). As a brand new user, use of editing shorthands like "rv" for revert and his citations to Wikipolicy essays such as BRD demonstrated an unusual precocity. The unreasonableness of the reversions (reversions to sourced information added by an experienced editor - me) made me suspect that there may be a level of personal enmity involved in User:Drakes Fortune's edits. To the best of my knowledge the only person who might consider me an "enemy" at Wikipedia is Dr90s (due to my repeated SPI filings). In addition, his name is interesting inasmuch as it evokes the name of the video game, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, an article previously edited numerous times by Dr90s socks, Eisai Dekisugi (ex. 1) and Kukule (ex. 2). Anyway with only 3 edits to User:Drakes Fortune's name I didn't think I had enough to go on to file a report.

My suspicions regarding User:Ikemen were much stronger. His Dr90s-style is almost unmistakable. The account is a single-purpose account, having only edited the Ocarina of Time article (Dr90s' favorite subject) and mainly to reduce or diminish the importance of Shigeru Miyamoto within the article (Dr90s' favorite target). Edits like this, where Ikemen uses a misleading edit summary to rearrange the order of the directors placing Miyamoto's name last, are favorite edits by Dr90s. I believe his intention is to diminish Miyamoto's importance by positioning him last in the list. Further edits like this and this are classic Dr90s revert-war edits. User:Ikemen's contentious edits were brought up in talk here and he was accused of being a sockpuppet (presumably of Dr90s) here.

Now that I see the two editors Drakes Fortune and Ikemen identified as socks of the same person my fears have become concrete and this has prompted me to examine the record of their alleged puppet master, Wikipedian05.

Wikipedian05
User:Wikipedian05

  • Japanese - editing Japanese articles, has a Japanese account. This is actually a common trait of nearly every user in this report - with most socks having alternate Japanese accounts (usually auto-created under SUL).
  • Dr90s behavior:
    • Editing similar articles - Wikipedian05 has edited on video game topics such as Famitsu and most notably Resident Evil (an area Dr90s is known to be interested in - having edited these articles with as many as 8 socks in the past): Wikipedian05 edit
    • Interest in Rankings - While Dr90s' interest in rankings seems to be most centered on video game rankings and Wikipedian05's is on schools, I find controversial edits (that tend to dismiss and remove sources) like the following to look quite similar to Dr90s' style: example 1, 2, 3, etc.
    • Sock naming style - Dr90s often uses trailing digits in the names of his socks (e.g. Akane7000, Millionaire01, Progamer100, etc.) just as Wikipedian05 demonstrates with his own name and his socks, Specialcontact6 and Hot06. Dr90s also likes to use a binary naming scheme for his socks (e.g. Dailypilot, Loopgive, Meetsstood, etc.) just as Wikipedian05 demonstrates with his socks Civilsuit and Specialcontact6. I'm not sure how much weight to give this but Dr90s also seems to favor legalistic binary names (e.g. Lawsbeen, Legaldozen, Swungscale, The Justice1, etc.) just as Wikipedian05 demonstrates with his sock Civilsuit.

I am now convinced that Wikipedian05 and all of his socks are in fact socks of Dr90s and I think the SPIs should be merged.

Prior to filing this report I decided to make a further examination of editors with similar names due to much earlier suspicions I have kept to myself about a possible connection between Dr90s and User:Wikipedian06. Seeing that Wikipedian05 had been connected to Drakes Fortune and especially Ikemen immediately brought to mind Wikipedian06 for me and with this in mind I examined a number of WikipedianXX-style accounts. Not too surprisingly these searches were fruitful.

Wikipedian02
It turns out that User:Wikipedian02 has also previously been swept up in an SPI for a character named User:Majorphase. The binary-style of his name immediately reminds me of Dr90s. Examining his edits we find numerous game-ranking-related edits relating to an AfD for the article GameRatio (ex. 1). This is common behavior in Dr90s socks who have participated in at least 3 other AfDs in the past including game-ranking topics, TopTenReviews (ex. 2 and 3) and VG Chartz (ex. 4). Majorphase has also made numerous edits to Final Fantasy articles (a common Dr90s topic previously edited by Dr90s socks Kukule, Thisgift, and Truthconveyer).

Looking at Wikipedian02's edits we find numerous edits to the a Grand Theft Auto article (ex. 5) - one of Dr90s' favorite topics (ex. 6 and 7). Looking at User:Sesu Primer's edits we find edits to the AfD for GameRatio as well as Final Fantasy edits. The name of this user is peculiar as well in that it is strongly reminiscent of the (now-semi-retired) established WP:VG member, User:Sesu Prime. This is not the first time Dr90s has adopted this technique to masquerade as an established but retired/inactive member of WP:VG. The Dr90s sock, User:Haipa dragoon was created, I believe, with the intention of masquerading as (then-semi-inactive) User:Haipa Doragon. This again lends support to the likelihood that Majorphase/Wikipedian02/Sesu Primer are all identical to Dr90s.

Finally we turn to Wikipedian06.

Wikipedian06
I have long been suspicious of the possibility that Wikipedian06 was the same as Dr90s. The suspicions were mainly based on similarity of viewpoint and highly similar combative editing styles, however these suspicions are now backed up by the fact that the username "Wikipedian06" is so highly to that of Wikipedian05 and Wikipedian02. With this in mind I examined Wikipedian06's edits a long time ago but I was never able to find any definitive proof that there was an actual connection to Dr90s. Here are some suggestive evidences:

Diffs like this and this show that Wikipedian06 shares Dr90s' views regarding the diminishment of Shigeru Miyamoto from the article and that these views are rather emotionally held.

In this thread Wikipedian06 demonstrates his typical combative and uncivil discussion style while championing arguments that Dr90s is well-known for (e.g. Ocarina of Time is not generally considered the best game ever; Grand Theft Auto 4 and other titles are among the greatest games ever; etc.). This same thread shows that in the course of the discussions Wikipedian's views are endorsed by two Dr90s socks, Eisai Dekisugi and 43.244.132.168.

Wikipedian06's talkpage also demonstrates repeated 3RR warnings.

I admit that this connection is tenuous compared to the Dr90s-Wikipedian05-Majorphase connections discussed earlier. I am not convinced that this is in fact a sock. I thought it would be worth bringing it to the attention of the professionals at SPI though. I am interested in a second opinion on this matter. Thibbs (talk) 15:54, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The other sockfarms could probably be merged into Dr90s as they are the same.

 Confirmed as Dr90s:

 Possible based on similar geolocation and editing patterns:

No comment with regard to the IP addresses. –MuZemike 04:32, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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