Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Swagsevo

Swagsevo

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01 March 2021

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

Suspected sockpuppets

• Lilipo25 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Rad Fem Ish (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• MandyMB (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.

This investigation was intended to be filed at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lilipo25, which currently redirects to this page (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Swagsevo).

At Special:Diff/1009515492, Lilipo25 commented at User talk:The Queen of Cups V: "Hi, I hope you don't mind, but I formatted your vote on the Reliable Sources page (put an asterisk in front of it and bolded "reliable") to bring it in line with the rest of the votes and just wanted to let you know."

After Lilipo25 modified The Queen of Cups V's comment at Special:Diff/1009515098, Rad Fem Ish performed a similar violation of the talk page guidelines with another one of The Queen of Cups V's comments in the same discussion at Special:Diff/1009546173.

Rad Fem Ish is an account that has, so far (aside from creating a user page), exclusively edited on Talk:Equality Act (United States) and Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § Lesbian and Gay News to add comments echoing Lilipo25's positions in the discussions on these pages. — Newslinger talk 05:43, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Adding recently created account that fits a similar pattern:

• MandyMB (talk · contribs) – Created on 19 February 2021, 4 edits total, 2 edits on Talk:Equality Act (United States), 1 edit in Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § Lesbian and Gay News

— Newslinger talk 06:46, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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

Well, this seems extreme, but knock yourself out. If you'd like any extra permissions to check my IP addresses or anything else that aren't covered under the usual allowances, just ask and I will happily grant them. I've never had a sockpuppet account on Wikipedia and I don't now. Lilipo25 is the one and only account I have ever had here. This is actually my second time being accused by someone right after they disagreed with my opinions, but I assure you that there is nothing to find.

I saw that Rad Fem Ish hadn't formatted their reply correctly (didn't put the asterisk in front of it or bold the word "reliable") so I did it for them and notified them. Someone kindly did the same for me when I used the Reliable Sources board for the first time and I appreciated it; the formatting on Wikipedia can be complicated. It would never have occurred to me that an admin would take that to mean they were my sockpuppet. My sincere apologies to Rad Fem Ish for causing them this trouble with what was meant as a helpful gesture. Lilipo25 (talk) 06:13, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Now that Newslinger has added Mandy, I apologise to them, too. I would guess that accusing anyone who disagrees with the opinion that Gay and Lesbian News is a hate site of being my sockpuppet will discourage some people from voicing that view on the Reliable Sources board. All I can do is apologize to those who do, and reiterate that I will happily grant this investigation any power it is in my authority to grant that might help them check out this claim, or any other that Newslinger adds. (I don't suppose I'll be getting an apology when all of this turns out to be false?). Lilipo25 (talk) 06:53, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

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