Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Josher8a

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

21 October 2019

– Clerk assistance is requested in the case below.

Suspected sockpuppets

• Tacomanao (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• STinders (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Legend-dary (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.

Possible case of sockpuppetry. To begin, the suspected sockmaster (User:MasterWikiEdit) joined the project editing a number of different topics, including J. B. Hunt, which they added a good deal of content too. When this content was scaled back by other editors (most notably User:DGG), several new editors joined the project and seem to be collaborating with MasterWikiEdit. User:STinders, for example, make a few major edits to the J. B. Hunt article ([1]), only to be revert and for MasterWikiEdit to re-implement a very similar yet suspiciously different version of these same edits ([2]). Another red flag is the propensity for new editors to find their way to the article and remove maintenance templates, as was done here by User:Tacomanao here [3] and User:Legend-dary here [4]. However, the behavior that most strongly indicates sockpuppetry can be seen at Draft:Lisette Cooper (created by MAsterWikiEdit), which remained in the draftspace until User:Tacomanao moved ([5]) it to the mainspace without any visible on-wiki coordination between the two; this is highly suspect given random drafts are not easily stumbled upon by new editors. Requesting checkuser to clear out any false positives. SamHolt6 (talk) 23:24, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

• The accounts are  Confirmed to Josher8a (talk · contribs · count).  Blocked and tagged.  Clerk assistance requested: Please move case to the correct master.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:46, 22 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]