Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/David Beals/Archive

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


David Beals

David Beals (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
13 May 2011
Suspected sockpuppets

Please list evidence below this line. Remember to sign at the end of your section with 4 tilde characters "~~~~"

Creating exactly the same disruptive Template:Fire, including it in the same article, Ceiling fan, and similarly faking other people's signatures in abusive unblock requests, [1] (I blocked BLOCK XCTOME ON YOUTUBE, and Vintageceilingfans attacked me with a fake unblock signature) -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 20:10, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Both are blocked, but Vintageceilingfans has made one appeal, so I think some sock confirmation would be useful to head off any future requests. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 20:11, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And Vintageceilingfans has made another unblock appeal -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 20:20, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'm interested in possible involvement with User:Willde1 (computer used recently by User:MEEtytyty) and User:Malcolm Townsel (a case of little sister) - both currently blocked. Both their talk pages were edited by BLOCK XCTOME ON YOUTUBE. Vintageceilingfans has edited a blocked user's talk page - at User talk:Thigle. Apart from the Fire template business, these are their only edits. Peridon (talk) 20:54, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Aha, so it was the "You have been blocked by the owner of this video" vandal! -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 23:56, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • The usual sweep + rangeblock (if possible) please. T. Canens (talk) 20:55, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

 Confirmed:

 IP blocked –MuZemike 23:38, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

02 September 2011
Suspected sockpuppets


Blocked ducks. Requesting sleeper check and block of underlying IP. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 00:27, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Interesting that Findfilneilncdehioudv appears unlikely. Behaviorally, he is an exact match: mass copies of YouTube links to an article called Hunter Mariner. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 18:02, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
What about User:Fiewmiikeimrw and User:Ejkerk dfsjk? Do you have those listed already? Drmies (talk) 02:12, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
26 August 2013
Suspected sockpuppets


See m:Vandalism reports/Archive 5#Hunter_Mariner crosswiki vandal, needs sleeper check and possibly IP info for global blocks forwarded to appropriate places. Rschen7754 22:34, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • Self-endorsed by clerk for checkuser attention Rschen7754 22:34, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've been told that this has been handled now, and there are several backlogged cases. Rschen7754 00:47, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
2 September 2013
Suspected sockpuppets

Adding same lame youtube video of ceiling fans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbNDjObYUmg EricSerge (talk) 19:30, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Also blocked. Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 19:50, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
06 September 2013
Suspected sockpuppets

Ceiling fan youtube videos added. Racial slurs used in edit reasons. Fits pattern EvergreenFir (talk) 22:46, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments


06 September 2013
Suspected sockpuppets

More ceiling fan stuff EvergreenFir (talk) 22:53, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments


06 September 2013
Suspected sockpuppets

ceiling fans EvergreenFir (talk) 23:01, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments


06 September 2013
Suspected sockpuppets

Ceiling fan stuff EvergreenFir (talk) 23:09, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
07 September 2013
Suspected sockpuppets

User adds Youtube videos of ceiling fans to articles and aggressively undoes reverts. User also uses racial slurs and blames bots and/or calls reverts "vandalism" in edit explanations.
Edits as evidence:

  1. ceiling fan, offensive user name.
  2. racial slur in edit reason

This behavior is seen with confirmed puppets of User:David Beals.

  • Edits of confirmed socks adding ceiling fan videos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
  • Edits of confirmed socks using racial slurs in edit explanations (most were removed but I found a few): 1, 2, and 3.
  • Edits of confirmed socks blaming bots or calling reverts vandalism: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
08 September 2013
Suspected sockpuppets

Both linkspam to very similar videos about ceiling fans (which originate from the same author) in totally unrelated articles, and both create new articles for teh same purpose. Both are blocked; asking for a sleeper check. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 15:48, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
08 July 2014
Suspected sockpuppets


Daveandbuster1345 would add links to videos of ceiling fans as if they were relevant. DABustersBar adds pictures of a ceiling fan, as if it was relevant. Both user names pretend to have some sort of affiliation with the bar (that alone being problematic behavior whether or not we assume good faith), despite an unhealthy obsession with ceiling fans rather than the actual restaurant. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:27, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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

  • Reviewed previous account and this one thanks to Ian's links ...
    the quacking is strong with this one. --McDoobAU93 14:36, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply
    ]
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
13 July 2014
Suspected sockpuppets


Adding a link to a Dave and Buster's Wikia that consists of nothing but links to the youtube videos of the damn ceiling fans. Someone needs to get a girlfriend, says the unemployed editor who hasn't been on a date in about three years. Ian.thomson (talk) 00:20, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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

Admits that they are a previously blocked editor, [2]. GB fan 01:35, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 Clerk note: Already blocked and confirmed. This should really be in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/David Beals. There are not two masters. Daveandbusters1345 is a puppet of Beals. Closing (not sure if I'm going to merge the two SPIs under Beals).--Bbb23 (talk) 14:47, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

18 July 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

Repeating arguments made by previous socks, trying to defend linking to a wikia that's nothing but links to ceiling fan videos. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:45, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Has been doing nothing but linking to ceiling fan videos, in line with what David Beals is apparently known for doing.

talk to me 23:26, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply
]

Note Merged this from Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Fan_GB. David Beals seems to be the oldest account involved here. ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 02:26, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Further merged the two cases here. ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 02:29, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
21 July 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

Ceiling fan videos. Need I say more, anyways requesting CU to look for more sleepers. ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 23:33, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • Sleepers already blocked. --
    (ʞlɐʇ) 23:36, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply
    ]
22 July 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

The last part of the username, when typed in to the address bar after the string "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=", leads to a video about a Hunter Mariner ceiling fan. Passengerpigeon (talk) 03:09, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Never mind, already blocked indef by Bongwarrior. Passengerpigeon (talk) 03:10, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
22 July 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

The first account is adding links to ceiling fan videos, the second has no contribs but is a probable sleeper based on the username. Requesting Checkuser to dig up sleepers (and to find out if that second account is related). Passengerpigeon (talk) 03:16, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
@DeltaQuad: Sorry. I thought I could close cases where the socks were blocked before the report was seen by an admin, similar to non-admin closures at VfD. Passengerpigeon (talk) 04:13, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
25 July 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

Spamming more links to youtube videos about ceiling fans, and generally trollish behavior. Already blocked, so mostly just documenting, though he has made an unblock request. Monty845 01:15, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • Boat of sleepers blocked. --
    (ʞlɐʇ) 02:10, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply
    ]


25 July 2014
Suspected sockpuppets


Fans, again. CU for sleepers, maybe?. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:31, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • Others already blocked. Good job to the admins keeping up with him. --
    (ʞlɐʇ) 03:47, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply
    ]
Closing this batch; ready for the next one. Favonian (talk) 11:43, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
30 July 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

Sockpuppeteer has moved on to adding pictures of ceiling fans. Definitely a

WP:DUCK. Requesting Checkuser to look for sleepers. ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ Talk ♪ ߷ ♀ Contribs ♀ 01:08, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply
]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • It's just one on the end. --
    (ʞlɐʇ) 01:13, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply
    ]
17 August 2014
Suspected sockpuppets


Several of these accounts over the past day or so, now spamming with QR codes uploaded to Commons. The four accounts listed above are all blocked, but it's probably a good idea to check for sleepers. --Bongwarrior (talk) 04:48, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
18 August 2014
Suspected sockpuppets


Obvious sock is obvious; I've already blocked, so this is just a pro forma report/sleeper check. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 16:24, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  •  Confirmed and  No sleepers
    immediately visible. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:29, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply
    ]
20 August 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

Quack, CU for sleepers. Ian.thomson (talk) 13:46, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Quack for Levy. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:05, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  •  Completed - range blocked and locks requested. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 14:22, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
25 August 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

Repeated addition of the same old ceiling fan links to my and others' talk pages.

talk to me 00:01, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply
]

Comments by other users

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

I usually don't participate in this stuff as I primarily focus on articles and new page patrolling and I don't like ratting out users. I only came here because I got a link to a

Youtube video the account mentioned above posted. If this is David, then please quit the ceiling fan video stuff. It's not the way to attempt a return and will get you blocked again. RWCasinoKid (talk) 00:33, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply
]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
12 September 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

New editor coming to Dave & Buster's. Created account just after last account was blocked, Crosby Johnson, waits a few days, makes 10 edits to their userspace to become autoconfirmed. This is the same pattern used by Crosby Johnson to edit Dave & Buster's. Both immediately readd the image of ceiling fan. Since this was created and waited time to become autoconfirmed asking for checkuser to look for other sleeper accounts. GB fan 01:46, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  •  Confirmed, blocked, all done here. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 03:25, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Closing. Mike V • Talk 03:27, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
01 October 2014
Suspected sockpuppets


Our

Quack, quack. McDoobAU93 21:22, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply
]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • Blocked and tagged. GB fan 21:39, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]


02 October 2014
Suspected sockpuppets


Quack. Ian.thomson (talk) 19:05, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • Blocked and tagged. A checkuser would be good to look for more sleepers. GB fan 19:11, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Closing.
     — Berean Hunter (talk) 13:15, 4 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
09 October 2014
Suspected sockpuppets


I've blocked the account already per the usual MO. I'm requesting a check for additional accounts. Mike V • Talk 03:34, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
21 October 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

Same old addition of links to the same old ceiling fan videos.

talk to me 21:41, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply
]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
28 October 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

See edits, this is a case of

talk to me 19:32, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply
]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 Clerk endorsed for sleeper check. Mike V • Talk 19:35, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

01 November 2014
Suspected sockpuppets


Spamming video of fans. Ian.thomson (talk) 02:48, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Quack. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:01, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • It's a mobile range too wide to block. For now, the IPs have been temporarily blocked. Mike V • Talk 05:13, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]


03 November 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

Usual pictures NeilN talk to me 01:46, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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

Checkuser for sleepers? Ian.thomson (talk) 01:50, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Added 166.170.34.151, since he's making the same edits after Cheeburger Cheeburger's block. Ian.thomson (talk) 02:00, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 Clerk endorsed Mike V • Talk 02:00, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

All blocked and tagged. However, I didn't find any sleeper accounts. PhilKnight (talk) 11:56, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]


03 November 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

Name is a link to a youtube video of ceiling fans. CU for sleepers as usual. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:47, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Added Reding tremk per usual. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:45, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Added 166.170.34.226 due to same 166.* address as others and patently asinine accusations that McDoob is Beals and same obsession with fans as usual. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:54, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Added 166.171.57.248 since he indicated that he was Beals at ANI. Ian.thomson (talk) 04:30, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by other users

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

Is there a way the Checkusers can identify IP addresses this character is using and report them to their ISP for Terms of Use violations? This nonsense needs to end. We can keep knocking 'em out, but I'm sure everyone has better things to do than revert/block/tag this idiot. --McDoobAU93 15:12, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We've got a number of IPs from Philadelphia. I gather Checkuser works off of revealing which IP addresses an account has logged into, and we have contacted ISPs in the past. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:45, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, large ISPs like AT&T don't really care. I mean someone can try, but still. --Rschen7754 04:02, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  •  No sleepers
    (ʞlɐʇ) 18:03, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply
    ]
23 November 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

Account: Usual MO, already blocked from ANI. IP: admitted to it in discussion on ANI. Filing for record keeping, and CU for sleepers as usual. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:50, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Second IP just posted on Bussfiu's talk page as Beals. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:56, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by other users

Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. I know it's against policy, but I'm writing the damn email to his ISP myself, and need his latest IP address as well. He was not only community banned, but it was agreed that his ISP be contacted, and either that has not happened or we need to contact AT&T again (and again and again until they block him).

WP:IAR, will the admin please also list any IPs used by Bussfiu as well. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:55, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply
]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 Clerk endorsed Mike V • Talk 17:53, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify, for the time being I'm endorsing a check of the account for additional socks. @Ian.thomson: If you want a checkuser to release the IP address, you'd have to make the case as to how your request meets the checkuser policy for releasing sensitive data. However, that might not even be necessary. Here's an edit that confirms the IP is Bussfiu. Here's the WHOIS data for the IP address with the email address to contact for abuse. Any individual can make an abuse report to the ISP and there isn't any Wikipedia policy that prevents or discourages one from doing so. Mike V • Talk 22:55, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 No sleepers
immediately visible. I'm afraid I can't give out the IP data - certainly not publicly - but I think you have all the information you need to make an abuse report anyway! Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (Message me) 00:13, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply
]
08 January 2015
Suspected sockpuppets


The "ceiling fan vandal" has been active recently; confirmed accounts include The N gamer (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), Dbgameface hasting on instagram (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), Ffjnfnfnf (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (see also the user's contributions on Commons). The above user has not vandalized or uploaded anything so far, but from what I have gathered, he likes to bring attention to his vandalism, so could somebody check if it's the same user (and block the underlying IP address if possible). - Mike Rosoft (talk) 06:55, 8 January 2015 (UTC) Mike Rosoft (talk) 06:55, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • blocked and tagged. -- GB fan 11:08, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
18 January 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

Thanked me for my latest talk page edit (something Beals does to say hello), first edit is a photo of a schoolbus with a youtube link on it. Anyone wanna bet money it's a ceiling fan? SPI for sleepers, as usual. Ian.thomson (talk) 02:20, 18 January 2015 (UTC) Ian.thomson (talk) 02:20, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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

Added a few more (A, B, and C) Apparition11 Complaints/Mistakes 06:10, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Added D and E and F for the record.

re}} 06:15, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply
]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
User blocked, the video is a ceiling fan. -- GB fan 02:28, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: All counts have been globally locked and tagged accordingly. Another admin has semi-protected the article. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 06:33, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]


18 January 2015
Suspected sockpuppets


Using QR codes to link to ceiling fans, contacting me for no reason. CU for sleepers. Ian.thomson (talk) 16:19, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Added Paul_Infiniti because he thanked me for the past 11 edits to my user page, and then added a QR code to this article. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:11, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

Blocked. I'm not sure tagging has much value in a case like this, but I don't object to anyone else doing it. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:36, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Clerk endorsed I think a sleeper check of this account and those above may be fruitful. Mike V • Talk 16:39, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I disagree. This latest account was created after the closure of the last case. A CU, of course, is welcome to run a check, and they may indeed find a newer account, but, if carried to its logical extreme, we might as well run scheduled daily sleeper checks. Anyway, carry on.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:41, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
25 January 2015
Suspected sockpuppets


Changed photo to ceiling fan. Why don't images have a simple "undo" button, btw? Ian.thomson (talk) 04:30, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 Clerk note: Already dealt with; nothing to do here. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:23, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

25 January 2015
Suspected sockpuppets


Spamming custom level that's a QR code, undoubtedly for a ceiling fan. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:46, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • I've blocked the account. The link does leads to a website with a QR code that sends you to a ceiling fan video. Mike V • Talk 22:54, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
26 January 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

obvious sock of Gamertheplayer, a previous sock. Haven't done a CU for sleepers in a bit. Ian.thomson (talk) 19:20, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    • I added two more I recently blocked at Commons, obvious socks uploading the ventilator image used by previous socks over File:Chocolate.jpg. --Denniss (talk) 21:09, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • Tagged where appropriate - some of his accounts are only registered on Commons, not on en.wiki. Materialscientist (talk) 21:17, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks, Apparition11. It looks like the account has been locked globally. Mike V • Talk 03:46, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • If clerks (preferably CUs, but they sometimes forget) could go to m:SRG and make sure these accounts get globally locked, that would be great... I have been locking them lately, but it's usually several hours after the fact. --Rschen7754 03:48, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]


27 January 2015
Suspected sockpuppets


Same old stupidity. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:13, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • User blocked. -- GB fan 17:19, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Account locked as well. Mike V • Talk 18:57, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
28 January 2015
Suspected sockpuppets


Usual stupidity, down to user name. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:56, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • Accounts blocked and global lock requested. Mike V • Talk 01:05, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
30 January 2015
Suspected sockpuppets



A$AP Yams
.

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • CU-wise, Soxxfan320 is  Likely David Beals. Don't know if this is likely behaviorally. Materialscientist (talk) 11:01, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Per the behaviour + CU-likely, I've  Blocked and tagged the sock as confirmed. IPs already blocked. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 14:47, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
31 January 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

Confirmed at Commons. Lock should be requested. Denniss (talk) 17:03, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • I've blocked the account and made a request on meta to lock the accounts, as none of those were locked. Next time around, you're welcome to post the request on meta. All you have to do is link the CU results. Mike V • Talk 17:19, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
17 February 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

WP:DUCK NeilN talk to me 17:45, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply
]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
05 March 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

WP:DUCK NeilN talk to me 14:09, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply
]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 Clerk note: Indeffed, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:43, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Confirmed, for what it's worth. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 14:57, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Clerk note: Tag updated to confirmed. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 15:26, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
08 March 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

Kind of got a twitch when seeing the image file on Kick space. ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 12:59, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It is hard to get diffs of deleted images. Just recalling past images (ceiling fans, tiles, etc), this self-made image of a wig on a floor just seemed very similar or
WP:DUCKy in context to his others. There is no meaningful rationalization to have that wig to describe a kick space.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 14:19, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply
]
Comments by other users

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

  • This certainly has the hallmarks of DB - the image composition is deliberately dishonest which is little different from the dishonest labeling of places with images of their ceiling fans. There is absolutely no logical reason to include a wig in the composition and it would not be an incidental object in such a photograph. This was a deliberate and intentional addition that is the focus of the photo and makes such a statement that is indicative of Beals. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 15:46, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Added Hunter_Infinifi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Naming scheme matches some of Beals's other socks, and did his usual stupid antic of thanking me for an old edit to my user page. Ian.thomson (talk) 19:41, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@HJ Mitchell: if Sappity Tappity is not him, it's a copycat that we should treat accordingly. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:08, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • Tagged Hunter, no action against Sappity, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:43, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
09 March 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

Usual thanking MO, name is a youtube code. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:50, 9 March 2015 (UTC) Ian.thomson (talk) 21:50, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 Blocked and tagged. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:59, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

10 March 2015
Suspected sockpuppets


Hsbdfnrndnd added for record keeping purposes. Both accounts are making and self-reverting pointless edits to refresh the cache in an article with Beals's usual stupidity. Would not mind a CU for sleepers if anyone thinks that's applicable. Ian.thomson (talk) 02:44, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
25 March 2015
Suspected sockpuppets


Usual thanking MO, name is a ceiling fan model that he's spammed before. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:10, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Found another, same as above. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:19, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by other users

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

I only made one edit and it's on my user page.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Hampton_Bay_Alchemy (talk • contribs)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • Adjusted tags, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 04:29, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]


25 March 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

Usual naming and thanking MO. Ian.thomson (talk) 23:08, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Added Some_people_were_talking_so_this_video_has_no_audio. Usual thanking MO, name sounds like a reference to the youtube vids Beals used to link, otherwise, I don't see this sort of behavior as worth allowing. Ian.thomson (talk) 23:33, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • Adjusted tags again, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:42, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
07 April 2015
Suspected sockpuppets


Usual thanking MO. CU for sleepers. Username is combines original name (David = Dave) with another ceiling fan. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:57, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  •  Confirmed, blocked, tagged, checked; he hops as usual, thus may reappear. Materialscientist (talk) 02:12, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
19 April 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

[3] - See link NeilN talk to me 04:40, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(Look at the file history) --NeilN talk to me 14:22, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
17 April 2015
Suspected sockpuppets


User page said: "All Rights Reserved, this account is owned by David Beals." Short, sharp career of trolling, including deceptive edit summaries and an ANI report against an editor who reverted him. JohnCD (talk) 20:18, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

Indeffed as a troll before I read the userpage and learned about this case. May be worth a CU for sleepers and to see whether an IP can be blocked. JohnCD (talk) 20:19, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@DoRD: Sent you an email. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:53, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Closing with no further action - this isn't Beals, and there's
no point in opening a case elsewhere, I think. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:46, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply
]
13 May 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

Googling for term used here NeilN talk to me 22:42, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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

Recognized without Googling, though was as much from knowing that that's not a historical tradition as anything else. Also, right IP range (166.137.24*.*, as evidenced by Special:Contributions/166.137.240.128 and Special:Contributions/166.137.240.21). Ian.thomson (talk) 22:47, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
20 May 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

Not a ton to go on, but a large picture of a ceiling fan on the user's page makes me hear quacking in the distance. User is known for having sleepers so asking for CU, but I know this evidence is weak so I'll leave it up to y'all to decide how to proceed.

re}} 03:25, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply
]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • I'm checking based on the fact that their first edit to userpage and the first few edits to articles definitely don't looks like they're from a new account (which is supported by the first few edits on Commons) plus the ceiling fan on the userpage. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:58, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • It's Red X Unrelated to Beals and I can't see it being related to anyone else per CU. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:09, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Behaviorally I see nothing in common between Nick and Beals except a picture of a ceiling fan. From previously used IPs, Beals is probably in the eastern United States and based on editing, Nick is probably in Wales. -- GB fan 12:19, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I agree it's not Beals based on behaviour but the knowledge of wiki-syntax is a little suspicious. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:07, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
23 May 2015
Suspected sockpuppets


Imitation, randomly thanking me. Willing to bet the links in his edit summary are his usual stupidity. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:11, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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

Username imitation is an Evlekis hallmark. bobrayner (talk) 18:46, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Does he imitate just anyone, or individuals he's ticked at? I haven't had any brushes with Evlekis before to my knowledge.
It may be worthwhile to do CUs on: Gogo_Dodo_drives_Infiniti_c-r72Nr8A44 , Seth_Cooper_from_Wikia , Michael_Rosoft's_car_is_Infiniti_c-r72Nr8A44 , Smaljim_drives_Infiniti_c-r72Nr8A44 , Smaljim_got_killed_by_Michael_Rosoft_with_Infiniti_c-r72Nr8A44 , Michael_P._Rosoft , Michael_R._Rosoft , Michael_V._Rosoft , Michael_W._Rosoft , Michael_X._Rosoft , Michael_Y._Rosoft , and Michael_Z._Rosoft . Those are some of the accounts that spammed on my talk page recently.
Ian.thomson (talk) 19:04, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Some of those accounts don't look very Evlekis-like, but who can predict folly?
The impersonation is usually for people who revert or block Evlekis socks. Which means most people. bobrayner (talk) 19:47, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • information Administrator note Blocked, whoever the master may be. Favonian (talk) 17:14, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Checked, and I don't know who it is, nor do I really care.  Confirmed is Scissor lift (talk · contribs), who I've also blocked. (Note how he added the image of the ceiling fan.) Closed. Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:18, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yep, these two are definitely Beals. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:04, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]


26 May 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

WP:DUCK - check edit summary NeilN talk to me 16:03, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply
]

I've added Lead_Gray because of the thanking MO (thanking me for reverting Beals edits on Mike Rosoft's page). His only edit (so far) was to ask the last admin to block him how memorial day was. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:05, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The user also thanked me for a random edit to my own talk page. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 17:43, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
28 May 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

WP:DUCK NeilN talk to me 13:13, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply
]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
29 May 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

WP:DUCK NeilN talk to me 00:07, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply
]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • @NeilN: Not all of us keep up with every device Beals uses to get his fan in, so please don't just say "duck" without an explanation. I figured it out, but it would have been a lot easier had you explained. I had already indeffed the account without knowing it was Beals, so I've just tagged it. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:47, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
02 June 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

The link on the user's page goes to a wikia link with a picture of a ceiling fan. Also got nonsensical thanks from user. NeilN talk to me 15:20, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • Yep,
    that's him. Thanks ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:31, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply
    ]
06 June 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

WP:DUCK URL in edit summary goes to page with ceiling fan image. NeilN talk to me 17:14, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply
]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  •  Completed That's him alright. All accounts that I can find have been blocked. Mike V • Talk 18:06, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
10 June 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

Pretty sure this is Beals. The account thanked me for a completely unrelated edit and there's probably a celing fan somewhere on the linked page. NeilN talk to me 21:27, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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

Well, that does it! I'll block, tag and close. Favonian (talk) 22:23, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Except Materialscientist beat me to it. Favonian (talk) 22:24, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

16 July 2015

Suspected sockpuppets


Spamming Wikipedia with a link to an article at Harry Potter wiki he had vandalized. (Creates or activates a new account every couple of hours.) - Mike Rosoft (talk) 19:43, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

  • Already blocked, tagged as suspects. Closing. Vanjagenije (talk) 20:18, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • Are there any sleeper accounts, or is the block of the underlying IP address possible? - Mike Rosoft (talk) 20:26, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

21 August 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

Both have disruptive editing on User talk:Cassianto; similar usernames. Pokechu22 (talk) 23:52, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

  •  No sleepers
    immediately visible Mike V • Talk 00:12, 22 August 2015 (UTC)[reply
    ]


22 August 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

Similar username, similar vandalism on

Null edit there. Pokechu22 (talk) 03:07, 22 August 2015 (UTC)[reply
]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

Addendum: Personally, I'm fine with just closing this case and not tagging the accounts. I think this is a case where it's best to deny him any recognition for such hateful actions. Mike V • Talk 23:27, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. Archiving as is. Courcelles (talk) 04:04, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

25 August 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

See: [4]. Vanjagenije (talk) 14:42, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

27 August 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

Setting this up for sorting purposes. No checkuser required,

WP:DUCK, but may be required in future if this gets more serious (for sake of rangeblock). My name isnotdave (talk/contribs) 20:53, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply
]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

15 September 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

See their only edit.

(talk) 01:22, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply
]

Added Peabody for same reason. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:27, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

  •  Blocked and tagged -- GB fan 01:34, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

16 September 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

See only edit, usual behavior. Ian.thomson (talk) 04:55, 16 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

15 November 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

See here, here, and here. Obvious username trolling. Requesting CU for possible sleepers. @Mike Rosoft: -- do you know if this is related to some other blocked vandal? GABHello! 17:46, 15 November 2015 (UTC) GABHello! 17:46, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And... they're blocked. Easy come, easy go. GABHello! 17:47, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

  • No need for CU since they are specifically targeting one page. They are all blocked, so I'm closing this. Vanjagenije (talk) 18:01, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

18 March 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

This user is sticking to the same topics as the banned IP, and is reverting all the edits made by the banned IP. TJH2018 talk 02:18, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

  • I've blocked the IP for 3 days for vandalism. Mike V • Talk 02:24, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]


18 March 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

More spam. Name says it all. Went after my page after I reverted edits made on another IP. TJH2018 talk 02:24, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

Behaviorally, I think you might be right about Link Smurf. (Though personally, these accounts usually just need to be RBI'ed.) I got in touch with Ajraddatz via IRC to lock the accounts. Mike V • Talk 03:02, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

18 March 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

More... TJH2018 talk 02:40, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

  • All the accounts have been globally locked. Could a clerk help by moving these cases to the Link Smurf case? Mike V • Talk 03:05, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

30 August 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

WP:DUCK, pictures of ceiling fans. KATMAKROFAN (talk) 16:22, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

25 January 2017

Suspected sockpuppets

Note the former sockpuppet User:NeilN should be NailN 

Alexlatham96 (talk) 03:58, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

  • Blocked, closing. GABgab 04:01, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

09 February 2017

Suspected sockpuppets


There is a high likelihood that this user is unrelated, but after a very long history of semi-protection on Talk:Dave & Buster's, this new user makes an edit request here... May possibly be unrelated, since there has been a significant gap in time between their socks... 172.58.40.66 (talk) 23:20, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

  • information Administrator note, there is not enough here to evaluate. The one edit does not look like the kind of edits made by David Beals. - GB fan 23:40, 9 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

08 October 2017

Suspected sockpuppets


Quack. name, created Wikipedia talk:Sockpuppet investigations/David Beals which is a vandalism attack on User:Acroterion, claiming that Acroterian is a Beals sock and asking that the report be moved onto the protected main page. Meters (talk) 22:25, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind. Blocked while I was adding this. Meters (talk) 22:26, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

08 October 2017

Suspected sockpuppets

Obvious sockpuppetry. Maybe time for a rangeblock. Timothy IX (talk) 23:45, 8 October 2017 (UTC) Requesting check for sleepers. Timothy IX (talk) 23:47, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

  •  In progress - ~ Rob13Talk 15:33, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • A range block isn't going to help here, unfortunately. Closing. ~ Rob13Talk 15:38, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

04 November 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Similar edit pattern and vandalism on David Beal's TP. Lard Almighty (talk) 14:00, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

  • CU doesn't help much - the socks are all pretty old. I don't see any other accounts. Blocking as suspected, along with Lucicol is cool, who has done a lot of similar messing around, including putting a video of a ceiling fan on David Beal's talk page. Girth Summit (blether) 14:28, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

11 April 2024

Suspected sockpuppets

Proforma report. Noticed Notagain1292 messing around on David Beals' talk page, and on one of his previous socks, similar behaviour to previous socks. CU revealed ComeOn267, data is consistent with logs for the socks. Blocking and requesting lock on both. Girth Summit (blether) 16:25, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/David_Beals/Archive&oldid=1218820953"