Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/John Rayn/Archive
John Rayn
- John Rayn (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
07 May 2022
Suspected sockpuppets
- Master Raju (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- John Outs (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Oak Life (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 • SPI Tools
Found these spammers in the patrol logs of blocked sockpuppet DMySon. All of them are the same. The headline account is stale but the three others are recent - which means they've been at this for quite a while and there are likely more. MER-C 18:25, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
Comments by other users
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- @Oshwah, I think something went awry with the tagging—did you mean to replace DMySon's tag from the GermanKity case? Apologies if I've misunderstood something. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 03:29, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
- Extraordinary Writ - Uhh nope... That's weird. I wonder if this might be a bug with the SPI tool.
Fixed - Thanks for letting me know. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:32, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
- Extraordinary Writ - Uhh nope... That's weird. I wonder if this might be a bug with the SPI tool.
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Clerk endorsed - obvious behavioural similarities between these accounts - please check for others. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:45, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
In progress... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:00, 8 May 2022 (UTC)- They geolocate to the same country and area, but are all using different (extremely wide) IP ranges. I did poke through each range, and I didn't see any other accounts exhibiting the same pattern of editing, so
No sleepers immediately visible. I'll block and tag as obvious socks are obvious, and I'll close this SPI report. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:14, 8 May 2022 (UTC)]
