Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Callumpaul40/Archive

;Suspected sockpuppets

• {{checkuser|1=Sj5qu}}
• {{checkuser|1=Tamworth20}}
• {{checkuser|1=Wikiman56780}}
• {{checkuser|1=JL2424}}
• {{checkuser|1=Kyte1990}}
• {{checkip|1=212.139.82.161}}
• {{checkip|1=2.97.242.53}}

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Numerous SPAs created to argue against the deletion of the article Josh Simmons. Each account has only one or two edits, all to the AfD. Classic sockpuppet/meatpuppet tells such as overuse of "the above user" and similar formulations [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Josh_Simmons&diff=531642767&oldid=531642416] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Josh_Simmons&diff=531643797&oldid=531643166]. The reason that I've requested CheckUser is that it's unclear if this is all sockpuppetry, or if there's meatpuppetry involved - both are quite plausible, seeing as the subject of the article is a high school student (my apologies for the behavior of teenagers everywhere), and there's a significant difference between how we should proceed if they're all socks in the same drawer (indefblocks all around, probably) vs. if they're meatpuppets (throw up {{tl|Not a ballot}}, cut more slack to the individual users, etc.). I'd normally think this was fairly clearly all one person's doing, but a lot of the normal signs of that can also be signs of a bunch of guys sitting in a school computer lab together, looking at what each other is writing, or coördinating a Facebook campaign or something.

Other notable things:

• {{User|Tamworth20}} removing part of a delete !vote [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Josh_Simmons&diff=531643166&oldid=531642830]
• {{User|Wikiman56780}} removing IP 2.97's second !vote [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Josh_Simmons&diff=531652327&oldid=531651900] only for 2.97 to restore it minutes later [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Josh_Simmons&diff=531655857&oldid=531655020]

— Francophonie&Androphilie^{(Je vous invite à me parler)} 19:10, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

:While I was writing this, TParis hatted the !votes, protected the page, and deleted the article - I think a check could still be useful, in case these users become disruptive elsewhere, and to know whether or not we have a sockpuppetteer on our hands. That said, if the reviewing clerk/CU thinks that an SPI would now be redundant, I understand. — Francophonie&Androphilie^{(Je vous invite à me parler)} 19:16, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

• @DQ: On the topic of Callumpaul, any thoughts on the name similarity with {{checkuser|Callump90}}? — Francophonie&Androphilie^{(Je vous invite à me parler)} 09:32, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

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

Wouldn't a CU still be helpful? If nothing else, it could find sleepers. Nyttend (talk) 00:41, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

• As I remember the check from earlier, all are {{confirmed}}, except Callumpaul40 who I thought was {{likely}}. {{ncip}}. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 00:45, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
• {{clerknote}} I've blocked the master on behavioral evidence. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:26, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
• {{cu-endorse}} Francophonie&Androphilie's comments are worth taking a look to see if we have more accounts and if there is a similarity. I can't run a CU right now, so i'm leaving this endorsed. If no other CU picks up on it, i'll post the results tonight. -- DQ on the road (ʞlɐʇ) 17:49, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
• Regarding Callump90, due to the similar username and hoax-ish editing, I ran some checks. The data I saw indicates that Callump90 is unrelated to the accounts above. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:37, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
• {{clerknote}} Re-closing then, since no sleepers were picked up. Callump90 has already been blocked for other reasons anyway. Reaper Eternal (talk) 04:27, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

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