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User:Soccermeko

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Suspected sockpuppeteer

Soccermeko (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Suspected sockpuppets

Infostorm (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
4.154.6.163 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
74.242.22.3 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
CrazyCrackCool (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Lilwaynefan08 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Diamondfan07 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Jayjay47 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)


Report submission by

Mdsummermsw (talk) 16:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence

At Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Nicole_Wray's_fourth_studio_album:

Cannot provide true difs for most of the rest here, as this mostly involves deleted articles/images. Soccermeko created Bitch Muzik and uploaded Image:Bitch Musik Cover.jpg three times.

Lilwaynefan08 created Bitch Muzik, Bitch Music, Bitch Muzik (album) and Bitch Muzik Vol.2
Jayjay47 uploaded Image:Bitchmusic.jpg
Diamondfan07 uploaded Image:Bitchmusic.jpg twice

Soccermeko created Lovechild three four times (twice as Lovechild, once as Fantasia Lovechild (mixtape)) and uploaded Image:Lovechild album.jpg, Lovechild (Nicole Wray album).

CrazyCrackCool created Lovechild.

Soccermeko created Elektric Blue Nicole Wray and Elektric Blue Sampler, uploaded Image:Elektric Blue Cover.jpg.

Crazy Crack Cool created Elektric Blue (album)

All have repeatedly uploaded copyrighted images and/or used "fair use" images in inappropriate ways after repeated warnings. Mdsummermsw (talk) 16:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Infostorm's edits since 00:57, February 14, 2008 include 8 edits ending at 00:26, February 15, 2008. Three minutes later, at 00:29, February 15, 2008, Soccermeko's first edit since since 00:00, February 13, 2008. - Mdsummermsw (talk) 13:33, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments

Nekoangel16 and Nekoangel17 may also be involved, but it is less clear. Mdsummermsw (talk) 16:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Upon reviewing contribution logs, I no longer suspect that the vandal detailed below is the user Soccermeko. See below for more info.
The info I have compiled is not all directly related to this case, as it involves past behavior of one user's multiple accounts but not all of the other accounts in question, but I submit it here as it establishes a pattern. Note that I compiled this information in early January, so it does not include recent developments. In addition to lacking more recent accounts and a possibly expanded overall pattern, it says that the user has basically never cooperated in any way shape or form. User_talk:Lilwaynefan08 has since cooperated to a limited degree, though seemingly only half-heartedly. Anyway, here's the info I compiled when I was planning on filing my own sockpuppet report before Lilwaynefan08 finally started to at least attempt to learn how to obey copyright laws: User:Icarus3/Sockpuppets of Joey5805. Edit: I sometimes referred to myself in the third person on this page. This is not intended to obscure my involvement, as the diffs show that I was often the "other editor". I originally intended it to be something anyone could add evidence too (supported with diffs, of course), which would have made first-person references ultimately inaccurate.
As for the accounts listed in this report that are not covered in my page, I cannot endorse or refute that suspicion. I have not looked into those accounts to the extend that Mdsummermsw has, so I do not know if there is compelling evidence or not. For what it's worth, however, I too have been watching Soccermeko with the suspicion that he may be Joey5805/Lilwaynefan08. --Icarus (Hi!) 16:46, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have noticed another related user: 198.86.17.162 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) - see [1] Cloudz679 (talk) 16:00, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Upon viewing Soccermeko's contribs, I do not think that this user is the same as Joey5805/Jayjay47/Diamondfan07/Lilwaynefan08. Soccermeko has contributions going back to December 2006, whereas that user started editing almost a year after that and showed all the hallmarks of being a new editor with no prior experience. Soccermeko may have some similarities in that they both repeatedly create articles about non-notable subjects within the same music genre, but do not see any compelling evidence that they are the same user. I currently take no position on whether or not Soccermeko is the same user as the other suspected sockpuppets, as I have not looked into those contribution histories. --Icarus (Hi!) 01:19, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Soccermeko's first edits since 21:45, February 26, 2008 ended at 02:05, February 28, 2008.
Infostorm's first edits since 00:23, February 15, 2008 began at 02:12, February 28, 2008
Mdsummermsw (talk) 14:46, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Conclusions

Infostorm has been blocked indefinitely as a sockpuppet of Soccermeko.[2] Cloudz679 (talk) 18:11, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked master 1 week. Other listed users I'm not convinced of. Infostorm is pretty convincing. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:29, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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