Across all accounts, the sockmaster uses similar phrasing on talk pages and in edit summaries. The most frequently used phrase is “Wikipedian commentary” or “commentary of a Wikipedian.” A search across Wikipedia reveals that this phrasing is uncommon, and the consistency with which it’s used by all of the socks strongly suggests they are the same user.

The sockmaster also appears to have an affinity for the words “hooey,” “hogwash” and "horse hockey."

A sampling of edit summaries from each of the socks is offered below:

Commentary of a Wikipedian

Corbridge

  1. "removed all of the biased commentary of Wikipedians"
  2. "removed Wikipedian commentary"
  3. "removed the commentary of a Wikipedia (sic)"
  4. "removed unsourced commentary of a Wikipedian"
  5. "removed all of the wikipedian commentary"
  6. "Removed personal attack and incorrect commentary of a Wikipedian"
  7. "removed another Wikipedian commentary"
  8. "removed the unnecessary and overlong Wikipedian commentary"
  9. - "incorrect Wikipedian commentary. removed"
  10. "removed the extensive commentary of a Wikipedian"
  11. "wikipedian commentary"
  12. "removed incorrect Wikipedian commentary"

InaMaka

  1. "Removed the incorrect commentary of a Wikipedia (sic)"
  2. "just wikipedian commentary, not acceptable"
  3. "Removed the commentary of a Wikipedian"
  4. "sounds like some kind of Wikipedian commentary"
  5. "removed the editorial commentary of a Wikipedian"
  6. "commentary fo a wikipedian. removed"
  7. "removed commentary by a Wikipedian"
  8. "removed the commentary of a Wikipedian again"
  9. "removed biased, one-sided, moronic commentary and POV of a Wikipedian"
  10. "removed the commentary of a wikipedian"
  11. "removed unsupported Wikipedian commentary"
  12. "removed commentary of a Wikipedian"
  13. "removed commentary of a wikipedian"
  14. "removed Wikipedian commentary"

IP 98.196.129.137

  1. “removed the incorrect, false commentary of a Wikipedian”
  2. “Removed the blatant suck up unsupported commentary of a wikipedian”
  3. “calmed down the biased commentary of a Wikipedian”
  4. removed the incorrect commentary of a Wikipedian”
  5. “Hogwash. Biased, incorrect commentary of a wikipedian”
  6. “Removed the commentary of a Wikipedian”

Getaway

  1. "That is the commentary of a Wikipedian"
  2. "Removed incorrect, unsourced commentary of a Wikipedian"
  3. "Removed commentary of a Wikipedian"
  4. "Removed commentary of a Wikipedian"
  5. "Removed incorrect commentary of a Wikipedia (sic)"
  6. "removed commentary of a wikipedian"
  7. "removed commentary of a Wikipedian"
  8. "Removed commentary of a Wikipedian"
  9. "corrected the commentary of a Wikipedian"
  10. "Removed commentary by Wikipedian"
  11. "Removed the commentary of a Wikipedian"
  12. "reverted Wikipedian commentary"
  13. "Removed unsourced commentary of a Wikipedian"
  14. "removed BS Wikipedian commentary"
  15. "Removed incorrect POV commentary of Wikipedian"
  16. "Removed more unsource, sunsubstantianted BS Wikipedian commentary"
  17. "just Wikipedian commentary"
  18. "Removed biased commentary of a Wikipedian"
  19. "Looks like the commentary of a Wikipedian only"
  20. "removed commentary of a Wikipedian"
  21. "removed commentary of a Wikipedian"
  22. [1]
  23. "reverted BS commentary of anon Wikipedian"
  24. "removd commentary of a Wikipedian"
  25. "removed the commentary of a Wikipedian"
  26. "sounds like the commentary of a Wikipedian"
  27. "Removed the unsourced, biased commentary of a Wikipedia (sic)"
  28. "removed commentary of a Wikipedian"
  29. "removed the commentary of a Wikipedian"
  30. "removed completely incorrect ommentary of a Wikipedian"
  31. "removed incorrect and non NPOV commentary from a Wikipedia"

Keetoowah

  1. “Removed the non-NPOV commentary of a Wikipedian”
  2. “removed biased non-NPOV commentary by a Wikipedian”
  3. “removed the Wikipedian commentary”
  4. “Removed the wikipedian commentary”
  5. “That is just some Wikipedian’s biased commentary”

70114205215

  1. “Removed unsourced, non-NPOV commentary by a Wikipedian”
  2. “it is the commentary of a wishful Wikipedian”
  3. Once again, removed the commentary of a Wikipedian”
  4. “it is just the commentary of some unknown Wikipedia (sic)”
  5. “Removed Wikipedian commentary”
  6. “the commentary of a Wikipedian”
  7. “hyperbole and commentary by a Wikipedian”

IP 72.177.223.95

  1. “Removed the commentary of a Wikipedian”
  2. Removed the non-NPOV commentary by a Wikipedian”
  3. “Removed Wikipedia commentary (sic)”


Hooey/Hogwash/Horse Hockey

InaMaka

  1. “removed the hooey from the NY Times”
  2. “Hogwash left on my talk page”
  3. “Hogwash”
  4. “Hogwash”
  5. “biased, incorrect hooey of a Wikipedian”
  6. “More hooey”
  7. “Horse hockey placed on my talk page by Gobonobo”

Getaway

  1. “Removed Youtube hooey”
  2. “Pope/vatican hooey”
  3. “Removed the incorrect, biased POV hooey of a Wikipedian”
  4. “Removed American Conservative Union hooey”
  5. “What wikipedian hooey!!!!”
  6. Can we just drop this lame “allegations” hooey?”
  7. “is hooey”
  8. “what hooey”
  9. “Man, Shankbone, that was a bunch of overwrought horse hockey.”
  10. Horse hockey. You talk about "the board" like you know what you talking about.”
  11. “Wikipedia does not allow the use of blogs because then you or I could just blog some horse hockey and then cite this horse hockey as legitimate horse hockey.”

Keetoowah

  1. “eliminated the whole “hairy” versus “hairless” hooey”
  2. “What non-NPOV hogwash”
  3. “What nonNPV hogwash!!!!”
  4. “what hogwash”
  5. “No need for the ‘as of’ hooey”
  6. “No need for ‘as of’ hooey”

JobsElihu

  1. Just like this phony commentary about how you haven't done anything wrong. Horse hockey.”

70114205215

  1. “Hogwash removed”

IP 98.196.129.137

  1. “Hogwash. Biased, incorrect commentary of a wikipedian”
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