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Suspected sockpuppeteer

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

Suspected sockpuppets

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

Mighty Bitter Sweet Star (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Lightvision (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log). Doesn't seem to meet the name pattern, but check contributions. Also created an account Mighty Bitter Sweet Star (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), which looks more like a MascotGuy sock. Kesac (talk) 23:45, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cartoonguy11 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

I found this whilst searching through articles on Category:Burger King , seems similar to me. Cartoonguy11 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 81.151.27.58 (talk) 14:16, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Thedjatclubrock :) ^(T/C) 01:06, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence

See wp:aiv; above.

Comments

Give us some diffs. — Rlevse • Talk • 02:43, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sigh. I was all set to defend Lightvision/Mighty Sweet Bitter Star because they doesn't seem to be exhibiting any of MascotGuy's signature problem behaviors, until I looked way back in Lightvision's contrib history and found this, one of his first edits. At the same time, though, that account definitely isn't causing problems, and seems to be doing good work.

CartoonGuy, however, made one edit last month, and before that his most recent edit was a year before. That's a long time to leave a sock in its drawer. -- Vary | Talk 02:53, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you look at Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of MascotGuy, you'll see a similarity in their contributions. JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 00:11, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Be more specific and point out some real good resemblances. --EoL talk 00:25, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think editing similar articles is good enough. He needs to cause similar problems. Not everyone who edits cartoon or corporate mascot articles is MascotGuy. And while it's possible that one person could create that many accounts, Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of MascotGuy is such a big pool that it's going to make it very easy to get a false positive when comparing possible new accounts to already blocked ones. -- Vary | Talk 04:02, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusions

I find this inconclusive. Some show no contribs, one only has one edit in the last year. There is not enough problem editing here to show socking in my opinion. If there is a next time, provide good diffs. — Rlevse • Talk • 15:05, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]