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Same disruptive edits as previous sock puppets on Let's Make a Deal ( [1]). Darth Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 16:06, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
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It's pretty clear these are related. The second I blocked the sock and went to check the IP's edits, I noticed it was appearing blocked without a direct block in place. Its the mediawiki bug that indicates the autoblock has been triggered. Syrthiss ( talk) 16:08, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
I ran across WP:ANI#Requesting block on NicholasJudy456 request to block the user, at first I thought it might just be someone that new that needed to be informed of the policies. But this edit [3] made me suspicious that we are dealing with a sockpuppet of User:Gsnguy. This is a very old account that was banned and created multiple sockpuppets to hide (see Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Gsnguy). Most of the edits were minor vandalism related to tv stations including adding bogus slogans. The above account added a bogus slogan in this edit and has been missing with the TV stations related to Nickelodeon and MTV2 in what appears to be blatant vandalism (although mostly small changes). The account seems disruptive enough that it might warrant a block without a checkuser.
-- Obsidi ( talk ) 00:32, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
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User:ACMEWikiNet made several unsourced edits to Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show) regarding the audio_format field within the television infobox ( 1, 2, 3, 4). When the changes were reverted, two IP users (one of which—73.79.228.246—had not edited any article prior to User:ACMEWikiNet's edits to Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)) began making similar edits to the same field within the infobox ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). User:ACMEWikiNet has been twice blocked in the past for edit warring. IP user edits show similar evidence of pattern behavior. AldezD ( talk) 19:27, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
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Even though TheCopyrightMachine has already been blocked this should be looked at. Csworldwide2 created the article IUP-TV. I tagged it for speedy deletion since it was copy and pasted from the tv station's website. A couple days later a new account TheCopyrightMachine shows up and leaves a message on my talk page [4] about the deletion. Rusf10 ( talk) 15:24, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
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@ Rusf10: That's not all they left, and I hope you did not see what I revdel'd.-- Dlohcierekim ( talk) 18:41, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Csworldwide2 has been confirmed by a CU. I've gone ahead and blocked on behavioral evidence, but this would be the master account if it is related. Ian.thomson ( talk) 18:33, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
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This account appears to be technically very Unlikely.--
Bbb23 (
talk)
19:25, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Thought it was strange that an account that has been blocked for over a decade would respond to a talk page comment [5]. Realizing that one of Gsnguy's sockpuppets was ACMEMan and it involves the same topic area, I think its all related. You probably should cut off his talk page access, but being that all the known accounts are already blocked, I'm filing this more so everything can be merged together for future reference. Rusf10 ( talk) 00:36, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
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Confirmed. Please merge
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ACMEDeputy into this case and retag.--
Bbb23 (
talk)
02:19, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
I think someone needs to take a second look since we now know ACMEDeputy is part of a larger sock farm. There seems to be a lot of overlap between Csworldwide1 and the original account GSNguy too. [6] Most notably both edit tv article and in particular, a large amount of them are from the Johnstown, PA market. Rusf10 ( talk) 06:09, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
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This has already been reviewed. Closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 13:34, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
Edits the same subject area (tv stations and in particular those in Pittsburgh/Johnstown, PA). The evidence to look at is the editor interaction between Mvcg66Br3 and the already confirmed sock ACMEDeputy [7] Besides editing an extensive list of the same articles, there are some strange patterns. For example ACMEDeputy posted heavily on WP:AIAV [8] until March 2017, when all of a sudden stops posting there and then Mvcg66Br3 starts. Around the same time exact thing happens with the postings at ANI [9] and WP:RPP [10] Rusf10 ( talk) 20:56, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
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First of all, I only have this one account. Second, I don't even know who ACMEDeputy is. I think Rusf10 is making a bad-faith accusation. Mvcg66b3r ( talk) 21:07, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
@ Rusf10: You haven't presented sufficient evidence to justify a CU. Article intersection is not enough, particularly for a long-standing editor with over 10K edits who has never been blocked. You'll have to come up with specific diffs showing similar points of view in articles or similar styles. As for pointing out the IP's obnoxious edits, you're putting the cart before the horse. You have nothing to indicate that the IP is operated by Mvcg66b3r.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 22:37, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
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Same disruptive edits as previous sock puppets on Let's Make a Deal ( [1]). Darth Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 16:06, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
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It's pretty clear these are related. The second I blocked the sock and went to check the IP's edits, I noticed it was appearing blocked without a direct block in place. Its the mediawiki bug that indicates the autoblock has been triggered. Syrthiss ( talk) 16:08, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
I ran across WP:ANI#Requesting block on NicholasJudy456 request to block the user, at first I thought it might just be someone that new that needed to be informed of the policies. But this edit [3] made me suspicious that we are dealing with a sockpuppet of User:Gsnguy. This is a very old account that was banned and created multiple sockpuppets to hide (see Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Gsnguy). Most of the edits were minor vandalism related to tv stations including adding bogus slogans. The above account added a bogus slogan in this edit and has been missing with the TV stations related to Nickelodeon and MTV2 in what appears to be blatant vandalism (although mostly small changes). The account seems disruptive enough that it might warrant a block without a checkuser.
-- Obsidi ( talk ) 00:32, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
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User:ACMEWikiNet made several unsourced edits to Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show) regarding the audio_format field within the television infobox ( 1, 2, 3, 4). When the changes were reverted, two IP users (one of which—73.79.228.246—had not edited any article prior to User:ACMEWikiNet's edits to Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)) began making similar edits to the same field within the infobox ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). User:ACMEWikiNet has been twice blocked in the past for edit warring. IP user edits show similar evidence of pattern behavior. AldezD ( talk) 19:27, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
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Even though TheCopyrightMachine has already been blocked this should be looked at. Csworldwide2 created the article IUP-TV. I tagged it for speedy deletion since it was copy and pasted from the tv station's website. A couple days later a new account TheCopyrightMachine shows up and leaves a message on my talk page [4] about the deletion. Rusf10 ( talk) 15:24, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
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@ Rusf10: That's not all they left, and I hope you did not see what I revdel'd.-- Dlohcierekim ( talk) 18:41, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Csworldwide2 has been confirmed by a CU. I've gone ahead and blocked on behavioral evidence, but this would be the master account if it is related. Ian.thomson ( talk) 18:33, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
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This account appears to be technically very Unlikely.--
Bbb23 (
talk)
19:25, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Thought it was strange that an account that has been blocked for over a decade would respond to a talk page comment [5]. Realizing that one of Gsnguy's sockpuppets was ACMEMan and it involves the same topic area, I think its all related. You probably should cut off his talk page access, but being that all the known accounts are already blocked, I'm filing this more so everything can be merged together for future reference. Rusf10 ( talk) 00:36, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
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Confirmed. Please merge
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ACMEDeputy into this case and retag.--
Bbb23 (
talk)
02:19, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
I think someone needs to take a second look since we now know ACMEDeputy is part of a larger sock farm. There seems to be a lot of overlap between Csworldwide1 and the original account GSNguy too. [6] Most notably both edit tv article and in particular, a large amount of them are from the Johnstown, PA market. Rusf10 ( talk) 06:09, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
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This has already been reviewed. Closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 13:34, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
Edits the same subject area (tv stations and in particular those in Pittsburgh/Johnstown, PA). The evidence to look at is the editor interaction between Mvcg66Br3 and the already confirmed sock ACMEDeputy [7] Besides editing an extensive list of the same articles, there are some strange patterns. For example ACMEDeputy posted heavily on WP:AIAV [8] until March 2017, when all of a sudden stops posting there and then Mvcg66Br3 starts. Around the same time exact thing happens with the postings at ANI [9] and WP:RPP [10] Rusf10 ( talk) 20:56, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
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First of all, I only have this one account. Second, I don't even know who ACMEDeputy is. I think Rusf10 is making a bad-faith accusation. Mvcg66b3r ( talk) 21:07, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
@ Rusf10: You haven't presented sufficient evidence to justify a CU. Article intersection is not enough, particularly for a long-standing editor with over 10K edits who has never been blocked. You'll have to come up with specific diffs showing similar points of view in articles or similar styles. As for pointing out the IP's obnoxious edits, you're putting the cart before the horse. You have nothing to indicate that the IP is operated by Mvcg66b3r.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 22:37, 19 May 2018 (UTC)