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08 December 2011
Suspected sockpuppets

This concerns an investigation led by Jimbo Wales ( talk · contribs) into the PR firm Bell Pottinger editing articles on behalf of its clients: see Wikipedia:Bell Pottinger COI Investigations. The investigation was assisted by functionaries WilliamH ( talk · contribs), Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry ( talk · contribs) and Keegan ( talk · contribs), and additional editorial assistance was provided by Panyd ( talk · contribs).

The following accounts were  Confirmed to be operated by Bell Pottinger, and indefinitely blocked:

The following were blocked as  Likely accounts:

The following was blocked as a  Confirmed sock belonging to Chime Communications, Bell Pottinger's parent company:

WilliamH ( talk) 18:22, 9 December 2011 (UTC) reply

Others blocked by HJ Mitchell

I've indef'd all of these as spammers (and some as obvious socks of each other). Quite a few have been checked already, but I'm pretty sure that at least the first three haven't. No idea if any of them are directly connected to Bell Pottinger. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:56, 9 December 2011 (UTC) reply

I've updated this list, appropriate tags added. WilliamH ( talk) 00:54, 15 December 2011 (UTC) reply
Other possibly connected accounts
Both are very  Stale. WilliamH ( talk) 01:02, 15 December 2011 (UTC) reply
Comments by other users

Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. There is a post at ANI regarding this: Please centralise discussion there :-) The Cavalry ( Message me) 14:10, 8 December 2011 (UTC) reply

That account doesn't seem to have edited. Are you sure you got the right one? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:07, 14 December 2011 (UTC) reply
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • All of the above accounts are indefinitely blocked. WilliamH ( talk) 13:19, 8 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  •  Clerk note: I'm going to leave this open for the time as the discussion is still ongoing. I ask other clerks to do the same. Alexandria (chew out) 17:18, 8 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  • Yup, obviously the appropriate thing to do. I suggest that other blocked accounts are indexed here too. WilliamH ( talk) 07:01, 9 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  •  Clerk endorsed I know this is already being handled, but for those looking into this, you might want to consider what else has been listed. -- DQ (t) (e) 13:19, 13 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  • G13nngraham and Medlar appear Red X Unrelated. WilliamH ( talk) 14:21, 13 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  •  Question: is this supposed to be filed under Slaine1 or Slaine11 (the Slaine11 account does not exist). Alexandria (chew out) 14:24, 13 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  • Yep...by all means change that. :) WilliamH ( talk) 14:36, 13 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  •  Clerk note: Moved to Slaine1, leaving the redirect behind as most of the links are to Slaine11 Redir nuked, backlinks taken care of. Alexandria (chew out) 14:38, 13 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  • 62.49.5.163 looks like Awb44 logged out. Worth checking to see if any other accounts show up, though it's a long shot due to age. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:31, 14 December 2011 (UTC) reply
    • Awb44 is a  Confirmed match to Bwa00 ( talk · contribs). WilliamH ( talk) 02:38, 14 December 2011 (UTC) reply
      • That's interesting. I should have hunches like that more often! ;) I've indef'd Bwa00. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:03, 14 December 2011 (UTC) reply
        • 62.84.201.146 (the other IP Shimgray pointed out above) also looks like a Bell Pottinger employee logged out (idiosyncratic edit summary). Worth a check if you have a minute, Will. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:09, 14 December 2011 (UTC) reply
        • 62.84.201.146 leads to an account that has already been blocked as part of this SPI. The Cavalry ( Message me) 00:24, 15 December 2011 (UTC) reply
          • Edit conflict: I have blocked Medlar and G13nngraham indefinitely. There is an obvious overlap in activity, e.g. making identical changes to an image. They are technically Red X Unrelated to each other, although because of where they are editing from, CheckUser is not really much of a help in that respect, and I suspect they are related. As for that IP, there's nothing really to do, although it is responsible for an exceptionally misleading edit summary. WilliamH ( talk) 00:31, 15 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  •  Clerk note: This case has sat untouched for four days. Basically everyone is blocked though not tagged, and honestly I'm not even sure how to tag them. I'm closing this for now, but relist if necessary, I guess? — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 04:17, 20 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  •  Clerk note: As I said before, this case is not to be closed until the investigation is done. I'd rather have one of the admins leading it comment here that it's closed. Alexandria (chew out) 15:40, 20 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  •  Clerk note: So uh, it's been a week. Any progress on this? — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 08:49, 28 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  • Another CU could take a look at Kolokol1 ( talk · contribs), there are large ranges involved, but apart from that, there's not really much more to do here. WilliamH ( talk) 13:34, 28 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  • What is going on in regards to S4l4m4nd3r UK ( talk · contribs) and are we blocking any of the currently unblocked accounts...or how is this being summed up? -- DQ (t) (e) 03:04, 29 December 2011 (UTC) reply
I suspect there is a COI, but it's rather stale. WilliamH ( talk) 21:12, 2 January 2012 (UTC) reply
...So are we done yet? — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 01:36, 4 January 2012 (UTC) reply
I'd say so, I've closed it. If there's any further developments, I daresay me, Jimbo or Chase me ladies will reopen it. WilliamH ( talk) 01:49, 4 January 2012 (UTC) reply
16 March 2012
Suspected sockpuppets


It is claimed on the userpage to be a Bell Pottinger Account. I couldn't see anything on the investigation page which said they had been permitted to create a group account, so wanted to add it to this SPI case for the record and for someone to either confirm or deny that this account is allowed. Pontificalibus ( talk) 16:50, 16 March 2012 (UTC) Pontificalibus ( talk) 16:56, 16 March 2012 (UTC) reply

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • Thanks. I'm marking this for close, as there appears to be nothing to do here. The account has been correctly blocked because it is a WP:ROLE account, something which is prohibited unless expressly permitted by the Wikimedia Foundation and even then not for the purpose of editing. WilliamH ( talk) 21:08, 18 March 2012 (UTC) reply
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Slaine1

Slaine1 ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
08 December 2011
Suspected sockpuppets

This concerns an investigation led by Jimbo Wales ( talk · contribs) into the PR firm Bell Pottinger editing articles on behalf of its clients: see Wikipedia:Bell Pottinger COI Investigations. The investigation was assisted by functionaries WilliamH ( talk · contribs), Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry ( talk · contribs) and Keegan ( talk · contribs), and additional editorial assistance was provided by Panyd ( talk · contribs).

The following accounts were  Confirmed to be operated by Bell Pottinger, and indefinitely blocked:

The following were blocked as  Likely accounts:

The following was blocked as a  Confirmed sock belonging to Chime Communications, Bell Pottinger's parent company:

WilliamH ( talk) 18:22, 9 December 2011 (UTC) reply

Others blocked by HJ Mitchell

I've indef'd all of these as spammers (and some as obvious socks of each other). Quite a few have been checked already, but I'm pretty sure that at least the first three haven't. No idea if any of them are directly connected to Bell Pottinger. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:56, 9 December 2011 (UTC) reply

I've updated this list, appropriate tags added. WilliamH ( talk) 00:54, 15 December 2011 (UTC) reply
Other possibly connected accounts
Both are very  Stale. WilliamH ( talk) 01:02, 15 December 2011 (UTC) reply
Comments by other users

Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. There is a post at ANI regarding this: Please centralise discussion there :-) The Cavalry ( Message me) 14:10, 8 December 2011 (UTC) reply

That account doesn't seem to have edited. Are you sure you got the right one? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:07, 14 December 2011 (UTC) reply
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • All of the above accounts are indefinitely blocked. WilliamH ( talk) 13:19, 8 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  •  Clerk note: I'm going to leave this open for the time as the discussion is still ongoing. I ask other clerks to do the same. Alexandria (chew out) 17:18, 8 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  • Yup, obviously the appropriate thing to do. I suggest that other blocked accounts are indexed here too. WilliamH ( talk) 07:01, 9 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  •  Clerk endorsed I know this is already being handled, but for those looking into this, you might want to consider what else has been listed. -- DQ (t) (e) 13:19, 13 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  • G13nngraham and Medlar appear Red X Unrelated. WilliamH ( talk) 14:21, 13 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  •  Question: is this supposed to be filed under Slaine1 or Slaine11 (the Slaine11 account does not exist). Alexandria (chew out) 14:24, 13 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  • Yep...by all means change that. :) WilliamH ( talk) 14:36, 13 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  •  Clerk note: Moved to Slaine1, leaving the redirect behind as most of the links are to Slaine11 Redir nuked, backlinks taken care of. Alexandria (chew out) 14:38, 13 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  • 62.49.5.163 looks like Awb44 logged out. Worth checking to see if any other accounts show up, though it's a long shot due to age. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:31, 14 December 2011 (UTC) reply
    • Awb44 is a  Confirmed match to Bwa00 ( talk · contribs). WilliamH ( talk) 02:38, 14 December 2011 (UTC) reply
      • That's interesting. I should have hunches like that more often! ;) I've indef'd Bwa00. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:03, 14 December 2011 (UTC) reply
        • 62.84.201.146 (the other IP Shimgray pointed out above) also looks like a Bell Pottinger employee logged out (idiosyncratic edit summary). Worth a check if you have a minute, Will. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:09, 14 December 2011 (UTC) reply
        • 62.84.201.146 leads to an account that has already been blocked as part of this SPI. The Cavalry ( Message me) 00:24, 15 December 2011 (UTC) reply
          • Edit conflict: I have blocked Medlar and G13nngraham indefinitely. There is an obvious overlap in activity, e.g. making identical changes to an image. They are technically Red X Unrelated to each other, although because of where they are editing from, CheckUser is not really much of a help in that respect, and I suspect they are related. As for that IP, there's nothing really to do, although it is responsible for an exceptionally misleading edit summary. WilliamH ( talk) 00:31, 15 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  •  Clerk note: This case has sat untouched for four days. Basically everyone is blocked though not tagged, and honestly I'm not even sure how to tag them. I'm closing this for now, but relist if necessary, I guess? — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 04:17, 20 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  •  Clerk note: As I said before, this case is not to be closed until the investigation is done. I'd rather have one of the admins leading it comment here that it's closed. Alexandria (chew out) 15:40, 20 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  •  Clerk note: So uh, it's been a week. Any progress on this? — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 08:49, 28 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  • Another CU could take a look at Kolokol1 ( talk · contribs), there are large ranges involved, but apart from that, there's not really much more to do here. WilliamH ( talk) 13:34, 28 December 2011 (UTC) reply
  • What is going on in regards to S4l4m4nd3r UK ( talk · contribs) and are we blocking any of the currently unblocked accounts...or how is this being summed up? -- DQ (t) (e) 03:04, 29 December 2011 (UTC) reply
I suspect there is a COI, but it's rather stale. WilliamH ( talk) 21:12, 2 January 2012 (UTC) reply
...So are we done yet? — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 01:36, 4 January 2012 (UTC) reply
I'd say so, I've closed it. If there's any further developments, I daresay me, Jimbo or Chase me ladies will reopen it. WilliamH ( talk) 01:49, 4 January 2012 (UTC) reply
16 March 2012
Suspected sockpuppets


It is claimed on the userpage to be a Bell Pottinger Account. I couldn't see anything on the investigation page which said they had been permitted to create a group account, so wanted to add it to this SPI case for the record and for someone to either confirm or deny that this account is allowed. Pontificalibus ( talk) 16:50, 16 March 2012 (UTC) Pontificalibus ( talk) 16:56, 16 March 2012 (UTC) reply

Comments by other users

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


Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
  • Thanks. I'm marking this for close, as there appears to be nothing to do here. The account has been correctly blocked because it is a WP:ROLE account, something which is prohibited unless expressly permitted by the Wikimedia Foundation and even then not for the purpose of editing. WilliamH ( talk) 21:08, 18 March 2012 (UTC) reply
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Slaine1/Archive&oldid=1138679689"

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