Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/MJD86 (2nd)

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User:MJD86 (2nd)

Suspected sockpuppeteer

MJD86 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Suspected sockpuppets

Homer saves presidents (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

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Scorpion⁰⁴²² 02:43, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence

MJD86 is a user who kept adding trivia about Homer Simpson saving Abe Lincoln and JFK in an episode [1]. Rather than let it go, he kept readding trivia, edit warring and eventually got blocked. He then started using socks to readd the trivia and a suspected sock puppet report was filed, which resulted in a lengthier block for MJD. One of his user names was Homer, Lincoln, & JFK. The main connection between this user and MJD is the user name although he has edited several articles relating to topics that MJD edited. I decided to leave a small warning on his talk page because I wasn't positive, and one of his replies pretty much confirmed it. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 02:43, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

The name is a bit of a giveaway, but I can't see that there's any overlap between the contributions? Possibly there's been circumvention of the block, as the edits by Homer saves Presidents on 2 April are (just) within the 1 week block Rudget imposed on MJD86 for the first SSP case. Can you please provide diffs to the articles both accounts are editing? _GB^T/C 11:50, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What I meant was that they had similar patterns, Homer saves Presidents has edited several articles relating to topics MJD used to edit and has periods where he makes minor corrections to random articles (like MJD). -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 15:08, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusions

Sorry, but there's not really enough to go on with enough certainty to merit a block of Homer saves presidents. He's editing random articles - that some of those random articles are in some way related to the random articles which MJD86 edits isn't really strong enough evidence at this point. Feel free to monitor the situation and relist, or leave me a note on my talk page if you like. _GB^T/C 12:49, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]