Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ERGP
ERGP
- ERGP (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Populated account categories: confirmed
25 March 2024[edit]
– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.
Suspected sockpuppets[edit]
- PGRE89 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) ( Clerk note: original case name)
- DRnabuccodonnosor (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- DonalDhu (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • SPI Tools
PGRE89 is a new account that was adding a primary study to the Tyrosine article. If you check the talk-page this user got angry that the study was removed [1]. On the talk-page in the same discussion two brand new accounts within minutes made supportive statements about the study [2], [3]. I think it is quite obvious all these accounts are the same user. Psychologist Guy (talk) 22:29, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- It's been suggested that the other accounts might be students of PGRE89. It is possible but the reason I find this doubtful is the timing. PGRE89 left a comment at 21:27 [4], DRnabuccodonnosor left a comment at 21:35 [5], DonalDhu left a comment at 21:54 [6]. There were no follow up comments from these other accounts. They stopped editing after this. There is also the similarity in writing style including leaving a full stop missing from the end of the sentence. PGRE89 has been blocked for personal attacks so this may now be a non-issue but I do not believe these other accounts were made in good-faith. I believe they were made to create a biased consensus on the talk-page after PGRE89's edits were removed. Psychologist Guy (talk) 14:19, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
Comments by other users[edit]
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- I think they are more likely to be other people involved in the study or the person's students. If this editor is a doctor/scientist, I think it's more likely that they canvassed for support rather than creating additional accounts. Liz Read! Talk! 07:21, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- Looking at the comments made by user PGRE89 on his own talk page and the talk page for Tyrosine, the user has an unusual habit of sometimes omitting the final full stop /period in a statement, especially at the end of a one line comment.
- This is also a feature of the single comment made by user DRnabuccodonnosor.
- Seems an odd coincidence. Axad12 (talk) 13:17, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]
- In progress Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 21:46, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
- Confirmed to each other:
- PGRE89 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- ERGP (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- DonalDhu (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- DRnabuccodonnosor (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Blocked and tagged. Closing. Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 21:51, 11 May 2024 (UTC)