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PoliticianTexas

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Report date July 6 2009, 03:45 (UTC)
Suspected sockpuppets
Evidence submitted by Tiptoety
Evidence submitted by Uncia
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Not sure where I should put this, but...

CheckUser requests
Checkuser request – code letter: E (Community ban/sanction evasion )
Current status – Completed: Reviewed by a Checkuser, results and comments are below.    Requested by Tiptoety talk 03:45, 6 July 2009 (UTC) [reply]


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  • @ CheckUser: I am aware PoliticianTexas will be stale, but I am aware that Nishkid64 may have kept some technical evidence as well as Alison (who may need to be contacted via email). Tiptoety talk 04:07, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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PoliticianTexas

PoliticianTexas (talk ·  · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Prior SSP or RFCU cases may exist for this user:

Report date August 8 2009, 03:06 (UTC)
Suspected sockpuppets


Evidence submitted by LadyofShalott

PoliticianTexas has been banned for abusive use of multiple sockpuppets. One of his favorite articles to edit using puppets is Española Valley High School. User:NativeNorteño has been making the sorts of changes that PoliticianTexas favors such as altering the infobox [1], changing statistical information about the school [2], [3],[4], removing potentially negative (but sourced) information about the school [5], and removing referencing tags [6]. LadyofShalott 03:06, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am adding User:Nmunderdog to the report as another probable sockpuppet of PoliTex. His sole edit so far is to change the listed superintendant at another favorite article of PT: Taos High School - [7]. Note the many edits by different puppets. LadyofShalott 02:23, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence submited by Uncia

These are some diffs supporting the points raised by LadyofShalott. They list changes by the current suspect and by known socks of PolTx. Also let me point out that PolTx is a community-banned editor. Also I have added 174.131.211.49 (talk) as a suspect sock in this case; this may help in Checkuser. All editors listed in the diffs below, except for NativeNorteño, are known socks of PolTx.

--Uncia (talk) 04:40, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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A note about the IP that was added to the investigation by Uncia: it's in a range that is reserved for IANA.org according to WHOIS. Another sockpupeteer, one who is thought/has claimed to use proxies used, by self admission, a similar address in a peculiar way 174.34.161.140 (talk · contribs).Synchronism (talk) 11:38, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Doing a WHOIS on that IP address does give that result. However, doing a Geolocate on that IP address shows it resolving to Windstream Communications. This is the same ISP used by many of the PolTX sockpuppet IPs.Dori ❦ (Talk ❖ Contribs ❖ Review) ❦ 03:53, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
So it is likely not a proxy, but perhaps a recently assigned IP, which would explain the lack of whois info?Synchronism (talk) 06:11, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Checkuser request – code letter: E (Community ban/sanction evasion )
Current status – Completed: Reviewed by a Checkuser, results and comments are below.

 Clerk endorsed MuZemike 04:30, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusions
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Report date December 1 2009, 04:18 (UTC)
Suspected sockpuppets
Evidence submitted by LadyofShalott

JTSalazar seems to be following in the typical style of PoliticianTexas's edits. His very first edit to the article on Española Valley High School (not his first edit to Wikipedia, just that article) was to revert back to a version created by previously confirmed sockpuppets of of PoliticianTexas (see previous checkuser case on this banned user), and he has continued to make multiple edits in a short period of time - typical of PT's socks - to that article (one of PT's favorites). He only uses edit summaries occasionally, another characteristic of PT and his sockpuppets. LadyofShalott 04:18, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Conclusions

information Administrator note Bloody obvious. Blocked and tagged. MuZemike 04:21, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Tiptoety talk 04:22, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Report date December 10 2009, 08:17 (UTC)
Suspected sockpuppets



Evidence submitted by Synchronism

Obvious sock of PolTx:

  • Attempted to non-admin close after having voted on an AFD brought forth on the basis of the article being the creation of PolTx, [8][9] praised the article graciously.[10]
  • Makes similar edits to those of PolTx and his socks, specifically: repeatedly inserting a new picture for the infobox at Albuquerque, New Mexico[11][12][13], these photos are generally not PolTx's original work though he often claims otherwise, they are often copyright violations (see User talk:DoriSmith/PolTXimgs; repeatedly marking municipal officeholder's political affiliations without clear explanation of the connection (New Mexican municipalities are non-partisan) linked to a RS[14][15]; removing maintenance tags without addressing the problems given.[16][17]
  • Shows similar editing interests to PolTx and his socks (see User talk:DoriSmith/PoliticianTexas#Commonly edited pages), especially high school athletics.[18]. Wiki Stalk Results for mostly recent socks:[19].

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Seriously do all the "investigating" you want. But I know I'm not one. I love working on wikipedia, but I have never had a previous account. Hope to work with you all in the future. ZekeW (talk) 19:25, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Request for CheckUser
Checkuser request – code letter: E (Community ban/sanction evasion )
Current status – Completed: Reviewed by a Checkuser, results and comments are below.
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Considering the very short time since I filed the last PolTX SPI case (on 1 Dec.), I think a checkuser would be useful to see if there are other moles waiting in line for whacking. LadyofShalott 08:41, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ZekeW has taken today up editing V. Sue Cleveland High School - another article known to have been edited previously by sockpuppets of PolTx. LadyofShalott 07:22, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Confirmed the account. I blocked a couple of ranges, and I'm hoping that I got all of them, but we'll see. I didn't see any definite sockpuppets. Dominic·t 08:04, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Report date January 12 2010, 19:02 (UTC)
Suspected sockpuppets
Evidence submitted by LadyofShalott

IPs are exclusively editing articles created and/or heavily edited by banned user PT and his many other sockpuppets. LadyofShalott 19:02, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Checkuser request – code letter: E (Community ban/sanction evasion )
Current status – Completed: Reviewed by a Checkuser, results and comments are below.    Requested by LadyofShalott 19:02, 12 January 2010 (UTC) [reply]
  • Seeing as a few of these IPs have been used by PoliticianTexas for over a month, and after speaking with Avi who confirms he is the only person on those IPs I have hardblocked them for a period of one month. Tiptoety talk 08:29, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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11 February 2011
Suspected sockpuppets


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Same interests as PT (and his large blocked drawer of socks) - returning to old haunts like Espanola Valley High School. I see from editors' talk page much concern about copyright status of uploaded images - the very thing that got PT banned in the first place, and one of his common tells. LadyofShalott 01:46, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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no Declined – All previous socks of PoliticianTexas are  Stale, and moreover the last SPI case was over a year ago. CU has nothing to compare to. –MuZemike 02:10, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Per the latest information given above, SteveoJ and Johnj stevenson are  Confirmed; to whom I wouldn't be able to tell. Per comparing behavioral evidence with recent socks, it's likely they're PoliticianTexas. –MuZemike 02:35, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have indefinitely blocked both of these users. LadyofShalott 02:48, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
03 March 2011
Suspected sockpuppets

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This report deals with PoliticianTexas (talk · contribs), a community-banned editor who continues to create new sockpuppets; with Johnj stevenson (talk · contribs) and SteveoJ (talk · contribs), two indefinitely-blocked editors who are suspected socks of PoliticianTexas; and with N salazar (talk · contribs). This report presents evidence that all four are the same editor.

The first three editors were considered in the February 2011 report (above this one). Checkuser concluded that Johnj stevenson and SteveoJ are the same editor, but could not confirm that they are PoliticianTexas, and on that basis they were blocked indefinitely as suspected sockpuppets. Evidence was presented there and more is presented here that they are PoliticianTexas, and that N salazar is the same as these three editors.

The N salazar account was created on Commons on 20 August 2010 and was dormant there from 20 August 2010 to 16 February 2011. Johnj stevenson and SteveoJ were blocked on 11 February 2011, and N salazar began editing on the English Wikipedia 4 days later on 15 February 2011, so the timing is suspicious. The strongest evidence is that all four have made extensive edits to Española Valley High School, a known PoliticianTexas magnet (his socks nearly always edit this article, and almost nobody else does). Other evidence (editors listed other than these four are known sockpuppets of PoliticianTexas):

Evidence that PoliticianTexas is Johnj stevenson and SteveoJ (also see evidence in the February 2011 sockpuppetry case)

Evidence that N salazar is Johnj stevenson and SteveoJ

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The behavioral evidence {{WP:DUCK|quacks]] very loudly. I agree with Ann that checking for sleepers could be useful, as this is a known tactic of PT. LadyofShalott 16:48, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Confirmed:
16 March 2011
Suspected sockpuppets


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DinNM is hitting PT's favorite articles, such as Espanola Valley High School, and reverting as here to version by previously blocked sock of PT. quack, quack, blah, blah, blah. Need to check for sleepers as PT has a known history of creating sleeper accounts. LadyofShalott 20:29, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note also that account was created on 7 March, just 3 days after the last socks were blocked. LadyofShalott 20:39, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed TNXMan 21:02, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

31 May 2011
Suspected sockpuppets

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JHarrelson and the IPs all follow PT's distinctive editing style:

Note: TrentZee is blocked as a confirmed sock of PT. SteveOJ is blocked as a suspected sock. Camerafiend (talk) 02:38, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and added a checkuser request to look for sleepers. Camerafiend (talk) 23:03, 5 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. I have an issue with User:JHarrison at Espanola, New Mexico. Should I wait a bit before launching into it? Carptrash (talk) 05:17, 5 June 2011 (UTC) Carptrash (talk) 05:17, 5 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]


James here, I noticed you we're all having a nice conversation about me. Before you would like to point out you're false accusations you might want to do some more research on me. I'd like to give you my email if you would like to contact me for further details: jamesjharrelson@gmail.com.

Hope to hear from you soon, James. JHarrelson (talk) 21:47, 5 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I was just about to file a report on JHarrelson myself, but was beaten to it. The editor's behavior quacks very loudly. PT is known to create drawers of socks for future use; checkuser would be useful for detecting these. LadyofShalott 19:18, 4 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

 Checkuser note: User:JHarrelson is highly  Likely; of course no comment on IPs.  Frank  |  talk  01:00, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]


08 June 2011
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User:JHarrelson was blocked as a sock of PT just yesterday. Now we have a brand new user hitting some of PT's favorite articles, such as V. Sue Cleveland High School, and engaging in PT-typical behavior, such as reverting to non-standard infoboxes. LadyofShalott 02:04, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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08 July 2011
Suspected sockpuppets


The last sock, User:Badfrench, was blocked on June 8. This Katymonroe account was created on June 9 and has since been editing the many of the usual articles including Española Valley High School. Particularly damning is this series of diffs from the V. Sue Cleveland High School article:

1. IP edits the article to reinsert a custom, nonstandard infobox (a dead giveaway that the IP is PolTx) [20]
2. LadyofShalott reverts the IP [21]
3. Katymonroe reverts LadyofShalott [22]
4. Oops! Katymonroe realizes cover has been blown and reverts self with an unconvincing edit summary. [23]

Quack, quack, quack. Camerafiend (talk) 02:52, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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15 August 2011
Suspected sockpuppets


Sole edits so far are to change Infobox school to a nonstandard, bloated infobox - one of PT's favorite hobbies of late. This includes V. Sue Cleveland High School, one of PT's favorite haunts. Obvious sock is obvious, and I will block immediately after filing this report. I request checkuser though to look for sleepers. LadyofShalott 16:35, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed as being the same as Katymonroe (talk · contribs). No other accounts. TNXMan 16:47, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

information Administrator note Already blocked. Account tagged. Made some long-term protections since they don't seem like high profile pages and there appears to be plenty of socking. Elockid (Talk) 16:57, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]


25 August 2011
Suspected sockpuppets


This editor is repeatedly putting non-free images (something PT has a history doing) into team season articles, including 2009-10 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team, an old haunt of PT. I request checkuser both to confirm identity as a PT sockpuppet and to check for sleeper accounts. LadyofShalott 18:59, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The following is Dereks1x (talk · contribs):

30 November 2011
Suspected sockpuppets

Same history as every other sock of PoliticianTexas. It appears that no, he won't ever get tired of doing the same thing over and over. Dori ❦ (Talk ❖ Contribs ❖ Review) ❦ 02:59, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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19 February 2012
Suspected sockpuppets


Hitting PT's favorite articles (Espanola Valley High School, V. Sue Cleveland High School, etc.) - quack. No edit summaries - quack. Changing of sports statistics - quack. Uploading logo images - quack. Please check for sleepers, as PT is wont to use them. LadyofShalott 21:55, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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28 March 2012
Suspected sockpuppets


PT appears to be back at it in his usual area of New Mexico high school articles. This edit in particular displays many of his trademarks, like messing with the school color formatting in the infobox, changing "high school" to "senior high school" (previous sock's edit) and adding a section about the new NMPED school grades which is a verbatim copy of edits [24] [25] made by a previous sock. Camerafiend (talk) 23:20, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Quack, quack, quack... Typical changing of statistics, tables, administration of schools that interest PT, all but last edit without an edit summary. Checkuser requested to look for sleeper accounts. LadyofShalott 01:59, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

edit to merge reports - sorry, I didn't check to see that someone had already reported Glass. LadyofShalott 02:03, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Based on too much experience with this user, it certainly sounds like the same guy to me. Dori ☾Talk ⁘ Contribs☽ 23:46, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed DGlass05 (talk · contribs) matches with previous sock Stlanier (talk · contribs). No sleepers for now, though. No comment on the IP. - Mailer Diablo 02:23, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Blocked and tagged. LadyofShalott 02:55, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
07 April 2012
Suspected sockpuppets

The CHsport account was created March 30, one day after last sock was blocked. Telltale edits include these to PT's very favorite article Española Valley High School, which include adjusting the school colors in the infobox, adding a lengthy sports-related table, and adjusting enrollment figures—all highly characteristic of PT's usual behavior. Also created Alamosa High School, which displays many PT characteristics like including an "unofficial" school color in the infobox and styling the school as a "public senior high school" in the lede.

For the IP, there is this edit to restore content added by the last sock. Has also edited many of PT's favorites including V. Sue Cleveland High School and Susana Martinez, and has added PT's custom "school grade" table to a number of articles. I usually don't bother reporting the IPs but this one has been active for some time and has quite a few edits. Camerafiend (talk) 13:03, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed the CHsport is the same as DGlass05 (talk · contribs). TNXMan 14:17, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

04 May 2012
Suspected sockpuppets

Osand12 has edited some of PT's favorite articles, Española Valley High School and Susana Martinez, displaying his characteristic style of making many edits in a row to the same article, using bare url references, and rarely using edit summaries. Also created Centennial High School (Las Cruces, New Mexico), which has PT trademarks like bare url references an insistence on using the term "senior high school."

The IP added an image to the University of New Mexico article which was previously uploaded by User:SteveoJ, a PT sock. Made many sequential edits to the UNM article with no edit summary per PT's standard practice. Also edited V. Sue Cleveland High School, a PT favorite. Camerafiend (talk) 00:55, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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duckmegaphone Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me - do please check for sleepers though. LadyofShalott 01:33, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Osand12 is a  Likely match to CHsport (talk · contribs). No sleepers, though. TNXMan 14:45, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
15 May 2012
Suspected sockpuppets


Very first two edits were to revert my prior rollbacks of a confirmed PT sock's edits. Jf scott is hitting favorite targets of PT, and as usual, using very few edit summaries. Quack, quack. LadyofShalott 22:40, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This guy keeps coming back and back and back. Can't a checkuser who knows something about range blocks please put in some protections? LadyofShalott 03:09, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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17 June 2012
Suspected sockpuppets


Same interests such as Española Valley High School [26] [27] [28] and Susana Martinez [29] [30], plus same interests as other socks in New Mexico topics. Started May 26th, 10 days after the last sock was closed. Quacking very, very loudly. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 22:33, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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07 August 2012
Suspected sockpuppets

Same behavior, same types of articles, all NM related. See contribs. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 19:06, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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11 October 2012
Suspected sockpuppets

Same behavior as always, editing Española Valley High School, New Mexico political topics, and UNM athletics articles. Trademark serial edits with minimal use of edit summaries. Ungainly custom tables like [31], [32], and the one in Kit Carson Rifle are highly reminiscent of PT's past work. (Note that identical college rivalry tables were added by both GreasedLobo and the IP, so they are clearly the same person). The last CU turned up a sleeper so I'm requesting it here too. Camerafiend (talk) 02:35, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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08 August 2013
Suspected sockpuppets


This IP's edits will look familiar to anyone familiar with PT. Almost all edits are related to favorite topics like Española, New Mexico, University of New Mexico, and Susana Martinez. Also displays PT's usual fascination with decorative custom formatting [33] and infoboxes/tables related to local politics [34][35]. Edit warring [36][37] over logos in a table created by PT in the first place (see SPI dated 11 October 2012 above) is particularly telling. Camerafiend (talk) 21:09, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Update I just became aware of User:Paulsen44. This account has made lots of crufty edits to Española Valley High School [38] [39], which is extremely characteristic of PT. Also updated the school's NMPED grade assessment, a statistic PT added in the first place [40]. Lots of edits related to NM local politics; created Albuquerque mayoral election, 2001, Albuquerque mayoral election, 2005, and Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court. I'm adding a CU request to see if anything else is sleeping in the sock drawer (hopefully the last named account isn't stale). Camerafiend (talk) 14:43, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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09 October 2013
Suspected sockpuppets

The IP was given a duck block [41] following the last SPI but it has expired and they are editing again. Looking at the contribs it is clearly still PT.

As for the named account, Danny vs created Associated Students of the University of New Mexico, which was edited multiple times by PT pre-block [42][43]. Apart from the known sock, Danny vs is the only substantial editor of this article (whose extraordinarily detailed coverage of a borderline-notable student government organization, complete with logo, tables, and election results, is highly reminiscent of PT's past contributions). This major edit to Española Valley High School is also strong evidence as PT is responsible for virtually all of the content in this article.

Since it has been only about a month since PT's last named account was blocked and since he frequently uses multiple accounts at the same time, I'm requesting CU to look for sleepers. Camerafiend (talk) 16:00, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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06 July 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

Editor is new, yet hit the ground running in very familiar territory. Every single edit is to an article previously edited by a PT sock, except New Mexico gubernatorial election, 2014 which is fairly new but related to the Martinez article. Link after article is one example of a sock editing that article.

My guess is that there is another sockmaster we have been listing that was really PoliticianTexas, which CU might be able to clear up as well, to link cases. I know PT is stale itself, but I'm betting there are records around since he is a banned editor. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 03:08, 6 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • Adding one more fact, PT edited politics, including [48] which is a different year but the same state as this current sock. He couldn't have edited the 14 due to time, so it is pretty much the same article but a different year. The current incarnation also edits politics, per contribs. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 00:27, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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  •  Additional information needed - I don't have any account to compare it with, so it comes down to a pure sleeper check. While the evidence presented can indicate sockpuppetry, it's not firm indication of it. I would like to see some evidence directly connecting to a previous sock. There are also other sockmasters laying around those articles like SMGeorge34 (talk · contribs). -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 03:15, 6 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Give me a day, I've been trying to get to bed for two hours. I have a feeling that one of these other masters may in fact be PT and just wasn't linked back, thus became a new "master". Normally, I wouldn't sweat that, it happens, but PT is banned, not just blocked, so it matters to try to link it properly. I still bet that there is an IP to be found for PT on a Post It note somewhere back in the CU sooper sekrit cave. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 03:22, 6 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Added more above, changed status back to CU request, DeltaQuad. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 14:16, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Based on *limited* previous CU data, Red X Unrelated unless he's moved. Behavoir will be your deciding factor. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 03:32, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: I'm not comfortable blocking based on behavior. If it weren't that I trusted Dennis's instincts, I wouldn't have spent so much time looking at the various diffs. One behavioral similarity I saw is that JDecker1 summarized an edit as small here when it obviously wasn't, as did another puppet here. However, the color thing isn't precisely the same and isn't very persuasive to me, and I noticed that one of the confirmed puppets added section "Student–school Improvement team" here that JDecker1 removed. This isn't a finding that JDecker1 is not a puppet, just that there isn't enough evidence to block.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:44, 2 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/PoliticianTexas/Archive