Mike-Jones-at-dc

• Mike-Jones-at-dc (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Lucyatchalk (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• 86.137.47.66 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)) — adding external links in the middle of articles relating to the University of Plymouth (which is located at Drake Circus). This occured after drakecircus.net was blacklisted, therefor forcing the user to chose a different external link.

• Code letter: C and partly F

• Supporting evidence: Both SPAMing articles with drakecircus websites. Mike-Jones-at-dc and a few hours later Lucyatchalk. This is part of the ongoing Drake Circus vandalism, as discussed at Talk:Drake Circus Shopping Centre and at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#www.drakecircus.com. See Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Whiteworks for more suspected sockpuppets and Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/86.146.197.193 of which 86.137.47.66 and 86.146.197.193 match WHOIS reports. Jolly Ω Janner 20:54, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Likely that these two accounts are related, as is the IP. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 01:01, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: Named accounts already blocked. I went ahead and blocked the IP for two weeks. Tiptoety ^talk 02:35, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Joyful-janner (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) seems to be the same person. DuncanHill (talk) 13:20, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• The-web-hamster (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) also similar activity. DuncanHill (talk) 16:07, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Webham:ter (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) and again. DuncanHill (talk) 16:48, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• All three of these are blocked, for various reasons. Could definitely use another CU check, though, it's obvious we've got a sockfarm going. Tony Fox (arf!) 17:00, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Indeed. A rangeblock would be nice. Jolly Ω Janner 17:01, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• There's some more information at Wikistalking - the shrine and Profile of our friend. Jolly Ω Janner 17:04, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the above - I don't believe the user who never signs in, and it described in the sections on my Talk Page by Jolly Janner, is the same user as is being discussed on this page. The user on this page seems to be fixated with Drake Circus. My pet IP user tends to hand out at Plymouth College and Plymouth in general. I think this are distinct users, and so the material on my page shouldn't prejudice the user being discussed. Stevebritgimp (talk) 21:09, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also the user described on my page (IP/Whiteworks) tends to remove all mention of Drake Circus, rather than spam pages with websites promoting it. Stevebritgimp (talk) 21:32, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly. The user is playing the system. Making it seem as though Drake Circus shopping centre is actualy behind the SPAMing. It's just wasting people's time. As far as I'm concerned, any of the users doing disuptive edits to Drake Circus are the same people. What are the chances of two seriel vandals picking the same article to target? Jolly Ω Janner 21:39, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A handful more. Their contributions and comments to each other suggest a concerted effort to use WP for advertising and to evade blocks via multiple accounts:

• Lucyatdc (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Harrythe hill (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Markyatdc (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

I've indef-blocked 'em. By behavior, seems likely to be a few meatpuppets, each with a drawer of socks. DMacks (talk) 21:46, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Jeremy-parkurst-junior (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) Another one. This user's creating accounts faster than I can report them! Jolly Ω Janner 21:57, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Confirmed that all these accounts are related. I'm afraid there is no IP block that can be done -- the range is at least a /14 and possibly larger, as well as being highly dynamic. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 00:24, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll try to report these accounts as soon as I spot them. Jolly Ω Janner 00:44, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]