Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ToonBoyDan/Archive


ToonBoyDan

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21 November 2012
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All accounts are operated by one Daniel Van Ness, the self-proclaimed "Best Wiki Editor In Town," whose major flaw is creating hoax articles about media franchise sequels and subsequently linking his creations on valid articles.

As User:ToonBoyDan

  • Introduces himself, sometimes details his traits, hobbies, interests, ideas, etc.
  • Created hoax Shark Tale 2.
  • Casted Liv Tyler in fake Legend of Zelda movie.

As User:Dude722

  • Usual intro.
  • Shark Tale 2 (again).
  • Attempts creating hoax pages.

As User:Dude723

  • Intro (mentions Zelda movie again).
  • Obsessed with child actress Emily Hahn and casts her in his hoax movies (including Shark Tale 2).
  • Hoax movies (again).

As User:Dude724

  • Intro.
  • Emily Hahn.
  • Hoax.

As User:Dude725

  • Intro.
  • Emily Hahn.
  • Hoax.

As User:Dude726

  • Intro.

As User:Dude728

  • Intro.
  • Hoax. Freshh (talk) 19:28, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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  •  Clerk note: Re-tagged and closed. Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:42, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
1 January 2013
Suspected sockpuppets
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All accounts are operated by one Daniel Van Ness, the self-proclaimed "Best Wiki Editor In Town," whose major flaw is creating hoax articles about media franchise sequels and subsequently linking his creations on valid articles.

As User:ToonBoyDan

  • Introduces himself, sometimes details his traits, hobbies, interests, ideas, etc.
  • Created hoax Shark Tale 2.
  • Casted Liv Tyler in hoax Legend of Zelda movie Ocarina of Time.

As User:Dude72900

  • Intro & Hoax. Freshh (talk) 21:56, 29 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As User:Dude7298

  • Intro.
  • Hoax. Freshh (talk) 18:14, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As User:Dude898

  • Intro. Freshh (talk) 01:19, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As User:Dude712

  • Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  • Shark Tale 2 Freshh (talk) 02:12, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As User:Dude99891

  • Intro.

As User:Dude9989

  • Suspiciously similar user name as above.
  • Similar self-praise in intro: "I'm the coolest person alive, I'm the greatest man ever!" Freshh (talk) 04:22, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Cleaned up page, removed old socks from archive. In the future, please use the instructions located at WP:SPI. (X! · talk)  · @229  ·  04:29, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • CheckUser requested - Self-endorsed by clerk for checkuser attention - Wow, this is a weird case. It's definitely socks here, so I'm blocking and tagging. However, seeing as there are a lot of these accounts, and he seems to keep making them, I'm endorsing this for a sleeper check. (X! · talk)  · @231  ·  04:32, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Confirmed plus Dude99899, Dude899. I'm looking at rangeblocks now. Dude712 is  Stale. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 04:47, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Blocked and tagged. Closing. (X! · talk)  · @244  ·  04:51, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
May 2013
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The first four accounts have been confirmed to be operated by one Daniel Van Ness, the self-proclaimed "Best Wiki Editor In Town," whose major flaw is creating hoax articles about media franchise sequels and subsequently linking his creations on valid articles.

Mr. Van Ness has also had repeated incidents of creating and recreating a page devoted to a child actress named Danielle Marcot, whose only known role was on the children's show Shining Time Station. I have no doubt that the IP address is ToonBoyDan, as I have never seen such compassion for devoting a page to an actor who doesn't have enough information for a single article.

As User:ToonBoyDan

  • Introduces himself, sometimes details his traits, hobbies, interests, ideas, etc.
  • Created hoax Shark Tale 2.
  • Casted Liv Tyler in fake Legend of Zelda movie.

As User:Dude722

  • Usual intro.
  • Shark Tale 2 (again).
  • Attempts creating hoax pages.
  • Creates page Danielle Marcot

As User:Dude725

As User:Dude72900

  • Reuploads page "Danielle Marcot (actress)"

As User:198.72.155.179

  • Reuploads page "Danielle Marcot (actress)"
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  •  Clerk note: These socks are already blocked. Closed. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:01, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
23 September 2014
Suspected sockpuppets
  • Dude799 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Pretty obvious given the user name which is similar to those of many previous socks; also see this REFUND request bonadea contributions talk 12:48, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Blocked per WP:DUCK. Protonk (talk) 12:57, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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24 September 2014
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  • Dude879 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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WP:DUCK bonadea contributions talk 11:41, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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information Administrator note Blocked and tagged. — MusikAnimal talk 01:52, 26 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

01 October 2014
Suspected sockpuppets
  • Jewberryclifford (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Recreated Whose Daughter Is She? which was previously created by one of ToonBoyDan's socks, Dude799 (talk · contribs). Also, they use his usual style, ending their sentences (even in articles) with :P. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 12:45, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Blocked and tagged, page deleted and salted. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:54, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
08 October 2014
Suspected sockpuppets
  • Legonspongebob (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Basically confirms it on his user page Wgolf (talk) 16:38, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Both accounts have been blocked. Mike V • Talk 04:41, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
16 October 2014
Suspected sockpuppets
  • IneshtheGreat (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Ivanallanmay (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Created Calvin and Hobbes the Animated Cartoon Series - notice the signature use of :P at the end of the article. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 16:26, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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  • WP:DUCK accounts indicated by their contribution histories (i.e. edit summaries and recreation of the same deleted articles). Both accounts have been blocked. — CactusWriter (talk) 22:59, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
31 October 2014
Suspected sockpuppets
  • ToonBoyDanGameFan9909 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)


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WP:DUCK WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:57, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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  • The username and the deleted contributions show an indisputable level of similarity. I've blocked the account. Mike V • Talk 19:18, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]


06 November 2014
Suspected sockpuppets
  • Yorgyschmorgies (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Recreated Whose Daughter Is She?, and uses the same style as previous socks on talk pages. bonadea contributions talk 19:50, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Agreed, and blocked. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:50, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

01 December 2014
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  • Bun692ski (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Uses 'Dan's signature ":P" to end their sentences. Also edited Jessica D. Stone, an article which has been created a number of times by his previous socks. Also note that they give the same biography as a previous sock. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 17:37, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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  • The contested deletion arguments on Talk:Caitlin beadles and Talk:Madison Fisk are also typical for this user's socks. --bonadea contributions talk 17:52, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Agreed, the behavioral evidence is quite clear. Mike V • Talk 06:05, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
12 December 2014
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Says he's not ToonBoyDan for no apparent reason. Methinks the sock doth protest too much. CU for sleepers, I'm aware there's no way to connect it with ToonBoyDan by now. Ian.thomson (talk) 23:36, 12 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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19 December 2014
Suspected sockpuppets
  • JoeySlikk2012 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Like previous socks, says he is not TBD, sprinkles :P all over the place. bonadea contributions talk 22:23, 19 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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