| Original name(s) | Catcreekcitycouncil |
|---|---|
| Wikilifespan | March 2012 – present |
| Sockpuppet investigations | SPI case page |
| Instructions | Suspected socks should be immediately reported to WP:AIV, referencing this LTA case. |
| Status | Active |
Basic information
Catcreekcitycouncil (talk · contribs · block log · arb · SPI confirmed suspected)
Comprehensive edits analysis
A prolific sockpuppeter and vandal with over 500 sockpuppets, most of which were created to vandalize Cat Creek, Montana. This has resulted in the article fluctuating in various levels of protection.
This user has the dubious distinction of being banned twice: once in 2012 (where he was added to LOBU, but apparently never tagged with the ban template), and later after LOBU was deleted, in 2018.
They are sometimes impersonated by another LTA, ByteOr.
Targeted areas, pages, themes
Although most of this vandal's edits seem to focus on Cat Creek, Montana, they also edit articles such as:
- Pages which contain "Cat Creek" in their title, such as Cat Creek Oil Field, Cat Creek, Kentucky, and Cat Creek (Missouri) [1]
- Pages relating to cats, such as wildcat and Big cat [2]
- Pages relating to Agoura High School [3]
- Pages relating to other places in Montana [4]
- Pages relating to Michigan [5]
- Pages related to the Furry fandom [6]
Habitual behavior
- Adding a hoax about lions existing in Montana
- Claiming an 1800s book as a source for said claim. (The book does appear to exist and refer to "lions", but does so as an archaic reference to Puma concolor, not the claimed Panthera leo.)
- Reverting edits as "vandalism" made by editors who have reverted their edits
- Vandalizing userpages
- Making lots of trivial edits to userpages, talk pages, and various help desks and noticeboards in order to achieve extended confirmed status
- Making frivolous unblock requests
- Treating their trolling as a "game" being played with reverting admins
- More recent (mid–2018 onward) socks from impersonators have been focusing on adding hoaxes about outbreaks of "zombie birds" to the pages of various Michigan cities (specifically by User:Jeffman12345, under the name "Glapz").
Cases
Other notes
In most cases, the socks can be easily identified and reported to WP:AIV to be blocked as WP:DUCKS. In some cases, however, it may be worth it to file a WP:SPI to check for sleepers (the user has been known to edit behind proxies, however, and recent SPIs have rarely turned up any associated accounts). This user has also been known to take large breaks before becoming active again (e.g. May 2016 – February 2017).
- Sockpuppet category (if any): Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Catcreekcitycouncil
- Suspected sockpuppet category (if any): Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Catcreekcitycouncil