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TheKartingWikipedian
post Sat 16th June 2012, 6:04pm
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Anyone know how to run the user compare report which helps sniff out sockpuppets? I can't find it anywhere. I have a suspicion of a couple of the Irish Nats and want to see how they line up with each other.
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post Sun 17th June 2012, 10:07am
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There used to be a tool to list which articles had been edited by both of two editors. However the author had his account deleted on Toolserver for non-activity so all his tools disappeared. You might check to see if there is a new such.

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But what if you find two editors editing much the same articles? That just shows that they have the same obsessions!
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post Mon 18th June 2012, 8:07pm
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Thanks Fusion. I had a look there but couldn't find anything. This is the report that's run every half hour in each SPI.

I suppose the thing to look for are articles edited by the two users (i.e. potentially one user) that are not in any way related to their shared areas of interest.
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post Tue 19th June 2012, 2:07am
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Anyone know how to run the user compare report which helps sniff out sockpuppets? I can't find it anywhere. I have a suspicion of a couple of the Irish Nats and want to see how they line up with each other.


There definitely is or was such a thing since I used it myself less than a couple of months ago. But I came across it by accident and I'm afraid I didn't take a note of it. If I see it again I will post here.
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