Kingshowman
Shortcut: WP:LTA/KSM
Original name(s)Kingshowman
WikilifespanJuly 2015-2020
Physical locationBrooklyn, New York
Sockpuppet investigationsWikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kingshowman
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StatusArchived

Basic information

Kingshowman (talk · contribs · block log · arb · SPI confirmed suspected)
Comprehensive edits analysis
Kingshowman is a user from Brooklyn, New York who makes personal attacks against other users as well as defamatory statements relating to supposed controversies about Donald Trump. This user usually exhibits a grandiose tone in usernames and edit summaries.

Targeted areas, pages, themes

  • Makes defamatory statements at articles relating to Donald Trump and creates attack pages about supposed controversies.
  • Adds false information to articles about controversial issues.
  • Makes small edits at various articles, typically making grammatical changes or adding unsourced associations with conservatism.

Habitual behavior

  1. Typically uses grandiose usernames or IP addresses geolocating to Brooklyn.
  2. Creates user and user talk pages very shortly after creating an account, often with false sockpuppet tags, content copied from the userspace of impersonated users, or false claims of being a legitimate alternative account.
  3. Makes small grammatical edits to various articles.
  4. Creates attack pages and adds BLP violations targeting Donald Trump.
  5. Impersonates usernames of other editors and vandalises articles and deletion discussions recently edited by them.
  6. Typically makes multiple small edits in a row to appear constructive.
  7. Makes vague or grandiose statements at talk pages or WP:DRV and WP:AFD debates, respectively.
  8. Edit summaries typically make grandiose statements; accuse other editors of lying, vandalism, edit warring, hoaxing or racism; or claim to make grammatical or factual corrections.
  9. Frequently uses variants of the word friend.
  10. Changes names on hurricane lists.

Cases

Sockpuppet investigations on English Wikipedia

Other notes

Confirmed and suspected accounts