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Launebee

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13 September 2017

Suspected sockpuppets

Evidence: User:Launebee twice removed some tags from the article Panthéon-Assas University. Another user, User:‪XIIIfromTOKYO‬, twice restored them. Then immediately a series of four IPs did the identical removals that Launebee had been doing, while the other user reverted the IPs and mocked them as socks. I am requesting a Checkuser because I think it is possible that this was a joe job against Launebee - not only because it is way, way too obvious, but because the IPs geolocate to Europe and the other user appears (despite their name) to be European.

The situation is actually seen most clearly at Panthéon-Assas University: Revision history but here are the diffs:

  • Launebee and
  • 129.102.254.237
  • 89.185.246.17
  • 89.185.246.13 and
  • 89.185.246.34

Thanks for checking. (And yes, the edit warring is being dealt with elsewhere.) MelanieN (talk) 23:02, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Comment about not connecting user accounts with IP addresses: Yes, I know you can't connect an account to a unique IP that is theirs. But I thought it might be possible to check and see if one or the other user I have named here is socking, without specifying which IP (out of four IPs from two completely different ranges) actually connects to the user. --MelanieN (talk) 23:48, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

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19 January 2018

Suspected sockpuppets

Some of the users that defend the articles University of Paris and Sorbonne University current versions seem to be either anonymous IPs or recently created accounts that support one another’s views in the discussion thread, creating a illusion of support. Their verbatim, including English mistakes (“reborn” instead of “rebirth” and so on), are also similar.

I have recently seen that the user Launabee was banned from making edits on French academic institutionsUser_talk:Launebee#Topic_ban. Since then, the following users were created, perhaps in a way of evading his sanction: 


Launebee (Last edit: 23/10/17) 
Parberg (First edit: 7/11/17. Last edit: 21/11/17
) JeanBirkin (First edit: 18/12/17. Last edit: 23/12/17) SummertimeinCrocodilopolis (First edit: 27/12/17. Last edit: 12/01/17).



As one can see, the users were created exclusively to support a similar POV regarding the University of Paris and Sorbonne University. The edits of all the above mentioned users are in identical articles, all concerning Parisian universities, with a similar agenda. Moreover, the date of the creation of their accounts is suspicious. On top of that, all the users seem to have considerable knowledge regarding wikipedia already from their first contribution.



I don't want to make false accusations here, I would be deeply sorry to make a mistake, but perhaps a more experienced user could have a look on what is going on in these pages. SirJamesMcBiscuit (talk) 21:24, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

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28 August 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

The account Delfield is clearly the latest episode in the string of sockpuppet accounts of Launabee. Launabee has been banned from editing articles on French academic institutions (. Delfield has been making edits to the English language Sciences Po article.

Evidence for sockpuppet-account:

Delfield has been following the content and language pattern of Launabee in a highly conspicuous way. Launabee was recognisable by continuously adding laudatory content about the law faculty of University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. At the same time Launabee deleted positive content about Sciences Po and added derogatory content, specifically about the Sciences Po law school. While doing so, Launabee demonstrated a distinctly French-sounding English grammar and made mistakes with his wording.


Delfield fits into the exact language and content style of Launabee. Delfield even used some of the identical phrases as Launabee. The following are just a few examples of many:

Delfield writes: (https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Sciences_Po&diff=974153935&oldid=966898648)

"2008, partly as an answer to the announcement of the creation of a "law school" in this new meaning in Sciences Po, University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, created a "law college" (undergraduate level) and then a "law school" (graduate level) on top of its faculty of law to attract top students in France (see the disambiguation page, second meaning). It was widely reported in the media as the creation of a "way of excellence in law" for "brilliant students"."


Launabee wrote: (https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Law_school,_college_of_law_or_academy_of_law_in_France&diff=974366825&oldid=706723576)

"Panthéon-Assas University being the top faculty of law in France, medias called even more this law college and school "way of excellence""

Both use the same citations. The same language.

If you compare the editing history of both accounts, the similarity is striking:

(https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Special:Contributions/Launebee&offset=20171002173105&limit=500&target=Launebee) (https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Special:Contributions/Delfield&offset=&limit=500&target=Delfield)

If more evidence is needed, I can easily give more examples. I take the nature of these investigations seriously. This is not a lighthearted accusation.

MePhisto (talk) 21:14, 28 August 2020 (UTC)