User talk:TheSLEEVEmonkey/sandbox

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@TheSLEEVEmonkey: Good work cataloguing all this. A few more things:

Londonergezzer (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) is another, older connected account
Vyner Street is another article written entirely by this sockpuppet network
Cambridge Heath is one expanded heavily by it
Romanbow and Taytay95 were both pasting copyrighted text directly from other sites into Wikipedia during June and July 2019, much of which had to be redacted. Hopeful2014, Londonergezzer and 185.49.74.145 were all active before this time, as far back as 2018, and it seems likely they were also doing this, without anyone noticing at the time. --Lord Belbury (talk) 11:48, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for this! I've added them to the list. Yes, when checking sources I noticed that a lot of their contributions were direct copy/pastes from the sources... Looks like it's going to take some time to set it all right! TheSLEEVEmonkey (talk) 12:12, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

South Bromley, Tower Hamlets is another sock-written article where an existing redirect (South Bromley) points somewhere else. Looks like the usual mix of paragraphs copied/moved without credit from other articles, copyright violations (I've just deleted one paragraph), transport details and local business news. --Lord Belbury (talk) 13:18, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - added to the list. The idea of "South Bromley" actually gave me a chuckle at least.... TheSLEEVEmonkey (talk) 13:31, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Found a couple more: User:Rocky deeplevel (same focus on east London, bus timetables and names of WW2 factions) and User:86.157.156.151. Probably not worth reporting the first, as it hasn't been active since February. --Lord Belbury (talk) 10:51, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Clapton, London

Looks like Clapton, London is this user copying a few bits of Lower Clapton and Upper Clapton (both of which are longer-standing articles dating back to 2004 and 2005) to make one article. They've never touched Lower Clapton and made only superficial location tweaks to Upper Clapton. Might be worth just changing Clapton, London to a disambiguation page that points at the two Claptons. --Lord Belbury (talk) 11:59, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, reading the Upper/Lower Clapton articles they're both quite short, and repeat the same History section. Maybe it is (unless they are significantly distinct districts of London!) worth a proper merge of both into a single, new Clapton article. I've raised a formal merge proposal to get the attention of anyone watching either article --Lord Belbury (talk) 12:12, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I'm aware there is no "official" division between Upper and Lower Clapton, it's just a local understanding. There is a convenient division of Clapton at the Lea Bridge roundabout, with the main road to the south called Lower Clapton Road and the main road to the north called Upper Clapton road - I think the distinction comes from this.

I don't think there is any historical context to this separation and I'm fairly certain it's more of a question of perceived status and just a naming convenience, used by estate agents and the like. I think your merge suggestion is a good idea. TheSLEEVEmonkey (talk) 12:25, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]