{{SPIarchive notice|CalebHughes|deny=yes}}
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===26 October 2025===
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====Suspected sockpuppets====
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Banned CalebHughes has engaged in long-term abuse.
The accounts create articles about college football rivalries, which lack SigCov around of the rivalry aspect (merely presenting routine facts of games played between the two teams, formatted in the “rivalry” article layout):[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&target=CalebHughes&namespace=0&tagfilter=&start=&end=&limit=50]
In a presumed strategy pivot, these recent articles were created as Draft and then ”immediately” escalated via [[:Template:AfC submission]] (and subsequently declined re unsupported rivalry claims).
* [[Draft:Iowa–Northwestern football rivalry]]
* [[Draft:Northwestern–Wisconsin football rivalry]]
* [[Draft:Illinois–Wisconsin football rivalry]]
* [[Draft:Purdue–Wisconsin football rivalry]]
* [[Draft:Minnesota–Purdue football rivalry]]
* [[Draft:Iowa–Purdue football rivalry]]
* [[Draft:Ohio State–Wisconsin football rivalry]]
All articles were created by IPs, typically with their first ever edit, and “fully-baked” with the first edit in a manner implying an experienced editor.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/162.154.239.156 162.154.239.156] Very first edit is to create fully formed “Draft:Iowa–Northwestern football rivalry” article
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/96.28.171.224 96.28.171.224] First edit (after 15 year lapse) is to create “Draft:Northwestern–Wisconsin football rivalry”
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/98.102.15.58 98.102.15.58] First edit is to create “Draft:Illinois–Wisconsin football rivalry”
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/76.35.255.131 76.35.255.131] First edit is to create ” Draft:Purdue–Wisconsin football rivalry”
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/65.25.66.233 65.25.66.233] First edit is creat “Draft:Minnesota–Purdue football rivalry: Revision history”
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/24.210.169.79 24.210.169.79] First edit (after 9 month lapse) is to create “Draft:Iowa–Purdue football rivalry”
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/98.123.196.66 98.123.196.66]First edit is to create “Draft:Ohio State–Wisconsin football rivalry”
That is what CalebHughes does. See [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/CalebHughes/Archive]]
* String search on creates “fully-baked” article on this URL and find 15 article instances of same behavior.
The public Whois data of the above IPs align with the Master’s recent IP block/s shown on the SPI page.
Thanks for reading. If deletion,
* Please comment “created by banned user” (or similar). Any CFB project regulars will know what this is about as the issues publicly date to 2018 (so we are likely to continue to revisit if/as articles are recreated by the user). It can be hard to connect the second article instance to a prior deletion.
* PLEASE consider [[WP:SALT]] on these rivalry articles. There are ~350 such articles in [[:Category:College football rivalries in the United_States]]. The [[:Wikipedia:WikiProject College football]] project is robust. If a college football rivalry were clearly longterm notable (not Recentism), we likely would have already created the article prior to 2025. [[User:UW Dawgs|UW Dawgs]] ([[User talk:UW Dawgs|talk]]) 23:37, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
====<big>Comments by other users</big>====
:<small>”Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Guidance#Defending yourself against claims|Defending yourself against claims]].”</small>
====<big>Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments</big>====
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For archived investigations, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/CalebHughes/Archive.
A long-term abuse case exists at Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/CalebHughes.
A clerk or checkuser recommends that new socks in this case not receive tags per WP:DENY.
– This SPI case is open.
Suspected sockpuppets
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Banned CalebHughes has engaged in long-term abuse.
The accounts create articles about college football rivalries, which lack SigCov around of the rivalry aspect (merely presenting routine facts of games played between the two teams, formatted in the “rivalry” article layout):[1]
In a presumed strategy pivot, these recent articles were created as Draft and then immediately escalated via Template:AfC submission (and subsequently declined re unsupported rivalry claims).
All articles were created by IPs, typically with their first ever edit, and “fully-baked” with the first edit in a manner implying an experienced editor.
- 162.154.239.156 Very first edit is to create fully formed “Draft:Iowa–Northwestern football rivalry” article
- 96.28.171.224 First edit (after 15 year lapse) is to create “Draft:Northwestern–Wisconsin football rivalry”
- 98.102.15.58 First edit is to create “Draft:Illinois–Wisconsin football rivalry”
- 76.35.255.131 First edit is to create ” Draft:Purdue–Wisconsin football rivalry”
- 65.25.66.233 First edit is creat “Draft:Minnesota–Purdue football rivalry: Revision history”
- 24.210.169.79 First edit (after 9 month lapse) is to create “Draft:Iowa–Purdue football rivalry”
- 98.123.196.66First edit is to create “Draft:Ohio State–Wisconsin football rivalry”
That is what CalebHughes does. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/CalebHughes/Archive
- String search on creates “fully-baked” article on this URL and find 15 article instances of same behavior.
The public Whois data of the above IPs align with the Master’s recent IP block/s shown on the SPI page.
Thanks for reading. If deletion,
- Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
[edit]
