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09 March 2019

Suspected sockpuppets

Suspicion because of recent flurry of activities of a number of IP editors that overlap with Laynehole and previously blocked users - these editors show the same interest in Green Day, The Who, Smashing Pumpkins and others, and has the same pattern of behaviour of adding false certifications and award won by the bands, e.g. on American Idiot [1][2][3][4]. There are many more IP editors but it may not be worth listing them as they appear to be IP hopping.

False certifications - [5][6][7][8] [9][10][11][12] compared with preiously blocked users - [13][14][15][16]

False awards won - [17][18] compared with previously blocked editors - [19][20][21] Hzh (talk) 23:30, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Blocked and tagged. Closing. Sro23 (talk) 19:43, 23 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

29 June 2019

Suspected sockpuppets

These edits concentrated largely on articles on Green Day, giving false information on certifications, sales and awards won - [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. The IP addresses come from different countries, one from an IP address range previously blocked [30]. There are probably more because I only checked a few of the articles normally targeted by this editor. The edits are similar to those by previously blocked editors- [31][32][33][34][35][36]. Hzh (talk) 19:47, 29 June 2019 (UTC) Hzh (talk) 19:47, 29 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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  • CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - Please compare the accounts and check for sleepers. Sro23 (talk) 06:46, 4 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

 Confirmed to each other, no other accounts seen, using open proxies

 Blocked and tagged
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 11:29, 4 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

01 August 2019

Suspected sockpuppets

The main reason for suspicion is that Fresnosayno made identical edit as previously blocked editors -

Fresnosayno however then moved to The Beatles article, which appears to be something new, and the Rolling Stones although still making random certification numbers as before - [41][42] (compared to similar edits by blocked editors on Green Day [43][44] and Smashing Pumpkins [45])

Fresnosayno appears to be linked to a spate of IP editors from random countries who made the same kind of edits around the same time on the Beatles and Rolling Stones articles [46][47][48]

The IP editor 210.1.93.22 also made similar edits to previously blocked editors on The Who - [49] [50] (same blocked range as before) Hzh (talk) 23:25, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Add another two who added false certification like others - [51][52][53]. Hzh (talk) 20:35, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

More random IP editors but same kind of edits as above - [54][55], similar to previously blocked editors on Green Day discography - [56][57]. Hzh (talk) 20:14, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yet another, but this time also on awards - [58], again something seen before by blocked socks- e.g. [59]

Add more, similar or near identical edits from IPs from different countries, this time on Smashing Pumpkins discography - [60][61][62]

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 Likely, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:03, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

06 September 2019

Suspected sockpuppets

Same pattern of behaviour, making false certifications on discography pages, similar edits with previously blocked socks - e.g.

There are also similar edits from a large number edits from a wide range of IP addresses in different countries in these articles, for example on Green Day discography [67][68][69][70], probably the same editor IP hopping via proxies to many countries, and difficult to do anything about them. Hzh (talk) 13:53, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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 Likely, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:19, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

08 October 2019

Suspected sockpuppets

Editors appear to be the same person who repeatedly add false certifications in various discography articles. The edits are similar to each other and to previously blocked socks -

  • compare Signess77 and Ringorocks999 - [71][72]
  • Ringorocks999 and blocked sock Fresnosayno - [73][74]
  • Neoleo66 uses a tactic seen before, make one edit as another, then pretending to revert edit - [75] but you can see that over the two edits, misinformation remains - [76]. Compared with 37.229.138.88 pretending to undo edits of Signess77 [77] , but on checking false information is left over the two edits - [78]

Edits also similar to many edits from various countries - the editor appears to be IP hopping using proxies - [79] [80] [81][82][83] Hzh (talk) 19:27, 8 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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All three accounts are  Confirmed,  Blocked and tagged.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 17:18, 9 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Lock implemented. Archiving. Cabayi (talk) 09:13, 12 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

27 October 2019

Suspected sockpuppets

Appears to be the same person who has been adding false certification and chart information for the past few years. Similar or identical edits on same articles, and similar pattern of behavior.

  • Godshem - [84], near identical to previously blocked sock - [85]
  • Townmoon8 - [86][87][88], similar or identical as previous sock - [89][90]. Also shows same pattern of behaviour of adding false information, then revert as another editor while deliberately introducing false information [91][92]. Compare with such previous pairs of edits [93] [94], and [95][96]
  • Babycool234 - [97], again similar edit to [98]
  • 62.219.195.82 - appears to be one of numerous IPs from various countries the same editor has been using. Introduced false information as before - [99], note also the same pattern of behaviour working in tandem with Townmoon8, adding false information then revert while introducing new ones as another editor - [100][101], Hzh (talk) 11:41, 27 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked and tagged the three named accounts based on behavior. Added them and the IP to Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Nikita. I'll leave this open in case there's some other administrativa that needs to be done. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:07, 27 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

26 November 2019

Suspected sockpuppets

Appear to be the same person who has been adding false certification in various discography article for a number of years, identical or similar edits to previously blocked socks, e.g.

The editor also uses a large number of IP addresses in different countries. Hzh (talk) 21:08, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:17, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

28 December 2019

Suspected sockpuppets

Same pattern of behaviour of someone who has done this for many years, adding false certification to the same discography articles. Similar edits to previously blocked socks - e.g. compare Stingdedoo and Antoinejlice to Nicktheknife4 and Townmoon8. The editor uses numerous proxies, just two of them given here because they unlike the others were used for more than one edit, e.g. 42.116.89.53, and 95.56.204.252 compared to Nicktheknife4. Hzh (talk) 12:48, 28 December 2019 (UTC) Hzh (talk) 12:48, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Blocked and tagged the named accounts. The IPs geolocate to Kazakstan and Vietnam, respectively, so assuming they're proxies and blocked each for 3 months. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:32, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

10 January 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

These appear to be the same person who engaged in long-term vandalism of various discography articles using various socks and numerous proxy IP addresses worldwide, with random additions of sales and certification figures -

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Zebragod678 and Seedbayor are  Confirmed, blocked and tagged. Vili.falenius is Red X Unrelated. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:48, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

22 February 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


These appear to be the same editor who has been adding false certifications in many discography pages over many years. Identical edits with other socks -

Compare to

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  • Blocked/tagged. Closing. Sro23 (talk) 05:02, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

29 February 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

This person keeps recreating accounts just to be able to edit articles that are related to The Police. He/she persistently disrupts Talk:List of best-selling music artists by posting requests relating to The Police. Harout72 (talk) 18:36, 29 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 Clerk assistance requested: Please move this case to Никита-Родин-2002. 2112obiA, Solomoandy and Zhuwazi78 are  Confirmed to that sockmaster. I have already  Blocked and tagged (...runs off to play Zenyatta Mondatta).
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 20:28, 29 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

21 March 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


Looks like we have another account, User:Dontsting53 by Никита-Родин-2002 posting similar requests at the Talk:List of best-selling music artists about The Police. About a month ago the same request was posted by User:Zhuwazi78. Now it's Dontsting53 posting it. Harout72 (talk) 14:40, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed plus Rebbo995 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). Blocked.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 15:10, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • Nothing more to do. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 11:15, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

04 April 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


We keep getting similar requests at the Talk:List of best-selling music artists. The recent request posted by Partysham is quite similar to the request posted not long ago by User:Dontsting53 who was also the sock of Никита-Родин-2002. Harout72 (talk) 21:42, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed

 Blocked and tagged
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 22:11, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

19 April 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


Similar or identical edits with previously blocked sock -


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21 April 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


Identical edits to previously-blocked sock -

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  • Yeah, this seems like a consistent pattern with this user. Indeff'd and tagged; closing SPI report... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:31, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

14 May 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


Identical edits by both editors to previously blocked socks -

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  •  Blocked and tagged — JJMC89 (T·C) 21:06, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

22 May 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

Follow similar editing patterns to recently confirmed socks such as Dontsting53, Asertain1984, Solomoandy and Karenjay777, by inflating certifications and adding false information relating to Police albums [129], [130], [131]. In addition, the user Hgregg2 is already blocked, but should be checked to see if they are another sock of this vandal, to add to the category of confirmed socks, as they made exactly the same edits before being blocked [132]. Richard3120 (talk) 23:59, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hgregg2 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) and 54godcd are both  Confirmed to the master. no No comment with respect to IP address(es),  Blocked and tagged.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 14:57, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

14 June 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


Identical edits to previously blocked socks -

Also identical edits on The Beatles discography -

Hzh (talk) 12:54, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Confirmed and they have been getting their accounts through ACC.  Blocked and tagged.
     — Berean Hunter (talk) 18:59, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nothing more to do. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 16:19, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

19 June 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


Similar editing patterns to previous socks of this editor, inflating certifications and chart positions of articles relating to the band the Police – compare [141] with [142], and [143] with [144], for example. Richard3120 (talk) 02:52, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 Likely,  Blocked and tagged.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 03:00, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]


23 June 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


No sooner is Lovegwd8 blocked as a sock of this user, than this new account appeared, making exactly the same false edits to Police albums by inflating the certification figures: compare [145] with [146], [147] and [148], or [149] with [150], [151] and [152] Richard3120 (talk) 15:26, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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02 August 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


Editor returned as soon as the page protection for The Police discography lapses. Identical or similar edits to previously-blocked socks.

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They are all  Confirmed to the master and still using ACC although they have switched devices.  Blocked and tagged.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 21:14, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Stwalkerster: -- Amanda - mobile (aka DQ) 06:42, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

15 September 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


Same editing patterns as previous socks of this editor – editing articles related to Sting and the Police, and exaggerating certifications (compare [159] to [160], [161], [162], etc.), and concert attendance and takings (compare [163] to [164], [165], etc.). Richard3120 (talk) 21:12, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed to the master:

 Blocked and tagged.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 23:04, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • Nothing more to do. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 10:36, 16 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

17 September 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


Identical edit to a previously blocked socks - Compare [166] to [167] by Hedburg65333 and [168] by Zhuwazi78. Hzh (talk) 15:18, 17 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed and this one was created through ACC although the previous few were not. Maybe AmandaNP or Stwalkerster will be able to use this one to catch others at ACC.  Blocked and tagged.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 16:29, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

30 September 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


Identical pattern of changing number of albums sold or album certifications with no source, no edit summary. Typically for Beatles albums: [169], [170], [171] [172], [173], [174] Sundayclose (talk) 01:01, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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15 October 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


Same edits as numerous previous socks of this editor... editing articles related to the band the Police, inflating certification/sales levels (compare [175] and [176] to [177], [178], [179], etc. etc.), and inflating concert attendances and box office receipts (compare [180] to [181], [182], etc.). Richard3120 (talk) 00:52, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Identical edit with previously blocked socks - Stavgreeko - [183] Jtebe44 - [184] 45321fg - [185]

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  • All listed accounts have been indefinitely blocked and tagged. They've all made exact edits as accounts that have been confirmed as sockpuppets of the master. Closing SPI report... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:59, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

16 November 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


Limpdudemandurst6 has been making similar disruptive edits at The Police discography as all previous socks of Никита-Родин-2002. Harout72 (talk) 23:04, 16 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Also found and  Confirmed:
Dumdumbthumb123 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Indef'd and tagged both. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 23:28, 16 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Clerk note: Nothing left to be done, closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:05, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

03 December 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


Same edits as many, many other socks of this editor – inflating the certifications of Police albums without evidence (compare [186] with [187], [188], [189], etc. etc.) and asking for certifications of Police records to be increased at List of best-selling music artists (compare [190] with [191], [192] and [193]). Richard3120 (talk) 15:48, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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09 December 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


We have similar disruptive edits being done at The Police discography as all other socks of Никита-Родин-2002 in the past. Harout72 (talk) 06:39, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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16 December 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


The same person seems to be back again with another account making the same disruptive edits at The Police discography. Harout72 (talk) 16:09, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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31 December 2020

Suspected sockpuppets


The same person is back again with a new account making the same disruptive edits at The Police discography. Harout72 (talk) 16:27, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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23 January 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


The same person seems to be back disrupting The Police discography with similar edits as before. Harout72 (talk) 02:17, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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03 February 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


We have yet another account posting similar inquiries for The Police at Talk:List of best-selling music artists as before 1, 2. Harout72 (talk) 06:05, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Confirmed. Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested.  Blocked and tagged, closing. Mz7 (talk) 07:16, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

09 February 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


We have yet another account created by the same person. They're posting similar disruptive requests at the Talk:List of best-selling music artists as before. Harout72 (talk) 04:07, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Same pattern of adding false information about certifications for albums, especially Beatles albums. Sundayclose (talk) 17:48, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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18 February 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Similar or identical edits as those by previously blocked socks -

  • Billycooper3 [194] and 2603:3010:705:6C00:7DD9:AFC4:2B8D:E4 [195] same as Weberdexter666 [196]
  • 2603:3010:705:6c00:1439:a2be:90ad:182c [197] similar to Jump098 [198] Hzh (talk) 01:01, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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For the record, I've requested a lock at Meta. JavaHurricane 14:30, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

  • CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - looks like Nikita. Sleeper check, please. Account  Blocked but awaiting tags and lock requested, IP blocked for a nice long while and requested a global block from stewards. GeneralNotability (talk) 04:12, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Confirmed.  No sleepers immediately visible. Bagging and tagging sock. no No comment with respect to IP address(es). This SPI can be closed... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 23:09, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

02 April 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


This editor also shows interest in inflating/disrupting certifications of The Police, now doing it at the List of best-selling music artists, edit 1, edit 2. Harout72 (talk) 19:52, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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30 April 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


We have the same person back with another account, he/she is posting the same disruptive requests for The Police at Talk:List of best-selling music artists, like before. Harout72 (talk) 12:30, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Comment: also the same pattern on inflating chart positions and certifications for the same band: [199], [200]. Richard3120 (talk) 20:48, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Sleeper checks haven't been very helpful lately, so I just went ahead blocking and tagging the sock. Closing. Sro23 (talk) 15:09, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

13 May 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


Identical edit with previously blocked sock -

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05 July 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


We seem to have yet another two accounts created by the same person making similar edits, these 1, 2 are by Mayorjohnfunker. These 1, 2, 3 by Beautifuldaybono. Harout72 (talk) 13:54, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • The accounts are  Confirmed to one another and  Possible to the master. Blocking without tags, and closing SPI... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 16:59, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

24 August 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


Some edits identical with previously blocked socks, e.g. compare [203] by Sirloinmann and [204] by IP editor 2001:861:3a01:31c0:3438:3696:4e79:c000 with [205] by Bluebuglove. Most the edits from the IP range appear to target pages related to The Police and Pearl Jam, and most share similar pattern of introducing false information to the articles by previously blocked socks. Also request at Talk:List of best-selling music artists to change sales figures similar to other previous requests - [206] [207]. All edits from the IP range appear to be from the same person. Hzh (talk) 18:22, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Added Sheelabrof since the pattern of edit is the same as Sirlionmann and others - [208][209] [210]. Hzh (talk)

Added Bishodoe, edit similar to other socks - [211][212]. Hzh (talk) 07:52, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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04 October 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


Although Materialscientist protected pages such as Zenyatta Mondatta and Every Breath You Take: The Singles on September 23 due to multiple socking by this user, one of their sock accounts remains open, and they are using it to make the same types of edits as their previous socks by exaggerating certification levels of albums by the Police – compare [213] with [214], and [215] with [216] and [217]. Richard3120 (talk) 20:05, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Exact same false inflated certifications on Police albums. DUCK. Binksternet (talk) 03:03, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Seems pretty obvious based on the autoconfirmed gaming and same bizarrely specific editing focus. Pink clock Awaiting administrative action - please indef the sock. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 05:17, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Blocked but awaiting tags. --Blablubbs (talk) 13:16, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Tagged, Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 14:08, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

12 December 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


Knopfler56's recent edit at the List of best-selling music artists is very similar to the previous edits like this one for example [218]. Also note how this user deliberately pushed the number of his/her edits to 500+, in order to be able to edit/disrupt those pages which can only be edited by those editors with minimum of 500 edits. Harout72 (talk) 13:01, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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to Knopfler56 and Bestguyhi. The block log indicates that Elarapeme is a Никита-Родин-2002 sock, but I'm not seeing any evidence of that myself in the CU data. @Clpo13: anything you can add here? -- RoySmith (talk) 17:46, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I edit-conflicted with Roy while writing this comment, so posting it again... These accounts are behaviourally indistinguishable from Никита-Родин-2002, and I find it hard to believe that more than one person would be this obsessed with fiddling with the numbers on The Police articles. Either they moved, or someone's playing copycat. I've updated the tags for Bestguyhi and Knopfler56 to reflect the technical relationships between these accounts, but I don't think it's necessary to split the case at this time - it's not possible to tell the two groups apart on behaviour, and I don't think it really matters whether someone's really a LTA or just impersonating one - the accounts should be blocked anyway. Spicy (talk) 18:08, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I dug some more into the CU logs of several stale confirmed socks from the past year or two. Based on what I found, I'm more inclined to agree that these are all Никита-Родин-2002. @AmandaNP: recalling our conversation yesterday evening about how much faith to put in the logs, could you look at my notes here and let me know if you consider that enough to call these confirmed? -- RoySmith (talk) 19:01, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    (To be clear, my above comment was based on reading the recent archived cases and the LTA page. If the archives have two different cases mixed up, as Sro23 said, my comments on the relationship to the master don't apply. What a mess...). Spicy (talk) 21:14, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I've been slogging my way back in time through the CU logs. I'm seeing confirmed socks on the same IP ranges as Knopfler56 et al all the way back to October 2017, and on similar ranges for the same ISP that geolocate to the same area as far back as March 2016. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:34, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    And LenovoTest01 from Sro23's second group below falls into that "similar ranges" cluster. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:40, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Maybe this can help clear up confusion. There appears to be two distinct sockfarms within the archives. One group, the main group which includes this most recent sock, will insert certification and sales hoaxes into articles, main targets being The Who, Green Day, The Police, etc. Example socks include
  • Solomoandy (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Lgccap (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), and
  • Zhuwazi78 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). The second, smaller group, which includes the original User:Никита-Родин-2002 account, had significantly worse English skills than the bigger group, and it was originally blocked per CIR. This is the group with the cross-wiki issues. Its main focus was Russian language and certain cartoon related articles. Example socks include
  • Nikitarodin2002 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki),
  • LenovoTest01 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) and
  • ZOKIDIN (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). This second group appears to be inactive for some time now. I'm still not sure why these two sockfarms were ever merged, as the behavior is quite different. Sro23 (talk) 18:44, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • The socks I was looking at the logs for include Strawberryseed08, Billycooper3, Godlove38, and Zenyattasting, all of which match the logs for Solomoandy and Zhuwazi78. And it's a little murkier, but I think they do not match the second group. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:14, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    It looks like the cases were merged in 29 February 2020 by Berean Hunter who unfortunately looks to no longer be active. See Special:Permalink/943253927. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:24, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's entirely possible that we've been tracking two different socks for years and now the trail is so deeply intertwined it's impossible to tease them apart. Certainly, the data that's in cuwiki from 2017-2018 (ruwikibooks, loginwiki, and metawiki) doesn't match what I'm seeing now in any way. Yet, I can track IP ranges on some confirmed socks way back to 2016. That supports the two sock theory in my mind. Having chewed on this for a while, I'm going to close it and move on. Everybody of interest is blocked. I think the dual-tagging Spicy did makes the most sense given our imperfect information and I don't see anything to be gained by additional archeology. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:29, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested TheSandDoctor Talk 03:28, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

17 December 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

I initially reported both this user and Knopfler56 due the similarities in their gaming behaviour. I then removed it due to lack of evidence. However, since seeing that Knopfler56 is a confirmed sock, I am now resubmitting this, since this users behaviour was very similar to theirs. Checkuser requested, since it seems to regularly turn up sleepers with this sockmaster. Mako001 (talk) 10:10, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm doubtful about CD 2022 whose edit do not fit the normal pattern. The following editor, however do, so I'm adding it to be checked. Hzh (talk) 11:13, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hzh, If it helps, most of their contribs are deleted. After the first few edits there were about 500 userspace dummy edits and then a couple of mainspace edits. the userspace edits were between the last edit on the 5th and the first on the 11th, all within an hour or two. (so I recall anyway, since the specific contribs are deleted.) Knopfler56 did much the same thing? Does this fit the pattern or is there some other way that it doesn't fit? Mako001 (talk) 11:53, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think this is the first time I have seen the editor make so many dummy edits, so that is not typical. In the past the editor may make some dummy edits, but not so many. The edits by CD 2022 that remained don't fit the pattern, while those by Knopfler56 do fit. Hzh (talk) 18:30, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Clerks. I'm moving this to a different SPI. I have found a much more likely sockmaster. Moving to the ConsumersDistributing SPI. Hzh, I will definitely trust your intution a lot more from now on! Mako001 (talk) 08:32, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@The Alternate Mako I appreciate your help, but please leave case moves to clerks. Sometimes it gets complicated and clerks have the right training to know how to deal with all the odd situations. Thanks. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:32, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: there is no "ConsumersDistributing" SPI, but there is Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ConsumersDistributingonline. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:40, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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31 January 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Same pattern of behaviour of inflating certification on specific bands, e.g. [219][220][221][222], similar to previously blocked socks - [223][224][225] Hzh (talk) 10:01, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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18 April 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Looks like the same person inflating the certified sales of The Police at the List of best-selling music artists as they've done before, diff. Notice how they've deliberately made 500 edits in their sandbox in order to be able to edit the List of best-selling music artists, which can be edited by only extended confirmed users. Harout72 (talk) 12:32, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  • The 500 qualifying edits make this supremely suspicious. Binksternet (talk) 14:22, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I suspect Coach pennis might be one of the earliest, the editor is among those I noticed who targeted The Who and Green Day articles before moving onto other articles. Hzh (talk) 16:31, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    They were blocked 7 years ago, so not worth worrying about. But thanks for mentioning it. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:06, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  In progress - -- RoySmith (talk) 15:47, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nipper is  Confirmed to Erycartmani and a bunch of other accounts from the December 2021 time frame, so tagging as proven. However, I'll reiterate my concern that the data trail ran dry at some point so I'm not 100% sure this is Никита-Родин-2002 vs. some new sock with similar editing habits. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:00, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

24 May 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

A recent rash of editors who targeting The Green Day pages as well a The Police, inflating their album sales and certifications, sometimes pretending to correct another edit they made themselves while introducing more false information.

[226] [227] [228] [229] [230] [231] [232] [233] [234] [235] [236] [237] There are probably more of them.

Seems like the person is returning the the Green Day discography article after a period of absence there, edits similar to those by previously blocked editors - [238] [239][240]. Hzh (talk) 17:48, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Added another IP address that may be possibly the same person since the person is known to make request in that talk page - [241][242][243]. Hzh (talk) 16:52, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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15 September 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Usual pattern of disruption from this user – targeting articles about the band the Police, and inflating certifications and sales without a source, or providing a fake source which says nothing about the claim being made: [244], [245], [246], [247]. Richard3120 (talk) 13:22, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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29 July 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Duck edits at The Police discography, requesting confirmation --Leonidlednev (T, C, L) 21:44, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Accounts and IP are now blocked. Tagged, Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested, CU not necessary for WP:DUCK cases. Closing. Spicy (talk) 23:55, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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