Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Ari Publican

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Ari Publican (6th)

 * a new IP editor especially here, a subject he revists in each guise, and another one he is revisiting.
 * a new IP editor especially here, a subject he revists in each guise, and another one he is revisiting.
 * a new IP editor especially here, a subject he revists in each guise, and another one he is revisiting.


 * Code letter: F


 * Supporting evidence:

An IP editor is following a pattern of editing similar to that of the socks below and is revisiting ground covered again and again by various guises of this pest.

If I need to do more, please tell me. David in DC (talk) 18:11, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * WKnight94 suggested I ask for a sleeper scan. I don't know exactly what that means, but it sounds very good.  Please add that to my request.  Thanks David in DC (talk) 18:19, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Here's another IP editor (68.238.242.73) whose contributions bear reviewing. David in DC (talk) 19:02, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

And here's one with a linear progression. Edited by William Tennant, reverted by Wknight94, edited by IP 68.238.242.73, reverted by Wknight94, edited by the IP I made the subject of this complaint. All these edits oughtta be recent enough to help, right? David in DC (talk) 19:07, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

✅ that the editing from 71.58.135.101 is this user. The editing from 68.238.242.73 is. There are several possible, even probable, sleepers, but they aren't obvious enough to block pre-emptively. Sam Korn (smoddy) 19:43, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Ari Publican (5th)



 * Code letter: F


 * Supporting evidence:

New editor User:William Tennent is revisiting ground covered by socks below. Here are two recent examples where the last person before Tennent to touch the page were RWReagan and EmmaRoad, both banned below. I think a checkuser is in order. Please review William Tennent's contribution history since joining and see if you agree. Knows an awful lot for a new user and is plowing the same ground as a bunch of these socks. David in DC (talk) 00:34, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Here's one where only a bot has an intervening edit between Tennent and banned sock WillowGrove. David in DC (talk) 01:19, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

And here's one whose recent history, before Tennent hit it today, includes edits by WillowGrove, EmmaRoad, and Lemonsquares (all banned socks of Ari Publican). David in DC (talk) 04:41, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

On this article the two most recent edits before Tennent are by EmmaRoad and WillowGrove. David in DC (talk) 04:47, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

On this one before Tennent edited yesterday, 2 of the prior 4 edits are Lemonsquares and EmmaRoad (and one is a bot). David in DC (talk) 04:55, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

OK, now my crap detector is really engaged. Not only does the Mel Reynolds recent history before Tennent include Lemonsquares and EmmaRoad, banned socks of Ari Publican, but also edits by my own personal bete noir, John celona, a banned sock of banned editor Tommypowell. Checkuser never linked Tommy/John to Ari Publican, but I have always suspected a connection. David in DC (talk) 05:12, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

My last one for the night. Buzz Lukens. Tennent edited it yesterday. In the past year, it's been edited by one sock after another, all connected. The Mystery Man, Ari Publican, Lemonsquares and EmmaRoad. If you take out my responses to the various socks and you take out bots, practically all that's left is visits by this serial sock puppet abuser.David in DC (talk) 05:29, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ = .  again. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 06:14, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Ari Publican 2008-09-07


Please compare edit history of this user with those of EmmaRoad and Lemonsquares. You'll find that Lemonsquares gave way to EmmaRoad and now to WillowGrove, each a few days after the prior sock was blocked. In each case, they were traced back to a banned user. The Mystery Man. Please check if I'm right, but the paterns are the same. join up. Do a huge number of edits. Slip in some out-of-line ones. Get blocked. Rinse, lather, repeat. — Preceding unsigned comment added by David in DC (talk • contribs)
 * Refactored from this revision at Requests for checkuser/Case/The Mystery Man. – Luna Santin  (talk) 23:29, 7 September 2008 (UTC)


 * ✅ - all of the above - A l is o n  ❤ 01:20, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Merged from Requests for checkuser/Case/WillowGrove:




 * G:


 * Supporting evidence: Please compare edit history of this user with those of EmmaRoad and Lemonsquares. You'll find that Lemonsquares gave way to EmmaRoad and now to WillowGrove, each a few days after the prior sock was blocked.  In each case, they were traced back to a banned user.  The Mystery Man.  Please check if I'm right, but the paterns are the same.  join up.  Do a huge number of edits. Slip in some out-of-line ones. Get blocked.  Rinse, lather, repeat. David in DC (talk) 04:36, 7 September 2008 (UTC)


 * ✅ - the following:




 * - a number of them


 * These are all socks of . I'm not sure if we have an existing case to merge these into. Any ideas? - A l is o n  ❤ 01:04, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * What about this one. David in DC (talk) 01:16, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * That should work, yes. Confirmed all those, too, BTW - A l is o n  ❤ 01:21, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * My crap detector suggests checking banned editors User:John celona and User:Tommypowell, too, FWIW. David in DC (talk) 01:25, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, so the above confirmed accounts have been blocked, and I have tagged them as Mystery Man socks. I have not been able to find a case to merge this one to though. Tiptoety  talk 01:30, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I guess I was not looking hard enough, I will merge this request there. Tiptoety  talk 01:32, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

The Mystery Man

 * (original account, blocked indefinitely)
 * (blocked)
 * (blocked)
 * (active)


 * Code letter: F

Mystery Man was blocked multiple times (eventually indefinitely) for failing to adjust his disrupting image uploading habits. The new user continues to upload images in the same disruptive fashion. He may be trying to evade a block. --Tom (talk - email) 00:43, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Supporting evidence: Mystery Man was blocked indefinitely for refusing to change his disruptive editing habits over a period of many months. He subsequently returned as The Special Education Squad, and was re-blocked.  He later returned as Ari Publican, and was blocked again.  RWReagan follows identical editing patterns as the previous three user accounts listed above, leading me to believe RWReagan is Mystery Man:
 * Uploads images in an identical fashion, including focus on biographic images & image name format (first initials, last name). Typically only provides a link to image, with no description.  Compare Mystery Man to Special Education to Ari Publican to RWReagan.
 * Properly sources images, but frequently uses bogus/unverifiable licenses.
 * Overuses the deprecated template or ambiguous  template.
 * Doesn't leave edit summaries.
 * Rarely interacts with other editors or acknowledges warnings.
 * And, he registered about two weeks after Ari Publican was blocked indefinitely.


 * See also: Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Ari Publican


 * The other accounts are too old to check. Deskana or Blnguyen, who ran earlier checks, may have saved relevant information.
 * merge with Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Ari Publican. Thatcher 14:26, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- lucasbfr  talk 08:59, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Ari Publican





 * Code letter: F
 * Supporting evidence: I've noticed a user Ari Publican who follows nearly identical editing practices as indef-blocked users The Mystery Man and The Special Education Squad.


 * Compare the image uploading/editing patterns of Mystery Man to Special Education to Ari Publican.


 * Uploads images in an identical fashion, including focus on biographic images & image name format (first name/initials, last name) (i.e. Image:LincolnAlmond.jpg, Image:EWEdwards.jpg). Also, he uses the Library of Congress and the Congressional Bioguide extensively.
 * Properly sources images, but frequently uses bogus/unverifiable licenses (i.e. Image:LincolnAlmond.jpg, Image:EWEdwards.jpg).
 * Overuses the deprecated template (i.e. Image:RobertLWilson.jpg).
 * Doesn't leave edit summaries.
 * And, he registered about 4 days after Special Education Squad was blocked indefinitely.
 * Policy violations: Mystery Man was blocked multiple times (eventually indefinitely) for failing to adjust his disruptive image uploading habits and his unwillingness to work to improve his habits.  After being blocked, he created an account called Special Education Squad which continued to upload images in the same disruptive fashion.  After a checkuser confirmed they were the same, Special Education Squad was blocked indefinitely as well.  Ari Publican continues in an identical manner as the latter two blocked accounts, and has uploaded several more images with bogus license tags.  He may be trying to evade a block yet again.  Thanks. --Tom (talk - email) 18:14, 21 January 2008 (UTC)


 * ✅.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 00:51, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

The Mystery Man


Mystery Man was blocked multiple times (eventually indefinitely) for failing to adjust his disrupting image uploading habits. The new user continues to upload images in the same disruptive fashion. He may be trying to evade a block. Tom (talk - email) 16:51, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Code letter: F
 * Supporting evidence: I've noticed another user named User:The_Special_Education_Squad who follows VERY similar editing practices as Mystery Man did. In fact, I instantly made a connection based on an image Special Education uploaded which was exactly the same format as Mystery Man used.  Some more connections:
 * Uploads images in an identical fashion, including focus on biographic images & image name format (first initials, last name). Compare Mystery Man to Special Education.
 * Properly sources images, but frequently uses bogus/unverifiable licenses.
 * Overuses the deprecated template.
 * Doesn't leave edit summaries.
 * And, he registered about 4 days after Mystery Man was blocked indefinitely.
 * And, he registered about 4 days after Mystery Man was blocked indefinitely.
 * Can you provide diffs to the similar images you mention under Supporting Evidence? Thank you. -JodyBtalk 17:06, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * These are upload log comparisons: Mystery Man to Special Education.  Just look through and compare.  The styles are identical, with a focus on politicians (congressional bioguide).  Also, all of the images are named similarly (first initials, last name), such as Image:JHMaloney.gif (by Mystery) or Image:FAKeating.jpg (by Special).  Note both of those are poorly sourced as well.  --Tom (talk - email) 17:45, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅. --Deskana (talk) 16:18, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

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