Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Əzərbəyəniləri/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Per this ANI thread, TÜRKMENISTANI ENJOYER is likely the same person as IP that got rangeblocked, therefore I'm also including the diffs of the IP.

Both removed mention of 'Azerbaijani' in Khanates of the Caucasus; Əzərbəyəniləri - TÜRKMENISTANI ENJOYER  - IP

Removed the Azerbaijani transliteration in Qajar dynasty; Əzərbəyəniləri - IP

Added the 'Afshar dialect' to Afshar people; Əzərbəyəniləri - IP  HistoryofIran (talk) 12:20, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * - I can't touch anything that already has an IP identified as possibly connected, but you're familiar with the history here. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:44, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
 * , uh, that isn't how the privacy policy works...otherwise we'd never be able to check any SPI that has a suspected IP in the history. We just can't comment on the suspected IPs. ✅, by the way. GeneralNotability (talk) 16:10, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I get what you're saying, but I felt that the way the evidence in this SPI was presented, it put the connection between the account and the IP in the forefront of the argument, and thus it would be best to leave it to non-CU scrutiny. I'll confess I didn't express that very well. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:30, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Nothing left to do here, so closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:38, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Both removed 'Azerbaijani' in Khanates of the Caucasus; Əzərbəyəniləri - Şah Niki

More or less the exact same edit, removing the Azerbaijani spelling in Derbent Khanate; Əzərbəyəniləri - Şah Niki

Replaced 'Azerbaijani' with 'Afshar'; Panah Ali Khan; TÜRKMENISTANI ENJOYER - Şah Niki

Exact same edit, removing the Azerbaijani spellings in Qajar dynasty; Əzərbəyəniləri - Şah Niki  HistoryofIran (talk) 10:14, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Exact same edit in Iskandar (Kara Koyunlu); Əzərbəyəniləri - Şah Niki

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Confirmed. -- zzuuzz (talk) 11:59, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New IP's first edit is to restore this disruptive edit made by Əzərbəyəniləri's alt account Şah Niki 3 days ago (diff). All other edits they've done are similar to Əzərbəyəniləri and his alts editing patterns. — Golden  call me maybe? 17:53, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * , closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 19:11, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New IP's first edits are restoring the disruptive edits by Əzərbəyəniləri's previous alts. They're also using the similar edit summaries (diff, diff) — Golden  call me maybe? 08:41, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

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See also Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, especially the lower part of the report providing diffs of similar behavior by Special:Contributions/46.114.163.97. ☿ Apaugasma  ( talk  ☉) 11:45, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

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IP was blocked. Closing.. -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:13, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New user restoring edits of Əzərbəyəniləri's previous alts/IPs. (diff, diff, diff, diff, diff)

Is there anything else we can do about Əzərbəyəniləri as he keeps popping up with a new account or IP every single day? It's really exhausting to deal with all his disruptions after the bans. — Golden  call me maybe? 08:38, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

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Thanks, i came here to report Şahanşah of History too. ---Wikaviani  (talk) (contribs)  13:39, 11 May 2022 (UTC) ''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

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Confirmed. Blocks are not always going to be an effective measure. And I appreciate it may look like CUs are sometimes doing nothing, but that's not exactly the case. -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:06, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New user restoring disruptive edits by Əzərbəyəniləri's alt accounts — Golden  call me maybe? 16:18, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * , because this user has been SUPER active lately; it may be worthwhile to do a checkuser to see if there's a sockfarm out there or an underlying IP address we can lock down to stop him.  It's a whack-a-mole situation right now.  -- Jayron 32 16:25, 12 May 2022 (UTC)


 * I ran a check on The Fellow. I'll call it  on the CU data and tag it as proven.  I'm keeping an eye on this one, and it looks like zzuuzz is as well.  Keep filing reports as you see new socks. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:04, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New user restoring disruptive edits by Əzərbəyəniləri's alt accounts (diff, diff, diff — Golden  call me maybe? 08:19, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The new IP is also doing same things. (diff). — Golden  call me maybe? 08:22, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * Sock, 31 hours, lock requested and received. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 11:48, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New IP restoring disruptive edits by Əzərbəyəniləri's alt accounts (diff, diff) — Golden  call me maybe? 15:30, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * IP hasn't edited in a while, closing. Spicy (talk) 01:41, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New user restoring disruptive edits by Əzərbəyəniləri's alt accounts — Golden  call me maybe? 11:02, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * --Blablubbs (talk) 12:44, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Brand new account reinstated the exact same edit made by a CU blocked sock of said sockmaster. - LouisAragon (talk) 20:03, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * User has been blocked and CU'd outside of SPI. Lock requested, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:25, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New IP making same edits as Əzərbəyəniləri, , —  Golden  call me maybe? 20:01, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ glock requested.  -- RoySmith (talk) 20:16, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Seems fairly obvious socking here, the edit history of these accounts speaks for itself really, but I want to formalise the connection and see if CU finds any sleepers. Mako001 (C) (T)  🇺🇦 14:43, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Needs to be moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Əzərbəyəniləri Mako001 (C) (T)  🇺🇦 14:53, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  14:57, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to Əzərbəyəniləri.
 * Don't see any more, will block and request locks. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:02, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Don't see any more, will block and request locks. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:02, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Don't see any more, will block and request locks. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:02, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Don't see any more, will block and request locks. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:02, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Don't see any more, will block and request locks. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:02, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Don't see any more, will block and request locks. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:02, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New IPs making similar disruptive edits to articles Əzərbəyəniləri's previous alts vandalized. I think an IP block for 45.43.14.X may be needed. — Golden  call me maybe? 20:49, 16 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Aaand, the IP seems to have this page on his watchlist as indicated by his edit summary here. Further confirms my above comment. — Golden  call me maybe? 20:51, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

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I wanted to see if this editor, accusing me of deeds, had already reversed my edit, aaand I was right. What a shame it is for an equestrian to not realize the geopolitical history behind nomenclature... A veritable pity. Orkihstene, on the "Karabakh horse article," is equivalent to Artsakh, the alternative name of Nagorno-Karabakh. I recommend that the user behind this report shall heed their warnings they have faced and refrain from accusing innocents... 45.43.14.106 (talk) 20:54, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
I've blocked Special:contributions/45.43.14.64/26 as a proxy and probable block evasion. Per the archive, in the past they've used German IPs. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:32, 16 August 2022 (UTC)


 * The underlying /23 is a hosting provider, so I placed a two year hardblock. Also noting for the record that both of those IPs are confirmed Surfshark exits. --Blablubbs (talk) 21:37, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New account restoring edits of Əzərbəyəniləri's banned sock IP. — Golden  call me maybe? 09:05, 18 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Are you sure Gesteinerb is blocked? They made an edit an hour ago and I don't see anything on the block log. — Golden  call me maybe? 10:57, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Account is already blocked and locked after did a CU check.  Can probably be closed.  Dennis Brown - 2&cent; 10:51, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you are confusing it with another account,, because the account is neither blocked nor locked, and never has been. JBW (talk) 12:47, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Duh me. You are correct.  Dennis Brown - 2&cent; 18:13, 18 August 2022 (UTC)


 * There is enough resemblance to editing of previous known socks to make this fairly certain, so I have blocked the account as a sockpuppet. An indefinite block would be justified even without sockpuppetry, as the person behind account is clearly not going to edit constructively. However, in view of the sockpuppeteer's history, a clerk may like to consider whether a CU for sleepers would be a good idea. JBW (talk) 13:26, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 16:49, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree the the behavior sure looks like a sock, but from the technical data, Gesteinerb is to be Əzərbəyəniləri. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:26, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Roy., and I don't know how unlikely "unlikely" means in this case, but even in behaviour I can see some differences as well as similarities, so I am willing to believe it may not be the same person. I have changed the block reason to remove suggestions of sockpuppetry, but as I said above I still think a block is justified for other reasons. JBW (talk) 08:51, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * @JBW That sounds perfectly reasonable. I can only report on the data that's available to me, knowing full well that the data can be misleading for many reasons ranging from perfectly innocent to deliberately deceptive.  And, for sure, "not a sock" does not at all imply "contributing productively to the encyclopedia". -- RoySmith (talk) 13:45, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New account restoring edits of Əzərbəyəniləri's previous sock IPs: (new, old) — Golden  call me maybe? 08:47, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * is ✅ to from the previous report.  - you looked at the previous case, do you think this warrants splitting out into a separate case? (Courtesy ping to .   Girth Summit  (blether)  11:31, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I just looked at this some more, and I'm definitely sure I don't know :-) My hunch is that for now it makes sense to leave it in here and see what additional data the future brings. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:09, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Nothing left to do here, closing. The SandDoctor  Talk 03:21, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New IP making same edits as Əzərbəyəniləri's previous socks. Example: Removing/Replacing Azerbaijani language in the infobox of Aq Qoyunlu: New edit, Old sock's edit — Golden  call me maybe? 15:18, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * for 1 week. .  CUs won't connect IPs to accounts, so I don't know if there is anything else to do here.  -- Jayron 32 15:31, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing. Spicy (talk) 20:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New IP's first edit is removing Azeri name from 2 pages Əzərbəyəniləri's alts keep returning to. Old alt edit:. — Golden  call me maybe? 08:22, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * - IP blocked 1 week. If persistent disruption on Qajar dynasty continues request page protection at WP:RFPP. DatGuyTalkContribs 09:06, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New IP restoring same edit Əzərbəyəniləri's now banned alt restored new, old. From today: new, old — Golden  call me maybe? 18:49, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:37, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New account removing info related to Azerbaijan(i) from articles same as Əzərbəyəniləri's each previous sock. Old sock, New sock; Old sock, Old sock, New sock. — Golden  talk 18:24, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to, technically pretty likely to the proposed master. Blocking both, requesting locks. Girth Summit  (blether)  18:54, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Most likely used by Nihat Haliev, who has just been blocked as a sockpuppet. Nihat Haliev has been making many unsourced additions to List of dishes from the Caucasus, which I reverted 2–3 hours after their last edit on that article. And just an hour after, this IP restored the version edited by Nihat Haliev and continued adding unsourced content. IP also geolocates to Germany, which is where Nihat Haliev lives according to their userpage. Aintabli (talk) 19:34, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
 * For the other two accounts (which I have added just now), see below. Aintabli (talk) 01:28, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

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DaManFrFr was just created to restore edits by Nihat Haliev. Likely another sock. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 20:51, 21 October 2023 (UTC)


 * + this new account is doing the same:  —  Golden  talk 10:18, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
 * and this IP: . He's been using the 2A02:908:1421:C680 IP range for some time now. Pinging since the amount of socks is only increasing.  —  Golden  talk 10:21, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
 * DaManFrFr, Christinuli and the sock range IP continue to make disruptive edits., ,  —  Golden  talk 18:15, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * DaManFrFr and the IP range also use the same quote style. See edit summaries here:,  —  Golden  talk 18:18, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Both accounts and the IP range continue to edit. —  Golden  talk 21:04, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to sockmaster, no other sleeper accounts at this time:


 * I will tag, block, and revert. --Yamla (talk) 13:47, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:58, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
IP restoring edits of Əzərbəyəniləri's newly blocked socks. Their whole contribution list is them restoring the edits. Some examples:,  —  Golden  talk 13:16, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * I obviously cannot comment on IP addresses from a technical point of view, but in this case, there's enough behavioural evidence. I'll go ahead and block. --Yamla (talk) 13:20, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
 * IP is blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:58, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Newly active IP restoring edits of Əzərbəyəniləri's recently blocked socks. Some examples:,. Pinging as the previous blocking admin. — Golden  talk 16:42, 19 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you, . Could you possibly revert the changes made by the sock puppet as well? —  Golden  talk 18:44, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * Geolocates to the same area and given the identical behaviour, I've blocked the IP address. I did not run checkuser here, so this block is not based on checkuser data. --Yamla (talk) 18:17, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Anyone can revert sock edits. Closing. Izno (talk) 19:16, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same interest in Azerbaijan and Armenia-related topics, especially cuisine. Makes multiple major edits on List of dishes from the Caucasus, which had received little attention from users except for Əzərbəyəniləri's sockpuppets, who uniquely made similar large number of edits. Removes remarks about certain foods being Turkish, Ottoman or Azerbaijani like previous socks. Most likely comes from Germany parallel to how previous socks claimed to be living there and blocked IPs geolocated to West Germany. Aintabli (talk) 18:06, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I have added 2003:EA:4F4F:CF33:0:0:0:0/64 to the list, because this IP replied to Skibidi's talkpage messages  as if they are the same person and has further edited the same topic area (Armenian–Azerbaijani cuisine) as Skibidi and other socks of Əzərbəyəniləri  Aintabli (talk) 18:21, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged the named account and requested global lock. Blocked the IP range for one week. Leaving the CU request. Bbb23 (talk) 18:24, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The account is bordering on ✅ (it's a big range). . Will mark as checked but  if you're happy this can probably just be closed. HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts?  21:21, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 21:28, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks like HJ and I were checking at the same time. I can add


 * who is very, very . You know, it's a shame. I'd expect better from a user with a name like "Skibidi Toilet Gyat Sigma". Spicy (talk) 21:35, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Two new named accounts that are very obviously each other and very likely part of this sock farm. Plus the IP range, which, surprise, geolocates to Germany. I'd block without waiting for CU, but I'd like to be sure about the named accounts and to look for others. They should also be glocked, which is easier to do here. One fun thing: OnlyCreatesNewWikiPages's first edit creating Mikado cake had "frfr" in the edit summary, gibberish that reminded me of blocked sock. Bbb23 (talk) 15:01, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * While waiting for a CU, I've blocked the IP range for 72 hours. Bbb23 (talk) 15:03, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The two accounts are ✅ to each other and to past socks. No others seen. Requested locks for the accounts, . Thanks, Spicy (talk) 16:10, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Evidence:

1. The new, unnamed users began editing on the same Azerbaijani cuisine page soon after the previous sock with username user:OnlyCreatesNewWikiPages was banned.
 * user:OnlyCreatesNewWikiPages was banned on, 23 January 2024.
 * First unnamed user started editing on 26th January 2024
 * Second unnamed user started editing on 4th February 2024
 * Third unnamed user started editing on 23 January 2024

2. All three unnamed users edit almost exclusively on Azerbaijan-Armenia topics, and more specifically on Azerbaijani cuisine topics. This can be seen in their edit histories. This matches the behavior of the confirmed previous sock user:OnlyCreatesNewWikiPages which also primarily focused on Azerbaijani cuisine topics closer to the date of their ban. If they are not editing in topics relating to Azerbaijani cuisine, then they edit on Armenian cuisine topics.

3. The edit descriptions of the users are quite similar,
 * The repeated reference to removal of "peacock terms" that both the sock and the unnamed user share.


 * Also the heavy focus on removal of "unsourced" content, as said in edit descriptions is also what the sock and the new unnamed users share


 * Also the references to "etymology" in edit descriptions


 * Also the peculiar focus on "Soups" specifically when editing is a commonality between the accounts

4. Finally, there is also the obvious fact that all the accounts seem to know the basics of editing despite apparently being new, and the fact that all the suspected sock accounts in question are unnamed users.

--Creffel (talk) 17:38, 5 February 2024 (UTC) Creffel (talk) 17:38, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * Those cuisine articles are a mess. The community has told us to use ECP to combat nonsense in this topic area liberally, so done.  I saw one /64 active recently enough to block it, but for the most part protection is going to be more effective than chasing IPs.  If the disruption spreads I am happy to put more entries into the AE log. Courcelles (talk) 18:31, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * For now, I'm going to close the case. Courcelles (talk) 18:32, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Verified by CU, mainly filing to make it easier to request locks. Spicy (talk) 22:54, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * Tagged,, closing. Spicy (talk) 22:56, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar edit patterns to previously confirmed sock User:OnlyCreatesNewWikiPages

Specifically:

1. Heavy focus on cuisines, specifically cuisines of Turkic ethnic groups (Azerbaijani cuisine, Turkmen cuisine) but also other food-related articles in general

2. Edits removing "unsourced content"

3. Edits removing "peacock terms"

4. Similar edit descriptions when adding links, simply writing "Linked"

5. Account created on 11th February, soon after previous socks were blocked on 7th February

- Creffel (talk) 12:46, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * but confirmed from behavior. Will revert, block, tag, close.  Courcelles (talk) 17:07, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The above IP list might be incomplete. They all edit war across multiple Armenia-Azerbaijan related articles, which they are not supposed to be editing per WP:GS/AA. I have recently reported some of them here:. But the disruption continues, as the sockmaster keeps hopping IPs. A checkuser is needed to establish whether all those IPs are the same banned user. Grand master  15:10, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * ,, indeed, going after every individual sock or IP is pointless. As you guys say, maybe range blocks and ECP would be better options. The amount of sockery and IP disruption on some pages is simply ridiculous. Some pages are getting messed with from at least 2020. Maybe it would make sense to place some pages popular with IPs on extended confirmed protection? For example, pages such as Panah Ali Khan, Mehdi Qoli Khan Javanshir, Khurshidbanu Natavan, Ibrahim Khalil Khan, maybe a few others? I see from the archives of this SPI case that the IPs in this range were reported a few times before, but they would always return after the range block expires, or just hop IPs. Grand  master  17:40, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @Grandmaster I've done those four plus four more. In light of the General sanctions/Armenia and Azerbaijan community decision, I'm quite happy to use ECP as a primary tool in stopping disruption. Courcelles (talk) 17:46, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. Grand  master  17:49, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * , I hear you, and some of them scream out for it--I've seen this guy before--but I wonder what the point is. I looked at the archive and see that the whole area is a mess and that for some of the socks the technical evidence isn't the clincher (if I read 's earlier comment correctly). We might be better off just dropping rangeblocks (or semi-protecting articles), rather than trying to confirm something that may be difficult to confirm and won't ever show up in the logs or block notices anyway. Drmies (talk) 16:54, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Exactly. This case hits a lot of articles covered by CTOP, and in that CTOP the community has explicitly told us to use ECP widely to stop disruption.  Rangeblock what you can, ECP and log at CTOP what you need to, and waste less time playing whack-a-mole with IPv6. Courcelles (talk) 16:56, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks like we're done here, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 16:37, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
1. Account created recently in 2nd of March, soon after the previously confirmed sock I_like_Finnland was banned and around the same time when currently suspected IP socks were created

2. Account does not seem new to Wikipedia, clearly knows the basics of editing, including how to use talk pages, how to interact with other users in their talk page , reverting , etc.

3. Similar editing descriptions to previous socks, including "removal of unsourced/useless information"

4. Focus on Azerbaijan-Armenia related topics, focus on cuisines and food topics in Azerbaijan-Armenia related topics

5. Discussion of my yesterday's reverts of sock and suspected sock edits of Əzərbəyəniləri on another user's page

6. Then there is the general confrontational attitude towards other users, calling their edits "vandalism" edit-warring, which also coincide with the behavior of recently locked IP addresses and previous socks.

- Creffel (talk) 14:43, 8 March 2024 (UTC) Creffel (talk) 14:43, 8 March 2024 (UTC)


 * When Im back from football, Ill answer your accusations. Frankish Human (talk) 16:26, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Between the ban of „I love Finnalnd“ and me were 11 days, and u cant suspect that anyone who begins to edit in the span of 1 month after that guy was banned is a sock of him. Also using your talk page, and knowing how to revert after joining isnt soemthing suspicious, looks like u cant think far enough to see that I can watch other editors edit and then copy theyre style to make good wuality edits. You can compare it to a editing youtube channel, when you start you dont want to post bad edits, so u first learn the basics on how to edit so you can make a good edit and get a good reputation from the beginning, your interpretation is close minded. Also, many say that If they remove unsourced information..tht they did that, all I did was describe what I made and because some random ahh sock also did that, just like many administrators or other people here makes me sus? Hell nah. Also, you do realize that I edited many topics about the Franks, Limburgish, principalities in Germany and France and so on too right? This is awful evidence. Also, so me criticising your editing is bad now huh? Its just that when I discovered your reverts I noticed that they were actually worsening the page, you literially reverted the page to a worse, more unsourced, dubious and worse linked/unsourced version of itself, let me give you some examples on which sources you choose to let in the article to show how bad and poisonous to this encyclopedia they were (one of the links I wnated to send as evidence couldnt be send because it even was on the blacklist of wikipedia lmao, thats just going to show what your view of a reliable source is):
 * http://www.wtmlondon.com/page.cfm/action=Seminars/SeminarID=81/OSite=10nn6k_1852
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20220202132655/https://armeniancrimes.com/house-museum-of-uzeyir-hajibeyov/ (this one you left in is especially notable, because not only is it unaccessable[for me atleast]possibly a dead link, but also the name of the website is „Armenian Crimes“ and those werent even all, by far, If I counted all togheter I would probably be above 20 or smh, I think you cant differentiate between reliable and unreliable sources, your editing doesnt make sense and is absolutely bad for wikipedia. Also lembeta first told me that I had commited vandalism, is Lembeta now the sockpuppet of „I like Finnland“? No, Injust told hom whatbhe was doing was bad. Same with edit warribg, If someone does wdit warring I call hom out for it, thats how easy it is. With your logic everyone who says „thats edit warring“ is a sock of „i like finnland“ like your reasoning is awful and doesnt fruit at all. I recommend you to revert your edits back to the „stable version“ as you would put it. Kinda ironic that you call a site now full of unreliable sources and dead links aswell as it having propaganda speech like „liberation“ in it a „stable version. Lol. Frankish Human (talk) 19:00, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

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I completely agree with all the points made by User:Creffel, the actions of User:Frankish Human are truly suspicious and needs to be investigated immediately. --Lemabeta (talk) 15:30, 8 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Ok, so now you are accusing me of sockpuppetry because I beat you in a debate and because you are frustrated and because I your changes didnt stay? Truly the behavior of someone who has bad intentions and will frame anyone If that person doesnt comply with his opinion. Frankish Human (talk) 15:52, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * It's them per CU., , closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 22:58, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
1. New IP account, follows the trend of previous brigading by IP swarms suspected and confirmed to be socks of Əzərbəyənilər

2. Focus on Azerbaijan-Armenia related topics primarily

3. Removal of "unsourced" information

4. Brigading articles to support previous edits by suspected and confirmed IP socks

5. Despite being a "new IP user", the account clearly knows the basics of editing, reverting

- Creffel (talk) 14:54, 8 March 2024 (UTC) Creffel (talk) 14:54, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Already rangeblocked by another CU. Case closed. Courcelles (talk) 19:25, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
1. Editing on the same article as previously locked IPs

2. Removing Azerbaijani translations/spellings from articles similarly to previous IP socks

3. Predictable behavior of using IP spam accounts like previous socks.

- Creffel (talk) 09:24, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * for disruptive editing. Closing case. <span style="font-family:Papyrus, Courier New">The Wordsmith Talk to me 00:11, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
IP in the same range as previous ones. Some pages got semi-protected because of this IP's edit warring. Maybe this range needs to be blocked for a while. Grand master  16:29, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I've blocked the /64 for a while. Closing. <span style="font-family:Papyrus, Courier New">The Wordsmith Talk to me 22:03, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( originally filed under this user)

Users IP adress is from same region with the suspected sockpuppet owner. Edited pages are Azerbaijan, Armenia or Turkey related topics. Similarities in terms of writing and reverting style between suspected owner and other ip ranges can be seen:

Meykhana page: 1, 2, 3,

Theatre of Azerbaijan:4,5,6,7

Borchaly sultanate page: 8,9,10,11

and WP:GS/AA violations that currently commited can be seen in user page:Special:Contributions/93.199.244.40 Göycen (talk) 08:59, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked Special:contributions/93.199.224.0/19 for 6 months for block evasion. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:35, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * left me a talk page message about this because I blocked 2003:ea:4f00::/41. Given the ranges and the behavior, I now strongly suspect this is Sockpuppet_investigations/Əzərbəyəniləri. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 16:04, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * - Please move report per Daniel's comment. Bbb23 (talk) 16:07, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
 * merged from 2003:EA:4F00:0:0:0:0:0 to Əzərbəyəniləri —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 01:33, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This is another range used by a previously banned user. I filed a similar complaint for a different IP range and would like to bring evidence for this new range as well.

List of Azerbaijani soups and stews: Detected SP and, above-mentioned first sockpuppet

Stuffed mussels: For 2A02:3035:E0E:5893:58EB:836A:7C73:3560 I showed evidence in a previous investigation from this week (see changes and conversation on the Borchaly Sultanate page). This IP wasn't banned but has a similar pattern to the above-mentioned first IP address. and

Mirza Shafi Vazeh: [] vs []

In summary, the first one is the IP address that made changes recently, and the others are from last month, but I added them to give an opinion on the range of IP addresses. Göycen (talk) 19:21, 24 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Recently blocked Ip @2A02:8071:5860:2A0:1035:788D:D020:A589, by @Drmies, also fits the same profile. In terms of edits, language and Ip pattern. Göycen (talk) 09:08, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

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 * IPs are too old for action and there doesn't seem to be a rangeblock that would work here.  <span style="font-family:Papyrus, Courier New">The Wordsmith Talk to me 01:26, 12 July 2024 (UTC)