Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/2A02:C7D:83D:4800:A516:130:8812:3C69/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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 * On 04 June 2019 observed that identical edits were emanating from more than one IP address. Furthermore, although previous warnings had been given out, none were initially observed on the talk pages with the IP addresses in question.  was briefed on the suspicions and instructed me to initiate a sock puppet investigation.
 * User behaviour: The user typically uses an IP once or twice and then abandons it for new one. In each case the user tries to insert identical, unsubstantiated (and unverifiable) content into a BLP of Stephane Graff. For some reason, no warnings are present on the talk pages associated with the most of the IPs. Perhaps they have been deleted. After using a large number of IPs the user has acquired the username: Raggedtrouseredphilanthropists2019. Now that the user has acquired an account, they are trying to argue with me over giving a level 1 warning. I have not responded. In the first incident the user gave a website as a reference:. Subsequent edits do not include this "reference". According to my research it does not substantiate their claim. After the edit made by the named account was reverted on 04 June 2019, they went back to using an IP address.
 * Based on this evidence, I believe this user is a "sock puppet" and that a check user is warranted.TheDoDahMan (talk) 07:52, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

IP/USER                               DIFF
 * IP Addresses and DIFFS
 * 1) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:D886:7100:E19E:D74B DIFF1
 * 2) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:B438:3EA4:4424:3459 DIFF2
 * 3) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:9E0:C9B:2185:9DBD DIFF3
 * 4) Raggedtrouseredphilanthropists2019 DIFF4
 * 5) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:580B:FF57:424F:AD26 DIFF5
 * 6) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:6103:EF8D:42CF:9286 DIFF6
 * 7) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:B472:E9FA:5C07:638D DIFF7
 * 8) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:3055:A9CF:A048:B5E9 DIFF8
 * 9) 213.31.67.22 DIFF9
 * 10) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:A0EF:8F94:7C2A:2B78 DIFF10
 * 11) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:1460:1BBA:A483:F192 DIFF11
 * 12) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:4DA2:5E23:B17C:913 DIFF12
 * 13) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:9AC:73F5:516C:7342 DIFF13
 * 14) 90.204.32.81 DIFF14
 * 15) 2.216.113.85 DIFF15
 * 16) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:D19A:770E:F84E:EAE8 DIFF16
 * 17) 31.185.148.167 DIFF17
 * 18) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:4F0:4796:9A22:B423 DIFF18
 * 19) 81.99.108.4 DIFF19
 * 20) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:A516:130:8812:3C69 DIFF20
 * 21) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:D002:6688:824B:BA2F DIFF21
 * 22) 51.9.251.215 DIFF22
 * 23) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:8D62:9B8F:3EFC:557 DIFF23
 * 24) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:D34:A156:EB3B:A692 DIFF24
 * 25) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:7C96:503E:34BB:599 DIFF25
 * 26) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:FDFF:C985:6DD3:FFC0 DIFF26
 * 27) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:2994:8751:6CAB:1B47 DIFF27
 * 28) 31.185.148.167 DIFF28
 * 29) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:D19A:770E:F84E:EAE8 DIFF29
 * 30) 90.204.32.81 DIFF30


 * User contributions

USER/IP                                Contributions
 * 1) 31.185.148.167 CON1
 * 2) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:D19A:770E:F84E:EAE8 CON2
 * 3) 81.99.108.4 CON3
 * 4) 2.216.113.85 CON4
 * 5) 90.204.32.81 CON5
 * 6) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:9AC:73F5:516C:7342 CON6
 * 7) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:4DA2:5E23:B17C:913 CON7
 * 8) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:1460:1BBA:A483:F192 CON8
 * 9) 213.31.67.22 CON9
 * 10) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:A0EF:8F94:7C2A:2B78 CON10
 * 11) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:3055:A9CF:A048:B5E9 CON11
 * 12) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:B472:E9FA:5C07:638D CON12
 * 13) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:6103:EF8D:42CF:9286 CON13
 * 14) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:9E0:C9B:2185:9DBD CON14
 * 15) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:580B:FF57:424F:AD26 CON15
 * 16) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:B438:3EA4:4424:3459 CON16
 * 17) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:D886:7100:E19E:D74B CON17
 * 18) Raggedtrouseredphilanthropists2019 CON18
 * 19) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:4F0:4796:9A22:B423 CON19
 * 20) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:A516:130:8812:3C69 CON20 Oldest account
 * 21) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:D002:6688:824B:BA2F CON21
 * 22) 51.9.251.215 CON22
 * 23) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:8D62:9B8F:3EFC:557 CON23
 * 24) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:D34:A156:EB3B:A692 CON24
 * 25) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:7C96:503E:34BB:599 CON25
 * 26) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:FDFF:C985:6DD3:FFC0 CON26
 * 27) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:2994:8751:6CAB:1B47 CON27
 * 28) 31.185.148.167 CON28
 * 29) 2A02:C7D:83D:4800:D19A:770E:F84E:EAE8 CON29
 * 30) 90.204.32.81 CON30

In every case the contributions are exclusively to Stephane Graff, except for CON18 which also has a contribution on their talk page.


 * Results of WHOIS

i) The IPv6 Addresses belong to: Sky Network Services 1 Brick Lane London E1 6PU UK abuse@sky.uk

(ii) 213.31.67.22 belongs to: Offices Minerva Herikerbergweg 2 1101 CM Amsterdam NETHERLANDS ipp@bt.com

(iii) 90.204.32.81 belongs to: Sky Network Services 1 Brick Lane London E1 6PU UK

(iv) 2.216.113.85 belongs to: Sky Network Services 1 Brick Lane London E1 6PU UK

(v) 31.185.148.167 belongs to: PlusNet Plc The Balance 2 Pinfold Street Sheffield S1 2GU UK abuse@plus.net

(vi) 51.9.251.215 belongs to: FORCE9 PlusNet plc. Room 211, Telephone Exchange(CWT-LA), Cawthorne Street LA1 1TG Lancaster, Lancashire UNITED KINGDOM

(vii) 90.204.32.81 belongs to: Sky Network Services 1 Brick Lane London E1 6PU UK

TheDoDahMan (talk) 19:57, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
I've declined the CU request. I'm tempted to close this simply because it's way too long (as well as misfiled). However, I'll leave it open for a while in case some poor/brave clerk wants to look at it. If nothing happens, it will be closed with no action.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:28, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth,, it's pointless to list the individual IPv6 addresses. They all belong to the range special:contribs/2A02:C7D:83D:4800::/64, which is the block of addresses assigned to one Sky customer. —DoRD (talk)​ 14:55, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I condensed all of the IPv6 contribs into the range in the big list above, it was not necessary to list all the discrete addresses, as DoRD said. Here's my analysis:
 * It's very likely to the point of being painfully obvious that one person or a group of meatpuppets have been making all of these edits. Most likely one person, in my opinion.
 * All of the IP contribs are stale, excepting the /64 which restored the edit as recently as yesterday. It is now blocked for six months.
 * Assuming the first bullet to be true, has been editing logged out in an abusive manner. However, see the next bullet. I'm going to recommend they change their username.
 * By my reckoning, and  have been engaged in an edit war with the accused user off and on since April 21, but definitely ON and highly disruptively since May 17, over an edit which is definitely not vandalism. They're not discussing or even trying to reach consensus, they are just disruptively reverting to their preferred versions, destroying intervening edits from unrelated users in the meantime.
 * I've elected not to block any of the accounts, but I am full-protecting the article. I expect to see some discussion about the matter at the article's talk page, or I will start doling out edit warring blocks.
 * I'm expecting that this will resolve the situation, so I'm closing. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:15, 7 June 2019 (UTC)