Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/49.196.159.137/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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Same pattern of behaviour from 49.196.159.137, 49.196.161.172, 1.122.248.91. E.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isuzu_D-Max&curid=7362797&action=history, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nissan_Navara&action=history, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Night_parrot&action=history Sminthopsis84 (talk) 16:44, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

More stalking and reversion of other editors, just because they're been active here. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:54, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * See also for cross-article stalking of editors who revert them. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:03, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * See Safe Schools Coalition Australia. Andy Dingley (talk) 00:24, 31 August 2016 (UTC)


 * There needs to be some form of range block considered. These IPs have been cropping up for far too long, and are used for harassing any editor that reverts them. At what point can a wide range of IPs be blocked? Spacecowboy420 (talk) 10:35, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
 * What point? Never. This is the encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and it's more important that socks can run free and undisturbed than it is to protect either the project, or the other non-admin editors being harassed by those socks. Now stop complaining before you get blocked as disruptive. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:48, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Not sure if I'm allowed to comment, since I'm not an "other user". Fwiw, this is the complete list of similar behaviours that I've been noting since 5 Feb 2016: blocking 49.196.15. could give us a useful breather. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 14:48, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 1.122.248.91
 * 1.127.48.146
 * 1.127.48.152
 * 1.127.48.241
 * 1.127.49.85
 * 120.145.154.97
 * 121.215.155.45
 * 190.213.84.246
 * 201.241.29.155
 * 202.94.72.180
 * 202.94.72.250
 * 49.196.128.78
 * 49.196.131.47
 * 49.196.132.170
 * 49.196.152.109
 * 49.196.152.11
 * 49.196.152.226
 * 49.196.152.51
 * 49.196.153.190
 * 49.196.155.10
 * 49.196.157.220
 * 49.196.157.236
 * 49.196.157.46
 * 49.196.158.206
 * 49.196.158.50
 * 49.196.159.137
 * 49.196.161.172
 * 49.196.3.211
 * 49.196.6.21
 * 49.199.14.204
 * 58.169.244.234

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
No basis for a CU request; declined.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:40, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I might support a rangeblock; a semi-workable range is 49.196.144.1/20. That's a range of 4096 addresses from 49.196.144.0 to 49.196.159.255. The behavior from these IPs has been outrageous. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 03:19, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Favonian has blocked 49.196.128.0/18 for 2 weeks, with about 1 week remaining. Mike V • Talk 23:56, 14 September 2016 (UTC)