Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/74.76.13.53/Archive

30 May 2013

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Not sure what you want to do about this guy. He's been hopping IPs (all vandal-only) for some time now, making the same kind of disruptive edits. Below is the collection I've compiled, with the aforementioned sockmaster being the most active of all the IPs. NOTE: ''As this case awaits review, I am finding more and more edits from other IPs. I will now append a timestamp to new additions to this list:'' Unless there is some weird internet wording trend I'm unaware of, this must be the same person –– and there are most likely more such edits from other IPs, I just haven't found them yet. I ran the WHOIS, the IPs are from all around the world... baffling! Proxy perhaps? The real problem is how would we ever stop him if he keeps hopping IPs and hopping articles. What do you think is the best course of action for this? It may seem a bit extreme, but if the regex is good enough, we may want to look into adding an abuse filter. This guy almost always words it exactly the same,, something like that. Unless presented as a quote, I would think such wording is rarely constructive. At any rate, I guess a block on these IPs is a start. I've never dealt with a sockpuppet that not only hops IPs but also articles, so I was unsure what to do. Hopefully opening this case will lead to some good. Thanks &mdash; MusikAnimal talk 18:42, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * 74.76.13.53 –
 * 98.157.66.32 –
 * 24.228.191.212 –
 * 174.27.48.121 –
 * 105.228.138.95 –
 * 2620:0:2250:109:b9c0:1e76:6438:6ce6 –
 * 68.175.29.84 – (added 21:31, 30 May 2013 (UTC))
 * Jeffy Dahmor (possible sockpuppet) –  (added 15:29, 3 June 2013 (UTC))
 * 99.157.104.225 -    (added 21:48, 7 June 2013 (UTC))

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This is an internet trend; I don't think they are sockpuppets. See this Capscap (talk) 21:26, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Wow! A game about vandalizing Wikipedia? This above user is currently blocked ^^^ but cleared things up perfectly. This is overwhelming evidence that indeed this is an internet trend, a strange and foul one at that. Rather sad that they'd consider vandalizing WP as a game. OUCH. Makes you wonder... Anyway, it's safe to say these are most likely not sockpuppets. However, I still might argue that looking into an edit filter might be a good idea, assuming this continues to be an ongoing problematic trend. At any rate I'm glad things are cleared up. Should I continue to update the above list? Is there a way to open cases for recommended abuse filters? Thanks &mdash; MusikAnimal talk 04:55, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I see you can request edit filters here. I'll leave this to the discretion of an admin. Thanks &mdash; MusikAnimal talk 15:00, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * See Special:AbuseFilter/560, closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:46, 16 June 2013 (UTC)