Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/A. Katechis Mpourtoulis/Archive

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Katechis was toppic banned on Balkan articles a few weeks ago. However, they continued editing Greek articles, and per this were warned by an admin on May 8. Since then Katechis account has made no edits. In the same day Guardian of the History account was created. Both accounts are focused on the Macedonia issue, making disruptive edits. Katechis replaces words "Macedonia", "Greek" and "Hellenic" with each other or adds "Greek" before "Macedonian" or other places, apparently to make sure people do understand the Greek character of Ancient Macedonia. For instance,, , , , ,. Guardian of the History is editing in the same way, , ,. Katechis holds a fringe belief that the term "Mecedonian" should be replaced with "Hellenistic", and repeats that the Macedonian Empire was part of the Hellenic world, , ,. Guardian of the History is doing the same thing,.

Aeonflux was created on May 8 too. The first and only edit of them so far is reverting to the version of Guardian of the History on Pisidia. That article had been a battleground lately, with newbies and old accounts with few edits fighting on nationalistic content. A CU would check if the two suspected socks belong to Katechis and check for other accounts that might be connected with the suspected socks. Ktrimi991 (talk) 23:53, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

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❌. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:55, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * Stojanov-MK was added after this SPI opened, mainly for the reason this is a brand new account, whose third edit was to restore Dourvakis's FYROM file, and then started restoring some of Dourvakis's edits. If Stojanov-MK is not a sock, he may well be a meatpuppet.
 * Stojanov-MK was added after this SPI opened, mainly for the reason this is a brand new account, whose third edit was to restore Dourvakis's FYROM file, and then started restoring some of Dourvakis's edits. If Stojanov-MK is not a sock, he may well be a meatpuppet.


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Sock account Dourvakis was created on 3 July 2018 while master was blocked. Master subsequently got reblocked for a year, but that's another story.
 * Evidence
 * Same locus of edits, centering around, , Ionian island-related topics, and Ancient Greece/Macedonian topics. Editor interaction utility shows extensive overlap.
 * Similar type of edits: Accounts show local knowledge of Othonoi, same interest in adding "template infobox country" to ancient Greece-related articles (Master vs sock), editing trying to emphasise the Greekness of Alexander the Great, and his father Philip, and adding Greece to the location of ancient Macedon, cf. sock vs master and master again vs sock; note that both links are identical edits to identical articles. Both accounts have a preoccupation with calling ROM "FYROM"; See Master. The sock, a little more subtle, just adding FYROM on filenames. See File:Greek community of Skopje, FYROM.jpg. Also both accounts use their cellphone frequently to edit. Overall, WP:FOWLPLAY is evident. . Dr.   K.  02:29, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
 * More evidence
 * Sock seems experienced with archiving SPIs
 * Master adds the Sarakatsani flag so does the sock

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Dang, I hadn't noticed Dourvakis had also edited Othonoi. That makes the identity painfully obvious indeed. Please block. Fut.Perf. ☼ 06:20, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

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✅, blocked (the master's block is now indefinite), tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:35, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

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SPA with the same locus of edits, centering around Greeks in the Republic of Macedonia with the same manner of editing and undue weight POV-pushing. Jingiby (talk) 06:21, 26 December 2018 (UTC) Jingiby (talk) 06:21, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

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 * IP now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:33, 26 December 2018 (UTC)