Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Adam patsey/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)


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The user and the IPs all edit in the same way: adding Poles to various articles related to Slavs, which gets reverted eventually, usually by User:Sabbatino. This seems like an attempt to bypass consensus and refuse to use the talk page. It also seems like the user is an IP hopper. From the time of their contributions, it looks like this started happening 3 days ago. ~ Ase1este t@lkc0ntribs 04:41, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * IPs are a duck for.
 * Whilst the edits are disruptive, and the editor clearly hasn't taken the hint thus far; given the account only has 25 edits I wonder whether dropping a firm warning on the userpage to log-in, and monitoring the situation for a few days might not be the way to go?
 * If they don't take that hint, or if an admin has less patience than I do; then blocking the /64, the account, and the two IPv4s might be a neat solution. --Jack Frost (talk) 09:27, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I have just warned and suggested using the talk page to them again for another edit to Balts. Let's see whether the user will actually use the talk page now.  ~  Ase1este charge-paritytime 16:22, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 * After being warned at least two more times by othet users, the user seems to be still making the same edits to Balts and various other related articles. I think this is a lost cause now.  ~  Ase1este charge-paritytime 03:26, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Blocked the 108. IP for a year (yes, they haven't edited from it in a couple weeks, but all edits coming out of that IP for the past two years look like this editor) and the /64 for two months. Blocked the patsey account for good measure and tagged the two named. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:32, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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The sockmaster has been editing under different IPs for a long time before and after the creation of the account. All IPs point to the Pittsburgh area. All edits by the registered editor and its IPs are identical. The primary IP range is Special:Contributions/2601:547:4380:ea0::/64. The sockmaster was warned multiple times at User talk:Adam Lietuva (with the addition of some IPs) and was even asked to discuss the matter (which cannot be confirmed by any sources), but all of it was ignored with the closest "attempt" to discuss being a "personal preference" message at User talk:Jip Orlando. The Lithuanians page was originally the only affected page, but after its protection, the sockmaster and its IPs moved to Balts, Lithuanian Americans, Lithuanian Canadians, Lithuanian Australians, Prussian Lithuanians, Baltic Americans, Latvian Americans, Latvian Canadians, Polish Americans, Polish Canadians, Belarusian Americans and West Slavs pages (I am only aware of these pages but there can be more).

Examples of same edits at Balts page:
 * 2601:547:4380:1EF0:11CC:A564:2C7F:64B6 on 06:14, 17 May 2020 (changes content)
 * 2601:547:4380:1EF0:F8EC:4116:97B0:FFD2 on 06:20, 22 May 2020 (restores the same content)
 * 2001:569:7C02:CD00:3877:5A72:78E0:8B37 on 06:32, 30 January 2021 (restores the same content)
 * 108.17.80.2 on 22:24, 7 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * 2601:547:4380:EA0:6D43:54BE:8B07:AE49 on 02:33, 8 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * 64.58.253.222 on 20:35, 8 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * Adam Lietuva on 22:30, 8 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * Adam Lietuva on 02:36, 9 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * 2601:547:4380:EA0:2C04:46E6:28A3:78A1 on 17:44, 9 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * 2601:547:4380:EA0:A829:9772:EA62:4429 on 19:15, 9 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * 2601:547:4380:EA0:4AD:8CCC:AFC3:B412 on 06:13, 10 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * 2601:547:4380:EA0:75EE:C7F6:6556:39A3 on 19:32, 10 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * Adam Lietuva on 22:22, 10 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * Adam Lietuva on 22:28, 10 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * Adam Lietuva on 19:45, 11 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * Adam Lietuva on 21:36, 11 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * 2601:547:4380:EA0:1D57:B51E:AFF2:D26 on 22:38, 11 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * Adam Lietuva on 18:09, 12 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * 2601:547:4380:EA0:9D28:B373:7FD9:3B16 on 02:44, 13 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * Adam Lietuva on 19:49, 14 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * Adam Lietuva on 16:45, 15 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * Adam Lietuva on 16:23, 16 February 2021 (restores the same content)
 * 2601:547:4380:EA0:681E:51C2:8B8D:85F8 on 00:46, 17 February 2021 (restores the same content)

I asked for some of the affected pages to be protected, but it was declined by the administrator at WP:RFPP on 23:51, 10 February 2021, and I then wrote a message on the administrator's talk page at User talk:HJ Mitchell about the issue, but there were no replies. It is clear that the editor and its IPs are WP:NOTHERE and want to keep disrupting various pages with no intentions to discuss anything but to push its own agenda. – Sabbatino (talk) 16:30, 17 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Update: After reverting the sockmaster twice, he immediately made two reverts at Balts page. – Sabbatino (talk) 17:03, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * So what is going to be done here? Are administrators going to look the other way and just let the editor continue making disruptive edits by using multiple IPs? Or are they just waiting for me to get blocked, because I revert this sockpuppet daily? – Sabbatino (talk) 09:02, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Personal attacks on 20 February 2021 – 1, 2, 3, 4. – Sabbatino (talk) 21:05, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Is anything going to be done or this will be closed without any further actions? The editor was willing to try and discuss the matter, but he just blanked his talk page once again before I could write a reply. And the disruption is continued. – Sabbatino (talk) 08:45, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
 * So what is going to be done here? Neither you or any other administrator has said anything about it since declining CU. The use of multiple IPs has stopped for now, but Adam Lietuva is continuing to be disruptive (refusal to discuss, blanking of his talk page, edit warring). Blocked after getting reported at WP:ANEW. – Sabbatino (talk) 15:07, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I am pinging you since you have already blocked Adam Lietuva. Could you also block (whole range),  and, because the block evasion is evident and disruption is continued on various pages. – Sabbatino (talk) 07:06, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I blocked the ip, it was easy. However, I am kind of afraid to do the range blocks, it is best if someone else does this.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:53, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The master is too for any data to come up for checkuser. Declining CU...  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   21:13, 17 February 2021 (UTC)


 * I bundled the individual IPv6 addresses into /64s both here and in the previous filing to make the case more readable. Blablubbs | talk 03:03, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked the active IPs and ranges in the previous case, no further action required. 2001:569:7C02:CD00:3877:5A72:78E0:8B37 doesn't look like them. 2601:547:4380:1EF0:0:0:0:0/64 does but hasn't had any activity in nine months. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:36, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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The IP editor (marked the whole range to make it easier to track the edits from the range) has made the same edits as previous IPs. The completely new editor went straight to my talk page and vandalised it, and later made exactly the same edit as the IP at Balts (at first, the editor reverted the IP and then immediately restored the same content). I immediately looked through other pages that were previously disrupted by sockpuppets of the master, but nothing has been changed for now. – Sabbatino (talk) 16:37, 2 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Update. Both reported parties vandalised my talk page in a span of one month, which shows that Adam Lietuva (a.k.a. Adam patsey) is block-evading. In addition, seeing the recent behavior on my talk page, I suspect that all other IPs and registered accounts should be blocked for longer or even indefinitely. – Sabbatino (talk) 05:54, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Polish-Lithuanian blocked and tagged. Not going to bother with the IP, this looks like a quasi dynamic address and hasn't edited in a couple of weeks.  Semi-protected Balts for a while, which is likely to be more effective than mole whacking IPs. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:04, 1 May 2021 (UTC)