Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alex from Adelaide/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



 * Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

These are all confirmed and blocked sockpuppets, but something needs to be done about the situation, as it is constant, continuing and basic harassment, and the sockpuppets continue regardless of the blocks of previous socks. -- / Alex /21  10:28, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''
 * - Noting the above, it would seem a CU for a sleeper check would be beneficial. I've done a quick pass of the user creation log and nothing leaps out, although a Quarry query is running as well. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:12, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * ✅ to one another:
 * . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * . Bagging and tagging all socks. This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Per WP:QUACK, from the user's name to their talk page to all their contributions, evidently attacking User:Alex 21. —El Millo (talk) 02:57, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

, thanks for this; I was actually in the process of returning to this myself!

When the sockpuppet investigation at Sockpuppet investigations/Alex from Adelaide/Archive was closed in March, there were seven socks listed, plus the master account. Looking at Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Alex from Adelaide, there are now a total of 15 accounts (confirmed and suspected), with the 16th listed here (now blocked after reporting it to ARV), also still plus the master account. You can see here how many times I have had to visit Administrator intervention against vandalism to report these socks.

Looking at the names created, you can see an identical case to the harassment I received from the sockpuppets at Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Matt14451 (e.g. EconomicDonald vs EconomicAlex, or DonaldTheEconomicDoctor vs AlexTheEconomicDoctor). This has been going on since January of this year, and the latest has used my own picture and links to discussions I've been a part of. Tagging and bagging these accounts is not enough, it clearly didn't work in March; proper action needs to be taken by administration, as I'm getting sick of this constant harassment and stalking. -- / Alex /21  03:10, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
 * So, what you're saying, is that the harassing editor is going to be able to continue creating new accounts and stalking me, as he's been doing for half a year? He creates accounts solely to stalk my contributions and add attacking comments to any talk page I contribute to. How's that? Spectacular. -- / Alex /21  13:36, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
 * , as expected, the harassment continues. That's 17 accounts now (and that's not even counting the Matt14451 sockpuppets). This did nothing. -- / Alex /21  02:21, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * and already blocked, but for a sleeper check – it's been a while. Blablubbs (talk) 09:33, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, when you mix vague SPI reports ("it's a duck") and wide IP ranges, it's unsurprising that I don't really find much useful. But  and  are him, too, both of which are already blocked.  "He edits trains, commonly misspells 'fascism' as 'facism', and includes colors in his usernames, like 'BlueTrain' or 'YellowFreight'."  That would help me pick out accounts from a list of 1,000 accounts who all use the same device on that IP range. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 13:26, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm truly sorry this is happening to you. It's vile, it must feel awful, and I know from experience elsewhere that what I am about to give you is an extremely dissatisfying answer, but unfortunately there's not all that much we can do except block, check, block some more and then ignore. We can also revision-delete some of the attacks. If you feel unsafe, please contact Trust and Safety by emailing, and if you see another course of action that we are currently missing, please do tell us. Blablubbs (talk) 09:21, 20 July 2021 (UTC)