Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Anonymously98/Archive

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This sockmaster created a number of sleeper socks back in October to engage in disruptive editing at Conway Scenic Railroad and a few other heritage railroad articles. Hallmarks of this sockmaster are gaming autoconfirmed by doing pointless edits to his userpage, edit warring, reverting removal of unsourced content, threatening others, misspellings, and getting mad and yelling in edit summaries. The first 4 accounts were CU blocked months ago, but Anonymously78 showed up today to edit war again. Based on the behavioral pattern and name username format, this is an open and shut case of socking. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 18:11, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I see User:ferret just blocked Anonymously78 for socking, right as I submitted this SPI. This can be closed (presumably with Anonymously78 as confirmed to the other socks based on behavioral evidence) and archived for future reference if this sockmaster does more socking. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 18:15, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * With that said, a CU check may be good to look for other sleepers. I didn't think to request it when I first posted this SPI. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 18:17, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Not a CU block, this one was dead obvious a sock. I don't know the exact master. Checking the articles in the history of these accounts will reveal several other socks, including some known to be LTAs. -- ferret (talk) 18:22, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Also not a CU action, I've blocked an obviously connected IP range in relation to this sock/LTA. -- ferret (talk) 18:34, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * All accounts are blocked, closing. It looks like we haven't been tagging these, so I'm not going to start now. (It's not like they're very subtle). Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:44, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * The IPs involved go back to 2018 for evasion blocks, so I have no idea who the master from back then may have been. SonictheHedgehogFan29854 is likely another connected user from August. HomestarRunnerFan76987 was from March 2021. -- ferret (talk) 20:17, 19 February 2022 (UTC)