Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ApprenticeFan/Archive

05 January 2015

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The account removed a maintenance template here and an IP followed up  with the same edit and summary of "remove again". Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 18:48, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * Considering ApprenticeFan has been around for a long, long time, I do not believe there is anything to be actioned here. Even if the IP edit were his (which seems, in my opinion, likely), there's nothing particularly bad about it all. I'm more than inclined to believe in accidental logout, especially for someone who's been around for 10 years and with no prior problems or block. ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  17:26, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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These IP's have been adding incorrect information (along with grammatical errors) to the the Amazing Race 23 article. ApprenticeFan has been warned multiple times about their incorrect use of the English language and grammar issues. All three IPs trace back to the Philippines, which is where the user is from according to their user page. Furthermore, all three IPs have reverted an edit in favour of ApprenticeFan. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 02:41, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

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As the editor in Wiki for 13 years, I was getting unaware with the editing changes of The Amazing Race 23 article. Being I am from the Philippines that English is being the second language in the country where I read, heard and understand English words. I will be bold, civil and politeness to the mentioned article. I am very sorry that for substantial editing abuse on the behavioral issues with The Amazing Race 23 page. So I just want to make word changes and replaces inter-language link template to corresponding English article. ApprenticeFan  work  04:47, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
We don't publicly disclose the IP(s) of named accounts. CU declined.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:39, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Master has been given a warning. Sro23 (talk) 02:14, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This IP also geolocates to the Philippines, and has made edits in the same topic areas as ApprenticeFan: United States Congress, beauty pageants, reality television (including The Bachelor and The Amazing Race. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/120.28.64.145. The results of the Editor Interaction Analyser are also pretty compelling. Bgsu98   (Talk)  21:44, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * First of all, I'm sorry that my editing privileges causing my behavior in Wikipedia is good on IP address that I use meaning I'm a really good editor. The IP I have not involved with SOCKPUPPETRY. The previous IP address I used was either 125.212.12X.XX or 203.215.12X.XX from August 2006 until February 2020 when my old DSL died that month and replaced with a new Huawei router with a fast fiber connection on a different IP, 180.19X.XXX.XXX. I am 36 years old, almost turning 37 later in the year. I didn't disrupt with editing privileges which makes good without incidents. I am sorry that I will be an IP editor without a username that I can edit good terms. 120.28.64.145 (talk) 01:17, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Please add comments by other users (such as you) to the appropriate section Starship 24 (talk) 23:20, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for confirming that you are committing sockpuppetry. Bgsu98   (Talk)  00:32, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Me or the IP? @Bgsu98 Starship 24 (talk) 00:49, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The IP. Bgsu98   (Talk)  00:52, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Just making sure @Bgsu98 Starship 24 (talk) 00:53, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The IP hasn't edited since April 9. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:11, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This IP also geolocates to the Philippines, and has made edits in the same topic areas as ApprenticeFan (often with the same poor English grammar): United States Congress, beauty pageants, reality television (including The Bachelor and The Amazing Race. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/120.28.64.234 Bgsu98   (Talk)  23:47, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * See below. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:07, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This IP also geolocates to the Philippines, and has made edits in the same topic areas as ApprenticeFan (often with the same poor English grammar): United States Congress, beauty pageants, reality television (including The Bachelor and The Amazing Race. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/124.6.179.62. Results of the Editor Interaction Analyser are also compelling. Bgsu98   (Talk)  00:58, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * See below. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:07, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same M.O. as above: same geolocation, same editing targets (U.S. Congress, beauty pageants, reality television). User admitted on previous IP talk page that he sees nothing wrong with continuing to edit while logged out even though his account is blocked. Bgsu98  (Talk)  01:15, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * The IPs have disclosed that they're him, so I've range blocked Special:Contributions/120.28.64.0/24 and Special:Contributions/124.6.179.0/24. In the future, please don't open three different cases. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:07, 4 May 2023 (UTC)