Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Avatar buss/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)




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WP:DUCK, making multiple disruptive edits, using the same nonsensical userboxes and edit summaries, block and global lock evasion. Commons has identified and blocked many sockpuppets (Relevant request for CU) and many of their identified socks are now blocked on multiple projects, including English Wikipedia. Also some of their socks have global locks. Including User:Avatar buss as it was in the Commons CU case but not blocked because it was stale. User:Legendsofkamal is a recently created account. Requesting a check for sleepers. (Note: I created a now deleted case earlier today but panicked because I didn’t have enough evidence. I think I have enough now.) GMXping! 23:27, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' William Allen Simpson (talk) 00:27, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Obvious — as User:Avatar buss created the page User:Kamal avatar, and User:Legendsofkamal edited User talk:Avatar buss. There are quite a few other revealing edits, that might make this CU considerably larger.
 * Also the images on their user pages have been created by ONmycontact and BOTtistu respectively, and one of those users have not been identified as a sock. GMXping! 00:49, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Avatar buss and Legendsofkamal are ✅ in addition to . Blocked, tagged and closing. The behaviour of Kamal avatar is convincing enough for me. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:37, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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WP:DUCK, editing User:Legendsofkamal’s pages (and tried to edit User:Sppadang’s, see abuse filter log). Nonsensical language on their userpage that is similar to other socks. Two new socks were also identified independently of this SPI. GMXping! 14:48, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Added User:Kamaldoang because of their userpage and “Kamal” name. GMXping! 12:25, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , thanks for merging the Legendsofkamal case here. If it’s possible, could you also look at This case opened under Hacker-index’s name and see if it needs merging? <b style="background:#000;color:#FFF;padding:1px;">GMX</b><b style="color:#FFF;background:#04A;display:inline-block;padding:3px;vertical-align:-0.15em;font:bold 50%/1 sans-serif;text-align:center">ping!</b> 13:07, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

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I've added ; similar username to Hacker-index and making the same type of nonsensical edits to userspace, e.g. To deal with Vandalism or Rollbacker;  i am this uses Administrators to deal with rollbacker. Spicy (talk) 17:35, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Please, compare those account to the master and check for possible sleepers.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:49, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ to one another / to the master:
 * to the master:
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:13, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * to the master:
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:13, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:13, 18 January 2021 (UTC)


 * I'm closing this report now. The other report will be reviewed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:14, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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None edits constructively. All are prone to favoring Indonesian for communication over English. Seem to have a mutual barnstar awarding cabal. Master gets blocked 8 Jan. / Kamaldoang created 6 Jan / Dutta created 16 Jan / Kamal-doang created 6 Jan / Medelam created 29 May (actual master?) Duta gives the blocked Hacker 2 barnstars 1 minute apart. diff They seek out users they believe to be Indonesian (which may all be socks) and post attention grabbing stuff which is unconstructive: Hacker: diff, diff (creates sock's Talk). Duta2000: diff (a sleeper sock), diff, (a sleeper sock) diff(another sleeper sock). Quisqualis (talk) 05:17, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

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Added the remaining users listed by Quisqualis, and removed User:Kamal-doang because that user doesn’t seem to exist. <b style="background:#000;color:#FFF;padding:1px;">GMX</b><b style="color:#FFF;background:#04A;display:inline-block;padding:3px;vertical-align:-0.15em;font:bold 50%/1 sans-serif;text-align:center">ping!</b> 15:19, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Can you provide some evidence for your claim that does not edit constructively?  Vanjagenije   (talk)  22:23, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I assessed Medelam's editing by quickly reading their Talk, in which they mostly had copyvios and speedys, though it appears to have been in GF. I don't assess them now as being a pest, though they have the habit of communicating in Indonesian on their Talk, as do the socks & master.--Quisqualis (talk) 05:36, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I might add that Eric Evrest posted in Indonesian on Medelam's Talk, and Hacker-Index created Medelam's sandbox. It's possible that Medelam knows the sockfarm runner socially. I recommend following the Barnstars.--Quisqualis (talk) 05:48, 19 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Except Medelam, all other accounts are either blocked, locked or stale for years. I'm closing this.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:33, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Creating nonsensical userboxes (you can check WP:MFD for those), using nonsensical edit summaries, and nonsensical replies, similar to past sockpuppets. Requesting CU because who knows how many sockpuppets there are and will be in the future. <b style="background:#000;color:#FFF;padding:1px;">GMX</b><b style="color:#FFF;background:#04A;display:inline-block;padding:3px;vertical-align:-0.15em;font:bold 50%/1 sans-serif;text-align:center">ping!</b> 18:33, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Another note: CapMode has denied that they are the same person as Wfw09763. <b style="background:#000;color:#FFF;padding:1px;">GMX</b><b style="color:#FFF;background:#04A;display:inline-block;padding:3px;vertical-align:-0.15em;font:bold 50%/1 sans-serif;text-align:center">ping!</b> 18:40, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * I can only get checkuser data for the accounts listed here, as older sock accounts listed are either not confirmed or are stale. The two accounts are ✅ to one another. Same range, same user agents (different browser version but same OS).  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:27, 2 February 2021 (UTC)


 * The master account doesn't seem stale according to my tool, but no need to worry too much about confirmation as these accounts are . . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:37, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)


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Based on SPI at Meta here. S0091 (talk) 22:40, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked sock. Tagged both. Close. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:48, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I've merged to Avatar buss as Avatar buss is behaviorally related, and the socks are seemingly likely to Avatar buss on metawiki. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:57, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

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Edit to User talk:All Judge. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:10, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

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Pro forma. Global block requested. Blocked /24 for 3 weeks. Close. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:10, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

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References, a blocked sock, on their User page. S0091 (talk) 22:14, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Both Putri2000 and are ✅ to Avatar buss. ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:48, 14 March 2021 (UTC)