Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Banzaiblitz/Archive

19 February 2014

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Banzit was created nine hours after Banzaiblitz was indefinitely blocked for "wildly tendentious editing and edit-warring". Banzit's first edit was reinserting Banzaiblitz's removed content:. Here is Banziblitz's contribution:. "Banzit" is truncated "Banzaiblitz". Previous editing under different accounts questioned by User:Future Perfect at Sunrise:, but I don't know if there was an SPI or answer established. Blackguard 20:36, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

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 * - Endorsing request per behavioral evidence above. Mark Arsten (talk) 06:11, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * is a confirmed sock. I suppose 's open unblock request can be declined now? --Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:14, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Re-blocked (and sock blocked) as a puppets. Unblock declined and both tagged. Closing now. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 03:00, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

23 February 2014

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Banzaiblitz was indefinitely blocked on 03:00, 21 February 2014 for edit warring and sockpuppetry (SPI archive here). He indicated he will change his IP and continue socking. One hour and forty-four minutes later, Kamakatsu was created. Kamakatsu picked up a talk page argument right where Banzaiblitz left off, defending Banzaiblitz's edits, using the same sources, being the lone revisionist pushing for a reduced death toll and co-opting an WP:EGG originally used toward him in his SPI by User:JamesBWatson , all while fending off sockpuppet accusations. (The IP edit above, #2, was later signed by Banzaiblitz in this diff: ). Blackguard 04:25, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

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Sorry I didn't notice we already have a CU request for Banzaiblitz/Kamakatsu here. I moved my comments here from Sockpuppet investigations/Kamakatsu. --MtBell 15:28, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Banzaiblitz has been quite involved in a discussion on the controversy of the death toll of Nanking Massacre (see Talk:Nanking Massacre). It was agreed last week to reboot this discussion on Feb 22. The new account Kamakatsu was created on Feb 22, the very date the discussion reopens, shortly after Banzaiblitz was blocked on 21st.
 * Kamakatsu joined the discussion in Talk:Nanking Massacre immediately after his registration. In fact, all Kamakatsu's edits were made there. His comments have depicted extreme familiarity with previous discussions about the controversy, which was paused one week before his registration. In the discussion, Kamakatsu holds similar position as Banzaiblitz's, and both of them focus on challenging death toll tables with the same reference (Wakabayashi's book).
 * As another evidence, both Kamakatsu and Banzaiblitz misspelled "Banzaiblitz" as "Banziblitz" or "Banzitblitz" occasionally (see Talk:Nanking Massacre), which is a mistake no other user has ever made in Wikipedia. MtBell 03:41, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

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I agree with all the evidence given above for believing this is likely to be another sockpuppet, and I can also add other evidence, including similarities in use of English etc. All in all, it is glaringly obvious that this account is a sockpuppet, and I shall block it. However, in view of the history of sockpuppets, and the statement from the editor that he/she will continue to evade any blocks, a checkuser for sleepers would be welcome. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:19, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  12:27, 24 February 2014 (UTC)


 * is ✅, no sleepers found.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 23:35, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

22 March 2014

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New account which has thus far only edited user page and content page which the original user was banned for edit warring and meat puppeting on. Previously, he had sockpuppeted on this page as Banzit and also edited as his original account, Banzaiblitz. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tungchow_Mutiny&diff=prev&oldid=596216726; https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tungchow_Mutiny&diff=prev&oldid=595956943; https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tungchow_Mutiny&diff=prev&oldid=600727446 Zmflavius (talk) 16:10, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

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Here we go again. Please note Banzaiblitz made it clear he will continue socking here, and this is round number three. The MO fits: a few inane edits after registration (complete with that "xD" emoticon) before jumping right in to Japanese apologism with grotesquely POV edits. I also find it unlikely a new editor would be familiar enough with "WP:NPOV" to be throwing it around on his fourth edit summary. Quack. Blackguard 22:37, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged based on the obvious behaviour. Closing now. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:52, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

02 October 2014

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New user making almost identical edits as two previously blocked sockpuppets:. Sockpuppeteer has indicated he will continue socking:  Blackguard  17:20, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

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 * The technical evidence shows an connection between the named sock and the master.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  20:28, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:37, 3 October 2014 (UTC)