Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Barok777/Archive

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WP:DUCK at Nebuchadnezzar II and Daniel in the lions' den. Evidence being both have stated. deleted denied WP:RS/AC that the Book of Daniel is a collection of legendary tales and visions dating from the 2nd century BC. See, , , , ,. What these have in common? They attack Collins's WP:RS/AC claim, and the sources they use are often WP:FRINGE or WP:SPS (if any source gets mentioned at all). None of these editors took part in talk page discussions, except for Natorious, at his own talk page, after I had filled this SPI. I know that Barok777 was checked recently by a checkuser, how about the other two? Three different accounts made strikingly similar edits during two weeks. That's all what I am saying at this sockpuppet investigation. Tgeorgescu (talk) 14:41, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

I thought that VPN providers are globally blocked. I use sometimes IPVanish and I cannot use it to edit Wikipedia, since it is globally blocked. Tgeorgescu (talk) 17:31, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Yup, if they perform edits prohibited by the regime, they feel like heroes. But if they are apprehended it might end badly for them. Wikipedia anyway works with verifiable information from published sources, so they cannot do original journalism here. We're not Wikileaks. Tgeorgescu (talk) 21:56, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

At and   performed WP:DUCK edits. Sorry, there are now four editors with low edit counts who all performed similar edits at the same article. I can no longer WP:AGF. Tgeorgescu (talk) 08:18, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Speaking of the wolf: Special:Contributions/68.112.23.38. DUCK edits, again! Tgeorgescu (talk) 02:28, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

Another DUCK: Special:Contributions/2600:6C44:637F:F896:F46D:E720:5199:84A3. Tgeorgescu (talk) 19:35, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

Another DUCK:, see. Tgeorgescu (talk) 05:52, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

So, yeah, there are now 5 accounts with low edit counts and 2 IPs with low edit counts who performed WP:DUCK actions. As stated, I can no longer WP:AGF, it is just too weird. This is all what WP:FRINGE/PS WP:POV pushers can do there: trolling with a complete mockery of the historical method. That is the rub. Tgeorgescu (talk) 21:50, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
The results are. Madcricketer and Natorious appear to be different individuals living in different parts of the world and Barok777 is using a VPN. The latter may be to either of the former two. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  16:34, 26 July 2019 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:42, 26 July 2019 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  20:45, 24 August 2019 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  02:45, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Tgeorgescu, VPNs are often blocked when they have been used abusively and sometimes as preventive measures but there are certain parts of the world where they do not have a choice and it is the only thing available. This is implied with the particular VPN service used by Barok777 based on its location. However, if I would have seen clear-cut abuse in that range, I would have blocked it anyway. I didn't see any.
 * , as a checkuser, I do not associate IPs and accounts so there is no need to ping me. You are awaiting other admins or clerks to evaluate based on behavioral evidence. The page protection was perhaps the best thing to bring resolve to this.
 * , these appear to be individuals from all over and not one sock. It may be possible that people from an online forum are arriving because of something that someone has posted.


 * Madcricketer is already indef blocked for non-sock reasons, and has no overlap with the other two accounts. Barok777 and Natorious have edited then discussed, with no sign that their overlap amounts to collusion of gaming the system. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 09:04, 24 September 2019 (UTC)