Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BasedHistorian PHD/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
vs  vs  محرر البوق (talk) 23:39, 7 June 2023 (UTC)


 * I've added the "DrNiko giannispolous" account (already blocked) to the list. That account, BasedHistorian PHD, & Fabrazio224 have all restored the same image to Taytu Betul:, , . Also adding "Havenzeye" who has topical overlap with Fabrazio224 & BasedHistorian PHD at Kingdom of Aksum (sometimes within 3 hours of each other, , ) and Aksumite invasion of Himyar. And in case it's some kind of useful indicator, BasedHistorian PHD, DrNiko giannispolous & Fabrazio224 each show a similar propensity for combativeness . No one has yet asked for a checkuser but DrNiko giannispolous & Havenzeye's edits put this case within the workable timeline for CU.  -- Gyrofrog (talk) 19:31, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Both DrNiko giannispolous & Fabrazio224 have edited Egyptian–Ethiopian War . BasedHistorian PHD & Fabrazio224 have edited Yohannes IV . I'm not digging any more deeply right now, but now I wonder if this whole thing overlaps with WP:SPI/Ethiopique (see e.g. Bernos, Ethiopia in the Middle Ages).  -- Gyrofrog (talk) 18:08, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Adding Kingarthurix. Both DrNiko giannispolous & Kingarthurix (compare  & ) restored the same image to Zara Yaqob (Havenzeye also edited that page, but not the same edits:, ). Kingarthurix  & Fabrazio224  both made edits, but not the same edits, to Solomonic dynasty. Kingarthurix takes the familiar, confrontational tone with other users  as previously noted.  -- Gyrofrog (talk) 18:54, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * BasedHistorian PHD is the oldest account. &mdash; Mdaniels5757 (talk &bull; contribs) 15:14, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Requesting a case rename per Mdaniels' comment. I see the users are also active at Commons. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:36, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Case renamed. Spicy (talk) 14:50, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Havenzeye is, as is . The others are all ✅ RoySmith (talk) 14:05, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
DrNiko giannispolous uploaded commons:File:Zara Yacob.jpg, then added that image to Zara Yaqob. The Commons image was deleted on 1 March 2024 as per Commons:Deletion requests/File:Zara Yacob.jpg. Less than 2 hours later, JUMPp1harm uploaded the same file to Wikipedia (not Commons), en:File:Zara Yacob.jpg. I tagged the article (no source; no license) & notified JUMPp1harm about it. Today JUMPp1harm uploaded the same image again as commons:File:Zere-Yacob-275x300.jpg, then added that image to Zara Yaqob. The editor interaction utility will show additional topical overlap between the accounts, but the edits surrounding "File:Zara Yacob.jpg" are the specific evidence I have at this point. I am not requesting CU as of this writing; the previous edits (here at :en) are too old to compare (same applies to edits at Commons, but I guess they have their own process for dealing with accounts such as these). -- Gyrofrog (talk) 18:18, 2 March 2024 (UTC) Gyrofrog (talk) 18:18, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Update: JUMPp1harm was recently active at Amhara people, e.g. edit warring a couple of days ago:, , ,  (which led to a short block, but for WP:COPYVIO). Following JUMPp1harm's block (i.e. today, for sockpuppetry), an IP address (added above) canvassed another user to have a look at Amhara people, . -- Gyrofrog (talk) 18:06, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Blocked on behavioral grounds/overlap. Drmies (talk) 02:26, 8 March 2024 (UTC)