Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Beloki/Archive

02 February 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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Beloki is currently under WP:BLPSE sanctions and has been blocked for two months after being caught operating a sockpuppet known as in order to get around previous blocks and said BLPSE sanctions. I came to the conclusion that Szekszter was a WP:DUCK case so no SPI then. However, after creating one sockpuppet I suspected that Beloki would soon create another sockpuppet to continue editing, as his style seems to be to never protest blocks and simply re-start editing with a new account. I'm suspicious that Armynut15 is another example of this, though this time I thought it would be worth getting a checkuser done to i) make sure and ii) allow a checkuser to block any underlying IPs at their discretion since it's becoming apparent now that more tough action might be needed. I recognize Beloki is probably too old to checkuser but I've added it as the sockmaster.

The reasons for my suspicion are as follows:
 * New account that those how to edit with clear prior knowledge of wikicode (his second edit)
 * New account created on 12 January 2014 (1); former account blocked on 11 January 2014 (2)
 * Generally similar editing style
 * Similar editing interests (edit analyzer); note in particular that both have edited diverse subjects including race, American football, and military articles, not all of which are shown on the analyzer e.g. White Bazillion.

If Armynut15 is genuinely innocent then my apologies, but I think there's enough to be worth investigating. CT Cooper · &#32;talk 20:30, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Please note that Armynut15 has acknowledged this investigation and left a comment on my talk page. CT Cooper · &#32;talk 21:39, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for answering this request, as I was wondering why no one had done so. I am a little surprised this one has turned out to be contentious as while I determined it fell short of WP:DUCK, I think there is more than enough evidence to demonstrate this is request based on resolvable suspicion, not fishing. However, I will accept the decision of a checkuser. CT Cooper · &#32;talk 15:21, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I'm not 100% convinced that there is enough behavioural evidence to warrant a check, and this has been sitting here for around nine days so it seems others aren't sure either. However the interaction report linked by CT Cooper shows a link in interest between the two listed suspected socks. The edit summaries of all three accounts also suggests a link between the two users, I'd rather not going to more detail on that one per WP:BEANS. But overall I feel there is enough to get past the point where it would be fishing though I wouldn't have a problem with another clerk (or CU) overriding that. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:23, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ Szekszter and Armynut15 are the same. Beloki is . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:28, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Both confirmed accounts blocked indef and tagged, closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 16:55, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

26 October 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets

I don't want to overwhelm you with reams of details that are hard to read through, so here's a summary; let me know if you need more detail on any point.
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 * Beloki's last known sock, Armynut15, was caught on 11 February 2014. Lugnuthemvar's account was created on 15 February 2014.
 * Lugnumthemvar immediately started editing the same pages as Armynut15, such as Iraq War and Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
 * Lugnumthemvar has continued Beloki's habit of creating & expanding military articles by simply copy & pasting from other websites.
 * Most tellingly, after being blocked on enwiki, Beloki's account continued to be active on Commons. That account uploaded a number of copyvio images of Russian military subjects in October 2014, which were promptly put in articles (example) by Lugnuthemvar.bobrayner (talk) 13:43, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Oops. Linking to Beloki's contributions on Commons isn't very helpful, as the uploads have since been deleted. Well, there is a series of warning templates with redlinks on Beloki's Commons talkpage; those filenames correspond to images that Lugnumthemvar added to articles on en.wikipedia. bobrayner (talk) 21:40, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Lugnuthemvar also has the same signature editing style of Beloki. Given the level of evidence I would argue that it would not be unreasonable to label this a WP:DUCK case, but I'll leave that decision to the reviewing clerk or checkuser. CT Cooper · &#32;talk 23:07, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I have carefully compared Lugnuthemvar's editing with that of Beloki and known sockpuppets. The amount of similarity is beyond what could reasonably be attributed to separate editors. Apart from obvious similarities in what articles are edited, there are similarities in what edits are made, in use of edit summaries, and in use of English, together with various other connections, some of which are mentioned above. The sum total of those similarities leaves no room for doubt, in my opinion, so I shall block the account. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:22, 11 November 2014 (UTC)