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05 January 2015

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Hi,

Following the checking of IP addresses in the French-speaking community, the Legaledith account has been blocked for 6 months for sockpuppetry (notably on the Fauchon page). I suspect that the same author is intervening this time on the English version on wikipedia: the same user names (Legaledith, Laurent Adamowicz), the same unique themes (Fauchon and Michel Ducros), content and remarks as those brought to bear on the French version.

The request for verification has already been submitted to the French-speaking community, but unfortunately as the accounts were not unified, this could not be done: “Request to be transferred to WP CUs: no verification possible on WP:fr for data was either absent or outdated.”
 * https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:V%C3%A9rificateur_d%27adresses_IP/Requ%C3%AAtes/d%C3%A9cembre_2014#Demande_concernant_:Bernardo_Ranchy.2C_Laurent_Adamowicz.2C_Legaledith.2C_Adisionsaley.2C_ForceEpiciere.2C_BetterCalorie.2C_JDSeo327.2C_Hayashi880_-_23_d.C3.A9cembre

It is possible that the IPs are different since the author, Legaledith, was identified as a sockpuppetry. But all the contributions are very similar: there is no discussion; other users’ versions are systematically cancelled, unique themes (Michel Ducros or Fauchon).

Some examples:

- Creation of a Michel Ducros page similar to that of the Fauchon page (in French) by Bernardo Ranchy: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michel_Ducros&diff=621696040&oldid=621695529

- similar remarks made by Legaledith and Laurent Adamowicz : https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fauchon&diff=586411577&oldid=586359257

- systematic reversion to 50.74.152.2  despite discussions: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fauchon&diff=638800162&oldid=634584666

- 50.74.152.2 and 63.92.229.25 both deleted the same versions of my editing : https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fauchon&diff=641779523&oldid=641092125 or https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fauchon&diff=638800295&oldid=634394138

- 50.74.152.2 don't debate with me in his talk page, but 63.92.229.25 answer for him : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:50.74.152.2

Could you check please ? MrBeBe (talk) 15:20, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * First a few things to note: "Bernardo Ranchy" and "BetterCalorie" are not registered on any Wikimedia project. 63.92.229.25 and 12.226.215.125 geolocate to one city in the US, but 50.74.152.2 geolocates to a different city in the same country, which likely suggest it's not the same individual. Second, the remaining accounts haven't made an edit in a year or more, so checkuser information is no longer available. In regards to the two IPs, it's possible one's a work IP and one's a home IP. However, the overlap is minimal and I don't really see any abuse amongst them. As the accounts are pretty much abandoned, I don't think there's a pressing need to block them or do a thorough analysis to connect them to each other. I'm going to close this case for now, but if the accounts do resume activity please feel free to reopen the investigation. Mike V • Talk 20:26, 16 January 2015 (UTC)


 * thank you for your help, I did indeed an error in the spelling : "Bernardo ranchy" and "Better Calorie" are the right spellings. MrBeBe (talk) 13:43, 27 January 2015 (UTC)