Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BouwMaster/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Markuss86 has an odd history of changing logo sizes in the infobox, without leaving an edit summary, such as here and here. The user has been warned before, but just simply removes it. Markuss has also been subject to a sockpuppet investigation before. Bevertus, Fawxxer, and the IP Addresses above show similar weird behaviour, as can be seen at the editing history of Burnley F.C.. All five accounts changed the badge size from .7 to .72, which is just really odd behaviour. Eem dik doun in toene (talk) 11:42, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * All of the accounts have been Checkuser blocked by NinjaRobotPirate as sockpuppets of, and the IP addresses are also currently blocked. Perhaps a clerk can move this case to BouwMaster, and then it will be ready for closing, JBW (talk) 09:49, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Done, thanks. Spicy (talk) 22:59, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar pattern of editing on sports teams logos, changing or adding image sizes without any need: Big Bash League; Sydney Thunder; Sydney Sixers; FC Basel and many others. Bouwmaster and their socks focussed almost entirely on this sort of edit. IP user's edits include similar diff on Sydney Sixers and seems to be focussing on the same sort of edit. Ties in with other IP users named in previous SPI and geolocates similarly. Blue Square Thing (talk) 09:50, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * ... Spicy (talk) 01:31, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I didn't directly check Torspek because no diffs were provided for that account, but they showed up in the check. Heavrister and Torspek are ✅ to each other and to the master, along with:


 * Will block and tag. . Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:41, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Editor Interaction Analyzer shows a clear connection to sockmaster. Stavangert is running around and changing logo sizes just like sockmaster and other sockpuppets. In addition, a new editor cannot just come out of nowhere and edit the same pages (including the same edits). – sbaio 13:30, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Update. Also adding another editor (probable connection) whose account was created after the report was filed and the same edits were made. – sbaio 13:45, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * These are very to historical data for the sockmaster. Spicy (talk) 18:54, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * , closing. Spicy (talk) 18:54, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Their edits to Hertha BSC (diff 1) stood out to me since I had seen similar unnecessary changes to the same article previously. These turned out to have all been made by BouwMaster. (diff 2, diff 3, diff 4). Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:53, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Given the result of the last check, please check for sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:54, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Indeed +, and .  Salvio giuliano 09:36, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:06, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Account created shortly after block of previous sockpuppets. Activity is focused on football team logos. This addition is the same as the addition of one of the prior sockpuppets. Also changes image sizing as note in prior reports. Whpq (talk) 15:56, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Please check for additional accounts. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:03, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
 * . . Spicy (talk) 22:24, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Account was created shortly after the last block. Has uploaded the same Croation Football Federation logo for use at Croatia national football team like previous socks Hendrick88 and Stavangern. Also fiddling with image size as noted in prior reports. Whpq (talk) 19:11, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * This seems obvious enough to not require CU attention. . Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:52, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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Have been editing the exact same pages as the previous sock puppets. No new user edits in the same capacity on files which are violating WP:NFC. Idiosincrático (talk) 12:24, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:40, 30 June 2024 (UTC)