Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Brian Boru is awesome/Archive

21 March 2011

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Brian:, , ,. Brian was warned twice. IP24.38.185.26 :. Same vandalism on the same page which no one should be editing on because it is my own personal page and not an actual article. Spidey 104  17:00, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

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No action taken. First off, Spidey104, please read WP:UP; it is not your userpage per se. Your subpages are just as part of Wikipedia as anyone else's pages. Secondly, I fail to understand how the edits he made are vandalism; just because you disagree with the other person's edit doesn't necessarily mean that is vandalism. Finally, this looks like a simple case of an editor who is editing while logged out, in which no harm was done. There is no reason right now to block; if you have problems with User:Brian Boru is awesome, please discuss it with each other and see if you can come to some sort of an agreement with each other. –MuZemike 16:34, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

31 May 2011

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Suspect a block evasion, the IP address has made one edit, which is identical to the edits of User:Brian Boru is awesome, who was recently blocked for violating 3RR. The IP address geolocates to the same location as the IP address in an archived SPI that was closed, but was supposedly User:Brian Boru is awesome editing while logged out (that IP address also made identical edits). SudoGhost&trade; 00:12, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked 3 days. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:10, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

09 June 2011

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User:Brian Boru is awesome was blocked for edit warring across 5 or 6 articles concerning the removal of bibliography section. User was then indef blocked. IP making similar (and in some cases identical) edits, and the edits also involve the removal of bibliography section without explanation. IP address geolocates to the same city that User:Brian Boru is awesome's other IP edits used (as seen in the previous SPI cases) that also matched user's edits. SudoGhost&trade; 18:58, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

User and IP have identical edit summaries (which are not supported by anything, and both Manual of Style (comics) and WikiProject Comics/exemplars support bibliographies/appearance lists, and no consensus has been made to remove them.

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 * IP blocked 1 week, master blocked 1 week for evasion. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 19:07, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

25 June 2011

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Indef blocked user editing as an IP. Identical editing patterns, such as the removal of bibliography sections (IP example Blocked user example), and other editing habits (IP example Blocked user example). IP geolocates to same area as the other IPs in his SPI archive, and this IP address is listed in an SPI case against the user, where the user edited while logged out. SudoGhost&trade; 01:25, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

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Hardblocked 3 months, along with another IP. –MuZemike 01:30, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

05 July 2011

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IP address is making the same type of edits (random blanking of sections in comic-related articles with no edit summary, and geolocates to the same location as the indef. blocked user. SudoGhost&trade; 19:58, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

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Blocked 1 week. Elockid  ( Talk ) 20:06, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

10 October 2011

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Although it was brought to my attention by something unrelated, looking at the contribs of the IP address, I recognized that the IP address was previously blocked as a sock of User:Brian Boru is awesome for three months. After this block expired, this IP address has continued to make similar edits as User:Brian Boru is awesome, the same contentious edits that led to his being blocked in the first place. The IP address also made this edit, and while there is nothing wrong with this edit, User:Brian Boru is awesome also made edits where they would either add or remove breaks from the infobox of comic book related articles. Due to this, I believe that the IP address is still being used by the indef blocked editor. - SudoGhost 01:53, 10 October 2011 (UTC) SudoGhost 01:53, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked 6 months for coming back again. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:24, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

01 February 2012

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On January 27th, two IP addresses began making edits similar to the indef blocked user Brian Boru is awesome, a user with a history of block evasion. Both IPs geolocate to the same area as IPs listed in previous SPI investigations of the user. IP 24 has been making identical mass edits with identical edit summaries (such as we don't do apperance lists, note that both the IP and Brian misspell appearance the same way) to comic book related articles. IP 96 has mostly been reverting any edits that revert IP 24's initial edit. IP 96 (which is very similar to an IP that Brian commented on using) doesn't use as many edit summaries, but the ones that are used are still very similar (such as the use of we got rid of...). SudoGhost 05:06, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

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IP 24.38.181.81 seems to be supporting the same sort of edits as the other two IPs. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 23:51, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

As 129 notes, is also acting in the same manner as the other two IPs. It is also geographically tied to the other two. There is also a distinct lack of overlap in the times of the edits.

In some ways I find this very frustrating, just like BBIA's indef. There is some good among the edits. If it weren't for the tenancy to edit war, edit without summary, avoidance of talk page use, and apparent block evasion, this would be productive. As it is, it's detrimental since the apparent editing around the indef makes all the edits subject to reversal.

- J Greb (talk) 03:20, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * The 24 IP is already blocked, but I blocked the latter for a month. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:08, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

15 February 2012

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Blocked. Indicated via email from blocked editor. Odd, but friendly. Drmies (talk) 03:07, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 03:57, 15 February 2012 (UTC)