Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Broter/Archive

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(Uses one IP at at time; only 93.193.173.8 is current.) Edits are limited to promoting LDS and recording Islamic terrorism. Both edit Book: and Portal: namespaces. IPs inappropriately insert graphics uploaded by the account. IP and account are both German (whois, de:User:Broter). Significant interaction: .8 .215 .83. Certes (talk) 12:29, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Stale. Cabayi (talk) 15:17, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

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Please see report archived as stale. Active 55 minutes ago. Certes (talk) 17:31, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked the IP for 24 hours. They appear to be coming from a wide range (93.192.0.0/14), and hopping around a lot, so this is clearly whack-a-mole.  We'll have to see how this progresses.  Some partial range blocks might be necessary, but I'm not even sure the software will allow a /14. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:13, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

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Continued block evasion after release from previous block (see ). Recent edits exhibit the same interest in LDS promotion and Islam-related controversies: —  Newslinger  talk   23:28, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Special:Diff/999553386/999557801: Insertion of external link to Jihad Watch's criticism of Wikipedia
 * Special:Diff/999246904: Insertion of external links to user-generated depictions of Muhammad
 * Special:Diff/998946046, Special:Diff/998844356: Tagging with LDSproject
 * Special:Diff/998720881: Importance rating of File talk:Book of Mormon Lands and Sites2.jpg
 * My original report only listed . Based on the response from below, I am expanding the report to cover all of . —  Newslinger   talk   01:25, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I've removed from the list again based on collateral damage concerns, elaborated on by AnotherEditor144 and Certes below. —&#8202; Newslinger   talk   01:03, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * I also edited The Mandalorian and Book:Star Wars.--93.193.172.33 (talk) 15:49, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I also edited Star Trek: Picard.--93.193.172.33 (talk) 15:56, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I also edited Stargate SG-1.--93.193.172.33 (talk) 16:28, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I also edited Book:Stargate SG1 and Book:Stargate SG1 Background.--93.193.172.33 (talk) 20:14, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Comment by AnotherEditor144
In summary: could be justified as improvements to the encyclopedia and is not promotion of LDS. inappropriate. at most ( and another IP). Range-blocking would be, in my opinion, too much collateral damage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnotherEditor144 (talk • contribs) 12:35, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) These diffs (998946046, 998844356 and 998720881
 * 1) These diffs (999553386/999557801 and 999246904) appear
 * 1) This permalink (999591124) and this diff (999802614) cover 2 IPs
 * I am involved, having helped Broter develop the LDS portal, but I really don't think File:Book of Mormon Lands and Sites2.jpg is of High importance to WikiProject Maps (third diff above). I agree that blocking a /23 would be unhelpful; it would probably cut off a big chunk of Germany.  I came here not because of the quality of the edits but because blocked editors should not be editing.  Certes (talk) 12:46, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * It sure looks like all of the activity out of the /23 for the past few months has been the same person. As such, I've softblocked the range, I don't see much in here that looks like collateral damage. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 03:45, 20 February 2021 (UTC)