Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BunnyyHop/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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 * Evidence
 * First of all, IP 46.109.33.214 is the same as User:BasketballfanLIT: compare to


 * In diffs above the account promotes the fringe idea that Lenin's Testament was not authored by Lenin (Russian ans Westerns historiographies agree that it was authored by Lenin). Only the following accounts during this discussion really supported this idea and edit war to keep it on page: PailSimon - BaskebolfanLIT, BunnyyHop and IP:62.205.96.204


 * Other observations:
 * 1) The proxy hopper appeared on pages Radio Free Asia and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, whereas BunnyHop created a draft of page Radio Free Portugal.
 * 2) The IP and BunnyHop have a similar edit summary style: versus ,, note the use of parentheses within very long edit summaries
 * 3) After being nearly sanctioned on the ANI, BunnyHop stopped editing in March 2021. Just before leaving, he edited pages about proxy servers that he is using right now.


 * PailSimon was banned, and I am not sure if this is him, but they share an extreme "pro-communism" bias, similar only to bias of User:Jacob_Peters.


 * I assume that a user with such mentality and dedication to the "communism" cause could create a number of accounts. There are two accounts which (a) have the same bias, (b) were "helped" to by these IP proxies on pages Radio Free Asia and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and (c) have a few edits and were opened approximately a month after BunnyHop stopped editing. I can bring diffs about them here if requested. My very best wishes (talk) 17:32, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

@Ivanvector. I brought this request because it is probably important to know the master account of all these IP proxies. Do disclosing a proxy IP compromise privacy? I am not sure. I did not bring two additional named and currently active accounts (see above) because not sure if a,b,c above justify it. I can bring them if this is suggested by any admin. If not, I am going just to leave this request as it is right now. My very best wishes (talk) 17:56, 13 June 2021 (UTC)


 * I do believe that "checkusering" the reported account would be important. Please do, which does not prevent you from keeping any findings private if needed. My very best wishes (talk) 18:03, 13 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you! "whether any of the IPs are BunnyyHop"? Yes, I think evidence above shows it. As about the rest, I am leaving this to admins. But I think that using IP proxies in such manner is a blatant violation of WP:SOCK. It does not matter if it was a violation of their topic ban. When combined with such ANI discussion (after another long ANI discussion), this can be a reason for an indefinite block. My very best wishes (talk) 15:18, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * P.S. I may be wrong, but I do not think that PailSimon is the same person because only BunnyHope account has the same style of edit summaries as the proxy (see diffs above). That's why I did not include him in my initial report. My very best wishes (talk) 15:52, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * And no, I think User:Ineedtostopforgetting is completely unrelated. My very best wishes (talk) 18:27, 14 June 2021 (UTC)


 * That user just appeared again (new IP added above). My very best wishes (talk) 14:54, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * Just a note, its my personal belief that PailSimon is part of the Ineedtostopforgetting ecosystem not the BunnyyHop one. Although I will say that others have suspected that Ineedtostopforgetting and BunnyyHop may either themselves be part of the same ecosystem or coordinating/communicating in some way. Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 17:13, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I added PailSimon as they were obviously meant to be included. This has merit, but as all the named accounts other than the master are, and we will not connect IPs with accounts. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:49, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Based on the fact that BunnyyHop has not edited basically at all since being topic banned on March 3, I decided to check anyway, but found nothing. The other two named accounts are and no data is available, but based on the behavioural evidence given I do not believe that PailSimon is the same user (more because of insufficient evidence than because they appear unique). There has been no activity in the Jacob Peters case in eight years, and that is the limit to which I investigated that connection.
 * All of the IPs have been blocked, but for different reasons:
 * 94.64.198.226 and 105.235.71.132 are obviously the same person per edits to Radio Free Asia, and 105.x.x.x also appears to be a proxy. Blocked that IP for a year, and also extended the 94.x.x.x block to 2 weeks for block evasion.
 * The other three are also probably the same person based on their edits, though I'm not sure they're the same as the other two IPs. I've blocked them as meatpuppets, and they also appear to be proxies.
 * I would like a second opinion as to whether any of the IPs are BunnyyHop, and if so, if their edits constitute a violation of BunnyyHop's topic ban "from all articles related to Marxism/Leninism, broadly construed". Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:41, 13 June 2021 (UTC)


 * sorry, I didn't see your followup until I had already posted above, but I think I've done everything I can with checkuser here. If I had seen any related accounts when I checked BunnyyHop I would have already listed them. We don't really have any special tools to uncover proxies, I'm going by public databases so it's not private information anyway. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:47, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Just a sidenote that I can confirm that all of the IPs are proxies, though the pool of that specific service is large and the IPs are going to be fairly dynamic (that is: as dynamic as anything else on the respective ranges). --Blablubbs&#124;talk 21:10, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Closing per CU findings. GeneralNotability (talk) 11:57, 17 August 2021 (UTC)