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05 August 2014

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COD T 3 has been blocked for 48 hours for edit-warring at Blue Army (Poland) and is now using an illegitimate alternate account, COD T 3 Last Statement, to argue at WP:AE. Not only are the user names obviously the same, but the quacking is loud.

COD T 3 Last Statement:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArbitration%2FRequests%2FEnforcement&diff=619996670&oldid=619993925

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArbitration%2FRequests%2FEnforcement&diff=619990877&oldid=619990800

COD T 3:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ACOD_T_3&diff=619985731&oldid=619979005 Robert McClenon (talk) 19:56, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * Yes, it seems obvious, but I checked anyway to make sure it wasn't a joe job. ✅ and blocked before I noticed this report. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 21:17, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I've indef blocked both. Tiptoety  talk 16:53, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

07 August 2014

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COD T 3 and a previous sockpuppet have already been indeffed for edit-warring and sockpuppetry at Blue Army (Poland). Now another SPI has showed up with the same quacking.

COD T 3:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ACOD_T_3&diff=619985731&oldid=619979005

Wikiman 36 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_Army_%28Poland%29&diff=620260957&oldid=620239695 Robert McClenon (talk) 18:28, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * - That said, based on the behavioral evidence I went ahead and blocked he account. Tiptoety  talk 00:24, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

09 August 2014

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Appeared right after the last one, User:Wikiman 36, was blocked, engaged in similar themes:.Faustian (talk) 00:31, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked by . Tiptoety  talk 03:01, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

06 January 2015

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went right back to where Sockpuppet investigations/WKS Śląsk Wrocław/Archive just ended. No change! The same continuous abuse of editing privileges:
 * 1) 6 January 2015. Article Poland: vandalizing stats & promoting business in his hometown
 * 2) 6 January 2015. Article Poland: homophobia
 * 3) 6 January 2015. Article Poland: vandalizing infobox stats.
 * 4) 9 January 2015. Article Poland: removing every reference to official statistics and faking his own stats, based on numbers invented originally on 30 April 2012 by SPA user  and never again challenged because the link was dead. I found the real source at Wayback. Poeticbent talk  20:03, 14 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Interaction between and  at article Poland
 * 1) 9 September 2014 Globetrotter1918 removes the photo of the Pride Parade with a summary: homosexual propagande (sic)
 * 2) 6 January 2015 E-960 makes exactly the same edit by removing the Pride Parade but this time, removing also the founder of Feminism in Poland. The user seems to be learning fast how to better game the system, and this time around, adds a convoluted and dishonest edit summary to diffuse the suspicion of sockpuppetry. Poeticbent talk  18:45, 8 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Interaction between, and  at article Blue Army (Poland)
 * 1) 1 August 2014: prolonged edit-war, references removed by COD T 3 and again (blocked 6 August 2014)
 * 2) 7 August 2014: identical edit, sources removed by Wikiman 36 (blocked 8 August 2014)
 * 3) 7 September 2014: prolonged edit-war, trying to get the upper hand, same sources removed by E-960 (account created 19 August 2014, eleven days after his last block)
 * Note: COD T 3 account was created 2014-02-27 exclusively for edit-warring at Blue Army (Poland), and it has never been used for anything else quite intentionally, therefore it is impossible to say who created it even though the user's broad experience is quite foretelling. Poeticbent talk 18:13, 12 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Interaction between and  at article Blue Army (Poland)
 * 1) 25 February 2014: 89.64.208.222 reverts a (+7,980)‎ edit by User:Ubiquity (reverted back by User:Faustian)
 * 2) 19 March 2014‎‎: COD T 3 (created 2014-02-27) takes over from 89.64.208.222 and begins removing bits and pieces added by Ubiquity 25 February 2014.


 * Interaction between the same, and at Talk:World War II
 * 1) 19 February 2014: 89.64.207.108 makes substantial revisions to an earlier post by Factor01.


 * Interaction between and  at article Soviet repressions of Polish citizens (1939–46)
 * 1) 3 May 2014: last edit by Factor01 before his indefinite block (on 5 August 2014)
 * 2) 23 August 2014: immediately followed by first edit by newly created account E-960. Poeticbent talk  14:40, 12 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Interaction between and  at article Genrikh Yagoda
 * 1) 6 February 2014: new paragraph added by Larry888. (2 edits since: 2014-02-06)
 * 2) 22 August 2014: same paragraph revised and beautified by E-960 (three days after account creation)
 * 3) 23 August 2014: restored back by E-960 after it has been deleted, the usual aggressive and misleading summary.


 * Interaction between, and  at Talk:World War II
 * 1) 30 October 2014: E-960 logging out to cast an opinion in Request for Comment
 * 2) 30 October 2014: logging back in to remove his IP as soon as E-960 learned that it has been revealed automatically.
 * 3) 24 June 2014: ‎Factor01 prolonged argument with User:Nick-D and User:Rwenonah 24 June 2014 (Factor01 was blocked 5 August 2014). This is a very serious matter: the actual tone of the posts by both accounts: Factor01, and his later sock E-960 (TPG sample: 30 October 2014), was generally loud and unpleasant, creating an illusion of multiple voices. We can ask  directly about that. Poeticbent talk  16:30, 12 January 2015 (UTC)


 * This is a difficult case with user constantly switching accounts, dynamic IPs, and possibly also internet providers in order to cover his tracks. This is a real sinkhole. Poeticbent</b> <span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;background:#FF88AF;border:1px solid #DF2929;padding:0.0em 0.2em;">talk 01:10, 12 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Similar to his predecessors (a bunch of them come to mind, including user ), now enraged E-960 just began a full-blown edit war at Poland with the same two long-term editors (including User:Oliszydlowski) using false edit summaries in mainspace and personal attacks in talk. Article section Poland – in its opening paragraph – states that "casual clothing, shoes and cosmetics" are some of the "country's most successful exports" (end of quote). It is a notable fact, supported by reliable third-party source. Meanwhile, in his new damaging revert-war, E-960 also openly lies in his edit summary (against prose) as follows: "section does not have any mention of the clothing industry". <b style="font-family:Papyrus; color:darkblue;">Poeticbent</b> <span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;background:#FF88AF;border:1px solid #DF2929;padding:0.0em 0.2em;">talk 20:44, 8 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Another outright falsification by E-960 during reverting is that Ralph Lauren is not made in Poland. This is not ignorance. Here's an ad showing Ralph Lauren made in Poland. It is a proof that E-960 edit-wars in bad faith and only in the name of one's own righteousness. <b style="font-family:Papyrus; color:darkblue;">Poeticbent</b> <span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;background:#FF88AF;border:1px solid #DF2929;padding:0.0em 0.2em;">talk 05:31, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Note: A CheckUser has been requested similar to our previous investigation due to reasonable suspicion of additional sockpuppets editing in areas not on my watchlist yet possibly as disruptive as in all of the above. The same goes for sleeper accounts. Thanks, <b style="font-family:Papyrus; color:darkblue;">Poeticbent</b> <span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;background:#FF88AF;border:1px solid #DF2929;padding:0.0em 0.2em;">talk 19:28, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't know who the master is. This is a web of socks with no end in sight. <b style="font-family:Papyrus; color:darkblue;">Poeticbent</b> <span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;background:#FF88AF;border:1px solid #DF2929;padding:0.0em 0.2em;">talk 01:35, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

See also: A follow-up to this report, at Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive868. – Please, take into consideration also, that similar to other accounts listed herein and edit-warring in the WP:ARBEE territory, User:E-960 routinely forgets to log in. According to Wikipedia Geolocate, which links externally to whatismyipaddress.com, these IPs hail from the suburbs of Krakow. What are the chances? <b style="font-family:Papyrus; color:darkblue;">Poeticbent</b> <span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;background:#FF88AF;border:1px solid #DF2929;padding:0.0em 0.2em;">talk 20:42, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * – I respectfully ask that this case be separated from the WKS Śląsk Wrocław case and moved where it belongs. It is a continuation of the Sockpuppet investigations/COD T 3 case, which is not connected to the WKS Śląsk Wrocław. In fact, my initial mistake in identifying the abuser was the reason why User:E-960 in his block evasion and during this entire investigation, was so brazenly rude and insulting. In his original incarnation, as User, he has been abusing every single person who ever turned to him.
 * He did it again here, self-assured about his safety under a new nickname. Below mentioned sock User:E-960 managed to flawlessly fool everybody by temporarily resuming an earlier edit-war of another sockmaster from Poland, and repeating the vandalism by User:Globetrotter1918, a sock-puppet from a different case. But that's where the similarities ended.


 * For archived investigations, see Sockpuppet investigations/COD T 3/Archive. <b style="font-family:Papyrus; color:darkblue;">Poeticbent</b> <span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;background:#FF88AF;border:1px solid #DF2929;padding:0.0em 0.2em;">talk

User Poeticbent is making misleading accusations against me. Several admins on the Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents already voiced their concern about the inappropriate nature of these allegations. I'm being accused of sock puppetry for 3 separate incidents from the past, all at the same time!!! I'm also being accused of nationalism, homophobia, and even lying. The above claims are a bunch of BS (sorry). User Poeticbent even checked the location of my IP address and it's different form the past sock puppets. Please see the below statements:


 * "...the tone of your request is also concerning." - Sandstein  19:49, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
 * "I am also a little annoyed at the tone of this request, the diffs given are much tamer than the accusations you have leveled." - Dark 11:00, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

1. Article Poland: vandalizing stats & promoting his hometown: How am I promoting my home town by adding a picture of a military vehicle, a train and an airplane  to the "Transportation" and "Military" sections of the article? Also, how am I promoting the city of Wroclaw if user Poetcbent herself disclosed my IP location as being in another major city?

2. Article Poland: homophobia: How is this statement which related to user Poeticbent adding images without first initiating a discussion homophobia??? This is what I wrote: "When we had this similar debate not too long ago, you just went in and inserted the two pictures regarding Feminism and LGBT, yet did not initiate a discussion about it." This was in reference to a dispute some time ago, when I added new images to the History of Poland section and they were reverted by user Poeticbent. Yet, this user adds new images and does not feel obligated to discuss the changes first, in this case not even following the same rules they themselves demand of other editors.

3. Article Poland: vandalizing infobox stats: How am I vandalizing "stats" in the Infobox when the original population total equaled 102.16% = 94% Polish + 0.9% Silesian + 0.08% Belarusian + 0.07% German + 0.07% Ukrainian + 0.04% Kashubian + 7.2% other (incl. persons with 2nd ethnonationality). All I did was fix the "other" figure which was too big for the total, and had a confusing description in the brackets (…).

4. Article Poland: Article section Poland#Economy: User Poeticbent keeps adding this image to the section, in the picture's Wiki Commons description it reads: Monika "Jac" Jagaciak walking for Ralph Lauren. Ralph Lauren is not a Polish brand, and it's not made in Poland en mass (a store catalogue is not a proper source, and that what is being provide as reference by user Poeticbent). Why is user Poeticbent keep re-adding this image when I specifically noted this discrepancy, then this user has the nerve to say I'm edit warring???

User Poeticbent is simply trying to dominate the article and prevent others editors form making changes. Change is part of Wikipedia, and the minor image updates I made were in no way a sign of POV or Undue Weight. Please see the Talk:Poland for proof!! I'm sick of these "senior" editors who squat on an article and decide who gets to edit or not, then try to get new users like myself blocked by making-up allegations! --E-960 (talk) 18:23, 8 January 2015 (UTC)


 * @ Mike V I don't think that this investigations is fair. User Poeticbent is throwing every possible sockpuppet case and trying to link it to me. I'm sure that if you throw enough possibilities out there some will finally catch on. This all started over the Poland article, and user Poeticbent already admitted that I'm not linked to that "Wroclaw" sockpuppet. My edits were in no way controversial, the dispute started over a few simple image updates and infobox population stats which at originally totaled 102.16%. I tried to correct it using the source provided, so it actually totaled 100%. This should not be viewed as sockpuppet work, but a legitimate attempt at fixing an obvious error. --E-960 (talk) 06:00, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * I don't think there's enough evidence to proceed with a check right now. I'm also not exactly sure which accounts you wish to have checked, as the master account hasn't made an edit in many months and the technical data no longer exists. Can you please gather more evidence that links E-960 to specific accounts and specific diffs? It would be helpful if you would compare their behavior. (e.g. Here user W did this (diff X), then user Y did a similar action here (diff Z). <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 20:59, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
 * See a report made on 16 January by Rotpunkt, one of the regulars on the Italian Wikipedia who follows mountain climbing and noticed some familiar editing taking place at Simone Moro. The subject of this article is a well-known Italian mountain climber. One of the edits by User:Teufelsgrund was [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simone_Moro&diff=prev&oldid=642176267 this one on 12 January]. The edit asserts that Moro's claim of reaching the Lhotse summit was a lie, and it does so in Wikipedia's voice. This is practically the same as a change made in July by User:Germania Breslau. Germania Breslau's account is now globally locked. User:HJ Mitchell has now indefinitely blocked Teufelsgrund for block evasion. My suggestion is that Teufelsgrund should be tagged as a sock of User:WKS Śląsk Wrocław if it's not already been done. EdJohnston (talk) 18:32, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm moving it to hold for now. i'm waiting the hear some possible checkuser results from DeltaQuad. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 02:07, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Based upon the checkuser information that DeltaQuad has, he's informed me that he's very certain E-960 is not related to COD T 3. Therefore, I'm closing this case with no action taken. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 17:41, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

13 October 2015

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Between February 2014 until they were blocked in August 2014, was a single purpose account dedicated to editing Blue Army (Poland) and specifically removing information related to pogroms, antisemitic violence, and anti-Ukrainian violence committed by this particular unit (e.g. ).

created an account just two weeks after COD T 3 was indeff'd for abusing multiple accounts, and has a strangely similar name. Both users assiduously blank(ed) their talk pages:. E-960 has spent most of their time editing on Polish and Eastern European subjects related to the first and second world wars, and since June 2015 has really only been interested in Blue Army (Poland). Their edits have been very similar: concerns about the "Jewish Perspective", Jewish and Ukrainian allegiance with the enemy , the "few" number of Jewish casualties, the "individual" nature of the attacks.

I am really sorry if I've falsely accused, because bad behavior doesn't imply someone is actually socking - but this has been on my mind for a long time, and I'm struck by the similarity of their behavior, interests, and particular obsession with Blue Army (Poland). Darouet (talk) 18:40, 13 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I'm linking in, who interacted with and  at Blue Army (Poland), and may know things I don't. -Darouet (talk) 18:43, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

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User:COD T 3 was blocked indef in August 2014, E-960 appeared that same month:. I suspect this isn't a coincidence.Faustian (talk) 19:38, 13 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Read the very last comment at the bottom of Sockpuppet investigations/COD T 3/Archive added by on 31 January 2015 (quote): "E-960 is not related to COD T 3". Nothing else I could have said or done,  Poeticbent  <span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;background:#FF88AF;border:1px solid #DF2929;padding:0.0em 0.2em;">talk  23:55, 13 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I see. Well, my apologies to, who is not a sock, and thanks to for alerting me to 's prior investigation, that I should have seen. The timing of account creation, and the similarity of editing styles, subjects and user names does provide a fascinating window into chance and human psychology. -Darouet (talk) 00:20, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

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 * This one was already investigated and nothing conclusive was found. No new evidence this time, so I'm closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:08, 24 October 2015 (UTC)