Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Calidum/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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I have been hounded over the last few years by Calidum, most recently since he announced retirement from Wikipedia. After almost two months absence and announcing he's no longer going to be active as an editor, with no edits in eight days until 30 May 2018 (and none afterward) along with only six edits to articles and non-editor talk pages since March 20, 2018, he ends up at a MfD I started as well as two articles I was editing but he had never edited previously. I brought attention to his hounding at his talk page here, back in April. When I asked at his talk page why he was showing up at articles he had never previously edited to revert edits I had made, his response was not to actually reply with substance, but to dismiss my observation as humorous. Hounding evidence (articles he had never previously edited) here: MfD:, Diamond and Silk talk page: , Roseanne Barr

Like deja vu and out of the blue, similar edits by an IP obviously familiar with Wikipedia, occurred at an obscure article, not long after I edited the article yesterday and today. . The article tag edit, especially, is an edit that only an experienced editor would know to do, as is the removal of bolding code. The IP geolocates out of the Boston, MA area. Calidum is from the Boston, MA area. see userbox stating residence in Boston as well as userpage comments re: residence and Boston sports team interests here I have been hounded previously over the last several years by several Boston, MA IPs - I never really connected them to Calidum until today. Regrettably, I do not have a record of those previous IP edits and the dates they occurred.

It should be noted that the suspected IP sock and Calidum have an article in common: See editor interaction analyzer results here

Other "coincidental" harassing and hounding edits in the past by Calidum where he has suddenly appeared at an article I edit first and he had never edited previously: Andrae Crouch (obscure article, 13 hours later); Meghan Trainor (not obscure, but first edit to article - of only 15 edits - was to revert my changes). Jenna Bush Hager (somewhat obscure article - his first edit to article, half hour following my edit, is to revert me).

While these reversion and hounding edits are not a good reason to come to SPI, I believe that the same type of editing from Calidum as the IP shows the same pattern and purpose for the IP's sudden presence at the OLF article today, just as he showed up suddenly at Rosanne Barr, Diamond & Silk, and the MfD (all noted in diffs above).

Editor interaction analyzer for Winkelvi/Calidum.

Just conjecture on my part, but after leaving the following warning at the IP's talk page, the IP then made a few very minor edits to a couple of articles slightly connected to the OLF article. I don't like to make wild accusations about editors, however, I believe this was the sock IP trying to cover his tracks as a sock by seeming to be interested in other related articles. These edits came after my warning on the IP talk page. Further, brand new IPs typically don't blank warnings left on their talk pages, especially immediately - but that's what this IP did. 

This is a blatant WP:DUCK to me (as well as a gut feeling), although I realize a clerk and/or checkuser/admin may disagree and not feel the evidence is sufficient. I'm filing this out of total frustration with disruptive Boston IP edits/reversions that I have been dealing with for quite some time. Calidum has had it out for me for a few years (I still have no idea why) and the Boston IP reversions/hounding have been concurrent with Calidum's hounding of me and reversions of my edits. Like I said above, I don't have record of those Boston IP edits from over the years (wish I had kept a record) but I've long suspected it was Calidum performing them. I'm finally done putting up with it and would like someone to look into it. Frankly, I'm tired of the hounding and harassment as well as the dishonesty of the hounding and harassment while logged out and using an IP.

I'd ask for a CU, but it seems to me that what I remember is CUs cannot be done in relation to suspected IP socks, is that correct?

Thanks for considering this report and doing whatever can be done. -- ψλ  ● ✉ ✓ 18:50, 21 June 2018 (UTC)


 * NOTE IP geolocates to Boston, MA area, harassment and vandalism at my userpage: where the IP refers to me as "Aspy" (in reference to me having Asperger Syndrome).  Calidum has, in the past, negatively referenced my Asperger's (will be looking for diffs to support this). -- ψλ  ● ✉ ✓ 19:32, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Addendum: This IP has four commonalities with Calidum, two of them being talk pages on obscure articles (Kathleen Kennedy and Association football) one being the WP MOS style for dates and numbers talk page. Another strange commonality is the WP In The News Candidates page.  No way these are coincidences. See Editor Interaction Analyzer report here:  -- ψλ  ● ✉ ✓ 16:12, 22 June 2018 (UTC)


 * NOTE 2 IP Geolocates to Boston, MA area, harassment at AN3 report I was involved in: - take notice of the IP edit summary there "pot meet kettle..." and the same Calidum edit summary just a few days ago "pot meet kettle" here.  In each case, the exact same edit summaries were directed at me.  Additionally, the IP comments made at the AN3 report were made by someone who has a history with me and is obviously a logged out account . -- ψλ  ● ✉ ✓ 20:08, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Addendum: Other than AN/3, this IP has one article in common with Calidum, New York Daily News. See editor interaction analyzer report here:  -- ψλ  ● ✉ ✓ 16:12, 22 June 2018 (UTC)


 * NOTE 3 Adding Vinteron to SPI per this edit which is not a direct reversion but definitely a technical reversion of my last edit at the article.  An article, by the way, that Vinteron - with only a little over 200 edits - has never edited before now.  Vinteron and Calidum have one obscure article in common, American entry into World War I See editor interaction analyzer result here.  Edit summary for Vinteron at the Rushmore article is also very telling as it is hostile in nature (something Calidum has done frequently in the past) "Solved the moronic semantics argument about whether it is a "typical photo" or "atypical photo" by removing reference to the image being a photograph at all" - an edit summary which references my own edit summary previous "It's an atypical photo angle, not a typical photo angle - most photos are taken from the front of the monument".  Vinteron has followed me to articles previously see editor interaction analyzer here and has reverted my edits on numerous occasions.  Edit warring warnings were placed on his talk page by me a few years ago for same: .  Vinteron also fits the WP:DUCK category for this SPI.  One of the articles heavily edited by vinteron is Joseph T. O'Callahan, an individual who hails from the Boston, MA area, where Calidum is from.  Ghost Hunters (TV series) - the hosts of the show come from the Boston, MA area, as well.  Am asking for CU at this point since there are now two accounts rather than one account and one IP being reported.  -- ψλ  ● ✉ ✓ 20:46, 21 June 2018 (UTC)


 * I never submit an SPI on a whim - have submitted many and know the ropes. I always think it through and make sure the evidence backs up my suspicions.  What about the suspected sockmaster?  -- ψλ  ● ✉ ✓ 23:29, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
 * The evidence against that Vinteron account amounts to nothing, really. You know we don't comment on the connection between IPs and accounts, and privacy concerns sometimes prevent us from giving full disclosure. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 23:41, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

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 * , your help is appreciated, and YGM. Drmies (talk) 21:16, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Vinteron has nothing to do with any of this; please think more carefully before you make accusations, Winkelvi. The IP is blocked for 31 hours for harassment. Drmies (talk) 23:23, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Are you done here? If so, I'd like to close this or, of course, you can.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:15, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh I think we're done. Hold on--I know there's an icon for it... D O N E. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 00:48, 23 June 2018 (UTC)