Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/CensoredScribe/Archive

26 May 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

Adding rafts of categories to fictional characters, (Batman, especially, is a fictional engineer (see previous AN/I threads)), ToS was registered while the topic ban for CS was in the works, ToS's edits pickup during CS's blocks, etc. Sum mer PhD  (talk) 23:45, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

It is worth noting that in the previous SPI at Sockpuppet investigations/Levineps/Archive, checkuser found User:CensoredScribe and User:Tranquility of Soul to be "unrelated". Psychonaut (talk) 22:30, 27 May 2014 (UTC)


 * It states that they are unrelated to Levineps. It makes not mention whether they are related to each other. A comparison of the edits to comic book categories alone indicate that ToS is related to CS. MarnetteD | Talk 22:35, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
 * My mistake I missed the next to last line by DoRD. IMO editing patterns since Feb show a behavioral pattern by ToS. As this SPI is still open a checkuser could still be performed. MarnetteD | Talk 22:40, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Well a third reading makes me think that DoRD could have meant either they were unrelated only to L or that they were all unrelated to each other. So perhaps could clarify things when they get a chance. MarnetteD | Talk 22:45, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * and accordingly blocked. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:14, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

27 May 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

Self-identifies as sock in this edit summary. CU for sleeper check, perhaps? bonadea contributions talk 13:22, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

This case is definitely that of User:Wiki-star/User:Dragonron, as was, and should be moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Dragonron.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 14:12, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Entire investigation moved from CensoredScribe to Dragonron. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 23:47, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

04 July 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

I am unfamiliar with CensoredScribe, but this IP address is re-instating edits made by their sockpuppet. See these identical revisions to Category:Fictional genetically engineered characters and other category pages.  Super Mario  Man  ( talk ) 14:01, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * ✅ a handful:
 * All blocked and tagged. --jpgordon:==( o ) 16:16, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * All done, IP is stale. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:30, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. --jpgordon:==( o ) 16:16, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * All done, IP is stale. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:30, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. --jpgordon:==( o ) 16:16, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * All done, IP is stale. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:30, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * All done, IP is stale. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:30, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

06 August 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

This editor is only making the same type of edits that got the original first topic banned (mass changes to fiction related categories), then blocked for repeatedly violating topic ban. —Farix (t &#124; c) 00:18, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

In, he adds several wildly inappropriate categories to a fiction-related article (a video game). In, he identifies a fictional character as a mass murderer based solely on his own original research, and he edit wars to include it. This is essentially the same thing as CensoredScribe's instance on adding his bizarre interpretations of Batman as a and. , show his continued interest in Batman-related articles, and  shows a similar interest in Superman, a character that he also previous. In, he shows an interest in category:fictional swordsmen, a category with which CensoredScribe was obsessed. He is behaviorally indistinguishable from CensoredScribe, who was blocked for these very same actions. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 12:55, 9 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I have added Editor35109 to be check as well, as they started editing on August 10, and have made two edit requests to Batman: Arkham City to add a category that Allen was attempting to add. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 00:57, 11 August 2014 (UTC)


 * That guy has been continuously adding a category that is irrelevant in Batman: Arkham City. You have to do something about it. BattleshipMan (talk) 20:49, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
As noted in the instructions, it would be best to provide the appropriate diffs to support your statements. Thanks, Mike V  •  Talk  04:24, 9 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I hope that you take a look at the edits by the previously identified socks? Their editing is confined to adding categories to various articles. This new sock has followed that exact same pattern. In other words every edit is a diff that supports The Farix's statement. While most of the edits are to comic books and video games but the socks go farther afield on occasion. They ignore the guidelines regarding cats, i.e. that there must be sourced info in the article and it must be a defining feature. This sock was using edit summaries for awhile but has stopped. I suspect to avoid giving the game away. But this one is a classic example of CS's MO. It always boils down to "I saw (or read) it so the I put the category into the article." I have seen a lot of WP:DUCKs quacking in my time editing here and this one is as loud as the come. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 05:29, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I almost for got the new editor Allen started editing July 11th which is five days after the last Sockpuppet investigations/CensoredScribe/Archive group of socks was blocked. Thanks for your time. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 05:29, 9 August 2014 (UTC)


 * - For confirmation and sleeper check. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:32, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Editor, Allen, and User:Anon00000 are all internally confirmed with each other. However, they are a few thousand km from the last batch of Scribe socks. Courcelles 16:22, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the three accounts named by Courcelles above. Although the CU data shows some technical discrepancies, the truth is that and people travel and move all the time. The behavioural evidence is solid and cannot be trumped by inconclusive technical data, and the fact is even if these accounts were not CensoredScribe (which I find unlikely), they were using multiple accounts contrary to WP:SOCK.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  17:37, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

28 August 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

per https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=prev&oldid=623139467 gobonobo  + c 08:28, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * ✅, . Blocked, tagged closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:58, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

13 April 2015

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

This is a procedural report made at the suggestion of. "Bullets and Bracelets" was blocked as a sock of CensoredScribe after this thread Administrators' noticeboard/Archive270 After the block B&B admitted to the socking and also mentioned that "Sockratic Method" was another sock that they had created in the past. B&B's talk page has been rev/deleted by as a courtesy to the various editors (including myself) who had received personal attacks in the rambling unblock requests but you can check with O to see if I have misread anything that was there. Now the editors have already been blocked but Ponyo mentioned that "As most of the CU data for CensoredScribe is stale, adding newly discovered confirmed accounts to the SPI would likely be helpful for future checks." MarnetteD&#124;Talk 23:11, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Thank you, . We need an admin to check deleted version of User talk:Bullets and Bracelets and to confirm if he admitted using as a sock.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  09:35, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note and your time . As I mentioned performed the courtesy rev/del but any admin can check what was there. B&B stated that they had admitted to using SM as a sock in an email to Arbcom but the things that person has done and written are so "twisty turny" that I wouldn't know whether to trust that statement or not. I had a thought this morning - is it too late to ask for a checkuser. This person willingness to create sockpuppets makes me think that there might be some waiting out there for us. Thanks again. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 12:36, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
 * To quote from the revdel'd page: It has been 6 months, I should be allowed back. I have made improvements to the categories zombies and revenants in fiction, human and non human experimentation in fiction, and suicide in fiction. Recall WP: Ignore all Rule and the standard offer; and keep in mind you are trying to appeal to women to achieve 50% female contributors. I sent Arbcom my appeal and received no reply other than to confirm I was CensoredScribe; I told them I was also Sockratic Method and Amateur Encyclopedist but they refused to do anything or even tell me that my request was denied. OhNo itsJamie Talk 13:44, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
 * In that case, I propose to indeff and tag him (and ) as a sock of CensoredScribe.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  15:03, 14 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Both accounts have been blocked. Here's the diff that confirms the two accounts. Mike V • Talk 15:12, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility


 * All ✅ against, blocked and tagged. Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  20:41, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * As above.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:41, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

This is an old one, but perhaps worth checking into. Edits are all creating, adding, and removing categories from various articles. What brought this to my attention was when an IP complained that Pikachu was erroneously categorized in Category:Fictional pikas even though there is not a single source making the claim that Pikachu is related to the pika. What set off flags was that the category appeared to have been created to specifically add Pikachu to it, which is a known tactic of CS. —Farix (t &#124; c) 03:26, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Closing without prejudice to being reopened if the account resumes editing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:41, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

This user has created Category:Arrowverse characters, a category similar to those that Censored and their socks have created in the past. Admin/Checkuser note: There is the possibility that Censored and User:TreCoolGuy are related socks, given recent SPIs for both users (see this archive, plus Tre's archive for what I mean). Based on the closing admin's comment back in June 2016, I felt this was the more proper SPI to add this user, though you may find that Tre is the more appropriate one to add this check. Also, this editor has edited Green Day, which was something Tre used to do a lot as well (and possibly Censored or their socks). - Favre1fan93 (talk) 19:25, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * , could you explain why you believe a CU check is warranted here? You might feel this is obvious, but it would be preferable to have it on the record.  Thanks.  —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 06:19, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Given as stated above, the fact that Censored and Tre may be one and the same, yet have two separate SPI, just want to have this user checked against Censored's data. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 23:58, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, given the archived SPI history for both and, including recent CU checks, I'll allow another CU here in order to look for a connection between them.  Endorsing.  —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 06:24, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I took a crack at this while ago and came up with nothing. I can't say the account is unrelated, the data is just . I think behaviour is going to play a big role in helping untangle this mess, but I'm relisting it in case another CU has more success in untangling the strings. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:25, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks . As I mentioned above, does it matter to CheckUsers/admins that I listed this in this SPI, over TreCoolGuy's? - Favre1fan93 (talk) 19:01, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * The Clerk has noted both accounts as potential masters, so it's fine.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 19:23, 26 August 2016 (UTC)


 * I've looked things over and found that the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * However, I'm quite sure that this is ❌ to CensoredScribe, considering the technical information of previous socks. Could a clerk set up a new case for these accounts? Mike V • Talk 16:00, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Working on this.... —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:57, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * However, I'm quite sure that this is ❌ to CensoredScribe, considering the technical information of previous socks. Could a clerk set up a new case for these accounts? Mike V • Talk 16:00, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Working on this.... —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:57, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * However, I'm quite sure that this is ❌ to CensoredScribe, considering the technical information of previous socks. Could a clerk set up a new case for these accounts? Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 16:00, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Working on this.... —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:57, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * However, I'm quite sure that this is ❌ to CensoredScribe, considering the technical information of previous socks. Could a clerk set up a new case for these accounts? <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 16:00, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Working on this.... —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:57, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * However, I'm quite sure that this is ❌ to CensoredScribe, considering the technical information of previous socks. Could a clerk set up a new case for these accounts? <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 16:00, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Working on this.... —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:57, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

I've created Sockpuppet investigations/Musicbyac (oldest sock) with all the socks from this SPI. Please examine the new SPI; once it's confirmed as being well-formed and accurate, we should be able to close both this one and the new SPI. — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 04:34, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The new Musicbyac SPI has now been closed, so I assume we're good to close this one as well.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:01, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

New user whose first edits were to re-create a category deleted at CfD and then add this category to 100+ pages, the same behavior as, another blocked sock of this user. Case of WP:DUCK.  So Why  09:58, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''
 * See also Sockpuppet investigations/Musicbyac Sro23 (talk) 13:51, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

I came here to make the same report. This new user account recreated Category:Marvel Cinematic Universe actors with text essentially identical to what was deleted more than a year ago:

New creation: Actors and actresses that appeared in the all forms of media of the Marvel Cinematic Universe including films, television series and short films.

Deleted in January 2016: These actors/actresses have appeared in all media within the Marvel Cinematic Universe including film, television series and short films.

You couldn't possibly write with such a close similarity to the old text if you'd never seen it, and what new user knows to go to archive.org to find a page's appearance before its deletion more than a year earlier? Clearly these accounts are associated. Nyttend (talk) 04:33, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * See also Sockpuppet investigations/TreCoolGuy. This, Musicbyac and Tre's socks are all related somehow, but previous checkuser runs have come up inconclusive that they are all indeed related. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 15:44, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - PLease, compare this account to socks.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  13:37, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * - Katietalk 16:44, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * ❌ to Musicbyac socks; the other SPIs are stale. Closing. Katietalk 16:51, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

New user whose first edits were to create Category:Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) characters, a minor variation of a category deleted at CfD and then add this category to 100+ pages, the same behavior as, another blocked sock of this user. Case of WP:DUCK. ‖ Ebyabe talk - General Health  ‖ 06:26, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:20, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

Creation of Category:MCU cast members (variation of the deleted Category:Marvel Cinematic Universe actors) and adding to a large number of articles. Also similar behavior with Category:Transformers (film series) characters. ‖ Ebyabe talk - State of the Union  ‖ 15:14, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Indeffed, Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:01, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

Creation of Category:Characters in the MCU (by Gee34shoft) and Category:Fictional characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (by Jj joanjett) (variations of previously deleted similar categories). The first has already been deleted. ‖ Ebyabe talk - Welfare State  ‖ 05:34, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - See also Sockpuppet investigations/Musicbyac. Please look for any missed accounts. Sro23 (talk) 16:06, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Please be more specific as to what you want done (this case is ).--Bbb23 (talk) 16:41, 6 February 2018 (UTC).
 * Sure, could you please compare these two accounts to each other and to the recent sockpuppets here. Sro23 (talk) 17:14, 6 February 2018 (UTC)


 * The two listed accounts are ✅ to each other and to confirmed socks at Sockpuppet investigations/Musicbyac. Given the history of these two cases, they should not be merged as Mike V found the two masters unrelated. .--Bbb23 (talk) 19:00, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

Yet another sock creating the MCU category. FYI there is a CFD here Categories for discussion/Log/2018 March 20. If this is a sock the cat could be speedied. Since this person is a serial socker a check for sleepers is a good idea. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 18:30, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
✅ to. . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:50, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Note that I am mainly familiar with this user through interactions with their confirmed sock . Just like Schmidt, FrenchToast's (who has only been active since late March 2018) contributions are primarily that they continuously create and recreate (see also:, , ) bad character categories related to adaptations of comic characters, which are almost always deleted per consensus and then recreated by this user. Also like Schmidt-austin, most of FrenchToast's contributions are either sandbox edits, WP:FILM or WP:COMICS articles, creating these categories, or mass-adding these categories to comic character articles. Examples include some variation on Category:Marvel Cinematic Universe characters, Category:X-Men franchise characters and, in FrenchToast's case, Category:Arkham series characters. The only time either one of them uses edit summaries or discusses anything is when their status is questioned and they are at risk to get blocked (or want to get unblocked).

Compare and contrast: A simple glance at the two users contribution history alone reveals striking similarities - /   Dark  Knight  2149  18:15, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
✅ to previous socks +. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:57, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Mass addition of pages to Category:X-Men characters, a deleted category recreated by another confirmed sock of theirs, User:Hoplaqueef2. ‖ Ebyabe talk - Union of Opposites  ‖ 06:18, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Obviously this looks rather suspicious, but I'm also a little surprised that there wasn't a category of X-Men characters, so it wouldn't be totally unreasonable for a new editor to be doing this. Please check to confirm. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:36, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus:
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:02, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:02, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:02, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

One of his first mainspace edits was to recreate a previously deleted category, something this user has done repeatedly. Argento Surfer (talk) 14:17, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
✅ + . . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:27, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

H created a category (Category:Best Picture Academy Award nominated films) that had previously been deleted. Now I note this is a different area then their usual fixation But then I found this which is something that CS and their socks gone back to again and again. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 18:38, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I just found that H was adding this now salted category earlier this month. I do believe that means the WP:DUCK is quacking. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 03:14, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Closing per my findings below.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:41, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Creation of Category:Arkham characters and Category:Injustice characters. The latter was apparently created previously by a sock of this user or User:Musicbyac. The1337gamer (talk) 21:31, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''
 * Also recreation of multiply deleted and salted category Category:Marvel Cinematic Universe characters under Category:Marvel Cinematic Universe specific characters. --Ebyabe (talk) 14:10, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Wrong. That old category was constantly deleted because it ended up being filled with non-MCU specific character that just happen to appear in the MCU. I created that new category to be clearly specifically for the MCU only characters. And if for real think I'm a sock puppet then I feel sorry for you, considering you can easily find in my edit history that I have combated these kinds of poor categories in the past. You're conflating me trying to make it easier to navigate mcu articles and someone else wanting to make fancruft about every single minor appearence of a Marvel Comics character in the MCU.★Trekker (talk) 14:29, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

User's second edit was to create a variant of the sockmaster's favorite category. The first edit was to add this category to an article before it existed. Every other edit has been to add the category to articles, except one time when it was removed. Argento Surfer (talk) 16:23, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * ✅, along with . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:19, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

This user was partially blocked by from creating categories in a recent WP:AN thread, and a few users there (including  and ) expressed their concerns that Cwf97 is CensoredScribe. Since a SPI was likely coming sooner or later, I figured it was best to go ahead and file it. The main cause of concern is that Cwf97's editing style overlaps a lot with CensoredScribe's - Creating copious amounts of trivial categories, heavily editing film, comic book, and character related topics, refusing to engage in any communication except briefly after they are warned (before going right back to not communicating), ignoring notices and warnings, ETC.

I actually had some suspicions that Cwf97 might be CensoredScribe/Schmidt-austin when I filed the (oddly nitpicked and overlooked) ANI report against them in November 2019. However, aside from the cricket noises at ANI, the main thing that kept me from filing a SPI was the fact that Cwf97 has been active since 2016. In the four years since then, CensoredScribe has created various other sock puppets that have been spotted and blocked, which leads me to believe there is a chance that this is a coincidence.  Dark Knight  2149  06:47, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Nobody else is commenting, so I guess I will. I'm not feeling it.  CensoredScribe's edits treat Wikipedia like it's Wikia.  They're crufty, incompetent, and based on a fan POV.  Cwf97 mostly just seems to like creating massive amounts of unnecessary categories.  Cwf97 doesn't argue bizarre things like that  and then attempt to categorize Batman as such.  I'm closing with no action. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:05, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

This is a sleeping duck for either CensoredScribe or Cwf97. (I have no opinion on whether there should be a separate SPI for Cwf97.) I've issued a block for the duckiness but a CU might be nice to check for other accounts. Izno (talk) 01:26, 28 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Ah, I think it's probably Sockpuppet_investigations/Musicbyac given the MO (who might also be Cwf97). --Izno (talk) 01:41, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * CensoredScribe is the only archive with at least one non-stale account. The SandDoctor  Talk 19:05, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
 * - Regardless of which master it is, both do not have any that are confirmed or blocked to be them that are not stale. --  Amanda  (aka DQ) 21:38, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

CensoredScribe is known for creating and populating hyper-specific fiction-related categories. The accounts above have all done the same. Particular areas of focus include fictional characters' occupations, nationalities, military ranks, and weapon types; navigation templates; Marvel characters; and My Little Pony. For a quick comparison, see the CfD notices on their user talk pages. Notice also that they all add the "category explanation" template. The Omanyd, Samantha Ireland, Inyouchuu shoku, and Kcorilol accounts are quite stale, but I'm reporting them anyway for the sake of completeness. Cheers, gnu 57 10:24, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * ✅ Pihsdneirfsicigam, Atvica, Onifpaz are the same. --jpgordon&#x1d122;&#x1d106; &#x1D110;&#x1d107; 15:23, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked the non-stale accounts. I don't think they're worth tagging. Closing. Sro23 (talk) 23:56, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Resubmitted Draft:Lobo (web series) which was created by User:Corey2003, a sock of User:Cwf97 which now seems to be identified as a sock of CensoredScribe. Also, has the same editing behaviour of updating/changing categories on film, TV, etc. related articles. S0091 (talk) 18:20, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Everyone is blocked, but please see if the tagging should be redone. Bbb23 (talk) 00:28, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:13, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Taken up where prior socks stopped. The interaction shows a fair number of articles with the same edits that were reverted by prior socks. vs, and on down the line.  Ravensfire  (talk) 20:43, 7 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Note - this user was blocked on 10/7 as a sock, this report can be closed.  Ravensfire  (talk) 14:03, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Suspected sockpuppets
Sgnurdlew created two new categories which were previously created by a blocked sock of CensoredScribe,. Those categories were (now deleted):
 * Category:Fictional LGBT children
 * Category:Native American superheroes

This recreation plus the focus on adding categories for animation articles (e.g.,, ) matches the modus operandi for CensoredScribe (e.g., , ).

Report filed for procedural and records-keeping purposes.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 22:58, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Blocked based on behavioral evidence.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 22:58, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Nigoyyakot has created various hyper-specific fictional character categories like Category:Fictional Chicago Fire Department personnel and Category:Fictional Chinese French people. He has also recreated categories originally made by other CensoredScribe socks, like Category:North American superheroes and Category:Isekai. gnu 57 03:01, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
I looked into a few more of the created categories and sure enough they're previously deleted ones made by CensoredScribe. I will block this account.

Requesting a CU given that this account was created in August 2021 and just blocked another account a couple days ago as a sock, suggesting there may be more sleepers.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 04:12, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 20:48, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Nigoyyakot is to Sgnurdlew.  I also found  who is ✅ to Sgnurdlew.  Unfortunately, the data trail has grown stale, so I think the best we can do is call all of these suspected to CensoredScribe, but I'll (re)-block these three as cu-blocks. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:01, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * PS, if somebody familiar with this case from a behavioral standpoint wants to retag as proven, I'd have no objection to that. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:02, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Tags updated. Thanks!  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 17:20, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @EvergreenFir you changed the tags to "confirmed to CensoredScribe". What I said was that somebody could change them to "proven" if they felt the behavioral evidence was strong enough, but not going all the way to "confirmed". -- RoySmith (talk) 18:41, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * My mistake. I'll fix those.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 19:37, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * No problem, thanks for fixing it. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:17, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
No CU requested, of course. I'm not extremely familiar with CensoredScribe, but at first I was convinced this was them. They are re-populating recent category creations by the last sock, Nigoyyakot. However some behaviors are different and I second guessed myself, so decided to let people who are more familiar with the master's patterns to take a look. I was initially drawn to the IP's efforts to populate Category:Fictional kyūjutsuka. Perhaps they've simply noticed the creation and went at it, but... -- ferret (talk) 16:59, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * No, wrong continent for CensoredScribe. Maybe some day I'll write a page on the CheckUser wiki that describes the Brazilian socks I'm aware of, the category-obsessed socks, and the socks who edit pop culture articles.  But I can't go into it here.  For what it's worth, editors on this ISP most often bounce around on a /47 or /48.  I don't recognize this IP editor, though it seems to have been around for years; see .  If this is a sock, the trail will have likely gone cold a long time ago. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:41, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New account focused on extremely specific categorization of fictional characters, recreated Category:Parodies of Batman which was previously created by another CensoredScribe sock. * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 22:41, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
❌, just some random person who edits categories. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:16, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I noticed Wahspsneh creating hyper-specific fictional character categories like Category:Fictional capitalists and Category:Fictional characters from Valencia. This is the third time a CensoredScribe sock has created Category:North American superheroes. I am requesting CheckUser because CensoredScribe usually has more than one sock running concurrently. Cheers, gnu 57 20:44, 17 February 2023 (UTC)


 * @Genericusername57 Why do you say third? I only see two. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:41, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure was him as well. That account created categories for "Fictional robotic martial artists", "Fictional improvisational dancers", "Fictional Atlanta Police Department officers", and so on. I filed an SPI on that account and several others here but only the non-stale ones were blocked. gnu 57  13:06, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
 * Hello, RoySmith,
 * I see that you saw no sleepers in your check. But I'm deleting some of the many, many "fictional" categories created by Wahspsneh and I came across the new account User:Deulslirep who is adding a lot of articles to the categories that Wahspsneh created over the past few months. That seems like a big coincidence. Thanks for checking. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 04:45, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I appreciate you checking, RoySmith. Will they be blocked? I come to SPI as a reporter, not an admin so I'm not sure about taking action myself. This category sockpuppet just keeps popping back up every so often, recreating all of these fictional occupational categories. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 01:44, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I wasn't confident enough to block on what I saw in the CU results, so I was going to leave it to somebody else to take a look at and make a final decision. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:58, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Understood. I actually find it reassuring that checkusers ask for a second opinion. The consequences of being identified as a sockpuppet are immediate and usually end an editor's activity forever so you want to be sure and, from what I gather, checkuser results are often not black/white in terms of certainty. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 02:26, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * See WP:PIXIEDUST :-) -- RoySmith (talk) 03:31, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 01:24, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Wahspsneh is to  -- RoySmith (talk) 01:36, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
 * PS,, I'll just go ahead and tag this as proven. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:37, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I took a look at . I'll call them  on the CU data and bump that up to  taking editing overlap into consideration. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:24, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
 * - Given the behavior on categories noted by Liz (see ), the timing of edits, and CU data, please, block Deulslirep as suspected to CensoredScribe. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 14:57, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Salvio giuliano 23:12, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I am not super familiar with this user, but previous socks have created very specific fictional character categories, which this account has (like Category:Yuri harem anime and manga, Category:Fictional characters with regressed ageing, Category:Fictional secret agents and spies in anime and manga) and even recreated Category:Female harem anime and manga, which was originally created by a CU-confirmed sock of CensoredScribe. I think this warrants looking into. Link20XX (talk) 05:55, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Looks like one to me, including historicals. Blocked. Izno (talk) 07:16, 18 December 2023 (UTC)