Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ck4829/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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Massively adding the same inappropriate categories (often on the same article, e.g. Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting). In spare time, they both "add links" to articles. w umbolo  ^^^  15:53, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * added a bit. w umbolo   ^^^  18:32, 20 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Compare with .  w umbolo   ^^^  18:36, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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I am a different user unrelated from User:Ck4829. I am a fairly new editor still learning the ropes to Wikipedia, and I am sorry for my violations of categorization rules. I will try to do better in the future. It is also possible that our IP addresses may have been mixed up. --TheAlderaanian (talk) 18:25, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Also if this helps I have been editing since before User:Ck4289's block--TheAlderaanian (talk) 18:29, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * As for adding Category:White nationalist terrorism to 2012 Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting, I did so because it already lists it under the categories of Category:White supremacy in the United States and Category:Terrorism in the United States, but if that was still improper I understand why it raised suspicions.--TheAlderaanian (talk) 19:01, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

I was involved in the ANI discussion regarding Ck4829 and reviewed many of that editor's edits. Ck only engaged in conversation once, in response to a message I left them on their talk page. TA has responded here (with a much different attitude than Ck) and in a CfD discussion. The two editors' edit summaries are similar but different. Ck used very consistent edit summaries, "Adding categories" or "Adding links", with that capitalization, whereas TA uses slightly different wording, "added categories" or "added new categories", with inconsistent capitalization. TA has a much better grasp of parent/child categories and seems to be properly applying them (I haven't checked each and every one of course), whereas one of the problems with Ck was applying improper category levels. TA uses VE and Ck didn't. The two editors have only interacted on 10 pages, which is a distinct minority of pages for each of them. Finally, adding "white nationalist terrorism" categories to articles that are, in fact, about white nationalist terrorism, may not be a sign of sockpuppetry, but rather a sign of building an encyclopedia. Leviv&thinsp;ich 16:43, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
— Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:23, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Consistent behaviour with Ck4829 account. Please confirm and check for any other dormat account. &#8208;&#8208;1997kB (talk) 01:35, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
 * From a technical perspective, it is.
 * Given the comment from Levivich and based on CU findings, closing without any action. &#8208;&#8208;1997kB (talk) 01:17, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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Ck4829 was indefinitely blocked due to this ANI thread for BLP violations related to mass categorizations. Many of the IPs continue adding articles to the exact category created by Ck4829 that was the focus of the ANI thread, such as these IP edits . In the 2nd diff they reinstate the category that had been inserted by Ck4829 but reverted by Fram. Same with the 5th one.

All the IPs geolocate to Corona, California. All edit the same topic, add right-wing terrorism related categories or modify the neo-fascism template.

2605:E000:A44D:9200:0:0:0:0/47 might be the most accurate range for all his edits, except the Marvel edits might be by a different user, even if they edit from the exact same IP sometimes. There are several distinct IPs within that range (a former revision of this SPI report listed some of them separately).

And he seems to be using the IPv4 address continously. It hasn't changed like the IPv6 addresses. It's also based in Corona and occasionally edits Marvel topics too besides what Ck4829 edited. Pinging who has blocked the IPv4 address and who is familiar with Ck4829. Here's a diff of this IPv4 address adding the category created by Ck4829: --Pudeo (talk) 08:44, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * It is indeed possible that this is Ck4829, though I only recollect them adding categories, not working on the text of the articles. On the other hand, as far as I understand CUs would never accept this case because positive idenftification would clearly indicate where Ck4829 lives which is a privacy violation.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:24, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

and are clearly the same person, edits change a little each time, but clearly trying to use a sock puppet IP to convey same information after reversions. Bacondrum (talk) 02:00, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Diff1
 * Diff2

Certainly is, same person using multiple IP addresses. Bacondrum (talk) 01:54, 10 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Despite Ck4829 only working on categories, these expansions into prose are clearly the same person. The IPs are interested in comics and in terrorism/fascism/far-right politics, which intersect with Ck4829 in the second area. I don't think the absence of comics from Ck4829's previous editing history is a red flag. Binksternet (talk) 05:17, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Wow, this has been open almost three months with nobody getting involved. The 45.50 IP and the IPv6 range were both clearly Ck4829, but not since mid-August in both cases, and as such they are now . Closing with no action. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:24, 19 September 2019 (UTC)