Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Collision787/Archive

13 May 2014

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All these users are single purpose accounts that share a very narrow scope of interest in Korean history. Edits of all these accounts are almost exclusive to the subject matter of 1. Denial of the Dangun founding myth, 2. Asserting historical/legendary importance of Gija and 3. Asserting historical importance of Four Commanderies of Han Dynasty. 1. Denial of the Dangun founding myth. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Korean_history&diff=prev&oldid=608181158 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Korean_history&diff=prev&oldid=607914460 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_monarchs_of_Korea&diff=prev&oldid=566156318

2. Assertion of historical/legendary importance of Gija. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gojoseon&diff=prev&oldid=563846801 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Korea&diff=prev&oldid=583083993 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Korea&diff=prev&oldid=564555621

3. Assertion of historical importance of Four Commanderies of Han Dynasty. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Korea&diff=prev&oldid=564347245 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Korea_topics&diff=prev&oldid=581166483 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:History_of_Korea&diff=prev&oldid=566156204

Edit histories of Collision787 and Isitall mostly overlap in July of 2013, on similar topics. Activities of Gija Wiman FourCommanderiesofHan, the most obvious single purpose account, starts in November of 2013 after Isitall stops editing in September of 2013. Their articles of interest are also generally the same. Cydevil38 (talk) 00:21, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

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 * - Adding request for CU to check and . I expect  will be stale as there are no recent edits. &mdash;Darkwind (talk) 10:14, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
 * and
 * are ✅
 * is  Salvio Let's talk about it! 10:19, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I have blocked and tagged the two confirmed accouts, per the technical evidence. I have also indefinitely blocked (and tagged) Isitall, as behavioural evidence from the relevant list article indicates this account is also operated by the individual behind the confirmed pair of accounts. AGK  [•] 18:46, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

21 July 2014

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Continued pattern of disruptively editing template:History of Korea with a specific POV. These accounts, two of which are confirmed sockpuppets[Gija Wiman FourCommanderiesofHan], continued to take turns in a pattern described in the previous sockpuppet investigation. Zanhe conveniently showed up immediately after the conclusion of the previous sockpuppet investigation, and continued edit warring albeit engaging in talk page discussion while doing so. When consensus in the talk page became unfavorable for him, two new accounts showed up to continue edit warring without any engagement in the talk page. The following is new evidence for the new accounts involved, Zanhe, Captain o Captain and Galaxy Mohammed.

1. Denial of the Dangun founding myth.

2. Assertion of historical/legendary importance of Gija.

3. Assertion of historical importance of Four Commanderies of Han Dynasty. Please also note Zanhe and another user used exactly same edit comment, as well as a confirmed sockpuppet from the previous investigation. Cydevil38 (talk) 08:54, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

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I find it amusing that, whose entire Wikipedia career seems to be dedicated to edit warring and nationalistic POV-pushing, is accusing me of sockpuppetry. I have no connection with the other four accounts (which do seem to be related), and wholeheartedly endorse Checkuser. The so-called "evidence" of my identical edit comment with others is simply the standard "unexplained removal" when dealing with, well, unexplained removals. Please note that I'm travelling for the summer and may be unresponsive for up to two weeks at a time. -Zanhe (talk) 04:49, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * - Probably not the same, but due to the unusually high number of identical edits let's get a check to make sure. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 06:09, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
 * This request partially overlaps with Sockpuppet investigations/Collision787. PhilKnight (talk) 08:50, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The following accounts (group 1) are from each other:


 * The following accounts (group 2) are from each other:

The group 1 and group 2 accounts are to be the same user, however  is ❌. PhilKnight (talk) 08:58, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Page moved. Page blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:17, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

20 February 2015

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There was a disagreement over whether Dangun Joseon and Gija Joseon should be included in the template:History of Korea. Over a long edit war with User:Zanhe, a difficult agreement was made to completely remove all sub-periods of Gojoseon. A subsection "Ancient" was created, and Gojoseon was listed there, without any of its sub-periods. Immediately this agreement was made, an anonymous IP started to add a s sub-period of Gojoseon, Wiman Joseon, thereby implying Dangun Joseon is not significant enough to be listed in the template[. This is a breach of the agreement or "consensus" that was made with User:Zanhe, and the edit war continued under these anonymous IPs. Please take into account the previous checkuser. Cydevil38 (talk) 02:28, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * It appears that all the accounts listed here were blocked months ago. The 133 IP range hasn't made an edit since late December, so a range block isn't needed. However, Bjelleklang has semi-protected the page for 3 months, which should help cut down on the issues with the anonymous users. Mike V • Talk 22:44, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

13 August 2015

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Previous evidence are in the archive. Please take note of the sockpuppet's pattern of behavior and envidence.

As for the new IPs involved currently:

220.100.223.245:   and etc.

219.111.108.168:

219.111.109.117:

In addition to this, I'd like the checkuser be done along with the previous sockpuppet investigation, which was refused. Further reverting edits by this particular sock resulted in getting me banned. If these addresses are confirmed to be socks, I would find the ban unjustifiable. Cydevil38 (talk) 01:03, 13 August 2015 (UTC)


 * (Cydevil38) I can always revive my account. It is just an annoyance that discourages me from doing. I am eagerly waiting for the results of this SPI. It's very important to me. 121.161.79.71 (talk) 09:22, 14 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Scrambling my password was more effective than I thought. I'll be using this username now. Please take note of that. Cydevil3800 (talk) 22:02, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * Because of a long-term war about history of Korea, I've semiprotected two of the pages related to this case for a year each: Timeline of Korean history and Template:History of Korea. Another admin has already semiprotected Gojoseon for three months. More details on my talk page, including a link to the WP:AN3 report. The original filer of this SPI was User:Cydevil38. He now states on my talk page that he has scrambled his password. I guess this means no further edits from the Cydevil38 account. EdJohnston (talk) 02:58, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * The submitter is now editing as User:Cydevil3800. See his comments in a section above. EdJohnston (talk) 00:26, 15 August 2015 (UTC)


 * None of those IPs edited in the last three days. Actually, only one edited this month, and those pages are all protected now. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:42, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

13 February 2016

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A sockpuppet of a previous sockpuppet. Continued reversal about Gija and Wiman Joseon - See, , Massyparcer (talk) 06:27, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Diffs of the sockpuppet:, , , , , ,

Diffs of the sockpuppet master:, , ,

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User:Vanjagenije, If I may add, it seems pretty clear that Greenhorn38 is indeed Collision787. After examining these diffs, both of which use the exact same wording on the same subject, in all honesty, I have little doubt.

Case 1

User:Collision787 on the History of Korea template talk page:
 * "Han commanderies are globally confirmed and only refused by Korean nationalist."

User:Greenhorn38 on the South Korea article (in the edit summary):
 * "Han commanderies are globally confirmed and only refused by Korean nationalist."

Note the exact same wording, with the same grammar mistakes in each.

Case 2

Collision 787 (edit summaries):, ,
 * Same repetitive and grammatically incorrect sentence structure - "No reason of deleting..."

Greenhorn38 (edit summaries):, , ,
 * Again, same repetitive and grammatically incorrect sentence structure - "No reason of deleting..."

Both accounts are consistently editing on Korea-related pages with edits largely related to Gojoseon, Wiman, Gija and the Four Han Commanderies. Given all of this evidence, it seems highly unlikely that these identical statements were produced by separate individuals.

BlackRanger88 (talk) 21:30, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  14:36, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
 * . Blocking and tagging.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:27, 22 February 2016 (UTC)