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19 January 2015

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Darreg arrived on my talk page to leave this message resulting from an AFD. Note his liberal use of the word "fuck" and its derivatives. A few days ago, 41.206.12.57 showed up on my talk page to leave this in an almost identical writing style. IP then edited Darreg's talk page and then returned to mine to make a similar amendment to his own comment, using edit summary to challenge me to work out who he was (see contribution history).

The same IP has been active on only a handful of pages including this one with a number of other IPs from the same small range (that geo-locate to the same area Darreg claims to be from). They all seem to have a unhealthy obsession in securing "justice" for an editor previously blocked here. IPs from the same range (and same location) have since filled that editors talk page with apologies on his behalf. Not sure exactly what is going on but its seems to be a nice little sock-drawer linked to a known sock-puppeter with whom I never had any interaction. If nothing else, the IP needs a range-block for obvious block-evasion and sock-puppetry and self-professed socks of a blocked editor.

I've included the other username - there seems to be an obvious connection there somewhere but the older account's edits are probably way too stale to be useful.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 05:57, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Interestingly, this group of IPs has form, especially with regard to Darreg. When Darreg got into a dispute with Versace1608, an IP from the same range as the ones above left this on Versace1608's talk page, having never interacted with him before. Interesting, the IP editor geolocates to the same place as Darreg and shares the same aggressively homophobic views as Darreg (who had a notification along the same lines removed from his talk page by an admin). Versace1608 responded appropriately and left a note on Darreg's talk page acknowledging he would deny having left the message. So that's two unrelated editors who (having never interacted with the IPs or their original master) have received nasty notes from the IP editor in question as a result of interactions with Darreg.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 06:19, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

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I believe that a thorough SPI investigation will help clear things up. I don't believe in coincidences. If those IPs are different entities from Darreg, then I can definitively say they are in communication with Darreg or have some sort of affiliation with him. In this edit summary, Darreg told me that someone must be impersonating him. Is he going to say the same thing about the comments on User:Stalwart111's talk page? I remember suspecting User:Seanord of being a sockpuppet of Darreg but never reported it because I didn't have enough. For more info on that, please see this and this. I encourage you to read the second "this". Note: Darreg denies my accusations but tells me that he doesn't want anyone reading it (I find that very odd). Darreg has done some good things here but I have been disappointed in him lately. His homophobic views are not welcomed here and if he can't see pass that, he shouldn't be editing here. He himself said he has somewhat lost interest in Wikipedia. Maybe it is time for him to take a much needed break.  V e r s a c e 1 6 0 8   (Talk) 15:17, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * I've sifted through the contributions here and I don't think that Jesmion is involved. The writing styles are too different. In regards to the IPs, they look like they belong to a public access location, like an internet cafe. While I would normally block the IP, it seems that it's no longer in use and given that it's not a residential location, the next person to use it is likely going to be an unintended target. The range has too many good faith edits to consider a range block for an extended time. However, the behavior of the IP seems clear to me that Darreg was editing while logged out to issue personal attacks and evade scrutiny on the main account. For that I've blocked the account for 2 weeks. Mike V • Talk 20:09, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

24 January 2015

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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Stalwart111&diff=643950445&oldid=643950121 Bentogoa (talk) 12:29, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the IP and extended the account's block to indefinite. Mike V • Talk 17:34, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

07 March 2015

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I believe that user Terriblechristian is a sockpuppet of user Darreg. Both users' edit patterns are strikingly similar. I find it odd that a new user like Terriblechristian is able to create good looking wikitables and participate in Afd discussions in just three days of joining the encyclopedia. A thorough look into this will confirmed my suspicion.  V e r s a c e 1 6 0 8   (Talk) 12:56, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

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 * Many thanks to you . Am not but since you need a diff to validate their claims, this diff, diff , this AfD contribution suggested that the user is a WP:DUCK.
 * In fact I'm more convinced with the creation of 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards by the same user.
 * All the article they edited are User:Darreg pet articles and the creation of 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, one of user:Darreg area of interest on Wikipedia.
 * In addition, it seems very unlikely for a 3 days old user with about 6 edit count to create a sensible page like 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, if not a sock, blocked or banned user. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 19:11, 7 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Yeah, minus the personal attacks (which were a Darreg staple) there is some fairly loud quacking here.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 00:48, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Can you stop referring to me as a personal attacking editor? Your choice of words are mostly incoherent with the realities on ground. Your statement is very misleading to neutral editors. I have been quite naughty in the past, but it is very wrong of you (or any other editor) to remember me for being a mere "personal attack staple" just because I have been wrongly banned for something I did not do. For goodness sake, I am not responsible for the vandalizing ip edits on your talk-page! Do I need to translate that into machine language before you finally get it? When you are always not asking the right questions, how do you intend to get right answers? I owe you no apology, and you will NEVER get that false satisfaction from me. I am sincerely sick of seeing all these Wikipedia notifications in my mailbox. --Darreg. Note: This is Darreg, I had to result to ip edit since I was not allowed to edit an SPI page with my account. I will try to log-in now to see if I can edit. 41.220.69.40 (talk) 20:25, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Yep, evading a block to come and post here as an IP to refute the fact that your block log includes two different blocks for personal attacks (2 of the 3 times you were blocked related to personal attacks) isn't particularly smart. Even less so given the result of the check-user here which suggests the other account is indeed yours.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 21:32, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * What are you saying??? I am not here to refute anything about those block logs. I was simply angered by you calling me a "personal attack staple" . I really need to laugh at your poor sense of judgement. --Darreg 41.220.69.37 (talk) 21:54, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I didn't call you that, I said that personal attacks were a staple of your editing here. They were and you were blocked twice as a result (which you don't refute). It doesn't matter - your new account will be blocked (and probably your IP too) and you aren't welcome here any more.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 22:10, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The fact that I was blocked on suspicion of sock-puppetry, does not necessarily mean that it is true. I am just trying to be very careful about anything that will suggest my real identity online. Concerning my arrangement of your words, you said "...personal attacks is a staple of my editing here...", what about my other 1000+ good faith edits? Do you always single out negatives from an editor contributions? That does not sound like good-faith to me. And you have no right to decide who is (or not) welcome on Wikipedia. You are just an ordinary editor like anyone with access to a computer and internet. You can not stop me from making constructive edits to Wikipedia. I will continue to improve Nigeria-related articles anonymously (using ip) whether you like it or not! Darreg. 41.220.69.37 (talk) 22:32, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * You are editing right now in contravention of an indef block. You are sock-puppeting right now . You are making it true. And your contributions history for your Darreg account shows you were editing using it only today. So rather than apply for an unblock, you chose to sock-puppet in a sock-puppetry investigation. Brilliant. And threatening to keep doing it? I'd remind you that your "1000+ edits" included some horrifically homophobic rubbish and, "you obviously know nothing", "naive editors", and "you are totally in the dark" in one single AFD.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 23:02, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, that was predictable. Darreg's latest IP has been blocked and I have added it to the list of sock accounts above.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 23:21, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * It's past 12 midnight in Nigeria and I really need to sleep, if I will be going to work tomorrow. I've absorbed enough ignorance for the night. Do not expect me to reply any more messages. Darreg 41.206.11.5 (talk) 23:25, 9 March 2015 (UTC)


 * So I decided to fnally create an account after months of anonymous contributions and a block is what i get for it. Whoever darreg is must be a notorious editor to keep user: versace and user: wikicology on their toes for him. I am very conversant with web porogramming professionally, wikitext is beans for me. i copied most of the contents from golden globes awards because it was more attactive than 2013 AMVCA AND 2012 AMVCA. Today is monday, i am using my official computer that is why my ip is diffrent from the normal mtn ip that i use in my personal computer. People like darreg are the people giving nigeria a bad name. i have been mistaken for a corrupt person at the embassy. I watched a episode of Dr Phil where Nigerians scam United States women and i feel bad for them.Terriblechristian (talk) 12:04, 9 March 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terriblechristian (talk • contribs) 12:02, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

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 * , please provide some diffs as an evidence of "strikingly similar" patterns.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:13, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
 * - - I don't see a duck here, but I'm endorsing the CU based on the fact that  created Category:Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards winners, while  created 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  00:51, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
 * the two listed accounts are related. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  20:40, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Both the account and IP have been blocked, closing. Mike V • Talk 23:41, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

10 March 2015

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So just before the last investigation closed, a brand new IP (the last having been blocked) appeared to defend Darreg. But interestingly, that new and seemingly random IP address has form. Specifically, this comment referencing a user named "Jesmion" on last year. Who is User:Jesmion you ask? Someone globally blocked/locked for sock-puppetry, that's who. So it seems that not only does Darreg have plenty of form (using the Jesmion guise), he has access to a number of other IP addresses and has declared he is willing to continue socking, regardless of sanctions. Certainly one of the worst sock-puppetry offenders I've come across for a while. Sorry, Mike, that I had to reopen this one so soon after you closed it.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 02:19, 10 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Sure, as noted above, the IP's only recent edits were in the last Darreg sock-puppetry case where it signed comments off as "Darreg", claiming to be him and seeking to defend himself in the last round of CUs. See comment here. The IP and Darreg are self-admittedly one-in-the-same. The other diff above is typical of Jesmion's socks - arriving at random places to plead Jesmion's case. But I understand if that account is stale.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 21:11, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

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 * said account has gone . CU won't yield any information. - Mailer Diablo 09:04, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * is indefinitely blocked anyway, so we should focus on the IP. Can you cite some WP:diffs to show us connection between this IP and the master?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:28, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Based on this, the IP is used for block evasion, and should be blocked. Admin is needed for this.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:47, 12 March 2015 (UTC)


 * for a month. ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  21:52, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

20 March 2015

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The fact that Darreg stated in this post that he will continue to edit Wikipedia despite being block prompted me to suspect the Isakaba account, which was created on March 13, 2015. Darreg uses a simplistic format when creating stub articles about actors/actresses. The lead section of his articles are usually one sentence, followed by a filmography section as well as a reference section. For proof of this, please visit these pages: Alex Usifo,, , , Femi Jacobs, Lilian Esoro, Ayo Akinwale, etc. Now take a look at the three biographical articles (Hanks Anuku, Mbong Amata & Uru Eke) created by Isakaba. Do you see the same pattern? I don't find this editing style coincidental. Darreg has grown fond of this particular style of editing and as a result, he continues to do things he's comfortable with even while sockpuppeting. I reverted Isakaba's edits to the Omotola Jalade Ekeinde article on 17 March 2015. Few hours later, the IP reverted my revision and told me to stay away from Nollywood articles in this edit summary. Note: The IP never edited the article before their revert to my revision. I left this note on the IP's talk page, explaining the reasons for my revert. Isakaba, who I have never contacted, told me that I am "aruging with him". I don't know how one can argue with someone they've never communicated with. Although the edit patterns of the IP are not similar to that of Darreg, I suspect that the IP is a shared IP address (one that Darreg has access to).  V e r s a c e 1 6 0 8   (Talk) 02:46, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your input. I will have to disagree with you on one thing. The only reason why the stub articles created by Darreg have more cats is because other editors contributed to them. If you take a look at the articles Darreg created by himself, you'll see that the cats are no different from that of Isakaba's as far as stubs are concern. With time, Isakaba's true identity will be revealed. There's not much right now because the account is relatively new.  V e r s a c e 1 6 0 8   (Talk) 21:36, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Ohhh...sh!t....My bahd! I thought I was logged on when I reverted your edit on Omotola Jalade's article. I was very distracted on that day because I was doing a lot of things at the same time. If you notice that was the only edit I made on the day if not I would have noticed earlier. It was after I saw your revert that I knew. I did not think my mistake meant I was doing anything wrong. I know nothing about Darreg. Isakaba (talk) 08:56, 20 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Have added another account that is obviously linked to that same IP address. The IP has edited that account's sandbox and other articles similar to Isakaba and Darreg. Has been used to sign edits off as both Isakaba and Marvinlord2000.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 12:26, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

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. I believe that Isakaba is likely a puppet of Darreg. However, there are enough stylistic differences that I'd like confirmation. As for Marvinlord2000, the IP, and, it appears more likely that Marvinlord is related to Marvellousugorji. I don't fully see where the IP fits in, but the CU is unlikely to express an opinion on the IP. I plan on blocking the IP because their editing has been sufficiently disruptive and because I'm convinced that the address is being using by someone. Also, the IP has a huge number of open ports, making me think it's either an open proxy or close to it.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:06, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Checkuser comments. {{clerk-note}} Following up on Risker's comments. First, I'm not well-versed in edit-a-thons or meetups, but as far as I can tell, there were none held in Nigeria, at least during the relevant timeframe and possibly at all. Second, I looked more closely at the stub articles created by the master (many) and the three created by Isakaba. Versace's description of the master's articles is reasonably accurate, but Isakaba's articles, when you look at them more carefully, are different. For example, a Personal life section is usually included. The cats are far fewer than in the Darreg stubs. The formatting of the refs is different. Isakaba uses bare URLs, whereas Darreg uses formatted refs. Based on that comparison, a CU finding of likely possible, and the lack of any other telling evidence connecting the two accounts, I am not taking any action against Isakaba. I will have more to say later about the IP and the two accounts unrelated to Darreg.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:27, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
 * that and{{* {{checkuser|1=Darreg}} are socks; there are some technical variations, and one should consider whether the style of writing is because the editors have very similar cultural backgrounds and are writing in roughly the same pattern seen in existing articles on similar subjects.  We sometimes forget how formulaic a lot of our articles have become, and there is nothing particularly unusual about these ones that makes them at all dissimilar from stub articles on actors. We should also consider whether or not there are edit-a-thons or similar activities happening in the relevant regions, which will hopefully lead to new editors creating articles on notable subjects, even ones that aren't particularly popular in Europe/North America.
 * {{Likely}} that {{checkuser|1=Marvinlord2000}} and {{checkuser|1=Marvellousugorji}} are the same editors. Risker (talk) 20:22, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
 * For the two accounts unrelated to the master, I copied the current case (for context) from here to Sockpuppet investigations/Marvellousugorji. The IP disposition is still to come.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:13, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Well {{no comment}} on the IP; it's on a highly dynamic range in a country with fairly limited IP ranges. (Incidentally, I think you mean "possible" where you said "likely" above.) As to the Marvellousugorji, I'm not quite sure it really justifies an SPI (they're so obviously the same person), but on the other hand neither account had actually contributed anything useful and both seemed self-promotional, so no loss. Risker (talk) 00:33, 30 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Without deciding whether my comments about the IP are correct, I'm going to close this with no action against the IP for the usual reason that there've been no edits by the IP for 12 days. Thanks, {{U|Versace1608}}, for the correction. As for your comment about the future, feel free to reopen this SPI if you believe you have more compelling evidence.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:42, 30 March 2015 (UTC)