Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/EMr KnG/Archive

04 November 2013

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Edit patterns of both EMr KnG and Erim Turukku looks quite similar (WP:DUCK) - both users engage in category spams, overcategorizations, Turkic/Turkish POV, edit warring, etc... From my point of view, it's enough to see edit histories of EMr KnG and Erim Turukku  to get to the conclusion they are the same person. Also, User:Kansas Bear was the first to mention possible sock puppetry in this case, at Turukku's talk page. IMHO, this is a case of WP:SOCK without a doubt. Sundostund (talk) 19:31, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

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Endorsing this block as a duck block. Dougweller (talk) 06:01, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
 * - EMr KnG is and globally locked. Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:44, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I think a duck block might be reasonable. I'd like to get some input from someone more familiar with the two accounts though. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:56, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Behavioral evidence suggests these are the same user, after looking at the way the user writes. I will handle the block as soon as I figure out how to handle an override of an WP:AE block. Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:08, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
 * awaiting a response from -- Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:16, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked indef per DUCK, closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:11, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

23 July 2015

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returned from a three-month long wikibreak on 22 July to edit Avar Khaganate. BöriShad, who the CheckUser considered to Dontbesogullible and Böri, was blocked per WP:NOTHERE after edit warring at Avar Khagnate just days earlier. At Avar Khaganate, Sturanos removes the same content as BöriShad. In May Sturanos added content at the article Saka identical to content added at Sakalar at Turkish Wikipedia by sockmaster Tirgil34.. Sturanos promotes the Ural-Altaic languages theory just like Dolatjan. Sturanos was in May listed as a possible sock of Bamsi2929, but was found to be technically ❌ to both Bamsi2929 and Tirgil34. He was however appearantly to Madyas. Madyas is another Turkic nationalist editor, who was blocked in February as per WP:NOTHERE and as a "likely sockpuppet". Curiously, suspected sock Gokhan Su's only edit is to defend claims made at Talk:Scythians by Madyas. Sturanos is clearly the same person as Madyas. Compare Sturanos' recent edit at Nader Shah to an earlier edit by Madyas. A pattern of inserting "Turkic" into the infobox and intro of various articles, adding List of Turkic dynasties and countries to See also sections, and adding various "Turkic" templates and categories can be observed from the edits of Madyas (many more diffs can be provided if needed) and Sturanos. The same pattern can also be observed in the edits of Erim Turukku (more diffs can be provided if needed). Erim Turukku is a WP:DUCK-blocked sock of EMr KnG. Given Sturanos' suspicious appearance at Avar Khaganate to push the agenda of recently blocked BöriShad, i'm primarily adding Sturanos to check him against BöriShad and Böri. A check against Gokhan Su, Wolfie87 and Dolatjan could however be helpful too. At any rate the obvious connection between Madyas/Sturanos and Erim Turukku/EMr KnG deserves administrator attention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krakkos (talk • contribs) 19:30, 23 July 2015‎ (UTC)

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 * I moved this case here from Sockpuppet investigations/Tirgil34. With edits like this and this, and with previous checkuser results showing "between Unlikely and Possible" (here), I think we can connect Sturanos to Madyas, who is blocked as a sock of EMr KnG.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:51, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Admin action needed - Please, block Sturanos as a sock of EMr KnG.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:53, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * - Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:23, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

11 December 2015

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Sökür is certainly a new sock of EMr KnG. Same pan-Turkic agenda, and adding same categories to Attila and promoting the same (as Sturanos) view that Icelanders are Vikings. I'm adding a CU request to check for sleepers. Krakkos (talk) 21:06, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

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 * - This user made no edits. We can't run a CU to connect him to the master because previous accounts are stale. We also can't link him based on behavior, as there is no behavior. If he is editing in Turkish Wikipedia, then you should report him there.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:04, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Still no edits. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  01:36, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

25 January 2016

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The new user's edits are similar to sockpuppeteer. Also, he targeted same article just like before, some diffs: The behavior of this new account is very similar to blocked sockmaster. For example same disruption on Template:History of the Turkic peoples pre-14th century. New accounts adds Turkish language to irrelevant articles just like the sockmaster. Similar edit summaries And he has same battleground behavior (reverting and ignoring edits by other editors). It's possible he registered multiple accounts again and uses them to evade block. Zyma (talk) 18:36, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Khwarazmian dynasty: master . sock
 * Ghaznavids: master, . sock ,
 * Babur: master, . sock
 * Mughal Empire: master . sock

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I would have to agree with Zyma. Besides both pushing a Turkish/Turkic POV, both master and sock suffer from the same broken illegible English. --Kansas Bear (talk) 19:45, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

He's indef-blocked by an admin due to his disruptive edits. And checkuser was rejected. So how to check his possible active accounts? Is it possible to find them or should I submit another SPI case? --Zyma (talk) 09:07, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * All accounts in the archive are, so there's no data sets for me to compare. .-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:44, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
 * This account is already blocked. Tagging as suspected sock and closing. We are not running sleepers check unless there is some specific reason to believe there might be sleepers. .  Vanjagenije   (talk)  00:29, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

17 February 2016

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Same edits just like the previous blocked socks. New account, blocked sock. Either it's ex-sleeper account of sockmaster (now active) or he's one of those typical nationalist and disruptive editors. The behavior is similar to sockmaster, e.g. he targeted several Turkic and Turkey/Ottoman related articles and he returned to his favorite article Mahmud of Ghazni just after recent blocks (previous SPI report). Zyma (talk) 23:02, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * It's bordering on, though. I'd recommend waiting before blocking. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:59, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * We've been waiting and nothing happened, so I'm closing this case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:55, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

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Hi. Opening this SPI per ' justified remark. Hence this is just for the record. IP "78.165.85.180" was already blocked recently to prevent some of the disruption, while sock "AlpAy" was blocked per WP:DUCK as a result of this ANI discussion. Thanks - LouisAragon (talk) 01:47, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

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Range blocked two weeks. The registered account is already blocked. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:49, 30 March 2017 (UTC)