Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/FYE31/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Ban evasion - exact same behavior of mass editing of municipal and people pages to add political affiliations despite numerous conversations and bans about this. Marleeashton (talk) 05:45, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Not socking. Feel free to report for disruptive editing. To the reviewing clerk, please, G6 this. . MarioGom (talk) 21:48, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

User FYE31 displays the same mannerisms and behavior or the IPs of 172.58.75.92/74.62.14.54 and the IP range of 2603:8001:2902:6464, even after the 74.62.14.54 and the 2603:8001:2902:6464 ranges were blocked for disruptive editing due to the IP addresses constantly reverting edits after other users reverted their edits (see  ). The addresses typically edited the same pages, mostly California-based election articles that were nonpartisan and some california politicians. The last time the IP address from the range edited, was on the talk page requesting an unblock because the blocking admin "prides him/her self on blocking and reblocking people including people with school IP address for false accusations of Disruptive editing."

The FYE31 was created months after their last edit from the IP and immediately started editing the same pages that the IP addresses edited (their first edit was on a Los Angeles election page, which is consistent with the other accounts). When reverting, all accounts have used the phrase "revert good faith edits" (such as, , and ).

Same behavior seen in their edits:
 * FYE31 reverting multiple pages in one day:, , ,
 * A 2603:8001:2902:64F4 account reverting multiple pages in one day:, , , ,
 * The 172.58.75.92 account reverting multiple pages in one day:, , , , reppoptalk 04:10, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * Okay listen there is supposed to be no color bars on any of the California election pages due to Anonymous editors replacing them with political party's okay so don't accuse me of having multiple accounts this is the only account I have. FYE31 (talk) 04:23, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Also you are having a problem with adding acting president on the president of the Los Angeles city council page once I replied to you on the talk page you immediately accuse me of being a sockapuppet you need to chill out now. FYE31 (talk) 09:25, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * That's not relevant to my decision. What's relevant is that after you were blocked, you made an account and continued the same behavior that got you blocked. Your mannerisms are the same, you revert things the same way, you edit the same things, you say the same things when you revert. You also acted the same way when I spoke to you on your IP addresses, saying that you weren't the other ones as well. reppoptalk 18:13, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * okay no I have yes I made a legal threat but it as been acknowledged and resolved and its not my full wen IP addresses follow my behavior also you are having a problem with adding acting president on the president of the Los Angeles city council page once I replied to you on the talk page you immediately accuse me of being a sockapuppet again cool you horses and lets work together on the adding acting president. FYE31 (talk) 23:58, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Again, the presidents of the LA City Council discussion is not relevant. If I didn't think that you acted in the same way as the multiple blocked IPs have been acting, this wouldn't be a thing, but I do think that your behaviors are the same. And no, I am not taking into account your legal threat, only the behavior that you have displayed that seems the same as those IPs. reppoptalk 00:04, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
 * ok stop accursing me of being sockapuppet I want to edit in peace FYE31 (talk) 00:06, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Apart from the information given above, I have seen enough other evidence to convince me that the account is the same person as the IPv4 addresses, so I have blocked it. The IPv6 addresses look likely to be the same person, but one of them is already range blocked, and the other is in a /64 range which hasn't edited since January 2022, so there's no action to take now. JBW (talk) 11:54, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Moved case to named account and closing per JBW. Spicy (talk) 00:33, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Account registered only yesterday and immediately started the exact same pages that FYE31 edited, continuing the disruptive editing including removing nonpartisan election color for the exact same reason as FYE31 did (because it's nonpartisan even though its indicated). Also see the language that they use, using run-on sentences in the same way as FYE31 did.

Check the edits:
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Edit: On FYE31's Commons account, they came back the two days after Canofsoup1 was created and uploaded images that Canofsoup1 added to the pages. For example, File:Trustee Tim Shaw.png was uploaded on 27 October 2023 at 0:06 by FYE31 and added to a page by Canofsoup1 that same day at 04:23.

reppoptalk 06:31, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I have spent a significant time checking, and found enough connections and coincidences to convince me that this is the same person. That is despite the fact that they have made some changes to their editing practices, such as use of edit summaries, which at a superficial glance could give the impression of being different people. I shall therefore block the sockpuppet. JBW (talk) 08:07, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * The sockpuppet has now posted an unblock request. Interestingly, this unblock request adds yet further evidence to confirm the sockpuppetry. JBW (talk) 08:44, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. Completely straight-forward, technically. --Yamla (talk) 09:59, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Created account today and immediately started switching images to the ones that FYE31 previously had, including adding "File:No_image_(male).svg" to city district articles (compare, , ) and replacing the image of Marqueece Harris-Dawson to another, older photograph.

Also uses the same "if there is any questions let me know" phrase and the same grammar in their edits; compare the edit summaries of and. reppoptalk 02:49, 12 December 2023 (UTC)


 * So Reppop is deleting a chat on her talk page and refuse to talk to me because reppop wants to block me over I agree with FYE view. I fully understand that you can delete whatever you want on your talk page but that is immature and not professional because again reppop wants to block me over I agree with FYE view. This is favoritism! IE06V21* (talk) 03:15, 12 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Im sorry a agreed with FYE View am no a FYE I'm being acusing me of being FYE31 because I agree with FYE view on the Image placeholders I was not aware WP:IPH until User:Hammersoft informed me on my talk page. I fully understand that you can delete whatever you want on your talk page but for reppop to delete my discussion and refuse to talk to me and put a lol  means that Reppop wants to block me over agree with FYE view which shows immature and not being professional.IE06V21* (talk) 03:24, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

I also want to let you know that all of the "File:No_image_(male).svg" to city district articles (compare, , ) have all be reverted back by User:Hammersoft and I thanked him for doing that and I haven't reverted the edit back IE06V21* (talk) 03:38, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 04:38, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * per below. Ponyo bons mots 22:02, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Already ✅ and blocked. Noting for the record. as an FYI.--  Ponyo bons mots 22:02, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Copied from my talk per -- "They've only made a few edits so far, but it's clearly the same person; broken English, local elections in California, and removing gray colored bars from infoboxes." Thanks &#45;- Deepfriedokra (talk) 20:19, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Adding on to say that this user has already sockpuppeted numerous times. Just check the archive, there are several I didn't even know about. BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 20:51, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 21:18, 6 March 2024 (UTC)