Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Fat pig73/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Why I think these users are the same:
 * The two accounts have very similar names
 * All four IPs appear to be in a similar range
 * Both the accounts and the IPs edit articles on similar themes
 * Fatpig has been particularly active on articles relating to aviation in Sudan in the days prior to his block, and a huge majority of the IPs' edits are on this subject. Lots of articles have been edited by several of these accounts, sometimes on the same day (see, , , , and others)
 * Both accounts, and the two older IPs have also edited articles related to Canada, especially Ontario and Nova Scotia. Notably, Fat pig, the oldest account, edits mainly on these topics, while Fatpig and the IPs do so more rarely. Sometimes one article has been edited by several of these accounts, sometimes on the same day (see, , , , and many others). Notably, "D34B" only has a few edits on precise subjects often edited by the five others. But it still is interested in aviation and Ontario, so I still have big suspicions towards it.

Why I think these users are disruptive:
 * Fatpig has recently been indeffed for persistent addition of unsourced content and failure to communicate with other editors. The IPs and Fat pig are also culprits of this behaviour:
 * Examples for Fat pig:, , , etc
 * Examples for "25C2":, , etc
 * Examples for "F6A4": ,
 * Examples for "2DCE": ,
 * Examples for "D34B": (from a series of rollbacked edits), ,
 * Examples for "2E3B":, , ,  Billets Mauves €500 14:43, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Well, given the EIA and things like the first three edits to Special:PageHistory/Ontario Stockyards, I don't see how this can be anything other than an alt. Technically they haven't breached SOCK yet, since Fat pig73 hasn't edited since Fatpig73 was indeffed, but we do normally block alts of blocked accounts (or in this case, main accounts of blocked alts). However, givent that this was a "get their attention" block, and that Fat pig is a decade older than Fatpig and has autopatrolled, and that Fat pig has edited their own talk page thrice, pinging Ponyo for thoughts. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 15:03, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, Fat pig's use of their talk page has been minimal at best. If anything it demonstrates that they 1) know what a talk page is and 2) actively choose not to engage with other editors. So I think the block should stand. I'd prefer the older account be blocked as well to ensure they don't just pick up where they left off with Fatpig73. Leaving it unblocked could lead to a situation where, should they use the account, they're blocked for evasion and socking which would make unblocking potentially more difficult. On a separate note, their use of "minor edit" really differs between the two accounts. Odd.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 19:01, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Writing ↑this↑ convinced me that the older account should be blocked as well otherwise it would defeat the purpose of the original block - that is, commit to using sources and communicate with others when concerns are raised.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 19:03, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Makes sense to me. Thanks, Ponyo. Closing without tags. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 19:56, 22 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Oh, hey, I totally spaced on the IPs. Special:Contribs/2607:9880:2050:F7::/64 hardblocked 3 months. For future reference, if all IPv6s in a filing are on the same CIDR /64 (read: everything up to the fourth colon is the same), you can just list them in the report as  . See WP:/64 for more information. Thanks for filing.    --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 22:39, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * This technicality had completely escaped my attention, thanks for the tip!  Billets Mauves €500 23:20, 22 August 2022 (UTC)