Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Fenetrejones/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Minutes after Fenetrejones was blocked for 1 month having edited while topic-banned from adding categories, this brand new account pops up and starts adding the religion categories to articles that Fenetrejones had done for ages, using the same documents that Fenetrejones had used in other edits. This seems like a fairly clearcut DUCK case to me but requesting CU just in case. ser! (chat to me - see my edits) 04:52, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * it looks like you reblocked the master but didn't extend the block duration from what it was previously. — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 16:27, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Good catch, thanks. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:30, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 14:37, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. Reblocked the master indef considering their previous block history. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:46, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Obvious WP:DUCK. Just a day after the previous sock was blocked, this IP starts adding the same religious categorizations that are the hallmark of Fenetrejones. Sad to see how far this user has fallen. Curbon7 (talk) 19:59, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * IP range is now blocked, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:31, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New account making rapid fire changes to categories, especially religious affiliation of politicians. See here and here, for example. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Mamajoethemama contribution list is most telling, though. Bahooka (talk) 21:53, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * is ✅.
 * is ✅ to, but they're only to ; I'll leave it to a clerk to dig deeper into the behavior on them. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:19, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The two other accounts do not look related. Closing. Spicy (talk) 15:36, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
More obvious socking, same religious categorization. Partially-rangeblocked on a handful of articles already. Curbon7 (talk) 18:18, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked the /64. (I don't think the partial rangeblock is targeting the same user). Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:38, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
A cellular IP address which is following the M.O. to a T. The same exact religious categorization edits Curbon7 (talk) 17:14, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * Stale. Closing  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 14:40, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same exact type of religious categorization. Clear WP:DUCK Curbon7 (talk) 04:02, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * 1 week  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 04:43, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * IP blocked  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 14:38, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same type of religious categorization that is the M.O. of FJ. Clear WP:DUCK. Curbon7 (talk) 19:04, 1 June 2023 (UTC)


 * User's first edits were to 2024 Republican primary endorsement subpages, which is also a favored target of FJ socks (example 2) 3). Curbon7 (talk) 20:00, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
 * As additional behavioral evidence, here is what a typical religious edit by FJ looks like and here is what nearly every edit by this account looks like . Curbon7 (talk) 20:10, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * Requesting a CU to confirm this  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 20:04, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Exceedingly . Combined with the behavioural evidence I've blocked and tagged as proven.-- Ponyo bons mots 20:20, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
 * UtherSRG (talk) 11:02, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
That was a quick turnaround from this position. Just a few hours after the last account was sock blocked, this account comes back from the dead to engage in the same exact religious categorization. Curbon7 (talk) 02:30, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

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Also note the similarity between Jones and “Jns”. DUCK test seems passed. ser! (chat to me - see my edits) 04:30, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

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 *  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 04:42, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same religious categorization, , , etc. Requesting CU to check for sleepers. S0091 (talk) 01:01, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * Behavior checks out; again as an example, compare a typical religious categorization edit from FJ to these edits from this account . There is also a clear overlap in the topic-area with these Florida state politicians (for example: Michelle Salzman, Jennifer Canady, and Kaylee Tuck have all been targets of FJ socks in the past several days). Curbon7 (talk) 01:32, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * Appears to be ❌, but due to proxy use might make more sense. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:07, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * UtherSRG (talk) 10:36, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * UtherSRG (talk) 10:36, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh, I hadn't been properly tagging. My bad. - UtherSRG (talk) 10:38, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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user themselves making claim on other platforms, said to use vpn Will120 (talk) 14:25, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

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More information is required as you have provided no evidence or explanation, which can be provided in the form of diffs. Zippybonzo &#124; Talk (he&#124;him) 20:16, 14 June 2023 (UTC)


 * @RoySmith: It seems Fenetrejones denies these accounts were them. Though, I gotta wonder how they found out about the latest socks since no one pinged them? &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 18:43, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Actually, nevermind. This would've pinged them. Maybe we should change the template to use noping.. &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 18:45, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * Merged case to correct location. Spicy (talk) 22:36, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * - RoySmith (talk) 14:31, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
 * These three are all ✅ to each other but from the technical evidence, they're at best  to Fenetrejones and maybe not even that.  I'll CU-block them, but leave the tagging up to a clerk. RoySmith (talk) 14:47, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Moved to clerk to get someone to figure out how to tag/file this. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:58, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Dual-tagged, closing. MarioGom (talk) 23:48, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
FJ is now IP socking; behavior is a complete match, as the exact same target pages and religious categorization (for example, this can be seen with and ).

I'm not an expert when it comes to IP ranges, but the range appears to only be used by FJ, with the first edit last month. Curbon7 (talk) 21:34, 11 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Michelle Salzman is a pinnacle example as it is a frequent target. These edits are exactly the same: compare by this IP range to  by  (blocked as a sock above) and  by  (another blocked FJ sock). Additionally, these IPs geolocate to the same exact place as a previously blocked FJ IP sock from the archive. Curbon7 (talk) 09:23, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * It’s not up socking. It’s my IP. 2600:8807:BA07:E400:98D1:E000:B099:6078 (talk) 00:01, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Range blocked for one month. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 04:57, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Typical religious categorization of Florida state legislators (examples: ). Compare these edits to those made by confirmed FJ socks:. They are indistinguishable. I would also note this account was created in August 2023 not long after a sock IP range was rangeblocked. Curbon7 (talk) 03:28, 31 December 2023 (UTC)


 * More of the same . These edits are indistinguishable from . Curbon7 (talk) 22:12, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * CU data is consistent with previous socks; editing habits remove any doubt. Don't see any other accounts; blocking, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  09:24, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Post-archive note for the record: they created hours after the above account was blocked, and went straight back to doing the same stuff. CU-confirmed to the above account.  Girth Summit  (blether)  19:53, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Requested unblock, bringing up the name of this user without any other seeming connection. Same rough topic area. 331dot (talk) 00:04, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Logging here that DixiePolitics launched into a verbal tirade against the blocking admin at User talk:DixiePolitics; these personal attacks should be considered in the event of an unblock request at the Fenetrejones account. Curbon7 (talk) 02:27, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * FWIW, DixiePolitics is ✅; possibly to Fenetrejones, but there's another possible master as well. I left some notes in cuwiki. RoySmith (talk) 12:15, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Also CU-blocked, User:RustbeltPolitics. Drmies (talk) 16:07, 7 May 2024 (UTC)