Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Flix11/Archive

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Firstly, see User talk:Flix11 where a sentence states "I am updating Paralympics now" which the early contributions shows exactly that (e.g. on Rose Hollermann). Then comes a burst of 2021–22 FA WSL edits where Flix11 regularly updates as done so last season, which I thing is enough for me to view my suspicions of block evading by the user who is currently blocked for two weeks. Requesting CheckUser for any possible sleepers and see if the technical logs shows the abuse of multiple accounts. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 15:58, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
 * After my initial edit, new "evidence" has emerged. See the user page of the linked user page of the suspected sockpuppet revealing the alternate account and the date of when this account will be "abandoned". I am convinced CheckUser is probably unnecessary but it may still be used just in case. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 16:27, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Given the suspected socks userpage, I'd like to rule out a Joe job. I'd expect an editor of 10+ years standing and regular contributions to SPI to know better than to openly admit to block evasion. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:24, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I didn't even look at the earliest contributions this user has done so I would imagine this user's time on Wikipedia could be over as soon as CheckUser is completed. And admitting to block evasion (as I described above this section which was added after your edit) is worse enough for breaking the rules on Wikipedia. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 16:31, 4 September 2021 (UTC)


 * . PhilKnight (talk) 16:43, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Sock blocked indefinitely. Master blocked for 3 months. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 16:52, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

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HeteroID was created on September 4 at 17:12. Flix11's block was increased to three months because of socking on September 4 at 16:49, less than 30 minutes earlier. HeteroID has 85 edits. Yet, HeteroID overlaps on articles with Flix11 on 74 of those 85 edits. See this analysis. My assumption is that HeteroID's username means heterosexual Indonesian. Flix11's userpage has userboxes saying he is Indonesian and heterosexual. HeteroID edited many non-Indonesian articles that Flix11 also edited, but his first several edits were to Indonesian articles.

I think there's enough evidence to suspect that Flix11 created yet another sock but not enough to make it an obvious block without technical confirmation. Therefore, I have requested CU. Bbb23 (talk) 12:30, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * - timings and article overlap seem too much to be a coincidence without even considering the username.  Girth Summit  (blether)  17:02, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * there's a lot of technical similarity, including the same networks and location, but even with that, not enough for me to call it confirmed. -- zzuuzz (talk) 21:56, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * the sock based on extraordinary amount of overlap in interests, userpage, a particular unusual and non-idiomatic edit summary they've both used and the CU result. I'm leaning towards extending the master's block to indefinite given that this is the second instance of block evasion in a very short period of time, but I would appreciate a second opinion on that one given their tenure and the fact that they are clearly here in good faith, so I'm leaving the case open for now. --Blablubbs (talk) 22:15, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * The master should be blocked indefinitely. Any good faith he had, he lost quite a while ago. Just looking at his block log for 2021, after many warnings, he was blocked for one month from editing WP:AIV. He was then blocked for one week from editing a particular article where he was edit-warring. Then he was blocked for two weeks sitewide for edit-warring. Almost immediately after that block, he created another account to evade the block, and his block was increased to three months. He almost immediately created HeteroID to continue evading his block. All of these blocks were done by different admins. There is a stubborn hubris in Flix11's attitude toward Wikipedia, that he must be allowed to edit because, without him, certain areas of the project would fall apart. Each time he is blocked, he protests and says he'll never do it again...and then does. As soon as I've finished posting this, I will block and tag him and HeteroID.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:58, 15 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Blocked and tagged as explained above. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 23:02, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

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I haven't done any CU stuff on this, but based on overlap at Sockpuppet investigations/DJdjPollard15, and Sockpuppet investigations/Agus suharto, and more broadly via 112.215.241.0/24, 2021–22 Manchester United F.C. season and Template:COVID-19 vaccine in Indonesia, I suspect this is block evasion. I'd prefer that somebody else take a look at it to confirm my hunch. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:24, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked 112.215.241.0/24 for one week. I noticed the IP earlier today. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 21:49, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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Part of a range of IP addresses beginning with 182.1. (I found two so far) which does the same standard editing to 2021–22 Premier League and 2021 USL Championship season, the latter definitely had sock IPs in the past, today's and 17 days ago are the habits of editing on the USL page. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 18:15, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * In addition to the other stuff, 182.1.114.82 geolocates very close to 112.215.241.148 from the archives. Blocked for 2 weeks. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:41, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

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Updating of Manchester United players after a recent match, geolocate is similar to locations of previous IP's & by checking 2021–22 Manchester United F.C. season, 182.1.85.58 is a similar IP to this one. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 15:41, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked for 48 hours, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:52, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

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Same type of editing to Manchester United F.C. players plus the 2021 J1 League an a normal Saturday afternoon/evening time in UTC. Per page history of the 2021 J League page, I am suggesting page protection in the hope part of the sockpuppetry won't happen on Wikipedia. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 18:20, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked for 48 hours. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:55, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

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Based on User:BnTAA and Flix11 contributions, both user have two main interesting: badminton, and football league related articles. Both user also contributed in the same articles, see: CSI Vegas and Argentina–Uruguay football rivalry. And same action while editing badminton score, both user updating score without waiting the match end, see: Flix11 edits and BnTAA edits.



After User:BnTAA received sock notification, this user switch to anonymous with IP 140.213.2.84 same ISP with blocked IP 112.215.241.148 when user visited East Java. BnTAA switch to IP 140.213.2.84 to continue his/her unfinished editing. Stvbastian (talk) 11:02, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

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This is in addition to countless IP socks, but they change so frequently that it is not worth reporting. Spike &#39;em (talk) 09:55, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - The timing of when BnTAA was registered makes this particularly suspicious. Please check to confirm Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:12, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to:
 * (previously marked as but CU evidence post this result has confirmed them)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:54, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Close. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:47, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

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Per IP contributions. Most of this IP contributions same with Flix11 and all Flix11 socks. Stvbastian (talk) 12:08, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked IP for 3 weeks. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:12, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

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Per IP contribution history Stvbastian (talk) 12:41, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

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No edits in a few days. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:07, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

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Pro forma. ✅ (at min to previous socks but I'm calling this confirmed), including. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:08, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Tagged. Flix11 is now also community banned under WP:3X. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:10, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
These IP are still active and also edit articles which Flix11 was interested, such as AFC Champions League articles, Korea Open (badminton) articles. Also,these IPs edit Jonatan Christie, Seo Seung-jae which Flix11 edited. Hhkohh (talk) 08:43, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * The second IP was previously reported on 4 December 2021. Hhkohh (talk) 08:45, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Also, they edit about Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia articles. Hhkohh (talk) 11:11, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Also, IP edites J1 league articles which previous sock edited.Hhkohh (talk) 13:11, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked the 103 IP for six months, and the other two IPs for 48h each. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:31, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The IP update articles after the last IP was blocked  Hhkohh (talk) 15:27, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note that Special:contributions/182.2.0.0/16 was previous blocked by a CU. Hhkohh (talk) 15:28, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I also have opened WP:RFPP for this case. Hhkohh (talk) 15:57, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Add this IP because IP changed and the IP update articles which previous IP updated Hhkohh (talk) 16:09, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Now Flix11 use these two IPs update Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, J1 League and A League Hhkohh (talk) 12:53, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Another Indonesian IP address updating stats timings on Premier League article. Spike &#39;em (talk) 15:09, 10 April 2022 (UTC)


 * On my idwiki user talk page, Flix11 left a message: Do you really think there are only one Indonesian interested in these topics? Stop the witch-hunt. The life on ENWIKI is my past. Flix11 (bicara) 11 April 2022 03.18 (UTC). However, I do not think he is honest on this claim. Hhkohh (talk) 03:27, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

On enwiki:
 * User contributions for 140.213.5.123

11 April 2022
 * 03:05, 11 April 2022 diff hist +12‎  2022 AFC Champions League group stage ‎ →‎Group C current rollback: 4 edits [rollback] [vandalism]
 * 03:05, 11 April 2022 diff hist +612‎  2022 AFC Champions League group stage ‎ →‎Group E
 * 03:02, 11 April 2022 diff hist +1‎  2022 AFC Champions League ‎ ' current rollback: 3 edits [rollback] [vandalism]
 * 03:01, 11 April 2022 diff hist +107‎  2022 AFC Champions League group stage ‎ →‎Group D
 * 03:00, 11 April 2022 diff hist +13‎  2022 AFC Champions League ‎No edit summary
 * 02:58, 11 April 2022 diff hist +148‎  2022 AFC Champions League group stage ‎ →‎Group C Tag: Disambiguation links added
 * 02:53, 11 April 2022 diff hist +1‎  2022 AFC Champions League ‎

On idwiki:
 * Kontribusi pengguna Flix11


 * 11 April 2022 03.18 beda riw +225‎  Pembicaraan Pengguna:Hhkohh ‎Tidak ada ringkasan suntingan saat ini
 * 11 April 2022 02.47 beda riw +504‎  Pengguna:Flix11/Bak pasir ‎ add saat ini
 * 11 April 2022 02.46 beda riw +63‎  Templat:Data pandemi COVID-19/grafik kasus medis Indonesia ‎ add saat ini

The edit time is very close Hhkohh (talk) 03:32, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Please compare w:id:Pengguna:Flix11/Bak_pasir and Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia (2022). It is almost the same to me. Thanks Hhkohh (talk) 03:37, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Other evidence:

On his idwiki user page, he has written Diblokir dari Wikipedia Bahasa Inggris karena dianggap melanggar edit warring dengan Hjk1103 (3+ kali revert dalam 24 jam) padahal tidak oleh 331dot. Semua admin membela penzaliman orang ini karena sepertinya: 1. Admin selalu benar; 2. Jika admin salah, yang salah adalah lawannya; 3. Sesama admin harus saling membela (jiwa korsa sepertinya). Semua pendapat yang melawan admin dinyatakan menghina pribadi, seolah mereka kebal akan dosa dan khilaf. Lalu diblokir seterusnya karena terpaksa menjadi sockpuppet oleh Bbb23, dan juga dapat blokir IP range dari Bbb23 setelah dilecehkan dan mungkin dilaporkan oleh Spike 'em. Lalu diblokir IP range lagi oleh Sir Sputnik. Dan tak satupun dari mereka yang akan serta mau mengambil alih pembaruan data yang saya lakukan. Yang mereka lakukan hanya memblokir tanpa solusi. on 26 October 2021. Oh, he thinks block evasion is correct so that he can update the article. I think he should have a WP:SO instead. Hhkohh (talk) 03:58, 11 April 2022 (UTC)


 * The lady doth protest too much, methinks. No point in a SO, as that would require him to admit he's still editing and to stop for some period, which I can't see happening. Given the ip address surfing, it would take quite a wide range block to stop him. Is it possible to put a range block on the articles he's editing? Spike &#39;em (talk) 09:27, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * @Spike 'em You may be interested in WP:ANI Hhkohh (talk) 10:16, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * I've done rangeblocked where appropriate. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:57, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Another Indonesian ip address editing COVID and Premier League stats. Spike &#39;em (talk) 09:30, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * I've done rangeblocked where appropriate. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:57, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

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Two Indonesian IP update football stats Hhkohh (talk) 00:19, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * I've done rangeblocked where appropriate. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:57, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
These IP update AFC Champions League, A League and Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Indonesia_(2022),which Flix11 previously updated Hhkohh (talk) 10:58, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' I'm in favour of rangeblocking since there are a significant number of IP addresses beginning with the same numbers 140.213 and 182.2, especially the latter. I see it is obvious the culprit is Flix11 who makes these edits by looking at the recent history of the articles mentioned. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 17:49, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * I've done rangeblocked where appropriate. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:57, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

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IPs update AFC Champions League stats Hhkohh (talk) 13:07, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * Rangeblocked, closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:53, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

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Updating A League, J1 League and BWF articles stats and Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Indonesia_(2022) Hhkohh (talk) 13:24, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Adding IPs because of the same reason Hhkohh (talk) 16:06, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' I've added in 112.215.238.98 who has made edits today which includes updating the J1 League (2022) and the Indonesia pandemic articles. There is enough IP address disruption, on what we think is Flix11, on both articles I've mentioned here. Page protection on both articles may be necessary. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 11:35, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * Rangeblocked, closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:53, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

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Update A league and COVID articles Hhkohh (talk) 12:33, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * Rangeblocked, closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:53, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

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Very like Flix11, the edit habit is the same, leave pointless hidden symbol in article, see Hhkohh (talk) 16:02, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * Rangeblocked, closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:53, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * same editing style to all badminton related articles
 * Both user contributing in same article that did not relate to badminton: Flixx11 and Greatminton
 * We can see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2022_Indonesia_Masters&action=history&dir=prev&offset=20220518210021%7C1088571106&limit=500 the history of Flixx11 from IP user 182.0.201.243 to 140.213.35.168 to Greatminton.
 * Another evidence: same editing style in Liu Yutong article by unlinking country -> by Flix11 socks PositiveIntentsOnly and by Greatminton

Stvbastian (talk) 22:38, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * The Edit Interaction Analyser also gives a large number of pages listed including Orrin Hatch which are not Badminton related articles. I'm convinced we have sockpuppetry based on the locations of the IP addresses you've listed as they are from the same Indonesian island. If we have that wrong it might be because the Greatminton account has not yet edited any Covid-19 or Manchester United related articles. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 13:54, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi Bbb23 Really need your help to investigate this account. Thank you. Stvbastian (talk) 15:52, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * . ST47 (talk) 06:03, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:34, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 06:03, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:34, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 06:03, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:34, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:34, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar group of target page as the confirmed accounts in the last investigation: see F3 Derby ( and the two recent J1 League season articles  for a sample. Additionally you may also check the history of 2022–23 Manchester United F.C. season for more IP addresses possibly used by the same person including 103.85.149.156. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 09:31, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked the /24 range for 6 weeks and the single IP for 1 month. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:26, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar to IP addresses in the /24 range Bbb23 blocked today - after the block, an IP address outside that /24 range continues to edit similar target page including this edit and that. In that case, I think blocking the /22 range should be enough. Thanks -- Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 18:31, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

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The IP range I should have stated was Special:Contributions/114.5.244.0/22 which would have been useful for all of us to help. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 08:56, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * It's unclear which /22 range you're asking to have blocked since there is no such range that includes both the reported ip, and the /24 range blocked previously. I've gone ahead blocked 114.5.240.0/21 for a month. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:41, 23 April 2023 (UTC)