Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Frank marine/Archive

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Started editing shortly after Frank marine was blocked, demonstrating same behaviour in same articles, including uploading copyvios, copying from other articles without attribution, and refusing to communicate, even when asked directly on their talk page. Paul_012 (talk) 12:13, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

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 * could you provide diffs demonstrating specific examples of "same behavior", copyvios, copying, etc? Thanks.  -- RoySmith (talk) 15:41, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
 * RoySmith, sorry, I was previously editing on mobile. Some examples are: creating pages with nothing but infoboxes (Frank marine, Sukumu1996), uploading copyrighted images with no description (Frank marine, Sukumu1996), and wholesale copying content from other articles without attribution (Frank marine, Sukumu1996). Almost all of Sukumu1996's edits are to pages previously extensively edited by Frank marine (except those which were recently created, of course). --Paul_012 (talk) 00:59, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:16, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

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Exact same focused area of editing Thai Army related articles, with the occasional other Thai related articles. Please also see Sockpuppet investigations/Frank marine/Archive for reasoning. Please see User talk:Oppufc for a reoccurring theme of copying within Wikipedia but not providing attribution. Additionally, they restarted editing on 1 November, a day after the sockmaster's ban.

In regards to the IP, it is less likely, but the pattern of editing is the same. Looking at the edits, I see no reason why the IP should be investigated, but I have added it just to make you aware. Thanks. Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 19:52, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

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 * Mz7 (talk) 21:38, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Frank marine and Sukumu1996 are ✅ to each other, but Oppufc is to them. Oppufc is from the same geographic location as the others but appears to be using a different device and ISP (no proxies appear to be involved, but part of the data is a little idiosyncratic and makes me think it could still be inconclusive). I also noticed that on at least one occasion Oppufc interacted directly with Sukumu1996: see . On November 16, when their timing overlapped on Air and Coastal Defence Command, they were also using different ISPs. . Mz7 (talk) 22:08, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing without action. Mz7 (talk) 01:05, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

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Identical areas of interest, creating articles about Thai military units with material copy-pasted from other articles without proper attribution. Compare the formatting and layouts of 3rd Infantry Division (Thailand) and 15th Infantry Division (Thailand) (Special:Permalink/916376881). Paul_012 (talk) 20:03, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Sock indeffed and tagged. CLosing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:57, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

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Identical editing patterns ("creating articles about Thai military units with material copy-pasted from other articles without proper attribution", per previous SPI) and same username format as previous socks (some variation on "Frank" plus "1996"). Compare Special:Permalink/982500968 and Special:Permalink/916376881. Paul_012 (talk) 22:20, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to the last sock, . ST47 (talk) 11:52, 9 October 2020 (UTC)