Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/FreshCorp619/Archive

09 November 2013

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was blocked at 02.49 on 15 October 2013 by for substantial copyright violations on articles relating to Catholic schools in the Toronto area (see Contributor copyright investigations/FreshCorp619). Account was created at 05:23 on 15 October 2013, and appears to have edited only articles relating to Catholic schools in the Toronto area. Seems unlikely to be entirely a coincidence. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:24, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' This one is quacking just too loudly for me to ignore, so this account is blocked and already in the appeals process, but a sock drawer check would be useful. He created his alternative account within hours of being blocked last time and may already have some sleepers in wait. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 01:43, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * ✅ for the record and i'm 70% sure there are no sleepers. Shared networks are making it hard to fully make that determination, but there is a static normal network also, so I think we have them. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  21:03, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Sleeper check carried out and master and sock both blocked indef. Nothing more to do here. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:07, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

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On January 10, 2017, Wrestlingring made series of edits in different articles, after which several editors posted notices on his talk page, including block-warning:. After that he placed Retired on his user page and stopped editing. 10 minutes later Supreme Dragon account was created (see log above). At the end of July 2017 Supreme Dragon's talk page, and he was reported to the Administrators' noticeboard by. He then placed Retired on his page and stopped editing for good. Three days later, Wrestlingring woke up, archived his talk page filled with notices, removed 'Retired' tag and continued editing.

As you can see in Editor interaction utility, both these accounts edited very large number of the same pages at different times, some are too specific and of remote topic areas to be coincidence.

Identical edits in Saulius Skvernelis:,.

In South Korea article – first, the two did identical edits:,. Then, Supreme Dragon added 1919 as an independence date to the infobox, followed by the the same information repeatedly added to the main text and categories by Wrestlingring.

At Talk:Republic of China (1912–49)/Archive 2, you can see both accounts initiating discussions concerning important China/Taiwan name dispute. Also, both has been WP:Canvassing other editors regarding the issue, as seen on: User talk:JohnBlackburne, User talk:Matt Smith, User talk:Szqecs. (ping, , ).

They also like wrestling. In World Championship Wrestling, they changed abbreviations:,. In Cruiserweight Classic, they added flags:,.

Wrestlingring publicly says he's from Canada:. Supreme Dragon uploaded own photo taken in Ontario, Canada to Commons: Link. Triggerhippie4 (talk) 18:50, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * duck duck goose.--Moxy (talk) 19:04, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Found instance of sock puppetry by logging in and out in different articles within few hours on December 1, 2016. IP from Ontario, Canada with shared history with Wrestlingring.

Edit-warring in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic:
 * – Wrestlingring changed dissolution date from 1991 to 1996.
 * – Wrestlingring posted explanation of his edit on the talk page.
 * – 135.23.144.153 changed the date again.
 * – 135.23.144.153 refer to the talk page.

Meanwhile:
 * – Wrestlingring added transliteration of the anthem to Soviet Union.
 * – 135.23.144.153 did the same at State Anthem of the Soviet Union.
 * 18:13 – Wrestlingring created disambiguation page with that name.
 * – 135.23.144.153 tried to move State Anthem of the Soviet Union to transliterated name.

Right now he continue to ignore this investigation and pushing renaming of an article – Talk:State of Palestine. --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 19:48, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

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There is no doubt that Wrestlingring and Supreme Dragon are the same. They have also edited through a large number of IPs, the last I have seen being 173.230.178.125. I have a list with some 20 IP addresses used during the last 12 months, but since I am currently traveling abroad, I do not have access to the list. It should be noted that they very seldom, if ever, use the different "identities" disruptively, usually using the SupDrag/Wrest identity in other articles than the IPs. I have only seen a handful of slip-ups. Maybe the simple solution is to ask Wrestlingring if they have edited as Supreme Dragon and to declare what IP addresses they may have used for unlogged editing? --T*U (talk) 14:29, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Why do you collect his IPs and didn't report here? --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 15:52, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Because, as I said, I have seen little or no disruptive use. --T*U (talk) 16:01, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Using different names without disclosing it and making same edits on an article persuades people to think there's more weight in those edits and it can influence consensus. It's considered disruptive and requires indefinite ban. Even the very fact that he changes his account every time after receiving too much notices is cheating. Also, after this case started he choose to ignore it, archived his talk page again and continues editing as if nothing had happened, showing he's WP:NOTHERE. And may I ask again, why do you store a list of his IPs? --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 16:53, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * As I said (again), I have seen little or no disruptive use. I started to "collect" IPs because I noticed the similarities, but I did not see signs of what you call cheating, since the IP edits were mostly not to the same articles as the SupDrag/Wrest edits. I did not really "store" the list, I just know that is is lying somewhere at home, since I remember to see it a couple of weeks ago. My point is: The only sign I have seen of possible disruptive use is the change from Wrestlingring to Supreme Dragon and back. I will assume good faith, and I would like to give them the chance to explain that. --T*U (talk) 19:55, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

In Flag of Iraq: --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 14:14, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * 26 August 2017 – His IP sock (provided by you above).
 * 26 August 2017 – You the edit.
 * 18 October 2017 – Wrestlingring again. This is the last revision of the page, as of now.


 * In the opening paragraph of Taipei article, he used three identities to add a note regarding the city's status:
 * – Supreme Dragon.
 * – 173.230.178.125.
 * – 173.230.178.125.
 * – Wrestlingring.
 * In Republic of China (1912–1949), he changed "China" or "Taiwan" to "Republic of China":
 * – Wrestlingring.
 * – Supreme Dragon.
 * – 173.230.178.125.
 * – 173.230.178.125.
 * --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 16:39, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

I want to bring to attention the disruptive edit or vandalism by Supreme Dragon before he "retired." Please, see this link was reported to the Administrators' noticeboard refered to above where I stated, "I wanted to use the talk page to notify this User about the possible vandalism here 285 This change should have been suggested first on the Flag of Tibet Talk page." At that time I was deprived of the ability to discuss this extreme edit with the editor because "retirement" appeared to be used to evade other multiple contentious edits being challenged in various ways. A skillful use of archives just before "retirement" appears hide from a quick glance of the talk page of any contentious issues involving the editor. ''At the link I provided at that time and here [] and the next edit here [], User:Supreme Dragon REPLACED' the flag of Tibet with the flag of the Republic of China. Switching any flag completely on a page dedicated to that flag is extreme, and the next edit on that page it was added back with an untruthful caption that these flags were flown together is Vandalism or at least disruptive behavior.' See the page just before these edits here [], which this Tibetan Flag image was used on that page since 2011. After my Administrator's notice, it was weeks later that I read a question by User:Oshwah that he did not see vandalism. I probably should have included the several edits (as here above) after the flag replacement/ switching edit on the Flag of Tibet page[]. --A ri gi bod (talk) 15:48, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

These accounts (IPs) are actually based in Toronto. The second so-called account "Supreme Dragon" is also mine, which I had intend to reserve as an alternate/backup account in case I lost my password credentials. In that case, I should be extra careful when handling accounts. And User:Triggerhippie4, thank you for taking this issue very seriously. I did a number of edits outside this English Wikipedia, but contributed in the Russian, Chinese, Bulgarian and Wikimedia Commons. Please take this issue to the Wikipedia Administrators' noticeboard and to the extent, Wikimedia Commons Administrators' noticeboard as well if that's suits you. Thank you. Wrestlingring (talk) 14:46, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * You need to give us some more explanation.
 * First: You say that you had "intend to reserve" SupDrag as an alternate account, but what you did, was to use it for several months while you were "Retired". Also, if you use alternate accounts, you are supposed to make that clear to the community by disclosing alt.acc.s in your user page or user talk page. Using alt.acc.s without telling is disruptive.
 * Second: You admit that the mentioned IPs are yours. Please explain why you edit back and forth from logged-in to IP and back, sometimes also using more than one IP (at least two IPs in the same time period) and switch between IP and logged-in several times in few minutes.
 * Third: Could you please list the IPs you have used (Scarborough, isn't it?) the last two years or so, or if there are to many to keep trace of, just 6 months would help. --T*U (talk) 15:09, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * See your talk page. I explained it further for you. Wrestlingring (talk) 15:19, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * You shall not explain to me, but to the community. Here! --T*U (talk) 15:23, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * As you pleased, the following list is to explain why I went "back and forth":


 * Your statement " you are supposed to make that clear to the community by disclosing alt.acc.s in your user page or user talk page. Using alt.acc.s without telling is disruptive." is nearly close. I forgot to add the alternate account template without even bother.
 * 173.230.178.125, 135.23.144.153, 135.23.144.12 were officially my IPs. I usually change the routers MAC address once in a while to improve stability. However, I do not edit Wikipedia as much since I have other things outside Wikipedia and the internet although I contribute in the Wikia projects.


 * --- Wrestlingring (talk) 15:18, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * You did not answer my third query. What other IPs have you used (in parallell with Wrest and SupDrag) during the last 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24 months? Just a few of them would help.
 * And you did not really answer my second query: Why do you go back and forth between IP edits and logged-in edits repeatedly, often within minutes. --T*U (talk) 15:51, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Here: 135.23.144.209 for Pizza Pizza and 135.23.144.19 for whatever. Wrestlingring (talk) 18:34, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Again: Why do you go back and forth between IP edits and logged-in edits repeatedly, often within minutes. Also: Two IPs from months/years back does not really answer the question about which IPs you have used. When I am back home, I could list dozens. At least you could list the newest, let's say from the last six months. --T*U (talk) 19:58, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * , You created Supreme Dragon to game the system as clearly shown at the beginning of this page. You ignored this investigation for three days, when you clearly knew about it . Now when evidence became overwhelming you pretending you don't understand. Show your contribution in the Bulgarian Wikipedia you just mentioned. --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 15:43, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Under SupDra - Dragon here and here. As WreRing - I only did one. Wrestlingring (talk) 18:34, 28 October 2017 (UTC)


 * As per previous concerns with old account...I will be reviewing Wrestlingring contributions for copyright concerns.--Moxy (talk) 15:03, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Just look at this. Earlier Wikis in which he edited (Russian, Chinese, Bulgarian, Commons). I noticed that I didn't saw Bulgarian in cross-wiki contributions of his known accounts and to provide a link, but typed "Russian" instead of "Bulgarian", and then  soon. So he, altering other's replies, trying to hide clues to his other accounts and removing clerk's remarks! --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 19:24, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

, do you still think "it won't be a problem going forward"? --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 19:35, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Supreme Dragon is stale. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:07, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm closing this with no action. While a block for misuse of multiple accounts may have been in order at some point in the past, it would now fail to accomplish its preventative function in light of Wrestlingring's comments above. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:05, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * He's not answering questions and lying. --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 16:17, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * That's precisely the point. Even if they've not been entirely honest about, they've sufficiently addressed the issue of use of multiple accounts that I'm convinced it won't be a problem going forward. Any block at this point would be for dishonesty making it punitive not preventative, and therefore not appropriate. To be clear, I'm condoning Wrestlingring's behaviour, but it's not actionable as sockpuppetry. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:39, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, I do still think that. That edit is not an issue of misuse of multiple accounts (though potentially disruptive). There are also some details there that I won't go into publicly for WP:BEANS reasons, that make me think this was an honest mistake. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:15, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * If by that you mean that he could've open edit page early on and it erased later edits when he saved it – than it doesn't explain how he removed the word "Bulgarian" from his own reply: --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 20:25, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

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A case about Wrestlingring/Supreme Dragon was closed with no action about a month ago, although sockpuppetry has been proven. I just noticed that one of Wrestlingring's IPs (User:135.23.144.19, ) was tagged as a sock of FreshCorp619 which was blocked indefinitely for copyright violations and sockpuppetry. In Editor interaction utility, you can see the same interest in wrestling between Wrestlingring and FreshCorp619/SPVII DrFresh26 (for example, adding "Inc." to the lead of the same article: ). Both archived sockpuppet investigations for Wrestlingring and FreshCorp619 shows that this person is in Toronto. Wrestlingring was created two months after the latest block of a suspected sock of FreshCorp619,. After being blocked for sockpuppetry in 2013, he requested unblock at User talk:FreshCorp619 many times which means that he's aware of sockpuppetry policy, still creating socks (like self-admitted switching between Wrestlingring and Supreme Dragon this year). During his investigation Wrestlingring/Supreme Dragon was asked to provide his other identities, he listed some, but never confessed about FreshCorp619. Also, last time CheckUser found two socks of FreshCorp619. Can we use it for sleepers now? Triggerhippie4 (talk) 07:07, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * I was notified of this because of my prior work in investigating and blocking User:FreshCorp619, who was a repetitive copyright infringer generally caught because despite his constant protests that he would not violate copyright anymore, his socks kept right on doing so. If this is FreshCorp619, he hasn't changed. Note this edit, from several days ago. This content is copied from History of Palestine without mandatory attribution. This content was copied from this article without attribution. While I generally allow latitude for newcomers to learn the rules about copying from one article to another, FreshCorp619 was notified of and began ignoring these rules years ago. This user was also notified of these policies in August, by User:Diannaa (cf. User_talk:Wrestlingring/Archive_2) and has apparently ignored them. These copying problems go all the way back in this user's history. Without looking at all content, we see the passage on brand extension was previously published in Wikia. This other early edit also copies content from somewhere. Wherever else it may have been, it was on Wikia as early as 2008. It's use here without attribution to whatever its original source may have been is a violation of license at best or, if content was copied from sites like, a flat-out copyvio that we cannot repair. Whether this is FreshCorp619 or not (and, if it is, all of his content should be removed), there are substantial copyright issues and content will either need to be removed or properly attributed. I'm out of time, but will check back later on status and to see which is the proper direction. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:23, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks to those who did some of the cleanup already. I've gone back in and removed substantial creative content where I found it. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:39, 26 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Alright fellas, I get it, I AM this user since I joined this wiki sometime in 2009. I'm the bastard who not only edits this project, but I used Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource, etc... You win, feel free to ban me from all Wikimedia projects if I am the same person for all I care since I chose to give up on this project anyway. Can we take this case to the ANI and settle this like fellow netizens? To be fair and honest, I used a U.S.-based IP to create this account to avoid fearing of being exposed since this account is a clean start and this account is NOT related to the other account. TUnor has listed all my IPs which breached my privacy. --Wrestlingring (talk) 03:20, 22 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Please take a look at his behavior at User talk:FreshCorp619. After being blocked he was wasting everyone's time for half a year asking for unblock while creating socks at the same time. Minutes ago, he that he wants to edit on Commons from now on. On Commons, Wrestlingring edited since 20 September 2017, and almost half of his contributions were reverted. See upload history of these files: 1, 2, 3, 4, and here. I propose indefinite cross-wiki block. --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 04:29, 22 November 2017 (UTC)


 * thank you for blocking Wrestlingring. is another sock (see above) that should be blocked. Also, should the Wrestlingring case be merged with this one? --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 08:57, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked that one as well. The cases must be indeed merged but currently I unfortunately do not have time for this, not I am the most qualified person to merge SPI cases.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:09, 22 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Should the merged part contain some note? The archive may be confusing to read. --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 15:27, 22 November 2017 (UTC)


 * How about CheckUser for sleepers? --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 04:44, 24 November 2017 (UTC)


 * He was blocked in 2013. Next year, using CU detected older account, which wasn't found in the investigation. Can CU check Wrestlingring the same way? --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 05:41, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * All users have already been and I'll take care of the merge.  thanks for not attempting to merge, this should be left to the clerks as it's often not as straightforward as just merging histories. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:45, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅, case closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:53, 22 November 2017 (UTC)


 * just so you know, pings don't work unless you re-sign the edit where you add the notification template. I thought that the timeline was clear enough and we don't normally edit archives, but I've now added Wrestlingring to the archive section that was brought over, so it should be clear what's going on now. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:47, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
 * we only endorse CheckUser for sleepers if there's an indication that the user has employed sleeper accounts in the past, and it doesn't look that way to me from this case's archives. If you think you see something that I didn't, please follow up on my talk page. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:38, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

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Similar name, similar areas of interest, some very close overlaps with one of the most recent socks, Wrestlingring. E.g. edits to the infobox of Catalan_Republic_(2017) on the same day:, , similar edits to Gaza Strip: ,. JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 12:10, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

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You need more evidence. The two users do not have similar names. Similar areas of interest isn't much to go on - there has to be enough diffs to show different approaches in those areas of interest. The first pair of diffs are not similar. That leaves you with one pair that is a small amount of evidence.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:00, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * No response from filer. Closing without prejudice to better evidence being presented.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:17, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

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Three minutes after one of FreshCorp619's sockpuppets uploaded an image on Commons, this IP added the image to an article: Wrestlingring,.

Also, identical edits with other sockpuppet :, ; ,.

I'm asking for a block of IP here and global block for his sock accounts. Triggerhippie4 (talk) 23:11, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Latest sockpuppetry by IP is from February 4. And what about global block? --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 00:22, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * A CU should not have been requested for an IP, but, in any event, the IP's edits are too old. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:11, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

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Same location (Ontario), same interests (Asia, wrestling). Proof: -; -; -. Also, copying within Wikipedia without proper attribution again, for which FreshCorp619 was blocked in the first place. --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 16:40, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

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 * IP already blocked. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:02, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

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The last sock from the editor I knew as Wrestlingring, was reported by earlier in May: IP 108.162.177.213. Their last edit was a strange sort of "self ban", where they admitting being Freshcorp619 and stated that they ought to get indef banned. However, the self-ban lasted only for about six hours, when this new IP from the same range started editing. The same fields of interest as always: historical regimes, diplomatic relations, Asia (especially Taiwan/China, Korea), Eastern Europe and of course a few WWE wrestling edits in between. --T*U (talk) 13:16, 23 May 2018 (UTC) T*U (talk) 13:16, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Just as if to underline Triggerhippie4's comment below: ! --T*U (talk) 17:19, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Added a new IP. Same old history. --T*U (talk) 08:57, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Again added another. Identical pattern well known from Wrestlingring, Supreme Dragon and their lots of IPs. --T*U (talk) 07:24, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * One more. --T*U (talk) 06:09, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Another one. I wonder why this investigation is not going anywhere. --T*U (talk) 12:47, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

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Every time he got caught, he screams "Ban me!", hoping to be forgiven. It goes on for years. Four minutes after FreshCorp619 an image on Commons, this IP added the image here:. This IP also added the same text to the same article as another sock of FreshCorp619:,. --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 14:25, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

He continues his incompetent and disruptive editing and spamming. Look at his contributions (most are reverted, requests denied) and his talk page. Why is no action taken for so long? Is there a better way to prevent him from editing other than waiting for admin reaction here everytime? --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 13:39, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

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 * I have blocked . Pattern is obvious. Addressing reversion of many edits now and will then look further. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:43, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I have no doubt is also related- have removed a copyvio in the same pattern - but the IP is not currently in use, so I have not blocked. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:57, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I believe all the IPv6s are related based on behavior. The last one was active as of yesterday and has been blocked. I also discovered a copyright violation in Freshcorps' usual pattern and have rev deleted. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:04, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm sure we've not seen the last of him, because he's evidently incapable of moving on - but all active IPs are blocked. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:08, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

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FreshCorp619 upload images on Commons and add them to enwiki through and, because he's blocked here. Other two IPs edit same articles at the same time and are also from Canada. New sock edit many of the articles edited by previous socks: 1, 2 (for example, ). Can you also block his previous accounts globally? He continue to use them. Triggerhippie4 (talk) 15:23, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Why not block him globally? --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 21:28, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

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✅ to at least one previous sock (this case is ). Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:35, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Somehow I knew you'd be back. If you want to request global locks, you are free to do so at Meta.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:30, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

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Account created minutes after one of the previous IPs have been blocked:,. Same interest in Asia, wrestling and Canadian schools. Example:,. Triggerhippie4 (talk) 19:39, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * . Silence of Lambs is (no edits since October 2019). Mz7 (talk) 20:24, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
 * No reason to spend any time on this. If the user starts editing again, a report may be filed. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 20:50, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

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All from the same ISP. Some of these IPs appeared on this SPI before. High topics and articles overlap, both between these IPs, as well as with the original sockmaster FreshCorp619 and other sockpuppets. IPs are sorted in chronological order. 70.25.8.158 is currently active. MarioGom (talk) 12:42, 26 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Another likely sock per overlap with 70.25.8.158 and 70.48.211.99: . --MarioGom (talk) 15:07, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

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IP address is 70.25.8.158 when not logged in, because not logged in all the time. User Infineca is abandoned account due to promotional name. Changed to current account. Rest of these IP’s don’t belong to me. Not a sock puppet, this guy just has a personal issue with one of the covid cases. Whodoeswhatnow (talk) 19:24, 26 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you . I'll post the evidence in the coming 1-2 hours. It's taking me some time to format it into a palatable way. --MarioGom (talk) 19:42, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

I hope it is enough to grant checkuser. If it isn't, please, ping me and I'll email further evidence. --MarioGom (talk) 20:20, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Here's a sample:
 * Evidence for 70.55.37.2 (A)
 * Link to previously confirmed FreshCorp619 (X), (Y), 135.23.145.49 (Z):
 * David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute (diffs: A, X deleted - copyvio, Y)
 * Toronto District School Board (diffs: A, X deleted - copyvio)
 * Bendale Business and Technical Institute (diffs: A, Y)
 * Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School (diffs: A, Z)
 * Evidence for 69.157.124.90 (B) - not active, but required to establish the pattern
 * Link to previously confirmed FreshCorp619 (X), (Y):
 * David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute (diffs: B, see above for X and Y)
 * Bendale Business and Technical Institute (diffs: B, see above for Y)
 * Evidence for 70.48.211.99 (C) - not active, but required to establish the pattern
 * Link to 69.157.124.90 (B)
 * Cineplex Entertainment (diffs: B, C)
 * Link to Whodoeswhatnow/70.25.8.158 (D):
 * Draft:Infineca (diff: C)
 * Evidence for Whodoeswhatnow/70.25.8.158 (D):
 * Link between the two confirmed by Whodoeswhatnow, but anyway: Draft:Infineca, East Sister Island (Ontario)

Maybe the significance of Cineplex Entertainment for the link presented above is not immediately obvious. It becomes very clear by looking at the sockpuppeting history here. The main topics by FreshCorp619 are Christian schools in Canada, Cineplex Entertainment, socialist countries (China, Korea, Soviet Union, flags) and Islamic terrorism. Here's a rough timeline, together with some articles that persist:

Sorry for not filling every single entry, but I think that IP ranges, timeline and overlap should be sufficient to link all IPs and users. --MarioGom (talk) 23:35, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * (confirmed sockmaster) 23:42, 30 December 2009 – 00:45, 28 March 2015 / Bendale Business and Technical Institute / Toronto District School Board
 * (SPI confirmed) 03:36, 15 October 2013 – 01:00, 10 November 2013 / Cineplex Entertainment
 * (CU confirmed) 23:17, 23 February 2014 – 00:22, 27 March 2014 / Cineplex Entertainment / Bendale Business and Technical Institute
 * (CU confirmed) 01:06, 7 April 2014 – 13:12, 7 April 2014
 * All IPs here are from the same range.
 * 01:37, 19 July 2014 – 20:59, 25 July 2014
 * (SPI confirmed) 22:28, 27 July 2014 – 00:03, 29 November 2017 / Flag of Palestine
 * 23:21, 28 September 2014 – 03:31, 18 December 2014 / Bendale Business and Technical Institute / David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute
 * 03:04, 20 December 2014 – 03:21, 20 December 2014 / David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute
 * 00:10, 10 January 2015 – 17:42, 22 March 2015
 * 14:55, 12 May 2015 – 01:47, 25 July 2015 / David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute / Toronto District School Board
 * 04:37, 28 July 2015 – 07:30, 6 November 2015 / Toronto District School Board
 * (SPI confirmed) 03:45, 8 November 2015 – 07:42, 25 January 2016 / David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute / Toronto District School Board
 * 12:12, 22 February 2016 – 10:18, 26 June 2016 / Socialist heraldry
 * 02:22, 27 July 2016 – 01:40, 11 August 2016 / Socialist heraldry
 * 10:50, 12 August 2016 – 06:31, 1 October 2016
 * (SPI reported) 15:27, 1 October 2016 – 03:45, 8 November 2015
 * 03:23, 16 October 2016 – 20:55, 6 November 2016
 * (SPI confirmed) 17:37, 14 November 2016 – 15:03, 30 November 2016 / Hungarian People's Republic
 * (SPI reported) 22:18, 30 November 2016 – 09:42, 12 December 2016
 * 00:37, 29 December 2016 – 14:47, 18 February 2017 / Flag of Turkmenistan / Hungarian People's Republic
 * (SPI confirmed) 21:08, 19 February 2017 – 17:42, 23 July 2017 / Hungarian People's Republic / Flag of Palestine
 * (SPI reported) 03:53, 24 July 2017 – 14:03, 18 October 2017 / David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute / Socialist heraldry
 * (SPI reported) 15:09, 20 October 2017 – 15:31, 9 February 2018
 * 20:20, 9 February 2018 – 23:33, 10 April 2018 / Hungarian People's Republic
 * (SPI confirmed) 02:50, 2 April 2019 – 00:20, 10 January 2020 / Bendale Business and Technical Institute / David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute
 * (SPI reported) 00:50, 11 April 2018 – 18:53, 6 May 2018 / Hungarian People's Republic
 * (SPI reported) 00:53, 7 May 2018 – 15:06, 23 May 2018
 * (SPI confirmed) 19:03, 24 May 2018 – 17:25, 30 June 2018
 * 01:39, 27 March 2019 – 14:19, 4 June 2019 / Bendale Business and Technical Institute / David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute / Toronto District School Board / Flag of Turkmenistan
 * 13:25, 5 June 2019 – 17:12, 12 June 2019 / Toronto District School Board / Kingsland + Architects
 * 18:09, 22 July 2019 – 21:40, 4 September 2019
 * All IPs from here are from the same network. Note that immediately preceding and following entries have some time overlap.
 * 01:16, 16 June 2019 – 15:31, 27 July 2019 / Bendale Business and Technical Institute / David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute / Kingsland + Architects
 * 17:24, 10 July 2019 – 17:57, 10 July 2019 / Cineplex Entertainment / Draft:Infineca
 * 18:06, 10 July 2019 – 18:30, 10 July 2019 / Draft:Infineca / Note: timing here.
 * 01:41, 12 July 2019 – 19:51, 26 April 2020 / Draft:Infineca / East Sister Island (Ontario)
 * 16:37, 28 July 2019 – 07:04, 6 October 2019 / Cineplex Entertainment / David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute
 * 05:05, 12 August 2019
 * 05:45, 10 November 2019 – 01:16, 10 January 2020 / Cineplex Entertainment / Bendale Business and Technical Institute / David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute
 * 21:30, 3 January 2020 – 09:20, 14 January 2020 / Cineplex Entertainment
 * 19:12, 13 January 2020 – 15:50, 6 February 2020 / Bendale Business and Technical Institute / David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute / Kingsland + Architects
 * 04:45, 15 February 2020 / Bendale Business and Technical Institute
 * 02:26, 7 February 2020 – 22:56, 15 March 2020 / Cineplex Entertainment / Bendale Business and Technical Institute / David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute / Kingsland + Architects / Socialist heraldry // Hungarian People's Republic
 * 13:40, 24 March 2020 – 22:49, 25 April 2020 / Bendale Business and Technical Institute / David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute / Toronto District School Board
 * 04:54, 26 November 2019 / 00:19, 5 December 2019 – 10:40, 26 April 2020 / Draft:Infineca / East Sister Island (Ontario)


 * On closer inspection of the IP ranges, I think it is plausible that 70.48.211.99, 70.25.8.158, Infineca and Whodoeswhatnow are a different group. --MarioGom (talk) 08:09, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * .&#32;In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.
 * , of the IPs only 70.55.37.2 and 70.25.8.158 have edited recently enough to be worth investigating. Please provide the requested diffs for those two IPs and for Whodoeswhatnow, linking them to the master or to previously blocked socks. Thanks, Cabayi (talk) 18:56, 26 April 2020 (UTC)


 * So finally we have:
 * FreshCorp619 and a bunch of blocked accounts and stale IPs... nothing to be done; and
 * Infineca who was soft-blocked and encouraged to create a new account, which may or may not be Whodoeswhatnow, who needs to be reminded to login, and other than that... nothing to be done. Closing Cabayi (talk) 08:53, 28 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Blocked 70.55.37.2 for 1 week. Cabayi (talk) 19:34, 28 April 2020 (UTC)