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Blatant sockpuppet edit of, reverting and edit warring over Katy Perry article on the same content for which it has been originally blocked. — IB [ Poke ] 08:37, 19 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Differences in edits - Gekaap
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 * Differences in edits - Kartu
 * Blatantly reverted the admin who had reverted Gekaap

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 * That's definitely suspicious, and I was about to file an SPI myself before seeing you had already done so. ECP should probably be applied so any socks from the user can't reinstate their additions anytime soon (if ever). Snuggums (talk / edits) 11:54, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Kartu (talk) 14:36, 19 March 2018 (UTC) kartu here, I have seen no trace of "edited by admin", it looked like cutting out controversial information without any justification provided.


 * I think IndianBio was (erroneously) referring to me as an admin. Please see the discussion at Talk:Katy Perry, which should shed some light on this issue. Kartu did not participate in that discussion (a series of IPs did, two of them not unreasonably believed to be IPsocks of Gekaap, and demonstrating a number of other behavioral similarities to Geekap and to Kartu – email me if you'd like some specific observations ), but the nature and timing of their revert is highly suggestive of sockpuppetry.  General Ization  Talk  15:07, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, IndianBio was referring to you when talking about the revert, though did seem to mistakenly think you were an admin. Snuggums (talk</b> / <b style="color:#009900">edits</b>) 19:12, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * , here's something worth looking at; the suspected sock says they've been one person using a singular account for over 10 years, yet was created this past September while the account blocked for edit warring was created a little over 12 years ago. Based on the above, I'll bet the blocked account messed up when trying to hide sockpuppetry by using the wrong account to comment. <b style="color:#009900">Snuggums</b> (<b style="color:#009900">talk</b> / <b style="color:#009900">edits</b>) 20:41, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

— SymbolicJester (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * The multiple accounts and IPs are possibly/probably all separate people who are paying attention to this specific issue with the article due to it being talked about on reddit and they don't understand the various policies of Wikipedia. SymbolicJester (talk) 08:27, 20 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Bbb23 check the evidence given by Snuggums above. — I<b style="color: #FF033E;">B</b> [ <b style="font-family: Tempus Sans ITC; color: #1C1CF0;">Poke</b> ] 03:54, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
What administrator are you referring to? Do you have any other behavioral evidence connecting the two users besides that one edit?--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Insufficient evidence connecting the two accounts. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:34, 20 March 2018 (UTC)