Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Getnetabebe/Archive

24 September 2013

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Getnetabebe was in the habit of spamming his name onto various pages (, and creating autobiographical articles. Similar activity on Commons (which included the upload of several photographs of this person), possibly elsewhere, led to a [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=globalauth&page=User:Getnetabebe@global global lock]. I'm pretty sure that Getuabebe (note similarity of names) and at least two IPs are the same person. Red rose64 (talk) 18:19, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * Confirmed Getuabebe and Getuabebe, no comments on IPs and no conclusive data on sleepers (there are several, but the available behavioral data are too meager for linking them). Materialscientist (talk) 04:56, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * IP is probably dynamic, so leaving them unblocked for now, in the hopes that a rangeblock is not needed. Rschen7754 05:20, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

27 September 2013

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While watching the filters, I came across Getnetabeb's account making an autobiography called Getnet abebe. I left him a message on his talk page that it would be speedy deleted because of lack of notability and to get in touch if he had any questions. He completely ignored it and deleted the tag. I politely put a warning on his talk page about deleting speedy deletion tags. I then noticed the above IP address removed the tag, placing more self advertising in the same style on both the talk page and the article. I warned him one last time and on the IP page  and then took it up with WP:COIN. However, at this time, I became mixed up and accidentally found his main (User:Getnetabebe) and placed a warning on both that account and his IP, not realizing that Getnetabebe was his original account that was banned. He then battled for a while, continuing to revert the tag and add new content as I replaced the tag. It was around then that I noticed his IP moddify ANOTHER account with the same info. Long story short, User:Jimfbleak deleted the page and the advertising on Getnet abe's account. But this guy is persistent on recreating his autobiographical page and is obviously using sockpuppets to do so. Anyway we can confirm this and ban all of these accounts? Jns4eva (talk) 07:28, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * ✅ Getnetabeb and getnet abe to Getnetabebe and Getuabebe. Range is too dynamic and busy, thus easier to block newcomers as ducks or ask for CU if unclear. Materialscientist (talk) 07:41, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
 * IP stale. Closing. Rschen7754 07:42, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note that a lock request has been filed on Meta, and I expect stewards to grant it given that one of the accounts was already locked. --Rschen7754 09:33, 27 September 2013 (UTC)