Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Giovanni Giove/Archive

Evidence submitted by DIREKTOR
Giovanni's IP returned once again, this time on the Julian March article. User:AlasdairGreen27 immediately picked-up on his style ("oh baby!"), the IP displays the same habits, expressions, and the same level of "Italian English". -- DIREKTOR  ( TALK ) 11:30, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

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 * GG's last known IP address (a bit stale, I know) was Special:Contributions/84.220.68.146, which geolocates to Cagliari. Somewhat more recently, we had Special:Contributions/Marco_Pagot.
 * The most relevant SPI investigation to look at is the evidence provided at Suspected sock puppets/Giovanni Giove (6th) - unfortunately, I don't think the IPs were ever checked as the named accounts were closed down on behavioural grounds.
 * Other than the general belligerence, especially towards User:DIREKTOR, the giveaway edit summary is this one, which ties in with the following:
 * GG and his subsequent socks User:Holytrully, User:Nosferamus and User:Olitwist infrequently used edit summaries, but when they did, "fix" was used a disproportionate number of times:
 * GG - ; there are many others, see
 * Holytrully -
 * Nosferamus - ; there are many others, see
 * Olitwist -
 * and the IPs in Suspected sock puppets/Giovanni Giove (6th).
 * AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 11:58, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Requested by -- DIREKTOR  ( TALK ) 11:30, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, unless there's some recent activity I'm missing, the check against Giovanni Giove has to be declined, since all of those previous cases are years old; that's way too stale, and behavioral evidence will have to be used. With that in mind, the contribution history of Elio.brutus raises some more connections with other edits. One of its edits was restoring an edit to Dubrovnik previously made by User:Sten44 (the accounts only edit) and before that by 137.82.178.171 (that IPs only edits). Most of Elio.brutus' other edits have been to play around with bold/italics, following up on edits from several other IPs, made before the account was registered. Elio.brutus' one edit to Julian March seems to match the IP in question above as well as 87.28.126.85. ~ Amory ( u •  t  •  c ) 18:10, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, so we are unable to tie the IP to GG because it is "years old". I understand that. I also understand the futility of blocking an IP address. But I think that, in the face of the evidence and concerns expressed above, the serious contributors to the articles in question, who operate from single legitimate respected accounts would like to hear a little more than "Yeah, the banned user can operate out of an IP address, no probs". GG was banned for a reason. It was not a fit of pique by the Wikipedia community. AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 22:14, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

. It is typically bad form for a checkuser to reveal whether an account is related to an IP address. --Deskana (talk) 23:34, 21 April 2010 (UTC) OK. Thank you for your attention. It is clear that you have run the check, and your choice of words is very careful.AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 23:46, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I haven't run a check at all. Re-reading what I've said, I can see how you could interpret my comment that way, but I have not run a check in this case. --Deskana (talk) 06:37, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Deskana, its him all right. No question at all. His IP is the same, his edits are the same, his language is the same. Its not an outrageously unexpected thing either, its his 57th or so sock... What course of action would you recommend? -- DIREKTOR  ( TALK ) 16:33, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * If you're that certain it's him, then you should have no trouble finding an admin to block him, surely? --Deskana (talk) 22:04, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I wanted to have a checkuser behind me to clear anyone's conscience. Nobody likes blocking IPs like that. The article was already semi-protected from him, but when that runs out he could try to edit-war. -- DIREKTOR  ( TALK ) 22:07, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I regret that I am unable to help you, but the guidelines that I must work by are clear. --Deskana (talk) 22:09, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * there's nothing a checkuser could tell you anyway, since the accounts are . This case has been relisted on SPI for admin attention, as opposed to CU attention. SpitfireTally-ho! 22:10, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

IP blocked per evidence listed above. TN X Man 15:30, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

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Petigno recreated Marco Lupis at M. Lupis Macedonio (Journalist), after multiple recreations following Articles for deletion/Marco Lupis (2nd nomination), and subsequent salting of Marco Lupis 4 years ago. This new repost was deleted nine hours ago db-g4.

Sockpuppet Cuttingstone's only edit has been to recreate an identical article at M. Lupis Macedonio (journalist):. When I nominated for deletion db-g4, Petigno removed the speedy tag 7 minutes later:. I've asked Petigno to explain at their talk page, and Petigno denied that they were the same person, saying "I think we both work in the same organization":. Petigno followed up with a keep rationale at the article talk page:, followed by an admission of meatpuppetry:. OnionRing (talk) 16:59, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Petigno also created spam article Palazzo de Luna d'Arargona Lupis, copyvio from a house rental site, presumably Lupis' property. OnionRing (talk) 21:57, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked and tagged, although Tezigno was created 17 minutes before Petigno.
 * The accounts are also to, an apparent sock of LTA . A clerk should analyze the behavior of the three new socks and compare it to the Giovanni Giove socks to see if there’s a connection.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:45, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * He's a long-term abuser who started almost ten years ago at it.wiki. I've used "Giovanni Giove" as sockmaster because most of sockpuppets are tagged here (at en.wiki) as GG's socks but actually that's another lta: user:Villa Tatti, user:Olitwist and much more. --Vituzzu (talk) 21:36, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I've been deleting articles on this villa for quite a few days now. Older socks include, , and  (and that's just the accounts writing about the villa, not those writing about the person). Each throwaway account creates the article on the same villa under a new title, making it more difficult to keep a record. Huon (talk) 21:48, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The following already-blocked/globally locked accounts are ✅:
 * --Bbb23 (talk) 22:37, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * In light of all this additional information, I've moved the case. I'm leaving it in a checked status only for any clerk or administrator who wants to tag userpages.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:41, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Another sock for your list:
 * --Bbb23 (talk) 22:37, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * In light of all this additional information, I've moved the case. I'm leaving it in a checked status only for any clerk or administrator who wants to tag userpages.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:41, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Another sock for your list:
 * --Bbb23 (talk) 22:37, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * In light of all this additional information, I've moved the case. I'm leaving it in a checked status only for any clerk or administrator who wants to tag userpages.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:41, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Another sock for your list:
 * --Bbb23 (talk) 22:37, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * In light of all this additional information, I've moved the case. I'm leaving it in a checked status only for any clerk or administrator who wants to tag userpages.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:41, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Another sock for your list:
 * --Bbb23 (talk) 22:37, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * In light of all this additional information, I've moved the case. I'm leaving it in a checked status only for any clerk or administrator who wants to tag userpages.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:41, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Another sock for your list:
 * Another sock for your list:


 * , who created Palazzo de Luna d'Aragona Lupis a few hours ago. OnionRing (talk) 22:47, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Gee, an unblocked one. Not anymore. ✅. I don't know who gets these accounts globally locked so fast, but ... Thanks, .--Bbb23 (talk) 23:03, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagged and closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:04, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

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Duck: Sucacoccigi's first edit was to create Lupis Marco, another variant spelling of an identical repost of Marco Lupis OnionRing (talk) 13:45, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Sirchiacuzzi's first edit was to create the usual spelling variant of the article about the house he's keen to rent out, Palazzo Lupis-de Luna. IIRC, his last attempt was Palazzo de Luna d'Arargona Lupis. OnionRing (talk) 15:10, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

IP sock 151.47.87.15 (Italian geolocation) vandalised my talk page in a fit of pique, after Sirchiacuzzi was globally locked: OnionRing (talk) 15:20, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Both are locked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:55, 27 June 2016 (UTC)