Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Grandare Grande/Archive

22 January 2015

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The four sets of edits are remarkably similar all related to MLS team uniforms. All add incorrect parameters (edit = and current =) and removing correct parameters. All four are simply incorrect. Walter Görlitz (talk) 07:07, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' The user has also edited from these IP addresses (though they all seem to be from the same IPS, so the number of addresses is probably because the IP address is dynamic, not because of any malice): And blanking the IP talk page seems like an indication that the account and the IP address are the same. 07:35, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

27 January 2015

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Also user:189.71.101.246. Editor makes-up uniforms for association football club articles and other unconstructive edits. The suspected sock waited until fourth warning, logged-out and then continued editing. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:25, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

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Also a number of IP addresses here: Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Grandare Grande. Fenix down (talk) 18:47, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * It's pretty clear it's the user, especially given these two edits. 1, 2. The 189.71.0.0/16 range seems to be used exclusively by him, so I've issued a 1 month, anon only block. Mike V • Talk 23:34, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

23 December 2015

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Editor from Brazil who only adds soccer kits (uniforms). Meets WP:DUCK. Grandare Grande has been blocked indefinitely for this behaviour. Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:30, 23 December 2015 (UTC)


 * 152.236.125.221:


 * 189.71.101.246
 * Last confirmed sock:
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 * 
 * there are also blanking of talk page by the sock master later.


 * 189.70.219.60
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orlando_City_SC&diff=694952191&oldid=694383111
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atlanta_United_FC&diff=694955089&oldid=694480990
 * there are additional blanking of talk page later.


 * Grandare Grande
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami_MLS_team&type=revision&diff=643631060&oldid=640402245


 * In fact, look at the history of any of the anons who have been identified as confirmed socks and all of the suspected socks.


 * Confirmed socks
 * Suspected socks
 * Suspected socks
 * Suspected socks


 * But I understand your role is simply to confirm evidence provided. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:27, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

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 * - 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.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  19:37, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
 * IP blocked for 2 days. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:24, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

21 January 2016

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Grandare Grande and his known socks - Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:18, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) are from Brazil
 * 2) edit association football (soccer) articles adding unsourced (and poorly crafted) kits (uniforms).
 * 3) blanks user talk page when discovered and warned.

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 * Comment - Reviewing administrator/s may wish to consider the claims above as part of a much wider long-term campaign of vandalism across a wide range of IPs outlined Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Grandare Grande. Diffs are not necessary as all edits by this user follow exactly the same pattern as outlined above by Walter. I'm not that familiar with the way IP ranges work, but it does seem that he operates from quite a restricted range of addresses. A range block has been done before and in every instance I have come across this editor is the sole individual to edit enWiki from the IPs he uses. Fenix down (talk) 10:01, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * IP is already blocked. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:23, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

22 January 2016

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Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:56, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * IP is already blocked. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:23, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

25 January 2016

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First edits are to revert the edits made to revert previous sock. Walter Görlitz (talk) 02:50, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * IP already blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:11, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

28 January 2016

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Started by reverting my previous reverts of the last Grandare Grande sock. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:10, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * This IP is already blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:48, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

28 March 2016

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One of the puppetmaster's favourite activities is to modify association football uniforms (kits) and often adding a third kit to Orlando City https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orlando_City_SC&diff=712248135&oldid=712216347 Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:24, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:58, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

31 March 2016

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Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:25, 31 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Interesting. I use Twinkle and I thought I cancelled the dialog instead of making this request. I checked the team's website and discovered that the kits, which an obvious sign of Grandare Grande's work, were somewhat close to the team's. was made after that: "I mistook the ugly kits as the work of Grandare Grande, but they are real." Feel free to close. The edit in question was actually just that of a new editor, not of the Brazilian editor. After the revert I confirmed that the IP is from Malaysia so clearly not Grandare Grande. Again, I didn't realize I had filed the report. Sorry for the trouble. Walter Görlitz (talk) 13:30, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * - 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.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  12:13, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Case withdrawn.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  13:58, 1 April 2016 (UTC)