Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/H2ppyme/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
H2ppyme (since banned) stopped editing on 24 February 2022; Plingen Plungen began editing later that same day. Both editors push anti-Russia/pro-Estonia POVs; both made identical edits to Friedrich Karm‎ in removing reference to 'Estonian SSR' (1, 2); and in this edit H2ppyme threatened to sock. GiantSnowman 16:19, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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 * The timing (Feb 24, 2022) is very suspicious. It also occurs just around the same time (Feb 2022) other like-minded editors (Klõps -Feb 22 & Nug -Feb 14), stopped contributing to the 'pedia. GoodDay (talk) 16:24, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Perhaps the WP:DUCK test? GoodDay (talk) 22:07, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Their continued edit warring is very reminiscent of H2ppyme and I think DUCK applies. GiantSnowman 08:34, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Might also want to factor in User:62.65.204.43, who geolocates to Estonia, and has likewise chimed in on the ANI discussion.   Ravenswing     01:36, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - H2ppyme is (inactive for more than 90 days), so CheckUser won't tell us anything useful. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:54, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Sir Sputnik - Do you have the CU log helper script installed by chance? I obviously don't want to disclose any CU log information here (or anywhere public, to be frank), but I'll just say that the CU log helper script will be useful if you look at the CU check logs for the master... ;-) I just wanted to see if you... saw that information or not. If you have questions, email me. :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:07, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * - I was able to grab the IP information for H2ppyme from the CU log when it was previously checked. Unfortunately, I that's the only thing I'm able to pull. Looking at the geolocation information between H2ppyme and Plingen Plungen shows that they're from the same country, but not too closely together. They're different ranges as well. That's unfortunately the extent of what I have here - sorry. :-/ Given their proximity, I'm going with possible. Resetting status back to 'completed', as .  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:49, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I haven't run any checks, but I'm guessing from the context that "from the same country" means Estonia. It's not at all surprising that two people from Estonia would share similar anti-Kremlin sentiment and an interest in editing topics related to Estonia.  I see a few behavioral clues that make me think these are not the same person, and with the "possible" from CU, I can't see taking any action here.  Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:05, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * PS, as a practical matter, Plingen hasn't edited in 6 weeks, so there's no urgency to do anything. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:06, 6 October 2022 (UTC)