Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Igor508/Archive

14 April 2016

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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diff vs. diff by IP, diff by IP, 3 diffs by IP and diff, diff and diff by Igor508 (a pattern out of Igor508's latest edits). Noting that the supposed master is blocked for 'repeated copyright violations' (after an earlier block for copyright violations). This probably means that the socks, and the IPs need to be checked for those as well.

The mentioned IPs are from large IP ranges, I selected one out of each range (there may be more ranges).

User:Drmies has been looking into this earlier. Dirk Beetstra T C 05:32, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

I created earlier Special:AbuseFilter/758 (first 6 caught edits are false positives from the testing phase). It catches many of the pages now edited by these editors. User:Stesmo has been helping in clearing out the lists on many pages. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:40, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * The two named accounts are between and ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:32, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Admin assistance needed: please block sock based on behaviour, and  for one week; the other two IPs are inactive.  filer mentions you were looking into this, do you have anything to add? Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 14:27, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 185.3.146.197 is not active and should not be blocked.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:35, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * is correct. I did block 185.3.146.195, and I indef-blocked the Raldins account. Drmies (talk) 14:37, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * you're both right, and I apologize. I meant 185.3.146.195 but I looked too quickly and didn't notice the last bit was different. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 14:38, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Ivanvector, no problem--no apology necessary. I threw around some semi-protection as well. Can we get a meritorious medal for ? Drmies (talk) 14:50, 16 May 2016 (UTC)


 * master and named sock tagged and have been blocked, along with the correct IP. Closing. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 14:46, 16 May 2016 (UTC)