Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Improvingthepen/Archive

15 February 2015

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Improvingthepen2 was already blocked yesterday. Now Magicalpedia has come along just one day later and requested the same thing that Improvingthepen2 asked. Namely to have the article on Sunny Leone unlocked. Magicalpedia's only other edit was to another article about a film in which Leone starred. If it looks like a duck... Dismas |(talk) 14:29, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Continued block evasion by User:Improvingthepen. Common edits include:
 * the Talk Page of Sunny Leone  where he demands the article to be unprotected
 * Ek Paheli Leela
 * Jacqueline Fernandez
 * Pulkit Samrat Morbidthoughts (talk) 21:04, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * I started an SPI under Sockpuppet investigations/Improvingthepen2 with more diffs. Morbidthoughts (talk) 21:11, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: likely to be a sock. Mr. Deletionist (talk) 21:39, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * I've merged the other case into this one. Mike V • Talk 06:32, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the account as they show very similar interests and editing styles, such as: Improvingthepen - 1, Magicalpedia - 1, Improvingthepen - 2, Magicalpedia - 2. Mike V • Talk 04:14, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

01 March 2015

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ITP2 and Magicalpedia have already been banned as socks due to a previous SPI for this puppetmaster. Now the third, Poolinpool, has taken up basically the same desire to edit the Sunny Leone article along with other articles relating to Bollywood. Their edits started a day after the last sock, Magicalpedia, was banned. Dismas |(talk) 00:44, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

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Comment - Note that in addition to the article overlap, nearly every edit by all three editors is tagged as a mobile edit. Ravensfire ( talk ) 17:52, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
 * See all four users in the editor interact tool. Ravensfire ( talk ) 17:59, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

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 * - - Comapre  and . Also  and .  Vanjagenije   (talk)  23:32, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * , sleeper checks impossible. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  06:19, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Account blocked and tagged. Mike V • Talk 19:12, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

15 March 2015

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ITP, ITP2, Magical, and PinP have all been banned for sockpuppetry. The last sock, Poolinpool, got banned on 3 March. Doorofroof is, I think, the newest sock and they started editing on 4 March. They have been editing articles about Indian actors and films including Sunny Leone which is one of their favorite articles. Dismas |(talk) 15:24, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

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Comment I'm not sure there are many smoking gun diffs to provide, but I'll add a few below. My review of Doorofroof's edits leads me to the same conclusion as Dismas though. First, the similarity in name with Improvingthepen and Poolinpool - three words concatenated not using camelcase. The previous sock was blocked on the 3rd and this new editor appeared the next day. As with the previous 3 accounts, all of DOR's edits are tagged as mobile edits.

Similar edits:
 * by Poolinpool and by Doorofroof - both removing the same two films.

A key identifier is that all accounts share the same interest in Bollywood films (not uncommon) with a special interest in Sunny Leone and films where she appears (very uncommon). I don't think there's a single article that DOR has edited that wasn't edited by a prior Pen sock. <b style="color:darkred;">Ravensfire</b> ( talk ) 17:23, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

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 * , please provide some wp:diffs as evidence.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  16:49, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * - - Based on provided diffs.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  17:49, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:02, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Account blocked and tagged. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 23:16, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

14 June 2015

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Very new user who immediately showed good wiki skills. Focus on indian films and actors. Edited an List of item numbers in Indian cinema which has also been edited by previous socks and master. Clincher was the same preference in order as most recent sock on Sunny Leone article that is the main focus of the master and all socks. <b style="color:darkred;">Ravensfire</b> ( talk ) 16:11, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

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 * is ✅ from . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:05, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

30 June 2015

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JaySparto is a new account showing high familiarity with Wikipedia practices that shares the same interest as previous ITP socks, especially around Sunny Leone. See and especially this trivia mention of Leone. As with all previous ITP socks, all edits are flagged as mobile edits. <b style="color:darkred;">Ravensfire</b> ( talk ) 13:49, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

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 * After this report was filed, the account admitted to socking on their Talk page. I didn't notice it until I was at the end of the CU, in which I found that is ✅. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:58, 30 June 2015 (UTC)