Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/JHerbertMunster/Archive

30 March 2012
Edit-warring on General Joseph Colton. Tag-teaming with the rest of the socks. WP:DUCK is in effect. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 02:34, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Suspected sockpuppets
 * just appeared now. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 04:58, 30 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you Ed. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 05:19, 30 March 2012 (UTC)


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 * All three accounts are clearly the same user. JHerbertMunster's only edits have been to the article General Joe Colton. I tried to assume good faith when I reverted them, but when those edits were reverted by more than one person, the IP address 141.151.241.128 tried to re-establish those edits twice. Then in the span of less than an hour, OllyOctagon has violated the three revert rule, by edit warring with Dr.K.. All attempts to warn any of these accounts about edit warring, has resulted in the user blanking the talk page for that account. Please help put an end to this disruptive editing. Fortdj33 (talk) 02:53, 30 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I agree. Here the Octagon blanks JHerbertMunster's talkpage. And here he blanks the User talk:141.151.241.128. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 03:11, 30 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment: The latest sock HelmetHeaded attempted to falsify my request for protection at RFPP altering my protection request to read: Remove protection: Sock puppet subnet banned in an effort to get the article General Joseph Colton unprotected. The IP sock 141.151.247.213 also attempted to blank this SPI: diff2. The same IP also blanked my protection request at RFPP (and another as possible collateral damage): diff3. Further, the IP 141.151.247.213 requested unprotection at the article talkpage with the following comment: Subnet of the suspected sockpuppet temporarily banned, remove protection from page.. Octagon also vandalised my talk page twice: diff1, diff2. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 06:51, 30 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment Thank you TNXMan. For the record here is a permalink to the 3RR report: User:JHerbertMunster and socks reported by User:Dr.K. (Result: Blocks). Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 16:18, 30 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment A new IP sock 141.151.245.185 vandalised and blanked this SPI. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 08:33, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

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 * After began editing I placed a 72-hour hardblock on the *.128 IP.  But it looks like he has another IP, so I'm protecting the General Joseph Colton article now. EdJohnston (talk) 05:17, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ the following are the same:
 * No comments on the IPs. TN X Man  13:53, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked and tagged, Article semi'd. Master 1 week. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  07:13, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
 * No comments on the IPs. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  13:53, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked and tagged, Article semi'd. Master 1 week. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  07:13, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
 * No comments on the IPs. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  13:53, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked and tagged, Article semi'd. Master 1 week. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  07:13, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

01 April 2012

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Less than a day after this investigation was archived BanaBong, a brand new user appears, and among the very first in his order of business a request to become confirmed so that he can start editing semi-protected articles and ask at the talk of General Colton's article to add the copyvio logo the previous socks were edit-warring to add to the same article. Not to mention removing speedy deletion requests from articles related to Colton which he created and then blanking his page to hide the warnings he got. Fowl play is suspected. Δρ.Κ. <sup style="position:relative">λόγος<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-5.2ex;*left:-5.5ex">πράξις 19:05, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Comment User may also have been trying to create an article about himself. Please see: Articles_for_deletion/Robert_b_colton. Based on this I added User:Robert B Colton to the list. Δρ.Κ. <sup style="position:relative">λόγος<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-5.2ex;*left:-5.5ex">πράξις 20:10, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

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 * ✅ that BanaBong, Robert B Colton are JHerbertMunster. I indeffed the new socks, and amended JHerbertMunster's 1 week block (itself an amendment of a 48-hour block on the preceding day) to indefinite because there is clearly no prevention to be had in a temporary block. AGK  [•] 20:37, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

15 April 2012

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As soon as the semi-protection of the article of General Colton expired the sockfarm got busy restoring the edits of the previously indeffed socks. WP:SOCKFARM is suspected. Δρ.Κ. <sup style="position:relative">λόγος<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-5.2ex;*left:-5.5ex">πράξις 05:30, 15 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you Tiptoety. Δρ.Κ. <sup style="position:relative">λόγος<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-5.2ex;*left:-5.5ex">πράξις 06:01, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' should also be checked as a possible sockpuppet. This user has tried to add the same logo to G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero that was rejected from the General Joseph Colton article, and has added similar info about Colton to other Wikipedia articles. Fortdj33 (talk) 20:27, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Reported to AIV for block evasion. Thank you for the heads up. Δρ.Κ. <sup style="position:relative">λόγος<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-5.2ex;*left:-5.5ex">πράξις 20:33, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Another one that has focused on General Joseph Colton, piping his unconfirmed middle name into links on several different articles. Fortdj33 (talk) 12:19, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

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 * and are ✅ socks of one another.
 * The two above are in relation to.
 * I indef blocked the two socks and blocked the IP for 72 hours (please note, the IP block was not based on CheckUser evidence). Tiptoety  talk 05:54, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

26 April 2012

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PurpleSteak (talk) 10:12, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

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 * . Checkusers do not usually link IPs to named accounts, I'm sorry. Salvio  Let's talk about it! 10:20, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

26 April 2012

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A few days ago, CalmBeforeTheStorm attempted a "cut and paste" move of the article General Joseph Colton to "General Joseph B Colton" (without the period). This was marked for speedy deletion, and the template was removed several times by CalmBeforeTheStorm, before it was left as a redirect. Today, PurpleSteak attempted to move the article again to "General Joseph B Colton", and also to "General Joseph B. Colton" (with the period), and it was reverted both times by Favonian, who had reverted CalmBeforeTheStorm's many edits.

Minutes after CalmBeforeTheStorm's last edit, H. Alex Jones created several redirects to the General Joseph Colton article, each one containing variations of the middle name information that has been disputed. H. Alex Jones then tried to move the article to each of these alternate spellings, and all of them were reverted. The same redirects were also edited by the IP addresses above, and reverted by Favonian and Beetstra.

PurpleSteak has now proposed a move of the article to "General Joseph B. Colton", and in the meantime has tried to add several POV edits to the article, even after they have been disputed on the talk page. I admit that this might seem like a simple content dispute, but since all of the above users have tried to push the same information onto the General Joseph Colton article, I believe that this is the continued sock puppetry of the same person. Fortdj33 (talk) 14:50, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

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I think is a pretty strong case of WP:DUCK. Δρ.Κ. <sup style="position:relative">λόγος<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-5.2ex;*left:-5.5ex">πράξις 16:26, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * See also the 3RR report from March 30 at Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive181. EdJohnston (talk) 17:09, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you Ed for the link. It provides a good demonstration of the disruption caused by this sockfarm. Δρ.Κ. <sup style="position:relative">λόγος<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-5.2ex;*left:-5.5ex">πράξις 17:14, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I added some more IPs to the list from 141.151.0.0/16 who have made Colton-related edits. This may be helpful if it turns out that a range block needs to be tried. EdJohnston (talk) 17:45, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

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All are ✅. Moreover, it is obvious to anyone at this point that the IPs under 141.151.240.0/21 all belong to JHerbertMunster, that range has also been blocked. --MuZemike 18:07, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

02 May 2012

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This time, he's not even being subtle. The IP address 78.47.115.126 performed several acts of vandalism, by copying the content of the General Joseph Colton article, and pasting in onto various other G.I. Joe character articles. The user is obviously a sock puppet, because of edit summaries such as this one and when he vandalized my talk page with the section heading "Were planning a very large attack on your GI JOE articles buddy you better never mess with JHERBERT AGAIN!!!! WE WILL BE BACK IN WAY LARGER #'s". The IP address has already been quickly blocked, but I thought that I should let someone know that he's at it again. Fortdj33 (talk) 13:35, 2 May 2012 (UTC) Fortdj33 (talk) 13:35, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

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 * - It's been blocked as a proxy already + CU will generally not connect IPs to accounts. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  15:29, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

07 June 2012

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New account. First thing he does is open an edit-protected section at Talk:General Joseph Colton asking that a Bruce Willis picture be included in the article. The exact same picture the master and many of the socks kept adding to the article. WP:FLOCK is is effect. Δρ.Κ. <sup style="position:relative">λόγος<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-5.2ex;*left:-5.5ex">πράξις 12:51, 7 June 2012 (UTC) Δρ.Κ. <sup style="position:relative">λόγος<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-5.2ex;*left:-5.5ex">πράξις  12:51, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and blocked. AGK  [•] 13:37, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Not much more to do here. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  14:53, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

12 June 2012

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A new IP address is at it again, adding the middle initial to links for General Joseph Colton. Fortdj33 (talk) 14:02, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

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 * The IP was 'duck'-blocked, meaning this is completed. AGK  [•] 21:26, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

19 June 2012

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At this point, I hate to keep reporting every IP address that edits the General Joseph Colton article, but the protection was recently removed, and the first edit this user performed on the article, was to once again add the middle initial to the intro and profile. This editor has also added the character to the article about the Kennedy family, using an essay about fictional characters as a reference. . Fortdj33 (talk) 12:07, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree. This IP is in the same area as already in the Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_JHerbertMunster. Δρ.Κ. <sup style="position:relative">λόγος<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-5.2ex;*left:-5.5ex">πράξις  14:00, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

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I have blocked this IP for three days for block evasion. Daniel Case (talk) 16:30, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, semi-protection may be best tool to stop the socking. IP is blocked, so closing. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:14, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

23 July 2012

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Reporting both of these IP addresses by request of Special-T, because they have both added the same information about General Joseph Colton to the Kennedy family article. 96.233.248.254 has also added this info to Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, and 96.235.226.247 has added it to Assassination of John F. Kennedy. Clearly this is the same user, who is not done yet with trying make a connection between this fictional character and John F. Kennedy. Fortdj33 (talk) 14:25, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Added a couple more who have made the same edits to Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania . Fortdj33 (talk) 14:31, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Couple more dating back to June, with similar edits on Kennedy family and Mitchell Paige  . Fortdj33 (talk) 14:46, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

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96.235.224.0/19 blocked two weeks. 96.233.248.0/21 blocked 1 month. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 13:52, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

17 August 2012

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The article General Joseph Colton is being vandalized again, with the same POV editing. User 96.235.229.149 started with some redundant edits to the article on August 16th, and then today, WhatCouldaBeen moved the title of the article to include the middile initial again , which has already been reverted more than once, from other sock puppets of JHerbertMunster. WhatCouldaBeen then proceeded to make that change on other articles that link the character:, ,. Not sure why this editor continues to push this, but something needs to be done. Fortdj33 (talk) 11:59, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

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 * Another admin put six months of semiprotection on the article. I have added move protection for the same period. EdJohnston (talk) 13:56, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

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 * I agree with the submission, because is identical to []. The IP is inactive, and the article has been semi-protected, so I've taken no action about the anonymous account. ✅ as JHerbertMunster: WhatCouldaBeen, . These are . No other sleepers that I see.  for underlying range.  AGK  [•] 13:14, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Done. --MuZemike 02:48, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

02 May 2013

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This guy is up to his old tricks again. Protection on the article General Joseph Colton was removed in February. The movie G.I. Joe: Retaliation was released in March, which features the character, and I figured that it was just a matter of time before the articles were vandalized again. TronLover is obviously a sockpuppet, because his edits to the above two articles are identical to previous edits that have reported in this investigation. Specifically, moving the title of the first article which is why it was protected before, and the addition of the characters middle initial to the second article. He has also added trivia about the character to John F. Kennedy's article, and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy , which has also been reverted from other sockpuppets of this user before. This subject matter is the sole focus of TronLover's edit history. The IP address has also tried to reestablish a connection between the fictional character and John F. Kennedy on the Colton (surname) article. Fortdj33 (talk) 14:32, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the sockpuppet account. The IP is . Closed. Reaper Eternal (talk) 02:45, 3 May 2013 (UTC)