Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kaufmanitay/Archive

28 December 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * I am removing this, as there is only one edit from this IP and it is from a different region
 * I am removing this, as there is only one edit from this IP and it is from a different region
 * I am removing this, as there is only one edit from this IP and it is from a different region
 * I am removing this, as there is only one edit from this IP and it is from a different region
 * I am removing this, as there is only one edit from this IP and it is from a different region


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Master Morcohen2, sock Morlvi, IP 5.29.235.194 and (on one occasion) IP 80.246.141.108 repeatedly edit the same articles on dates and times of edits that precisely parallel one another (within a day or two of one another, sometimes within hours). At times the content of edits is identical (in edit wars), frequently with identical (and complicated) edit summaries. See first two articles for examples of recent edit wars, including a violation of 3RR. I have not included all diffs; they are even more extensive than the following indicate. The user compare and editor interaction utility show the full picture. Could be a meatpuppet but the many identical mistakes in English grammar and spelling indicate sock. HGilbert (talk) 04:00, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Political views of Albert Einstein
 * , ,
 * Josef Popper-Lynkeus
 * ,, ,
 * Nostradamus
 * ,
 * History of electric power transmission and related
 * , as Morlvi, again as Morlvi,, , , , , , only use of this IP address, edit warring
 * Emanuel Lasker
 * ],, , , (different article, similar content and same day)
 * Bobby Fischer
 * ,, , ,
 * Diophantus
 * , ,
 * Richard H. Frenkiel
 * ,
 * Thomas Haug
 * , ,

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I would like to add that, while this user is still fairly new, I warned him on his talk page about using sockpuppets. That was over a month ago, but his disruptive behavior appears to have continued. Ozob (talk) 19:50, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

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Based on the extensive evidence presented by the filer (thank you), I've indeffed and tagged the two named accounts and blocked the IP for one month. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:11, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Reopening based on the addition of Itay890.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:57, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, that didn't take long. Obvious sock, indeffed and tagged. Again closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:04, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Yet another sock added, Dbdbbdq, before this case is archived. Indeffed and tagged. I also semi-protected History of mobile phones for 10 days as that seems to be the favorite target lately. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:35, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

12 January 2015

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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A series of tendentious edits that are unsourced, largely illiterate and simply wrong. This editor is using a drawerful of obvious socks to push a couple of agendas: one that at Compaq Portable (the first portable PC compatible, and even that's challenged) was the first PC clone (but bizarrely also "not a microcomputer"). Secondly that Charles Proteus Steinmetz, an underecognised electrical engineer around 1900 was more than just a theorist but also the primary inventor of the AC generator. Andy Dingley (talk) 00:50, 12 January 2015 (UTC)


 * See Sockpuppet investigations/Morcohen2/Archive, to where this should probably be merged. Andy Dingley (talk) 13:43, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * Suspected sockpuppets

More of the same. noticed the chain of IPs yesterday and semi-protected IBM Personal Computer as a result ( but this person has many other target articles. Jeh (talk) 05:29, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

The last one added above, 5.29.235.194, was blocked as a sock of Morcohen2 previously. The edit history shows a clear connection between them and this group. Jeh (talk) 06:03, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

I have posted a list of the pages edited by these suspected socks, plus a complete list of their edits (in time order): User talk:Jeh/sp1

One more:



ALL of the IPs geolocate to Israel, to a couple of different providers, at least one of which seems to be a mobile phone provider.

I have to say, I don't know how much can be done against a determined sock with a large number of IPs available.

Jeh (talk) 12:18, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

And more:



Jeh (talk) 05:02, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

12 January 2015

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FFdddsf: Editing same articles as User:Morcohen2 and socks (List of Austrian inventions and discoveries, Josef Popper-Lynkeus) with identical changes: and identical grammatical errors
 * diff1
 * diff2
 * diff3
 * diff4, see edit summary HGilbert (talk) 12:05, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Dhdhdhdffx edits identical group of articles as FFddsf, often with same edits.
 * diff1 and

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 * See Sockpuppet investigations/Dhdhdhdffx for a bunch more, which probably need merging into here. Andy Dingley (talk) 13:52, 12 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Suspected sockpuppets

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 * Confirmed, blocked, and retagged the master (there might be older socks). Materialscientist (talk) 00:56, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * We now have three different SPIs, this one, the one Andy mentions above, and Sockpuppet investigations/Kaufmanitay. I can see the retagging, but Kaufmanitay is tagged as suspected. did you confirm anything against Kaufmanitay? I don't believe the account is stale. If I - or anther clerk - must go to the trouble of combining all three cases, I'd like to understand what's happened first. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:34, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge them all into Kaufmanitay, at least until an older master is found. All accounts in Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Kaufmanitay are confirmed. They hop over busy and dynamic IP ranges, and the socker is prolific and often edits from IPs. It is likely that some socks are still unblocked. Materialscientist (talk) 02:25, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * All merged (should be right, only a little manual editing needed). Closing this one.--Bbb23 (talk) 03:13, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

14 January 2015

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Andy Dingley (talk) 22:28, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

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15 January 2015

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Andy Dingley (talk) 00:27, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

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Closing all cases. Everything except a few IPs has been dealt with.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:47, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

16 January 2015

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Andy Dingley (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the IP for one week. Mike V • Talk 06:20, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

16 January 2015

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Andy Dingley (talk) 17:03, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the IP for one week. Mike V • Talk 06:20, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

16 January 2015

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Similar edits as previous socks: Jeh (talk) 22:41, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * Dhhsehhshs confirmed, blocked and tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 22:50, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:28, 16 January 2015 (UTC)