Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kazandre/Archive

15 April 2015

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Both these guys are engaged in removing speedy del tags on Masta Wu (rapper) and  Twista Boy. Probably suggesting Sockmaster logged out to avoid getting blocked after level 4 warning Hg   andVenus  08:03, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

1, 2, 3, 4 suggest sock activity Hg   andVenus  08:11, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Here is a 5th Hg   andVenus  08:15, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

another one Hg   andVenus  08:19, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

another too Hg   andVenus  08:27, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

6, 7, 8show they do same job as master Hg   andVenus  10:26, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

9 as well Hg   andVenus  10:31, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

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An admin is needed to review those deleted diffs and issue appropriate blocks if the diffs show signs of sockpuppetry.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:59, 15 April 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:49, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Master already blocked one week, indeffing sock with tag and blocking IPs 1 week. Closing.

27 April 2015

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Repeated vandalism on Masta Wu by copy a large block of totatlly untelligible machine-translated text. Mastawu22 and Mastawu222 already blocked, but I'm adding them here to show the extent of the socking. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 10:40, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Recreation of the Masta wu article yet again Wgolf (talk) 19:56, 28 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Added IP user for persistent vandalism at Masta Wu. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 20:08, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Added Moussefbgfbg based on new vandalism on Masta Wu (rapper)

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Twistaboy has thrice forked Masta Wu into Masta Wu (rapper) with copyrighted material since the former was Protected on the 25th (protection just expired, and the IP listed here is now making vandalistic edits there as well).

Several editors have been CSD tagging the "rapper" fork with a A10 (duplicates existing) and have been repeatedly reverted by TB222 and the IP. The page history (only 30 lines or so) makes this abundantly obvious:

In the middle of this, Mousse account is created and adopts the same undo of the A10 CSD tag, and just as I write this, Kaise joins in. They're either all the same user or a concerted effort to needlessly fork a BLP with copyrighted info and poorly translated material in the latest iteration. CU should be requested to check how many accounts we're talking about here. Crow  Caw 21:31, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Adding Younmasta after he appears to revert the redirecting of the fork back to the main. Crow  Caw  21:39, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
 * More on Younmasta. Here: he changed WikiDan's name to Wikikaisekaise. Crow  Caw  22:14, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

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I've blocked Younmasta, Kaise kaise, Moussefbgfbg, and Twistaboy222 indefinitely, both for general disruptive editing and for seeming sockpuppetry. Still, it can't hurt to run a checkuser if it's within policy, both to see if I made any mistakes and to see if there be any sleepers. Nyttend (talk) 22:29, 28 April 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:17, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Sometimes it's hard to say if we're dealing with complete and utter incompetence or malevolent disruption. I vote for the first here. Anyway, I support Nyttend's request for CU; this shouldn't be too complicated. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 04:12, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * to confirm socking and run sleeper check.
 * Ok, with regard to this report and the one directly above we have:

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  13:05, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
 * all ✅ to . is a complete outlier technically.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  21:31, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I moved the case to the name of Kaisefaisal, who is older than Kaise kaise. I still think that can be linked to the rest behaviorally. He added the same material here as  .  Vanjagenije   (talk)  23:07, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I double checked my findings and there was at least one incident where a webhost was used by the Mastawu accounts, thereby muddying the waters. If the behavioural evidence is strong enough with regard to Kazandre then the account should be blocked as well.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 23:12, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Moved case to Kazandre who I believe is the master based on behavior and indeffing. Changing tags. Leaving it for another clerk to close.
 * Everybody is blocked here. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  17:21, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

03 May 2015

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Per their edit history (and abuse with machine translations on other wikis) it's very likely that they are the same user. Stryn (talk) 14:51, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * Yountwistaboy is ❌, but these two are ✅:
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:56, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:56, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:56, 3 May 2015 (UTC)


 * The confirmed accounts are blocked and tagged; I don't think there's anything left to do here so closing.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:31, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

09 May 2015

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This user appears to be closely connected to User:Kaise kaise. One of their first edits was recreating YMGA (band), which was speedily deleted in April (if I remember correctly). They then uploaded images to Commons with bogus licensing information, including an image previously uploaded by Kaise kaise: File:YMGA - With. Um Jung Hwa.png (diff from Kk's talk page: .) (As I was writing this, the image was deleted for the second time on Commons.)

Ymga ymga posted barnstars to Kk's talk pages:, ,. They also blanked Kk's user page and copied the welcome message from Kk's talk page to their own talk page (, note that this message links to Kk's contributions).

Like Kaise kaise and other socks, this user creates pages related to Masta Wu that are apparently machine translated and unsourced (including Mass Wu Pt 2). Random86 (talk) 21:25, 9 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Just checked, and YMGA (band) was created by in April: . Random86 (talk) 03:38, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * , is the suspected sockpuppet related to either group? Their name isn't on the list. Random86 (talk) 19:55, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * Flipping the "Request Checkuser" light on, for sleepers and throwaways, which this farm has done in the past. An example is the new user account from today, whose second edit was to remove the Prod tag from YMGA (band). Crow  Caw  22:35, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * You mean Tachbalck? That one is now blocked. Drmies (talk) 17:43, 11 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Since has been added to the list of confirmed socks, can someone get around to blocking the account?  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:48, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * took care of it. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:45, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * We have two groups operating here. One is editing from a university and mobile provider on one continent, and the other is editing from a mobile provider thousands of miles away on another continent.
 * Group 1 - ✅ to each other:
 * Group 2 - ✅ to one another:
 * The two groups are technically ❌. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:41, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * My apologies, Random86. I don't know how that account escaped the list, but I have added it where it belongs. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:09, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Group 2 - ✅ to one another:
 * The two groups are technically ❌. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:41, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * My apologies, Random86. I don't know how that account escaped the list, but I have added it where it belongs. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:09, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Group 2 - ✅ to one another:
 * The two groups are technically ❌. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:41, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * My apologies, Random86. I don't know how that account escaped the list, but I have added it where it belongs. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:09, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Group 2 - ✅ to one another:
 * The two groups are technically ❌. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:41, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * My apologies, Random86. I don't know how that account escaped the list, but I have added it where it belongs. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:09, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Group 2 - ✅ to one another:
 * The two groups are technically ❌. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:41, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * My apologies, Random86. I don't know how that account escaped the list, but I have added it where it belongs. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:09, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Group 2 - ✅ to one another:
 * The two groups are technically ❌. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:41, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * My apologies, Random86. I don't know how that account escaped the list, but I have added it where it belongs. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:09, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * The two groups are technically ❌. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:41, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * My apologies, Random86. I don't know how that account escaped the list, but I have added it where it belongs. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:09, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * My apologies, Random86. I don't know how that account escaped the list, but I have added it where it belongs. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:09, 11 May 2015 (UTC)


 * I don't have time right now to complete the process, but I'll come back to it tomorrow -- need to the second group to Kazandre, and the first group (+ ) needs to be  to, the older account, and spun back out to Sockpuppet investigations/Kaisefaisal. ☺ ·   Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  04:16, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, some dumb ass clerk messed that all up...oh, wait...

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  16:56, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I would untangle the mess myself except that I admit to being confused as to how to do that using delete/undelete and maintain proper history attribution. In other words, I believe I may dig a deeper hole for myself and make things worse. My apologies for making the mess in the first place.
 * Since we are splitting a single case to two masters, there is no way to "split" or duplicate the history -- it'll have to be a C&P. I'm doing now ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  17:27, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Group 1 copied to Sockpuppet investigations/Kaisefaisal and under that master. Kazandre and the group 2 socks  here. ☺ ·   Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  17:37, 13 May 2015 (UTC)