Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Leonhang/Archive

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 * The conflict over Taiwan’s status was largely dormant from the time we came to a strong consensus back in August (Talk:Taiwan/Archive 32) until the 21st of November when Staygyreo changed “country” to “rogue state” despite the warning not to edit against consensus. Since then there have been 28 edits from six editors with extremely similar profiles edit warring to keep country out of the lead and replace it with something derogatory. None have a history of editing Taiwan. I have chosen Leonhang as the preliminary sockmaster because that account appears to be oldest but I doubt the actual sockmaster is to be found within this sample. At best we have a half dozen editors who all at the same time decided to find a random page and start aggressively and pointlessly edit warring against consensus, that does not seem likely though. Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 15:35, 22 November 2020 (UTC) Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 15:35, 22 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Pinging as they have done such a wonderful job cleaning up this mess so far and may have something to add. Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 15:40, 22 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Also want to be clear that if I weren’t filing a sockpuppet investigation I would be filing a half dozen vandalism reports... For instance Leonhang changing the note from "Taiwan has been recognised as a country instead of a state (or other definition) by Wikipedia, see recent RfC Talk:Taiwan/Archive 30. Do not change its status as a country." to "Taiwan IS NOT recognised as a country (or other definition) by Wikipedia, Wikipedia should not confuse its readers with its own biased political stance. see recent RfC Talk:Taiwan/Archive 30. Do not change its status as a country.” . Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 15:50, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

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I have no idea if these are socks, Its odd they all show up at about the same time, to make the same edits. Not sure if it is soapy, Meaty or just that (for whatever reason) the article has attracted the attention of POV warriors.Slatersteven (talk) 15:49, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
 * To be fair Dwnn44 doesnt really fit the same pattern as the others... But what a fascinating edit history, they appear to be a vandalism only account which spends 90% of their edits improving their user profile. If it weren’t for the earlier creation dates on some of the there accounts I would have used them as the sockmaster because their account is so suspicious, the most charitable interpretation is that almost everything on it is make-believe (for instance they claim to be a CCP member and they blanked the controversies section of CCP). Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 16:00, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

I think vandalism or wp:nothere would be better reasons to report.Slatersteven (talk) 15:53, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I don't see any evidence of socking here. Many of these accounts have long editing histories, with Taiwan being the single touch-point between them.  Taiwan's status as a country and what to call it are topics of interest to many people.  There's certainly not enough for a behavior-based block, and I wouldn't even endorse for CU checking based on what's here.  Closing with no action taken. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:22, 5 December 2020 (UTC)