Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lokicat3345/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

The similar username, similar content editing, and same talk page commentary are complete giveaways. Editor has a history of creating multiple accounts with references to "tornadoes" "cats", and the word "cool". and have previously been blocked. United States Man (talk) 01:47, 10 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Do not block me I am not Sockpuppeting Fatkittensarecool (talk) 10:30, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The reason I keep creating accounts is because I always get banned for sockpuppeting when I only made disruptive edits on like 1 account Fatkittensarecool (talk) 23:45, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

The accounts and  are suspicious as well. United States Man (talk) 01:52, 10 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I was thinking the same thing. They came in right after the original account was deleted. Looks like we got another Andrew5 on our hands. Ugh... Chess  Eric  03:16, 10 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Yeah, this user's edits are constantly destructive and the sockpuppets are beyond duck material. All have the same name, destructive edits, and way of typing. Wikiwillz (talk) 15:16, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi United States Man,
 * It's Tornadofan2.0, I am not Sockpuppeting. I do not know who this person is and I have nothing to do with him/her.
 * Thank you for your understanding!
 * Regards,
 * Tornadofan2.0 Tornadofan2.0 (talk) 23:25, 10 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Just added a fifth one…This is annoying now: . The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 23:57, 10 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I just made this account to help with one paragraph. Suspicion is unwarranted. TornadoEdit (talk) 21:03, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

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, you CU-blocked Tornadoesarecool13. Can you shed some light on this? Running a check might be nice, too, if you have time. :-) --Bbb23 (talk) 13:40, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * - Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 23:38, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The following are ✅ or to each other:
 * The following accounts are ❌ to each other and the confirmed group:
 * Due to the fact that CU data is only kept for a limited time, Lokicat3345 is the oldest account I was able to find, and this SPI should probably be moved under that account. I cannot rule out the possibility of an older master account, but CU isn't going to tell us who it is. Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 00:17, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * - I've blocked the three unblocked accounts in the confirmed/likely group. I've tagged all the socks as proven as I don't know which are likely vs. confirmed. Please move the case to Lokicat3345 and close. Bbb23 (talk) 00:51, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Done, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:02, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ❌ to each other and the confirmed group:
 * Due to the fact that CU data is only kept for a limited time, Lokicat3345 is the oldest account I was able to find, and this SPI should probably be moved under that account. I cannot rule out the possibility of an older master account, but CU isn't going to tell us who it is. Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 00:17, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * - I've blocked the three unblocked accounts in the confirmed/likely group. I've tagged all the socks as proven as I don't know which are likely vs. confirmed. Please move the case to Lokicat3345 and close. Bbb23 (talk) 00:51, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Done, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:02, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ❌ to each other and the confirmed group:
 * Due to the fact that CU data is only kept for a limited time, Lokicat3345 is the oldest account I was able to find, and this SPI should probably be moved under that account. I cannot rule out the possibility of an older master account, but CU isn't going to tell us who it is. Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 00:17, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * - I've blocked the three unblocked accounts in the confirmed/likely group. I've tagged all the socks as proven as I don't know which are likely vs. confirmed. Please move the case to Lokicat3345 and close. Bbb23 (talk) 00:51, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Done, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:02, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Due to the fact that CU data is only kept for a limited time, Lokicat3345 is the oldest account I was able to find, and this SPI should probably be moved under that account. I cannot rule out the possibility of an older master account, but CU isn't going to tell us who it is. Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 00:17, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * - I've blocked the three unblocked accounts in the confirmed/likely group. I've tagged all the socks as proven as I don't know which are likely vs. confirmed. Please move the case to Lokicat3345 and close. Bbb23 (talk) 00:51, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Done, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:02, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * - I've blocked the three unblocked accounts in the confirmed/likely group. I've tagged all the socks as proven as I don't know which are likely vs. confirmed. Please move the case to Lokicat3345 and close. Bbb23 (talk) 00:51, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Done, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:02, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Edits make me the user is the same user. Notrealname1234 (talk) 00:04, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * I came here by chance and confirmed that the following 3 accounts are identical: Fatkittensarecool, Tornadoesarecool13, Fatkittensarecool aka Tornadoesarecool13 aka like 3 other names. Upon a brief look, I don't see a CU evidence for other named account, but I haven't checked for possible proxy/VPN-like scenarios. Materialscientist (talk) 00:23, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * See above report. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:53, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
WP:DUCK - Similar username style to Lokicat and previous socks, such as and  (also under their old username Robloxisfat). Has similar editing habits as previous Lokicat3345 socks, such as making very short tornado articles/drafts and including poorly sourced info about damage totals, as they did here. Also has disrupted talk pages, as previous socks have done. (example from BC999999, example from previous sock) In addition, they also mention Lokicat3345 in their first edit here. This is my first SPI, so let me know if there are any issues with this, thank you.  Chris Wx  🌀 ( talk -  contribs ) 20:23, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 20:34, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I think Tornadoesarecool13(2) is obvious sock (of Tornadoesarecool13, a previous account of this sock master)… Tornadoesarecool13(2)‘s user page says, they are the same person as Addyisaginger. Easy SOCK confirmations. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 19:11, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 20:53, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The account Emersyniscool stopped being used a few days before the Tenleycat123 account was created, but the Emersyniscool account complained that they were banned in a very similar manner that previous accounts complained about it. (example 1, example 2) They also have usernames similar to previous socks, referencing cats and including the word "cool" at the end. (also see the latter's account name at the username change request page) The accounts have proposed and created short draft articles regarding tornado outbreaks, as previous socks have done (see Draft:Tornado outbreak of January 24-25, 2023 coming from Talk:2023 Pasadena–Deer Park tornado, Draft:Storm Ciarán tornado outbreak and Draft:Tornado outbreak of November 20, 2023) with disagreement from other editors. Because of this, I believe that these two accounts should be looked at to see if they are socks of this editor.  Chris Wx  🌀 ( talk -  contribs ) 00:30, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * Confirmed. Izno (talk) 03:28, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Talk page commentary and edits are similar to previous blocked socks. Also noting that they are requesting to change their username to a username that is very similar to another previous blocked sock's username,. Tails  Wx  22:24, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to . --Blablubbs (talk) 22:42, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Futuremeterologist requested a username change to Tenleyiscool34589, with previous confirmed SOCK accounts from this user being Tenley... or ...iscool. Another user, commented about suspicious edits from Futuremeterologist as they created their account and two minutes later proceeded to do a revert in the middle of a content disagreement. WP:DUCK seems enough for a check. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 22:26, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment - Wow. I haven't ever seen this before. Myself and Tails Wx were typing up an SPI at the same time. I'll let a clerk figure this out. Remove this one since it was technically published a few seconds after Tails? Combine them? Idk... The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 22:28, 28 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I replied in the request saying that I am unrelated to other tenley accounts Futuremeterologist (talk) 22:27, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * If that is the case, then you have nothing to worry about. Both myself and Tails (coincidentally at the same time) thought it at least warranted an IP-style check to 100% make sure you are an individual account and not one of the other tenley accounts, which were blocked for ban evasion. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 22:34, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * Handled above, closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 22:42, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
User has shown similarities in multiple things such as, interests, editing style, and similar name. Also claims to be their “First account.” Just seems suspicious. Insendieum (talk) 21:37, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

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Im not sockpuppet, this is my school account, and is also my fist account Reeceycat123987 (talk) 14:54, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * - for training. --Blablubbs (talk) 16:05, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ to past socks, . Blocked and tagged, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 21:49, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Brand new account with very similar name to other SOCKs from this master. Very first edit was weather-related, which is the topic this master edits. SPI is needed as the name “iscool” and “cat” have been used in previous socks. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 21:35, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * Yep. . Spicy (talk) 01:52, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
First mainspace edits was to restore Tornado outbreak of April 19–20, 2023, which was basically asked by Morganiscoolcat, a SOCK of Lokicat3345. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 17:47, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Spicy (talk) 23:07, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This user follows identical typing habits and has an almost identical user talk page to all other sock puppets on this archive. They consistently create destructive edits on tornado related articles, for example [outbreak sequence of March 13–15, 2024|Tornado Outbreak Sequence of March 13-15, 2024], common patterns include prematurely created articles, adding un-sourced information, and incessant grammatical mistakes. Wikiwillz (talk) 02:40, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Some other evidence I noticed: They say that their Roblox username is "Creeperboy22011", which matches a CU-confirmed sock They also talk about owning a siamese cat named Maddie and another cat named Meatball, which matches the accounts  and . Their interests match previous blocked socks (e.g. weather and cats, mentioning Roblox) and they talk about their IP being blocked in a similar manner to previous blocked socks (see 1, 2, 3). .  Chris Wx  🌀 ( talk  -  contribs ) 03:36, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
 * That proves nothing Iamakid836e5 (talk) 13:21, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:12, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
They state on their Userpage their Roblox username is "Creeperboy22011" and is a previous SOCK of them. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 21:11, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 01:13, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Username is very similar to other socks (Morganiscoolcat & Tornadoesarecool13(2) and their first edits are in weather-related articles, specifically a weather-related draft-space article. Checkuser is being requested to check IPs. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 13:55, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 21:36, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Their 2nd and 3rd edits today was to User talk:Lokicat3345, which was creating the talk page for the sock master? Checkuser being request because how on earth do you even find the talk page without knowing it since it wasn't a created page to begin with? The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 03:23, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

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Checkuser evidence doesn't support that (though admittedly there's not a great deal to go on). -- zzuuzz (talk) 11:30, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
User expresses an interest in cats and tornadoes, with a similar username to previous socks containing references to cats (e.g., , ) and "Meatball". They propose the creation of tornado outbreak articles here, as previous suspected socks have done. (Examples: 1, 2). Additionally, they mention tornado outbreaks on talk pages unrelated to the outbreak or year the article is about, which can be seen here. (Previous examples of socks doing this: 1, 2).  Chris Wx  🌀 ( talk -  contribs ) 22:15, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:35, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
User self-admitted as sockpuppet. Pretty straightforward. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 00:39, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:58, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The user Weather article creator responded to a query given to the IP listed above asking if they were Lokicat3345/Meatballrunfatcat, and they express complaints about their underlying IP being blocked, as previous confirmed socks have done (examples: 1, 2, 3). Additionally, they propose creation of tornado articles here in a manner that previous suspected socks have done as well (examples:1, 2, 3).  Chris Wx  🌀 ( talk -  contribs ) 05:59, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * Yeah. He proposed that an article about what seems to have been a relatively minor tornado in South Africa. And me and TornadoLGS both rebuked him saying that such an article would likely be PRODed and/or AFD’ed. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 19:21, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The IP address of this Lokicat guy needs to be indefinitely blocked. Not that it would do any good because this sock farm keeps churning out more socks. And they keep circumventing the IP block. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 19:25, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to past accounts. . Spicy (talk) 14:26, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The IP hasn't edited in quite a while, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:45, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The user proposed a separate tornado article in the same manner that the confirmed sock proposed it here and as previous suspected socks have done in the past. (examples: 1, 2, 3). They have also engaged in disruption regarding the rating of the tornado that struck Greenfield, Iowa, insisting that it will be rated higher than it has officially been rated here, similar to how the previous confirmed sock disrupted the Tornadoes of 2024 section regarding the tornado here.  Chris Wx  🌀 ( talk -  contribs ) 05:57, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * Blocked by Spicy. Closing. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:45, 1 July 2024 (UTC)