Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mackemfixer/Archive

16 October 2011

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There's either a sockpuppeting attack or meatpuppeting attack going on at Joseph Smith. Mackemfixer is the only established account participating, so I've listed him as the master. We need to find an underlying range of IPs to block, as blocking the single IP that participated anonymously has not fixed the problem. &mdash;Kww(talk) 16:20, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

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. Of course, I could also be wrong, as it may be his 15 wives acting in tandem to vandalize. –MuZemike 17:21, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

09 February 2012

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This IP began to edit on February 1, but it seems clear that it is an experimented user. He knows how to add references in his very first edit (here), how to undo other's editors edits (here) and even how to tag-bomb several articles (here, here, here, here, here). All concerned about the national organization of Argentina, but as pointed here it is a case trying to influence the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute (by the way, there is an ongoing political dispute on the topic, with heated accusations from David Cameron and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at each other). And then, I find something that led me here: here this IP adds a map to an article, at 12:36. The map, File:Uniedprovinces3.jpeg, was uploaded the same day at 12:20 (just 15 minutes before), so clearly it's the same user. The user in Commons is named "Argentium", and when I checked the local User:Argentium I found he was blocked as a sock puppet of User:Mackemfixer (investigation at Sockpuppet investigations/Mackemfixer/Archive). Plus, the IP geolocation locate him at Reigate, United Kingdom, and before being blocked Mackemfixer had a userbox of the British Sunderland A.F.C. (here). Thus, I suspect this IP may be a new sock puppet of Mackemfixer, a user already blocked for the use of sock puppets. Cambalachero (talk) 23:11, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * Sunderland is 300 miles from Reigate! I am a bona fide new editor. Welcome to Wikipedia they said on my Talk page. Argcontrib (talk) 15:02, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * Thank you for providing good evidence. I've blocked the IP for a week. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 14:42, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * See comments below, suggesting that this is not a sock. Rich Farmbrough, 17:46, 13 February 2012 (UTC).


 * - Evidence + Same general editing times + not new user...I think this is way to likely. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  07:49, 14 February 2012 (UTC)  Should have been below

12 February 2012

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Some days ago I had a dispute with the user of the IP 86.4.27.128. He was involved in the political controversies of the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute, and began to edit articles related to the national organization of Argentina to advance his claims in the topic. Then, I found he was a sockpuppet of User:Mackemfixer, indefinitely blocked, and explained things at Sockpuppet investigations/Mackemfixer (see further details there). The case was accepted and the IP blocked. Now, the user Argcontrib seems to be yet another sock. First the IP added info at History of Argentina, on February 9, 12:41 (here), then Argcontrib includes the article (in his very first edit) at the discussion I had with the IP (here). This took place on February 9, 13:57 (a mere hour later). A pair of days later he adds a map to the sovereignty dispute article, which as I pointed was among his interests. And then, he adds yet another map to the United Provinces article. The map is File:Unitedprovincescirca1820.jpeg, which is not File:Uniedprovinces3.jpeg (the map of the first case), but it uses part of it. Besides, the edit summary says "Please enter reasons why you believe, in the 21st century, these may have been wrong as comments in the text", meaning that he is aware of the dispute with the IP and added the map to continue it. In short, for these reasons I believe this user is yet another sock of Mackemfixer, who's evading his block. Cambalachero (talk) 17:24, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

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I am the user with the IP 86.4.27.128 and I have just created a Wikipedia UserID of User:Argcontrib. To be honest I thought I might just make a couple of edits and would not need an ID. I have just looked up "sock puppet", I am not User:Mackemfixer. I have just started contributing to Wikipedia and am deeply shocked at the level of aggression here.

I am a software developer and well aware of Wiki markup language, Wikis are widely used. I am also very interested in maps. Obviously the Falkland's 30th anniversary has attracted my attention to this area of the world and made me turn to these pages. I read the article on United Provinces of South America and was surprised that the article was just assuming that the reader would know where it was. I am attempting to get some geographical background into the articles on the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, History of Argentina. Whatever I add is immediately removed. My first tack was to include some wording that would orient the reader. I have been trying to discuss these maps with User:Cambalachero on the talk pages, asking him what he would like to have changed and why but I am told that I am too ignorant to contribute. Wikipedia seems so unpleasant that I am not really inclined to continue editing but having started I would really like to finish. The two articles desperately need maps.

The map for the History of Argentina is:

The hatched areas in this map are not really needed but have been added to accommodate as many viewpoints as possible.

and the map for the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata is:



The map was initially much simpler but User:Cambalachero said this map was incorrect so I changed it to be a map of what people at the time imagined to be The United Provinces and have included evidence of this in the form of thumbnails from antique maps. Argcontrib (talk) 10:31, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Rich Farmbrough

 * Comment: this user seems to write far more fluently than the suggested sockmaster. Rich Farmbrough, 15:05, 13 February 2012 (UTC).


 * The alleged sock master edits on Joseph Smith and the Latter Day Saints. This account does not.
 * The alleged sock master used ip 82.23.106.117. While this belongs to the same ISP (one of the top three in the UK)  as the IP here, it is at the other end of the country, and my knowledge of that network (I used to be involved with the IP allocation for a good part of it) suggests that it is unlikely to be re-allocated to a substantially different geographical area.

This and the previous IP block should be CU'd and if it is clear, the IP above unblocked, alternatively just unblock. Rich Farmbrough, 17:36, 13 February 2012 (UTC).


 * There is no SUL account matching the name "Argentium". Rich Farmbrough, 17:41, 13 February 2012 (UTC).

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- Evidence + Same general editing times + not new user...I think this is way to likely. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  07:49, 14 February 2012 (UTC) This was in the above case by accident.
 * We try not to publically associate accounts with underlying IP addresses, so I have to decline the check. However, I believe Rich's description is accurate. I don't think there is good evidence that the IP nor Argcontrib is a sock of Mackemfixer, despite having the same general interest in the subject. -- Luk  talk 09:50, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry wasn't asking for the IP to be checked, wrong section. I'll take a look over the account in the morning to see if I can still hold a case. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  10:09, 14 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Closing with no action taken. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:31, 18 February 2012 (UTC)