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22 February 2016

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Has all the hallmarks of Mangoeater1000:
 * Editing disruptively on a NYU school pages
 * Edits regarding "polytechnic institute" for that school
 * Edits on Islam (as well as Iran and Donald Trump)

Editing issues by this user were raised at WP:ANI. Ping me if you need diffs, but edit history seems quite clear to me. Given history, prolific socking, and severity, asking for CU.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 18:37, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

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The accusation is quite ridiculous. Looking at the timeline of Mangoeater100, I was not even at NYU when that account operated. Futhermore none of my edits added puffery or where troublesome. I edited extensively several college articles not related to NYU. Given that the account that accused me is an SPA, that only edits Tandon article, that account ought be checked not mine.--FRDHU (talk) 00:09, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

, when Mangoeater100 operated, I was a student at Fordham University. I created this account most probably there. And I'm currently a student at NYU, but not in Tandon School. That's a lot of disclosure there.--FRDHU (talk) 01:05, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * Considering behavior and what I know about his technical details, these are almost certainly Mangoeater1000:
 * These are ✅ from the accounts above, but :
 * There are probably more, but these are the ones that caught my eye. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm going through them, one at a time, checking for behavioral evidence. Drmies (talk) 21:00, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * blocked second group. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:23, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * These are ✅ from the accounts above, but :
 * There are probably more, but these are the ones that caught my eye. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm going through them, one at a time, checking for behavioral evidence. Drmies (talk) 21:00, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * blocked second group. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:23, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * These are ✅ from the accounts above, but :
 * There are probably more, but these are the ones that caught my eye. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm going through them, one at a time, checking for behavioral evidence. Drmies (talk) 21:00, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * blocked second group. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:23, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * These are ✅ from the accounts above, but :
 * There are probably more, but these are the ones that caught my eye. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm going through them, one at a time, checking for behavioral evidence. Drmies (talk) 21:00, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * blocked second group. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:23, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * There are probably more, but these are the ones that caught my eye. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm going through them, one at a time, checking for behavioral evidence. Drmies (talk) 21:00, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * blocked second group. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:23, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * There are probably more, but these are the ones that caught my eye. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm going through them, one at a time, checking for behavioral evidence. Drmies (talk) 21:00, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * blocked second group. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:23, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm going through them, one at a time, checking for behavioral evidence. Drmies (talk) 21:00, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * blocked second group. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:23, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

21 March 2016

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Brand new account. Editing on NYIT and other "institutes of technology" pages. Duck is quietly quacking.

Prolific sockpuppeter known to make sleepers. Asking for CU.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 04:22, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Now blocked by .  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 04:55, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * Looks like a duck. Blocked. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:54, 21 March 2016 (UTC)


 * ✅ - also -  A l is o n  ❤ 07:51, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:23, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

27 March 2016

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DUCK. Editing on pages the LTA page documents as common targets for Mango (NYIT, Sweet Briar College). Even made an Islam edit, one of Mango's newer areas:

Requesting sleeper check. User is prolific socker.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 03:27, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Compare to edit by past puppet.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 04:08, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Remove talk page access too please? See.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 05:07, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. Materialscientist (talk) 05:16, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 05:01, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing. TDL (talk) 15:08, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

03 April 2016

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New account. Editing on Islam/Iran related articles (e.g., ) and restoring old generally positive content to NYIT.

Quietly quacking duck.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 05:01, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 05:06, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Updating tag, closing. Mike V • Talk 20:06, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

05 April 2016

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Edits on NYU related to alumni. Edits on Ali Khamenei. Username references Iran. MangoEater has interest in all 3. DUCK

Sleeper check?  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 03:06, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * Iranian gal is very, thus blocked and tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 04:31, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

05 April 2016

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Got another for you. New account editing on NYUTSoE right after other sock was blocked.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 05:47, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * Ditto. Materialscientist (talk) 06:07, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

06 April 2016

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DUCK... another older account that edited on various university pages but primarily on NYU. Edits come a few days after last sock was blocked. If you really need diffs or more evidence, ping me.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 21:47, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Mangoeater fixates on New York University of its Tandon School of Engineering. Compare to edits of past socks who also edit on the school's page: Special:Contributions/Ringopop, Special:Contributions/Iranian_gal, Special:Contributions/Enrique_Almighty. Similarly, recent socks have a habit of popping up after a few months, past edits being on other university pages (e.g., , , , , . Current sock has edited on Carnegie Mellon-related pages , as has past sock. Same for Boston University (current, old). And New Jersey Institute of Technology (current, old, both updating same info). And Fordham (current, old). Current sock was disruptive on NYU page back in January, talking about promotional edits, something socks of Mango have done before. The only new thing about this account is it's editing on Thailand articles instead of Iran or Islamic-related ones. has dealt with this user's socks in the past if you want a second opinion.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 22:26, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  21:58, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
 * - PLease, compare them to previous accounts.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:53, 8 April 2016 (UTC)


 * ✅ plus 3 or 4 IPs, which won't be named yet. If things get really disruptive, I'll start listing IPs. No other socks I can see - A l is o n  ❤ 22:01, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Admin action needed - Block CU-confirmed Cscrap, please. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 04:48, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged by . Closing. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 05:23, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

25 April 2016

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Older account that recently reactivated to edit on New York University related articles (like past socks). Edits on NYU were regarding ranking of the school (similar to past socks).

User is a prolific socker. Requesting sleeper check.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 04:00, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 05:38, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  17:07, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

27 April 2016

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Narrow focus on New York University articles. User updates USNWR rankings (compare sock to Bennythestar). Additions are generally promotional of NYU, a typical MO for Mangoeater.

Admittedly other edits by the account cast doubt as they are not the typical targets of Mangoeater, but the focus on NYU and its ranking as well as the recency of the account's creation warrant an SPI imho. Requesting CU evidence and sleeper check given the sockmaster's history of making multiple accounts.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 21:34, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * These accounts are ✅ from one another and previous Mango socks, and some of the behavior makes them highly matches to the master:
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 23:54, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 23:54, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 23:54, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 23:54, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 23:54, 27 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Socks ☺ ·   Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  00:12, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

30 April 2016

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Ridhaam is now blocked, but seems rather DUCK to me (editing on NYU, MIT, and Iran).

Kajolky's edit restored edit by previous sock

CU requested for sleeper check as usual given Mango's history  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 04:09, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 04:28, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 04:28, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 04:28, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 04:28, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
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 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 04:28, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 04:28, 30 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Blocked and tagged. Mike V • Talk 14:15, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

19 May 2016

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DUCK... editing on other university pages that past socks have edited on (e.g., Brown Uni). Editing on New York University related pages, including Institute of Technology pages.

Prolific sockpuppeter. Requesting CU for sleeper check and other active socks  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 15:36, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

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Is Mangoeater banned? Or just blocked? Was going to rollback sock edits, but recalled that rollback is only for banned editors' edits.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 19:27, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't think that he's banned, but per WP:EVADE, edits made by socks of blocked users may also be reverted. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:33, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * , GreenCow, and are ✅ and blocked. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:12, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * ,, , and , who created articles about NYU alumni, are ✅. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:17, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * All tagged. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:05, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

20 May 2016

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Recreated page that was original created by a sock  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 06:46, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and blocked; no sleepers. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:28, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

20 May 2016

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Yet another recreation of Jeffrey P Freidberg. Wgolf (talk) 22:01, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅. . Mike V • Talk 19:09, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

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Basing some of this off of Long-term_abuse/Mangoeater1000 for ease. This account's first edit was a talk page message regarding New York Institute of Technology, one of the many pages Mangoeater targets. This edit was out of the blue and shows a knowledge of wiki syntax as well as happenings about that article.

Mangoeater likes to edit college ranking info. This account has done so a number of times. Compare to past socks: ,

This account removed negative info about New York University, Mangoeater's favorite topic.

To me, this is quacking. I know everyone's level of DUCK is different, but the association between topics and behavior is there. Magoeater is a prolific socker. Asking for CU for sleepers and connection to past socks. I've seen a number of accounts that were suspicious but didn't have time to pull diffs on.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 04:08, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅ - no other obvious socks - A l is o n  ❤ 04:17, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  12:20, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

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See Long-term_abuse/Mangoeater1000 for some history. Mango likes to edit on NYU related pages, often in ways that boost its reputation (e.g., ). Mango socks have edited about alumni before (e.g., ). This editor has edited extensively (100+ edits) on New York University, many of which are about alumni or some other prestige issue (e.g.,, , , , ).

Adityaedits has edited on pages past Mango socks have edited on:
 * Adityaedits and Algorith
 * Adityaedits and Algorith and Alcoaariel
 * Adityaedits and Alcoaariel and FRDHU

Mango is a prolific socker who seems to vary his editing interests to throw off suspicion (e.g., he was editing articles about Iran for a bit). But NYU was always a central focus. That trend seems apparent here as well.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 20:57, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Adding evidence for BrownAlumnus: Past Mango sock have edited in ways on Brown University to reduce info about the prestige of the school. For example, he has removed info about rankings from the lead and edited to put the actual endowment into question (e.g.,, , , , , , ). BrownAlumnus shows similar behavior. They have interacted with past socks as well. The evidence here is admittedly more tenuous (and there are other Brown-related usernames that I couldn't find enough evidence for), but the pattern appears similar enough to warrant investigation.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 21:11, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Katietalk 13:55, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to Mangoeater1000:


 * All blocked. I think another CU is working this as well, so stay tuned. Katietalk 15:07, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, I did have a look before I noticed the inprogress tag. is another sock. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 15:20, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

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Recreation of John Gilbert (engineer) Wgolf (talk) 19:56, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

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asked for some behavioral evidence. From the LTA page and the archives, we know Mango likes to edit about the prestige and alumni of NYU, the Tandon school, and the NYIT.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 22:47, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Googoopoopi has done edits this here, here, here.
 * Chakribakri created a page about a Tandon school alum.
 * Yairr is surprisingly old but shows signs of Mango. Edits on Tandon pages (. ). NYIT alum edits . NYU edits . Edits on the recreated article John Gilbert (engineer) (which was also created at John Gilbert (scientist)) here.
 * Terrouity created an article about an Tandon alum.
 * One editor-can't remember who has been paroling these articles, as well as a possible related article of David Goodman (engineer). Wgolf (talk) 22:59, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * These accounts are Mangoeater1000:




 * There are some technical differences that keep me from calling them confirmed, so . Katietalk 22:35, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'm sold. All accounts blocked without tags. Katietalk 23:19, 27 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Tagged, closing. GABgab 00:35, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

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Quacking to me. Editing on New York Institute of Technology about alumni, a mango classic. In fact, that's all they've edited on.

CU requested since mango is a prolific socker and usually other active socks are found  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 07:14, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Tin Solidier is a ✅ match to, and both are matches to Mango. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:53, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Given the behavioral match to the last two rounds of socks and the confirmed match to the other account above, I've blocked referring this SPI. Leaving to the discretion of a clerk on the tag. Closing. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  07:57, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

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Many edits on page usually frequented by Mangoeater1000 (e.g., New York University). Edits are related to alumni, similar to past socks. Similar behavior on City College of New York too

Moved page created by Mango sock from draft to mainspace (Robert E. Evanson; ).

Mango is a prolific socker, so requesting CU for other active socks and sleepers.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 00:05, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

I wasn't 100% sure on Notable Sweety, but the evidence suggested it was Mango. But if Notable Sweety is confirmed to those other three, I'm 99.8% sure it's Mango.

Some of Mango's main target pages per Long-term_abuse/Mangoeater1000 are New York University (NYU), List of New York Institute of Technology alumni, and New York Institute of Technology (NYIT). Mango likes to edit about alumni and faculty, especially their awards and achievements, and university rankings (e.g.,, , , , , , , , , ).

Chan-ocha made a series of disruptive edits related to the late Thai king (e.g.,, , , and even on New York Institute of Technology). A past Mango sock named Adityaedits edited on Reactions to the death of Bhumibol Adulyadej. Chan-ocha edited within minutes of other socks (Tin Soldier and Trepcost for example). Note that Chan-ocha and Tin Soldier matched back in the 12 December 2016 report and were blocked as socks. This behavior of self-interaction is seen in this edit between two Mango socks Brown Alumnus and Eagle Beagle Giggle.

Trepcost started with a series of edits on New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine back on 28 May 2016. NYIT is one of Mango's targets. They resumed in November with edits on NYIT (e.g.,, ). Trepcost made ranking related edits on a number of university pages. Trepcost made a number of edits on NYIT's alumni page, adding alumni (,, , ,

Adam Parori edited on the Tandon article promoting its accomplishments (e.g., ). Mango has an extensive history of socking on this article (socks: FRDHU, Skm415, Ringopop, Iranian gal). Adam Parori edited in the list of alumni for NYU, a common Mango target. Adam Parori edited to discuss NYU's rank.

I noticed that created Jill Wruble, a person added by to the NYIT alumni page and subsequently wikilinked by Trepcost. Similarly, created Ben Finley which is another NYIT alum and Trepcost wikilinked to that page. Should I add another SPI for those users, or can you just check it in this report? I've seen Mango do this before, but don't want to dig for diffs (esp. since delete pages are hard for me to find). I think the sock net is wider than the CU indicates based on this... (or maybe a paid editing ring?)

Taken together, these exhibit classic Mangoeater1000 behaviors to me.

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Most probably, these are all conspiracies of the Sockpuppet investigations/The abominable Wiki troll, taking revenge against me because I got many of his IPs and accounts blocked recently. I'm a doctor who graduated from New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine. I edited Wikipedia extensively, and none of my edits constitute vandalism (unless you think updating rankings or adding notable alumni that pop up in the alumni category page are vandalism). The purpose of these kinds of investigations are to find and block accounts that are distructive, not the ones that edit contructively. That said, I just read Long-term abuse/Mangoeater1000, and I find it highly amusing, and a waste of time for everybody involved. I personally don't think that a university of the stature of NYU or Brown University could use "boosterism" on Wikipedia. Category:New York University alumni, has over 4000 notable alumni with Wikipedia-articles, while Brown University has nearly 1600 notable alumni.. Naturally people will try to add alumni to those articles, but if you keep blocking all the ranges from where they edit, you are essentially blocking people from building Wikipedia. I'm a very busy person in real life and don't have time for this ridiculous crap, but I guess many people who edit Wikipedia these days don't have much work in real life.--Trepcost (talk) 21:42, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

'''My suggestion: Since you guys seem to have problem with editing university alumni, achievements, awards, endowments, and rankings, I suggest that you unblock Mangoeater1000, put a topic ban on him for university and university-related articles, and let them know that if they ever create any more sock, then they will be banned forever. This will hopefully put an end to all this.'''--Trepcost (talk) 23:23, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

I agree with EvergreenFir's analysis based on the users' substantial edits to pages Mangoeater1000 returns to time and time again that Trepcost and Adam Parori are WP:DUCK socks, especially Trepcost. Trepcost literally requested an unblock for the sockmaster right here, can you quack any louder than that? Sro23 (talk) 19:31, 28 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Mango is already site banned. See Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive280  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 00:07, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

I think the site-ban was done in a hurry with the few voting there, not actually doing a proper research on this editor. I checked some edits of Mangoeater1000, the original account, and it seems they were misinformed on how Wikipedia works. It doesn't look like they were vandalising or intentionally making disruptive edits. Also, I noticed that the first sock investigation from 28 July 2012, and some subsequent ones were done while Mango was unblocked, and was not edit-warring with anyone. I don't know why the sockpuppet investigation was opened in the first place. That said, I believe it's best for us all to not waste more time on this stupid stuff, let Mango (with university and university-related articles topic ban) come back and edit from orginal account, and everyone, including checkusers can keep an eye on him.--Trepcost (talk) 00:30, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * - King of  &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:38, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Technically this grouping is somewhere between and  related to existing groups. I've done my best to limit by behavior, excluding obviously benign accounts, but I'd like somebody more familiar to confirm behavior on the listed accounts.

Technically is ✅ to:



But it was busy technically, so to repeat, would like some behavioral confirmation. NativeForeigner Talk 10:49, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Alright, going to list a few more accounts I just found. Again, check behavior.

✅ to mango are:


 * (Not sure on this one, but technically identical.)
 * (Not sure on this one, but technically identical.)

NativeForeigner Talk 10:59, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm unfamiliar with this LTA's behavior, so pinging Me1k guru - much appreciated, thank you! GABgab 21:03, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm calling the last two ✅ based on both CU and behavioral evidence, but I'd also like for someone to evaluate the behavior of the first three. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 21:43, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree with EvergreenFir, so I blocked and tagged the first group. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:51, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

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DUCK. Editing solely on NYU related pages. Editing on a page Robert Ubell which was created by and extensively edited by past Mango sock Skm415.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 20:01, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * ✅ - no other socks - A l is o n  ❤ 23:29, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:33, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

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Previous socks have similar names mentoning Iran:Irani12, Iranianmuslim, Iranimaan, Iranian gal, etc. Samoa Rusev is now blocked for sockpuppetry but had continued the edit wars on Bill Goldberg that Trepcost started. Requesting CU because there are likely more sleepers out there, Ali popped up right after Samoa Rusev got indeffed and continued the Goldberg edit war. LM2000 (talk) 06:11, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * ✅ - no other socks, one shared IP blocked - A l is o n  ❤ 04:56, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * - Please indef Ali Yazdi from Iran. Thanks, GABgab 22:41, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Done. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:17, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

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Sticks to the same pattern of Universities + pro wrestling. Intersection at George Washington University:, making the same kinds of edits to Bret Hart:. Sro23 (talk) 20:00, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:51, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

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All three editing on prestigious colleges including NYU. Mango has done good hand-bad hand editing before which appears to be happening with these accounts. blocked Comfortkong as a sock already. Duck to me. Ping me if you need more diffs. Given this uses vast history of socking, cu needed.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 06:35, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

there was a bit a while ago where he edited negatively about the name change for Tandon School of Engineering. But we'd likely need to move to a new spi page.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 02:24, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

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✅ BUT! This is not Mangoeater--this is not a case of good hand, bad hand: Mango's good hand is for NYU, his bad hand for everything else; this cat plays the other way around, with the good hand playing for and from Dartmouth. I don't know if we need to start a separate SPI; I checked a whole bunch of IPs and found many accounts, but only these two are master and sock. Drmies (talk) 15:59, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Could you clarify which accounts are confirmed to each other? You say "these two are master and sock", but three accounts are listed above. ~ Rob 13 Talk 02:32, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
 * User:BU Rob13, Comfortkong is a confirmed sock of the Mango Man. The other two are each other's socks and have nothing to do with Mango Man, at least technically. Spiritually they're cut from the same cloth, but with conflicting allegiances. Drmies (talk) 02:37, 30 June 2017 (UTC)'


 * All are blocked, closing. Please move Rochester3000 and Teoipwa to their own SPI case. ~ Rob 13 Talk 02:42, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅, see Sockpuppet investigations/Rochester3000. GABgab 22:26, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

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Usual interest in Ali Khamenei and professional wrestling articles. LM2000 (talk) 21:13, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Same diffs:LM2000 (talk) 08:32, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * A discussion took place at User talk:EdJohnston#Psychonot where two editors accused each other of being socks. It was said to be User:Mangoeater1000 (in the person of User:Psychonot) against User:The abominable Wiki troll represented by a number of fluctuating IPs. The page where the most distinctive edits happened was Bret Hart. For the case against TAWT see my recent post at Sockpuppet investigations/The abominable Wiki troll and the responses by User:JamesBWatson and User:NinjaRobotPirate. In the thread on my own talk I asked Psychonot why he found it necessary to make 98 edits to his own sandbox. He gave an explanation but I wasn't convinced. Over at the TAWT complaint one of the admins said that User:Sro23 was the expert on that particular sockmaster. There is a community ban of TAWT proposed by Sro23 and enacted in June 2017. EdJohnston (talk) 17:01, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I've also become somewhat of an expert on TAWT over the years. I've found that he admits to being a sock as soon as he is confronted and then comes back under a new name almost immediately after being blocked. He and Mango have had a rivalry at least since late last year, the first time I noticed it was on Bill Goldberg. Anyway, I see blocked Psychonot,  and  for being Mango socks. They still need to be tagged, but that's it for this round.LM2000 (talk) 11:12, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  22:35, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * - Is it possible to use CU logs to check this account?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:31, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
 * User:Psychonot has been checkuser-blocked by User:DoRD but in my opinion still needs a sock tag on their user page. I am not aware of anything else that needs to be done. EdJohnston (talk) 01:39, 2 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Sock tagged, closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:10, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

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See edits to Mercy College, created by a known Mango sock. ,, I would like for you to have a look at this, given your experience with the master. You will see what I've already seen, and you know what to do with it. Here's hoping that I'm wrong and that this does not jive with the Mango editor. Drmies (talk) 01:35, 2 February 2018 (UTC) Drmies (talk) 01:35, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus:
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:57, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:57, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:57, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:57, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:57, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:57, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:57, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

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Follows the established patterns of edits to pro wrestling + universities. Requesting CU due to the high probability of there also being sleepers, per the archive. Sro23 (talk) 22:26, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

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Supporting CU request. This user is a prolific socker. Requesting sleeper check too.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 22:34, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

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 * - Self endorsing. Sro23 (talk) 22:26, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:37, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:37, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:37, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:37, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:37, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

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These accounts have been recently disrupting Mercy College (New York) and the talk page (accounts #2 -- #4 are already blocked due to duck).

Roostcadge added a protected edit request mentioning "for some reason" the article was reverted to old version: Special:Diff/903950137. The other accounts were restoring sock edits at the article: Special:Diff/902746510 (restored Dino Moro and Karperfish's edits).

CU to confirm. -★- PlyrStar93  → Message me. ← 06:04, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * There's no need to "confirm". Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:35, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * As per the LTA page, Mango edits pro wrestling articles as well as articles pertaining to India and the Middle East. Dilbaggg primarily edits wrestling articles, but also occasionally edits articles such as:2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Third Battle of Panipat, List of terrorist incidents linked to ISIL
 * Has the same userpage as previous socks
 * Claims to have "started viewing wikipedia since 2008" and dismisses new accounts as "2020 users" but this account was made in 2019 and they have not disclosed having used previous accounts.
 * Uses the same argument that longstanding content should not be removed
 * Makes accusations of sockpuppetry in edit summary without taking it to SPI LM2000 (talk) 06:08, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Comment: Weird allegation, I said I started "visiting" and editing while unregistered from 2008, I registered in 2019. This is pure personal vendetta because User:LM2000 disagreed with my edit and my nomination for GA of this article Wednesday Night Wars which is far more authentic and deserves the nomination better. And I only ever accused one user of socking because of this similar talk page edit history  and  both have the same habit of blanking WP:RS, created accounts the same time and goes deleting WP:RS,removing warns with the same edit summary "see ya" but that matter is now upto WP:RSN and I let go. Just having edited similar topics makes me a sock? Whatever. I was planning to take a break from editing Wikipedia anyway, but that is unrelated to this case and am sure it can be verified I have no links to those accounts. Cheers. Dilbaggg (talk) 10:47, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment: This is just *chef's kiss*. Fantastic work LM2000. ItsKesha (talk) 14:33, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , please reply here (rather than here) so that a reviewing admin can follow. An admin has blocked one of the accounts you accused for being a sock of The abominable Wiki troll (TAWT). However, if you look at the diffs I provided, three years ago Mango accused an account of being a sock in an edit summary and that user ended up being TAWT too. Mango and TAWT have been in conflict for years so I thinks this strengthens the accusation above.
 * I have no animosity towards you. If you are not socking then you will be cleared and have nothing to worry about. I wish you luck in getting articles elevated to GA status.LM2000 (talk) 19:46, 14 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Comment: also appears to be gaming the system by making approximately 200 tedious edits/reverts to their own user page history. Many of these edits involve adding a period or space and then reverting it a few hours later. Minnemeeples (talk) 15:44, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment: I can do whatever i want on my user page, its not an article and doesnt fit gaming the system. Anyway I am willing for a check user review, I hope I dont get SPI blocked merely because I share similar interest in some topics with some sock accounts, not to mentions topics related to wars, protests and sports are some of the most heavily edited and are of the most interest to the vast majority editors. Accusing of socking based on that is just bizarre. I request a check user review and will respect whatever decision admins take after that. I know my mere words count for nothing, but I will say again that I have no link to those sock accounts. Wikipedia is voluntary work and I merely attempted to improve it, and drew opposition from those with conflicting views. Regardless I will accept whatever decision comes out of a check user review. Dilbaggg (talk) 19:02, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * - their topics of interest are consistent with past Mangoeater socks and they do fit several indicators from the LTA page. All known socks are stale, but I figure that there's something in the CU logs given how long Mangoeater has been around - would appreciate it if a CU could take a look at the logs to see how Dilbaggg compares to past socks. If technical evidence agrees with the behavioral evidence, sleeper check per the archives please. GeneralNotability (talk) 20:52, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Dilbaggg is ❌ to Mangoeater1000. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:03, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing as nothing to do here per CU findings. The SandDoctor  Talk 18:24, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

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User:JJRambo, a confirmed sock of Mangoeater1000, created Henry Goldmark, which was salted. Ariarip later created Henry C. Goldmark. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:07, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Noting also (cf. Leopold H. Just) and the generally Mangoeater-y username (cf.  in 2013, an aria being part of an opera, and the classic CAPTCHA-esque two-noun format), I think you'd be within your rights to G5 Goldmark—Just is G5-ineligible due to this IMO—but otherwise I don't think there's anything to be done here. Someone could block but I don't think Mangoeater is known to go back to old sleepers.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 02:25, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
 * . I'm not sure there's a benefit to G5ing Goldmark, so I won't, but anyone is welcome to if they'd like. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 14:26, 17 January 2022 (UTC)