Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Markoulw/Archive

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voted "keep" at Articles for deletion/Ferrolens and filed Requests for undeletion soon after the creator of both of the articles was blocked. Both accounts share a tendency to attack other editors with the same writing style. See Articles for deletion/Quantum field of magnet for context. —  Newslinger  talk   00:23, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

voted as above. Additionally, off-wiki evidence, which I won't link to here, shows a very, very strong overlap with Markoulw. I suspect a WP:MEAT-puppet, but there's a reasonably strong possibility of an outright sock. --Yamla (talk) 10:41, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Indeffed by NeilN for sockpuppetry.  Tera TIX  01:29, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:27, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
 * This also applies to the WP:MEAT-puppet I just added, Sirzerp. --Yamla (talk) 10:42, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

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reiterated the arguments of a previously blocked sock at Articles for deletion/Ferrolens. self-identified as here and here. All of the mentioned accounts share the same writing style. —  Newslinger  talk   12:56, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

User not acting on best interest of Wikipedia but probably on personal dispute and discrimination with editor Markoulw and COI with ferrolens article content, repeated outing attempts, no any kind of nickname can be used for identification of real name, ungrounded accusations and statements violating WP:OUTING WP:HA, WP:VANDALISM by proposing unjustified Afds, hunting down editors without him having any special WP credentials, or full editing, only patrolling and hunting down new editors, himself debuted in WP at April 2018 (newcomer). Probably a sockpuppet acting on behalf of company and other interests apart Wikipedia   Articles for deletion/Ferrolens.Drewbough (talk) 13:31, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * Registered account indeffed. IP editing too old to block. Let me know if they resume. --Neil N  talk to me 13:37, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

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canvassed (here) and  (here) to vote in Articles for deletion/Ferrolens, asking them to "save the page". This IP also nominated 's article (Jack Petruccelle) for proposed deletion in retaliation for his delete !votes on the relevant AfDs (Ferrolens, Quantum field of magnet).
 * This IP !voted "Overturn" at Deletion review/Log/2018 August 10. —  Newslinger  talk   19:59, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

added links to videos from the Markou11 YouTube channel to the Ferrolens article, and removed its COI template. The channel's Google+ page links to a Blogspot post that promotes Markoulakis's publication. The post was signed by Emmanouil Markoulakis.

reverted and threatened to report after they reverted 's edit on the Ferrolens article. —  Newslinger  talk   12:31, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

, which was stale during the previous investigation, self-identified as here and here. This IP asked (here) and  (here) to change their votes on Articles for deletion/Quantum field of magnet. Earlier today, the IP nominated Ferrolens for deletion review at Deletion review/Log/2018 August 10. —  Newslinger  talk   19:53, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

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Clear case of obsessive banned sock master. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:29, 9 August 2018 (UTC).

Adding 49.145.241.101--This IP added ferrolens-related material to Quantum field theory after master was blocked. --Finngall talk 23:31, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 49.145 geolocates to a substantially different area of the world than the other IP addresses. This does not discount a connection, mind you, but may imply meatpuppetry rather than sockpuppetry. --Yamla (talk) 23:50, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
 * There are such things as Proxies, which can disguise place of origin. Xxanthippe (talk) 00:16, 10 August 2018 (UTC).
 * How easier this would all be if this proposal Perennial proposals were adopted. Xxanthippe (talk) 04:00, 10 August 2018 (UTC).

Behavioral evidence, as they say: left the same comment at Deletion review that the banned sockpuppet  left at Requests for Undeletion. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 21:15, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

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Just blocked as a Really Obvious Sock. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:26, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
 * - The last IP listed here seems static enough to be worth blocking. Please block this IP for two weeks. The others probably aren't. Please also procedurally close Deletion review/Log/2018 August 10. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:43, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Done. Also, applied WP:3X to the sockmaster. Any checkuser (I am not a checkuser) can remove that if they think it was applied hastily. But, wow, I don't. --Yamla (talk) 11:52, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 13:39, 11 August 2018 (UTC)