Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Marksanta123/Archive

27 October 2011

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. Sockmaster is repeatedly inserting information into the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim article that is POV at best, while being combative on his talk page and not discussing on the article talk page, merely repeatedly reinserting the edits and has been calling those who remove it vandals and threatening to report them (and also calling them "dodger and giant fans", but that's another kettle of fish). The sock has been involved in attempting to keep the same information in the article. The IP has been doing the same and is likely the logged-out IP, and appears to be a static IP. Second IP is an older one, likely the same. Request CU for a solid confirmation on the named account. - The Bushranger One ping only 04:59, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

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The two named accounts are ✅ matches to each other. TN X Man 13:54, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Both already blocked, the first IP autoblocked, and the second IP block stale. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  14:45, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

31 October 2011

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Single purpose IP making the same POV edits – Muboshgu (talk) 00:19, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

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Hardblocked 3 months. –MuZemike 00:21, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

20 March 2012

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Same editing as in October, IP address is the same through "173.51". – Muboshgu (talk) 19:26, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

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 * Quack. Drmies (talk) 21:44, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * , indeed. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:50, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

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 * The IP 173.51.110.73 in the archive was only listed, never blocked or shown as confirmed by behavior. Can you list diffs that show it is likely the same person as Marksanta123? Amalthea  10:46, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure. Here is the IP. Here's one edit by Marksanta. Note the phrase "widely mistaken" is inserted in both revisions to try to combine the history of the MLB franchise with that of the PCL franchise. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:58, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Now blocked as a WP:GIANTDUCK. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:50, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I have only looked at the one diff, but the IP made an undo. You can't hold the wording restored in the undo against the IP. It may still be right, but Muboshgu's reasoning doesn't make sense to me. Amalthea  00:51, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The undo was of this edit by the same IP, which is the same stuff the sockmaster was adding back when he was blocked. Also his edit summaries are exactly the same in tone and content as Marksanta123's. - The Bushranger One ping only 00:54, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. Like I said, I only looked at what was described. Closing this then. Amalthea  01:00, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry if I wasn't clear enough. I should've put more info in the initial report. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:41, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

09 April 2012

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, same IP as before, same topic as before, longer block than before, posted for the record. The Bushranger One ping only 06:52, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

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Since the IPs blocked, I'll mark for close. TN X Man 13:50, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

04 May 2012

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These are both loudly quacking ducks of User:173.51.143.137, who is in turn a confirmed IPsock (as much as IPsocks are ever confirmed) of Marksanta123. Repeatedly battling to include information against consensus in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim article, to the point of demanding that fans of the Yankees be forbidden from editing the page, issuing legal threats when blocked, and saying that Edit requests says Wikipedia is a democracy. Both IPs blocked a month for obvious block evasion (both of the original indef and the still-active block of the previous IP for WP:BE and WP:NLT) and WP:COMPETENCE, listed here for the record. The Bushranger One ping only 11:27, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

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IPs blocked already, marking for close. TN X Man 14:02, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

07 September 2012

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WP:DUCK. Same POV edits. Ip was blocked for two days and returned two days after the block expired, meaning it's not "recent" enough for WP:ARV. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:58, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

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 * . Note that the "fans of rival teams shouldn't be allowed to edit the page" argument  was also a card Marksanta123 was fond of playing. - The Bushranger One ping only 20:08, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  20:31, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked IP for 2 weeks for continued block evasion. Closing.