Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Masckarpone/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

I started digging into this, and it goes back years. So, filing an SPI to get more eyes on this cleanup. Courcelles (talk) 17:24, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

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These are all already confirmed, and I’ve done some cleanup and protections. But, again, I think it needs more eyes. Courcelles (talk) 17:25, 12 August 2023 (UTC)


 * There is one more account that has been locked and hidden, not listed above. @AmandaNP, courtesy ping since you looked through the Xwiki loginwiki stuff. Courcelles (talk) 17:28, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Ya the xwiki look through didn't show enough of an issue that regular global action is needed, but if anyone sees something I missed or new information comes to light, feel free to request action. -- Amanda (she/her)  17:36, 12 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Moved case to oldest account, retagged socks, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 04:52, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New account, recreation of EC-protected NetReputation at NetReputation (company), now moved to draft. User talk posts bear strong similarities to User:Paranoya23, along with the stilted grammar and overlap with Paranoya23's edits on other articles. Wikishovel (talk) 00:51, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked as obvious sock as above; same article, same sources, same incoherent grammar and circular requests, overlap on other low volume articles where the socks were active. May be worth a checkuser sweep considering the prior history and the fact that this account was created s few days after the last farm was cleared out. Sam Kuru (talk) 02:24, 5 September 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ to each other:


 * used an IP also used by a confirmed socks a few months back. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:45, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:45, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * See below. --Blablubbs (talk) 12:13, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * Distinctive summaries, and sharing ranges with past socks (technically strongly "" to the archive I suppose); the first three from this batch are confirmed, the third is technically possible and behaviourally obvious per the aforementioned summaries, x-wiki overlap and Special:PageHistory/Kumar Gaurav (entrepreneur). . --Blablubbs (talk) 12:17, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Dual tagged the first three. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 21:47, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
At User talk:David Gerard they state: "It's "Antonio Vinzaretti". Robby.is.on (talk) 18:01, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * , also, convenience link for myself:
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 18:13, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Both ✅ to Vinzaretti, and I'll add these two:
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 18:17, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Also blocked per xwiki contribs. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:32, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 18:17, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Also blocked per xwiki contribs. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:32, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Brand new account focused on Bitget right after the last round of shenanigans with Antonio Vinzaretti. Heading toward a RGW block anyway but seems way too familiar for a new user. Star  Mississippi  14:22, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * Looks ❌, and I'll note that unlike previous accounts who made an overly promotional draft, Genarogatti's version is an attack page, which I unfortunately missed prior to running a check. See also User:Genarogatti. DatGuyTalkContribs 14:33, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm not entirely convinced that there's no connection here: both versions are relatively critical, and there are similarities in language usage (compare with AV's comments here). But I don't think the fairly limited evidence is enough to override a negative CU result, so closing without action. Feel free to block on non-sockpuppetry grounds if problems continue. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:52, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

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High confidence behavioral match against previous socks. I'm not going to elaborate on-wiki.

By the way, was an obvious sock and had the same distinctive behavior. They later recreated Wowcube, which I blocked them for. Wowcube and Spacebit are both Wikibusines articles. MER-C 11:41, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * , blocking based on obvious behaviour. I also ran Genarogatti from the archive and I'm not sure why they were called unrelated; I'd call them very . Additionally, these are ✅ to Antonio Vinzaretti:

Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:04, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( originally filed under this user)

New puppets, similar activity in ru-wiki. Кронас (talk) 10:51, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

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User 0dd b1t was locked earlier today by EPIC as Papa2004's sock.-- A09  | (talk)  12:38, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm not seeing a behavioral match. I recall seeing this abuse pattern somewhere before but I couldn't find anything in my block log or the SPIs I have filed since last year. MER-C 14:54, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * I'm not seeing it - could you provide more details? MER-C 12:35, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Agree that this isn't Papa2004, but 0dd b1t and Balabology look like WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Masckarpone from a behavioural perspective. Odd b1t is to past Masckarpone accounts. Balabology is technically  but an obvious behavioural match. These accounts are ❌ to Papa2004. OP did not mention this in their filing but I also checked Дон Эладио as that account created an article with an image uploaded by 0dd b1t. They are  to Balabology and the locked account . Spicy (talk) 17:18, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Moved case to Masckarpone, requested locks, closing. P.S. I suspect that Odd b1t is compromised based on the account age, but CU has nothing useful to say on that point. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:20, 27 May 2024 (UTC)