Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Master12112wp/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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Same extremely vulgar edits as master and another blocked sock User:Ranger2322, to same articles. — kashmīrī  TALK  15:55, 26 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Already blocked by, thanks. — kashmīrī  TALK  15:57, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * I've re-blocked these as checkuser-blocks and revdel'd those edits which hadn't already been. I made an attempt to find additional sleeper accounts, but the IP ranges involved made that difficult.  I've left some notes on cuwiki.   if you see any more of these, please file a new report and ping me or another admin so we can take care of it quickly.  You could also post on WP:ANI, cite this SPI, and ask that the offending edits be revdel'd.  If the machine translations I was working from are in any way accurate, this stuff needs to be cleaned up as quickly as possible. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:49, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Confirmed from technical evidence as a result of checkuser. Also, similar usernames to one another, username structure use, disruption to similar areas, similar disruption, and similar Abuse Filter log hits. The accounts will all be blocked and tagged, and this SPI report filed as 'closed'. I'm creating this SPI report retro-actively for record-keeping, historical, and accountability purposes.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   09:23, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * All accounts, as I said above, are ✅. They have all been blocked and tagged, and this SPI is closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   09:25, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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Logging for the record, not the master & will need moving -- TNT (talk • she/her) 18:18, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Accounts ✅ to each other, also ✅ to
 * Not tagging, as likely not the master -- TNT (talk • she/her) 18:21, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Maybe another admin/CU knows who this is? Would be helpful for long-term abuse locking -- TNT (talk • she/her) 18:21, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * - looking at the history of Disha Patani, it's pretty evident that these accounts belong to Sockpuppet investigations/Master12112wp (compare and, both of which probably should be revdelled in the meantime). Please histmerge this case there. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 22:15, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅. These are all throwaway VOAs, so I don't think they're worth tagging. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 11:30, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅. These are all throwaway VOAs, so I don't think they're worth tagging. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 11:30, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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These accounts have all spammed the same threat in the same format repeatedly. It appears to be the same user, as I've run into them a dozen times when reverting vandalism. There are accounts older than those that I have listed but I didn't keep track of the accounts. I feel very confident this person has made quite a few accounts that I haven't listed.

It's likely that my deleted main space edits may contain more names (my reverts of their edits were removed to keep the edits out of page history).

At this point I'd like to put a name to this sock puppet as they've been doing this for at least a couple of months now, with Kevin Systrom, Ullu, and Elizabeth Hurley pages being the most vandalized. I'm sorry if I included an account that was not one of the ones spamming threats, but it's hard to tell without being able to view deleted edits from the past. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:04, 2 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Sometimes they register an account, sometimes they don't. Just found them doing it again on Android Pie. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:19, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
 * It's possible based on the edit size and the habits of this user that @Master61134 is an earlier account this user created. They have deleted comments on Android Pie that match the size and spammy style of this sockpuppeteer. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:27, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * There's a previous case at Sockpuppet investigations/Master12112wp/Archive. Fwiw, I don't think these are generally worth reporting to SPI, and I would strongly advise against quoting material that has been revision-deleted. --Blablubbs (talk) 20:31, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Reworded --Blablubbs (talk) 21:53, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Hey @Blablubbs, thank you. I now have a name to put to the vandal at least for when I make a report. If they're generally not worth reporting, which I can understand why, is the best practice to simply report them to WP:AIV, mention the sockmaster, and that they're making threats? In hind sight, quoting material that's been deleted feels really stupid. Guess I gotta use my head a little more sometimes. Hey man im josh (talk) 22:35, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 21:15, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Yup, ✅ to Sockpuppet investigations/Master12112wp, I'll merge them in a moment. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:21, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree that quoting the material in public is inadvisable. However, I do think filing an SPI would be a good idea; we're collecting CU data.  If a good enough pattern emerges, we may be able to do some IP blocking. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:37, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Courtesy ping. The SandDoctor  Talk 00:19, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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Literally posting offensive hindi on pages such as Rakul Preet Singh and Vivek Agnihotri. I'm requesting CU not because of sleepers, but to see if anything like a rangeblock can be done. The evidence is and. They also spam the same thing but with the article title. --  Wesoree  ( talk · contribs ) 23:44, 1 May 2023 (UTC)


 * In addition, I would not advise tagging these socks as per WP:DENY. I feel that this vandal is probably going to feed off being recognized. They are registered to the Hindi Wikipedia but tagging may cause the vandal to continue vandalizing. --  Wesoree  ( talk · contribs ) 23:50, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Added another sock, same thing on Republic Bangla again, might be enough evidence to warrant a rangeblock now. --  Wesoree  ( talk · contribs ) 00:05, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Mainly they edit within any article that relates to India, specifically the entertainment section. --  Wesoree  ( talk · contribs ) 00:10, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm awfully convinced that the socks register themselves in hiwiki to circumvent the account creation block however. --  Wesoree  ( talk · contribs ) 15:33, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * I've merged this to the correct case. This is a long-term abuser whom checkusers and admins are already well aware of. A sleeper check is unlikely to be useful because they start vandalizing immediately after creating an account and their logged-out editing indicates that they are on an extremely wide and busy range. Ditto for a rangeblock. Closing, no need to tag these either. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:32, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
see above, behavioral evidence is so obvious that I can literally smell it from 30 miles away. It sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone amplified 100 times and broadcast over a loudspeaker over to me. --  Wesoree  ( talk · contribs ) 00:37, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * IP is now inactive. Closing. Spicy (talk) 17:34, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
LTA doing the same exact thing as last time, everything that they had made is RD2'able. the behavioral evidence is so clear. I see a duck quacking into a megaphone amplified 100 times. --  Wesoree  ( talk · contribs ) 15:32, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked without tags. Didn't see any sleepers, for the record. Closing. Courcelles (talk) 16:35, 16 May 2023 (UTC)