Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MegGutman/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
MegGutman was blocked 5+ years ago by for promotional editing and spam; specifically, many or all of their edits were to add references to papers by one Paul A. Gagniuc (for example:    ). The IP addresses have all been edit-warring on Markov chain specifically to preserve the prominence of a reference to a book by Gagniuc. The two styles of commentary are also similar, including angry accusations of others of what evidently is their own behavior: compare
 * innocuous edit summary style while spamming: IPs versus MegGutman
 * aggressive, conspiratorial style while warring: IPs versus MegGutman

Some of the IPs have been blocked for a brief period by ; if needed, I hope these blocks can be extended. JBL (talk) 17:10, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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 * I'm not sure about the procedure here. This has been closed as "nothing to be done" although only some of the IPs were blocked, and the blocking admin suggested opening a case here. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 19:40, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * thanks for the clarification. I don't find myself involved in SPI's often enough to know the ins and outs in any detail. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 23:03, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Not anything to do here. Report obvious further disruption to AIV or RFPP. Izno (talk) 17:33, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @XOR'easter, two of these IPs were blocked this morning. Regarding the other two, the user appeared to be changing IPs to evade blocks, and when the old ones become abandoned they are blocked, as a standard admin practice (i.e. such a block would not prevent disruption, only add a marker to the block log). CU won't be used since that is a matter for 2+ accounts. Thus, the only reason to refer this to SPI is to document socking and a likely master. But, whether this is or isn't MegGutman, we're not going to stand around and come to the conclusion that they are or aren't (there are other things to do in life, including SPIs that require investigation), we're just going to block and protect as new IPs spring up to disrupt (which had already been done: Daniel had protected the most-disrupted page and blocked the two IPs of recent interest). See also User:Tamzin/SPI is expensive. Izno (talk) 22:47, 14 June 2024 (UTC)