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Meister und Margarita was blocked on enWP about a year ago by DeltaQuad citing " : with NPA issues also ". Nievsky edits in the same topics as Meister und Margarita, mostly related to the project Stolpersteine. As an example compare the revision histories of the article Stolpersteine in Moldova in enWP (created by Nievsky), itWP (created by Meister und Margarita) and deWP (created and edited by IPs likely connected to Meister und Margarita) or Stolpersteine in Finland (same pattern, itWP, deWP). Meister und Margarita was blocked for 18 months by the German ArbCom and blocked indefinitely following a sockpuppet investigation confirmed by CheckUser showing widespread use of IPs and sockpuppets to evade his block (at least one of those socks,, was used and blocked on enWP). This pattern of block evasion using numerous IPs and socks is ongoing, see for example this list from July or this sockpuppet from August.

The IP 217.73.27.130 was used on both enWP and deWP in the same topics and blocked on deWP for block evasion (see global contribs) as well as 195.146.149.182 and 109.105.3.2. --CorrectHorseBatteryStaple (talk) 12:18, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

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The master is. CU declined.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:54, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * While Bbb23 is correct, I found enough to run Nievsky. ✅:
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 08:47, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 08:47, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 08:47, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 08:47, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 08:47, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 08:47, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 08:47, 17 September 2018 (UTC)


 * All based on behavioral similarities. GABgab 14:37, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * Creation of Draft:Stolpersteine in Latvia in the same style as the other lists of the sockmaster who has recently created the same list on itWP:
 * Use of German language in the draft (see ref 3: "Eintrag zu Malka Bachmann")
 * User has visited deWP (the sockmaster's home wiki) after creation of the account, see SUL info. CorrectHorseBatteryStaple (talk) 19:46, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

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cf. previous edits of 95.90.214.63 in German WP in de:Liste der Stolpersteine in Lettland. Thanks. -jkb- (talk) 21:27, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi DeltaQuad, yep, we have now a CU request in the German WP and the changing IPs are a huge problem: the user is travelling through Europa in the last time very frequently, many places. Some trips are documented on commons:User:MichelidesPeralta/Past Stolperstein shootings and commons:User:MichelidesPeralta/Next Stolperstein shooting. Cheers -jkb- (talk) 12:48, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi, here is the link to the German WP CU request: de:Wikipedia:Checkuser/Anfragen/Nachfolgeantrag Meister und Margarita 2 cheers -jkb- (talk) 13:09, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * - Please compare to the socks in the archive. Thanks, GABgab 20:41, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Either the user is on the move or using proxies. The UA matches right up though. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 12:30, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
 * . one for you to lock, please. jkb's lists at dewiki may also be worth your attention. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:00, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Done, and I'll take a look. -- Ajraddatz (talk) 15:45, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

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Socks and IPs confirmed by CU on deWP: de:Wikipedia:Checkuser/Anfragen/Nachfolgeantrag Meister und Margarita 2. has contributions on enWP fitting the pattern of the other socks. CorrectHorseBatteryStaple (talk) 10:08, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * Hi and there was a CU request on german wiki which is now solved: :de:Wikipedia:Checkuser/Anfragen/Nachfolgeantrag Meister und Margarita with some positive results. If you need some explanations or translations so pls gimme a ping. Cheers -jkb- (talk) 23:34, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * No need for CU, four accounts blocked and tagged. No action on IPs as there's no recent edits. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:34, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

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Creation of, consistent with the topics of the previous socks. The German version de:Liste der Stolpersteine in der Ukraine has been created by user, a close associate of the sockmaster, who has since also edited the draft on enWP without it having been linked anywhere notable. has recently been confirmed as a sockpuppet of Meister und Margarita by CU on deWP. Not sure if it's deemed relevant here, since there are no local edits, although there is an account on enWP. The static IP might be worth checking, it has recently been confirmed by CU as being used by the sockmaster for at least several months. CorrectHorseBatteryStaple (talk) 13:54, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

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 * correct, the german list was written by me, and i have seen the using of the pictures on commons, so i got information about the list. that's all. Donna Gedenk (talk)
 * That explains how you found the draft, I've edited my initial post accordingly. --CorrectHorseBatteryStaple (talk) 14:12, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

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 * The two accounts are ✅ to each other and to and . I've blocked both accounts.  Please tag the two accounts the same as Nievsky.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:25, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Tagged and closing. GABgab 18:24, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

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Blocked on deWP for ban evasion. Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly (talk) 23:54, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

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 * Since the sockmaster isn't globally banned I felt it was inappropriate to report this sock on meta at this point. Would you still recommend that? I made this report because the sockmaster is blocked on enWP and has on deWP announced his intentions to move his activity here after an impending block there. Either way, it seems he has abandoned this sock. --Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly (talk) 11:29, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

Just a short notice: fresh data of the sockmaster can be seen on the cs:wiki here - sorry to disturb. Regards -jkb- (talk) 13:22, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Bbb23 - my link to cswiki shows that he is editing there de facto exclusively in the branch "Stolpersteine" only, sometimes comming in conflict i.e. with me; he was advices by the cs admins some times to write Czech (he cannot); do you need more? (and: adding Pietra d'inciampo - yep, I saw it on dewiki last days). Regards -jkb- (talk) 13:43, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

I have brought up the matter at m:Steward requests/Global. --Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly (talk) 14:17, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

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 * Cabayi (talk) 09:02, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Please file a report at m:srg rather than chasing the sock from one wiki to another. It'll ensure the sock is locked out of ALL wikis. I don't have enough German to decipher the events on de:. Danke, Cabayi (talk) 09:05, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The discussion on meta was closed with M&M unlocked to allow discussion and the ultimate decision thrown back to the wikis. I think dewiki has the evidence of continuing sockpuppetry & xwiki activity and has the case for a global lock. His activity here, one edit adding a wikilink to existing text, does not offer any behavioural evidence, nor are any of the previous socks fresh enough for checkuser evidence.
 * I'll strike my claim of this case as one of my training cases so that it can be taken up by another clerk if they feel differently - but, on the evidence available, I feel this case should be closed, and a global lock pursued from the dewiki evidence. Cabayi (talk) 13:02, 26 May 2019 (UTC)


 * ✅ plus . . The discussion linked to here from Meta is a year old. I can't read the material at cs.wiki provided by . I don't know what has transpired in the meantime at de.wiki, but as far as I'm concerned, continuing cross-wiki abuse warrants global locks, and that's what I recommend for these two accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:34, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Locked both. -- Ajraddatz (talk) 17:17, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 19:32, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

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For sock 1 see the sock "Kritischer Berichterstatter", see also intersection in deWP, the article was created by the similarly named sock. For sock 2 see contributions here, where the sockmaster was active shortly before. Socks 3-8 have been blocked on deWP as ban evasion. Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly (talk) 12:28, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

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I've removed the previously blocked sock and all the suspected socks who have not edited en.wiki.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:20, 15 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Cabayi (talk) 14:09, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
 * There's no overlap on enwiki between the single contributions of, and and those of the master. Both accounts have far more contributions for comparison on dewiki. Closing for lack of evidence. Cabayi (talk) 14:15, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

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Both accounts have been today checked in the German wiki and both have edits in enwiki. See de:Wikipedia:Checkuser/Anfragen/Nachfolgeantrag Meister und Margarita 8 especially here (with some more accounts, who have not edits here). Thanks -jkb- (talk) 23:47, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
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These accounts are stale. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:16, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

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This account was named at a recent CU case at de:wp and the checkuser found this account to be associated with Meister und Margarita. I indef'd Pinyin Europa at de:wp and undid some of its contributions at de:wp per a decision by the de:wp arbitration committee. In response to this I was contacted by Pinyin Europa at en:wp on my talk page:, ,. --AFBorchert (talk) 21:26, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * Please fix this mess.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:27, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 22:48, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅, blocked and tagged. Please globally lock the account.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:26, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Done. -- Ajraddatz (talk) 05:30, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

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See block lock on deWP and the results of a recent SPI there. The listed quasi-static IPs are regularly used by the sockmaster. Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly (talk) 23:21, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * Following accounts are ✅ and :
 * I'm not sure about Malizia III. Regards, ST47 (talk) 02:01, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Filed at meta - m:srg. Let the stewards deal with Malizia III off the back of the dewiki CU. Cabayi (talk) 08:05, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * , I see at least one user blocked in the dewiki case who isn't registered on this wiki, . If you want to add any users from the dewiki case who I've not included in the global lock request, please feel free to add them. Cabayi (talk) 08:15, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Locks imposed. Nothing more to do. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 16:01, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure about Malizia III. Regards, ST47 (talk) 02:01, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Filed at meta - m:srg. Let the stewards deal with Malizia III off the back of the dewiki CU. Cabayi (talk) 08:05, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * , I see at least one user blocked in the dewiki case who isn't registered on this wiki, . If you want to add any users from the dewiki case who I've not included in the global lock request, please feel free to add them. Cabayi (talk) 08:15, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Locks imposed. Nothing more to do. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 16:01, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure about Malizia III. Regards, ST47 (talk) 02:01, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Filed at meta - m:srg. Let the stewards deal with Malizia III off the back of the dewiki CU. Cabayi (talk) 08:05, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * , I see at least one user blocked in the dewiki case who isn't registered on this wiki, . If you want to add any users from the dewiki case who I've not included in the global lock request, please feel free to add them. Cabayi (talk) 08:15, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Locks imposed. Nothing more to do. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 16:01, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Filed at meta - m:srg. Let the stewards deal with Malizia III off the back of the dewiki CU. Cabayi (talk) 08:05, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * , I see at least one user blocked in the dewiki case who isn't registered on this wiki, . If you want to add any users from the dewiki case who I've not included in the global lock request, please feel free to add them. Cabayi (talk) 08:15, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Locks imposed. Nothing more to do. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 16:01, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

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The single article the sock was active in has been created by the sockmaster. The naming scheme is consistent with previous socks. The IP has been blocked on deWP for block evasion by the sockmaster. Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly (talk) 15:36, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Since there were many sleepers found in previous check, I am requesting a sleepers check.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:08, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Also . Both . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 00:23, 9 August 2020 (UTC)