Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Melarnik/Archive

05 May 2016

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Clear sock puppet abuse by another ethno-nationalist. He was already using his normal account and IP adress for vandalizing several articles by removing everything which has to do with Moslems in articles related to Albania; his activity consists of reverting and edit warring only (Special:Contributions/Melarnik). He started as an IP adress by removing parts of sentences, then he continued with his first account called Melarnik in the same hour by removing a mosque image in Shkodra article. Here he is menacing another user, and here he is calling a dead person "terrorist" in the comments section at doing the same edit as his "predecessor". Aufseiner (talk) 21:41, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * - please check, and . All three are tag-team edit warring on Shkodër; Pureuero seems to have been created exclusively for that purpose.  is . The IP looks like Melarnik before they created an account, and is inactive now. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 15:32, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other and ❌ to Igaalbania:
 * I've blocked the two confirmed accounts without tags. Melarnik is obviously the older account.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:09, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Admin assistance needed - this case should be moved back to Sockpuppet investigations/Melarnik as that is the correct master. Not enough behavioural evidence to link the other two accounts and the IP is inactive. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 15:47, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. Tagged and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:27, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Admin assistance needed - this case should be moved back to Sockpuppet investigations/Melarnik as that is the correct master. Not enough behavioural evidence to link the other two accounts and the IP is inactive. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 15:47, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. Tagged and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:27, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

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Ok. Five days after the master gets a one-month block from  we have this sockpuppet editing many of the same articles which the master edited and much in the same way as he did, including large-scale copyvios. . Dr.   K.  21:12, 16 October 2016 (UTC)  Dr.   K.  21:12, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Evidence
 * Name
 * Both accounts are called "Iga"
 * Igaalbania= Iga + Albania, Igakuqezi = Iga + "Red and Black" (Kuqezi)
 * Large-scale copyvios
 * Small sample only
 * Igaalbania large edit direct copyvio from http://www.unknownworld.co/butrint/ Igakuqezi large edit direct copyvio from http://kartarinore.al/?page_id=4367, Igakuqezi large edit direct copyvio from http://www.albania.al/explore/natural-heritage/coast-line
 * Igaalbania is a known sockpuppeteer
 * Sockpuppet investigations/Igaalbania is a redirect to this SPI.
 * Igaalbania is a prolific copyright violator
 * Please see his/her edits on which were revdeled as copyvios by
 * Obsession with mother Teresa
 * Igaalbania got blocked for edit-warring picture and mentions of mother Teresa into.
 * Sock added more mentions of mother Teresa in their latest large edit on the article. Please see this.

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 * is extremely to be  evading their block. I'll block the sock and reset the timer on the Igaalbania block. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  17:54, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. Closing.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:16, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

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Block evasion. Sock of. Following my recent ANI report regarding IP socks of the master, this named account takes over where the master left. Large-scale edit-warring and copyvios. .
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 * Evidence
 * Block evasion, large-scale edit-warring, large-scale copyvios
 * Sock makes multiple edits cluttering article history
 * Exactly the same MO as master. Just check contributions at target articles.
 * Sock adds copyvios, a hallmark of the master
 * Please check this copyvio edit: verbatim from the source (archived):


 * Let's look at another example of massive copyvios: which is copyvio from http://www.akt.gov.al/en/top-destinations/kruja/
 * Same edit link as immediately above:
 * which is a copyvio from www.valamarresidences.al/en/about_albania/lalzi-bay.html
 * The rest of that huge edit is either GFDL no-attribution copypastes from other Wikipedia articles or copyvios from other sources. In addition this is just a single edit by the sock. There are more edits of that type.
 * Another example: which is a verbatim copyvio from http://albaniatourism.info/hiking-in-albania/
 * Edit-warring picture uploaded by master Igaalbania
 * Just one of many examples.
 * Edit-warring picture uploaded by master Igaalbania 17:24, 10 December 2016: File:Lake komani 2016 Albania.jpg Dr.   K.  16:44, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Thanks for the checkuser results, although they didn't confirm a connection in this case. I am considering whether Albania should be placed under Extended Confirmed Protection. This would address the long-term problem with apparently sockish editing, and this article has often been the target of abuse. EdJohnston (talk) 01:13, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Iaof2017 is very to  or to .--Bbb23 (talk) 17:47, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing. Albania is already under ECP. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 05:32, 8 January 2017 (UTC)