Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mentoroso/Archive

14 October 2014

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The conflict started with Mentoroso adding Uzbekistan to the Eurasian Economic Union article without providing any sources whatsoever, I then reverted his edits stating it is unsourced. I also asked for a source to be provided for all of the member states which was done by a different user, after that Mentoroso once again reinserted Uzbekistan even though the source provided by the previous user says nothing about Uzbekistan so I once again reverted. After that a one edit account 2a02:1205:5033:3220:556c:bd01:4fa2:764d, added an unfamiliar source that is nearly a year old, I reverted saying that the source is nearly a year old and that there isn't any recent desire expressed from Uzbekistan to join the union. The user Mentoroso after again reverted my edit and accused me of edit warring even though it was him who originally added the information and created a sock puppet to make it seem like there are other users supporting his edits, I reverted and told him to bring his attention to BRD and stated that he still failed to provide a reliable up to date source. Then, another one edit account Cansnevada, reverted my edits providing the same one year old information just from a different output, I decided to not make any more reverts as the user will just once again continue to edit war and make more sock puppets which is why I am reporting. Leftcry (talk) 00:06, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

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 * This appears to be a content dispute that has now blown over. The results regarding a link to are, and any block of the master now would be punitive.  needs to be aware, however, that the creation of alternative accounts, logging out to give the appearance of greater support, or soliciting others to create accounts to support your edits all run afoul of Wikipedia's policies regarding multiple accounts. If socking of this nature has occurred it needs to stop immediately; if admins believe that these tactics are being used in future content disputes they will likely block the account(s) if there is strong enough behavioural evidence.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  19:30, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

27 December 2014

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 * I edited the article "Eurasian Economic Union".


 * User:Mentoroso reverted my edit and told me to read the sources. Reading user's sources, I found those sources tell quite the opposite of what user writes in article. When I told them so  the user accused me of harassment.


 * Unlike user I linked sources that do not contradict my edits but support them. Then an IP reverted my edits, called them "unsourced" and "vandalism".


 * On the talk page the user contradicts themselves and when being told so they accuse others of misinforming.
 * User puts words in my mouth I haven't said - I said quite the opposite.


 * User reported me for edit warring.




 * Article got protected by an admin who asked for finding consensus on the talk page.


 * After the "edit war" started, the account of User:Krastama was created.
 * After the article got protected, the account of User:Katenzz was created.
 * Both accounts have in their very short period of existence almost only edited articles in connection to the article concerned. (See accounts' histories
 * Now both accounts contribute to the talk page of the article concerned - both in support of User:Mentorosos statements.
 * User:Krastama makes use of the same sources as User:Mentoroso.
 * User:Mentoroso and User:Katenzz have in common that they put their comments whereever they see fit - to the effect that a comment by a user not sharing their views is taken out of context and appears at the bottom of the discussion.  . The language is quite similar.


 * User wants to own article concerned. They do hardly ever contribute to other articles (or articles not connected to article concerned) (See history ).
 * User is not willing to allow any edits when those edits contradict theirs - even when edits perfectly comply with sources given by the user themselves. (e.g. me:, them:




 * The discussion on the talk page lacks contributors. A consensus is not achievable.


 * I suspect User:Mentoroso of having started two new accounts to seemingly find a consensus on the talk page. Knisfo (talk) 04:35, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

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 * I fully protected Eurasian Economic Union three days because of [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Edit_warring#User:Knisfo_reported_by_User:Mentoroso_.28Result:_Protected.29 an edit war reported at WP:AN3]. The appearance of several well-informed accounts at Talk:Eurasian Economic Union (Katenzz and Krastama having their first edits in December) is certainly novel. Therexbanner and Danlaycock have a long histories and are surely not socks. In the above SPI archive we see showing up out of nowhere to support a proposal by Mentoroso back in October.  Getting an SPI result might help us judge consensus on the status of Kyrgyzstan as a member (or not) of the Union. EdJohnston (talk) 02:50, 28 December 2014 (UTC)


 * User:Krastama, whos account was started only a few days ago, and who contributed to the talk page for the first time only a few days ago, edited the article for the very first time a few hours ago. (The article's protection expired.)
 * After user Krastama's one and only contribution, the article is again in line with Mentoroso's point of view.Knisfo (talk) 01:07, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

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per 's comments.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:01, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Working on this -- Guerillero &#124;  My Talk  22:25, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
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 * Still looking at the other accounts -- Guerillero &#124;  My Talk  02:02, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
 * The accounts are ❌ -- Guerillero &#124;  My Talk  00:17, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Closing with no action.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:04, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Closing with no action.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:04, 31 December 2014 (UTC)