Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Moka Mo/Archive

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Account created after Master was indeffed 17 Jan. by Bagumba Same style/interests.  Aloha27  talk  00:01, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅.  Girth Summit  (blether)  12:14, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

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A completely new account went straight to editing NHL-related pages. The number of same pages at "Editor Interaction Analyser" confirms that it is the same editor. – Sabbatino (talk) 18:34, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Nothing else jumping out at me.  Girth Summit  (blether)  15:18, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
A completely new account went straight to editing NHL-related pages. The number of same pages at "Editor Interaction Analyser" confirms that it is the same editor. In addition, the editor started editing with List of current NHL captains and alternate captains, List of NHL players with 50-goal seasons and List of NHL players with 1,000 points (along with several BLP and team) pages which were edited by Moka Mo. The editor also managed to locate List of 2021–22 NHL Three Star Awards, which shows that the editor is well aware of what to edit here. – Sabbatino (talk) 16:10, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * Comment - Looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, walks like a duck. It's most likely a duck. PS - Both accounts also refused & refuses to respond at user talkpages or article talkpages. Indeed, Moka never responds on talkpages with any of his socks. GoodDay (talk) 16:23, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment- Yeah, it's been nine days now. .  Aloha27  talk  16:54, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * This much overlap with the master within a short editing career, plus the fact that this account was created after the last sock block, seems unlikely to be a coincidence. - please indef JoeyShmoeyJr as a suspected sock. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 18:07, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 06:23, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
A completely new account went straight to editing NHL-related pages. Editor Interaction Analyser shows a huge number of pages edited by both editors, which quite clearly indicates that it is the same editor. – Sabbatino 16:57, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

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-   —&#8288;Scotty Wong &#8288;—  02:32, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

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A clear sockpuppet based on Editor Interaction Analyser. The account was created on July 16, 2022, while the last sockpuppet was banned on July 13, 2022 (pages edited by Simpleflips and Superavenger072). – Sabbatino 16:38, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * It's nice when they make it so obvious. - please indef Simpleflips as a suspected sock. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 04:05, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
 * You can hear the quacking in Antarctica -  firefly  ( t · c ) 12:45, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Completely new editor went straight to editing ice hockey-related content. The account was created almost two hours later after a SPI was opened for last sockpuppet. Editor Interaction Analyser suggests that it is the same editor. Also listing comparison with this editor, last sockpuppet and sockmaster – Editor Interaction Analyser (17 coinciding pages between the three editors). – Sabbatino 15:53, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Update: I am sure that a new sockuppet account has already been created, because every time a new account is created when the most recent is reported. – Sabbatino 07:29, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

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-  Aloha27  talk  17:05, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅. I don't see any other accounts at present.  Girth Summit  (blether)  12:40, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The behavior is different, but the overlap via the editor interaction analyzer indictates it's highly likely that Interplaybook is a sockpuppet of Moka Mo. BlueNoise ( Désorienté? It's just purple ) 20:50, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:46, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:47, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Brand new IP editing known interests of Moka Mo two days after last sockpuppet (User:Interplaybook) canned. EIA cannot be a coincidence IMO.  Aloha27  talk  23:27, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * Some minor irregularities but fits well enough overall for me to block. for a month. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 15:12, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Brand new IP editor after User:184.148.109.121 blocked for 30 days. Same style/interest. EIA is telling between this IP and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:184.148.109.121 <b style="color:#9E0508;background:#FFFFFF"> Aloha27</b>  talk  15:40, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * List of current NHL captains and alternate captains is now protected. Closing without action. MarioGom (talk) 19:52, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Editor Interaction Analyzer suggests that this is a new sockpuppet based on the same pages edited by both editors. – Sabbatino 16:24, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * Becomes obvious when looking at the older socks such as . DatGuyTalkContribs 13:04, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

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Editor Interaction Analyser suggests that this is a new sockpuppet based on the same pages edited by both editors. – sbaio 06:03, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * It's them. DatGuyTalkContribs 14:16, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New editor goes straight to editing NHL-related pages (also three NBA-related pages edited by both editors) – Editor Interaction Analyser. – sbaio 17:15, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to the last two socks in the archive - blocked.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  17:56, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
A completely new editor went straight to editing NHL-related pages. Editor Interaction Analyser shows same interests like the sockmaster and previous sockpuppets. – sbaio 14:33, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to and  to the archive. Blocking, tagging, closing.  --Blablubbs (talk) 20:36, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This account was created on 27 May 2023 and went straight to NHL-related pages. Examples:
 * Editor Interaction Analyser comparison between Gymrat16 and Moka Mo, Gymrat16, Rentonfenton (most recent sockpuppet) and Moka Mo and Gymrat16 and Rentonfenton (most recently banned sockpuppet). Many pages edited by three editors are exactly the same as can be seen from these three links.
 * This new sockpuppet account stands out of other sockpuppets, because the editor communicates as can be seen on editor's talk page at User talk:Gymrat16. However, the sockmaster also made "attempts" (if you can even call it like that) to communicate on its talk page (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5), which are pretty much the same as Gymrat16's first attempts to communicate (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5).
 * Gymrat16 just like Rentonfenton (last sockpuppet) uses edit summaries.
 * Anže Kopitar – Moka Mo adds headings in June 2021 and Gymrat16 restores the same headings in August 2023.
 * Radko Gudas – Moka Mo adds a caption in September 2019 and Gymrat16 adds the month to the same caption in July 2023 (this was also done by other banned sockpuppets).
 * Brent Burns – same thing as in Gudas page (Moka Mo in September 2018 and Gymrat16 in July 2023). In addition, Gymrat16 also edits a caption of another image (as can be seen in edit's link in the previous sentence), which was added by Indominator (another sockpuppet of Moka Mo) in December 2022.
 * Blake Coleman – Rentonfenton edits a caption in April 2023 and Gymrat16 edits the same caption in July 2023.
 * Ryan Malone – Moka Mo edits a caption in June 2021 and Gymrat16 edits the same caption in July 2023.

These are the most obvious examples that immediately caught my attention. I will expand this if I find anything else that shows a clear connection to the sockmaster. – sbaio 15:34, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

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There is also some unique behavior between the users in terms of formatting headers: Edits from Moka: vs. edits from Gymrat:. I will note that Gymrat16 has [recently] become responsive to warnings and feedback from editors, while Moka was generally unresponsive. Just offering my observations. --  StarScream1007  ►Talk  17:38, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Not sure why Gymrat16 wasn't uncovered in the last few checks, but the behavior is persuasively similar. Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 01:00, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same edits as (last sockpuppet):
 * Anže Kopitar – IP's first edit and IP's second edit (slightly altered headings but overall the same) versus Gymrat16
 * Steven Stamkos – revert by StarScream1007 versus revert by by me

There could be more IPs used so it should be monitored. – sbaio 17:01, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Update. Added two other IPs from the same editor who has now started to harass me on my talk page. – sbaio 12:51, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

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I looked at the IP user's talk page, which contains responses to comments from User:Wracking (who also communicated with Gymrat16), and I note the IP user's comments read pretty much exactly like Gymrat16's comments did, down to the lack of commas and wording like "but just a couple would be alright since it shows proof to what the sentence is saying I think right" (which is essentially what Gymrat16 said when some of us admonished him about overdoing block quotes). Even more striking is this: "Obviously you don't want to do too many like the gymrat16 user did by mistake ...." Nobody else on that talk page had mentioned Gymrat16, so I construe the IP user's mention of him as tantamount to an admission of guilt. 1995hoo (talk) 17:40, 30 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I changed the one of the headers on the Anze kopitar article because using the word "Later" doesnt make sense because he is still an active player. The word "Later" should be used for retired players only. A better word for a player that is still active is "Recent" or something like that in fact Kopiar recently signed an extension so he isn't retiring for a little while longer. And the years in the headers in the Stamkso article are written by calendar years when they should be by NHL season like 2013-2017 not 2013-2016 since a season has parts of 2 calendar years in it since the season starts in October of one year then ends in April or June of another year. I also added back that "player profile" section since dozens of other star players have that in their articles. I completely understand we don't want too many blockquotes like gymrat16 previosuly did but I believe some are necessary like the scotty bowman one or the craig button one for the playing style section and the would be plausible since like he said it shows the accuracy of the sentences and it shows transparency to people who read. 164.76.20.210 (talk) 18:29, 30 August 2023 (UTC)


 * EIU is another no-doubter as I see it. https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=Gymrat16&users=164.76.12.58 regards, <b style="color:#9E0508;background:#FFFFFF"> Aloha27</b>  talk  19:11, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for catching this and bringing it here. I agree that this is suspicious and reminiscent of a blocked user (Gymrat16 removed paragraph breaks several times), which is why I reverted & reached out to IP user while trying to WP:AGF in case I was wrong. The follow-up comments are a series of massive red flags. Wracking  talk! 20:34, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Comment: The two additional IP addresses User:Sbaio just added have left screeds on my talk page as well. It's very apparent from the content of those postings that all three IP users are the same person (I am not deleting them in case anyone wants to review them). I responded that I'm not an administrator and that the user would be better-served by marshaling whatever evidence is available (if any) to demonstrate that there's no sockpuppetry going on, rather than posting run-on sentence rants. 1995hoo (talk) 13:00, 31 August 2023 (UTC)


 * One further comment: I just looked at the talk page for 164.76.12.58 and I see the comment all the way at the bottom, directed to User:Sbaio, is from 164.76.8.189 and says "look at your talk page and read what I wrote." I think that's an admission that those two IP users are, at a minimum, sockpuppets of each other—why else would the latter user be posting on the former user's talk page using the word "I"? 1995hoo (talk) 13:35, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

It appears there is yet another: User 164.76.15.213 (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/164.76.15.213) just edited prior comments made on my talk page by a (purportedly) different IP user. The edits consist of comments "defending" Gymrat16. As noted above, I’m not deleting the comments in case anyone wants to review them, but I do intend to ignore them. 1995hoo (talk) 02:32, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * In several edits, such as this one and this one, the IP editor admitted to being Gymrat16. Even without that admission it would have been a DUCK. I have blocked the IP range 164.76.0.0/19 for 3 months, having first checked carefully to be sure that there's little danger of collateral damage on innocent editors. JBW (talk) 22:13, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
 * There are a few such admissions on my talk page's most recent archive as well, posted more recently than the one I mentioned above from August 31. 1995hoo (talk) 16:25, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
User refers to a previously blocked sock, Gymrat16, of site-wide banned Moka Mo, in their diffs. The mobile IP also refers to both blocked accounts in their diffs. . Their edits look very similar to Moka Mo: editing on WP:BLP with disruption with a very similar editing style to Moka and their many socks. Note the Mobile IP was blocked for 72 hours for harassing GoodDay's talk page. Conyo14 (talk) 17:46, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

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I believe 2600:1017:B810:B1EC:FD57:71C8:3152:990, is another one. GoodDay (talk) 21:19, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

I note that at least one of the cited IPs has mentioned User:Sbaio in an edit summary on User:GoodDay's talk page. Sbaio was involved in the previous sockpuppet investigation of Gymrat16, but has not (to my knowledge) been involved in the current round (so far, anyway). An innocent new IP editor wouldn't launch into attacks on an uninvolved user with whom the IP editor would have no reason to be familiar. 1995hoo (talk) 21:47, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

The user of the IPs 67.254.133.36 / 2600:1017:B82F:F1C6:EC8F:6F5C:46CE:761D / 174.204.140.172 has openly admitted to being Gymrat (and therefore Moka Mo), so there's a few more. All three have since been blocked for ban evasion. The  Kip  00:42, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * Per behavioral evidence, the following reported IPs have been used by for block evasion:
 * : by  for 72 hours
 * : by  for 2 weeks
 * : by  for 1 week
 * : by  for 31 hours
 * : by  for 31 hours
 * Thanks for reporting this, and please file a new report if the sockpuppetry reoccurs. —  Newslinger  talk   06:28, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for reporting this, and please file a new report if the sockpuppetry reoccurs. —  Newslinger  talk   06:28, 8 March 2024 (UTC)