Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Monarawila/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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On 12 June 2017 these three accounts removed maintenance templates without addressing the issue on three related articles:
 * Nissanka Wijeyeratne - removed by ZH5000 at 04:03.
 * Edwin Wijeyeratne - removed by Cgx8259 at 05:19.
 * Tissa Wijeyeratne - removed by Koevf at 11:59.

I re-inserted the maintenance templates on 18 June and left advisory notes on each of the accounts' talk pages. On 19 June the three accounts removed the maintenance templates again, without addressing the issue, in quick succession and left the same edit summary:
 * Nissanka Wijeyeratne - removed by ZH5000 at 06:20 with edit following edit summary: "All the necessary citations had been added. If you have any objections give specific examples without adding generic statements."
 * Edwin Wijeyeratne - removed by Cgx8259 at 06:25 with edit following edit summary:"All the necessary citations had been added. If you have any objections give specific examples without adding generic statements."
 * Tissa Wijeyeratne - removed by Koevf at 06:27 with edit following edit summary:"All the necessary citations had been added. If you have any objections give specific examples without adding generic statements." Obi2canibe (talk) 11:48, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Please compare these accounts. Thanks, GABgab 13:38, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Sock accounts only edits have been to remove maintenance templates from Sajith Premadasa, which the master also did, and Ranasinghe Premadasa: Obi2canibe (talk) 17:41, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Mraneshfirnando
 * RandomUserGuy1938
 * TommyBoy9
 * ErieSwiftByrd2
 * AuH4ORepublican

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 * ✅ plus:
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move to Hertz18B8.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)


 * I rather suspect that these socks are the work of User:Monarawila - see SPI. Other than the proliferation of socks and editing related articles, note the similar sock account names - Kolombo Eagle and Ceylon Eagle (Monarawila socks) and Colombo Eagle (Hertz18B8 sock).--Obi2canibe (talk) 21:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks,, I'll look at this hopefully tomorrow. Meanwhile, I've put the case on hold.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:04, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Obi2canibe is absolutely correct (good catch). All the socks in this report are ✅ to the socks in Sockpuppet investigations/Monarawila. Please merge this report into that case. I've already retagged the socks listed here.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:32, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I'm surprised you were able to link the accounts after all this time.--Obi2canibe (talk) 20:58, 15 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Moved, closing. Cabayi (talk) 10:21, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Some of the history is missing after your move. I would have thought only an admin clerk could do a merge? Unless I'm wrong, please change the status back to clerk.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:16, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * , I left a permalink in the edit summary to link back to the history. If that was wrong then every move I've done over the last 8 months will need revisiting. Cabayi (talk) 13:40, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Oh dear. Non-admin clerks can do straight moves, but not merges. Can you please get together with (or another admin clerk) and fix whichever ones were incorrectly done? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:44, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅. What you did is called a WP:cut and paste move. Instead, a WP:history merge is needed in cases like this. Fortunatelly, it was not a problem to fix it.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  21:37, 16 October 2019 (UTC)