Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Moscowrussia/Archive

08 February 2011

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Moscowrussia, blocked for edit warring at (see history ). New editor Santiro has now chimed in and reverted with the same "vandalism" rationale and made frivolous report here. Quack. Rehevkor ✉  18:14, 8 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Added User:internationalcriminallaw, who just created an account, left a note on my talk page defending moscowrussia, and proceeded to resume edit warring. ~Amatulić (talk) 02:42, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Similarities in editing patterns and familiarity with Wikipedia strongly suggests related accounts to me. Rehevkor ✉  05:32, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

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Plainly, User:internationalcriminallaw arrived with an agenda. And as noted above, the similiarities in edit styles (the edit summaries alone!) strongly suggest puppetry. JohnInDC (talk) 11:50, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
The two accounts are ❌. TN X Man 18:41, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked Santiro as a sock per WP:DUCK, and I've extended the master's block to 48h. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 18:45, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisting for a check on Internationalcriminallaw to make sure this isn't another case of socking as with Santiro. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:11, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * If not sockpuppets, it seems pretty clear that they're meatpuppets. It's highly suspicious that WP:SPA Santiro appears right after Moscowrussia was blocked, and WP:SPA internationalcriminallaw appears right after Santiro is blocked. ~Amatulić (talk) 05:24, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * It's that Moscowrussia and Internationalcriminallaw are related. They're in the same metro area - Santiro is across an ocean from there.  TN X Man  12:34, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Same technical results here. I'd treat Internationalcriminallaw as a sockpuppet. -- Luk  talk 12:52, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Very well. Internationalcriminallaw is now blocked indefinitely. ~Amatulić (talk) 18:59, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm gonna close this for now. Santiro is a meatpuppet, International is blocked and Moscowrussia is still blocked. Not much else to do here. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 19:37, 9 February 2011 (UTC)