Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nbanic/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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The last two are not evidence but - I think the English expression is clues (in Serbo-Croatian we call them "indicije") - they should also be taken into account considering the case as a whole. This all shows the linkage between the sock master and puppet and that the accounts belong to one person. It also shows that the accounts are being used abusively, trying to avoid the block by creating a sock puppet account, and before engaging in edit-wars and breaking the 3RR. Also the arguments used by the sock puppet account are similar to those used by user Nbanic and are used in an abusive way so to make it look like user Nbanic has more support than she/he really has. Unfortunately I need to point out that I found myself in the same position as described on What is a sock puppet?, namely that this kind of behavior, past and present, by user Nbanic makes Wikipedia less enjoyable for me and is draining my energy.
 * 1) User Nbanic was blocked today for a 48 hour period because of edit-warring, breaking 3RR.
 * 2) The sock puppet is user Nachtjaeger2, a newly created profile, with only two contributions in a talk page discussion on Talk:Josip Broz Tito: and.
 * 3) These two contributions were made in a talk page discussion that the "sock master" Nbanic was also involved in: Talk:Josip Broz Tito
 * 4) These are the edits made by user Nbanic in the same discussion:, and
 * 5) The sock puppet account is used to make it look like user Nbanic has more support than they really have.
 * 6) Both usernames start with the letter "N"
 * 7) The sock puppet has the number "2" in its username indicating that it is a second/alternative account.

I would like to point out something more: These quick responses to my edits show the linkage between the sock master and puppet and that the accounts belong to one person.
 * 1) The time when user Nbanic was blocked was 12:32, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * 2) I placed a comment in the same talk page discussion at 13:21, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * 3) The sock puppet account made her/his first edit on the same talk page discussion, very quickly after that, at 13:40, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * 4) On the same talk page today, I have made an edit at 07:17, 22 April 2020 (UTC) and user Nbanic made an edit, very quickly after that, at 07:33, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * 5) On the same talk page today, I have made an edit at 08:15, 22 April 2020 (UTC) and user Nbanic made an edit, very quickly after that, at 08:23, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * 6) On the same talk page today, I have made an edit at 08:30, 22 April 2020 (UTC) and user Nbanic made an edit, very quickly after that, at 08:36, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * 7) On the same talk page today, I have made an edit at 09:25, 22 April 2020 (UTC) and user Nbanic made an edit, very quickly after that, at 09:36, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * 8) On the same talk page today, I have made an edit at 09:57, 22 April 2020 (UTC) and user Nbanic made an edit, very quickly after that, at 10:02, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Also This also shows the linkage between the sock master and puppet and that the accounts belong to one person. Tuvixer (talk) 21:14, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) The edit summary made by the sock puppet Nachtjaeger2 on one of his two edits: (A clarification of the previous statement)
 * 2) is similar to edit summaries made by user Nbanic: (I made the link to look better.) (I added another explanation)

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 * - Please, compare the two.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  18:04, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅. Nachtjaeger2 blocked for sockpuppetry. – bradv  🍁  22:56, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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 * 1) It seems that user Nbanic is using a new sock puppet 188.155.116.17
 * 2) In the past two days user Nbanic has used the sock puppet account Nachtjaeger2: Sockpuppet investigations/Nbanic
 * 3) That sock puppet account Nachtjaeger2 has been blocked indefinitely:
 * 4) The new sock puppet 188.155.116.17 has made an edit in the article Josip Broz Tito: (Grammar fix),
 * 5) That edit is similar to the edits made, in the same article, by the first (now blocked) sock puppet Nachtjaeger2: (and subsequent => and the subsequent), (Removing "<>" added by error.) and (on factory workers => on the factory workers).
 * 6) The new sock puppet account 188.155.116.17 edited the same material that was added by the sock master account Nbanic:.
 * 7) These "grammar edits" and the fact that the only contribution made by 188.155.116.17 was to edit the content added by the sock master account Nbanic clearly shows the linkage between the sock master and puppet and that the accounts belong to one person.
 * 8) User Nbanic has been blocked twice, in the last couple of days. Both times for a 48 hour period. First time for breaking the 3RR and the second time for abusing multiple accounts

This all shows the linkage between the sock master and puppet and that the accounts belong to one person. User Nbanic is abusive, trying to avoid the block by using a second sock puppet account (after being blocked for the second time, or third if we count the indefinite block for the first sock puppet account Nachtjaeger2) and before engaging in edit-wars and breaking the 3RR. User Nbanic also used the sock puppet accounts in an abusive way so to make it look like user Nbanic has more support than she/he really has. This is clearly now a misuse of multiple accounts. Unfortunately, I need to point out again, that I found myself in the same position as described on What is a sock puppet?, namely that this kind of behavior, past and present, by user Nbanic makes Wikipedia less enjoyable for me and is draining my energy. Tuvixer (talk) 15:49, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * Insufficient evidence to act on. The IP hasn't edited since that one diff which wasn't convincing. just located in a piece of text which was already overloaded with edit-warring and suspicions. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 10:29, 26 April 2020 (UTC)