Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nick199888888/Archive

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This user, under the above accounts and IP addresses, has vandalised the Grug page (a page about a fictional storybook character) dating back to October 2016. I suspect it is the same user behind each of the accounts, as the edits are similar in nature, and include: - adding false, ridiculous information about the character, such as he is a real person https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grug&type=revision&diff=744539580&oldid=744506190, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grug&type=revision&diff=841295114&oldid=837490843 , https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grug&type=revision&diff=931253829&oldid=931248251 - adding similar nonsensical information across multiple accounts, e.g. Grug is a "group hug" - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grug&type=revision&diff=798575280&oldid=792684911, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grug&type=revision&diff=809055847&oldid=803417787 , https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grug&type=revision&diff=881977507&oldid=842741922 - unsourced, exaggeraged claims, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grug&type=revision&diff=792684602&oldid=785291376 - referring to "the croods", whatever they are, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grug&type=revision&diff=931248104&oldid=927364152, 'crood' also appears in the name of one of the sockpuppet acocunts. - altering the book titles in the series, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grug&type=revision&diff=931265146&oldid=931257635, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grug&type=revision&diff=931490483&oldid=931274960 , https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grug&type=revision&diff=987627936&oldid=975889880 - overtly defacing the page, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grug&type=revision&diff=975889873&oldid=959323734, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grug&type=revision&diff=956332697&oldid=956332375

Some of the above accounts/IP addresses have been permanently blocked due to repeated instances of vandalism, so this user does not only vandalise the Grug page, and probably has other sockpuppet acocunts. Nqr9 (talk) 01:02, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * Nearly all of the accounts and IP addresses are stale and probably not worth examining in-depth. The two accounts that aren't stale ( and ) have both been warned for vandalism. The best thing to do in this situation is to block the accounts should they continue to make any more disruptive edits.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   13:00, 13 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I agree with . These accounts are not just stale, but most of them haven't edited in years.  I'll semi-protect Grug for a while and hopefully that will do something to cut down on the vandalism.  If that proves ineffective, ping me and maybe ECP might be justified for a next step. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:57, 17 November 2020 (UTC)