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03 March 2016

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This whole sock situation started small, but slowly escalated into a bigger issue. It began at The Empire Strikes Back, when an IP user attempted to add unnotable information. As per usual, the information was simply removed. Things got trickier when the user began changing his IP address in order to edit war. This kept happening until I decided to give the user a simple warning of the potential consequences of his actions. The user apparently disliked the warning, as he soon decided to vandalise my user page and then accuse me of "feeding the trolls" while pretending to be another user, which he later admitted to.

At this point, another user with an account called "Nolantron" made an edit to a film article that I ended up reverting. Then Nolantron left a personal attack on my Talk Page, which I reported, resulting in him being blocked for a week (message not visible, see the edit history). The user then blames me for the block and begins using different IPs to completely spam my user page, sandbox and Talk Page with non-stop personal attacks and vandalism, many of which are not visible and he admits to pretending to be a different user and most of the IPs admit to being Nolantron. Every time one IP is blocked, another shows up.

When a courteous editor named @TJH2018 took notice of the personal attacks and began to offer assistance, the user began targeting him as well.

The main Nolantron account has been blocked indefinitely for personal attacks and, once this investigation determines that these are all the same user, I believe the same should be done with all of these IPs. Also, don't be surprised if the user tries to vandalise this page. DarkKnight2149 04:03, 3 March 2016 (UTC) DarkKnight2149 04:03, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * Hi, I'm TJH2018, and I was also targeted by User:Nolantron. I was on the real-time recent changes gadget, and saw an unusual edit on a user page from an anonymous IP that didn't belong to him. I then proceeded to investigate, under the premise that this was vandalism. When I arrived, there were some very unpleasant images gracing Darkknight's sandbox and user page. I undid the edit, and left Darkknight a message on his talk page explaining the edit. He then told me that he was having issues with this user and suspected him to be a sock. I monitored Darkknight's user pages, and they kept on getting vandalized. I went and got his pages a temp page protection from unknown editors. Later on, Nolantron left me a [|message1]message on my talk page, of which I responded to. I then left him a warning on his userpage, and he responded to me saying it was time to switch targets (all edits are on my userpage history, which the previous link goes to). Per Darkknight's evidence above, he repeatedly posted, and I'm quoting the file name here, "asian penis erected," around eight times on my talk page. I went ahead and got it protected, and reported his main account for vandalism, for which he got indefinitely blocked. I haven't heard anything from him since then. --TJH2018 (talk) 20:20, 3 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Hello, this is in regards to a disruptive post left on my userpage by a user claiming to be Nolantron, which says the following:
 * goodbye stupid user, because of me now you also will be blocked. I throroughy enjoyed exploiting and framing you sucker! Next time, dont be at the wrong place at the wrong time!! Im glad User:Darkknight2149 is also suffering because of me. Nolantron (comment added by 4.30.208.70 (talk) 19:23, 3 March 2016 (UTC))
 * Based on this post, it seems that my IP address has been exploited for the benefits of a disruptive vandal. I do however recall undoing an edit on the Empire Strikes Back Article, which removed an interesting trivia fact. But it was disallowed as I got a surprise warning from User:ScrapIronIV informing me that this revert was disruptive. As I have already been blocked previously due to some other incident, I decided to stay out of this situation. However, I can see from the edit history that identical edits were later performed by some other user with multiple IP address and the situation just got worse. After User:Darkknight2149's warning in the comment about opening a sockpuppet investigation, I can see that this situation then migrated its way onto his user page and it escalated into insulting posts and threats. It wasnt long till later edits made on Darkknight's talkpage were branded as Nolantron. In short, my IP is not a sockpuppet of Nolantron. However, a controversial change made by myself got the attention of Nolantron, whom began to exploit this controversial change stirring a nasty situation. At this time, I do not know whom Nolantron is but I do hope this investigation is getting dealt with properly. Thank you and good night. 99.240.204.52 (talk) 08:24, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Considering that Nolantron has already admitted to pretending to be someone else twice now, forgive me if I don't take your word at face value. But, for the sake of arguement, how exactly did he steal your IP address? DarkKnight2149 22:32, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
 * He did not actually steal my IP address. He is however taking credit for a controversial edit I made to the Star Wars movie article just to look more poweful and have my IP blocked. I dont know whether or not the users making the exact same edit I did were associated with Nolantron, or were other users. What I figured out though was after you left the sockpuppet warning comment next to User:137.122.56.47 on the SW page's history, Nolantron decided to take full advantage of this escalating situation and began his disruptive vandalizm to both create havoc and discredit other users (mainly for his personal benefit). In short, he is saying that he made the edit from my IP, but that is not true. 99.240.204.52 (talk) 23:49, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Right now, I have no way of knowing if you are telling the truth but, if you are, then I hope we either find a way to prove your innocence and/or you don't get blocked. That's a big if but if it's true, then it would be best to be careful not to make any edits that might be mistaken for disruptive and, if one of your edits is, clarify that to whatever user that mistook them for being so. DarkKnight2149 00:08, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Alright, fair enough. I do hope this sockpuppet investigation gets sorted out properly. I know how you feel as this user seems to be very cunning. It is very frustrating for all of us to have users maliciously vandalize wikipedia for the sport of it. Like i dont understand what these vandals are trying to get out of it, especially when edits can be easily reverted. Have a good evening. 99.240.204.52 (talk) 06:14, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * For the record, has been blocked as a WP:DUCK.  m.o.p  01:00, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Nolantron has attempted to pretend to be another user at least twice in the past (not counting the recent attempt to impersonate me and TJH2018), so I won't lose any sleep over this (though I genuinely hope that this wasn't a separate user). DarkKnight2149 01:08, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Perfect! My venom is working well. Through my explotations, i was able to get 99.240.204.52 blocked for a long period of time. I knew by msging him, he would try to unsucessfully defend himself, only to not know that due to my strategic tactics, none of you dumb users would believe him and thus block him!! You see how more powerful I am over you feeble users? Think about it. You see how I can control your thoughts and actions? You were right, I am the master of puppets, however my real puppets are you users. Furthermore, what I did to 99.240.204.52 is just one example what I plan to do for other IP addresses, continuously add back in edits by them which you thought to be unsuitable. Maybe the original IP addresses might be myself or other innocent users, but in either case, you will still be adding these IP addresses to the above sockpuppet list. At the end of the day, you Nazis wannabes are powerless than I am. You may not do what I say, but whether you like it or not, you will always do what I want. Peace out Nolantron
 * Yep, we're all 100% Nazi. No doubt about it. Totally. --TJH2018 (talk) 22:22, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

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All IPs used, barring a few, are dynamic Rogers addresses. I've taken the liberty of silencing the main repeating /17 (I have increased Gilliam's prior block of the /18 by a bit to cover a few outlying addresses) - the rest will have to be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. has likewise been blocked as it appears static. m.o.p 20:58, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

06 March 2016

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Round 3 on User talk:TJH2018 TJH2018 (talk) 22:19, 6 March 2016 (UTC) Refer to User talk:99.240.204.52 TJH2018 (talk) 22:25, 6 March 2016 (UTC) Requesting indef block TJH2018 (talk) 23:00, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:35, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

03 April 2016

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GorillaWarfare (talk) 10:15, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

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The user Nolantron8 is a clear sockpuppet also. Unsure if Nolantron is aware of the policies regarding multiple accounts as this violation isn't a well-disguised one. --Ches (talk) (contribs) 13:36, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
 * NOTE: I've just realised they are already blocked, although I am now seeing a good reason why an admin should revoke their talk page access - see their user talk page. --Ches (talk) (contribs) 13:37, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

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Blocked 24.114.64.0/18 for 31 hours. Just recording this here for future reference. GorillaWarfare (talk) 10:19, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

24 April 2016

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Sock is targeting userpages with rants... TJH2018  talk  14:50, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

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I have blocked the first IP for two weeks for its repeatedly placing a notice of this on the reporting user's page. Daniel Case (talk) 06:01, 25 April 2016 (UTC) ''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

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 * Admin action needed - – these are dynamic IPs (mobile networks, perhaps) and it'd be great if a rangeblock could be done for a short amount of time. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 03:06, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Just put in a (pretty huge) rangeblock. Should hopefully help. GorillaWarfare (talk) 09:48, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Should be relatively good now. Feel free to open another SPI if they pop up again. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 13:18, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

27 April 2016

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, and impersonation of me. Took my signature, and used it on Darkknight2149's talk page. I also went ahead and took the liberty of doing a few minor changes to my signature. This is new for him, so we should be looking out for this now. TJH2018 talk  15:27, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
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 * Account already blocked. No reason given for CU request. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 17:27, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

28 April 2016

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Posting crude pictures on user talk pages, same behavior as puppeteer RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:18, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * ... TJH2018 talk  21:22, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, this Canucklehead keeps creating attack accounts. Banish him to the hinterlands and forget about him. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 15:34, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * IPs are dynamic, some were blocked when this was opened but they're all inactive now. Closing. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 01:11, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

16 May 2016

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TJH2018 talk  14:36, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * certainly a duck, but already blocked. An admin should take a pass over their contribs and revdelete probably all of them, but nothing more to do here. Future IP reports can probably just go to WP:AIV, per WP:DENY. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 01:13, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

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Self-proclaimed sock who was last active in May of 2016 TJH2018  talk  14:52, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * the IP is clearly being used only for vandalism, and whether or not it's Nolantron, a 31-hour block should suffice. Future reports should just go to WP:AIV, per WP:DFTT. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 23:13, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  17:51, 21 September 2016 (UTC)