Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Obsuser/Archive

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The IP had been edit warring and kept removing the logo from BMW, The IP then got blocked for 48 hours, Obsuer comes along and reverts the exact same thing and using the exact same edit summary "BMW as private company must give everyone else their official logo i.e. upload it to Commons" as the IP in Diff 4 (although Obsuer did make others edits within that edit). Thanks, – Davey 2010 Talk 11:52, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Many thanks for your help, Also my sincere apologies for messing this up - It looked like I was actually reporting the IP and was afraid I was completely wrong, Anyway thanks again for your help it's greatly appreciated, Many thanks, – Davey 2010 Talk 13:00, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , no worries about the filing - that's what clerks are here for :) GeneralNotability (talk) 13:02, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Moved back to Obsuser, since that's the registered account (even if we think the registered account is evading the IP's block) GeneralNotability (talk) 12:47, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree that from a behvaioral standpoint the IP and Obsuser are likely the same person - shared interest in Balkan music and similar edits to BMW. (re)blocked both for a week for edit-warring and block evasion, will also drop uw-login on both. GeneralNotability (talk) 12:53, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

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The first IP 5.43.83.177 (on Noua Dreaptă) came right after Obsuser was blocked and fueled a long editing war. The second IP 109.175.39.202 took over from the first blocked 31h. Finally, a new IP pursues the edit warring and reverts another editor. Moreover, Obsuser indicates that he's Bosnian on his user's page and the three IP are from Zenica and Sarajevo (the later one also is located in Sarajevo). The process is always the same: he reverts others without ever discussing and blanks his talk's pages. Martopa (talk) 12:06, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

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Comment by AnotherUser144
I am an uninvolved user, but I have some comments. The 5.43 IP has definitely removed a good citation as stated above. I am not so sure about the 109.175 UPs. Furthermore, clerks/CUs will not comment on IPs, to the best of my knowledge. AnotherEditor144talk contribs 12:20, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I requested CU-verification between these IPs and Obsuser only because it was a blocking evasion, the IPs having intervened while Obsuser was already blocked (for 3 months), to pursue disruptive and controversial edits. --Martopa (talk) 13:37, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay. We need to get a CU on this one, what is the code letter for it? AnotherEditor144talk contribs 13:40, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, forgot to ping you. AnotherEditor144talk contribs 13:40, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't know at all. At most, I can ping, who is a CU (ok, it's a little arbitrary to ping one CU rather than another but it's the first one that occurs to me), maybe he can solve this problem. --Martopa (talk) 18:39, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * That is the most we can do, although looking at 2009 SPIs, it might be B (+ E). AnotherEditor144talk contribs 18:48, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I think might be able to help. AnotherEditor144talk contribs 18:56, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I think is retired (look at user page). AnotherEditor144talk contribs 18:50, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Is there a list of CUs somewhere? AnotherEditor144talk contribs 18:52, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I think there is Special:ListUsers/checkuser AnotherEditor144talk contribs 19:04, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Exactly, I was going to put the list but you found it faster than me (there are nearly 47 CU on English Wikipedia). Bbb23 was a former CU until July 2020, but he is no longer active (I just saw it now). are particularly active, maybe they can help us. --Martopa (talk) 19:14, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * CU request withdrawn. CU will not link IPs.AnotherEditor144talk contribs 19:19, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * This is obviously the same person. In view of Obsuser's history of edit-warring blocks, and warnings of a likely indefinite block next time, I have extended the block on the account to indefinite. 5.43.83.177 is already blocked. At first I thought that there was no point in doing anything about the 109.175.39.xxx IP addresses, as they have not edited for a month. However, closer examination revealed that a remarkably large proportion of recent editing by other IP addresses in that range has been on articles previously edited by Obsuser and/or 5.43.83.177, so I have blocked that range for a while. (The range has a history of blocks for sockpuppetry, though not recently, so probably that is irrelevant.) JBW (talk) 22:40, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Submitted Draft:Dejana Erić created by Obsuser. Also noted the IP 109.163.168.14 that had just edited the draft just minutes before Draftsubmit1 was blocked for block evasion. Also their first edit was to add an anchor so clearly not a new editor. S0091 (talk) 17:20, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Love the username. as suspected, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 04:54, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This is for recording purposes only, as all suspected socks are currently blocked. 5.43.76.184 attempted to restore the redlink to Rachel Lee-Anderson on the Rachel Lee disambig page (diff), the article and draft that Obsuser (as 109.163.168.14) had requested to undelete as back on 9 August (August diff). Thirty minutes later, 77.221.2.19 attempted to restore the link again while basically admitted they were Obsuser by referencing their same RFU post (diff). Zzyzx11 (talk) 07:27, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Block and closed. Zzyzx11 (talk) 07:27, 12 October 2023 (UTC)