Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Operahome/Archive

28 August 2013
Group 1
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Group 2

Group 3
 * blocked on dewiki for comments on Igor Janev
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 * blocked on dewiki for comments on Igor Janev
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 * blocked on dewiki for comments on Igor Janev
 * lots of Jimbo Wales comments about it


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See commons:Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/Operahome and SN. Rschen7754 18:21, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

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Please check as well, seems to belong here. Anka Friedrich (talk) 20:32, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

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 * First two accounts are stale but possible behavioral matches. --Rschen7754 18:27, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Next 3 are ✅ on Commons. --Rschen7754 18:45, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Last group is already blocked on dewiki. --Rschen7754 19:08, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

First 2 groups blocked. --Rschen7754 19:12, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Ambassador.MFA.RM blocked as a DUCK. --Rschen7754 19:18, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * - - I've indefinitely blocked all accounts, but a check for sleepers / other IPs would be appreciated; I'm told that there is also material on checkuser-l. Rschen7754 19:46, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Group 1 is . Everything else is except ✅ Ambassador.MFA.RM = . --  DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  21:16, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Tagged last sock and closing. Rschen7754 21:19, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

15 April 2014

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Just for the record:

Fut.Perf. ☼ 08:15, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Plus the following:
 * — Preceding unsigned comment added by Future Perfect at Sunrise (talk • contribs) 13:15, 22 May 2014‎ (UTC)
 * — Preceding unsigned comment added by Future Perfect at Sunrise (talk • contribs) 13:15, 22 May 2014‎ (UTC)
 * — Preceding unsigned comment added by Future Perfect at Sunrise (talk • contribs) 13:15, 22 May 2014‎ (UTC)

10 December 2014

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Single-purpose IP, promoting Igor Janev. bobrayner (talk) 18:24, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
 * See also and  from the same range, also seemingly controlled by the same person promoting Igor Janev, although these only made a small number of edits. I assume these are just dynamic IPs that are unlikely to be reused by this person, so blocking might not be appropriate. All these IPs are similar to those of previous Operahome socks. bobrayner (talk) 18:28, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
 * is active again - last reported by in May 2014.  has resumed, too. bobrayner (talk) 14:49, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

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 * Closing, thanks for the report, but IPs are stale now. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:07, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

19 December 2014

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Created another article about Igor Janev on Talk:Igor Janev, the article page being salted. I have moved it to Draft:Igor Janev pending advice whether to speedy. JohnCD (talk) 15:40, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

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Blocked sock account, pretty obvious I guess. Fut.Perf. ☼ 18:22, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Closing. Mike V  •  Talk  18:29, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

31 December 2014

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New IP in the same range of other known socks starting Draft:Igor_Janev with basically the same text as before. Legacypac (talk) 17:53, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I have added for the record 79.101.74.115 who created the article again at Talk:Igor Janev JohnCD (talk) 13:48, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

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The IP was blocked by another admin citing the master in the block. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:05, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 79.101.74.115 also blocked 31 hr, for what that's worth. JohnCD (talk) 13:48, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

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Posted at Draft talk:Igor Janev a text effectively identical to the version of Draft:Igor Janev posted on 19 Dec 2014 by CU-confirmed Operahome sock. JohnCD (talk) 21:23, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

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This looks like a WP:DUCK to me, but as the user has put a "retired" banner on their talk page I have not blocked at once, and leave it for a second opinion. Operahome has been quiet for so long that CU would probably not help. JohnCD (talk) 21:26, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Sock indeffed and tagged. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:12, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

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So this user moved a sockpuppet's user talk to Igor R. Janev and turned the page into an article. Created Risto Nikovski as well. Sro23 (talk) 14:35, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

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the Janev article is identical to the last one identified in the archives. Blocked. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 15:40, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

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Created Draft:Igor R. Janev. Could the page be deleted and salted like Draft:Igor Janev? Sro23 (talk) 18:14, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * , draft deleted and salted. GABgab 05:10, 17 September 2017 (UTC)