Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Polylepsis/Archive

Evidence submitted by WikiLaurent
Could someone check these two users? They seem to be doing the same kind of edits on articles about China. See for instance these very similar edits:, or these two:   (nearly the same comments about the same picture), as well as the history of File:Execution_in_China.jpg. Laurent (talk) 20:07, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
I added Toutvientapoint and Zhonghuo. The articles edited by these accounts are similar to those of Polylepsis and YellowPops. Editing mostly Chinese related articles and competitions like the Olympics. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 21:38, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

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Comments by other users
A lot of other sockpuppets have been found and blocked (for the same reasons) on the French Wikipedia. The list is available there: fr:Wikipédia:Faux-nez/Kiriniki. --Xiglofre (talk) 17:19, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

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Self-endorsing for CheckUser attention. They edit similar articles, but the exact same edits or behaviors? I'm not 100% on that. –MuZemike 16:59, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

✅ that is the following:



KnightLago (talk) 01:44, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

All accounts indefinitely blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 01:59, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
The accounts have the same liking to editing Chinese related articles, games (Olympics) and statistical lists as the other socks.

This also seems to have been missed. Xiglofre added a link to the French Wikipedia's SPI page in which the accounts listed after Confucius was blocked as sock puppets of Kiriniki which seems to be the equivalent of Polylepsis here. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 21:41, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

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Some of the suspects (Je sais plus qui, 中华人民共和国, Kiriniki and Sebastien Poncet) seem to have no edit history at all. Maybe I missed something, but how does the behavioral evidence implicate them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smocking (talk • contribs) 16:08, 1 March 2010 (UTC)


 * See the French Wikipedia link and check under the contribs of each of the socks. For convenience, here they are: Sebastien Poncet, Je_sais_plus_qui, Kiriniki, 中华人民共和国. Also, they're probably sleeper accounts now. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 16:21, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, that clears things up a bit. Most of them look like WP:DUCKs to me. However, I still don't see how Je sais plus qui (contrib french: Je_sais_plus_qui) is implicated - there are no obviously related edits (my French is rusty though). Kiriniki has been editing since 2007, several years before the suspected puppetmaster, so him being part of the suspect list is also beyond me. Smocking (talk) 17:14, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * On the French Wikipedia, Kiriniki seems to be considered as the first user (the "puppetmaster"), and the others as Kiriniki's sockpuppets. His edits are very similar to those of, by exemple, Zhonghuo, and some sockpuppets have been used to vote like him (see this page). was probably banned as a sockpuppet of a banned user. --Xiglofre (talk) 13:10, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Then he should be the suspected puppetmaster per the instructions at the top of this page. Smocking (talk) 14:14, 3 March 2010 (UTC)


 * New sockpuppet: PaxAmericana, already blocked on WP-FR. Hégésippe &#124; ±Θ± 10:45, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK for all; the frwiki evidence helps. Some accounts don't exist here though. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 11:04, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
Editing the same articles as the last socks, Chinese related articles, especially similar to socks and. It's a newly created account that seems to be continuing their edits from Confucius. This can be seen with the article Table tennis in China and Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. They also already started in editing in French Wikipedia. Most of the socks found edited French Wikipedia. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 13:39, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

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Blocked/tagged. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 13:41, 7 March 2010 (UTC)


 * New sockpuppets discovered on wp-FR:
 * fr:Special:Contributions/Lunaroutpost, blocked. See: Special:Contributions/Lunaroutpost;
 * fr:Special:Contributions/Einkleinestier, sleeping sockpuppet, blocked. See: Special:Contributions/Einkleinestier;
 * fr:Special:Contributions/Bashibazoukisback, sleeping sockpuppet, blocked. See: Special:Contributions/Bashibazoukisback.
 * Hégésippe &#124; ±Θ± 21:57, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets




Evidence submitted by WikiLaurent
Same kind of edits in similar articles. Laurent (talk) 20:02, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Yet another Polylepsis sock editing exactly the same articles in exactly the same manner just days later after having another sock account banned. 88.106.84.217 (talk) 20:46, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Added another one brought up on AN/I. —  Jeremy  ( v^_^v Dittobori ) 00:44, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

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IP, I noticed you tried to place the case in the CheckUser queue right away (see and ). Normally, an SPI clerk needs to look at it before it goes in front of a CheckUser. Are you intending to make a CheckUser request? –MuZemike 20:59, 14 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I wasn't sure exactly of how to notify of a potential sock puppet 88.106.84.217 (talk) 21:05, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

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It's really quacking to me. Almost the same articles. Per the SUL The account was already created in French Wikipedia, no surprise there. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 22:16, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd like to see a fuller examination of this; it looks to me like THEQUEEN99 leads to a lot of socks, but I don't have time to do a big search right now. I've already blocked THEQUEEN99 and User:Napoleonbonaparte99. --jpgordon:==( o ) 21:35, 15 March 2010 (UTC)


 * per jpgordon. Tim Song (talk) 22:32, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Bashibazoukisback and Einkleinestier ✅. I kinda figured they'd duck themselves quickly. --jpgordon:==( o ) 04:06, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Accounts tagged and already blocked by jpgordon. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 22:09, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
Yinghuo 1's first 6 edits was to Chinese space exploration. This is a common for socks like and. The scope of the articles are also similar, mainly with East Asian (Chinese topics). Also, the SUL also shows that the account also exists at French wikipedia. All the socks from the previous investigations had the trend of the account editing and/or existing at French Wikipedia.

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Requested by <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 13:18, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Self endorsing for CU attention. It's clear that Polylepsis is creating multiple socks from somewhere. Although the account listed passes the duck test, requesting CU to check for any other sleepers and possibly issue a rangeblock or IP block. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 13:18, 20 March 2010 (UTC)


 * ✅ A few more. Please double check these for behavior, but the ones with short histories are pretty certain:
 * A range block is not feasible; too much collateral damage. --jpgordon:==( o ) 15:43, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * A range block is not feasible; too much collateral damage. --jpgordon:==( o ) 15:43, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * A range block is not feasible; too much collateral damage. --jpgordon:==( o ) 15:43, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * A range block is not feasible; too much collateral damage. --jpgordon:==( o ) 15:43, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * A range block is not feasible; too much collateral damage. --jpgordon:==( o ) 15:43, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * A range block is not feasible; too much collateral damage. --jpgordon:==( o ) 15:43, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * A range block is not feasible; too much collateral damage. --jpgordon:==( o ) 15:43, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * A range block is not feasible; too much collateral damage. --jpgordon:==( o ) 15:43, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

all have been blocked and tagged, SpitfireTally-ho! 18:57, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by WikiLaurent

 * It looks like it's him again. He already started a discussion to have some pictures he doesn't like removed. Laurent (talk) 21:29, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

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I'm not entirely convinced that this is Polylepsis yet. The articles being edited and information type are similar, but they're still some behavior missing like the SUL showing French Wikipedia account creation, the large amount of statistical information they do on articles and their userpages, and Chinese space exploration and sports. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 22:17, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * For a new user, he seems surprisingly knowledgeable about Wikipedia's policies and the history of the PRC's article. Also, he wants to remove the picture because it's too "aggressive" - exactly like Zonghuo (another sockpuppet) before him. Laurent (talk) 00:51, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Macau Big Fan is evidently a sock by their knowledge but I wasn't too sure if it was sock of Polylepsis. But it's been confirmed, so all that's needed now is administrative action. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 01:07, 25 March 2010 (UTC)


 * ✅. Also:
 * and I'm pretty sure also about
 * There's a /17 that all of these have used, and that almost no other editors have used. --jpgordon:==( o ) 00:18, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * and I'm pretty sure also about
 * There's a /17 that all of these have used, and that almost no other editors have used. --jpgordon:==( o ) 00:18, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * There's a /17 that all of these have used, and that almost no other editors have used. --jpgordon:==( o ) 00:18, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * There's a /17 that all of these have used, and that almost no other editors have used. --jpgordon:==( o ) 00:18, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * There's a /17 that all of these have used, and that almost no other editors have used. --jpgordon:==( o ) 00:18, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

to check and find any more sleepers after jpgordon's check. This probably is not the only sock created recently by their past behavior. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 15:20, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Current blocked check socks tagged. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 17:43, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ ItzCrazyDude. Also:
 * (already blocked for messing with SPI)
 * That's about it for now. --jpgordon:==( o ) 21:36, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * That's about it for now. --jpgordon:==( o ) 21:36, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Rest of socks tagged. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 22:39, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets




Evidence submitted by Elockid
From the SUL (creation of account in French Wikipedia) to articles subject being edited (Chinese related articles and statistics) and to the articles being edited Republic of China – Holy See relations and People's Republic of China – Holy See relations (Naxalitewarrior is a sock of Polylepsis. Other confirmed accounts relating to foreign relations can be seen with and THEQUEEN99. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>   ( Talk ) 15:47, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I've added another obvious sockpuppet. Laurent (talk) 17:03, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

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Requested by <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 15:47, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Self endorsing for CU attention for a sleeper check. jpgordon also mentioned a possible rangeblock for a /17 range they are using that almost no one uses (see previous investigation). Requesting if it's still possible to block this range due to the user's persistent rapid creation of several socks after last batch of socks are blocked. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 15:47, 1 April 2010 (UTC)


 * There's more than one range involved here. These two accounts are ✅, still looking for others. <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold  (t/a/c) 17:04, 3 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Also ✅:


 * I'm also going to hardblock the three /24 ranges these accounts were on - I can't find anything in WHOIS records to show where the /17 is, although one of these /24's is part of a much larger /11 range. <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold  (t/a/c) 17:24, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Allllll blocked, tagged. Solid. ~ Amory ( u  •  t  •  c ) 17:46, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
The articles are similar to some extent. Polylepsis and socks have edited the articles Definitions of Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region and Shanghai for example (see article histories). The edits on Tibet Autonomous Region looks to be a continuation of confirmed sock. Not only that, but similar to the other socks from the previous investigations, this account has already been created in French Wikipedia.

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Requested by <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 17:42, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Endorsing for to confirm if this is a sock. If this is a sock, there's a good chance that there are sleepers around. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 17:42, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Slap me if I'm wrong, but this account was registered on March 6th. There have been just short of a half-dozen CUs since then - surely this would've shown up?  The last check was a few days ago. ~ Amory ( u  •  t  •  c ) 04:16, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It could have been missed? There was one time when there was a socked that was missed, that hasn't been checked but quacks loudly. KnightLago performed a check on February 27th, but was created on February 21st. Some of the behavior does match though (editing Tibet articles) especially with the SUL creations of French and Chinese Wikipedias. The rapid creation on those Wikipedias are something that distinguishes him. This corresponds most to the report on February 28 2010, 21:41 (UTC). But since it's past a few days already, there's probably a whole batch of socks we're not aware of at this moment. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>   ( Talk ) 11:34, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

❌ --Deskana (talk) 16:04, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
It's already edited almost all the target articles as the other socks. Like in Chinese space program or Naxalite-Maoist insurgency. The suspected sock also looks to be an impostor account of User:Hégésippe Cormier (even the same userpage) who in French Wikipedia has handled the Polylepsis socks there. See previous reports and Faux-nez/Kiriniki for information regarding Hégésippe Cormier blocking Polylepsis socks. The Cornier account been blocked in French Wikipedia. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 23:32, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

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Requested by <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 23:32, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Where there's a sock, there's bound to be more. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 23:32, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Hégésippe Cornier blocked indefinitely. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 01:11, 11 April 2010 (UTC)


 * ✅ both and . <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold  (t/a/c) 05:03, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

All accounts tagged. Airport fan and Papiertoilette still not blocked. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 05:29, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * blocked both. Tim Song (talk) 06:54, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
Same liking to sports relating to China or in general the Olympics as the other socks. Same types of articles edited. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 15:31, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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Requested by <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 15:31, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Self endorsing for a sleeper check. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 15:31, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅. Also:
 * --jpgordon:==( o ) 23:30, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * --jpgordon:==( o ) 23:30, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * --jpgordon:==( o ) 23:30, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * --jpgordon:==( o ) 23:30, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Blocked and tagged by Jpgordon. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 23:41, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Wetog
All have near identical edit histories as all other sock accounts of Polylepsis.

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The two most recent socks should have been caught by checkuser as several checks were done. I'm assuming then that these are not socks as a result. Furthermore, most of the edits the suspected socks made are indeed Chinese related articles, but, out of the numerous socks we have to work with, only is the only one that comes close. Otherwise, most of the articles have been different in my opinion. There is another sockmaster though that I came accross that which can be found at Sockpuppet investigations/Johnwangxun which more likely represents the listed socks. As such, I am closing this case and doing a further investigation of the socks with relation to Johnwangxun. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 14:41, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
This is an obvious duck. Most of the edits are to Historical GDP of the People's Republic of China. From the edit history, this was page Polylepsis heavily edited as well as 4 different socks:, , and ,. The first article, Sport in the People's Republic of China is also within the scope of other Polylepsis socks. Polylepsis himself and other socks and have edited by several of his socks such as, , and

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Requested by <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 14:49, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Self endorsing for a sleeper check. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 14:49, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅, blocked and tagged along with one more. --jpgordon:==( o ) 15:43, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by WikiLaurent

 * That's definitely him - compare and  for instance.

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 * Got it already. --jpgordon:==( o ) 00:05, 27 April 2010 (UTC)


 * No additional socks this time? <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 00:05, 27 April 2010 (UTC)]]
 * A few. Check my log. --jpgordon:==( o ) 00:09, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay. Thanks. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 00:12, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets




Evidence submitted by WikiLaurent

 * Looks a lot like Polylepsis, in particular this kind of changes to improve PRC's ranks - . Laurent (talk) 15:41, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * See this edit for "Hong Kong ICC". Laurent (talk) 19:06, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

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Chinese image rotation especially quacks loudly. Endorsing for a sleeper check. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 01:46, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Behavior wise, they seem somewhat similar. But considering we had about 10 checks and the account was created before the first SPI, I'm inclined to think that this isn't a sock since it would have at least popped up in one of those checks. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 22:29, 2 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Good point, I hadn't noticed he edited in 2009 so maybe it's not him then. I've added another possible sock who has recently been created and edits a lot like Polypepsis. Laurent (talk) 22:21, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes that's definitely him - see in particular this edit where he restored an edit done by a previous sockpuppet. Laurent (talk) 22:30, 3 May 2010 (UTC)


 * All ✅. --jpgordon:==( o ) 19:33, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

All accounts blocked with exception to Rédacteur Tibet2 which was already blocked. All accounts also tagged. I also added a banned tag on Polylepsis for excessive sockpuppetry. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 19:41, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by WikiLaurent

 * Similar edits in particular in the "List of..." articles. Also increasing China's stats in various articles like Polylepsis. Laurent (talk) 17:31, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

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The target articles and behavior are similar. Also, you've been right about every sock so far including so there is a chance you're right. We haven't had a sleeper check in a while also. Considering that Polylepsis is a serial sockpuppeteer, there is a good chance we missed some other accounts. As a note the last sock suspected sock blocked was (not listed in this investigation) but was blocked per DUCK and for their own report on SPI (see deleted contribs). <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 23:39, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Adrianbius, but Khalidshou is unrelated. Dominic·t 08:47, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Blocked and tagged. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 10:49, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
A piano in the floor is similar to socks like and  editing sports and Olympic pages mainly on China. Two of the articles, Sport in the People's Republic of China and China at the Olympics are pages that multiple Polylepsis socks edited. Like this other sock,, he/she has interest in editing articles pertaining to the Himilayas.

Anand Bindra is similar to YellowPops and Toutvientapoint again.

Added The Dino Dude. Similarities in editing pages as other socks like and. Account is already created in French Wikipedia. Some socks do this like and. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 13:41, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

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. This user has history of making multiple accounts and we haven't had a sleeper check in a while. Self endorsing for a sleeper check/check for missed accounts and for confirmation on those accounts. The most recent socks have to work with are, and. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 13:08, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

-- Avi (talk) 19:43, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ The following accounts are confirmed related to each other. The relation to Polylepsis will need to be based on behavioral evidence.

Blocked the listed accounts for sockpuppetry. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 19:55, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I assume the connection to Polylepsis could not be established because that account is . Could we instead, then, have a check against a more recently confirmed account like ? I see similarities but having hard evidence would be nicer. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 19:53, 11 July 2010 (UTC)


 * The technical evidence indicates ❌ to the last group of sockpuppets, which is why behavioral evidence must be used. -- Avi (talk) 21:47, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Comment: I'm confident that that the accounts Avi listed are socks of Polylepsis. Behaviorally, they edit the same pages as Polylepsis and socks. Secondly, all accounts have already been created in French Wikipedia. See evidence listed in this report and past reports regarding French Wikipedia. Thirdly, abuse of multiple accounts. Polylepsis has long history of creating multiple accounts in both French and English Wikipedia. Again, see previous reports. For me at least, it's not surprising that there was confirmed and related multiple accounts editing the same types of pages as Polylepsis. I also believe that it's just to much to past off as a mere coincidence that we have a different user here based on what I said. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 14:08, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

to check the following account:. Similar articles being edited. That account is also created in French Wikipedia (what a surprise). I've recently blocked this new account per WP:DUCK. If these accounts are related then it's possible to that there are more I missed. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 17:58, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Never mind. Splittist already checked. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 10:47, 14 July 2010 (UTC)


 * All accounts listed have been blocked and tagged as socks of Polylepsis <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 12:32, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Maurilbert
Just blocked on his sole behavior on WP.FR. --M AURILBERT  (talk)  22:06, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

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Already blocked and tagged. See my talk page. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 23:17, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
Similar interests as other socks. Already created at French Wikipedia. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 01:55, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Added Imperratoor. Similar interests. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 15:34, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Added Manipur20. Same as Anthrax444. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 22:38, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Added User:Desmond2046 who, like Polylepsis, thinks that the human right section should be deleted from the PRC article. Laurent (talk) 18:07, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

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for a sleeper check/check for any missed accounts. We haven't had a check in a while. There's probably some other accounts out there. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 01:56, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Is it possible to get a rangeblock? <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 22:41, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅, except for Desmond2046, who appears technically ❌. IP doesn't appear related either. Also:
 * No rangeblock possible. --jpgordon:==( o ) 15:46, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Tags updated, accounts already blocked except for Desmond2046. Marking for close. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  16:07, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * No rangeblock possible. --jpgordon:==( o ) 15:46, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Tags updated, accounts already blocked except for Desmond2046. Marking for close. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  16:07, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
Already created at French Wikipedia. Similar editing interests. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 20:10, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

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Self endorsing for a sleeper check/check for missed accounts. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 20:11, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Following blocked and tagged: <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold  (t/a/c) 20:22, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

I missed a horde, I've now blocked these as well: <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold  (t/a/c) 20:32, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking care of the checkuser blocks yourself hers. NativeForeigner Talk/Contribs 02:52, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Hégésippe Cormier
New sockpuppets blocked on wp-FR 2010-09-19


 * Special:Contributions/Boutaneese, see fr:Spécial:Contributions/Boutaneese (sleeping sockpuppet).
 * Special:Contributions/Bip bip pib (sleeping sock-puppet), see fr:Spécial:Contributions/Bip bip pib.
 * Special:Contributions/No way you did that (sleeping sockpuppet), see fr:Spécial:Contributions/No way you did that.
 * Special:Contributions/Total soap 2 (sleeping sockpuppet), see fr:Spécial:Contributions/Total soap 2.

Hégésippe &#124; ±Θ± 11:24, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
Added Brikkibric. Same interests, already created at French Wikipedia. See above and previous investigations. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 12:20, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
 * This has been CU confirmed. See below. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 12:27, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

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Per French Wikipedia CU results, the first 4 accounts blocked. Sleeper check still needed to find out socks here that are not created in French Wiki. The majority of socks are created there also, but some recent socks like and  are not created in French Wiki.
 * Per above, I have also blocked and . <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>   ( Talk ) 12:29, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
 * All of the accounts are ✅, but I saw no sleepers. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  14:11, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
Same editing interests as other socks. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 22:01, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

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 * ✅ that the following are socks of :


 * This group is / related to the above, but are ✅ socks of one another:

Tiptoety talk 06:06, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Everyone's blocked - marking for close. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  13:17, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by ElockidAlternate
New accounts with similar/same editing interests. <b style="color:#4682B4; font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px;"> E lockid (Alternate)</b>  ( Talk )  15:58, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

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Tiptoety talk 16:30, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * is highly ;
 * is ❌.
 * The sock is blocked, so I'll mark this for close. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  18:32, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by ElockidAlternate
Similar interests as other socks. Already created in French Wiki. Requesting CU for a sleeper check. It's been a while since we had one. <b style="color:#4682B4; font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px;"> E lockid (Alternate)</b>  ( Talk )  14:54, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

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 * Already nailed with several others. --jpgordon:==( o ) 15:12, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Marking for close. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  16:47, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
All socks listed are already CU confirmed on French Wiki. Requesting CU to check any remaining socks not created in French Wiki. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 12:46, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

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Good catch. The following are ✅:
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * All tagged and blocked. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:31, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * All tagged and blocked. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:31, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * All tagged and blocked. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:31, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * All tagged and blocked. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:31, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * All tagged and blocked. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:31, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * All tagged and blocked. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:31, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * All tagged and blocked. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:31, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * All tagged and blocked. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:31, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by HelloAnnyong
Requested in a thread on my talk page. Similar edit patterns between this sock and, a previously confirmed sock. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:04, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

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 * - —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:04, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅, no sleepers. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  16:29, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:57, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
Same editing interests. Already created in French Wikipedia. Requesting CU for a sleeper check. It's been a while since we had one. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 22:28, 21 November 2010 (UTC) <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>   ( Talk ) 22:28, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

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 * No other sleepers. –MuZemike 03:04, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

08 January 2011

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Both of these accounts have already been created in French Wikipedia and have similar/same interests as other Polylepsis socks. Jokerole especially has been editing the same heavily edited sock pages like Environment of the People's Republic of China and Automobile industry in China, pages which I protected before for sockpuppetry. Need CU to confirm whether or not these are socks and to see if there are any sleepers hanging around. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 18:45, 8 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Added ZOenfgia. Same as above two. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 13:24, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

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 * - Definitely worth a look. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 21:17, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ the following are the same:

There is one account, but the name appears similar. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 14:52, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
 * A little typo there. Meant to put Jokeroler on the suspected socks. Jokerole is a mistake.  Elockid (Alternate)  ( Talk ) 14:56, 10 January 2011 (UTC)


 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:13, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

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Account already created in French Wikipedia. Editing the same types of pages as the other socks, mostly lists and statistics. It's been awhile since we had a check. Requesting to CU to check for sleepers. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 14:49, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

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 * - Endorsing for confirmation and sleeper check. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 14:52, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright, here we go - all ✅ socks:
 * Given these results, I'm going to put down a large softblock - two weeks at first - and see how it goes. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  17:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Given these results, I'm going to put down a large softblock - two weeks at first - and see how it goes. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  17:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Given these results, I'm going to put down a large softblock - two weeks at first - and see how it goes. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  17:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Given these results, I'm going to put down a large softblock - two weeks at first - and see how it goes. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  17:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Given these results, I'm going to put down a large softblock - two weeks at first - and see how it goes. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  17:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Given these results, I'm going to put down a large softblock - two weeks at first - and see how it goes. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  17:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Given these results, I'm going to put down a large softblock - two weeks at first - and see how it goes. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  17:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Given these results, I'm going to put down a large softblock - two weeks at first - and see how it goes. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  17:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Given these results, I'm going to put down a large softblock - two weeks at first - and see how it goes. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  17:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Given these results, I'm going to put down a large softblock - two weeks at first - and see how it goes. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  17:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Given these results, I'm going to put down a large softblock - two weeks at first - and see how it goes. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  17:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Given these results, I'm going to put down a large softblock - two weeks at first - and see how it goes. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  17:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Given these results, I'm going to put down a large softblock - two weeks at first - and see how it goes. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  17:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Given these results, I'm going to put down a large softblock - two weeks at first - and see how it goes. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  17:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

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NyuclearTrigger has very similar characteristics as other Polylepsis socks. NyuclearTrigger was created just after a changing IP, which is in the same range as Polylepsis's changing IP, tried to add POV to the superpower article. The only edits NyuclearTrigger has made are the same attempts to add the same POV to the article. This the same kind of POV Polylepsis's socks usually add and the article is in the same catagory of articles which Polylepsis's socks usually target. Quite vivid blur (talk) 19:17, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

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❌ TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  15:46, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

I'm not entirely convinced behaviorally that that account is Polylepsis. The only edits the socks have been making in that article have been to introduce statistics, not POV. Other details such as edit summary usage does not match up. As a result I will close as no action on this part of the case. I do note that there are several other socks such as Koov who have edited that article. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 18:38, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

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Enforcing only positive material on Potential superpower, by adding positive or removing the criticism. On Chinese Century as well. In past he has named accounts after the names of Chinese regions, we had one of the guy before too. He was always aware of WP:3RR rule.  Occult Zone  (Talk • Contributions • Log) 02:16, 21 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Report can be closed. It is pretty much affirmed though, that where and when the editor would want to participate or disrupt these articles. We can always get back here whenever we have more evidence. Thanks.  Occult Zone  (Talk • Contributions • Log) 05:50, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * The last sock in the archive was blocked in 2011, therefore this is far too for checkuser.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  00:12, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't have time to thoroughly investigate this right away, but Xinjiang guy was recently listed as a suspected sock in another case, and was determined probably unrelated (but the evidence over there might be useful). ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  18:31, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Closing per OccultZone -- however, Polylepsis hasn't had a confirmed sock since 2011, the IP hasn't edited since April 2014, and Xinjiang guy came back for 4 edits on Jan.19th but nothing since. ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  22:08, 12 February 2015 (UTC)