Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pro Gamer Dope/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)


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The article intersection is enormous. The username similarity between the master and the first three listed socks is obvious, as is the similarity between the usernames in all capitals. One of the articles in which all seven accounts intersect is Sí Cumple. All of the accounts use Visual Edit and nothing special as to mobiles, etc. Very few use edit summaries. Although the focus is on Peruvian political articles, there is also overlap on other countries, e.g., Mieczysław Rakowski, Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic, and others. Given the number of accounts involved, I believe a check is needed to see if there are others. I realize that two of the accounts are stale. Bbb23 (talk) 13:36, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * . This is quite the concurrence matrix (see also this list of pages modified by two or more of them). Combined with the usernames and editing pattern, there's definitely enough for a check here. Please look for others. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:18, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * There may be more; I will add another note if when I'm done all the checks.  Maxim (talk)  15:32, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * All done now.  Maxim (talk)  15:45, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * There may be more; I will add another note if when I'm done all the checks.  Maxim (talk)  15:32, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * All done now.  Maxim (talk)  15:45, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * There may be more; I will add another note if when I'm done all the checks.  Maxim (talk)  15:32, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * All done now.  Maxim (talk)  15:45, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * There may be more; I will add another note if when I'm done all the checks.  Maxim (talk)  15:32, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * All done now.  Maxim (talk)  15:45, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * There may be more; I will add another note if when I'm done all the checks.  Maxim (talk)  15:32, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * All done now.  Maxim (talk)  15:45, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * There may be more; I will add another note if when I'm done all the checks.  Maxim (talk)  15:32, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * All done now.  Maxim (talk)  15:45, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * There may be more; I will add another note if when I'm done all the checks.  Maxim (talk)  15:32, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * All done now.  Maxim (talk)  15:45, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * There may be more; I will add another note if when I'm done all the checks.  Maxim (talk)  15:32, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * All done now.  Maxim (talk)  15:45, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * All done now.  Maxim (talk)  15:45, 2 July 2021 (UTC)


 * - there are a few indeffed accounts in there and the overlap is extensive, please block the lot. Thanks. -- Blablubbs (talk) 15:46, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged all accounts except the two stale accounts in the original list. Bbb23 (talk) 15:55, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Closing. This may be archived now unless you think the two stale accounts should be blocked/tagged based on obvious behavior. I was of two minds on that issue. If you wish them blocked/tagged, let me know.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:05, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks – I think I'll leave the archiving to someone else. I'm fine with both options; I'm highly confident both are related (there are 198 instances of overlap between and  alone) and generally don't mind blocks for stale accounts, but I have no objections to leaving them alone and revisiting if they are reactivated at some point.  Blablubbs (talk) 18:55, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * After a little more thought, I decided that they were so obvious and not real stale, so I blocked and tagged them as suspected. Nothing to prevent this from being archived now.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:14, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Recreated two (Opinion polling for the 2011 Peruvian general election - creation, Opinion polling for the 2016 Peruvian general election - creation) articles created by previously confirmed sock "TODOS POR EL POLITICO". The first of these creations had a peculiar edit summary (Totally unfair to delete the page 4 months ago so I decided to reinstate it. Gonna add the 2nd Round sooner and do not delete this just like what happened!) showing an unlikely amount of prior knowledge for a reasonably new account.

Secondly, their posting style is similar to previous socks, specifically compare with Servant of the Politics. Sizable block additions to South American political articles, usually without edit summaries. EIA also shows a fair amount of overlap in what is a reasonably obscure area.

Requesting CheckUser given the large amount of additional accounts found previously, but in the knowledge that the trail may well be stale by now. firefly ( t · c ) 15:28, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' I created another account but I don't know how to delete them so I create another one instead  firefly  ( Citizen Marc Christian · Citizen Marc Christian ) 07:59, 22 November 2021 (UTC)


 * If you haven’t seen, the comment above is by Citizen Marc Christian trying to fake your signature. - AssumeGoodWraith  (talk | contribs)  04:44, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * @AssumeGoodWraith I saw, but I don't think it's an attempt to fake a signature, more an attempt at a ping by copy-pasting my username out of my signature (and taking the formatting along with it) :) firefly  ( t · c ) 08:47, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I seem to have forgotten to AGW. - AssumeGoodWraith  (talk | contribs)  10:22, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Does this mean you acknowledge being the same person as User:Pro Gamer Dope? --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 04:52, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 15:44, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
 * @RoySmith: I'm somewhat confused by the decline – we do have ample log data, and the filer asked for a sleeper check on this account, which seems reasonable given that lots have been found in the past. --Blablubbs (talk) 17:24, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I went back and took another look at the log data, and I did indeed find something that I missed the first time, but the best I can do for is, and the nature of the data makes a sleeper check impractical. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:18, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Roy. I'll set this to checked. --Blablubbs (talk) 19:17, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I chatted off-wiki with, and based on that, I'm blocking as a suspected sock and closing this. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:32, 17 December 2021 (UTC)