Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rainsismyfav/Archive

Evidence submitted by Elockid
Large number of new SPA accounts editing the same page, Miracle on the Han River. If this page wasn't so heavily edited by Tnaniua and other socks, I wouldn't as suspicious, especially for a page which does not that many views. I'm not sure this Tnaniua yet as they haven't shown POV edit warring yet. Requesting checkuser to verify whether this is Tnaniua or if the accounts are related.  E lockid  ( Talk ) 02:21, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

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 * - Worth a look, I think. (PS, Redspectrum is the only Tnaniua account that isn't stale.) —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 14:57, 10 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Ugh. About the only conclusive result I can give is that none of these are related to Tnaniua, who is editing from a different continent (at least, Redspectrum is, anyway). Aside from that, this is a coin toss. All of these accounts, with the exceptions noted below, are editing from a large educational institution with different IP addresses and useragents. I cannot say with any degree of certainty whether this is an entire class working on a project, or else one person running to a new computer every few minutes. The former seems more likely, as the majority of these computers appear to be personal computers rather than publicly available (and thus identically maintained) terminals. There are a few exceptions, as follows:
 * does not edit on the educational network, but is on the same IP address as User:Leighannstar and User:Acissejk. The former does not share useragents; the latter edited two minutes prior to Jkiim from the same computer. This ISP is in the area of the educational institution.
 * and edit from separate ISPs located in the area of the educational institution. They do not share useragents or network ranges with each other.


 * As for the accounts that do edit from the educational institution, the following share useragents with each other. Due to the high number of users and nature of this network, I'm only checking the useragents of those accounts listed here; if an account not listed here also uses the same useragent, I am checking their contributions and ignoring them unless they've edited the same article. I am also not listing IP addresses using these useragents. A † after an account indicates that it is not the only useragent that user has used; a ‡ after an account indicates that the only variation between the user's other useragents are due to regular software updates.
 * , †‡, †‡,, † all share one useragent
 * , both share one useragent
 * , both share one useragent
 * †‡, †‡ both share their alternate useragents
 * † and previously unlisted user are obviously the same, sharing usernames and useragents
 * , both share the same useragent


 * As clarification for those not familiar with the terminology, an identical useragent means that the accounts are using identically configured computers; they are using the same operating system, browser type and version, and other software (such as Google Toolbar or other software that interfaces with the browser). In many cases, this means the same computer, however on a network where public computers can be expected this may simply indicate that the accounts were editing from public terminals, which likely will be maintained in a similar manner by the local IT department.
 * To sum it all up, this is one great big ; the only reason I've provided as much detail as I have is to aid whoever closes this in figuring out what is going on. Good luck. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 20:08, 10 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Could it be that they're studying abroad? I recently rangeblocked 142.151.154.0/23 again which was blocked from the previous investigation and blocked another sock,, who was targeting the same pages the IPs. Elockid  ( Talk ) 21:52, 12 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Marking as closed. Doesn't look like much else can be done here. –MuZemike 18:58, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

24 November 2010

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First, I must confess I've never filed one of these before, so please be gentle. I try my best to WP:AGF and not bother with all this stuff but I noticed a lot of users with very similar editing histories on different articles relating to Korea and wasn't sure what to do with it. Nearly all of them are new accounts, edit the same articles at the same times, and tend to rely on the same sources. I do not pretend that I know what the cause is, only that it should be investigated by someone more knowledgable than I. Sockpuppetry is possible, as is meatpuppetry (though I do not see them engaging in a debate, some of the edits seem to have a similar POV), but I am not sure how to make that determination, so I thought I would ask you all if you can help and leave it in your capable hands. I have no prior interaction with any of these users other than welcoming the first few users and realizing that they had almost identical contribution histories. Nearly all of these accounts have participated in three waves of editing at all three of the articles Miracle on the Han River (10 November 2010), Minjung (17 November 2010), and Juche (24 November 2010). Nearly all of them are new users with no prior edit history. They tend to make substantial edits as part of one of these three waves and rely on the same sources to fill in reference tags, especially "Cumings, Bruce. Korea's Place in the Sun: a Modern History. New York: Norton, 2005. Print." and to a lesser extent "Lee, Peter H., and Bary William Theodore De, eds. Sources of Korean Tradition. Vol. 2. New York: Columbia UP, 2000. Print." Any deviations from this pattern I have described that I have noticed are noted below (e.g. did not participate, made mostly minor edits). I did not encounter any users that fit this pattern with a substantial prior edit history, nor did I notice any participation in discussion except for Rainsismyfav. The only account with any age to it is Philliplee and even then the user has only edited one other article (three times) and a couple sandboxes. Have not attempted to notify users about this discussion; would like to have your advice on whether/not to do so. Philliplee: Miracle on the Han River 14:41, 10 November 2010 Minjung - 15:27, 17 November 2010 Juche - 07:44, 24 November 2010. Has a (slight) edit history prior to Miracle on the Han River. Pbk0319: Miracle on the Han River - 16:32, 8 November 2010 Minjung - 11:48, 15 November 2010 Juche 13:26, 23 November 2010. Used edit summary more often Snrnrpzz: Miracle on the Han River - 07:03, 10 November 2010 Minjung - 09:54, 17 November 2010 Juche - 03:40, 24 November 2010 Jiganiget: Miracle on the Han River - 14:52, 10 November 2010 Minjung - 09:54, 17 November 2010 Juche - 04:58, 24 November 2010 Rainsismyfav: Miracle on the Han River - 14:15, 10 November 2010 Minjung - 14:58, 17 November 2010 Juche - 05:34, 24 November 2010. Has created own user page with user boxes. Did participate in discussion here but self-reverted his post a couple days later. Jkiim: Miracle on the Han River - 10:10, 10 November 2010 Minjung - 08:54, 17 November 2010 Juche - 06:14, 24 November 2010 Takang: Miracle on the Han River - 02:43, 10 November 2010 Minjung - 04:37, 17 November 2010 Juche - 08:10, 24 November 2010 LishaZC: Miracle on the Han River - 02:57, 11 November 2010 Minjung - 13:57, 16 November 2010 Juche - 09:35, 24 November 2010 Wjddpcks90: Miracle on the Han River - 14:02, 10 November 2010 Minjung - 15:17, 17 November 2010 Juche - 11:11, 24 November 2010 Hayoungk: Miracle on the Han River - 18:39, 10 November 2010 Minjung - 07:26, 17 November 2010 Juche - 12:05, 24 November 2010 Leighannstar: Miracle on the Han River - 15:09, 10 November 2010 Minjung - 07:02, 17 November 2010 Juche - 14:12, 24 November 2010 Sarkywarky: Miracle on the Han River - 16:27, 10 November 2010 Minjung - DID NOT PARTICIPATE Juche - 09:40, 24 November 2010 D4solver: Miracle on the Han River - 15:08, 10 November 2010 Minjung - 17:05, 17 November 2010 Juche - DID NOT PARTICIPATE. User tested out Wikipedia using sandboxes a couple days prior Pcho: Miracle on the Han River - 13:15, 10 November 2010 Minjung - 14:36, 17 November 2010 Juche - DID NOT PARTICIPATE. Both edits were flagged as minor despite being substantial Thebabox3: Miracle on the Han River - 15:07, 10 November 2010 Minjung - 14:31, 17 November 2010 Juche - DID NOT PARTICIPATE Joanraru: Miracle on the Han River - 15:45, 10 November 2010 Minjung - 11:10, 17 November 2010 Juche - DID NOT PARTICIPATE. Minor edits except Juche edit; did not add reference tag. Bboymikehan: Miracle on the Han River - 11:12, 10 November 2010 Minjung - 06:41, 17 November 2010 Juche - DID NOT PARTICIPATE Jhoojhoo: Miracle on the Han River - DID NOT PARTICIPATE Minjung - 10:19, 17 November 2010 Juche - DID NOT PARTICIPATE Jemeelaa: Miracle on the Han River - 16:58, 10 November 2010 Minjung - DID NOT PARTICIPATE Juche - DID NOT PARTICIPATE Jml0310: Miracle on the Han River - 15:57, 10 November 2010 Minjung - DID NOT PARTICIPATE Juche - DID NOT PARTICIPATE. Used parenthetical citation instead of ref tags. Winterwave: Miracle on the Han River - 14:19, 10 November 2010 Minjung - DID NOT PARTICIPATE Juche - DID NOT PARTICIPATE. The second edit removed the refs which the first edit had introduced. Eehnooy: Miracle on the Han River - 13:35, 10 November 2010 Minjung - DID NOT PARTICIPATE Juche - DID NOT PARTICIPATE. One edit, did not add reference. Respectfully yours, -- Joren (talk) 06:57, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Users that participated in all three waves
 * Users that participated in two waves
 * Users with only one wave

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 * The half dozen user IDs I checked share a wide range of IPs belonging to the same University. I suggest that someone ask the more active of these new users if perhaps editing Wikipedia is an assignment. They could be using textbooks/assigned reading materials as references. -- Versa  geek  08:06, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I was hoping there would be an AGF-ey explanation; that makes a lot of sense. Since D4solver's been editing in the last 20 minutes, I have asked on D4solver's talk page. -- Joren (talk) 08:27, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * P.S. Not an admin, clerk, or checkuser, but wasn't sure where to reply to your comment.
 * You're fine :) –MuZemike 20:53, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

This was already investigated previously. See archive. Unless there's something else that needs to be investigated, I'm going to mark this for close. Elockid  ( Talk ) 15:48, 24 November 2010 (UTC)