Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ramrancher8/Archive

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Ramrancher8 is currently blocked and it looks like they violated their block by editing from This is Ramrancher8 edit and then the IP restored all the events that were removed in this edit. The IP has also been editing the same genre of wrestling articles that Ram would edit such as Summer Supercard. What really gives it away is they both edited a random obscure non-wrestling article Wolverine World Wide. So Ram violated their block by editing from this IP address StaticVapor message me!   18:32, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Update: Added another IP they have now used to evade the block. Has edited the same genre of wrestling articles as Ram has, including articles Ram has edited in the past including Summer Supercard, Honor For All (2019) (also created by Ram) and World Wrestling Council. This IP also geolocates to the same city as the other more obvious IP. WP:DUCK. StaticVapor message me!   17:32, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * /64 blocked for 1 month, master's block extended for evasion. ST47 (talk) 18:14, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

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This user has been evading their block by editing from these two IPs Both IPs both edit the same type of wrestling articles as Ramrancher8 and also geolocate back to the same city as the previous IP they used to evade block. Same editing style adding unsourced content. StaticVapor message me!   00:02, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * Looks like they moved from 2606:6000:6a51:be00::/64 to 2605:E000:1528:436F::/64 around September 20th. The previous blocks expired September 5th, the account gets blocked again September 27th, but the new IPs keep editing. I'll make the account block indef, and block the range for a while. ST47 (talk) 05:26, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The similar username is the biggest tell, but there's a fair bit more going on here. Among the sockmaster's edits were things like changing automobile dimensions (e.g. 1, 2). There's another account, User:Ninenine99, which edited from August 2020 through an indefinite block in February 2021, and sporadically returned through IPs. There is a considerable degree of overlap between Ramrancher8's and Ninenine99's editing areas, and both engaged in disruption that frequently included misinformation. Ninenine99 was also fond of tampering with vehicle dimensions (e.g. 3). Edits like nonsense "successors" were also common, which Ramrancher23 does as well. The articles that Ramrancher23 edits align closely with those of Ninenine99's two confirmed sockpuppets.

I know there isn't a whole lot to go on here because of the long time period this covers, but this all seems to line up too well. I suspect that Ninenine99 was a well-disguised sock of Ramrancher8 that nevertheless earned an indef block for the same behavior. Sable232 (talk) 23:52, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Not a whole lot to go on here with respect to definitively linking Ramrancher8 and Ninenine99, given that both are stale. However, I will go ahead and Ramrancher23 as suspected to Ramrancher8. Thank you for the report, .  The SandDoctor  Talk 18:26, 7 August 2022 (UTC)