Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rayesworied/Archive

Report date August 30 2009, 11:46 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * Evidence submitted by Seb az86556


 * How can the IP User:211.179.112.25 know that User:Rayesworied left a warning on my talkpage, find it in the takepage-history and revert it twice? (Warning was inappropriate, but that's beside the point here)


 * Same IP keeps reinstalling the edits that were made by User:Rayesworied earlier.


 * IP's contribs match that of User:Rayesworied too closely to be mere coincidence.

Thank you. Seb az86556 (talk) 11:46, 30 August 2009 (UTC)


 * After Rayesworried and one of his IPs were blocked, W950712 showed up on 1 September and restored a bunch of Rayesworied's edits across several articles, undoing me and other editors. I blocked this account, and Rayesworied, indefinitely. r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 16:08, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's a coincidence that a user who has been inactive for months (User W950712) suddenly comes back to restore versions by a recently blocked user. Also their contributions are very similar to Rayesworied. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 16:16, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I believe that there may be two other sockpuppets - dormant accounts that have suddenly started up again and are editing similar pages:
 * (Just blocked for 24 hours for edit warring on Emerging markets)
 * (Check the similarity in username with User talk:W950712, blocked as a puppet of Rayesworied.)
 * VsevolodKrolikov (talk) 08:11, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * (Check the similarity in username with User talk:W950712, blocked as a puppet of Rayesworied.)
 * VsevolodKrolikov (talk) 08:11, 2 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

The IP geolocates to South Korea. From this here, taken from User talk:HOOTmag
 * Comments by other users

Where are you from? --Rayesworied (talk) 05:47, 22 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Where are you from? HOOTmag (talk) 00:47, 25 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I am from in South Korea. --Rayesworied (talk) 08:27, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

It seems that Rayesworied is either from or in South Korea. It would seem that there is some correlation here. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 12:38, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

The anon IP's 211.179.112.158 and 211.179.112.235 as well as Rayesworied seem to have a preference in inappropriately using delete warning templates as well as editing the same types of articles (mainly dealing with economics and South Korean topics). Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 12:40, 30 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions

-- Peter Symonds ( talk ) 12:49, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Blocked.
 * Tagged Rayesworied.
 * Rangeblocked.

Report date September 19 2009, 16:16 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Editing the same types articles as well as the same articles Rayesworied (economics). Same affinity to improperly using and only using the page blanking/removal of content warning template. Rayesworied was warned for this inappropriate use in the past. See User talk: Rayesworied. Please see the following inappropriate use of templates for each user:
 * Evidence submitted by Elockid


 * Ccbut
 * Rayesworied 1
 * Rayesworied 2

More can be seen through Rayesworied's contribution history.

Is it possible to block their IP as well if it is evident that this user is a sockpuppet? The last IP they were using had a rangeblock for 1 month and it still hasn't expired. Block log. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 16:16, 19 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments ✅ as:
 * . Brandon (talk) 18:32, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * . Brandon (talk) 18:32, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * . Brandon (talk) 18:32, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * . Brandon (talk) 18:32, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * . Brandon (talk) 18:32, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * . Brandon (talk) 18:32, 19 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * Blocked and tagged. NW ( Talk ) 18:37, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Report date September 22 2009, 16:00 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Seems to be once again block evading from an IP that has been blocked for a month and has not expired. See Block Log. Werewaz, Rayesworied and other socks have been editing the same target articles, dealing with mainly economics and South Korea. Check the contributions of Rayesworied, Werewaz, and socks from previous investigation.
 * Evidence submitted by Elockid

Furthermore, the account was made after the other socks were blocked from the previous investigation. By their edits, they seem to be familiar with editing and this doesn't just seem like a new editor but a person who has been quite a while based on their edits.

Also, Werewaz reinstated the same edits as a blocked socked (please see contributions history), undoing several edits by Kintetsubuffalo. It seems that the reversions made by Kintetsubuffalo was to revert sock edits, in this case for You Can. Werewaz reinstated those same edits. Elockid ( Talk·Contribs ) 01:23, 23 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Some of these will probably be redundant, but the following are ✅:
 * Also blocked what looks to have been an open proxy being used to evade the current rangeblock. – Luna Santin  (talk) 23:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Also blocked what looks to have been an open proxy being used to evade the current rangeblock. – Luna Santin  (talk) 23:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Also blocked what looks to have been an open proxy being used to evade the current rangeblock. – Luna Santin  (talk) 23:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Also blocked what looks to have been an open proxy being used to evade the current rangeblock. – Luna Santin  (talk) 23:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Also blocked what looks to have been an open proxy being used to evade the current rangeblock. – Luna Santin  (talk) 23:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Also blocked what looks to have been an open proxy being used to evade the current rangeblock. – Luna Santin  (talk) 23:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Also blocked what looks to have been an open proxy being used to evade the current rangeblock. – Luna Santin  (talk) 23:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Also blocked what looks to have been an open proxy being used to evade the current rangeblock. – Luna Santin  (talk) 23:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Also blocked what looks to have been an open proxy being used to evade the current rangeblock. – Luna Santin  (talk) 23:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Also blocked what looks to have been an open proxy being used to evade the current rangeblock. – Luna Santin  (talk) 23:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Also blocked what looks to have been an open proxy being used to evade the current rangeblock. – Luna Santin  (talk) 23:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * Blocked and tagged. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 23:23, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Report date September 30 2009, 03:00 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Editing almost the exact same target articles (economics and East Asian related topics such as Japanese topics) as Rayesworied and sockpuppets with the exception of two edits. Otherwise they basically have resumed editing the same exact articles. Just compare the the contributions between the blocked socks and. , and. All the same genre of articles, much of them being the same as Do you in.
 * Evidence submitted by Elockid

Range block is still in effect and it seems that once again they are evading their block. It still hasn't passed a month. See Block Log. This is persistent with this user to evade their blocks. They have been block evading even before the first SPI. Please see the archives. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 03:00, 30 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

I was dealing with user:Werewaz, and the pattern of edits appears similar and in the same pages, and changes of Myanmar to Burma are exactly the same. Many of the changes are harmless, but I think they may be there to hide POV. What for me is the signature change of ROC to Taiwan and PRC to China has not appeared yet, but apart from that, the similarity is striking.VsevolodKrolikov (talk) 04:02, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments by other users

Requested by <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 03:00, 30 September 2009 (UTC) This user has been known to be block evading creating several socks in the process. Also it is possible to block the IP like from the last SPI?
 * CheckUser requests

to check for more sleepers and to see what other IPs can be dug up here (since it's obvious these IPs are outside the current rangeblock). MuZemike 03:33, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

✅ and blocked indefinitely. J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds 03:39, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Tagged. MuZemike 03:46, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Report date October 3 2009, 20:16 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by NuclearWarfare

The following was posted on my talk page:

Hello - I'm not sure how to add to an archived sockpuppet report, so I've contact you as the closing admin on the last part of Rayesworied's adventures in wikipedia.

There's this user: going over similar pages, and changing things, as well as similar pages about Japan to some of the other socks.

In future, how should I submit an addendum to an archived sockpuppet report? Thanks VsevolodKrolikov (talk) 10:21, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

<b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 20:16, 3 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

I added 211.179.112.25 because they seem to be editing from the IP again. Requesting another rangeblock or the same rangeblock of this IP, 211.179.112.25 (rangeblock of 211.179.112.0/24 from previous investigation) one of the primary sources for Rayesworied socks. Their IP doesn't seem to change that much though, it has changed 3 times over the past year (see first SPI case). Under their contributions they seem to have resumed the same editing that they have been doing before and during the block (please see socks and sockmaster). <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 20:58, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

User:Leeheaven has been indefinitely blocked and tagged. 211.179.112.25 has been blocked for 1 month and tagged. MuZemike 03:49, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Report date October 4 2009, 14:34 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

This seems to be Rayesworied again. Editing the same exact articles and same target area (economics and Asian related articles). Also, this IP geolocates to South Korea, where Rayesworied is known to be located in. See previous SPI cases.
 * Evidence submitted by Elockid

Also see the diffs between 203.236.210.210 and


 * 203.236.210.210 edit
 * 211.179.112.25 edit (IP used by Rayesworied who is currently blocked)
 * Werewaz (blocked and confirmed sock)

Here is a list of pages that they edit. The reason I list it is for maybe semi-protection since there is ongoing block evasion (they don't know when to stop) and sockpuppetry from this user:
 * Developed country
 * Developed market
 * First World
 * Frontier markets
 * Four Asian Tigers
 * High income economy
 * List of Asian and Pacific countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
 * List of Asian and Pacific countries by GDP (nominal)
 * List of Asian countries by GDP (PPP)  ‎
 * List of European countries by GNI (nominal) per capita
 * List of European countries by GNI (PPP) per capita ‎
 * List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
 * List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
 * List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
 * List of countries by GNI (nominal) per capita ‎
 * List of countries by GNI (PPP) per capita
 * List of countries by future GDP (nominal) estimates
 * List of countries by future GDP (nominal) per capita estimates
 * List of countries by future GDP (PPP) estimates ‎
 * Next Eleven

There's a lot of articles and I might have misssed some since the titles are similar, but the above should be the ones with the most edits or the most targeted articles. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 14:34, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 14:34, 4 October 2009 (UTC) To check for sleepers or other accounts since Rayesworied has been found to make multiple accounts during a block. Main IP is blocked now from previous investigation. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 14:34, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * Only account is Pastor PirateSmackK which is already blocked. Brandon (talk) 17:05, 4 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * IP blocked; no need for further action. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 18:10, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Report date October 5 2009, 16:12 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Account seems to be a newly created account or at least just started editing even after previous blocks made yesterday and the day before yesterday. Seems to be again block evasion which is very persistent for this user. This is 7th SPI case for them. They're editing the same target articles as Rayesworied and sockpuppets (economics and topics dealing with Asia, mainly South Korea and Japan). They are exhibiting the same behavior as the naming conventions for several countries:
 * Evidence submitted by Elockid

They're basically the same. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 16:12, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Eeeeeekscv edit
 * Werewaz edit (blocked and confirmed sock)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 16:12, 5 October 2009 (UTC) Also to check for sleepers and possibly block the IP. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 16:12, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * ✅. Brandon (talk) 01:30, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged Lazulilasher (talk) 01:41, 6 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * Closing <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 01:43, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Report date October 6 2009, 08:58 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Cybercobra

On Developed country, while it was editprotected, User:You Can (a known, banned sock) made a request to, among other things, realphabetize "The Bahamas" under T rather than B. This was denied for being atypical for English alphabetization. Page gets unprotected and 203.236.210.210 shows up and make the edit directly to realphabetize. This gets reverted. Then Eeeeeekscv (another known, banned sock) shows up and makes the same edit. Eeeeeekscv is blocked as a sock over unrelated matters, and wouldn't you know it, Idfine comes along and makes the same edit yet again.

All these accounts have attempted to make the same idiosyncratic edit and show up one after another. I think the socking is quite blatant. --<b style="color:#3773A5;">Cyber</b> cobra (talk) 08:58, 6 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * Both ✅. Brandon (talk) 15:51, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Indefinitely blocked Idfine; tagged with Sockpuppet template. Lazulilasher (talk) 21:31, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Evidence submitted by Elockid
The target articles are similar about half the articles have been edited by Rayesworied and socks. In general, their edits are in the same target area, economics (mainly dealing with lists) Asian related articles, or sometimes in rare cases, editing the articles dealing with climate.

Please compare the contributions of, (note that this user edited "The Bronx" recently and Cxawer edited the same article, and Cxawer for climate and explanation for Leeheaven.

This user is also targeting countries with multiple names such this user along with the checked socks have the same liking for changing "Myanmar" to "Burma"
 * Cxawer edit
 * Do you in's
 * Idfine's edit (MMR which is around line 387 is Myanmar when it is displayed. It was changed to Burma by Idfine)

<b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 23:33, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Yes. I'm one multiple account of User:Rayesworied. I apologise for the things of the past. I want to make a fresh start. --Cxawer (talk) 14:18, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
 * It's great that you want to make a fresh start and it seems that you haven't been repeating past behavior. However, you're still technically blocked for a month due to block evasion/sock puppetry. You're original IP or main IP was reblocked for a month for sock puppetry and another IP you were using. Both of those blocks have not expired. See 211.179.112.25 block log and 203.236.210.210 block log. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 15:33, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Rayesworied, you cannot come back and appeal a block by creating another sock puppet and editing with it in order to regain trust in the community; that's not how it works. We already have various channels for you to appeal a ban. One is to directly request an unblock on your Rayesworied account using the unblock template. Second is to email unblock-en-l@lists.wikimedia.org. Third is to email the Arbitration Committee at arbcom-l@lists.wikimedia.org. You may also want to read the standard offer as a way to help you come back and appeal your ban. Creating additional sock puppets in the meantime only drains the community's patience and makes it less likely that you will be freely able to edit here again. Thank you, MuZemike 18:45, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

CheckUser requests
Requested by <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 23:33, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

as Rayesworied as already admitted to the sockpuppetry above. No CU necessary. MuZemike 18:51, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions
Blocked and tagged. Sockmaster informed of proper process to appeal his ban. MuZemike 18:51, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
Same target articles as Rayesworied and other socks mainly editing Asian related articles or economics. Other than the usual edit topics this user has the same liking to changing Myanmar to Burma. Please see socks and To are cdn diffs:


 * To are cdn's edit
 * Cxawer's edit
 * Do you in's
 * Idfine's edit (MMR which is around line 387 is Myanmar when it is displayed. It was changed to Burma by Idfine)

Note that Rayesworied has asked to be unblocked several times on their user talk page but was declined by multiple admins even making promises not to make any more socks. I'm thinking that they got tired of trying and are continuing to block evade by making more socks. Their IP is still blocked for a month. Block log for IP. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 15:03, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

CheckUser requests
Requested by <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 15:03, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

– Behavioral evidence clearly indicates that this is yet another sock of Rayesworied. Previous CheckUser requests have come up empty on sleepers and underlying IP; I don't think this one would be any different. MuZemike 21:21, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

 * I had a feeling when I stumbled on to To are cdn's edits this morning that he had been down that road before, though I was willing to assume good faith. The diffs here are making me think otherwise. It looks like another incarnation of banned user Rayesworied to me (de facto ban via multiple denials of unblock). —C.Fred (talk) 16:29, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions
Blocked and tagged. I also placed a banned template on Rayesworied's talk page, as I don't honestly think any admin will unblock anytime soon. MuZemike 21:21, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
Exactly the same IP range (211.179.112.0/24) as Rayesworied. (PeterSymonds blocked this range before because Rayesworied used this range as their main IP range for editing). For convenience, here were the other IPs from that range used by Rayesworied:


 * (still blocked)

Same target articles as Rayesworied and socks which are articles mainly dealing with economics. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 15:06, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Conclusions
Thanks. Range re-blocked. Peter <b style="color:#02b;">Symonds</b> ( talk ) 20:00, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
This user is editing the same exact articles subjects as Rayesworied and socks. The first edits were South Korean topics. This was one of the main topics that Rayesworied edited.

Then what really struck me as this is a suspected Rayesworied sock is that, they also started editing climate articles and articles based on New York on top of the South Korean articles, which is something that Rayesworied and socks also edit. Here are a couple of socks that did so


 * Rayesworied:
 * Climate article
 * New York City


 * Cxawer:
 * New York City
 * New York City
 * Climate


 * Leeheaven:
 * Climate article
 * New York City

Then the fact that they were also editing Japanese based articles like confirmed socks and  also supports that Claimd is sockpuppet of Rayesworied.

Comparing the contributions of Claimd and Rayesworied and socks, they seem to be extremely similar. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 16:07, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Conclusions
Blocked and tagged. MuZemike 03:28, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by NuclearWarfare

 * Case filed for . <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 11:09, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Comments by other users
I suspect that this is Rayesworied. First off, this user's first edit was to reinstate an edit by a suspected sock (this sock quacked loudly). They've edited the exact same articles as the last sock with the exception of Alpine climate but this is within the scope of Rayesworied's editing field. See last investigation regarding User:Claimd. Vollion is basically editing the same exact articles as the last sock, Claimd. Furthermore since I reverted Claimd, Vollion is reinstating the same edits. Vollion's edit 1 and Claimd's edit 1. Vollion's edit 2 and Claimd's edit 2. This does not seem like a new user. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 12:14, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions
Blocked and tagged. MuZemike 17:11, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets


Reinstating the same edits as passed socks as User:Vollion and User:Claimd


 * Quantino's edit
 * Vollion's edit
 * Claimd's edit

The language is also similar regarding South Korea. For Claimd, here is their edit. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 03:54, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

 * ✅ - rather obvious - A l is o n  ❤ 05:02, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions
Blocked and tagged. MuZemike 17:34, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
Editing the same articles as Rayesworied and socks. Also see these diffs Watkarian's edit and Quantino's edit on Development Assistance Committee. More diffs can be seen where socks are reinstating the same edits from the last investigation.

This diff, Watkarian's edit 2 and Claimd's edit.

This diff, Watkarian's edit 3 and Vollion's edit.

Also, this diff Watkarian's edit 4 and Vollion's edit. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 14:32, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Conclusions
Sock blocked and tagged. Development Assistance Committee semi-protected for a period of time. MuZemike 19:23, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
The IP geolocates to South Korea which is where Rayesworied was found to be. The articles edited are the same as the previous socks, weather and South Korean topics.

Here are some diffs showing the anon reinstating the same edits as Watkarian and Vollion, a blocked sock:
 * Anon's edit
 * Watkarian's edit


 * Anon's edit 2
 * Watkarian's edit 2


 * Anon's edit 3
 * Vollion's edit
 * Watkarian's edit 3

<b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 13:47, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Conclusions

 * Blocked for a week and warned. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 16:30, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Momusufan
New IP Possibly a proxy using pretty much the same editing style as the banned user  Momo san  Gespräch 03:49, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

CheckUser requests
Requested by Momo san  Gespräch 03:49, 25 December 2009 (UTC)


 * per below. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 04:27, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions

 * Blocked 3 months by Materialscientist. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 04:28, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
Same behavior and subject field as Rayesworied and socks. Including reinstating the same edits on these pages:


 * Template:Koppen


 * Kovn's edit
 * Watkarian's edit
 * Vollion's edit


 * Alpine climate


 * Kovn's edit
 * Watkarian's edit
 * Vollion's edit


 * Köppen climate classification


 * Kovn's edit
 * 110.93.136.252's edit (blocked as block evasion per SPI investigation)
 * 217.33.230.26's edit (blocked for an apparent open proxy)
 * Vollion's edit

Same stances on "Alpine" also.

Regarding the IP, readding it as it seems to be active again. See investigations on top. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 13:07, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

CheckUser requests
Requested by <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 12:49, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Unlike the other socks from the last investigations, the account wasn't created recently, rather it was created a few days ago and only started to edit now. So there might be more sleepers involved. <b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 12:49, 4 January 2010 (UTC)


 * for CU attention. <strong style="color:#0033CC">Nathan <strong style="color:#0033CC"> T 14:29, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

 * ✅ - no other sleepers that i can see - A l is o n  ❤ 04:21, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Bidgee
User:Dcsa is doing the very same edits as blocked sockpuppet. Bidgee (talk) 13:01, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Conclusions
Blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 17:37, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Bidgee
User:Ccpu is doing the very same edits as blocked sockpuppet and. Bidgee (talk) 10:53, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

 * ✅ - also using open proxies - A l is o n  ❤ 11:11, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Conclusions
Blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 17:26, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
Editing basically the same exact articles and article subjects as these last socks:, , and a whole bunch of other socks. These diffs of socks and Alta mcson also reinstating the same edits:


 * Kars, Turkey
 * Alta mcson's edit
 * Kpsc's edit
 * Dcsa's edit

Köppen climate classification
 * Alta mcson's edit
 * Ccpu's edit
 * Kovn's edit

Sapporo
 * Alta mcson's edit
 * Dcsa's edit
 * Kpsc's edit

<b style="font-family:papyrus; color:darkred;">Elockid</b> ( Talk·Contribs ) 16:40, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

 * Blocked indefinitely and tagged. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 05:46, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Elockid
This IP has been making a lot of edits similar to Rayesworied and other socks. Although this IP doesn't geolocate to South Korea, it geolocates to China. I've had several experiences where the use of Chinese IPs were open proxies. I think this is no exception. From the archives, Luna Santin and Alison have added that they were using proxies. Here's an example of one from the last investigation which is currently blocked by Alison for being a proxy:

The main articles are basically the same. Editing South Korean topics and weather related topics. See the last 4 or 5 investigations.

This edit on Köppen climate classification seems to be a continuation of socks like


 * Alta mcson
 * Ccpu

who made the same exact edit on the same exact article and has been one of the focuses of several investigations. See archive.

The article Seoul is also main target for Rayesworied. The IP is also focusing a lot on Seoul. See history. Targeted by socks like, and.

In the article Kars, Turkey, the IP has been reinstating the same edits as the other socks. This also was one of the main articles being targeted by Rayesworied, see previous investigation:


 * Dcsa
 * Ccpu
 * Alta mcson

Here are some more similar edits from the IP with Rayesworied using open proxies as listed in previous investigations:
 * 110.93.136.252 (currently blocked by Alison)
 * 217.33.230.26 (previous blocked by Materialscientist as an apparent open proxy)

This is the IP again reinstating the same edits as other socks on Köppen climate classification:
 * Alta mcson
 * 202.108.251.173
 * Ccpu
 * Kovn

For the account, hasn't edited in a while though basically reinstates the same edits as other blocked socks like


 * Alta mcson
 * Kpsc

<b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 16:30, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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I have many knowledge of climate. First, Kars is subarctic climate. Because Kars is not at least four months of average daily temperatures above 10 °C (50 °F). I did not know that my edit is same edit of User:Rayesworied. And I don't know this user. But my IP is open proxy. --202.108.251.173 (talk) 13:29, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Obviously this is a lie. You pulled the same stunt with on my talk page and with Ccpu which by the way is a CU confirmed sock who was also using open proxies. Even if you say you are not Rayesworied which is highly unlikely by the evidence and behavior presented, abusively using open proxies for reasons listed in the next given link is against Wikipedia policy. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>   ( Talk ) 14:48, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know . And just like the fact that editing, doubt beginning user? Wikipedia is exactly kicking beginning user? I would say, I'm beginning user. And I don't know and . --202.108.251.173 (talk) 06:54, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Not kicking a beginning user as you say. Strictly enforcing the ban put upon a you. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; color:#4682B4;"> E lockid</b>  ( Talk ) 16:41, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

 * Hardblocked 6 months. Tim Song (talk) 16:00, 2 April 2010 (UTC)