Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rcool35/Archive

Report date July 20 2009, 21:29 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Rcool35 it evading his block by not only using multiple IPs (see history of Nas, but has created a sockpuppet, Coolrey57. IP edits consisted of this type of editing, where Coolrey57 has done the same. IP edits consist of the aforementioned acts plus falsifying album ratings, which Rcool35 also did.T his has been a long term problem and it seems it'll only continue. —  Σ  xplicit 21:29, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by —  Σ  xplicit
 * There's various more IPs, but I don't see the point of listing them all. This ANI case may be helpful. —  Σ  xplicit 21:33, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


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Now I'm not a regular user of Wikipedia but he has been very disruptive on a certain page. His agenda seems to be making pages looks good to him, not what looks right, His main article that he has been hitting up is Roc-A-Fella Records, where he keeps making Possible Closing a section despite the lack of sufficient information and the only thing pertaining to a possible closing is a sentence I put on the bottom after Jay-Z sold his Def Jam contract. What's worse is that he keeps reverting it back to that particular version after I changed the names of the sections to be more appropriate, he also changes the website address, the genre to "various" without explaining why. He also did include What the Game's Been Missing! on that article but he stopped after I sent him a message on one of his IP's and fully explained that it was distributed by Def Jam, though he did sort of give me a braggy and ignorant attitude. He also seems to be making a lot of good faith edits to cover up his vandalism such as blanking out the associated acts section and changing the stage names on record label pages to real names, he also seems to be using his username to edit semi-protected pages and he does not explain any of his changes. He also keeps adding this piece of tidbit to the Oh Boy (song) and Jay-Z articles, mostly unchanged from this page which he constantly cites as a refrence, he even continues after the XLinkBot reverts his changes. Hopefully this should help. --Taylor Karras (talk) 21:02, 21 July 2009 (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Rcool35&action=edit&section=1
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 * Conclusions
 * Primary accounts blocked Passes test original primary account was blocked indefinitely last month by GWH, Coolrey57 similarly blocked today.-- VS talk 03:12, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Blocks good, ranges too large to block, all done.  MBisanz  talk 20:30, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Report date July 31 2009, 05:32 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Another obvious sock, making the same edits. —  Σ  xplicit 05:32, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
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 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * Please just block per WP:DUCK; no need for a checkuser here, IMO. NW ( Talk ) 05:33, 2 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions

Report date August 28 2009, 03:42 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Taylor Karras

Obvious sock with obvious name circumventing semi-protection yet again. Also can we please block the IP's that he uses to make a mockery out of us (not being blockable). I know you said you can't block them but can you give them temporary 24 hour blocks on the IP's he is currently using so that he'll stop? It seems that his IP changes every day due to it being dynamic and he uses mainly IP's starting with 76 and 99 so it seems very reasonable. I also suggest that we register some preemptive usernames so he does not register another username to circumvate protection again. Taylor Karras (talk) 03:42, 28 August 2009 (UTC)


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 * Conclusions

Suspect already blocked for evasion. Nja 247 11:43, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by BatteryIncluded
This anonymous user seems to be "Rcool35" in his persistent introduction of unreferenced material, and/or deletion of data in hip-hop music articles (GOOD Music, Charlie Wilson (singer), Loud (Rihanna album), Raekwon, etc.) as well as arbitrary changes and deletions articles (drug cartels: Tijuana Cartel, La Familia Michoacana, Sinaloa Cartel, Gulf Cartel, Los Zetas, etc.) related to the Mexican Drug War, especially peristant mass deletions to its navigation Template:Mexican Drug War‎. Thank you. BatteryIncluded (talk) 21:50, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

 * I've blocked each of those ranges for a month. If it becomes an issue after that, we can deal with it again. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:26, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

06 December 2010

 * Suspected sockpuppets


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Rcool35 it evading his block by not only using multiple IPs (see history of Nas, but has created a sockpuppet, Coolrey57. IP edits consisted of this type of editing, where Coolrey57 has done the same. IP edits consist of the aforementioned acts plus falsifying album ratings, which Rcool35 also did. This used has also been vandalizing and introducing false data into multiple articles related to the Mexican Drug War, and is persistent in removing references and performing mass deletions to its Template:Mexican Drug War. After fixing his destructive edits, that user reverts them to his vandalized version. In spite of previous investigations (see: Sockpuppet investigations/Rcool35) and subsequent blocks, this has been an ongoing long-term problem. Thank you. BatteryIncluded (talk) 19:16, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Update: Rcool35 is also using a new IP range: Thank you. --BatteryIncluded (talk) 03:40, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Some of the IPs you've listed haven't edited in months; others in years. So I'm not going to pile on a fair wide rangeblock to take care of stale IPs. What I did do was semiprotect Template:Mexican Drug War and Los Negros for six months. Hopefully that will cut issues down. And I don't think that this person is intentionally jumping IPs; I think their ISP just issues dynamic IPs. And for the record, rangeblocks that would cover these IPs would also cause a lot of collateral damage. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 05:07, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, it looks like he has been vandalizing Wikipedia for years. Thank you. --BatteryIncluded (talk) 17:43, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

14 March 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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Rcool35 was initially blocked in July 2009, but since then he has been evading his block by using multiple IPs. His trademark is falsifying music album ratings; performing arbitrary changes, deletions, and falsifying information to articles related to the Mexican Drug War such as biographies of drug lords, and deleting referenced information, as well as deleting references. In addition of his arbitrary edits/vandalism, and occasional obsenities,[ he refuses to quote references, and is keen of inserting false information ahead of existing inline citations. He has dozens of arbitrary edits/vandalism so I am just listing some of them.

In spite of previous numerous investigations and subsequent blocks, this user is still an ongoing long-term problem to Wikipedia. Thank you. BatteryIncluded (talk) 18:15, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Hello. Could you post some of the IPs related to the case using template in the "Suspected sockpuppets" section? It makes reviewing the case easier. Thanks. TN X Man 18:41, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I just added them above. Thank you. BatteryIncluded (talk) 23:25, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * /24 for a week. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  00:12, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

02 June 2012

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Genre changing on Snoop Dogg song, factual errors in demographics, factual errors in drug-trafficker articles; his latest obsession is introducing a bad external link on Scarlett Johansson. Elizium23 (talk) 13:26, 2 June 2012 (UTC) Elizium23 (talk) 13:26, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

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If 79.106.106.67 is this user, then we can also add EndrisPuka to the list. Both have been edit warring Scarlett Johansson, trying to pass off a fansite as official. Nymf hideliho! 13:59, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Can we perhaps get a /24 block? That 79.106.106.* IP range is popping up every day at Scarlett Johansson. Nymf hideliho! 14:54, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
There's a fair amount of activity on that range. I would recommend semi-protection as a better course before rangeblocking. TN X Man 15:56, 5 June 2012 (UTC)