Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Remenu/Archive

17 May 2015

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per WP:DUCK: same almost exclusive focus on the article on the Aromanians and Template:Aromanians (original account, IP sock 1, IP sock 2 & sock account), the fact that nine out of ten of his edits are minor cosmetic ones, e.g. changing file names in the gallery of Aromanians in the infobox (sockmaster & sock), and above all, the insertion of a very dubious fringe flag as the sole national flag of the Aromanians in the article (sockmaster 1, sockmaster 2, sockmaster 3, sock) and the template (sockmaster & named sock & IP sock). Further evidence linking the IP accounts with the new sock account: IP sock 2 inserts a link to a blog, it is removed, and then re-inserted; shortly after the total number of Aromanian population is changed by IP sock 1, it is reverted, and then restored by the very first edit of the named sock account, who then proceeds to restore the blog link once more. Constantine  ✍  09:36, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * . Please, block the named account indefinitely. IPs have not edited for two days, so I believe there is no need to block them. If they reappear, report them here.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  14:01, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Account blocked and page semi'd Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:43, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

02 June 2015

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clear WP:DUCK: on the very next day after protection on the Aromanians article is lifted, a new account on its very first edit re-adds the controversial flag which got Remenu and his previous socks banned, and the article editprotected in the first place (sockmaster 1, sockmaster 2, sockmaster 3, later sock). Constantine  ✍  17:29, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the account and semi'd the page for 1 month. Mike V • Talk 19:35, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

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Per WP:DUCK: similarity of username (simply a different transliteration), the fixation with supposed national symbols of the Aromanians (Remenu was notorious, , , for his constant addition of a supposed "national flag" in all related articles, the sock just created the national symbols of the Aromanians article, and the sock's very first edit was to an article on what some pro-Romanian Aromanians use as a "national anthem", started by the sock master. Constantine  ✍  09:48, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Sock indeffed and tagged. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:06, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

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Same WP:SPA fixation on the Aromanians, edit-warring on the inclusion of the Vergina Sun as the Aromanian "national symbol" (new sock, old sock, original sockmaster account). The IP also geolocates in Germany, and the sock master is a fluent German-speaker (User talk:Remenu). Constantine  ✍  12:10, 22 March 2017 (UTC) Constantine   ✍  12:10, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * IP now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 19:27, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

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By his own admission he is the same guy who edits obsessively and exclusively on the topic of Aromanians, representing a very WP:FRINGE POV that includes the Vergina Sun and sun worship, a hallmark feature of almost all previous incarnations. This is a WP:DUCK disguised as a duck, bearing a sign saying "I am a duck". Constantine  ✍  21:07, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * based on obvious behavioural evidence. Requesting closure. Alex ShihTalk 02:33, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

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Obvious socks of just-banned sock account: edits on the same articles the day after the previous sock is blocked. Even the name of the new sock is a link to the previous account, and reveals the sock's continuing nationalist fixation: "AlchiviadDiSamarina" was an Aromanian separatist and collaborator with Fascist Italy in WWII, as was Nicola Matushi. Constantine  ✍  20:53, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * Sock, IP blocked for a month. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:03, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

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New account, created just after the latest sock was banned; first five edits were innocuous and really without substance, but at the sixth comes an edit in one of the articles created by the previous socks, which is a subject area that is virtually impossible to arrive at randomly. Coupled with the username, which is in all likelihood a dig at yours truly. Constantine  ✍  14:26, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * Please compare to the above account. Thanks, GABgab 16:11, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
 * as to the master. Webhosts involved but the technical details are different from the non-stale accounts I can access. I don't put a lot of stock in that in this case.
 * However, these accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * All these are gaming autoconfirmed, with the same pattern of creating the user page and talk page first. I can't tell if they're related to any other master, but somethin' fishy going on there.
 * All these are gaming autoconfirmed, with the same pattern of creating the user page and talk page first. I can't tell if they're related to any other master, but somethin' fishy going on there.
 * All these are gaming autoconfirmed, with the same pattern of creating the user page and talk page first. I can't tell if they're related to any other master, but somethin' fishy going on there.
 * All these are gaming autoconfirmed, with the same pattern of creating the user page and talk page first. I can't tell if they're related to any other master, but somethin' fishy going on there.
 * All these are gaming autoconfirmed, with the same pattern of creating the user page and talk page first. I can't tell if they're related to any other master, but somethin' fishy going on there.


 * Group blocked without tags. Katietalk 19:20, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Tagged and closing. GABgab 03:06, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Tagged and closing. GABgab 03:06, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

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per WP:DUCK, following a consistent and long-running pattern of edits and, once the opportunity presents itself, fringe POV-pushing in the article. Both accounts are active in the two articles where the sockmaster's activity is mainly concentrated: Aromanians and Aromanians in Albania (IP edit history, RrãmãnDiArbinishii edit history, vs. recent sock 1 and recent sock 2). The tell-tale clue, however, is the recent re-addition of the Vergina Sun as the "most widely used symbol of Aromanians". This is an obsession that runs as a consistent thread throughout the sock master's history (cf. previous sock investigations, or my discussions with him, beginning in 2015 in the sock master's talk page. Constantine  ✍  13:29, 1 November 2017 (UTC) Constantine   ✍  13:29, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Given the evidence above and the choice of user name, . Please block the named account indefinitely and the IP temporarily. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:04, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. GABgab 21:22, 3 November 2017 (UTC)