Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rinda Fergiawan/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Pretty obvious by the username. Articles contributed to and editing pattern are nearly identical. '''Engr. Smitty  Werben''' 12:25, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * -, could you expand on your report please - is there evidence to suggest that this is WP:BADSOCK rather than WP:LEGITSOCK? I haven't looked through their contribs - this may be a permitted alternate account they just haven't declared properly. When usernames are as similar as that, and neither account is under any sanctions, absent any disruptive editing I would AGF and just suggest to them that they declare the connection on their userpage.  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:19, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Botched previous ping:, please see above. Girth Summit  (blether)  11:21, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I assume that the Rinda F. was supposed to do a WP:CLEANSTART, for a reason I do not know, so they created Fergiawan R. and used the new account exclusively for majority of the last year. Rinda F. was unused until recently, where the edits come from Rinda F. and not from the Fergiawan R. account. I have messaged the Rinda F. about alt. account declaration, although the user has a history of ignoring talk page messages. I may have made shortcomings in this report so hopefully, the user would respond. Engr. Smitty   Werben 11:57, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Update: after my message, Rinda F. hasn't made any declarations yet, but has made numerous of their usual contributions, so I'm not sure if they just ignore their talk page messages or something. Engr. Smitty   Werben 17:39, 19 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Both of these accounts are now blocked for other reasons. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:37, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
By checking on this new user's contributions, this user seems to have an interest on pages formerly edited by Rinda F. It could be a coincidence, but this user seems to be interested in (or is located in) Indonesia. Also, this account was created after the master was indef blocked. '''Engr. Smitty  Werben''' 18:14, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Update: I'm pretty sure that they're the same person as Roger O. is mass moving into the main namespace the articles created by Rinda F./F. Rinda that were draftified after the block. Engr. Smitty   Werben 19:44, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Please indefinitely block Roger Oakley as a proven sock of Rinda Fergiawan per, , , and  - no way that is a coincidence. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:59, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * , closing. For what it's worth, I ran a check to see if there might be other accounts. I didn't find any other accounts, but I can note for the record that Roger Oakley, Rinda Fergiawan, and Fergiawan Rinda are all ✅ to each other. Mz7 (talk) 04:46, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Edits motorcycle racer articles, which is the scope of the master's editing pattern. The most obvious one is at Draft:Alessio Finello which was made by (the same person and also blocked) and then is submitted by the outlook account. Also, it's pretty obvious with the "Rindafergi" in the username. '''Engr. Smitty  Werben''' 15:05, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * - the behavioural evidence is convincing. Please indef Rindafergi outlook as a proven sock. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:45, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 10:58, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The most obvious one is the addition of rider entries section in race articles (like this and this. Also, the articles edited by Kristiana (Tech3 and Jonas Folger) were also recently edited by Outlook (the latest sock to be blocked). The Kristiana account was also created after outlook was blocked. . Engr. Smitty   Werben 17:13, 31 March 2023 (UTC)


 * There are IP addresses that edit the same way as the sock and that are also geolocated in Indonesia, the same as Rinda F. I'm not sure thought if these are related or just coincidences. Engr. Smitty   Werben 20:20, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * Looks fairly likely to be connected based on the behaviour. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:52, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The addition of statistics from lower ranks of motorcycle racing is the huge similarity (Rindafergi outlook:, , ; the two IPs: , , , ). Not to mention that these IPs are located in Indonesia, where the master is geolocated. '''Engr. Smitty  Werben''' 19:22, 6 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Other almost identical IP addresses have also edited with the same editing patterns such as and . Engr.  Smitty   Werben 16:29, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Other similar IPs can be found at Marc Marquez. What gives them away is mainly the usage of Indonesian news from unreliable sites and blogs, which was also the practice before by Rinda F., from which they were blocked due to copyright infringement. Basically, I could say that the master is IP hopping. Engr. Smitty   Werben 17:54, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * blocked for two weeks. A bit wide, but for two weeks it isn't the end of the world. DatGuyTalkContribs 11:57, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same IP address format as those blocked on 6 April (see archive). This IP edits motorcycle racing articles, same as the master. A sock has also been recently blocked (User:Arindia69). Dieter Lloyd   Wexler 16:30, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Adding 125.160.115.167. Dieter Lloyd   Wexler 02:05, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * I blocked second Ip for a week. The first one is already blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:34, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
They're back at it again with the 125.160.115.xxx IP address. Dieter Lloyd   Wexler 04:18, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * IP range blocked for a month. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:46, 6 December 2023 (UTC)