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After a long dispute with User:Rockypedia on Terrell Owens over inclusion of Owens being taken out of context in Eagles controversy, User:Lizard_the_Wizard was the deciding party, and agreed with me (I was using my previous IP address from before I recently moved to a new apartment) on its inclusion, then added it with proper citation

User:Rockypedia eventually tried to sneak delete it, despite the fact that consensus was reached on talk page for its inclusion.

Talk Page Diff (Consensus Reached):

Diff from Rockypedia's edit, deleting information consensus was reached for:

Since that time, a couple new user accounts and several different IPs have coincidentally all deleted the information that consensus was reached for, as well as another recent edit I had made (with no reason given), and these were the first edits any of these IPs or users ever made.

Diffs:

          

Additionally, here's User:Rockypedia restoring an edit by one of the IPs as though he had made it himself, refusing to acknowledge that WP:BLP rules say this can not be stated in wikivoice and instead should be attributed, since a statement by an employer on reason for termination can be subject to ulterior motives: NFLExpert49 (talk) 02:18, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

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I haven't touched the Terrell Owens page since Sept 15 and I removed it from my watchlist once all the anon IP stuff started happening. I just looked at the page history and I can't even follow what's going on over there. At this point i couldn't care less about what trivia gets added or subtracted.

I would point out that this NFLExpert49 account was just started, and he's edited the Jared Taylor talk page, arguing that Taylor should not be described as a white supremacist, the same argument offered by a couple of anonymous IP editors previously, that had both also edited the Terrell Owens page, namely Special:Contributions/162.238.116.106 and Special:Contributions/24.178.250.78. I mention this because I have also been active on the Jared Taylor page, removing disruptive edits by pro-white-nationalist editors, so I assume this is a WP:BATTLEGROUND SPI from the same guy that was previously using IP addresses to edit, trying to cause problems for me. Rockypedia (talk) 12:45, 30 September 2017 (UTC)


 * I already explained who I was in the report. And what a coincidence that all these new, different IPs came by - out of nowhere - just to remove the same edit you were removing, which included you trying to sneak remove it again from the Rockypedia account weeks after consensus had already been reached. NFLExpert49 (talk) 17:00, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I expect an apology from one of your accounts or IP addresses once this is closed. Rockypedia (talk) 18:21, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * I don't see anything here. The diff provided of Rockypedia supposedly deleting information reached by consensus ([this one) is just reformatting references. The other diff of Rockypedia restoring an IP's edit was valid response to a questionable removal of sourced content. Additionally, NFLExpert49 has indicated that they just created an account after having previously edited as an IP, which is not forbidden. The article is semiprotected and that should take care of the other IPs. Nothing for me to do here. [[User:Ivanvector|Ivanvector]] (Talk/Edits) 16:40, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

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Procedural filing per Sockpuppet investigations/DisuseKid. Sro23 (talk) 02:00, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * All accounts ✅ to each other, already blocked and tagged. Sro23 (talk) 02:01, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

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Same edits at Stone Temple Pilots (which is where most of the disruptive editing has taken place), not even resuming their other usual edits. Alex Görlitz (talk) 14:42, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
 * The IP edits were too old before filing. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 12:26, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

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See below. Bbb23 (talk) 00:31, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

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The following accounts are ✅:
 * .--Bbb23 (talk) 00:33, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
 * .--Bbb23 (talk) 00:33, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
 * .--Bbb23 (talk) 00:33, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
 * .--Bbb23 (talk) 00:33, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
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On this Teahouse post, an IP editor said that they would create an account. But the new account was blocked for sock puppetry. Might want to block this IP to prevent block evasion. Interstellarity T 🌟 17:43, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * the IP is blocked, but I can't tell if that's related to this investigation. Closing, anyway. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:16, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

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Mass deletion of exactly the same content from Polish villages standard rational by Rockypedia: "article is about one village, not the history of territorial changes in Poland" by Winowicz "removed unsourced text that is about the region, not this place in particular"  HerkusMonte (talk) 12:09, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * Mass-reinstating edits that Rockypedia previously made, in many cases on articles that have received no other attention since. ., I don't feel that I'm knowledgeable enough about the subject matter to evaluate whether the edits should be mass-reverted, but feel free to do so yourself. ST47 (talk) 04:04, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

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Per the edit count, the "Eurostatter" account has been highly prolific (but only on the main-space) despite only having registered in May this year, and demonstrated a high level of knowledge of Wikipedia process in their first and only post on a talk page, so I'm convinced this is someone who has edited extensively before.

The User:Ewen Douglas sock account (of Rockypedia) had previously participated in the Talk:Steve King discussion. There are several overlaps in editing patterns for all three accounts, such as an interest in post-1932 US politics, nationalism and far-right politics. (edit: interest in these areas is demonstrated in their general editing patterns as revealed in the "edit count" tool, and not only by their mutual interest in the pages I mention below).

If you review the "edit count" pages for all three accounts, the "Rockypedia" and "Eurostatter" accounts have for example both made edits to the White nationalism article, 30 and 79 respectively, and the "Ewen Douglas" and "Eurostatter" accounts have both made edits to the Steve King article, 36 and 12 respectively.

I began searching previous SPI cases here and I've discovered that there are a large number of other Rockypedia accounts. I'm not sure whether there is sufficient evidence here yet for a checkuser, but if not I can do some further research. Endymion.12 (talk) 18:29, 18 July 2019 (UTC) Endymion.12 (talk) 18:29, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

The user compare report is also interesting. Jason_Jorjani is surely far too obscure a subject for this to be coincidental. Endymion.12 (talk) 15:51, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

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Eurostatter intentionally used very short sentences in their only talk page comment to avoid analysis of their writing. However, it seems like someone has sticky fingers. Eurostatter: devoplment Geramny. : wikiepdia punctuatuion noitced. Making frequent typos in the middle part of words could be because of someone's typing style. --Pudeo (talk) 12:02, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Just realized that Rockypedia must be the real master to the socks in Sockpuppet investigations/Carpatho as well ( & ). It was stated that they were using VPNs. Massive overlap in editing area, The Great Replacement, white genocide conspiracy theory and Steve King - always working to add similar content about advocates of those theories. I had a quick look for the typoing syndrome. Perspex03: aphabetical initally explictly deliberatly defametory etc. --Pudeo (talk) 07:45, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
 * This is the bulk of the many changes Eurostatter made to the white genocide conspiracy theory article. The content added by him deal about people Perspex03 and Carpatho had previously edited in relation to the conspiracy theory. Examples (diff of Perspex03/Carpatho linked): Ann Marie Waters, Jack Posobiec, Katie Hopkins, Gavin McInnes, Mike Cernovich, Lauren Southern, Ann Coulter, Michael Savage, Stefan Molyneux. And curiously content about the opponents of the conspiracy theory overlap too: George Ciccariello-Maher, Chris Cuomo, Eli Saslow etc. So while Eurostatter and Perspex03/Carpatho did not edit many same biographies, the content they added overlap to a great degree elsewhere. --Pudeo (talk) 08:20, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:19, 25 July 2019 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  10:38, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Eurostatter is . VPN is being used.
 * is ✅.
 * is ✅ to . Tagged as suspected.
 * Blocked Eurostatter with tag.

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Mass deletion of excactly the same content giving excactly the same rational from tiny Polish villages as User:Rockypedia and his socks User:Mike Winowicz and User:DerSpiegelNein did before. (See interaction /User compare report above)

Adding the same POVish, unsourced claims about a plebsicite of 1920

Deletion/forgery of the exact same clearly sourced content  HerkusMonte (talk) 12:20, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * . Blocked and tagged sock. Sro23 (talk) 21:30, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

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Large article intersection with the subset of socks that edit Polish topics, similar tone. Rockypedia intersection, Mike Winowicz intersection, PiotruśW intersection.

Like previous socks edits almost entirely in mainspace (1720/1738 edits). Yet first talk contributions are using WIkimedia markup properly as an advanced user. Also creates well formatted categories.

The set of Wikimedia projects in CA is similar to other socks. Created on pl, previous sock logged into pl 3 minutes after creation. de.wikipedia is shared with other socks (,, similarities in wiktionaries, and more significant logged into eo.WIkipedia (Esperanto, small wiki) like Ewen Douglas).

Previous socks are stale, but info may be in the log. Also in previous cases CU turned up accounts.  Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 06:42, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * /. This user has a history of VPN usage, so take these results with a grain of salt.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   15:04, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not convinced by the provided evidence - extensive overlap, yes, but consistent with "someone interested in Polish towns and villages". Timecard is also significantly different from past Rockypedia socks. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:24, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

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Mass deletion of excactly the same content giving excactly the same rational from tiny Polish villages as User:Rockypedia and his socks User:Mike Winowicz, User:PiotruśW and User:DerSpiegelNein did before. (See interaction ). In this case even adding the exact same (unsourced) claim. HerkusMonte (talk) 07:36, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 23:08, 10 October 2021 (UTC)