Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sascha30/Archive

26 August 2011

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Sascha30 introduces himself as "Sascha from Germany". He later signs posts from 79.233.2.77 and 79.233.16.226, both of which resolve to Hessen, Germany. Brian from the USA, Alex from the USA and Bryan from the UK  all subsequently use these IPS to support Sascha from Germany at Talk:International_recognition_of_South_Sudan. TDL (talk) 08:22, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I've blocked 79.233.16.226 for 48h. That should get them to log in. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:47, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

17 February 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Another post signed (as per usual) with "Sascha, Germany" at. This is clearly a sockpuppet of Sascha30 as the signature and shouty writing style is entirely consistent with previous posts. See this previous discussion. Bazonka (talk) 12:24, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * NF already blocked the IP. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:33, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

17 July 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

User:Sascha30 was indefinitely blocked last year for abusive editing. Sascha, who almost exclusively edited under a large number of IP addresses resolving in Hessen, Germany, usually signed his posts with "Sascha,Germany". Sascha has now reappeared on Talk:Foreign relations of South Sudan (diff: ), with exactly the same shouty, ranty style as previously. Apart from his tone, there is nothing particularly wrong with these latest posts, but an indef block is an indef block... Bazonka (talk) 07:09, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Can someone please block him? He contributes nothing but insults. -Kudzu1 (talk) 08:38, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Kudzu1, the problem is that he refuses to use his registered account (which is blocked anyway), and uses so many IP addresses that blocking them all would cause too much collateral damage. The only viable solution that I can think of is to semi-protect Talk:Foreign relations of South Sudan, and I'm not sure if this sort of protection is allowed/possible on talk pages. Bazonka (talk) 11:19, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Subject matter, use of capitalization; this is very clearly Sascha; indeed hard to block him if he uses so many IPs... L.tak (talk) 11:30, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The protection policy does allow for the protection of article talk pages in the face of persistent disruption. From what I've seen at the talk page, I think it's obvious that he's stymieing productive discussion. Definitely one for WP:RPP. Basa lisk  inspect damage⁄berate 21:51, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Article and talkpage protected. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  01:10, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

08 September 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

Sascha30 is a blocked user with a distinctive writing style. He always uses IP's from Hessen, Germany, and signs his posts with "Sascha,Germany". The following four posts were made on Talk:International recognition of Kosovo:. They were obviously posted by Sascha. Whilst there was nothing especially objectionable in those cases, a block is a block. I deleted the posts using comments like "Remove post by obvious sock of blocked user User:Sascha30". This highly offensive threat was then made. Sascha30 has been investigated before for sock puppetry, but because he uses so many IP addresses a rangeblock could cause too much collateral damage, this didn't happen. I don't really know what can be done, but I think Talk:International recognition of Kosovo should be semi-protected. Bazonka (talk) 10:13, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I've added another IP to the list. TDL (talk) 20:20, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Actually, the /18 [//toolserver.org/~tparis/rangecontribs/index.php?type=range&limit=50&ips=79.233.0.0/18 doesn't have that that many anon contributions] otherwise, if necessary a rangeblock could be set up. Since he has stopped editing after you made the above report though I'll just close it for now, but please don't hesitate to reopen if he's back (or notify me directly). Amalthea 11:17, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

30 October 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

These IP's all resolve to Hessen, Germany (where all the previous Sascha socks are from) and only edit Sascha's favourite articles: International recognition of Kosovo and Foreign relations of Montenegro.
 * .29 signs a post in his trademark style: "Sascha,Germany".
 * .80 uses all caps to demand an update and attempts the update only to botch it, both trademarks of past Sascha socks (aka and ).
 * .124 tries to be clever by signing his shouty posts "MARCO,USA", a strategy he's used previously, and attacks Bazonka (as past socks have.)
 * .25 uses similar derogatory insults as the .29 IP here. TDL (talk) 09:13, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
 * .224 nearly identical post as .25 here

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''
 * It's definitely Sascha - no question. A full rangeblock may be required - although he uses a large number of IP addresses, it doesn't seem that many other people (possibly no-one) also use the same IPs, so the collateral damage of such a block will be minimal. Bazonka (talk) 19:28, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The user has edited from the same IP range since 2011, so a range block is certainly possible. I went through the IP edits from 79.233.0.0/18 in the last two years, and only found about 12 edits in that time which weren't obviously Sascha, so it doesn't seem that there would be a huge amount of collateral damage involved. I'm going to softblock the IP range for six months. Jafeluv (talk) 08:28, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

05 July 2013

 * Suspected sockpuppets




 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

Blocked user Sascha30 is back at Talk:International recognition of Kosovo using IPs. The subject matter and shouty writing style is entirely consistent with his previous posts, and the IPs all resolve to Germany, same as before. I'm absolutely certain it's him. Diffs for IP .161: Diff for IP .121: Diff for IP .204: Diffs for IP .90:  Bazonka (talk) 19:21, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

It's definitely Sascha. Other IP addresses he has used to evade his block in the last few months: TDL (talk) 19:33, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Sascha is back using causing disruption at Talk:Foreign relations of South Sudan.  TDL (talk) 18:16, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The IPs are registered to Deutsche Telekom. Unfortunately, the abuse has not risen to the point that would merit taking out an entire highly active range. I did protect the talk page for 3 days. Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:47, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks like an edit filter will be necessary. Bazonka and TDL, please send me an email with more details of the user's behavior (obviously we don't want to reveal details of the filter on-wiki). King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 05:08, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
 * The /16 range is barely active, and most of the activity on it is him. Negligible collateral, softblocked for 6 months. WilliamH (talk) 11:42, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Closing, since WilliamH has rangelocked the socks. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:32, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
 * Editor interaction utility

Sascha is back. See the signature here. Compare to this. Same interest in Montenegro foreign relations, and geolocates to same region in Germany as past socks. Most IPs are stale, but looks like there is a clear range that could be blocked. Sascha has been disrupting this page for months, but there are a number of other IPs contributing. TDL (talk) 01:01, 8 February 2017 (UTC) TDL (talk) 01:01, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
I checked a few ranges, but I didn't see enough recent activity to warrant any range blocks. The main one, 79.233.0.0/16, hasn't been active since January. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 00:47, 2 March 2017 (UTC)