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09 January 2011

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The user Satt 2 was indefinitely banned on 8 January 2010. I found this user in the talk page archives of Talk:Georgia (country). This user appeared to have a determined agenda to place Georgia in Europe and purge it from any relation with Asia. Satt 2's edits are in Georgian related articles and boxes on his user page state that he enjoys Classical music including Bach and Handel. Satt 2 was banned for uploading non-free (Georgian related) images.

The user Polgraf appeared on 16 January 2010 (eight days after Satt 2 was banned). Polgraf's edits are in Georgian related articles and his user page has the same boxes stating that he enjoys Classical music including Bach and Handel, and Polgraf has the same agenda as Satt 2 regarding Georgia and Europe. Polgraf also uploads non-free (Georgian related) images.

The IP 69.142.134.249 appeared recently with the same POV mission regarding Georgia and Europe. Polgraf added a 'warning' to the IP's talk page but they are both working for a common goal on Talk:Georgia (country) and especially Talk:Western Asia. EmirKaraman (talk) 09:19, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

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In what looks like evasive maneuvering after spotting this report, Polgraf is repeating some of the IP's edits and left this message on the IP's talk page, following which the IP claims to have registered. Polgraf jumped in at Talk:Western Asia to carry on the IP's line of argument, just as he had done at Talk:Georgia (country). EmirKaraman (talk) 15:52, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Ahh now the quacking is deafening. Polgraf has posted an Estonian comment on User talk:Hendrikestonian which Google translates as "Good work chum! : -) This website is full of idiots like EmirKaraman."

When I made this report I was certain that Polgraf was Satt 2 but only 90% that Polgraf was the IP, I am now certain of both. EmirKaraman (talk) 17:07, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

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I've just checked the User compare report and it really is unequivocal. Polgraf and the IP both edited Georgian mythology (a very rarely edited article ), and just 3 minutes apart from each other. At the bottom of the list, Polgraf and Satt 2 both edited Zakaria Paliashvili, a considerably obscure article, and in actual fact, Polgraf and Satt 2 both moved Zakaria Paliashvili to Zachary Paliashvili. Polgraf and the IP both edited Georgians, and only 2 minutes apart from each other. Compare the IP's edit summary style here ("ethnic grou" --> "ethnic group") and Polgraf's edit summary style on the same article a week later here ("that" -> "the"). The whole report is absolutely incriminating. EmirKaraman (talk) 19:21, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

It gets even better, a proxy IP has just appeared at Georgia (country) repeating Polgraf's/69.142's edits, and has been speedily banned. I hope his use of proxys doesn't evade CheckUser. It's fair to say there is overwhelming behavioral evidence here in any case. EmirKaraman (talk) 20:22, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

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 * Urgh, what a mess. I'm endorsing for CU to figure all this out. The data on Satt 2 is Hendrikestonianstale so we can't draw a connection with the account from CU, though. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 17:11, 9 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I've only had checkuser privileges since the start of the year, but from what I can tell, and  are ✅. However, before taking any action, perhaps it would be best to obtain a second opinion from a more experienced checkuser. PhilKnight (talk) 21:46, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Looking for other possible socks, I came up with and . PhilKnight (talk) 22:09, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry to complicate this, but I've added Ludovica91 to the list, and am requesting a check. A user whose first edit is an SPI case is quite suspicious. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:38, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

✅ that the following accounts are related: ❌ to the above: --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 01:12, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Confirmed accounts blocked and tagged. Nakon 02:18, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Post-close note: New evidence confirms a link between Polgraf and Ludovica91. As a result, Ludovica91 has been blocked as a sockpuppet of Polgraf. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 20:25, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

13 January 2011

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yet another in the strong of angry POV socks editing Georgia (country) Wuh Wuz Dat 17:16, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

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Three new ones:

He will not stop unless his IP is blocked:

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I blocked both Bucharwm and IraklySp. I'm still thinking about the IP mainly because of poor man's checkuser. It should be autoblocked. The reassigning of addresses is not the problem as Comcast does not reassign frequently. The timing of the edits between Polograf and the IP are concerning. Would appreciate a second opinion. I am a bit suspicious of Dynamo Stavropol due to his level of knowledge around here. Elockid  ( Talk ) 00:52, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The master is here is Satt 2, not Polgraf. Merged the cases together and endorsed. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 17:44, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: hasn't edited in the last year, so the checkuser tool doesn't return any results. PhilKnight (talk) 19:55, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * True, but Polgraf was blocked several days ago as a sock of Satt 2. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:07, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Bucharwm is ✅ as being the same as Polgraf. I won't know more about IraklySp unless they edit again, but the behavior is a pretty strong indicator. Actually, IraklySp is ✅ as being Bucharwm and, by extension, Polgraf. TN X Man  20:10, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Please continue to report accounts as they appear. That's the best course of action for now. TN X Man  21:06, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, it took me a minute to see it, but I've got it now. After investigating, there are dueling sockfarms here. One is here, and the master is using proxies to create accounts and get his few edits in. I've been blocking these as they have been reported.
 * Our friend Dynamo Stavropol is actually and is part of the larger sockfarm discovered at the sockpuppet investigation filed under that name. The articles caught in the middle of this mess could probably do with semi-protection.  TN X Man  01:07, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification. The other page that seems to be disputed was Western Asia which I just protected. Elockid  ( Talk ) 01:24, 14 January 2011 (UTC)


 * So.. is there anything else to do here? Everyone's blocked up except for the IP, and there isn't really enough for me to go on there, IMO. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 03:57, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * No? Closing then. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:41, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

13 January 2011

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Another blatant sock attack on User:Chipmunkdavis - almost certainly another sock of User:Ludovica91 etc. See and user page.''. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 21:57, 13 January 2011 (UTC) -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 21:59, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

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Reported here: Sockpuppet investigations/Satt 2. Dynamo Stavropol (talk) 22:12, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

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Ludovica91 has been indef blocked by Deskana as a result of Sockpuppet investigations/Satt 2/Archive. Ludovica91's user page has been tagged to Satt2 appropriately. I suggest that the sock report for Georgiaresentsyou be merged into the one for Satt2, and that a checkuser be run. EdJohnston (talk) 00:47, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * So done. Merged and endorsed. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:06, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Now that they've edited again, I can say they're ✅. TN X Man  12:51, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Tagged and blocked. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:41, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

14 January 2011

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Yet another blatant sock threatening the same user -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 19:53, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

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No check run, but blocked for quacking. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 20:05, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Not much else to do. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:18, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

17 April 2011

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Recently User:ComtesseDeMingrelie was given an indefinte block for being a sock of User:Polgraf, who was blocked for being a sock of User:Satt 2 amoungst others, who had previously been blocked. Seems to be a serial sockpuppeteer. The latest to pop up is User:Bathuslimen, who's only edits in article space are to continue ComtesseDeMingrelie's edit warring over the map on Georgia (country) and two edits to Batumi, an article of which two of the user's sock's were active on: User:DrumbBOT and User:ComtesseDeMingrelie TDL (talk) 07:25, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 10:41, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

18 April 2011

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Same pages edited by most recent socks. Would appreciate a sleeper check here. Multiple accounts have surfaced at the same time such as including newest suspected sock, and. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid (Alternate)</b> ( Talk ) 13:59, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

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✅ the following:
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:15, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:15, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:15, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:15, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

All accounts blocked and tagged. Also, I rangeblocked 141.161.133.0/24 for 5 days. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 19:28, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

05 May 2011

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Previously, as Satt 2 and ComtesseDeMingrelie, there have been extensive discussions about borders and images of maps on both Talk:Europe and the talk page of Template:Europe and Sea. The present account of Mschwerin was created on 19 April. After making the minimum number of edits required to bypass semiprotection on the article page of Europe, this user proceeded to blank maps related to the boundary of Europe and, after the blanking was reverted, to argue tendentiously about long-established consensus concerning these maps and their labelling. The concentration on this very narrow topic as soon as sufficient edits were clocked up suggests that this is an alternative account of Polgraf / Satt 2 / ComtesseDeMingrelie. Mathsci (talk) 07:19, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Having looked at the list of confirmed socks mentioned by Tomeasy, that seems to be a closer match than Satt 2. Mathsci (talk) 08:39, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Just as a matter of interest Polscience and Satt 2 are operated by the same puppetmaster, who kindly sent me this email on 8 April:


 * Mathsci (talk) 13:11, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, I suppose monologing is better than "I share a laptop with Satt 2" or other such nonsense. Kuru   (talk)  13:33, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' I would also check with this account. The agenda seems to be the same, also the way of conduct. T<font color="#009ef2">om<font color="#6bd5f5">ea s y T C 07:53, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

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Mschwerin is a match to. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 11:27, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Some edits are related to his favorite topic, as is the random shot at Mathsci. Blocked and tagged accordingly. Kuru  (talk)  12:08, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

16 May 2011

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Well, the IP just appeared to revert the removal of a template that had been placed in by a previous sock, and of course to revert a map. Editing Georgian royalty articles, such as Ekaterine Dadiani, Princess of Megrelia, which is the royalty that was placed on a previous socks userpage. And well, it's the same IP address that was proven a sock before. So, it's just the user back on the now unblocked IP. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 12:56, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked 1 month for evasion. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 19:14, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

10 June 2011

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The first two were already checkusered on Commons. Please see the commons report.

Requesting CU to find out if there are any other remaining accounts that are not blocked here on English Wikipedia. Also requesting for a possibility of an IP block given the number of accounts being found. The primary range is 141.161.0.0/16. But I've been able to implement smaller rangeblocks such as 141.161.133.0/24 and 141.161.40.0/24. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 00:18, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

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 * - So endorsing. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:00, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Also ✅:



One of the IP ranges has been blocked. –MuZemike 04:52, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Rest blocked by and tagged socks. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 11:15, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

03 July 2011

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All already duck blocked. Would appreciate a sleeper check/check for any missed accounts. I usually miss some. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 04:21, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Per request on my talk page, this is what I was going by for Ypolignac. Like the previous socks, the main pages being edited are Georgian articles. Many of the pages being edited such as Coalition casualties in Afghanistan (edited by socks and ) were sock targets. One of the factors that struck me was using false descriptions/identities. This edit appeared to reverting a sock. However, they were reverting Kober and not Den5987. They reinstated the edits made by Den5987. This was the edit made by Den5987. Note, names of Georgia is currently protected for socking. The same edit here used a false edit summary to try and reinstate the sock's edits.

This edit on Tbilisi was made to reinstate the edits of 141.161.139.119 and Ritsin. I didn't see any "formatting" going on.

Note. Satt 2 has been trying to circumvent detection recently by using false descriptions/identities. This and this (admin only) were probably attempts to get the users who the pages redirected to blocked instead of them.

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 * does not show as blocked. Is this intentional? (I have done no investigation yet.) Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 04:23, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
 * - I see that the account name has been corrected to . Pretty straightforward case; endorsing as has been done in the past. Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 04:26, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm in discussion regarding the block on as it doesn't match my criteria for a duck block, but Elockid has more experience with this sockmaster than I do, so I trust his judgement more than mine. CUs may, however, want to take that into consideration when doing the check. -- Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 04:32, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ An-zerbst = Ypolignac = Rorsini, it's that Ristin is also related, however the connection isn't as clear. They are all editing from what appears to be a pool of University IPs, some of which are already range blocked. -- Versa  geek  12:12, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

All accounts are blocked. Marking for close. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 17:17, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

13 July 2011

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The first is duck blocked. The second I'm not too sure about yet. Requesting CU for a sleeper check and to confirm whether or not Terene is a sockpuppet. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 03:45, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

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✅ for both originally listed accounts, also blocked four sleepers & the open proxy they rode in on. -- Versa geek  04:35, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Tag tag tag tag tag tag closed. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 04:51, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

27 July 2011

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I am not 100% sure about VonVorontz. Requesting CU for confirmation. If this is a sock, then there's probably others. I recently reblocked a range they have been using, so a check would be appreciated. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 00:45, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

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I can add that the user uploaded several copyrighted images to the Commons last month under the username Droebiti, though I'm not sure how decisions on Wikipedia translate to the Commons. They didn't deny the connection when I brought it up on the talk page for User talk:Misc11, and it was also noted by an admin on the Commons.-- Patrick, o Ѻ ∞ 14:02, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

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 * - It's been two weeks. Endorsing for confirmation and sleepers. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:41, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Already blocked per CU evidence. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 01:44, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * is a ✅ match as well. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  13:11, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  13:24, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

09 August 2011

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Posting identical content, with similar confrontational edit summary just days after being banned. Patrick, o Ѻ ∞ 15:22, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

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. They were editing behind a proxy, which I've blocked. If they edit again, please let me know or refile here. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:36, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Gthoya is clearly not a new account, so I've blocked and tagged per WP:DUCK. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 03:15, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

20 August 2011

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Based on the pages being edited, it looks like Satt 2. But I'm not entirely sure yet. Requesting CU for confirmation and if possible do a sleeper check if it is a sock. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 12:10, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

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 * - Sure. There should still be a bunch of confirmed accounts that aren't stale. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 18:44, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅, no sleepers detectable. Courcelles 19:03, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 19:28, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

25 September 2011

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More Georgian article disruption. Need a sleeper check, por favor. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 17:20, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

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✅, nobody else found. –MuZemike 17:42, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

03 January 2012

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Similar argumentative pro-Georgian edits to Europe as previous sockpuppets. I also noticed that the reporting on WP:AN3 seems a little OTT. I could be wrong, but this user is edit warring in the same was as concerning transcontinental countries. They have also edited Principality of Mingrelia, one of CDM's favourite articles (or rather from which CDM took their name). Mathsci (talk) 13:57, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Even after Christmas and New Year, there is still WP:DUCK. Mathsci (talk) 16:33, 3 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Andriabenia's account was created on 20 December, but they are clearly not a new user. They knew about requesting page protection, about moving pages, about making SPI reports, etc. They have both edited articles on Georgia (country) and the Georgian people with pointy comments against Armenian editors. The last Georgian nationalism problems on Europe-related articles were reported here by Chipmunkdavis, where the same issues emerged on Asia and a map template Template:Europe and Sea showing boundaries (a template I helped create). That required the template to be semiprotected. ComtesseDeMingrelie filed an SPI report here, naming me, Chimpmundavis and Mov25 as sockpuppets of Izzedine. CU then found that the account ComtesseDeMingrelie was operated by Polgraf, i.e. Satt 2. What I remember was how difficult the arguments became at Template:Europe and Sea: Andriabenia's edits to Europe and its talk page are similar, with exactly the same kind of point of view.  I compared the two users' edits: . CMD made these edits to Europe:, She added Georgian language , then made these edits about the boundary , A few days later she made these edits  (Mingrelian appears)  [ again concerning borders. On List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe, A made the edits  and ; she is currently edit warring with Chipmunkdavus. CDM edit warred with Chipmunkdavis on the same article  On Joseph Stalin, they both changed the picture to the same one. Their editing history in the short period they have been on wikipedia (less than 2 weeks), indicates that Andriabenia is not a new user. Common features include pro-Georgian disruption, anti-Armenian remarks in edit summaries, edits connected with Mingrelia  (both edited House of Chikovani, Dadiani Palaces Museum) and haggling and edit-warring in an aggressive way over long-settled border issues in Europe/Asia, as if they already known me and Chipmunkdavis. Restoring the same  Stalin photograph is hard to explain. I do not have the time to go further into a comparison of edits, beyond saying that the knowledge of wikipedia procedures (such as page protection ) makes it clear this is not a new user. I am not familiar enough with the other manifestations of Polgraf/Satt 2 to compare with the multiple previous accounts. I believe that Satt2 behaved identically on Europe. The edit summaries in the diffs listed shows identical behaviour, with aggressive haggling over borders/transcontintental countries, took place in 2008-2009 and the start of 2010.  Apart from being anti-Armenian, another common feature is referring to page watchers of Asia and Europe (and related articles) as "POV-pushers." In addition, in their short period on wiki, Andriabenia has also filed a report at WP:ANI on 29 December here. As EdJohnston said in that thread, he conduct here, apart from probably involving sockpuppetry, falls under WP:ARBAA and WP:ARBAA2. I also note that this user has been interested in Georgian ballet: Satt 2 and Adriabenia both edited Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre. Mathsci (talk) 07:29, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Note also the 48 hour block for edit warring on 30 Dec. There was also this.  This anti-Armenian edit  resulted in a block warning from Elockid on Jan 1. Mathsci (talk) 09:17, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The references to "Armenian nationalists" are continuing on this page. ComtesseDeMingrelie also wrote that she came from Mingrelia several times, for example here . It doesn't look good. Mathsci (talk) 10:17, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Page moves to latinized names are also common to ComtesseDeMingrelie (Demetrius, Ambrosius) and Andriabenia. (Heraclius 1, Heraclius II). Mathsci (talk) 11:13, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I should add the further comment that Andriabenia's editing on Europe and its talk page is as disruptive as that of Satt 2 and his multiple socks. She/he has arrived on the page with a nationalist battleground mentality, determined to reject any sources that do not support their point of view. (This reminds me of the editor, who made similar statements about academic sources - no link with this case of course, just saying.) Mathsci (talk) 18:54, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The editing of Andriabenia is obviously not that of a new user. Each of Satt 2's socks has adopted a slightly different but disruptive approach so far, but with the same overall aim. (Last time ComtesseDeMingrelie wanted to argue that France was a transcontinental country because of its overseas territories.) Andriabenia argued on Talk:Europe for a definition of the boundary of Europe based on two rivers in Georgia, which is not widely accepted. That would have placed a much larger portion of Georgia in Europe. So their own claims about the neutrality of their editing are disingenuous. Last time it took quite a while for Elockid to work out that DuchesseDeMingrelie was Satt 2. When the same behaviour repeats itself, with unreasonable edits and opposition to standard sources, it would be a normal precaution to check this account. Mathsci (talk) 14:57, 5 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I've just been looking through the list of recent socks of Satt 2 (I had no idea there were so many recently). But noticed edits like this where Andriabenia's favourite Georgian American Tamara Toumanova is placed prominently in the infobox. And edits inserting the same image in the infobox of Batumi, etc, etc. I had forgotten . Mathsci (talk) 17:18, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The person who uploaded the lede picture of Tamara Toumanova on Commons (Moriss) has just been blocked as a sockpuppet. The picture is almost certainly non-free. Its use on wikipedia would need special justification. Mathsci (talk) 17:28, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

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As I already stated, brushing off editors with different points of view as sockpuppets/sockpuppeteers has become a common practice on these pages and in my short tenure on this website, I have already been accused on at least on three occasions -   - by users who all had the same kind of grip on their OWN articles as user:Mathsci appears to have on page Europe. In the end, the truth prevailed, although I did waste a great deal of my time, like right now writing this paragraph.

As for your statements about "argumentative pro-Georgia" edits, let me tell you that many editors from peripheral and ignored countries like Georgia will consider it their duty to challenge the hegemony of elitists like user:mathsci, who cut and sew articles in any way they want under some kind of imaginary consensus -  apparently many wrongs make a right, despite a myriad of sources to the contrary.

Finally, I just looked over your "evidence" and I don't see user:ContesseDeMingrelie anywhere on the Principality of Mingrelia page, which is odd for someone's "favorite" article. In any case, my family is from Mingrelia, which you can tell by my last name, and I will edit any Mingrelia-related articles I like.--Andriabenia (talk) 16:32, 3 January 2012 (UTC)


 * It is ridiculous that my use of wikipedia resources such as SPI, page protection, and administrator's board is used as an "evidence" against me. Before I learned about these options I simply engaged in an edit war and was blocked. I found about SPI when I realized that I was myself reported by rast5, an indefinitely blocked user. Same about the administrator noticeboard, where user:rast5 was also quite adept. As for the page protection requests, I merely followed an earlier example of a fellow user:Antique Rose, who came to my attention because he/she was engaged in a discussion on the Tamara Toumanova page before I arrived. Once you are on the aforementioned wikipedia resource pages, I don't think you have to be an experienced user to fill in a two sentence template.


 * I reverted the Joseph Stalin image because I saw it on Georgians page and like it and if you go through the Stalin page history, you see I am not the only user who disliked the previous image, with the leading image changing periodically between the two alternatives. This, not to mention that such articles are popular with most Georgian editors.


 * As for pages of House of Chikovani and Dadiani Palaces Museum, the only reason they came to my attention is that a checkuser, Elockid, reverted changes of some other editor on one of my favorite pages, Maria of Alania, and I simply followed his edits, thinking mistakenly that he was another disruptive Armenian nationalist. He warned me in unambiguous terms and the incident never occurred again. In fact, he was instrumental in helping me bring to justice a hypocritical sockpuppet user:rast5.


 * Lastly, I can't believe I even have to explain this but I ended up on the opera page from page Tbilisi, where the link to the page was already included in the leade that I started editing and reorganizing.--Andriabenia (talk) 09:56, 4 January 2012 (UTC)


 * The only reason I even mentioned I came from Mingrelia - on this page and only once - is because you complained that I edited a Mingrelian page that ComtesseDeMingrelie apparently derived her name from. Otherwise I don't see why I would even mention my family's provenance in this context. I don't see how this is a proof of anything.


 * As for the latinized names, it is a common knowledge that names that are not of Georgian origin - such as Greek, Hebrew, and Latin - are not transliterated in western works. The past examples of latinization/hellenization include:, , , . Erekle II was mentioned as Heraclius II on many articles and as I already stated on your talk page, I do not like when one wiki article contradicts another. This is why I changed it and I assure you, I did not go page by page to see if a sockpuppet at any point used latinized names.  --Andriabenia (talk) 14:30, 4 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Tamara Toumanova: as far as I can tell from the Georgian Americans page, the ballerina has been on and off the page but if your paranoia compels you to draw links, there's nothing left to surprise me. As for the lead image, I need no better justification to use it than the absence of any other closeup portrait.--Andriabenia (talk) 17:27, 8 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Closing statement: I finally looked over what the banned users did and I am puzzled as to why user Mathsci is confusing me with them. They argued that countries like Georgia where supposed to be unquestionably included in Europe, thus they were against the ambiguity of borders. I, on the other hand, am against using terms "mostly in Asia/Europe" because they they threaten the ambiguity by giving a concrete definition of a non-existent border. Thus I am in favor of ambiguity. These are two opposite things.--Andriabenia (talk) 13:54, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * . Mathsci, please provide the relevant diffs to support your argument, thanks. WilliamH (talk) 23:59, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * - Without putting beans in my nose, I'm going to endorse this for a check. Mathsci's evidence, along with some of my own observations, seems sufficient for at least a check. There are non-stale Satt 2 accounts (e.g. ) that can be used. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:44, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Both of you, stop fighting over Mathsci condensing his notes. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 18:00, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * - KingdomofGeorgia was using a proxy, as were Ochamchire, Lebardia, and Madomart. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  16:06, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I've blocked and tagged Andriabenia on behavioral grounds. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:17, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

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From the very first few days "Damianmx" started editing, there was something totally fishy regarding him. He knew all Wikipedia policies, he very quickly got on bad term with numerous established users, and there was a very obvious agenda present. LITERALLY the 2nd row of edits Damianmx made, were to push Georgia into Europe, a trademark agenda of ALL CU blocked socks of satt2 an the master. Some months have passed, and due to the low-profile that Georgia-related articles have, he managed to jump the gun with this sock. I was 100% sure, from its earliest days, that this had to be a sock of some earlier blocked sock abuser, simply by his extremely obvious editorial pattern. He jumped the gun for a few months, but he's so busted now.

Some editorial evidence that links them together:


 * Damianmx reinstated virtually EXACTLY the same revision,- that THREE previously CU blocked sock of him had added right here. Literally copy pasted most of it back into the article by Damianmx.


 * Here a CU confirmed sock of Satt2 removes the part about the extensive Armenian demographic history in Tbilisi. Damianmx EXACTLY did the same, removing the EXACT same type of info while mentioning that the sources are "not reliable",, telling the same info can be found elsewhere, as well as quoting the exact same material and exact same quote on the exact same talk page;
 * Damianmx quoting on the Tblisi talk page: "the 1897 all-Russian Imperial census did not contain a question on nationality, nationality was attributed to populations often through the local analysis of data on...social estate and occupation...""
 * Tremer11 (CU blocked sock) quoting on the Tblisi talk page: "the 1897 all-Russian imperial census did not contain a question on nationality, nationality was attributed to populations often through...local analysis of data on mother tongue, social estate and occupation."


 * Mentioning his real life experience while in Georgia in order to be taken seriously as an authority: Damianmx: "Also, I've lived in Tbilisi for years and winters are freezing cold, not "cool". Get real", Amadeo11 (CU blocked sock) "I was in Georgia this spring and it does not look like anyone there considers their country Asian",


 * Exactly like all socks that got CU blocked of Satt2,--,,, (can post so many more of such diffs) Damianmx has the same frantic obesssion with trying to place Georgia into Europe, (etc.) and to purge it from any relations it has with Asia. (etc.)


 * Same target articles, most notably; West Asia (almost all socks incl. Damianmx), Georgia (country), (about every sock as well as master edited this article with the same POV, like Damianmx) Europe (sockmaster, many CU blocked socks + Damianmx), Culture of Georgia (country), Georgians (sockmaster, almost all already blocked ones, as well as Damianmx), Georgian mythology, (a very rarely edited scope on Wikipedia), Near East,, Alexander Imeretinsky, List of transcontinental countries (Damianmx + sockmaster), Religion in Georgia (country), Batumi,, Asia (sockmaster, multiple CU socks, as well as Damianmx), Council of Europe (sockmaster, multiple CU blocked socks, as well as Damianmx), Name of Georgia (multiple socks incl. Damianmx), Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi,, Democratic Republic of Georgia, Georgia–NATO relations (sockmaster, multiple confirmed socks, incl. Damianmx), Pavel Tsitsianov Tbilisi,, Georgia–Germany relations,, Greater Middle East (multiple socks incl. Damianmx), and many more. Literally almost every sock has tried to push in the same type of map on the Georgia article, namely those maps one thst shows Georgia directed/pointed towards Europe.


 * Damianmx added "formerly known as Tiflis" to the article, just like previous socks.


 * Damianmx is extremely bothered that Georgia is considered a part of Greater Iran, resulting in tagging the sentence, just like CU blocked socks.


 * The EXACT same usage of English/same English profiency, from sockmaster to this new sock.


 * This amazing revelation he made, which was published on the SPI case further completely confirms Damianmx to the entire socklist, which confirms his sole existence on Wikipedia, namely to drag his nation of Georgia desperately into Europe, just like Damianmx.


 * Just look at the further archived history of this sockpuppet investigation for more information. Its literally, as I type, too much overlap to list everything here, but this should be enough. Its literally a perfect match on about every edit and every target article. From his agenda, to his POV, to the way he signs his comments, to his behavioural pattern. Literally everything. - LouisAragon (talk) 01:53, 11 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Oh btw, all these IP's were operated by Satt2/Damianmx at some point. They all geolocate to Colombia/New Jersey, United States. They all have priorly been established as socks operated by Satt2/Damianmx on the SPI archive page, and have in fact been blocked before as well.

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 * I've declined the CU request. The master and all the previously blocked accounts in the archives are .--Bbb23 (talk) 14:42, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Putting this on hold until CheckUser can comment, as he's noted he still has the technical evidence on file. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 20:07, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Based on Elockid's comments that Kevin highlighted, I'm putting this back as CU requested.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:28, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, pretty much ✅. Elockid  Message me 22:22, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:31, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

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Same geo-location as all earlier CU blocked/confirmed IP's, very same type of edits, very same target article (typical for many earlier CU blocked socks + sockmaster, e.g.), same type of edit summary as usual, and lastly, the very same concerns (obsessed with putting and aligning Georgia in and with Europe, for starters, feel free to check the extensive archives for more). Basically, this is another clear cut one. I know that IP's are generally not publicly linked to accounts, but this is quite a special "case", as this guy has been socking since 2010, got unblocked in early 2017 through a request at AN, and then got indeffed again very recently (10 Feb 2017) because he outrightly violated the strict terms of his unblock. - LouisAragon (talk) 03:39, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Pinging, , as well as ; the latter being the admin who indeffed his main account again on 10 Feb. - LouisAragon (talk) 03:39, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * The IP edits are too old. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:46, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

22 May 2018

 * Suspected sockpuppets

A brand new account, only interested in editing of articles about Georgia (and there primarily replacing photos). Examples of the contribution:, , Edit-warring without any attempts to discuss anything. Matches the general behavior of this sockmaster.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:57, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
 * At Tbilisi, they are currently at five reverts.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:05, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

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Another smoking gun; on Commons, on "Category:Georgia", he removed "Countries in Asia" and changed "the country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia" into "the country in Eastern Europe". Note that this very same page was targeted by the sockmaster and his IP socks in the (recent) past.- - LouisAragon (talk) 20:31, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

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 * OK, the smoking Commons gun clinched it (to mix metaphors a bit). Block upgraded to indef. Favonian (talk) 20:36, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

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Another brand new account. Has only edited the lede of the Kingdom of Georgia article so far, tried to make it look more "European" in typical Satt 2 fashion.- 1) Added information about a monastery in Greece, 2) changed "Northern Iran" to "northern edges of Iran", 3) changed "Empire of Trebizond" to "its allied Eastern Roman Empire", 4) changed "Christian East" to modern-day "European Southern Russia").

GUC shows that he has already started to infect articles on other Wiki languages as well. All edits match the general behavior of the sockmaster, i.e. - LouisAragon (talk) 23:36, 13 June 2018 (UTC)


 * I see. Well, the editorial pattern is very similar. Like, virtually the same. Having said that, Satt 2 is a LTA, so we can't rule out meatpuppetry either. However, per the technical data, I think this should be copied to a separate case (Sockpuppet investigations/Studiawschodnie) until further developments. Your thoughts? - LouisAragon (talk) 13:09, 14 June 2018 (UTC)


 * For the record: there's another major thing that links Studiawschodnie and Bencemagyar together. Apart from having the same WP:NOTHERE editorial pattern (a pattern which does bear many similarities to that of Satt 2), edits made by both accounts also suggest some kind of relation between the sockmaster and the country "Poland".
 * For example Studiawschodnie (a name which sounds Polish), on the English Wikipedia, made edits to the Georgia–Poland relations article. Bencemagyar made edits to the Georgia article on the Polish Wiki, where he inserted the exact same disruptive edits as both accounts have tried to add on the English Wiki. Bencemagyar also shows that he is proficient in Polish. - LouisAragon (talk) 19:06, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

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 * - Please compare to the most recent sock Studiawschodnie. Thanks. Sro23 (talk) 01:11, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Bencemagyar and are  to each other, but both are very  to Satt 2. They edit from different continents and the other technical data is not the same.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:35, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I had noticed an edit war at Georgia (country) and became interested in whether Bencemagyar could be a sock. (Warring on a high-profile country article is not a smart move for a newcomer unless they have little to lose, which is something we associate with socks). Seeing the 'possilikely' evidence connecting Bencemagyar and Studiawschonie I went ahead with an indefinite SPI block per the Satt 2 case. My summary of the block reasoning was here. If anyone thinks I exceeded the data, please let me know. And this account might need a tag, though whether the Satt 2 tag is the best one is something you guys can decide. EdJohnston (talk) 16:37, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm going to change the tags – Studiawschodnie master, Bencemagyar sock. Closing. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 19:12, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

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Same POV on the same target articles. Please refer to the existing LTA case for more information. "Polinarok" (a brand new account) is trying to drag Georgia/Caucasus related articles into Europe at all cost.--- Though "Polinarok" registered not long ago, he knows his way around extremely well, which is typical of Satt 2 & Co. The EIA confirms the story once again. - LouisAragon (talk) 13:56, 9 February 2019 (UTC)


 * More evidence:
 * Polinarok reinstated virtually the exact same promotional material in the lede of George Balanchine that CU blocked sock Damianmx once tried to add.
 * Polinarok removed numerous coats of arms associated with the Soviet Union (see LTA case) on the Coat of arms of Georgia (country) page, similar to what CU blocked sock Damianmx once tried to do. - LouisAragon (talk) 14:14, 9 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Also name similarity; compare Polinarok with Polgraf, Polscience and Ypolignac. - LouisAragon (talk) 22:20, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other and to a few socks, but only to the master. The history of technical data in this case is a bit muddled.
 * Polinarok
 * .--Bbb23 (talk) 23:55, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing per bbb23. NativeForeigner Talk 04:08, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * .--Bbb23 (talk) 23:55, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing per bbb23. NativeForeigner Talk 04:08, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * .--Bbb23 (talk) 23:55, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing per bbb23. NativeForeigner Talk 04:08, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing per bbb23. NativeForeigner Talk 04:08, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

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Long-term sockpuppeter Satt 2 has been periodicly active on this university article, and in the last 10 days, there's been a surprising number of new editors with no prior edits making changes that look like more experienced users. Could just be the new school year starting, but can an admin check? Patrick, o Ѻ ∞ 01:58, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
 * (In response to User:Bbb23's comment below)
 * Right, these users/IPs have so far only edited this one article, so any diff should do. Here's ones that show a common interest in playing up the alumni: First Blocked sock Sargentpeale Special:Diff/848290575, then Sbt129 Special:Diff/912691313, Lol2319 Special:Diff/910544355, Aj778 Special:Diff/916731125, 73.102.28.147 Special:Diff/909100560, 2601:806:4300:16f1:f0b1:effd:82ed:fe59 Special:Diff/909218238, 2601:806:4300:16f1:75fe:4ef8:1bc6:c75f Special:Diff/908871746. Thanks again-- Patrick, o Ѻ ∞ 02:17, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

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You must provide diffs of the suspected socks comparing them to diffs of previous socks.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:01, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Many of these editors just seem new or confused. I suggest that the Georgetown University page be watched by admins with an eye to any disruptive editing that may be going on. Of the three named editors at the top of your list: two of them already have warnings and one has an invitation to the Teahouse. If these kind of edits were preventing work on article development, I would suggest extended confirmed protection for the article but in actuality they are not editing fast enough to block all progress. Consider reporting to admins if individual accounts continue to make questionable edits and won't listen to reason. Also, semiprotection might be considered if it is needed. EdJohnston (talk) 16:56, 6 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Sbt129 is ✅, blocked and tagged. Lol2319 and Aj778 are ❌. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:08, 6 October 2019 (UTC)