Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Spacemen2050/Archive

27 June 2012
''Archive section moved from Sockpuppet investigations/Amir.Hossein.7055/Archive. Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:44, 6 July 2012 (UTC)''
 * Suspected sockpuppets




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Each account only has a few edits, all the same extreme anti-Iran postings to the same article, there are probably a lot more socks from this user out there. Oh, and I just found the head account by following from Brazil–Iran relations to Heydar Moslehi. Unique Ubiquitous (talk) 21:55, 27 June 2012 (UTC) Unique Ubiquitous
 * He's made another account, so I've added it now. Unique Ubiquitous (talk) 16:15, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

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Not sure a recognize a particular Amir.Hossein pattern in this. There's certainly some connection between the four listed above, but are we sure about the connection to Amir? I can't remember he ever showed political interests like these. Fut.Perf. ☼ 22:29, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, perhaps, maybe I just saw one line of socks connect into another line of socks and assumed it was one load of laundry. Unique Ubiquitous (talk) 22:48, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

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These accounts are obviously connected: Summerbaby2009, Samy9997, Whatsup69, and Armsmadglobal. I have indefinitely blocked all four, but see no obvious reason to think these are operated by an established sock-master. If more similar edits appear, please report them, because a check will probably be needed at that stage. AGK [•] 00:04, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

02 July 2012

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Four of his socks were blocked last week but he is back again, see this closed spi (I stated an incorrect puppetmaster in that case, but it was of course socking). It is very obvious socking, no attempt to hide it and the edits are all far from acceptable. Please indef the IP. Unique Ubiquitous (talk) 16:38, 2 July 2012 (UTC) Unique Ubiquitous (talk) 16:38, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

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All of these accounts are editing articles related to Iran.
 * Gotchawink (UN conference, Unit 400)
 * Rsage 66 (Unit 400, created redirect to Unit 400 page)


 * Edpt2009 (created Unit 400 of Iran's al-Quds Force along with some edits to the page)
 * Marco1900 (UN conference, Unit 400, some Iranian relations articles. Mostly interwiki links but the subject area is the same)
 * GO NEUTRALITY (UN conference, Iranian relations articles. Again minor edits but the subject area is the same)
 * Greenpeace4evr (large edit to UN conference, Iranian religion edits)
 * Puppettheater (Iranian religion, Iranian relations articles, Unit 400)

Seems pretty clear to me, though someone like this could easily have sleepers. Regards, MacMedtalk stalk 22:53, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

(Moved here from admin-only section below)
 * Please do not forget about speedy-deleting the pages he has created with his various socks, and reverting his edits per Banning_policy. The Wikipedia policy clearly states that "pages created by banned editors are eligible for speedy deletion". That's the only way to discourage further sock-puppetry by this user, and send him a message that he is not welcome in Wikipedia. Kurdo777 (talk) 01:26, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your help guys in getting rid of this disruptive editor. I don't think wikipedia would lose anything by deleting the page, Unit 400 of Iran's al-Quds Force, created by this editor as it is sparsely sourced, contains biased language, and makes highly controversal statements that even go against the single source, also hardly anyone else has editted the article. Thanks, Unique Ubiquitous (talk) 02:46, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Regardless of who the master puppeteer is, this is abusive and disruptive sock-puppetry. Unless, you actually want to endorse this kind of behavior, based on who is doing it, as opposed to what is being done. Kurdo777 (talk) 08:22, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Huh? Keep your assumptions of bad faith to yourself please. Did I say anything about tolerating the sockpuppeting? I just want to know which is which. Fut.Perf. ☼ 08:30, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree with Future, and I will state again, I was likely wrong to claim these were Amir's socks, though I also have no clue to the identity of the real master. Unique Ubiquitous (talk) 10:58, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

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to process a checkuser request as diffs are required as evidence to compare the accounts. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  16:15, 3 July 2012 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  03:35, 4 July 2012 (UTC) Obvious socking is obvious. Perhaps someone more familiar with what's going on could associate this case with a master, but the following are all ✅: Note that and  are also ✅ and already blocked, and tagged to some description. WilliamH (talk) 06:46, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
 * - to confirm socking and check for sleepers.
 * -, , , and have yet to be commented on, but were the primary canidates in this investigation. --  DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  13:31, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Rsage66 and Edpt2009 are . Nothing else to be seen via Marco1900. Puppettheater is ✅ with . Obviously all related. WilliamH (talk) 14:57, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm a bit confused here. Are we really dealing with a single sockpuppeter? The Amir.Hossein I was familiar with is the guy who is obsessed about Iranian football managers and copyvio football pics. Is this guy that Unique Ubiquitous has been reporting since late June, who has a focus on political edits and a bee in his bonnet about Ahmadinejad's role at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, really the same person? Question to Checkuser: did you see a concrete link between these latest batches since the 27 June report (i.e. User:Armsmadglobal, User:Whatsup69 and subsequent socks) and those in the earlier reports (e.g. User:Мирослав Блажевић2, User:Sedayeman and friends)? I somehow can't connect the dots between them. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:42, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the lot. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  18:49, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I might of screwed this up...the original tags on and  were not ones pointing to this sock master, I just saw the block log, which pointed to this case. --  DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  16:35, 5 July 2012 (UTC)


 * should be considered in this bunch. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  16:21, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I also am completely confused. I've no idea why this is considered to be part of Amir.Hossein.7055. WilliamH (talk) 12:45, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Heh. I think the confusion may have been started because there was an accidental overlap, some article that had recently been edited by some Amir socks and then by a Spacemen sock. Unique Ubiquitous probably saw something about prior sock blocks in the article history while investigating Spacemen and understandably assumed they were the same. Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:39, 6 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Reblocked/Tagged on the appropriate case now. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  13:39, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

10 July 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets


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See contribs. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  13:42, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

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 * - - Sleeper check? --  DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  13:43, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * For what it is worth, Puppettheater1 appears ❌. Tiptoety  talk 17:38, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Interesting....ok, well the block still stands. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  02:22, 11 July 2012 (UTC)