Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sportsgamaniacre/Archive

24 March 2014

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Both IP and registered account share common interest on sports articles, particularly sports rivalries, and pass WP:QUACK with common edits and close editing times as seen with stalker and interaction analyzer. Moreover, the IP contested non-free logo being tagged on images that Sportsgamaniacre uploaded. Admins can look at the deleted file history of and  for evidence. Both IP and Sportsgamaniacre added the image File:MilwaukeeBrewers caplogo.svg to Brewers–Cubs rivalry without the proper non-free use rationale for the image. Sportsgamaniacre has been blocked twice recently for disruptive behavior, and IP has been warned for various problems including editing while logged out on March 3. The problematic editing is harder to track when Sportsgamaniacre is also editing while logged out as an IP. —Bagumba (talk) 04:24, 24 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Here is some more quacking: IP created at 15:52:55 on 1 October 2013, and Sportsgamaniacre's account was created on the same day at 16:41 on 1 October 2013; their first edit is to create, the same article the IP was requesting, minutes later at 16:47.—Bagumba (talk) 04:48, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * Both blocked for one week, thanks for the comprehensive report . Closing now. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:26, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

08 April 2014

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The same IP/user combo was already blocked for 1 week in an earlier investigation in March. They are at it again with the same subject area in sports. They are both adding nationalities of players to roster templates, when previous consensus was to not include them.

Here is a sample, adding a "nat=" entry for each player, but a look at their contribution history shows it was done for apparently all 30 NBA teams:

Sportsgamaniacre:
 * 01:40, 7 April 2014 Template:Phoenix Suns roster
 * 01:50, 7 April 2014 Template:Portland Trail Blazers roster

71.225.60.206:
 * 22:23, 6 April 2014 Template:Philadelphia 76ers roster
 * 22:27, 6 April 2014 Template:Boston Celtics roster

I can excuse perhaps not knowing the previous consensus, but not sure why the same user persists on editing while also logged out. —Bagumba (talk) 00:45, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * More troubling is edits on the same page, re-adding the same material that was deleted:
 * 71.225.60.206: 00:09, 7 April 2014‎ Template:Detroit Pistons roster
 * Sportsgamaniacre: 16:33, 7 April 2014 Template:Detroit Pistons roster
 * —Bagumba (talk) 02:13, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

I've added 187.252.103.226 as it made the same edit to Template:Detroit Pistons roster. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:41, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I considered 187.252.103.226 before, but thought their edit history was pretty specific to editing teams' rosters.  Without further evidence, I'll just assume the common edits for nationality were just coincidental in the absence of further evidence.  Also, the IP locations are in different countries (though it's easy to get proxies).—Bagumba (talk) 04:51, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I've unblocked 187.252.103.226, as I agree it could be a coincidence, but it's worth keeping an eye on their edits. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:46, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

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 * User blocked for one month, based on previous block and assurances that they wouldn't do it again. Both IPs look relatively stable so I've softblocked them for one month. Closing now, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:53, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * For the record (see comments above), 187.252.103.226 was unblocked.—Bagumba (talk) 06:06, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

30 January 2015

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Procedural report before I block per WP:DUCK. In earlier sock report, an IP from ISP Comcast near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was blocked as a suspected sock. Both 69.249.120.195 and 71.225.232.103 are also Comcast IPs in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia. Sportsgamaniacre is currently on a 6-month block since December 2, 2014, and is a frequent editor of and. The editor's history shows strong interest in adding WP:OR on various sports rivalries.

69.249.120.195 began editing December 25, 2014, and has restored deleted edits of Sportsgamaniacre at "National Basketball Association rivalries", going back 2 months in the page's history to restore deleted text verbatim. The IP has also added OR to "Major League Baseball rivalries", adding synthesis to dramatize a rivalry.

71.225.232.103 was active July 19–August 23 in 2014, coinciding with an earlier block of Sportsgamaniacre's of 3 months starting May 26, 2014. This IP is not active now, and is presented here only to establish common characteristic of another IP from Comcast near Philadelphia that is active while Sportsgamaniacre is blocked with common sports rivalry interest. —Bagumba (talk) 06:14, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

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69.249.120.195 blocked for a month per WP:DUCK. No action on inactive 71.225.232.103. Sportsgamaniacre was already serving a 6-month block, and has a long block history. Changing to an indefinite block based on history. Accounts have been tagged. Marking case for close.—Bagumba (talk) 06:29, 30 January 2015 (UTC)