Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sregor Ylloj/Archive

14 July 2011

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Brought to my notice here, when an editor Buffs complained of long term personal attacks and that the attack behavior was exactly similar to that of generic socks TomPhan and Genius, and of the IPs which I have mentioned above. As a protective move, I blocked Sregor_Ylloj but wanted further investigation. I know that except one ip reported above (and one edit of Sregor Yiloj attacking Buffs), almost all the reported material on suspected sockpuppetry may be stale. Requesting a sockpuppet investigation and additionally checkuser support too, to confirm whether the suspicions are true.  Wifione    .......  Leave a message  09:37, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

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Please note that Torn Ode's only edit was to restore comments by some of the above IPs about myself that have been deleted multiple times by multiple people due to sockpuppetry. Request a little more admin support to keep an eye out for such edits. Buffs (talk) 13:49, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Also WP:QUACK applies in spades here. Buffs (talk) 05:00, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * All I can tell you is that = . There does not appear to be any other connection and, despite their oh-so-clever name, they do not appear to be editing from behind a Tor node.  TN X Man  13:15, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I've blocked Torn Ode as a sock of Sregor. All the other accounts are blocked, so we can call it here. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:37, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry to jump into the admin section, but I strongly object to calling this one as "complete". This person has been stalking me for going on three years now. Marking this as "ho hum, this is probably another sockpuppet" isn't good enough. It needs to be clear that this person is going to great lengths to circumvent a block and harass me. If by WP:QUACK and nothing else, someone needs to call this what it is: clear sockpuppetry by User:TomPhan and label them as proven sockpuppets. I am tired of dealing with these accounts and people re-adding the text saying "you've never proven this guy is a sockpuppet". I think after 3 years I've earned a little WP:AGF and should be able to flag accounts for blocks and revert such inputs on sight.
 * As a solution, I will happily create a page to document these harassing edits by this community-banned editor if I can get some support from admins to review the page when updates are made and block them/redact their edits as rapidly as possible for all clear violations. Can I get that support here?
 * ...on a related note, User:TomPhan predates GENIUS(4TH POWER) and should be the name referred to in future communiques. Buffs (talk) 05:11, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * This case is not that bad. It's a slow burn of a sockpuppet case, and it's not nearly as persistent as some of the other ones we have. I don't see the point in creating a document to track the harassment; if there's a community ban in place, then clearly we're past the point of needing to prove it. Just report the socks here as necessary and we'll take care of them. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 03:09, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The biggest problem is that this person moves from IP to IP and can regenerate anywhere. He's interfered in all my RFAs (the last one was VERY close to passing...and I believe his comments pushed it over the edge). As for persistence, he has a growing collection of over 350 sockpuppets he's used for over 3 years...how you think he isn't persistent is beyond my comprehension. I agree that reporting the socks is the best way, but only if swift action is taken. Some of these accounts make 2-3 edits and then are thrown away ("Not enough of an edit history" has been used to decline the cases). If it is a 1-2 week process, it hardly is worth the effort. Recently these have become MUCH more responsive. If you can help, I would appreciate it. Buffs (talk) 09:08, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * This case was closed less than a day after it was initially opened; is that not fast enough?. We already ran a checkuser this time and found all the connected socks. There are categories showing the confirmed and suspected socks of Genius and the other accounts. You can open a case at WP:LTA or something, but as for this case, there isn't much else we can do. What more do you want from us? —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:35, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * A day is pretty darn good, but my past experience is that it takes a lot longer. What d'ya say we just try WP:SPI in the future? Buffs (talk) 04:28, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure, that's fine. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:33, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
 * K, if SPI doesn't work, we can try something else. Buffs (talk) 04:36, 17 July 2011 (UTC)