Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TURRANK/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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Note has recently been blocked for edit-warring. Both users demonstrate similar interest in biographical articles of criminals. Both users edit the same article within close proximity of each other - note editor interaction here. Most recent example would include an attempt to disruptively perform an identical reversion on Nawaf Ghazaleh that occurred less than 24 hours of each other, and after 84.121.118.68 was blocked (see and ). Epistulae ad Familiares (talk) 10:34, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * The edits between this user and this IP, to me, are more than coincidence. The edit history here shows that the user made an edit, then the IP made another edit on top of the user's. They were both made to the same area of the infobox, and referenced the same external wiki site. The same applies to this article as well, where the user and IP edit the same exact area only minutes apart, and add information. On this page, the IP's edits get reverted, and the user immediately jumps in and adds it back. The interaction analyzer shows a long history of editing in the same areas. With this in mind, this edit history shows that, after the IP was blocked for edit warring, the account restores the edits the very next day. I believe that there's enough evidence to assert that these two users are very likely controlled by the same person, and hence the account evaded their block by editing this article after the IP was blocked.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   13:45, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the account indefinitely and the IP for two weeks. Given this behavior and the low frequency of the user's editing at times, they need to appeal their block using their account and discuss this matter with an administrator if they wish to continue editing. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   13:52, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , You blocked but didn't tag TURRANK. Was that intentional? -- RoySmith (talk) 15:19, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * RoySmith - I didn't believe that this situation counted as one that I'd need to tag the account as a "sock". This user was just abusing logged-out editing; he/she didn't create other accounts, else I would've tagged all of them.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:32, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , OK, thanks. Just wearing my clerk-in-training-running-the-pre-archive-checklist hat :-) -- RoySmith (talk) 20:37, 12 June 2020 (UTC)