Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tangotopaz/Archive

20 July 2015

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 * When user's edits are undone and as soon as they realize they don't get what they want that IP comes around. IP makes virtually the same changes to articles, makes use of the same wording in edit summaries. Now another user popped up with an account created only yesterday.
 * In the articles on LGBT rights in the Dutch Caribbean territories user and IP made the same changes and used the same wording in their edit summaries.
 * "age of consent has nothing to do with", "added summary table"
 * Article on LGBT rights in the European Union
 * A few weeks ago there was an edit war. User insisted on having sourced content about Poland removed. After a while that IP came. User and IP supported each other.
 * User:    :(Just examples. User removed sourced content several more times. There was, as said, an edit war.)
 * Then the IP came: (not only removing same sourced content as user - but in addition doing more disturbing changes, e.g. removing "citation needed"-tags and renaming Belgium's relationship registration scheme, claiming Cyprus got step-child adoption, and restoring user's wording on something Spain),
 * Then user came again: They of course removed sources on Poland again - and also restored IP's disturbing changes. ("citation needed" removed, Belgium Cyprus, Spain)
 * I left a note on IP's talk page, asking them to read about Wikipedia's policies on sockpuppetry and harassment. (IP had asked me to "stop being a total asshole") I gave up on restoring sources on Poland. Now that they got what they wanted regarding Poland, they started to focus on Cyprus. IP:, user: . (Cyprus had indeed plans to allow adoption but then they dropped those plans. User and IP didn't care)
 * Article on Recognition of same-sex unions in Europe
 * Two days ago user made these changes to article's lead section. Those edits were reverted. Then that IP came. Reversal and subsequent changes  were twice undone by IP to restore user's version.
 * Again I left a note on IP's talkpage . Neither user nor IP have edited that article since.
 * Yesterday a new account was created (User:Yoko 657). In one of their very first edits ever they changed article's  lead section only - as user:Tangotopaz did - and they also made more disturbing changes to the lead section, as IP did on that other article mentioned above. They claimed in their edit summary to have provided "better wording" only, though in fact they made disturbing changes to article's content.
 * That new user also restored user Tangotopaz's wording on British overseas territories - from the precise "overseas territories (except Pitcairn)" to the vague "most overseas territories".
 * In their edit summary user Yoko_567 says "Put it back to my wording", even though that wording came initally from user Tangotopaz. Thus they have indirectly admitted to be one and the same user. They seem to be confused, can't tell their accounts apart.
 * That new user, Yoko_657, also claims that Pitcairn has got civil partnerships, as did the IP in another article. Yoko:, IP: (Pitcairn doesn't have civil partnerships and doesn't recognize foreign civil partnerships as civil partnerships. Foreign partnerships are recognized as marriage.)
 * User Yoko has just asked me: "So what are you complaining about ?" . It's exactly the very same question that I asked the IP on the talk page two days ago.
 * User:Adinils_6428 was/is likely another sockpuppet. They came out of nowhere, made a few edits (only on LGBT-related articles) and disappeared again. They also supported user:Tangotopaz and made use of offensive language, too, as did the IP. 176.0.114.204 (talk) 17:35, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Back in May User Tangotopaz insisted on a particular wording regarding Denmark and Sweden and they also insisted on having Spain's and Portugal's "unregistered cohabitation" listed as "civil union" . Again the IP came to support the user . There was an edit war again. When user's and IP's edits got undone ... that's when user Adinils6428 suddenly appeared (with their "what the fuck"-edit) to support user Tangotopaz and IP.176.0.114.204 (talk) 23:47, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
 * A very obvious common behaviour: Almost all edits are LGBT-related. The only exceptions, in recent days/weeks, were some edits to airport-related articles.
 * See edit histories: Tangotopaz, IP (both on 5 July 2015), and Yoko 657 (on 19/20 July 2015)176.4.85.40 (talk) 18:31, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
 * User:Adinils_6428 was/is likely another sockpuppet. They came out of nowhere, made a few edits (only on LGBT-related articles) and disappeared again. They also supported user:Tangotopaz and made use of offensive language, too, as did the IP. 176.0.114.204 (talk) 17:35, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Back in May User Tangotopaz insisted on a particular wording regarding Denmark and Sweden and they also insisted on having Spain's and Portugal's "unregistered cohabitation" listed as "civil union" . Again the IP came to support the user . There was an edit war again. When user's and IP's edits got undone ... that's when user Adinils6428 suddenly appeared (with their "what the fuck"-edit) to support user Tangotopaz and IP.176.0.114.204 (talk) 23:47, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
 * A very obvious common behaviour: Almost all edits are LGBT-related. The only exceptions, in recent days/weeks, were some edits to airport-related articles.
 * See edit histories: Tangotopaz, IP (both on 5 July 2015), and Yoko 657 (on 19/20 July 2015)176.4.85.40 (talk) 18:31, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
 * A very obvious common behaviour: Almost all edits are LGBT-related. The only exceptions, in recent days/weeks, were some edits to airport-related articles.
 * See edit histories: Tangotopaz, IP (both on 5 July 2015), and Yoko 657 (on 19/20 July 2015)176.4.85.40 (talk) 18:31, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * - to compare the three based on provided evidence. I'm adding some diffs for Adinils 6428, as they are not presented: .  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:46, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * I've blocked the master for two weeks. I've blocked and tagged the puppets. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:44, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the master for two weeks. I've blocked and tagged the puppets. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:44, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the master for two weeks. I've blocked and tagged the puppets. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:44, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the master for two weeks. I've blocked and tagged the puppets. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:44, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the master for two weeks. I've blocked and tagged the puppets. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:44, 4 August 2015 (UTC)