Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tankosava/Archive

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Obvious sock farm here spamming links to articles about travel destinations. Here's one example and the rest are all pretty much the same. Full details are at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

All of these are indef blocked, but given the number of socks and the difficulty of finding all occurrences (using Google, but having to rely on their being indexed), I thought a checkuser check to look for more sleepers might be useful.

The "master" is the one that seems the oldest, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are older ones out there. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 18:05, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

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I added User:Svepromkl and User:Sinmaldra who appear to be connected as well. Agree there are probably more accounts that have yet to be noticed. Sro23 (talk) 18:15, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * All the listed accounts are ✅ to each other and to these accounts who were not blocked by me:
 * The following accounts are also ✅ and blocked by me:
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are also ✅ and blocked by me:
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe Tankosava is still the oldest account, but a clerk should confirm that and tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Tagged. closing. Courcelles (talk) 20:59, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

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Nemozisto made the same bogus revert to Sarasota, Florida that has inserted a new spam domain, http://sinisamali.blogspot.fr/. Sro23 (talk) 18:57, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:39, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:39, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:39, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:39, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:39, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:39, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:39, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

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We've got some more, and there are likely to be some sleepers too - I've blocked the ones listed here. (The more I see of this, the more I'm sure I remember the same thing from some time ago with the same or a very similar target web site - but I know that's not much use if I can't remember anything about it!) Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 19:52, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

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✅ and tagged. No other accounts seen. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:55, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

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A few more doing exactly the same spamming, like this. All indef blocked, so just for the record really.

They tend to come in small bunches registered within a fairly short period and I think I've probably caught all of this batch, so I suspect it's possibly not worth running CheckUser again just yet. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 18:29, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Checking new accounts around Drumetod, I also found Omajtubl. Maybe CheckUser would make sense? Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 21:28, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

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I added User:Drumetod, they made this edit. Sro23 (talk) 21:11, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Check for sleepers, please.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  18:44, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ NativeForeigner Talk 04:51, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

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Making the same spam edit to articles on places in the Gulf States: Konzelgra, Smistasobo, Dansaprvi. Checkuser requested to find any sleepers or other socks. RolandR (talk) 23:18, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:07, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:07, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:07, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:07, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:07, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:07, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:07, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

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Made another bogus spam revert:. Already blocked, but autoblock disabled, and I have a feeling there are more accounts not yet noticed. Sro23 (talk) 01:52, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Indeed there are: . MER-C 07:51, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

Adding 30+ more accounts from the spam links I've managed to locate and remove tonight; a couple of the accounts might be stale. One, User:Mardevre, is blocked as a sock already, see Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra/Archive. --bonadea contributions talk 20:41, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * This master uses IPs on one date for a up to a few edits and then stops. Although some of the accounts I've confirmed are zero-edit accounts, they are not sleepers because there's no evidence the master uses sleepers. SPI is useless here to prevent future disruption. The master never uses the same IP twice. Indeed, they never use the same range twice, even if they sometimes use the same ISP. My assumption is the only things that could possibly be effective are edit filters and blacklists. knows far more about both than I. Unless I'm persuaded otherwise, I personally will not run another check on this master. It's time consuming and of no utility.
 * That said, all the accounts listed above are ✅. The following accounts are also ✅:
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked – without tags per WP:DENY.
 * Please merge Sockpuppet investigations/Konzelgra into this case.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:01, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

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Began making similar edits to Nusa Penida as already CU confirmed socks: &  2601:1C0:4401:F360:28AA:8490:C872:4D54 (talk) 01:20, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  15:32, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * NO response. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:27, 19 October 2016 (UTC)