Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Taricksalmaci/Archive

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was indefinitely blocked back in November 2016, but various IPs, etc. have shown up over the years to try and make the same changes to Tarick Salmaci that the account kept trying to make. Even though it's no longer active on Wikipedia, I'm choosing it as the master because the account is still unblocked on Commons as c:User:Taricksalmaci and started uploading lots of copyvios and other questionably licensed images to Commons earlier today. I'm not sure if a global CU is possible, but I'm requesting one just in case it is. Anyway, the images that were uploaded were then added to the article by IP 2601:403:280:f6d0:e9a8:be5f:1d89:844d, which also made the same unsourced BLP changes made before. Attempts were made to explain to the IP the problems with the images, etc. both at User talk:2601:403:280:f6d0:e9a8:be5f:1d89:844d, in edit sumamries and at c:User talk:Taricksalmaci, but the IP kept try to make the same edits. An newly created WP:SPA then showed up as to continue trying to make the same edits. Two other editors ( and ) eventually got involved probably because of all the rapid edits being made and also reverted Kronkgym13, but the edit warring continued. A request for "temporary semi protection" was made at WP:RPP after Kronkgym13 first appeared and the page was subsequently protected by. So, the disruption has stopped for now, but it will likely pick up again after the PP expires, with possibly new IPs and new SPAs involved. Marchjuly (talk) 08:14, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * I reverted Kronkgym13 as part of RCP, and reported them to UAA. Definitely disruptive and the page needs protection. Pikavoom (talk) 07:40, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * I note that jumping from Taricksalmaci to Kronkgym13 isn't WP:ILLEGIT since the former was only softblocked. However, it's pretty clear that the two accounts and the IP are related. I'm going to block the IP for a few days because it looks like they created the account to evade scrutiny for their edit-warring (shortly after they got a uw-ew, they stopped editing as the IP and created the account), but am not going to tag Kronkgym as a sock. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:19, 23 August 2020 (UTC)