Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Thachx/Archive

14 April 2013

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Thachx, along with six IPs, all delete and edit on the same content from the Flag of Vietnam article. Most also edit on the Đàm Thanh Sơn article. Thachx seems to be switching between these identities to avoid allegations of edit warring, and to fabricate a "community consensus". Flag of Vietnam was semi-protected with the comment “Persistent sockpuppetry”. So presumably someone has already run checkuser and linked these IDs. Thachx is an account an with only a few edits, but he already knows how to do templates and Wikilawyer. So he is obviously not a new user. Kauffner (talk) 17:21, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

There is a new sock following the same pattern: User:TQV. Kauffner (talk) 23:52, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

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 * The IPs haven't edited for several weeks and are likely dynamic, so blocks won't be effective here. The semi-protection will probably need to remain until this problem is sorted out. I've left a notice on the master's talk page reminding him that logging out to avoid blocks or scrutiny is not ok. Come back if there are further problems. Closing. Basa lisk  inspect damage⁄berate 18:07, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

28 April 2013

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Same behavior as earlier IPs which were found to be Thachx sockpuppets. See here and here. Kauffner (talk) 02:55, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - - This is not a clear-cut case, but it rouses enough suspicion (user reverting Kauffner at Flag of Vietnam in relation to its similarity to Chinese/Soviet flags) for a CheckUser. King of  &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 05:47, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * . CheckUser is not going to reveal anything that isn't already clear. Whack as an obvious sock. WilliamH (talk) 08:16, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked, closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 08:55, 1 May 2013 (UTC)