Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TheLastOfTheGiants/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Romanian nationalist POV + just a few days after indeffing new account appears + both write WP:WALLS. and. Oh, yes, check for sleepers. tgeorgescu (talk) 17:26, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

It is quite a low probability of checkuser mistake if:


 * All accounts are Romanian nationalists, all disobeying WP:BATTLEGROUND and all writing WP:WALLS;


 * They all geolocate to, say, Newcastle upon Tyne, instead of Bucharest. tgeorgescu (talk) 06:54, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The new account is to User:TheLastOfTheGiants. They have the same geolocation but different version strings. Is consistent with the same person accessing the internet with phone rather than desktop. Further steps would depend on behavioral analysis. EdJohnston (talk) 18:17, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing without action. I am just not really seeing enough here. They were temporarily blocked for adding unsourced material, which has now expired, and they haven't returned. Perhaps re-report should this account return? WP:AIV might be a better venue for this account.  The SandDoctor  Talk 03:01, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Zahariel9 has only one edit, and that edit is WP:DUCK to the sockmaster. Zahariel9's version is a slightly improved version from that of the sockmaster (in respect to spelling of foreign names and citing references), see. tgeorgescu (talk) 16:45, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * is ✅ to another account not yet mentioned in the report above:
 * Both Zahariel9 and Ricky353 are now blocked under the case. EdJohnston (talk) 17:39, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Both Zahariel9 and Ricky353 are now blocked under the case. EdJohnston (talk) 17:39, 2 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Tagged. Closing. The SandDoctor  Talk 03:03, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * per below. Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:01, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Admitted socking by and  and  are ✅ to BrotherLee65. Already blocked and tagged, noting for the record.--  Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:01, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I blocked Aristeus01 yesterday for a week, for persistent edit-warring on multiple articles. Today, QuidditchCup53 is created - with a surprising amount of knowledge about Wikipedia - and twice restored Aristeus01's edits. I have indeffed QuidditchCup53 as indistinguishable from a sockpuppet but could use a CU to see whether I need to extend Aristeus01's block (and check for sleepers). Black Kite (talk) 20:49, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * I would like to draw attention to the fact that QuidditchCup53 and Aristeus01 have the same user pages, while TheLastOfTheGiants' socks haven't had one. Although we can see a similar motto on Giants' and Aristeus' user pages when they first created them, that's not a sign for connection with Giants. Why would they return after so long? Giants' wanted to restore his own writings to articles on multiple accounts. Gyalu22 (talk • contribs) 07:26, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Any chance this might be a joe job rather than sock- or meat-puppetry? –Austronesier (talk) 21:52, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Now that we established @QuiditchCup53 is not a sockpuppet can we please have another look at the decision to block him. I believe WP:IJME is in case here and having him indeffblock is not making anyone look great. If other concerns are still considered such as joe job or meat I am fully opened to any investigation you would like to make. However I strongly affirm that it's a waste of time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aristeus01 (talk • contribs) 21:35, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
 * It has been established that they're not a sockpuppet of you, not that they're not a sockpuppet (which they almost certainly are). Black Kite (talk) 23:40, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Is there evidence for that? Edit: sorry, I don't mean to sound argumentative, I am genuinely worried we "got the wrong guy". --Aristeus01 (talk) 11:48, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - but you could just block the master anyway. It's pretty ducky. MarioGom (talk) 21:35, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * It is, but as it is a nationalist dispute Q53 could be someone who read about the issue online; it's happened before. Black Kite (talk) 21:40, 16 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Checking...-- Ponyo bons mots 21:43, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Based on CU log data I think QuidditchCup53 is more likely related to Sockpuppet investigations/TheLastOfTheGiants. -- Ponyo bons mots 21:46, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * To be clear, is  to be related, unless there's WP:MEAT afoot.--  Ponyo bons mots 21:53, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Nationalist POV is the same from both accounts (and the same as LandOfTheGiants). Q53 is indeffed anyway. May be worth moving this to LandOfTheGiants SPI archive. Black Kite (talk) 21:52, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Can this be moved to Sockpuppet investigations/TheLastOfTheGiants and QuidditchCup53 tagged as suspected? They certainly love their wall of text appeals.-- Ponyo bons mots 22:14, 16 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Moved and tagged as requested. Someguy1221 (talk) 10:18, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing. Spicy (talk) 15:34, 3 January 2023 (UTC)