Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tholzel/Archive

15 August 2011

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Indefinitely blocked user. Usual subject matter (David Irving, race) and same IP range as before. Mathsci (talk) 21:37, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

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 * I don't think the IP is Tholzel, but it's probably Afffb. I've blocked the IP for a week. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 23:40, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

28 August 2011

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Usual rant on race-related page (including personal attack on Maunus) from a Boston IP as previously. Edits related to David Irving are also typical of Tholzel (banned user). Mathsci (talk) 20:47, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

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 * Similar to the IP blocked two weeks ago. Blocked 1 month per WP:DUCK. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 23:03, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

09 September 2011

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Self-identifying & trolling edits by banned user. Mathsci (talk) 20:52, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * IP now blocked for three months. Mathsci (talk) 21:10, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

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24 September 2011

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WP:DUCK: usual content, usual article, usual IP range. Mathsci (talk) 13:54, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked 3 months. As a side note, a rangeblock for this user would cause a lot of collateral damage. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 14:23, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

29 September 2011

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Obvious sock, editing Tholzel's talk page, usual article talk page contributions, usual IP range. It might possibly be an idea to semiprotect indefinitely Talk:Race (classification of humans). Mathsci (talk) 19:29, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

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It's Tholzel, no question. He's persistent so this IP should be blocked for awhile too. Professor marginalia (talk) 22:28, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

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74.104.96.0/20 blocked 1 week. I'd also monitor 74.104.40.0/20. Elockid  ( Talk ) 23:10, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

13 October 2011

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Usual pattern of editing archived pages of ANI, Talk:Race (classification of humans) and Boston IP range. Mathsci (talk) 19:43, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, protected the talkpage. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  21:35, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

03 November 2011

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Same topics (David Irving) and same IP range. Mathsci (talk) 23:17, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

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 * Blocked the IP for a month. Just to point out, 74.104.0.0/17 would be the range, but there'd be a huge amount of collateral damage. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:59, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

05 November 2011

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More of the same on Talk:David Irving from the same IP range. If it isn't possible to block the range, please semiprotect the talk page of David Irving as a lesser measure. Mathsci (talk) 20:37, 5 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Now blocked and tagged by Jayjg. Semiprotecting Talk:David Irving would still be worthwhile. Mathsci (talk) 08:43, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

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It's all too obvious.  sigh  Professor marginalia (talk) 21:29, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

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I didn't want to protect the page, given there are a few legitimate IP edits happening. I've blocked a range based on the talk page history- let's see how that goes. TN X Man 18:51, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

13 November 2011

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Same type of edits to article talk pages as usual (concerning David Irving and co) and same geographical location. He has also used an IP in this range at least once before. Mathsci (talk) 02:17, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked 6 months. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:31, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

28 November 2011

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As per usual, edits related to David Irving, from usual geographical location. Mathsci (talk) 22:56, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

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 * Jayjg already blocked. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 03:04, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

04 December 2011

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Same obsessions, same boilerplate rants, editing from same location, same same same. I've reverted him but asking if this ip can be blocked for a time as well. Professor marginalia (talk) 23:06, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

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 * Jayjg blocked the IP for a year. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:39, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

11 May 2012

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Same location and same behaviors seen over and over in Race (human classification), David Irving, Gerry Gable for sure. Professor marginalia (talk) 21:07, 11 May 2012 (UTC) Amending to add some earlier IPSocks so far unrecorded. This has been spammed several times to the same article, and the advertisement there in the link is further confirmation. Professor marginalia (talk) 22:09, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Update: IP is now blocked. Professor marginalia (talk) 03:17, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

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 * Only non-block stale IP is already blocked. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  04:29, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

19 May 2012

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He makes no secret who he is: Professor marginalia (talk) 18:16, 19 May 2012 (UTC) Professor marginalia (talk) 18:16, 19 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm adding user:74.104.38.189 which went undetected, but he last used it months ago. Professor marginalia (talk) 19:50, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

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 * First IP is already blocked and second one hasn't edited in 5 1/2 months. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:03, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

29 May 2012

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This IP was already blocked for 1 week as an ipsock of Tholzel on 20 May. Once the block expired, editing resumed in the same set of articles. Mathsci (talk) 14:12, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

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 * blocked the IP for 2 years. Tiptoety  talk 02:17, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

02 July 2012

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Usual articles (Everest & Race), usual POV, usual IP location in Boston. Mathsci (talk) 21:28, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

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Blocked 1 week. If worse comes to worse, we can try to block 74.104.32.0/20. Elockid  ( Talk ) 01:41, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

13 July 2012

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Same IP ranges, same fixations. Professor marginalia (talk) 15:09, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

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 * Blocked duck IPs two weeks. Dennis Brown - 2&cent;    &copy;  15:41, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

17 September 2012

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Straight-forward; his socks don't vary much. Professor marginalia (talk) 20:30, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

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 * You were probably right, but hasn't edited since a week, before report was filed, so little point in blocking the IP now -- it's apparently only semi-static seeing that he was previously using another IP in the range. Amalthea  16:33, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

19 October 2012

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Exactly the same behaviors as the rest of his socks. Professor marginalia (talk) 19:37, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

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 * Jayjg has already blocked as sock, no further action needed. Dennis Brown - 2&cent;    &copy;   Join WER 15:22, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

15 December 2017

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It's been suggested, given the focus on WP:ARBR&I articles and the socking pattern, than Tholzel and ongoing long-term sockpuppeteer Mikemikev are actually the same person. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ &gt;ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ&lt;  02:00, 16 December 2017 (UTC)