Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Trottapiano/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Although behavior is changing over time, this account is a clear sock of Trottapiano attempting to make null edits to get to confirmed or extended confirmed status. Trottapiano has had 7 other active socks blocked since December 25 and has also engaged in a large amount of IP socking from at least 25 different /16 ranges over that period. This is mainly aimed at articles somehow related to the Sankebetsu brown bear incident, but also involves asking questions at the reference desk, including about characters from the TV show Walker, Texas Ranger, which is another page that has been edited by this account already. This edit can be compared with actions of the most recent sock, this sock from earlier in February, this sock from January, etc. I would prefer to avoid WP:BEANS that would make it easier to evade in the future, but it seems likely that there are a number of sleepers, so a check would be appreciated at this time. Dekimasu よ! 03:42, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Since the master may be stale, I have linked some of the recent socks for convenience. More evidence is available if necessary. Dekimasu よ! 04:33, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * This is difficult; there is heavy proxy use going on here, as best as I can tell, and the master is being careful. I would say all named accounts are or  based on some very general patterns in the technical data (I don't want to say more on-wiki). Rospus, however, is ✅ to, which is the only sleeper I was able to find. It's possible a CU with greater skill than I could find more, but the ranges involved are too wide for me to go on a fishing expedition. Vanamonde93 (talk) 18:37, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Everyone is blocked. I'm inclined to close at this point. Courcelles (talk) 19:47, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Me too. Spicy (talk) 21:26, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks to all for the help. IP socking began in earnest again as soon as these blocks were made, and while that's not ideal it indicates to me that the blocks were useful for the time being. Dekimasu よ! 04:48, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * It does seem likely that another request will be made in the next few days. Dekimasu よ! 14:50, 6 March 2024 (UTC)