Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Unbuttered Parsnip/Archive

27 December 2015

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Last week was blocked for 48 hours for edit warring at Naga, Cebu, upon the block's expirey, the edit warring kicked back up again, this time by various IPs that geolocate to the Philippines. After I semiprotected Naga, Cebu, the IPs were editing the fair use rationale at multiple Philippine-related government seals. Generally removing  |image has rationale=yes|cat=Seals of Philippine cities . See. Yesterday I reblocked Unbuttered Parsnip for a week for vandalism/edit warring while logged out (per WP:DUCK). Now today we have the new user 帅哥英, who is performing the same actions on the fair use images, see. My thought is that there is enough behavioral evidence to link UP-IPs-帅哥英, but would like something more conclusive before extending the block of UP. kelapstick(bainuu) 20:09, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
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 * Unbuttered Parsnip adds Copyvio template.
 * IP re-adds the template, there was no significant issues at the time.
 * same IP changes file
 * 帅哥英 changes same file

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  20:15, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
 * , sorry about that, twinkle dropped half of my statement, I have added to it since.--kelapstick(bainuu) 20:17, 27 December 2015 (UTC)


 * I see no diffs connecting to .  Vanjagenije   (talk)  20:22, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
 * , you have to go through the IPs to see the connection, I posted an example of an IP mimicking a UP edit, then the IP went to a file, which was then edited by 帅哥英 in the same manner.--kelapstick(bainuu) 20:31, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
 * The two accounts are ✅. I blocked/tagged the puppet and increased the block on the master to indefinite. In addition to the obvious disruption caused by this individual, the IPs being used by this person are not the IPs that good-faith editors typically use. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 05:43, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

09 February 2016

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article Tuburan, Cebu (using the old sockpuppet 帅哥英) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tuburan,_Cebu&diff=prev&oldid=697114330

using 194.75.238.182: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tuburan,_Cebu&diff=prev&oldid=703182688 HavenHost (talk) 15:05, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked for a week. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:40, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

06 March 2016

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unexplained removal of sourced content. user has been using the IP 194.75.238.182 as a sockpuppet. please investigate again. thank you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naga,_Cebu&diff=prev&oldid=708574530 HavenHost (talk) 10:13, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

09 March 2016

 * Hello! This is the same IP you blocked a few weeks ago. If you look here, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:194.75.238.182&diff=prev&oldid=708583354, this user's comments are uncivil therefore violating WP:CIVIL. Anyway my point is, as you see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naga,_Cebu&diff=prev&oldid=708268684, he keeps on removing the sourced content. He did it again here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naga,_Cebu&diff=prev&oldid=708574530. This is the exactly the same user who did this:


 * Unbuttered Parsnip adds Copyvio template.
 * IP re-adds the template, there was no significant issues at the time.
 * same IP changes file
 * 帅哥英 changes same file

It's none other User:Unbuttered Parsnip himself. Please advice. Thank you so much. User:HavenHost talk) 3:24, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * Comment from insufferable SPI stalker: CU will not be typically used to connect named accounts with IPs. GABHello! 14:37, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * I've declined the CU request. We rarely publicly disclose the IP(s) of named accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:11, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
 * .&#32;In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  20:07, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
 * IP blocked for three months. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:10, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

12 April 2016

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Unbuttered Parsnip was blocked for edit warring, and abusively used of multiple accounts. however the edit warring in Lazaro Mangubat and Madridejos, Cebu Article kicked back up again, this time by various IPs that geolocate to the Philippines. Now today users Mary McAllen and the IP 213.205.252.157, who are performing the same actions on Lazaro Mangubat Article and Madridejos, Cebu Article, see this edit. My thought is that there is enough behavioral evidence to link UP-IPs-Mary McAllen and IP adress 213.205.252.157 to Unbuttered parsnip showing the behaviour characteristic, of Unbuttered parnsnip Mateothehistorian (talk) 04:13, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

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Between Mary McAllen's editing history and the editing of the master and known IP socks I have seen a striking similarity of editing interests, editing style, use of English, and attitude to other editors, so much so that I regard this as a WP:DUCK, and I shall block Mary McAllen. The IP address has also almost certainly been used by the same editor, but the relevant edits were nearly two months ago, and both before and after them there have been numerous other, unconnected, edits, so no action is justified there. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:07, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

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The suspected sockpuppet accounts have very similar editing patterns, styles, and treatment of other users who may disagree with their edits to the sockpuppet master. It is probable that the sockpuppet master is abusing multiple accounts again. The edit warring has started again in certain articles (e.g Lázaro Mangubat) but now it has spread to other articles. I believe there is sufficient behavourial evidence to link this suspected account to the sockpuppet master. When the user interaction tool was done, there is significant overlap between user:Alice Zhang Mengping, IP 82.203.24.241 and the blocked user, Unbuttered Parsnip in that they edited several locations in the Philippines, particularly locations in Cebu Province and Bohol Province and the topics they edited.
 * Similar Editing patterns: I used the article, Lázaro Mangubat since this was brought up by another user in an older discussion where there were strikingly similar editing patterns. These are the listed examples that show similar editing patterns: example done by sockpuppet master, example done by blocked user Mary McAllen (confirmed to be a sock of Unbuttered Parsnip), example done by Alice Zhang Mengping. In many cases, they continue to push their own versions despite warnings from others. There is significant overlap between user:82.203.24.241 and Alice Zhang Mengping (see edit interaction analyser) in that both of them edited the same articles and have similar editing styles.
 * Treatment of other users in disputes (complaining that the opposing user does not edit a lot): Both of them tend to harshly criticize the user rather than the content itself. A good example is how both of them indicate that they edited more so they are reliable and try to put the other user down by saying that since they did not edit anything, their arguments are not valid. They criticize those who do not edit a lot Example 1 by sockpuppet master, another example by sockpuppet master, example by Alice Zhang Mengping. In short, both of them use personal attacks on other users.
 * Similar editing patterns: These users add in wikidata templates into the infobox settlement in a similar manner for several locations in the Philippines as shown in this examples below (example 1, and example 2, 82.203.24.241's list of contributions). They also edit similar templates (see user interaction report) at an advanced level (PH wikidata example, VN wikidata which is similar to this example by Unbuttered Parsnip which is a bit suspicious since user:Alice Zhang Mengping only started editing in May 2016.

In all these examples, it is likely the account is being used to circumvent the block by mainly pushing their own versions of the page despite objections from other users (e.g edit wars). However, I am not 100% sure if the account is indeed linked to user:Unbuttered Parsnip because while a user back in August 2016 expressed concern that the account is a sock, no formal investigation was done yet. If you need more pieces of evidence or have any questions and concerns, please feel free to ask me. Thanks. Ssbbplayer (talk) 16:47, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

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The case is. CU declined.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:09, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Evidence looks good to me. Alice Zhang Mengping blocked indefinitely, and the IP blocked one month. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 14:27, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

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On behalf of User:Frietjes, who posted on my talk page about a suspected sockpuppet of Unbuttered Parsnip, I examined the user's editing history in detail. I believe there is sufficient evidence that User:Kangaroo caught is a sockpuppet of Unbuttered Parsnip for a couple of reasons:
 * 1) Based on the user's editing history, the topics that User:Kangaroo caught edits are similar to Unbuttered Parsnip, and the blocked users Mary McAllen, Alice Zhang Mengping and associated IPs in that Kangaroo caught's edits have been predominantly on settlements related to the Philippines, particularly those in Cebu Province (see each user's editing history).
 * 2) The user is unusually experienced for an account that only editing on January 25, 2018. There is nothing wrong about this but what strikes me out is that in addition to point 1 mentioned above, this user has a tendency to create a whole bunch of  templates with no purpose (other than to make the wiki hard to edit, except for only the most proficient in editing templates), similar to how user:Alice Zhang Mengping used to do. (Examples from Kangaroo caught: Template:Circled number, [ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Module:Location/data/Siquijor&action=history Module:Location/data/Siquijor], Template:PH wikidata/settlement type) and (Examples from Alice Zhang Mengping as a comparison: Template:Areacodestyle PH, Template:PH loc table/penultimate primitive, Template:Climate/temperature. In many cases, these templates are single use (Mostly used in Cebu which the blocked sockpuppetes edit), or not even used at all. This user is probably related to Unbuttered Parsnip in that both edit templates that they are familiar with. Also, the sockmaster, Unbuttered Parsnip did the same too, creating a whole bunch of single use templates.
 * 3) Similar editing summaries. The user generally uses similar editing summaries related to blocked users such as "corrections", "used more wikidata", "improved cites with archive". (Examples: Iquitos from Kangaroo caught, Alegria, Cebu from Kangaroo Caught, Capitancillo Island using the edit summary "used more wikidata", corrections, and from Unbuttered Parsnip as an example).
 * 4) Similar editing patterns. The user likes to transclude wikidata template into Philippine related articles, similar to how Unbuttered Parsnip used to do (also same with User:Alice Zhang Mengping). Ssbbplayer (talk) 18:09, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

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✅ plus. . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:05, 4 February 2018 (UTC)