Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/User38563/Archive

13 January 2012

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Look at the reversion for Vic Darchinyan on 10 January 2012‎. I said something to Ukboxen and he answered me as 199.180.253.185

He has been stalking my contribution page for a long time and keeps on undoing everything I put up. He keeps on making more and more IP accounts and continues to undo the exact same pages. User:Tikiwont has banned several of his socks, but he always comes back and continues to create a huge mess. He keeps on insulting me and continues to swear, as you can also see in Vic Darchinyan's history. He calls me names like, 'fuckwit,' 'fucking moron,' 'retard' and 'spastic.' His newer account's use similar names. He keeps undoing my work and it's very frustrating to have to waste time putting it back up, only for him to remove it again. He's already been banned several times. Please ban him for good so I don't have to put up with this anymore. TheShadowCrow (talk) 21:36, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * The master and first IP were already blocked, but I blocked the second IP for a week on behavioral grounds. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:58, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

14 January 2012

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Per several notes on my talk page, I'm opening this case. And I'm endorsing because these four edits are virtually identical. The IPs geolocate all over the place so it's possible there are proxies involved. On my talk page it was also speculated that User38563 could be the master, so some clarification there would be helpful for tagging. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:14, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * The given accounts definitely belong to UkBoxen. 109.123.93.228 is a proxy - . No comment on any associations. WilliamH (talk) 01:16, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I've moved this case to show User38563 as the master. Socks blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:04, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

13 May 2013

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Many other IPs. See W:Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of User38563. Edits the Professional boxing record section of many boxing articles in a similar way, with similar edit summaries (when there is an edit summary). Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timothy_Bradley&diff=prev&oldid=551676302 All these IPs resolve to T-Mobile (UK) Limited.

What is the best way to deal with this?
 * 1) Block the range of IPs?
 * 2) Semi-protect the articles he edits? Several are semi-protected because of him. (Ex. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timothy_Bradley&diff=552073679&oldid=552058807, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miguel_Cotto&diff=550288783&oldid=550287269)
 * 3) Continue reverting each edit? Jahalive (talk) 21:12, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

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 * Unfortunately, there's not much we can do here. All the IPs he's used are so far apart that no reasonable range can be blocked. And this IP is from May 7, which is pretty stale (he's probably no longer on this IP), so no need to block. Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 22:26, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * So should we semi-protect all the articles he edits, or just revert everything?--Jahalive (talk) 22:40, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Semi-protection is a good option. I just semi-protected Lennox Lewis; if there are others, please list them on WP:RFPP. -- King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 23:02, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your help!--Jahalive (talk) 23:05, 13 May 2013 (UTC)