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Both accounts making same changes to Climate of Rome.

Sock master: and Puppet:,.

Note both change description to "mild". There is a possibly related IP (Special:Contributions/213.49.235.190) who made similar changes (e.g., )  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 19:00, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * Comment The two data by the two user account did not match. But of cause it is a hoax, it did not need to match. Marco's owned edit on the same day on Rome and Climate of Rome did not match item by item. Matthew_hk   t  c  19:30, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * another ip also altered the data in Catania on 2 October 2017, which may be in the same subnet. Catania was another article that Marco was interested since 17 October 2017‎  Matthew_hk   t  c  21:09, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * thank to javascript search plugin, the following ip may also involved (stale, single edit in May 2017)  Matthew_hk   t  c  21:23, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * alternatively, the linkage of ips to users may require checkuser, as climate vandal/unsourced edit was observed on related articles by (April 2017 on Lampedusa, which aforementioned 213.49.234.131 edited on 2 October) and  (2 August 2017‎ on Climate of Rome)  Matthew_hk   t  c  21:38, 23 October 2017 (UTC)


 * , thank you for you replies. I asked someone to help to fix a weather box, and he told me in my talk page another name, which he was edit warring with (he use the word: fake Weatherboxes). May be protect the page is a silly but at least effective mean in order to save time to fact check every input data in every cities, if more than one sockmaster and those [new] editors (such as ip) that using disputed data or data with "undisclosed" source. Matthew_hk   t  c  13:05, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * Marco010101's second edit has an edit summary which says "stop changing my edits..." which is interesting, as at that time the account had made only one edit, and that one had not been reverted or changed in any way. That edit made by Marco010101 put data into the article which was almost the same as a previous edit by an account called Climatemaster. (The fact that it was only almost the same doesn't mean anything, as Marco010101 has himself made edits which contradict other edits he himself has made.) That edit summary makes it clear that Marco010101 has certainly edited using one or more other accounts and/or IP editing, and it seems close to certain that Climatemaster is the same person. Weathertrustchannel also looks very likely to be the same person. In addition to the similar editing, there are similarities in wording, such as the changes to "mild" mentioned above, and the use of edit summaries containing the words "fixed errors". Further evidence is this edit, in which Marco010101 removed his user name from this SPI, and substituted another user name. That kind of thing is sometimes done by sockpuppeteers trying to hide the evidence, but not by innocent editors wrongly suspected. Marco010101 has certainly engaged in sockpuppetry, and it is sufficiently near to certain that both Climatemaster and Weathertrustchannel are the same person that I shall block all three accounts indefinitely. (I have already blocked Marco010101 temporarily for persistent disruptive editing and edit warring.)
 * Unfortunately it seems that may not be the whole story. There is a remarkable history of single-purpose accounts and IP addresses dedicated to posting false climate data to articles about places in Italy. An account OFF26 has fairly recently made such edits, and has been globally locked. The global lock log mentions "long term abuse". OFF26 is tagged on Italian Wikipedia as a likely sockpuppet of Meteorologo1, an account which was indefinitely blocked in February 2015 for block evasion, which suggests the existence of one or more accounts from earlier than that, as does the reference to "Long-term abuse" in the global lock log for OFF26. An account called Climateitaly made very similar hoax edits on English Wikipedia in September 2015. Looking for accounts that have done similar editing in the editing history of articles with extensive editing histories is like looking for a needle in a haystack, so I am very likely to have missed some accounts, maybe many.
 * The 213.49.23x.xxx IP edits are clearly from one person, and pretty certainly from the same person as the accounts. Both the type of edits and the choice of articles to edit agree with the accounts. The editor has been using the IP range 213.49.234.0/23 over the last five months. There has been only one edit in that range unrelated to Italian climate this year, and that edit replaced correct content with incorrect, so the risk of collateral damage from a range block is minimal, and I shall block it for three months.
 * 134.225.100.129 is not likely to be the same person. The IP address belongs to Reading University, in England, while the 213.49.23x.xxx addresses are from a Belgian ISP, and also 134.225.100.129's edits relate to places in various countries in several continents, whereas both the accounts and the other IP edits are restricted entirely to Italy. Nevertheless, 134.225.100.129 has been persistently adding unsourced content to articles for a fairly long time, ignoring messages asking him or her not to do do, so I shall block it for a while. All the edits from 94.174.73.161 took place in a period of nine minutes back in April, so there is nothing to do there.
 * If the same kind of editing continues despite the blocks I am going to place, I shall be willing to consider protecting the articles affected. EvergreenFir, Matthew_hk, or anyone else, please feel welcome to contact me if that seems to be necessary. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:15, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * For the sake posterity, I'm going to explicitly link to . Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:00, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

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This looks like a continuation of the same edits that were done by a recently blocked sock. See as an example. Might be a duck quacking into a megaphone here. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:12, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

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 *  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 20:19, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * -   - please indef the new sock. Sro23 (talk) 00:27, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Sro23 - ✅.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:28, 26 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Tagged puppet. Sro23 (talk) 00:30, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

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User:Climate12 has similar editing to weathertrustchannel by adding in fake/made up climate data in Oppido Mamertina which has been vandalized by several IP sockpuppets linked to accounts globally blocked (similar editing styles), in Italy, much like sockmaster (inserting fake climate data in Italian cities, is interested in editing Oppido Mamertina). User:Animal19 has similar editing patterns as well, inserting fake record highs and lows by citing Met office (from the UK) as the source even though Met Office has no data related to record temperatures outside of the UK. Also global contributions involve Animal19 editing Oppido Mamertina on Italian Wiki by changing climate data with similar patterns. In all cases, they just change the temperature values by increasing it by 1, 2, or 3 without touching the decimal points such as changing 11.8 to 13.8, similar to weathertrustchannel and User:Marco010101 with example 1 from Animal19 and example 2 from user:Marco010101. User Ttbb222 exhibits similar behavior as well in (similar user name structure, similar climate vandalism to blocked user:Reggio666 (has similar editing patterns to weathertrustchannel and Marco010101). Ssbbplayer (talk) 23:47, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * It's been more than a year since one of these accounts has edited. I don't see the point in blocking stale throwaways. Closing with no action. If they become active again feel free to re-report. Sro23 (talk) 21:10, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

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Duck. See compared to past sock  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 01:48, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Please block. Sro23 (talk) 02:42, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ Mz7 (talk) 09:00, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

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Duck per  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 07:37, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * Add one more duck,
 * See this Diff. Still the same edit pattern, editing raw data of the table without any citation. Matthew_hk   t  c  16:13, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * . I don't quite see the connection, I'm sorry... GABgab 16:31, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Already blocked, closing; the second account can be handled in the below report. ~ Rob 13 Talk 15:50, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

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The sockmaster, before discover his vandal and socks, had used the ip (and related ip in the same subnet 213.49.234.0/23) to attack articles such as Climate of Rome and Catania, which the registered sock account had also interested. Lampedusa, despite not attacked by any registered sock account before, did attacked by the aforementioned ip. The new accused sock also followed the same edit pattern of the sockmaster, which introduced random raw data to the table: Compare the new accused sock and previous ip, as follows:
 * new, old Matthew_hk   t  c  19:15, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * And why i said random data, because according to the legend (access the legend page via Italian proxy, as it blocked foreign ip), Tx-m of the citation means Maximum temperature, monthly average, which the new value by the user did not match the citation.  Matthew_hk   t  c  19:26, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * Blocked the unblocked accounts and tagged all. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:02, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked the unblocked accounts and tagged all. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:02, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked the unblocked accounts and tagged all. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:02, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked the unblocked accounts and tagged all. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:02, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked the unblocked accounts and tagged all. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:02, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked the unblocked accounts and tagged all. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:02, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked the unblocked accounts and tagged all. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:02, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

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Look ducking. Added an entirely unsourced climate data table to Lampedusa (Special:Diff/817627525), matching previous sock (Special:Diff/813320330). The apparent citation was copied from the existing table of Lampedusa. There is a small chance by a unrelated vandal, since a Spansish island was also affected (El Hierro). Matthew_hk  t  c  17:31, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

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❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:58, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing with no action. Bbb23 (talk) 18:22, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

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Seem ducking. Yet vandalize the climate data in Catania. The original data had a verifiable source from Hong Kong Observatory (which probably from Servizio Meteorologico originally) and the new account did not provide any source
 * Compare Special:Diff/821134502 (new) to Special:Diff/806711894 (old) Matthew_hk   t  c  01:25, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Correction, he did provide source in this edit Special:Diff/821190636 https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/italy/catania/climate but the source he provide just round up to the nearest degree, still making hoax data on the precision behind the dot/ on the decimal . Matthew_hk   t  c  01:33, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * edit2: add the ip mentioned below. If the ip, new suspect and the sockmaster were the same, he was literally still using the same ISP Scarlet. Matthew_hk   t  c  01:43, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * One more point to ducking. Compare the behavior of talking to "himself" or anyone try to add message to the talk page. (old to new) Matthew_hk   t  c  12:38, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

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Yes, I have been reverting his changes according to what these sources say, removing his false data which is even non verifiable by the "sources" he provides and he calls me a vandal and he's harassing me. Check one of his edits from yesterday, his edit log was literally "I know your IP and I can do bad things against you" I also realized how that page was vandalized a lot ago with fake extremes and I adjusted them to "tutiempo" source and he is also removing these. The worst is how he removes the factual data for false data adding random sources which don't prove his changes.

I also suspected him as being a sockpuppet, check out the IP starting with 6 the other day, he has the same behavior so it's him probably as well. --47.60.44.13 (talk) 01:35, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * , 47.60.44.13 have nothing to do as a sockpuppet but revert the edit by the socks.  Matthew_hk   t  c  15:47, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * . Quite right - unblocked and apologies all-round. Ben   Mac  Dui  16:56, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

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 * I can give you, but not more because of limitations in CU data. --  Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:39, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Callum tk
 * 62.235.228.6 both blocked and tagged plus
 * 47.60.44.13 for good measure. Ben   Mac  Dui  15:42, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * 47.60.44.13 for good measure. Ben   Mac  Dui  15:42, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

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Same behavior on Catania as past accounts ( compared to ). Also geolocates to same area as previous IPs in thje 213.49.23x.xxx range (see initial report in archives for this range)  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 00:23, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

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 * As the ip were dynamic ip as marked in the whois webpage, the new range may need the same treatment as the old range 213.49.23x.xxx, which is range block. Matthew_hk   t  c  05:39, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged. Ben  Mac  Dui  19:44, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  03:06, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

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Yet based on edit pattern that changing Climate of Rome climate data with random number, or may be legit number without any new citation. Matthew_hk  t  c  01:05, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * Compare old to new (with as reliable source to verify both edits)  Matthew_hk   t  c  01:09, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Add the ip, which had overlap interest with the sock and sockmaster in the climate of Italy, and yet the same ISP (Scarlet Belgium DSL customers (dynamic)), as well as exact article with the new suspect in Lentini. Matthew_hk  t  c  01:13, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Add the ip based on edit behavior (the sockmaster vandalize climate data of city and town in Sicily and Rome: Palermo was located in Sicily ). Matthew_hk  t  c  01:19, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

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✅ to socks in the archive. .--Bbb23 (talk) 02:19, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

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Compare new to old and older in Catania (changed verifiable data to random digit) Matthew_hk   t  c  15:02, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * ❌ -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 19:45, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 20:08, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

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The ip was active recently. Seem the dynamic ip range was too large which may have large collateral damage to all user of ISP Scarlet Belgium, but filed as a reference.
 * Compare new to old (and as well as this edit by in October in the same article Climate of Rome, which 213.49.234.0/23 was blocked for 6 months by, and this edit by  in January in Catania), not sure block evasion of the ip range 213.49.234.0/23 applies to very different range 62.235.000.000/16 or not.  Matthew_hk   t  c  17:16, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * Apart from the similarity in editing, there is the fact the various IP addresses are all from the same Belgian ISP, and all in all I don't think there's any doubt. As well as 62.235.228.9 there were very similar edits from 62.235.228.6 in January. Both of those fall within the IP range 62.235.228.0/24, from which there have been no other edits for 2 years, so risk of collateral damage is minimal, and I have blocked the range for 6 months. Widening the range to include 62.235.4.235 would be out of the question, as it would cover a huge number of totally unconnected edits. Nor can I see any smaller range covering 62.235.4.235 that could reasonably be blocked, and since that IP address has not edited since January, there is no point in an individual block on that IP address. However, if there is any more of the same from similar IP addresses that could be reconsidered. At present I can't see anything else to be done, so I am closing this report. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:17, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

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Persistent disruptive editing in Climate of Rome and climate sections in some other italian places. Dynamic IP, all IP's from the same place in geolocate system. Propably sockpuppets of blocked user : the same changes, style of editing, falsifying data from sources (most often artificial increase in temperatures), edit-warring etc. in climate sections of articles of italian places. There are distinct similarities in each edition by these IP's, for example: and changes by Weathertrustchannel  and confirmed sockpuppets. New edit-war in Climate of Rome. Subtropical -man (talk / en-2 ) 19:13, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * was blocked already and put the two ip that start with 62.235.XXX.YYY. in Administrator intervention against vandalism . The last ip was yet from the same ISP, so it seem more logical to refer the case to Requests for page protection for an infinite semi-protection on hot vandal target of this SPI: Rome (it received all sort of vandal already), Climate of Rome and Catania, as range block is not effective unless a range with high collateral damage. Matthew_hk   t  c  19:20, 26 March 2018 (UTC)


 * add for simmlar edit pattern (vandal climate data table of Rome and other Sicily towns and cities)  Matthew_hk   t  c  19:37, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * The only two IPs that aren't already blocked are the two 81. IPs, and neither has edited recently. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 20:21, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

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It seem the vandal that behind ISP Scarlet Belgium, was still able escape the block thanks to dynamic ip. The attacked page Climate of Rome had pending changes enabled already, but would it also suitable to enable it in Palermo? Matthew_hk  t  c  02:09, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

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Filed for archive. from the same ISP was blocked temporarily for vandal in articles related to Italian climate. Matthew_hk  t  c  14:57, 2 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Matthew_hk  t  c  11:42, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

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 * Closing without action; both IP's edits are too old. Sro23 (talk) 01:19, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

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Ducking. Keep on vandal climate data in Lampedusa, matching the interest of the sockmaster and those ip user of Scarlet Belgium NV/SA. Seem the only way to end this SPI was protecting the articles permanently (semi-protected / pending change etc.) as pp-sock. Matthew_hk  t  c  08:14, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:29, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

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Ducking in Climate of Rome. It seem most of his recent ip are in 83.134.XXX.YYY range. Matthew_hk  t  c  06:50, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

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 * IP is now blocked. Sro23 (talk) 05:16, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

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More environmental evidence. Yet another vandal of Climate of Rome weather box Matthew_hk   t  c  05:50, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

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Despite the page Climate of Rome was attacked by an ip not in Belgium (, the news user name Heyhahahayouguysss match Weathertrustchannel's   (seem Ciao a tutti bellie brutti sono io), which all have the "greeting".  Matthew_hk   t  c  13:32, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

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 * ❌ but ✅ to . No edits from that account, so it doesn't breach the sockpuppetry policy yet. . ~ Rob 13 Talk 19:42, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Closing. GABgab 01:51, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

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Still the same edits (add false data, incorrect numbers) in the same group of articles (Italy-related). For example by Ehizaoocomevaah is the same type than other sockpuppets - for example  or its IP - for example  and  by main Weathertrustchannel account. Rest of examples is in archive. Weathertrustchannel is known for creating new accounts and add false climatical data to articles. Subtropical -man (talk / en-2 ) 16:25, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * based on CU data. Blocked, tagged, closed. ~ Rob 13 Talk 17:33, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

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Same vandal pattern of weather box data in Catania and Lampedusa, which the sockmaster had claimed he was a native of the area. Matthew hk (talk) 08:53, 12 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Compare Special:Diff/845892008 (old) to Special:Diff/868977548 (new) in Climate of Rome (and may be compare to previous not confirmed sock Special:Diff/851430100). Matthew hk (talk) 17:41, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

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 * No Sleepers and PhilKnight already did the cleanup. I think we can move on with this -- Guerillero &#124;  Parlez Moi  05:47, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

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Usual recognizable pattern of fake meteo/temperature data and of username choice. I've just blocked the account on it.wiki, you might want to keep it in check here as well. Rojelio (talk) 21:31, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

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 * , I also suspected he was block evasion again, but he did provide a valid link in Pachino, which his data seem matching the source. However, i am not sure that source is better than official Servizio Meteorologico or not. Servizio Meteorologico block the access of climate data for non-Italian ip. Matthew hk (talk) 22:36, 29 January 2019 (UTC)


 * for the alleged sock edits in Climate of Italy, it match the pattern of sockmaster (the new suspect change the weather box from Naples to Rome, without changing the citation, i.e. inputting hoax data or unverifiable data for South Italy cities), but since the article had been vandalised by other user, it may need CU to confirm to this sockmaster. Matthew hk (talk) 22:38, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you,. Ciaociaociaobellas is ✅ plus. . — Berean Hunter   (talk)  23:59, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

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Sockpuppet investigations/Weathertrustchannel/Archive It's maybe Weathertrustchannel and his socks?


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This is obviously the same user that it's constantly modifying Italian or other cities with fake climate data as well as alterating good ones. The IPs do the same edits as Matthewmorrison34. Check the pages Sorrento, Sciacca and Brussels. I also talked about this with another user and he agrees as well. He is also using his account to break No personal attacks as seen in his last edits in the page where another user discovered he's the sockpuppet, I was suspecting it, but I started the investigations. This user will be also reported for edit warring in the administrators noticeboard, nevertheless even being a sockpuppet this is useful for the future account/accounts he will use or the IPs he will use as well. TechnicianGB (talk) 23:11, 20 June 2020 (UTC)


 * I have seen the reply of Matthewmorrison34 and the "numerous users" editing the page of are three, himself, one of his sockpuppet IPs and another user that deleted it once prior to having a source backing it up. But making further investigation on his editions, I have noticed for example  is the best example (didn't even know about this previously) on June 11th 2020 this user made some changes related to the climate of Sciacca and then one of these IPs (which has the same pattern as the one editing the Alicante articles, where he is involved as well) also made another change, after that, the other changes are by the same user. I think it's clear that Matthewmorrison34 is using sockpuppets. This is not the proper page to talk about the edit war of Alicante as that's another topic which I also created. --TechnicianGB (talk) 00:25, 21 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Another proof is this one, in the page of Alicante: the edit proves it:  2 different days, first one of these suspected IPs and then this user making exactly the same change in the page. In addition, it's also writing quite almost the same in the summary, with the same writing style. Same situation again as in Sciacca or other pages, again the same user and this very specifical range of IP. --TechnicianGB (talk) 00:46, 21 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Also I didn't accuse anyone in any talk page, I just commented with another user the possibility of someone using sockpuppets and he also noticed the same. That's why I created this investigation. --TechnicianGB (talk) 00:29, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Hello, by investigating this you will understand that I am not guilty of what User:TechnicianGB is saying. On pages such as Alicante, he always blocked numerous users to remove a claim that is completely WRONG. If you see the edit history on that page, I and others have explained why. Now, he backed-it up with a ridiculous airport website, whose data on top does not even minimally match the data that is on the weather box in the Alicante page (gives a mean of 11 instead 13.3 for January, etc). Despite the falsity of this source, which is completely dismantled by the OFFICIAL DATA, User:TechnicianGB keeps on mantaining it to persue his bizarre mission to make Spain look warmer. You can see on the talk page of User:Subtropical-man that all he accused me of is completely pathetic. I remind that as seen in WP:LOGOUT, there is no policy against editing while logged out unless it's done to mislead. In the case of Alicante users have modified for the SAME caused and have not at all misleaded anyone (by for example setting up a fake discussion amongst 2 users). Also, he accuses me of having vandalized climate sections on Italian pages such as Sciacca, but as you can see I always gave a source to the data. His accusations are thus far from reality. He claims that I removed his claim without a source but the precise reason for which I removed it is because the claim itself didn't have a source and is clearly unproven by climatic data! This leads to one conclusion: User:TechnicianGB is breaking the No personal attacks policy, as he is personally attacking me under circumnstances that are SEEN to be false. Regards, Matthewmorrison34 (talk) 00:17, 21 June 2020 (UTC) User:Matthewmorrison34


 * then why are you putting fake data without sources in other pages as well? And real users, reverted your changes and you reverted them again, if not, you came to modify them with one of the suspected sockpuppets you have.
 * Looks guilty to me--Muhammad jahiib punjit (talk) 02:20, 21 June 2020 (UTC)(special:contribs/Muhammad jahiib punjit|contribs)


 * 1)
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 * 3)  (changing an official source with a non-reliable one)

The user Matthewmorrison34 is modifying climate pages with fake data and no sources. Just to make them look colder/warmer or whatever his reasons are, as well as making fake climate boxes and using sockpuppets in Italian cities. --TechnicianGB (talk) 01:54, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Last edit: I have noticed the user Ciaociaobellas did similar edits, and he belongs to which has 12 confirmed sockpuppets and 6 suspected sockpuppets. --TechnicianGB (talk) 05:13, 21 June 2020 (UTC)


 * , in ones such as Madrid's I DID source the data with for example climate-data.org, until someone notified me that the existing sources were more accurate. I firstly didn't know as I was new to wikipedia and saw climate-data.org as a source on some other pages. Once I knew that, I never reverted the edits like you lie about. Furthermore, this section of the page is destined to the accused parties as a means of defense, and what you are writing has no relevance to fit here. I thus invite you to respond in your dedicated sections. Matthewmorrison34 (talk) 02:00, 21 June 2020 (UTC)User:Matthewmorrison34

This is your defense? Attacking me and saying i'm a liar? You inserted a non-reliable source changing it with an official source, ok, but what about the other examples where you directly inserted made-up data and keep reverting the changes even if they were fake data made by yourself? And even more, like in the Italian cities, where the suspected sockpuppets did edit the same articles as you did. --TechnicianGB (talk) 02:05, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

About the claim from before saying i'm a liar, here is the proof where this user modified the climate of Brussels without any kind of source:     until here.

Then he reverted all the user which were deleting his fake data. This was done during 4 following times:
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 * 2)
 * 3)
 * 4)

Same again in another page:
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 * 2)

As for the Italian pages just as I mentioned above with the sockpuppets. The account Matthewmorrison34 is used to vandalize climate pages and then if it's not enough, sockpuppets appear as well to edit the same pages, as shown above. --TechnicianGB (talk) 02:16, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

I repeat: in ones such as Madrid's I DID source the data with for example climate-data.org, until someone notified me that the existing sources were more accurate. I firstly didn't know that as I was new to wikipedia and saw climate-data.org as a source on some other pages. Same goes for Brussels etc, my edits were wrong as I was new to wikipedia and did not master it. Once I knew that, as you can see on my talk page, I thanked who told me that and stopped doing that, which to your surprise means problem solved. So that leaves YOU breaking No personal attacks in a completely neutral context in which I was just trying to remove a claim that is more than false, but that you absolutely want in there to make the climate of Alicante look like that of SoCal. The problem is that YOU do NOT have any valid source to put that, and the data dismantles it completely. So it is YOU making contraversial edits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewmorrison34 (talk • contribs) 02:29, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * you are rightMuhammad jahiib punjit (talk) 02:51, 21 June 2020 (UTC)


 * is 2 hours old and already commenting at ANI & SPI? First 2 edits were to blue link UP & UT? Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 03:05, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, they're toast. Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 03:20, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Are you acknowledging the 2 IPs are you? Or are you saying it's not you? Or are you refusing to comment for privacy reasons? If it's the last one, then I strongly suggest you ensure you do not edit logged out when editing the same articles or related areas (pretty much anything to do with historical weather information or climate for example) especially given the controversy over your edits. Without wanting to comment a great deal about logged out editing and sockpuppetry I will say there is a strong risk it seems that you are trying to evade scrutiny if you frequently do it to make edits which are part of a pattern that has drawn scrutiny but don't want to acknowledge the connection for privacy reasons, which is understandable but only for rare mistakes. Nil Einne (talk) 04:36, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Wow, this is weird.Norporquick (talk) 04:53, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

I think this is much wider as I thought initially. I see that his IPs and his editions are very similar to the ones of which is an account that has lots of sockpuppets and it's always doing the same. I have to ping as he's an expert in catching up this user and his socks. I have been reading in his sockpuppet page (Sockpuppet investigations/Weathertrustchannel/Archive) that he is known to be using an Belgium IP from Scarlet ISP which is exactly the case as the IPs I firstly added, being these IPs obviously the same user as "Matthew" or at least editing the same articles with the same writing style. I think it's the same user again, which has returned from the shadows. It's way too similar, putting fake climate data on some cities and then reverting everyone else, inserting fake data on Italian cities look much warmer than they are with no source, and changing climate data of other cities to make them look coolder, such as Madrid. And now we got the same IP range and same ISP from Belgium. --TechnicianGB (talk) 05:17, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

and you're darn right! It's obviously the same person that has used hundreds of accounts/IPs to vandalize the Wiki. I would really like to thank you for your help, I will be aware of his actions in these pages in case if I will see him again I will directly report it to you or Matt as you both know already very well who this guy is (or I will write in this page, as you prefer) but anyways, it's time to revert his changes. Have a wonderful day! --TechnicianGB (talk) 05:30, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * No connection to Norporquick or Muhammad jahiib punjit. . This is technically to Weathertrustchannel and based on the behaviour I'm convinced that it is. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:25, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * pls see another SP I've just checked on it.wiki--Shivanarayana (talk) 07:37, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
 * No connection to Norporquick or Muhammad jahiib punjit. . This is technically to Weathertrustchannel and based on the behaviour I'm convinced that it is. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:25, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * pls see another SP I've just checked on it.wiki--Shivanarayana (talk) 07:37, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
 * No connection to Norporquick or Muhammad jahiib punjit. . This is technically to Weathertrustchannel and based on the behaviour I'm convinced that it is. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:25, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * pls see another SP I've just checked on it.wiki--Shivanarayana (talk) 07:37, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
 * No connection to Norporquick or Muhammad jahiib punjit. . This is technically to Weathertrustchannel and based on the behaviour I'm convinced that it is. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:25, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * pls see another SP I've just checked on it.wiki--Shivanarayana (talk) 07:37, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * (suspected)
 * (suspected)
 * (No edits in the English Wiki, but it's the same user as told by an admin, banned from the Italian Wiki for doing the same disruptive/fake edits, but not from the English one) [|the proof is right here]
 * (suspected)
 * (suspected)
 * (No edits in the English Wiki, but it's the same user as told by an admin, banned from the Italian Wiki for doing the same disruptive/fake edits, but not from the English one) [|the proof is right here]
 * (suspected)
 * (No edits in the English Wiki, but it's the same user as told by an admin, banned from the Italian Wiki for doing the same disruptive/fake edits, but not from the English one) [|the proof is right here]


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This user is making the same disruptive edits (always editing the climates of Italian cities to make them look warmer than they are, that or engaging edit wars or just making simple disruptive edits to mislead) which for me, it's obviously the same person as which I opened a SPI for during last month, which in fact turned out to be  that has dozens of suspected/confirmed sockpuppets, at the time he was caught with 6 different accounts (see his sockpuppets from June 2020) and there seems also that this user has some kind of personal obsession against me, which is the ultimate proof why it's the same as MatthewMorrison34 thus Weathertrustchannel.

This user is calling me some kind of name related to another website that's not Wikipedia, just as MatthewMorrison34 did few weeks ago, just check the page User_talk:Subtropical-man exactly here: so here is the proof as I can't link the edit diff because there have been Harassment actions by posting personal information and the edit diff has been deleted. MatthewMorrison34 said in that talk page that "I have a bizarre obsession" while calling me a nickname, just as this user did today in another user talk page: [|the proof is here] not only calling me again the same name but also adding more info, as it can be seen in this edit he made in this user's talk page. I have deleted that text already but it's still visible in the edit history of that user's talk page.

So at the end of the day we got himself exposing again by also doing the same kind of edits, trying to shoehorn or to boost Italian cities/climates, in different pages, just like this user has been doing for years. But also because of his new personal obsession against me (also breaking Harassment just as MatthewMorrison34 did in the talk page of the user Subtropical-man, as it can be seen) I also suspect of the last 2 because this user is now making accounts with Spanish names probably trying to say something about me, I personally don't find myself that important to receive this attention by this sock but I don't really care, the problem is that he's vandalizing Wikipedia again as well as using socks which is the real deal, please check these accounts in order to see whether they're sockpuppets or not, I think it's clear they are, at least the first ones, as today the user Holakitty basically just unmasked himself and did the same as MatthewMorrison34 which resulted to be a suspected sock of Weathertrustchannel and was caught along with another 6 accounts related to the same IP, I suggest blocking the IP range of this user in order to prevent the creation of further accounts. Another hint is this user (and his socks) always using the Edit summary as a small talk page. TechnicianGB (talk) 16:06, 13 July 2020 (UTC)


 * 1) So  is the "main" account now as  was, and I posted above the proof how they're directly linked. But the proof for the others is the following:
 * 2)  and  have edited the page of Syracuse, Sicily just after I deleted some of the data one of the socks inserted there.
 * 3)  (one edit) and  are editing Rome and Climate of Rome, making an edit war there, just as the socks of this user previously did for so many times, just check the archived SPI investigations.
 * 4)  posted fake boosted weather data and mocking phrases in the cities I constantly watch, which is probably the same guy trying to mock at me albeit I have never inserted any kind of fake data, but whatever.
 * 5)  is suspected as well for making small edits and modifying articles I have edited recently but adding Italian cities/climates, I don't confirm this one is another sock, but might be, because it's a brand new user doing similar edits, which is a bit suspicious.

I would also like to ping the admin because he knows this user and his behavior in the Wikipedia, as he banned the socks in June, although any clerk/admin can check these accounts, no problem with that.

--TechnicianGB (talk) 16:24, 13 July 2020 (UTC)


 * wow this user is a real threat to Wikipedia! More than double of the socks I initially thought, OMG can his IP range be blocked or something?
 * It's sad to see Wikipedia gets vandalized this way by socks/vandals, but I will be patrolling the articles to make another SPI when this will user will return again, as he always does. Thanks! --TechnicianGB (talk) 18:21, 13 July 2020 (UTC)


 * I also think everyone of them (as being already related to MatthewMorrison34 or ilmeteoitalia) are socks of Weathertrustchannel but since the SPI started back to 2017 he probably has another IP so that's why we can't directly relate Weathertrustchannel to the new accounts, as 3 years have passed since that, but just as Callanecc said in the previous SPI (I didn't even know who this guy was before of that) it's more likely to be the same guy as the edits are the same as all of his socks did back in 2017-2018 but he's just having another IP as ISPs release/renew your IP at least once every 24 months, but since he's back at it again we found him. Also the guy commenting the SPIs is suspect, this is the 2nd time he did the same thing. --TechnicianGB (talk) 18:28, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Weather Trust Channel is the MVP and is entitled to to roam free. You have lost this battle from the start, Mr. Indian Technician Ghost Buster. Muhamaad jaiiiib poonjut (talk) 16:42, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Weather Trust adds legititamate climate info. All sources are verified as intellectual propert of the Weather Trust Channel . Muhamaad jaiiiib poonjut (talk) 16:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC) 16:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC)16:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC)16:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC)16:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC)16:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC)16:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC)16:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC)16:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC)~

The user (now blocked) also commented fastly after I opened the last SPI on this user, just as now this brand new user with an almost identical name has commented in this SPI investigation as well. I don't know if he's the same user as "Weathertrustchannel" or one of his colleagues or whatever, but this happened again during the last time which is way too suspicious, maybe the same user editing a VPN software or something? --TechnicianGB (talk) 16:49, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Mr. Indian Technician, you are very wrong Muhamaad jaiiiib poonjut (talk) 16:52, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Oh so beautiful, this user just insulted me now in the SPI investigation I just made today. He might be a sock of the same SPI user using a VPN or something, how strange is that he did exactly the same back to June when I opened a SPI for (with the account ) but now even faster than that time, also insulting me for an unknown reason. I have deleted the insults right now. --TechnicianGB (talk) 17:23, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Seems like a reasonable amount of behavioral overlap. Endorsing, please check for sleepers. I know that came back unrelated last time, but please have a look at  - I find it very strange that they keep popping up in this SPI if they're unrelated. GeneralNotability (talk) 17:34, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to Matthewmorrison34 and Ilmeteoitalia:
 * All these are but I'm not done. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:01, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * is . They have no contribs so I initially overlooked them. No other accounts seen. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:42, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Tagged Vidaespanola, closing. Still curious how the other SPI overlaps but apparently no more info to be found there. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * From what I can tell the Muhammad jahiib punjit accounts are ❌ to this case. One has been blocked as a sock of Sockpuppet investigations/Emiliogogo but I'm not familiar with that case. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:10, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmm, Emiliogogo has numerous confirmed and suspected socks, but no SPI. Odd. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:14, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * All these are but I'm not done. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:01, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * is . They have no contribs so I initially overlooked them. No other accounts seen. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:42, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Tagged Vidaespanola, closing. Still curious how the other SPI overlaps but apparently no more info to be found there. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * From what I can tell the Muhammad jahiib punjit accounts are ❌ to this case. One has been blocked as a sock of Sockpuppet investigations/Emiliogogo but I'm not familiar with that case. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:10, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmm, Emiliogogo has numerous confirmed and suspected socks, but no SPI. Odd. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:14, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * All these are but I'm not done. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:01, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * is . They have no contribs so I initially overlooked them. No other accounts seen. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:42, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Tagged Vidaespanola, closing. Still curious how the other SPI overlaps but apparently no more info to be found there. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * From what I can tell the Muhammad jahiib punjit accounts are ❌ to this case. One has been blocked as a sock of Sockpuppet investigations/Emiliogogo but I'm not familiar with that case. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:10, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmm, Emiliogogo has numerous confirmed and suspected socks, but no SPI. Odd. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:14, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * All these are but I'm not done. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:01, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * is . They have no contribs so I initially overlooked them. No other accounts seen. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:42, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Tagged Vidaespanola, closing. Still curious how the other SPI overlaps but apparently no more info to be found there. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * From what I can tell the Muhammad jahiib punjit accounts are ❌ to this case. One has been blocked as a sock of Sockpuppet investigations/Emiliogogo but I'm not familiar with that case. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:10, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmm, Emiliogogo has numerous confirmed and suspected socks, but no SPI. Odd. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:14, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Tagged Vidaespanola, closing. Still curious how the other SPI overlaps but apparently no more info to be found there. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * From what I can tell the Muhammad jahiib punjit accounts are ❌ to this case. One has been blocked as a sock of Sockpuppet investigations/Emiliogogo but I'm not familiar with that case. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:10, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmm, Emiliogogo has numerous confirmed and suspected socks, but no SPI. Odd. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:14, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

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Copying case by (was incorrectly filed in the archive):

Hi I'm new to this but I'm pretty sure this user is the same as  who is now blocked, probably a sock of weathertrustchannel. He's editing the Hardiness zone of Rome and he won't stop. Average Portuguese Joe (talk) 00:53, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

GeneralNotability (talk) 01:12, 19 July 2020 (UTC) GeneralNotability (talk) 01:12, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * They are indeed making the same change at Hardiness zone as a couple of past Weathertrustchannel socks, but I don't think that one edit on its own is sufficiently strong proof to justify a checkuser or a block. Let's wait and see what else they do. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:25, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ to each other, to the previous set of socks:
 * . ST47 (talk) 09:15, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 09:15, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 09:15, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 09:15, 19 July 2020 (UTC)