Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wikiman122112/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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The suspected master (Wikiman122112) was blocked in October for edit warring, personal attacks and vandalism stemming from a dispute over the heights or weights listed on various BLPs of MMA fighters. Wikiman122112 originally began arguing against using Sherdog.com as a source in favour of other reliable sources (diff), before making pointy edits at Conor McGregor (after being reverted at multiple articles) in favour of using Sherdog.com to further their opinion that it should not be used in other articles (diff, diff). Legendstreak0 began changing heights or weights on various MMA related BLPs contrary to what is listed at Sherdog (diff, diff, diff) before making pointy edits at Conor McGregor (after being reverted at multiple articles) in favour of using Sherdog (diff, diff). I believe Userofmar9 is also connected due to the fact that they're a brand new user whose first edit was to show support to Legendstreak (diff) and quickly made the same argument as Wikiman and Legendstreak, being that what happens at Conor McGregor should be employed at other articles (diff). I believe Usr29810 is also connected because, as a new user with only one edit in December, they popped up yesterday during the current content dispute at Conor McGregor (just after blanking a notice on their talk page, their second edit) to support Legendstreak and Userofmar9 (diff) and conveniently made the same argument as the rest, that what happens at Conor McGregor should be employed in other articles (diff). Additionally, all four users commonly make grammar mistakes of spaces between punctuation marks. Wikiman122112: 1, 2, 3 Userofmar9: 1, 2, 3 Usr29810: 1, 2 (edit summary) Legendstreak0: 1, 2, 3 I've requested a CU as I'm not sure if I've provided enough conclusive evidence. 2 . O . Boxing 12:47, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * ,, and are ✅ to User:Wikiman122112 and blocked indef. I would appreciate it if a clerk could apply tags as needed. EdJohnston (talk) 17:56, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
 * tagged, closing  Girth Summit  (blether)  23:15, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Ugothe6ok began editing by putting this message on their talk page: 1 This was almost identical to a confirmed sock's first edit. 2 After a handful of edits, they began making the edits they were banned for, which is essentially changing heights. 3 4 In this edit, the editor restarts their crusade against a source. 5 You'll notice in one of the sock's edit history that they often say 'talk page' when they make a change, such as 6 7 8. This edit shows almost exactly the same summary and almost exactly the same edit. 9.

After a handful of edits, the user found their way to the other suspected sockpuppet's page and edited it then blanked it inexplicably. 10 The puppetmaster has a history of talking to their own accounts on their own pages congratulating themselves, as here: 11. This edit shows exactly the same behaviour. 12. It is inexplicable that a new editor would edit another user's talk page at random after a handful of edits. In this edit, Thund31292 restores edits of ugothe6ok and picks up where they left off 13

Both talk pages show a clear obsession with chaging height and weight, there is no explanation for why one would edit/ blank the talk page of the other, the edit summaries are very similar and the whole ESPN / talk page thing is very clear. Both accounts are socks of wikiman/ legendstreak etc. NEDOCHAN (talk) 15:44, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

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There's also the same grammar mistakes of spaces before punctuation marks.
 * Wikiman122112: diff
 * Ugothe6ok: diff
 * Thund31292: diff

You'll see in Wikiman's archived SPI that all his socks make the same kind of mistake. – 2 . O . Boxing  19:26, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

The IP I added also makes the same grammar mistakes, as well as focusing on changing weights and heights (diff). – 2 . O . Boxing  19:34, 6 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Have I messed up this report? Spent quite a while on it. Any word? NEDOCHAN (talk) 21:51, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * I agree that this looks like Wikiman. named accounts, blocked the IP for two months since it seems fairly static. Closing., your report was fine, we're just quite backlogged. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:03, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Same focus of changing heights and weights of fighters as the master and all their socks (1, 2, 3, 4). Makes the same grammar mistakes (spaces before punctuation marks !) as the master and all their socks (1, 2). Has also edited Chinese zodiac (1) in the same manner as the confirmed sock Legendstreak0 (1). The ducks are quacking, and 'tis deafening. 2 . O . Boxing 11:20, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅ to Wikiman122112 sock's and :
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 * All blocked.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:10, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * All tagged, closing --Blablubbs&#124;talk 07:59, 9 May 2021 (UTC)