Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Zozs/Archive

21 July 2015

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The user has been adding controversial edits into Dictatorship of the proletariat and Marxism–Leninism where they have been mostly reverted, until around May-May 2015 when the same edits (identical by content) started to be added by these IP users. The IP user denies being User:Zozs and instead claims he was just restoring the edits he agreed with. Sockpuppetry investigation has been suggested by admins curating this conflict. Kravietz (talk) 04:42, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
 * The diffs are requested by the clerk:
 * First diff of initial edit by User:Zozs on January 16 -
 * Second diff of edit mostly of identical content by 177.139.31.242 on July 11 -
 * In this edit apparently the same person using IP 177.139.29.8 admits to authoring (some?) of the IP edits, but denies that he is User:Zozs (" The IP-authored edits in current consideration have been made by me, but as I said, I haven't written a single word of their text")

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 * That is false. I am not any of these IPs. Zozs (talk) 14:49, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Despite the clerk's claim that it is "sure" that I am one of these IPs, I still am not. That was only concluded based on suspiciousness of similar behaviour and not actual evidence. Zozs (talk) 18:06, 25 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Here is a diff by the IP . Edit summary: I'm rving the article to the original form prior to your undiscussed modifications. Want to push those, you go to the talk page..
 * Here is diff by Zozs . Edit summary: rving edits because an user you don't like made them, without participating in talk page, isn't allowed....
 * Telling rving is rather unusual. Also note the similar style of the comments. Based on this and other similarities, there is no doubt that the IP and Zozs was the same person. My very best wishes (talk) 01:12, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, if an user says "rving" as an abbreviation for "reverting" then another user does the same they clearly are the same users. No, that is absurd. You can spot all the 'similarities' you'll like, but, whether you like it or not, the IP isn't me. Zozs (talk) 14:07, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * because using the CheckUser to connect named accounts with IPs is not permitted. 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)  07:49, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm sure at least one of those IPs is Zozs. IPs are not active any more, so no need to block them. I'm going to issue a formal warning to Zozs. Next time he makes logged-out edits, he'll be blocked. Closing this now.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:27, 23 July 2015 (UTC)