Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/AlexLevyOne(5th)

User:AlexLevyOne

 * Suspected sock puppeteer


 * Suspected sock puppets

JohnInDC (talk) 20:09, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Report submission by


 * Evidence
 * This account is the most recent in a series of sockpuppets of blocked user User:AlexLevyOne, prior incarnations having been User:Elsass3, User:AlexandreLevy, User:NORD74, User:VingtSix, User:XXVI, User:WALL_STREET and User:Italik. User:ANGGUN was created the day after User:Italik was blocked as a puppet.  Like the other accounts, this user provides cryptic edit summaries (or more often, none at all), and displays an interest in French media and in articles about the History of Jews in various areas of Europe (e.g., History of Jews in Alsace, History of the Jews in the Netherlands, History of the Jews in Ukraine).  Disruptive edits will follow soon.


 * See WP:Suspected_sock_puppets/AlexLevyOne


 * WP:Suspected_sock_puppets/AlexLevyOne(2nd)


 * WP:Suspected_sock_puppets/AlexLevyOne(3rd) and


 * WP:Suspected_sock_puppets/AlexLevyOne(4th) for more details.


 * Comments
 * I probably should have simply added this to WP:Suspected_sock_puppets/AlexLevyOne(4th), below, which remains open despite the user having been blocked. Apologies.  I will be more careful next time (which, sad to say, we can expect).  JohnInDC (talk) 20:33, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * WP:Suspected_sock_puppets/AlexLevyOne(4th) is now closed. JohnInDC (talk) 03:44, 15 November 2008 (UTC)


 * User has begun to accumulate commentary about questionable edits and edit practices. See User_talk:ANGGUN. JohnInDC (talk) 03:36, 15 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Compare with User_talk:italik.   Xhienne (talk) 03:36, 15 November 2008 (UTC)


 * has been created today. It's a global account, not yet active on WP:en, that shows typical AlexLevyOne's signature on WP:fr, judging by the articles he has already edited. — Xavier, 18:41, 16 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, here's a list of his sockpuppets that have been blocked on the French Wikipedia so far. They haven't yet got round to his Italik and ANGGUN accounts, but I suppose that he feels that it's only a matter of time, so he'd better create a new one now. Personally, I think we've reached the "block on sight" stage with this user (if we could find an admin willing to carry out the blocks). Deor (talk) 19:13, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oops, I notice now that Italik and ANGGUN have, in fact, been blocked at fr.wikipedia; they just haven't included those accounts in the list yet. The blocking there of ANGGUN is no doubt what led to the creation of the new Alex Levy account. Deor (talk) 19:22, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I've added User:Alex Levy to the list at the top here, just to make sure it doesn't get missed. Deor (talk) 21:42, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * And User:Alex Levy has now started editing—characteristically, by recreating, under a different name, an article that has been deleted as a result of an AfD. Deor (talk) 02:43, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

He is editing from an IP address, User:81.64.4.162, the first edit being to restore a wikilink to the foregoing (twice) deleted article. I've added the IP above. It's the same address previously suspected to be his. See WP:Suspected_sock_puppets/AlexLevyOne(4th). JohnInDC (talk) 13:14, 21 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Active again, this time as User:Blum41. Account created November 23, five days after block below of User:Alex Levy.  Although this new account's edits are few, the (obscure) subject matter interest overlaps substantially with that of prior puppets.  Compare, edits of Inglourious Basterds by blocked puppet WALL STREET and puppet ANGGUN with Blum41's creation of a page about Brad Pitt's character in that movie, here.  The nature of other edits (e.g., arbitrarily removing redlinks) is consistent as well.  See here.  JohnInDC (talk) 18:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Adding User:Johnny Rockfort, for the sake of (continuing) completeness. The account was active from October 29 through November 4, abandoned after a 48 hour block for vandalism.  "Johnny Rockfort" is the name of the one of the user's puppets on French Wikipedia, linked again here for convenience, and the edits show the typical overlap with the various puppets here.  JohnInDC (talk) 15:10, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Alex Levy a fairly obvious sock--indefblocked. Blueboy96 13:48, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Conclusions
 * Can we get resolution on User:ANGGUN as well? JohnInDC (talk) 14:12, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * And User:Blum41 as well, who it's now perfecly clear is the same person? Deor (talk) 18:03, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Well I'm convinced by the weight of evidence. I've indef-blocked ANGGUN and Blum41, and hard-blocked the IP address for a week, but as long as no-one objects, I'd like to leave the new User:Splendide Hasard for a day or so to see how it develops. —S MALL  JIM   23:42, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm glad you also noticed User:Splendide Hasard and are leaving the report open for him.   I do think it's the same person but I also agree that waiting a little longer is a good idea.  JohnInDC (talk) 01:28, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll block that one based on this edit. Jehochman Talk 16:44, 22 December 2008 (UTC)