Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Koov

User:Koov

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

EdJohnston (talk) 15:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC) 149.4.207.114 added by Ha! (talk) 18:27, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

User:Koov was blocked at 3RR for aggressive edit-warring on a range of articles. The article named in the report was Gallery of country coats of arms, where he insists on removing the insignia of places like Kosovo which he does not consider to be countries. Nearly all of Koov's edits wind up being reverted by other editors, one exception being his work on Template:Presidents of the Russian Federation. The IP 149.4.108.31 has done work there as well, besides of course edit-warring to remove country coats of arms. 149.4.108.148 edit-wars on coats of arms also.
 * Evidence


 * Comments
 * See this diff for additional info (evidence?) on the IP range he edits with. I wrote it when  he was blocked the first time - it was a bit pedantic perhaps as he'd possibly not logged in since he'd been blocked and might not have know he'd been blocked yet. Essentially if it's a City University of New York IP (149.4.x.x), it's editing on the few pages he edits on and it has the same style of edit summaries that he uses (very distinctive, see the exclamation marks) or is reverting the same (again very limited scope of) reverts, it's him - in my opinion. He's not really attempting to hide his identity when editing with the IP's. Ha! (talk) 00:45, 6 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I've added 149.4.207.114 to the list. Reasons: The edits are by a CUNY IP. They are to the small selection of articles Koov edited. They make the same changes Koov has made in the past (e.g. removing . At least one of the 6 edit summaries made by that IP in the half hour it edtied (18:58, 7 May 2008) uses the same language, editing style and reasoning Koov does. Not sure this is sock puppeteering though - maybe more just Koov wanting to edit those articles even though he's blocked (bypassing his block). Ha! (talk) 18:33, 8 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I have not reviewed the evidence carefully. At first glance it looks like the admins who see sockpuppetry and block evasion are correct.  Based on policy for block evasion, Koov's block should be reset for one month from now. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 03:55, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I reset Koov's block to one month starting today. Since has been active in May, I suggest that a block for that account be considered if he resumes editing after this moment.  Of the two other IPs, one is blocked for a month and the other is inactive. Agreeing with User:Ha! above, we are not seeing abuse of multiple accounts as in AfD votes or 3RR proxying, we are seeing garden-variety block evasion. EdJohnston (talk) 04:17, 9 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Conclusions

Blocks handed out - no further action at this stage. GBT/C 07:10, 10 May 2008 (UTC)