Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Nangparbat

User:Nangparbat

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

&#91;&#91;User:Giani g&#124;Giani g&#93;&#93; (talk) 17:04, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Nangparbat is currently vandalising many Pakistani based articles, especially those in connection to Kashmir, or Indo-Pakistani wars. He always uses the same kinds of edit summaries such as "Indian bias" to delete sourced information and continues to attack the same pages despite getting his IPs blocked and then his own account blocked, he is now using another IP to circumvent his block.
 * Evidence

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It is easily more apparent, if you actually look at the contributions of each of his/her socks to see that they are the same person.

Before creating his account, Nangparbat was using anon IPs to disrupt articles regarding Pakistani and Indian history, after many pages were protected due to his vandalism, he created an account to make himself appear more legitimate, though no-one was duped by this. Not only is he disruptive and uncompromising, he is also very rude and uncivil, he posts ad hominem attacks on other user pages (including mine), as well as in his edit summaries, and accuses other editors to be part of an Indian conspiracy to favour India in Pakistani related articles.
 * Comments

The main reason I posted this complaint, was that I was recommended by Tanthalas39, as he handled the protection of articles and he felt that protecting the articles in question was no longer enough to stop these disruptive edits. &#91;&#91;User:Giani g&#124;Giani g&#93;&#93; (talk) 17:04, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Without having as much research as Giani g has done, I endorse this case. Tan      39  17:23, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, I have warned the user by using a " " tag. I did not use ARV because there is already a case here. --frogger3140 (talk) 15:01, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure that the same user was also behind the edits made through IP 81.151.100.11. S3000  ☎  18:22, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

As of now, I've adding new IPs of his on a daily basis (including one just now), this is a joke, why hasn't any action been taken to stop him yet? &#91;&#91;User:Giani g&#124;Giani g&#93;&#93; (talk) 18:51, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
 * After reviewing all the IPs and the registered account, it seems very convincing that they are all socks of Nangparbat. The edit summaries and the articles they edit on are all the same. Also from the fact, that the IPs share similar numbers. --DJS24 20:09, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm wondering if this guy is intentionally using different IPs to deceive as we may think, because certain Internet Service Providers use Dynamic IPs, which means the IP address changes everytime the connection is reset. Hence there's no way the user can keep his IP address from changing. The user in question does not hide the fact that he's behind all those edits through different IPs because his ISP uses Dymanic IP (see user talk 86.154.149.153). Moreover, I can't find any rule in Wikipedia that prevents registered users from editing without logging in. Hence, is classifying this as a sockpuppet case justified? S3000 ☎  08:42, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure there is a rule regarding using anon IPs when a user in question actually has an account, as it can give an air of support to someone who would otherwise be appear to be editing by himself. In any case, this still doesn't resolve the issue regarding his disruptive edits. &#91;&#91;User:Giani g&#124;Giani g&#93;&#93; (talk) 13:15, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

I had origionaly requested several pages be protected that were, but as soon as they were protected he moved onto other articles with the same disruptive edits. Like Tanthalas39 stated protecting every single page isnt going to solve it, but it is becoming very tiring to constantly revert these edits every single day. I would think something for having ip banned for 24-48 hours and then returning before that deadline and making the same edits under a different ip would count for some sort of action. Knowledgeum : Talk  17:55, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

In an attempt to move things along I have requested a check user Requests for checkuser/Case/Nangparbat. It should also be noted that on July 25 I filed a Wikiquette alerts but as the pages he edited were protected and he was an anon user still so it just expired with no action taken. I am hoping something can be done about this now, either protect the pages he edits or block the range. Knowledgeum : Talk  17:57, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

I have requested a range block on WP:ANI as suggested by another admin after he chaged ip's and continued his edits after being blocked again. Knowledgeum : Talk  18:33, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * The range block has been approved, however it appears the range was not large enough as the user has continued under, and the range may need to be expanded. Knowledgeum :  Talk  19:44, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Blocking a large range of IPs only denies innocent users from freely using Wikipedia. Day by day the range involved seems to be getting bigger. Protecting the articles is also useless as the user in question seems to be moving on to new articles within the same scope (India-Pakistan overlapping subjects e.g. Kashmir related). It would be impossible protecting all articles within that scope. What other options are there? S3000  ☎  07:01, 11 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Conclusions


 * IP addresses/IP ranges blocked for two weeks:
 * 86.158.128.0/17
 * 81.151.100.0/24
 * 86.162.68.0/22
 * 86.156.210.105
 * 86.154.149.153 (Blocked one week by User:Toddst1)


 * Please contact me with questions or concerns. Users of these IP ranges may contact  unblock-en-l AT lists DOT wikimedia DOT org  to request an account. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 18:58, 10 August 2008 (UTC)