Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Rafaelsfingers

User:Rafaelsfingers

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer

(previous Giovanni33 IP - San Fran area) (Previous Giovanni33 IP - san fran area though this is likely a static IP used to talk software provider in Utah through Cogentco IP provider)
 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Report submission by

DHeyward (talk) 19:37, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Both Rafaelsfingers and Supergreenred were created at around the same time. First contributions were to report 3RR violations or revert other editors. Both accounts are SPA's that target the State terrorism and the United States article and supporting article. and were previsoulsy shown to be sockpuppets from Taiwan and it's not clear why they weren't blocked (or why one wasn't blcoked). has a number of meatpuppets/sockpuppets from the San Francisco area but IP's are different. I suspect it's dense enough that he could use a wirless card to use different peoples ISP's in a very local area. Giovanni33 has a history of sockpuppetry. These accounts all have a very narrow editing focus with the same POV often reverting to the other editors version to the point that the edit warring bars all progress to fixing the article and invariably leads to the article being locked. It's to the point that if the IP is from SF area it's Giovanni or if it's from Taiwan it's SPTS. Bottom line is that regardless of the CU results, these are SPA meatpuppet/sockpuppets that need to be dealt with if those articles are to be fixed.
 * Evidence

Rafaelsfingers created March 27. Only two edits that day to support the only person sharing his view in that thread, Giovanni33. . Rafaelsfingers then takes a few weeks off and returns to revert .. But that was only after the page was semi-protected after the IP editor and  was involved in an extensive edit war over the same material the day before. As an example, these two edits are 19 revisions apart but are identical. These edits are 5 apart.. Basically the account Raphaelsfingers didn't start editing until his IPs were blocked due the semi-protected status and a 3RR block of 64.118.111.137.

Even though the two IPs show up as geographically distinct (5 hours apart), Sierra-Tel (64.118.111.137) offers dialup service which means that there is possibly a large geographic location that could be used for access. Similarity of edits, relative proximity and profile of edits links all three of these accounts.

was created on March 15. Like the IPs and Rafaelsfingers, it has a very short editing history. He made a report to 3RR on the related article Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The person he reported was in an edit war with, another San Francisco area comcast IP (see Giovanni33). He then took a month of until April 13 where he became involved in the edit war there. et al. He was temporarily blocked for tendentious editing for 24 hours related to these edits.

has a 1RR arbcom restriction. He has a Northern California IP as established by previous checkusers and his previous sockpuppets. The other accounts above are all SPA's with very short edit histories. Basically these match very closely to his location and it is more than coincidence (either meat or sockpuppets) for all these Northern California accounts all editing a very narrow set of articles. His previous checkuser confirm the location of these accounts. Giovanni33 is currently under a 72 hour block for violation of his 1RR restriction.

Through research of I have just found out that there was a previous request for checkuser on the IPs and Rafaelsfingers. This editor ostensibly edits from Taiwan.

has already been confirmed as sockpuppets with. It's not clear why one of these accounts weren't blocked as an abusive sockpuppet (if not both). They are unrelated to Rafaelsfingers however.


 * Comment by John Smith's


 * Even if Stone put to sky is not involved, there is the possibility supergreenred, rafael and the IPs could be the same person. I can see some possible 3RR vios:


 * 1) 22:12, 13 April 2008 Supergreenred
 * 2) 22:29, 13 April 2008 Supergreenred
 * 3) 04:45, 14 April 2008 Rafaelsfingers
 * 4) 09:30, 14 April 2008 Rafaelsfingers

Note how they only revert "one at a time" as it were. Also note when 64.118.111.137 was editing. As soon as the page was semi-protected the other accounts jumped in. 64.118.111.137 is now back on the talk page again.

John Smith&#39;s (talk) 06:38, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I have also taken a look at the contributions of Rafaelfingers, supergreenred and the IP 76.102.72.153. If you check, you will see they all essentially edit the same articles, primarily State terrorism and the United States. The IP and Rafael also have an interest in Guatemalan Civil War‎. In terms of registration, they all started editing in March - the IP one day after Rafael. John Smith&#39;s (talk) 13:32, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

This will be controversial. We need diffs showing what you have summarized. Jehochman Talk 23:19, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * First time Stone put to sky was caught socking:
 * Second time SPTS was caught (likely): Requests for checkuser/Case/Stone put to sky. Jehochman Talk 01:59, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Sockmaster:

Suspected sockpuppets:
 * - Likely
 * - blocked previously based on
 * - Likely
 * - Likely - now blocked on behavioral evidence.
 * - Likely - now blocked on behavioral evidence.


 * Related checkuser reports
 * Requests for checkuser/Case/Stone put to sky
 * Requests for checkuser/Case/Giovanni33


 * Conclusions
 * I am blocking User:YumpinYimini immediately. This edit  and this page Requests for checkuser/Case/Stone put to sky gives away that they are a sock just like User:Ultrastoopid. Jehochman Talk 02:17, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


 * There are just so many coincidences here, it creates a very strong appearance of either sock puppetry or recruiting single purpose editors for edit warring. I am going to block the other two socks, Moriss levy and Aho Aho, which have been found twice by checkuser to be socks of Stone put to sky.  As for Aho Aho, my determination was influenced by an analysis of the contributions.  Here are a few sample diffs to illustrate the common interests, and common editing point of view of  and : --. Additionally, I will block Stone put to sky indefinitely because they have been caught sock puppeting previously, twice,  and Requests for checkuser/Case/Stone put to sky, yet have continued using Aho Aho as recently as April 10. After being caught a couple times, I expect the user would desist.  Also note that in spite of a long contribution history, Stone put to sky is virtually a single purpose account for editing State terrorism and the United States‎, as are the socks. Jehochman Talk


 * The case against as a second puppetmaster in this case with a distinct set of sock puppets,, and , is very convincing. (I find no relationship between this group and Stone put to sky and their socks.) Checkuser evidence is inconclusive, however, as a proven puppetmaster, Giovanni33 has more than enough experience to evade checkuser.  The remarks provided by Thatcher in Requests for checkuser/Case/Giovanni33 tend to corroborate rather than refute this case.  Per the evidence on this page, it is an implausible coincidence for these three accounts, supporting each other and the same idiosyncratic point of view, to be located in such a narrow geographic region while editing the same narrow set of articles.  A panoptic view of this case leads me to conclude that there is a high probability of sock or meat puppetry going on here.  Therefore, I will indefinitely block all three accounts. Giovanni33 has a very long block log and has been caught socking  before. All available second chances have been expended. Jehochman Talk 03:29, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Upon discussion with several administrators who know Giovanni33's style, I have sufficient doubts that I have unblocked. The other two accounts remain blocked as disruption-only, single purpose accounts, probable socks of each other, perhaps with an undisclosed puppetmaster. Jehochman Talk 02:42, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I have agreed to unblock User:Rafaelsfingers on condition that they become a member of the Harmonious editing club, and use only one account. Further trouble without signs of progress should result in a speedy reblocking. Jehochman Talk 01:03, 19 April 2008 (UTC)