Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Xgmx (2nd)

User:Xgmx

 * Suspected sock puppeteer


 * Suspected sock puppets


 * Report submission by
 * MuZemike ( talk ) 05:03, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Similar IP address range as in the first sock puppetry case at Suspected sock puppets/Xgmx. All the above users have been canvassing at Articles for deletion/International Gaming Tour. The registered user in the bunch originally signed with Xgmx's name and then was noticed and changed later by another user (diff of signature, diff of change to unsigned template).
 * Evidence

Similar editing patterns include changing other users' comments in the AFD discussion to keep ( and ) and similar SAVE comments ( and ). Finally, this is also the exact same IP range as the other IP addresses that were blocked in the original sock case.

Given this, it's clear that identifies as. There's quite a bit outlined at Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive416. &mdash; Scientizzle 16:48, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Comments

I have requested for CheckUser at Requests for checkuser/Case/Xgmx to see what can be unearthed. MuZemike ( talk ) 23:40, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * CU confirms that Xgmx and ZeroFanMission are the same. MuZemike  ( talk ) 15:33, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I added four more suspect IPs to the list above. One of them, 4.245.78.170, identifies as xgmx in this edit summary. Most recently (some 10 hours ago) as 4.245.74.198, he made new attempts to spam links to his site, here and here. 4.245.74.162 added the same link to another article, here. 4.245.16.43 added links to at least two sites that are connected to xgmx (xgmx.net.tc and igtour.pro.tc), here. --Bonadea (talk) 09:29, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

And now 4.245.74.136, asking about the SS Free site (as if he were a 3rd party) here. SS Free is a site founded by xgmx (as stated in this talk page comment). --Bonadea (talk) 07:36, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Reported this mess to WP:WPSPAM. If no action, then I will take this to ANI again. MuZemike  ( talk ) 04:05, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * On second thought, since my first report to WPSPAM a couple of months ago did nothing, I will give ANI a shot now. MuZemike  ( talk ) 04:57, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

These are all pretty obvious socks, as are a couple of more recent ones, 4.245.75.87, for instance. Bonadea has been diligently reverting edits by these IPs as they pop up. While the user continues to edit from dynamic IPs I reckon that the standard practice of monitoring the IP range and the relevant pages and reverting where appropriate, as well as blacklisting any new spam links, is the way to proceed. Eventually the user will either realise that he's wasting his time here and leave or, preferably, reform and become a valued contributor. Unless anyone has any further comments, I'll close this in a couple of days. —S MALL JIM   15:21, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Conclusions