Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser

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Shortcut: WP:CHECK WP:RCU WP:RFCU pending Does your request belong here? This is the place to request sockpuppet checks or other investigations requiring CheckUser privilege. Checkuser is a last resort for difficult cases. Use other methods first. Code Situation Solution — Obvious, disruptive sock puppet Block. No checkuser is necessary. — Disruptive "throwaway" account used only for a few edits Block. No checkuser is necessary. — Checkuser on yourself to "prove your innocence" Such requests are not accepted. Please do not ask. — Question about a possible sock puppet related to an open arbitration case Request checkuser on the arbitration case pages. A Request to identify and block the IP addresses responsible for blatant vandalism and attack accounts List here in the IP check section. B Evasion of bans or other remedies issued by the arbitration committee List here along with a link to the closed case. C Ongoing, serious pattern vandalism involving dozens of incidents List here with diffs. — Vote fraud on ongoing vote Wait until vote closes before listing — Vote fraud where the possible sockpuppet votes do not affect the outcome of the vote List on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents D Vote fraud for a closed vote where the possible sockpuppet votes affect the outcome List here with a link to the closed vote. E 3RR violation using socks List here with links to four diffs showing the 3RR violation F Evasion of community-based bans or blocks List here with a diff of the discussion that resulted in the ban or block. — Other disruption of articles List on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents — Open proxy where you already know the IP address List on Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies — You want access to the checkuser tool yourself You may contact the Arbitration Committee, but be advised that such access is rarely granted G Request doesn't fit any of the criteria but you believe a check is warranted anyway List here with a brief summary of the situation and links to further discussion Procedure List your request using the Input box below. Choose one code letter that most closely applies to your request. No code letter, no check. Wikimedia:Privacy policy does not allow us to make a check that has the effect of revealing IP addresses. Indicate the usernames you suspect, using {{checkuser}}. Please do not use this template in the section header, as that makes it difficult to read the account names. Include the diffs or links required for the code letter you have chosen. Sign your request. There are clerks to assist you and help with maintenance of the page. Outcome Responses will be brief in order to comply with Wikipedia privacy policy. Due to technical factors, results are not always clear. Check back regularly to see the outcome of your request. In most cases, any block or other action based on the outcome will not be taken by the checkuser-people or the clerks. Instead, you will have to do this yourself. Closed requests are archived after several days.

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Checkuser is not for fishing.
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Contents 1 Outstanding requests 1.1 Buffadren 1.2 Pernambuco 1.3 Dr Lisboa 1.4 Ikedanobuo 1.5 Shuppiluliuma 1.6 3GPP guru 1.7 USMC Padre 1.8 R9tgokunks 1.9 Venki123 1.10 GrayToday 2 Declined requests 2.1 Wiki Raja 2.2 Shervink 2.3 Sabachtani 2.4 El Chulito 2.5 LegoAxiom1007 2.6 Rugby 666 3 Completed requests 3.1 Prince Godfather 3.2 Pirveli 3.3 SqueakBox 3.4 DennyColt 3.5 Benjiwolf 3.6 Kzq9599 3.7 Arthur Ellis (8th request) 3.8 Artaxerex 3.9 Kermanshahi 3.10 Kzq9599 4 Requests for IP check 4.1 TJ Spike sock mini-farm 4.2 Hinomaru 4.3 Turok 1 4.4 Venki123 4.5 Burnsvillemike 4.6 However whatever 4.7 Eternal Pinkish 4.8 64.151.173.168 4.9 Quebec Vandal 4.10 Vandal with a grudge 4.11 Adishankaracharya 4.12 512theking 4.13 Paradocks 4.14 Northwich Victoria F.C. vandal 5 Non-compliant requests

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To request a check: Cases are created on subpages of Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case. To do so, insert the name of the sockpuppeteer (the main account or puppetmaster, not the sockpuppet!) in the box below. Leave out the "User:" prefix. Do not remove the text in the box, add to the end only. Example: if you want to request a checkuser on User:John Doe, enter the text: Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/John Doe Then click "Request a checkuser." You will be taken to a page where you can fill out the request. Please make your request there brief and concise.

[edit] Outstanding requests

[edit] Buffadren

• Buffadren (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Kertu3 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Mark us street (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter: A, E

Kertu3 has only 6 contributions in Wikipedia - 2 of them in 18 February, when he started his wikilife accusing others of sockpuppetry (strange for a newbie!, it seems he knows a lot about editing problems in Wikipedia!) and other 4 today when he vandalized Transnistria article. While my main suspicion is that Kertu3 is a sockpuppet of User:Pernambuco (I made a separate report), I also suspect Buffadren to use this sock in order to breach 3RR, as the edits are similar and Buffadren had already 3 reverts when Kertu3 appeared. Evidence of vandalism and breaching 3RR: 29 March 08:52, 29 March 13:41, 29 March 13:58, 30 March 00:24, 30 March 00:28, 30 March 00:50.

One of my old suspicion is that Buffadren is a sock of old sockpuppeteer User:Mark us street which I discovered in December 2006 [1], his IP was blocked for a month and after that Mark us street claimed he retired from Wikipedia and Buffadren appeared imediately after the one-month block of Mark us street was over, with similar behaviour as Mark us street. MariusM 02:20, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: Please choose only one code letter. PTO 02:59, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I chose E.--MariusM 07:59, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Pernambuco

• Pernambuco (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Kertu3 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter: A, E

Kertu3 has only 4 contributions in Wikipedia - 2 of them in 18 February, when he started his wikilife accusing others of sockpuppetry (strange for a newbie!, it seems he knows a lot about editing problems in Wikipedia!) and other 2 today when he vandalized Transnistria article [2], [3]. As today he appeared 2 minutes after Pernambuco did a similar edit I suspect Kertu3 is a sockpuppet of Pernambuco. In 18 February he also took Pernambuco's side in debates about Transnistria article.

Adition: He also used this sock to violate 3RR: 30 March 00:22, 30 March 00:24, 30 March 00:28, 30 March 00:50--MariusM 01:07, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: Please choose only one code letter. PTO 02:59, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I chose E.--MariusM 08:01, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Dr Lisboa

• Dr Lisboa (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Triffid3 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Stalvione (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter: E

There is a content dispute regarding adding a new section to Jesus. Dr Lisboa came close to violating 3RR two days in a row, and then all of a sudden, redlinked editors started making the exact same edits. Here are the diffs for Dr Lisboa:

• Previous version reverted to: 09:36, 27 March 2007
• 1st revert: 15:29, 27 March 2007
• 2nd revert: 15:54, 27 March 2007
• 3rd revert: 15:59, 27 March 2007
• 4th revert: 06:28, 29 March 2007
• 5th revert: 06:51, 29 March 2007
• 6th revert: 07:32, 29 March 2007
• 7th revert: 08:41, 29 March 2007
• 8th revert: 15:52, 29 March 2007
• 9th revert: 16:48, 29 March 2007

Here is the diff for Triffid3:

• 1st revert: 07:52, 29 March 2007
• 2nd revert: 16:52, 29 March 2007
• 3rd revert: 17:10, 29 March 2007

Here are the diffs for Stalvione:

• 1st revert: 12:09, 29 March 2007
• 2nd revert: 12:20, 29 March 2007
• 3rd revert: 15:33, 29 March 2007

-Andrew c 20:41, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: : Since you provided diffs for similar edits, here are edits that are exact reversions (and are enough for a 3RR violation):

• [4] (first version) [5] [6] [7] by Dr Lisboa (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• [8] by Triffid3 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• [9] [10] by Stalvione (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser).

All these edits happened between 06:28 and 12:20, 29 March 2007. -- lucasbfr ^talk 07:55, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Ikedanobuo

• Ikedanobuo (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• DDRG (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Amazonjoke (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter: G

This spins out of tag removals and WP:POINT violations on Asahi Shimbun relating to the comfort women article. DDRG is trying to call the paper unreliable (which simply isn't possible) in the scope of its coverage in 1991 regarding comfort women (so it can't be used in the article), and he vaguely cites some things that can't be found in order to shore up his case. User:DDRG references two people Seiji Yoshida and Ikuhiko Hata who have recent WP articles created by User:Amazonjoke (those being thew only things this user did), and apparently all of this spins out of something on User:Ikedanobuo's off-wiki blog, though the wiki user may not be the Wiki user, of course. MSJapan 14:27, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Shuppiluliuma

• Shuppiluliuma (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Asım Kazancıgil (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• DragutBarbarossa (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 7th Son of a 7th Son (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• KeremTuncay (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Faruk Koçak (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hakan Noyan (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter: F (evasion of community ban)

Shuppiluliuma, known also as DragutBarbarossa and CalicoJackRackham (talk • contribs), was indefbloced and community banned (here) for a number of incidents, involving edit-warring, personal attacks, block evasion, but above all the repeated uploading of a large number of unfree images. These come from a photo site, wowturkey.com, which he claims he manages, and the copyrights belong to the various photographers, who he claims are his friends. He claimed the photographers gave him permission to upload the images under free licenses, but could never present evidence of this. After one of his latest blocks and the deletion of a number of images, several apparent sock accounts appeared under the name of the photographers and re-uploaded the images as "self-made".

The identity of Shuppiluliuma with his main socks is not in doubt. This includes "7th Son of a 7th Son" and "Asım Kazancıgil", they are essentially self-declared ([11], [12]) and can be blocked on sight. What I would like clarified is the identity of the suspected impersonation accounts used to circumvent image policy: KeremTuncay, Faruk Koçak, and Hakan Noyan.

Fut.Perf. ☼ 05:40, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

P.S.: Please cancel this request, it's no longer needed. I now found the latest sock self-declared that the impersonation accounts are socks: [13] "Resimler için bundan böyle arkadaşlarımın adıyla birinci kişi yüklemelerinde bulunacağım ki bir daha silemesinler", translation: "As for the images, I'll be speaking in the first person under the names of my friends, so they won't be deleted again". That's as clear as it gets. Fut.Perf. ☼ 05:55, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] 3GPP guru

• 3GPP guru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 132.66.223.237 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)
• 62.219.166.199 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)
• 80.178.177.61 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)

• Code letter: C.

Ongoing pattern of link spam vandalism. User continues to switch IP's after warnings have been issued, thus avoiding block. See [14], [15], and [16], for just one example. Contrib history of all four ID's accounts for 25+ vandal edits over past 2 weeks. Thank you, Satori Son 21:18, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] USMC Padre

• USMC Padre (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Chapscomdermiddleguardpadre (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• SWBTSGuardChaplain (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Commanderstephanus (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• MiddleLinebacker (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• NavyChaps (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter: G

Tag-team editing on Gordon James Klingenschmitt. Accounts were opened near each other temporally, all echo each other in attacking the subject of the article, and have been involved in serious WP:BLP violations (see [17], [18], [19], [20], [21]). All appear to be single-purpose accounts used largely or exclusively on the Gordon James Klingenschmitt article. MastCell ^Talk 18:05, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Declined The Uninvited Co., Inc. 18:41, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I would strongly urge that a CheckUser be carried out seeing as we had to call in Oversight to redact edits revealing Mr. Klingenschmitt's credit card details at Gordon James Klingenschmitt which were made by:

• Chapscomdermiddleguardpadre45 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

--  Netsnipe  ►  19:54, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I would also urge reconsideration of this request. The Klingenschmitt article has been the subject of serious problems leading to a highly contentious and problematic BLP situation and deletion. See generally Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gordon James Klingenschmitt. The matter cannot be considered resolved as the article was deleted without prejudice to re-creation in a BLP-compliant version and what constitutes BLP compliance in this case is likely to be controversial. There have also been allegations (which I do not necessarily credit) concerning the role of Rev. Klingenschmitt himself in allegedly editing this article under multiple accounts. Rev. Klingenschmitt edits under his own name as Klingeng (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser). Newyorkbrad 19:03, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: relisted to pending, per new request -- lucasbfr ^talk 18:58, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] R9tgokunks

• R9tgokunks (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Dealcountries (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Pilipinischer (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Jabuuti (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Portuggalllllzwitttserland (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Antarcticaaacold (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Indududududududunesia (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Stooppy (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Kouwait (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Kiswahili (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter: C (serious pattern of sneaky vandalism by throwaway socks, while socketmaster maintains a facade of respectability)

There has been a series of throwaway accounts, clearly of the same user, whose contributions present a unique mixture of seemingly good-faith (though misguided/confused) edits, some edits apparently sneaky vandalism, some downright nonsensical, and some blatant attacks and other forms of disruption. Most of these accounts have been blocked and they are easy to spot. However, the suspected sockpuppeter, R9tgokunks (talk • contribs), is a bit more difficult to link to this series of socks. He maintains a façade of respectability, for the most part making good-faith edits, though they are often aggressive, misguided and/or POV-pushing.

Nevertheless, I believe R9tgokunks can conclusively be linked to the sock series, by a couple of striking similarities in their editing profile. These are too special to be coincidental:

Common interests linking R9tgokunks with the sock army

• Templates and categories dealing with ethnic and regional divisions: R9t. 20 Mar, 01:55, Pil. 19 Mar, 03:57, Pil. 18 Mar, 10:42, Port. 10 Mar 20:36, Jab. 4 Mar 20:21

• Val d'Aran and the Aranese language: Jab 06 Mar, 07:18, R96 27 Mar, 05:00

• The Grand Theft Auto (series) computer games and related articles: R9t. 24 March 17:56, Pil. 18 March 20:56, Indu. 18 Feb 08:05

• adding an "official language" field into templates that don't have one: R9t. 18 Mar, 22:02, Jab. 06 Mar, 07:18

• Making strange redirects from implausible mis-spellings: Indu. 15 Feb 06:58, R9t. 18 Mar 23:17, R9t. 2 Mar 03:25, R9t, 1 Mar 02:42, Kouw, 1 Mar 01:07

sneaky vandalism by socks

• [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27]

other disruption, attacks, nonsense edits, etc.

• [28], [29], [30], [31]

Admissions of vandalism, intentional disruption

• [32], [33]

I already have additional evidence in the form of temporal editing patterns, which I believe is almost conclusive enough to warrant a block on the sockmaster, but since we might be dealing with the need for an indef ban here, I'd appreciate confirmation by checkuser before I take action. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:59, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

I have never seen someone lie as much as yourself! You don't have evidence, and it's impossible TO have any evidence such as that, because I have no sockpuppets, and never did have any, well, other than my default IP address. EDIT: Let me also add that I am currently being stalked by User:Future Perfect at Sunrise as of last week, and it's quite disturbing for me to notice that he obviously is going to articles that I edit and is reverting my edits.-- Hrödberäht (gespräch) 22:23, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

May someone please perform the checkuser now? I think the sooner that we can calm the ignorance, the better it will be. -- Hrödberäht (gespräch) 22:35, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Venki123

• Venki123 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) [34],[35], [36],[37]
• Pandianlion (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) [38]
• Mohandc (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)[39], [40]
• NanthanM (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)[41],[42],[43]
• Weldingveerasamy (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter: C

Repeated vandalism of Mudaliar and Sengunthar articles over the past few months. I furnish some of the vandalised diffs beside the above ips/users. Venki123 (talk • contribs) has been constantly deleting and trashing heavily referenced sections. I suggest a block on the ips and this user. Could you check and say if any of the users are socket puppets of Venki123 (talk • contribs) or if any of the ips are related to Venki123 (talk • contribs)? Thanks. Mudaliar 14:05, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: I have removed the IP addresses because the privacy policy prevents checkusers from commenting on them. PTO 14:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

The diffs associated with those addresses appear to contribute to the requesting user's case, so I'll replace those here: [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51]. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:17, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] GrayToday

• Panairjdde (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Francis Escort (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) (last CU-confirmed sock)
• GrayToday (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• TermsThey (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• BriefExact (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• GuideEggs (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Rasiel (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter: F

Another day, another Panairjdde/Kwame Nkrumah sock. User:GrayToday is the latest, and I'm sure another will pop up after this one is blocked. Dppowell 15:15, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Now User:TermsThey, too. Dppowell 17:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

...and User:BriefExact. Dppowell 00:27, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Other admins have blocked these socks (as well as an additional one, User:BirdsCover) since I filed the RFCU, but I would request that the CheckUser process be formally completed in the interest of expanding the documentation of abuse. Dppowell 16:34, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

User:GuideEggs is the latest. Dppowell 02:09, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm not nearly as sure about User:Rasiel, but the types of edits and subject areas are similar. Dppowell 02:24, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Additional information needed Need link to community ban discussion. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 18:41, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Here, supported by the ArbCom. Dppowell 21:42, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Declined requests

[edit] Wiki Raja

• Wiki Raja (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Indrancroos (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 68.108.208.158 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)

• Code letter: F

Indrancroos and Wiki Raja have both signed edits made by 68.108.208.158.

05:03, 26 September 2006 68.108.208.158
05:59, 26 September 2006 Indrancroos

04:23, 23 March 2007 68.108.208.158
04:24, 23 March 2007 Wiki Raja

06:32, February 13, 2007 68.108.208.158
06:36, February 13, 2007 Wiki Raja

Both share the same Tamil nationalist worldview.

A 3 month block was imposed on Indrancroos for vandalism at the end of September 2006.

Wiki Raja has been editing since the end of September 2006.

Using Wiki Raja as a sock puppet/reincarnation, the user editing from 68.108.208.158 has managed to avoid serving a single day of his 3 month block. SiflOlly 11:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Additional information needed Per F, could you provide a diff of the community ban? The 3 month block starting last September is not a ban. -- lucasbfr ^talk 12:42, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

If not "F," then what is the appropriate code letter for evasion of a block? SiflOlly 12:51, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Declined. September is way stale. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 18:52, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Shervink

• Shervink (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• shervink (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Rayis (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• ♠ SG →Talk (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• azalea_pomp (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Agha Nader (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Jahangard (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• The Behnam (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter: E

There is evidence for sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry by the above users, and a CU would be useful to remove any doubts. Please fore give me I don't know how to report this properly. The following diffs show a suspected use of sockpuppets to violate the 3RR rule: [52] [53] [54] [55]

Arteban1 03:06, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment: I would like to note that this accusation is baseless. The accuser (Arteban1) is a proven sockpuppet himself and has been blocked for this reason, as had been a previous puppet (Faranbazu) of the same puppet master (Artaxerex).

Moreover, two of the provided diffs are made by an editor who is not even present on the above list (Mehrshad123). Shervink 09:22, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment: A disruptive WP:POINT case --Rayis 12:48, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Rejected --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 18:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Sabachtani

• Sabachtani (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Xoamandapandaxo (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Michael Ming Cao (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Wis102105 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

Related

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Parsecboy (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) Krellis (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) NEMT (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) Flying tiger (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) Demerphq (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) Badgerpatrol (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) Slov01 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) Dorvaq (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• D

Request for Medcom: For an earlier closed vote related to an ongoing mediation dispute. At issue is the usage of one-time socks to influence voting. Request info on 1) whether they are the same IP, and 2) whether they match any of the usernames listed above under related. Thanks in advance, Stevertigo 00:39, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Declined -- all of the primaries are stale. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 18:41, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] El Chulito

• El chulito (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• O'Donoghue (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
  
• New identity (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
  
• Inthegloaming (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
  
• Hope Springs Eternal (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
  
• Jill Teed (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
  
• Veronica Mars fanatic (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
  

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by SameBatTime (talk • contribs) 18:16, 23 March 2007 (UTC).

• Case letter: D

All accounts set up in same manner and activity follows exact same pattern - then the accounts are left dormant until "needed" in a AfD !vote or other RfC situation etc they appear again with a lot of editing especially on anti-Irish republican issues and then go dormant again.

• User:El chulito, Created the account 17:55, 26 November 2006, his first edit was to create a user page with an assorted number of user boxes, all alined to the right and never edits his user page again. He then makes 38 edits in a two hour period on US biographies such as [56], [57], [58], [59]. Then the account goes dormant for two months with no edits and reappears 22:55, 20 January 2007 the following day he makes his first edit on a page regarding Irish republicanism here at the Fergal O'Hanlon page. From then on he makes various edits against myself on AfD's, reverts my work and must importantly makes this edit to the Kieran Flemming page where he removes the Irish language name of Kieran and the Irish word for Volnteer - Óglach. And also accuses me on attacking him on talk page note the capital letters. Then !votes on a number of Irish AfD's [60], [61], [62], [63]. And that day (8th Feb) he stops editing and hasnt edited since.

He also used these IP's which I picked up when he sometimes signed over an edit he made when he wasnt signed in -

• User:216.194.0.99
• User:65.88.88.214
• User:216.194.3.132 - these IP's will prove important as he has used computers from the same system again in his new accounts.

• User:New identity, This was proven as a sock after I reported him this edit on the Kieran Flemming page - which was identical to the edit by El chulito, outlined above.

• User:O'Donoghue, Follows a similar pattern to El chulito, Created his account with info boxes all alined to the right22:03, 15 August 2006 on his third edit, all aligned to the right and never edits his user page again.

He edits for one day only on a number of pages mostly bios such as [64], [65], [66]. Then the account goes dormant but again reappears 11:43, 1 March 2007 and has been attacking me since them despite the fact I have never come across him before and he made this trademark edit to the Kieran Flemming which he made two days ago. He made this edit which he left an IP almost identical to the above IP's here.

• User:Conrad Falk, Started 10 Sept 06 makes one days editing then goes dormant and then reappears 9 Feb 07 - again identicial set up procedure to his other accounts.

He states he is Polish living in NYC and going to a NYC uni which ties in with the IP's above. First edits his user page with info boxes and alighed to the right, only once ever edits this page and then some Polish pages then nobility such as Isabel Maria Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair Stewart Gore-Browne Dame Diana Keppel Countess of Albemarle and then moves on to a number of pages on Irish republicanism including AfD's here, here, [67], [68] - please note that some these AfD's where not formed correctly and could not be found on the daily register but El chulito, Inthegloaming and Conrad Falk all voted on them.

• User:Inthegloaming, registered 28 August and edited for a day then reappers six months later soley for AfD's that infact where not even registered on the daily AfD digest. See his short history here.

• User:Jill Teed, again same set up in terms of the account, same edit profile and turned up on the same AfD's. Additonally used the Americanise spelling of words on these pages like the other accounts

Please note I have posted additional information about this on ANI recently, details are here. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃

Declined, same reason as last time. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 18:23, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: Merged from Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/El Chulito

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[edit] LegoAxiom1007

• LegoAxiom1007 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter:G

User is pretending to be a newbie and is pretending to be "learning" how to use Wikipedia, and is vandalizing Wikipedia and getting away with it in the process. Experienced editors "excuse" this user as a newbie (see Wikipedia:Community_sanction_noticeboard#Proposal_to_ban_User:LegoAxiom1007) although at least one other person agrees this user is not a newbie User_talk:Nardman1#User:LegoAxiom1007. Nardman1 02:10, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Request checkuser to see if this is a sock of a known user. Nardman1 02:13, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser is not for fishing. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 03:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

It is perhaps too late but I would endorse reconsideration of this request. The user in question is causing substantial disruption and needs to be dealt with very differently if he is making newbie mistakes, albeit in a persistent and varied fashion, versus deliberately trolling us. If his infractions do not warrant revelation of who the primary account, if any, is, it would be helpful to at least know whether other registered accounts are associated with this one. Newyorkbrad 19:11, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Rugby 666

• Rugby 666 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Reddoll17 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Signor12345 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Fifa1998 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Wacko Jacko2 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Redneckyank (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 144.132.221.157 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)
• Ehinger222 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter: F

Rugby 666 was blocked for one months (then two months, now indefinitely) for abusive sockpuppeteering (see Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Ehinger222). The present socks are simply extensions of an enormous sockfarm dating right back to user:licinius/user:NSWelshman etc...

Reddoll17 (talk • contribs), Signor12345 (talk • contribs), Fifa1998 (talk • contribs), Wacko Jacko2 (talk • contribs), Redneckyank (talk • contribs) all tucked into some edit warring with tancred (talk • contribs), in particular over Marconi Stadium, reminiscent of edit wars started by 147.10.112.157 (talk • contribs).

144.132.221.157 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) - almost certainly. even calling tancred (talk) a troll (a habit of other socks of rugby 666 (talk • contribs) in edit summaries. even questioned the legitimacy of bans imposed by essjay.

Ehinger222 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) - this is the big papa, this one's been going for ages and ages, spawning new puppets and puppeteer accounts. See the belowmentioned link to RFCU. past CU processes haven't been able to check him as activity was too old, but has been active recently. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dibo (talk • contribs).

Additional information needed Please include a diff of the discussion that resulted in the ban or block. Thanks! Greeves ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:41, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

There's continued activity here as can seen:

• In the article on Footy blindly reverting an edit that actually tried to find a bit of wiggle room between two more extreme positions.

• In the article on Robert Brasillach repeatedly inserting a bit of text that is neither especially relevant nor supported by any verifiable source

• repeatedly removing a disambiguating term, in order to keep the word 'football' in reference to rugby league.

• edit warring over the page Australian National Football Team

petty edits to a number of pages. Latest is http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2007_Australian_football_code_crowds&diff=116979406&oldid=116782761

This user has had over 12 months of warnings, currently evades bans by editing with IP's, always pushes the same POV rubbish. If Wikipedia is serious about stamping out this problem his/her ISP needs to be contacted, or at the very least, the IP range given a serious ban. He/she has been warned in the past, has been banned, how long is this going to be allowed to contine for? Personally I am sick of logging in twice a day, just to remove rubbish edits! I'm sure others feel the same.Tancred 09:49, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Some more comments

Both these IP's are in the same CIDR block. They are both controlled by Telstra - an Australian ISP. Editors that use these IP's have been pushing a POV for over 12 months here. These edits all take the same form. The editor picks 1-2 words each week, edits for his POV and then spends a week or so reverting despite what other editors suggest. How do I know they are the same person? A number of things. The constant refusal to sign any comments is one key. User talk:Rugby_666 was finally banned. That case can be looked at here:

‎Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Ehinger222

‎Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-11-27 Alan Oakley

‎Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Ehinger222 (2nd)

‎Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Ehinger222

‎Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Rugby 666

The Rubgy League POV pushing stopped for a short time but quickly started up again. Some examples: User 147.10.112.157 (A known Ehinger222 IP) made this edit [69] about Marconi Stadium. A week later the plans for a new stadium development were called off and the article updated. Then 5 new accounts were created, just to revert back to the now incorrect edit:

Reddoll17 (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log) Signor12345 (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log) Fifa1998 (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log) Wacko Jacko2 (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log) Redneckyank (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log).

After this the user has given up with registering new usernames and just uses IP's. His/Her latest series of edits are nothing more than tweaking Wikipedia for POVness. [70], [71], [72]. not to mention the endless POV stuff here [73].

here [74], both 144.132.217.29 (talk • contribs • count) 144.132.221.157 (talk • contribs • count) revert the page back to edits made by Rugby666, one of the banned usernames.

Given this has been going on for for many months, something really needs to be done. I would call for at least raising this ongoing wikipedia attack with the ISP, and blocking the IP range. Tancred 12:57, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

The blocks previously followed from the discussion quoted here and the previous RFCU cases archived below on this page.

Clerk note: Removed content copied from Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Ehinger222 -- probably better to link. You may want to check and make sure I didn't accidentally erase anything I shouldn't have, but please do try to keep any further comments brief. Thanks! – Luna Santin (talk) 02:45, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

no, that looks fine. Dibo ^{T | C} 03:14, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Declined No evidence of a community ban. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 18:00, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

The ban is here (that's user:Rugby 666's ban). Plus the editor in question admited the bans here. Plus check out the bunch of RFCU cases below. I realise this is somewhat irregular to revive a case in this manner, but frankly I'm mystified as to why it ever got rejected. Dibo ^{T | C} 13:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: According to the tag on the userpage, there must be an Arbcom case somewhere, I couldn't find it though. User:Luna Santin is the one who put the tag, maybe he'll remember where it comes from? -- lucasbfr ^talk 13:43, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Hmm... not sure which template I used, on that, honestly. =\ Whatlinkshere reveals discussions at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive65#Advice on User:Rugby 666's edits and Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive67#User:Rugby 666. Neither of those clearly mentions a ban, however. I'm going to break neutrality and should recuse myself from further clerking as relates to this case, but given the prior checks, numerous blocks, repeated sockpuppetry, and assorted abuse warranting month-long rangeblocks, couldn't this be submitted under letter G? – Luna Santin (talk) 18:25, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Declined. Every one of those accounts is too old to check. Dmcdevit·t 07:54, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Completed requests

[edit] Prince Godfather

• Prince Godfather (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• FA Maker (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Code letter: F.

Editing many of the same pages as Prince Godfather (and Prin, the original puppeteer) with a similar style. See [75] for block discussion resulting from OTRS fraud. --Yamla 22:46, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

This is listed as a non-compliant request. I believe I have provided the link for the ban discussion related to OTRS fraud. What else am I missing? --Yamla 21:53, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Removed IP address so that privacy policy is not violated. --Yamla 20:05, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Confirmed. Also Trish86 (talk • contribs) and King Dracula (talk • contribs). Dmcdevit·t 21:54, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Pirveli

• Pirveli (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 128.226.160.202 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)
• 128.226.160.214 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)
• 128.226.160.77 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)

• Code letter: E

From Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR:

• Previous version reverted to: 18:28, 25 March 2007
• 1st revert: 17:32, 26 March 2007
• 2nd revert: 17:50, 26 March 2007
• 3rd revert: 21:10, 26 March 2007
• 4th revert: 22:06, 26 March 2007

After he was blocked, he continued to revert the articles with IPs:

• 5th revert: 16:24, 27 March 2007
• 6th revert: 17:49, 27 March 2007
• 7th revert: 20:27, 27 March 2007
• 8th revert: 21:04, 27 March 2007

Khoikhoi 05:51, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Confirmed. Dmcdevit·t 21:28, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] SqueakBox

• SqueakBox (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Greatgallsoffire (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter: E.

Users only edits are reverting the Gary Glitter to a version against goes against clear consensus on the talkpage. The same version SqueakBox has been reverting to.

• 1st revert: 01:35, 23 March 2007
• 2nd revert: 06:54, 23 March 200
• 3rd revert: 08:06, 23 March 2007
• 4th revert: 08:44, 23 March 2007
• 5th revert: 09:25, 23 March 2007

DXRAW 21:39, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I would welcome a checkuser on this case. I live in Latin America and use a small ISP and think it unlikely that Greatgallsoffire (who says he or she is a British IT worker) is located anywhere near where I am. He or she has nothing to do with me, SqueakBox 18:18, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Unrelated. Dmcdevit·t 21:34, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt reply.DXRAW 03:40, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

A thanks from me too, SqueakBox 21:53, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] DennyColt

• DennyColt (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• MisterHamburger (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter: E.

During a revert war dealing with whether or not Daniel Brandt should be able to post comments about his own biography on the talk page of said article, a new user popped out of nowhere to delete the comment twice [76] [77] when DennyColt (the user most vigorously opposion the idea of DB posting there) had used up his 3 reversions [78][79][80]. Given the extreme sensitivity of the article in question, the use of sockpuppets in such a case would be extremely inappropriate and possible disruptive to Wikipedia. Users have been notified [81][82].
--Cpt. Morgan (Reinoutr) 19:17, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm a sockpuppet, but not of DennyColt. I'd rather Brandt not put me up on his website. MisterHamburger 19:40, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Given the history of the Brandt article this is a highly credible explanation, SqueakBox 19:47, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Unrelated --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 20:31, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Benjiwolf

• Benjiwolf (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• MnemosynesMusings (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• F (evasion of blocks)

It is suspected that MnemosynesMusings is a sockpuppet of Benjiwolf. See Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Benjiwolf (2nd). Benjiwolf and his sockpuppets are currently the subject of a block. MnemosynesMusings may be using this account to avoid the block. Confirmation of sockpuppetry is desirable to allow enforcement of the block on Benjiwolf Ttguy 13:35, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Additional information needed Per B, could you provide a link to the closed ArbCom case? -- lucasbfr ^talk 13:49, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: User:Benjiwolf was blocked for sockpupetry per Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Benjiwolf and Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/CrystalizedAngels. Changed the letter to F, since blocks were enforced per these forums. -- lucasbfr ^talk 14:10, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: removed IP since CU won't comment on them. -- lucasbfr ^talk 14:11, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Possible. Same geographic area. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 18:30, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Kzq9599

• Kzq9599 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• WPBio (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• NeilinOz1 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Frise (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) newly added (after intial request).
• Iswinterover (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) (add to keep this stuff together, admitted he posted as WPBio[83]) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Arbustoo (talk • contribs) 04:41, 28 March 2007 (UTC).
• Code letter: C

Kzq9599 (talk • contribs) seeks to remove WP:RS from Heather Wilson. The request is rebuffed by the community. Ten hours or so later, WPBio (talk • contribs) becomes a new user and uses his/her first edit to create a user page and second edit to support Kzq9599 [84] and modify wikipedia policy [85] and remove entire criticism pages [86].

What makes this troubling is Kzq9599 accused a long time editor of "beginning to suspect that you're a paid political operative from the Patricia Madrid campaign."[87] Self projection? Maybe, but:

Also check NeilinOz1 (talk • contribs) who got involved arguing the same line as the other two.[88] As in this post he wrote "I'm from Australia, so I have little interest in American politics"[89] but in another post wrote "I'm in Washington DC, here for the big stop the war rally."[90] Thus, obviously he is wrong in one of those accounts to be active in a US protest as an Australian means you do care about US politics. (Note: His IP was blocked before reason given on user's talk page: "Checkuser block.")

Is this part of a political attempt, as Kzq9599 suggested, to mess with wikipedia? A Washington DC IP getting blocked at a protest, but doesn't care about politics? The above claims seem strange and I thought of this. Arbustoo 22:41, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: I have moved the threaded discussion to the talk page. Please direct any other comments there. PTO 01:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

• Confirmed Kzq is User:BryanFromPalatine. NeilinOz1 comes in on open proxies; IP blocked. WPBio is IP-unrelated. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 06:34, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  • I have resubmitted this request for Frise (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) who might be tied to this mess. His first edit in nearly a month was on an admin's talk page regarding user:WPbio and THIS checkuser.[91] As a non-regular contributor and a person who is also interested in changing BLP (as the others were too) it is strange for a non-interested person to make his first edit in a while back on an admin's page citing THIS checkuser. His first ever edit was removing material citing BLP, which is pretty good for a new account to know for their first edit.[92] His second ever edit was the redirect of his talk.[93] User was asked if he had any other accounts, but declined to reply.[94]Arbustoo 04:15, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Unrelated -- no IP relationship detected. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 18:45, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Arthur Ellis (8th request)

• Arthur Ellis (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Warfarin eater (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Retilian Kitten Eater (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter: B Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Warren_Kinsella#Log_of_blocks_and_bans and F Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive192#User:Arthur_Ellis

Evidence: Warfarin eater vandalizes both Warren Kinsella and Rachel Marsden. First edit ever was to suggest that an administrator remove information on Mark Bourrie. Retillian Kitten Eater's first edits are to harass user:Bucketsofg, subsequently removes information on Bourrie, writing style is Ellis-like. The IPs were used in and around Ellis's appeal to ArbCom to have his community ban overturned. Kla'quot 17:08, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: I have removed the IP addresses, as the privacy policy prohibits checkusers from disclosing them. PTO 21:31, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

OK. Why is this still in the Non-Compliant section of the RFCU page? I can't figure out how to move it to the normal requests section. Kla'quot 09:05, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I've figured it out and moved it to the correct section. It looks as if PTO made it compliant and then moved it to the Non-Compliant section at the same time (?!). Kla'quot 09:09, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

No, UninvitedCompany did that. [95] PTO 21:04, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I see. My apologies, PTO! These subpages confused me. I had this page watchlisted but not the pages where it's transcluded. Several of the previous checkuser requests include IP addresses and I don't know why it's suddenly such a big problem. Dismissing an RFCU instead of removing the IP addresses or refusing comment on them seems severe. Kla'quot 00:58, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Additional information needed Please pick exactly one code letter. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 18:53, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Code F, this user is community-banned. Kla'quot 23:20, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Confirmed. Dmcdevit·t 02:58, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Artaxerex

• Artaxerex (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Arteban1 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• Code letter: F

The user Arteban1 has joined the discussion on Talk:Mohammad Reza Pahlavi right after User Artaxerex (and his sockpuppet Faranbazu) were banned for sockpuppetry and violation of 3RR on this page, supporting the arguments presented by Faranbazu. Arteban1 has also immediately filed (albeit on an incorrect page) a request for checkuser directed at all those opposing the arguments of Artaxerex/Faranbazu, presenting practically no evidence for his claim. It therefore seems likely that Arteban1 is just another sockpuppet introduced to evade the ban on Artaxerex. It would be good if this could be checked.

Link to previous discussion and decision on the ban: [96].

Link to Arteban1's edit in support of the sockpuppets and accusation of sockpuppetry directed at many editors opposing his opinion: [97][98].

Thanks. Shervink 08:47, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

• Dear admins, I am sure many of you are interested in providing good and balanced articles on wikippedia. Please look at Faranbazu's contribution on Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's discussion page. I hope you agree with me that he has provided a large number of references for his balancing arguments. Unfortunately, a group of Persian editors from belogs places like Iran Chamber have blocked or reverted all his edits and through a coordinated efforts have caused him to be blocked. Is it not the case that in wikipedia one has assume good faith? Is it not the case that in wikipedia a criterion is verifiability? Is it not the case that in Wikipedia another criterion is NPOV?

Why then these editors are allowed to stop any efforts to provide some verifiable facts about Reza Shah's sympathy with Nazis? A large number of respectable Western historical sources (if not all) agree that it was because of these sympathies that allied forces removed him from power. The Persian editors say that this is "allied propaganda"!! (please see the discussion page on Reza Shah). They want to stop any discussions on how the two Pahlavi shahs destroyed the constitutional democracy and created the today's political misery in Iran.

It is possible that again some young and innocent editor who does not understand these issues block me, as they blocked Faranbazu, and inadvertently help this group of editors to promote their agenda. But there is also a chance that some editor decide to investigate this issue, and this why I am here to plea this case. There have been some positive intervention in the past by editors like Scott Wilson, and Melca that had resulted in some NPOV voice in those articles. But apparantly the Persian editors have decided to rewrite everything back to their POV. I appeal to you to stop this. There are many students that are using Wikipedia as their source. It would be wrong to allow a lopesided view to prevaile. Please check the contribution of Shervink, Mehrshad123, SG_talk, Azalea-pomp, Jahangard, Behnam, Khorshid, and some other Persians who want to recreate a copy of their IranChamber belogs on Reza Shah (please read the discussion about title of "Great" in the discussion page of Reza Shah). Arteban1 02:46, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Confirmed. Dmcdevit·t 02:47, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Kermanshahi

• Kermanshahi (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Ayatollah Rhobijnie (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• El Alamajin (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Kashwialariski (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Mrlob (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 84.87.138.105 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)

• Code letter: G

This whole mess came to light when Ayatollah Rhobijnie started Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Kermanshahi. Mrlob and Kashwialariski then soon voiced their support a full two days before the RFA was publicly listed by 84.87.138.105. After Chrislk02 (talk • contribs) struck out their votes as sockpuppets, Ayatollah and Kashwialariski both attempt to tamper with that page. Chrislk02 then blocks Ayatollah Rhobijnie and Kashwialariski which then triggers an autoblock on Mrlob. Subsequently, I've indefinitely blocked all the above accounts as sockpuppets, while Kermanshahi himself has been issued with a 1 month block. All the above users and ip address have frequently edited each others userpages and handing each other barnstars. Judging from the articles edited, I can safely say that Ayatollah, Kashwialariski and Mrlob (oldest account) are the same user. However, the link between Kermanshahi and Mrlob is a bit weaker if we ignore the RFA voting, and the strongest evidence is that Mrlob did appear twice only to support Kermanshahi's Iranian figures at Talk:List of countries by number of active troops and Talk:List of countries by number of active troops despite never having edited those articles. So could a CheckUser please determine if Kermanshahi is also Mrlob. Thanks --  Netsnipe  ►  13:11, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

For the record, I did not strike the votes as sock puppets, it was User:Michaelas10 with this edit. I think a checkuser here is a good idea however, and believe that Kermanshahi probably does not have sock puppets, however the other disruptive parties may have been close friends of family members. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 14:18, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

• Results as follows:

Confirmed that Ayatollah Rhobijnie = Mrlob = Kashwialariski = 84.87.138.105
Likely that Kermanshahi is the same as above set. Close geographically while not the same IP, which means likely to be either a work/school IP, or a meatpuppet.
Likely that El Alamajin is the same as the above (for the same reason).

Dmcdevit·t 08:03, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Kzq9599

• Kzq9599 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• WPBio (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• NeilinOz1 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Frise (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) newly added (after intial request).
• Iswinterover (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) (add to keep this stuff together, admitted he posted as WPBio[99]) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Arbustoo (talk • contribs) 04:41, 28 March 2007 (UTC).
• Code letter: C

Kzq9599 (talk • contribs) seeks to remove WP:RS from Heather Wilson. The request is rebuffed by the community. Ten hours or so later, WPBio (talk • contribs) becomes a new user and uses his/her first edit to create a user page and second edit to support Kzq9599 [100] and modify wikipedia policy [101] and remove entire criticism pages [102].

What makes this troubling is Kzq9599 accused a long time editor of "beginning to suspect that you're a paid political operative from the Patricia Madrid campaign."[103] Self projection? Maybe, but:

Also check NeilinOz1 (talk • contribs) who got involved arguing the same line as the other two.[104] As in this post he wrote "I'm from Australia, so I have little interest in American politics"[105] but in another post wrote "I'm in Washington DC, here for the big stop the war rally."[106] Thus, obviously he is wrong in one of those accounts to be active in a US protest as an Australian means you do care about US politics. (Note: His IP was blocked before reason given on user's talk page: "Checkuser block.")

Is this part of a political attempt, as Kzq9599 suggested, to mess with wikipedia? A Washington DC IP getting blocked at a protest, but doesn't care about politics? The above claims seem strange and I thought of this. Arbustoo 22:41, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: I have moved the threaded discussion to the talk page. Please direct any other comments there. PTO 01:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

• Confirmed Kzq is User:BryanFromPalatine. NeilinOz1 comes in on open proxies; IP blocked. WPBio is IP-unrelated. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 06:34, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  • I have resubmitted this request for Frise (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) who might be tied to this mess. His first edit in nearly a month was on an admin's talk page regarding user:WPbio and THIS checkuser.[107] As a non-regular contributor and a person who is also interested in changing BLP (as the others were too) it is strange for a non-interested person to make his first edit in a while back on an admin's page citing THIS checkuser. His first ever edit was removing material citing BLP, which is pretty good for a new account to know for their first edit.[108] His second ever edit was the redirect of his talk.[109] User was asked if he had any other accounts, but declined to reply.[110]Arbustoo 04:15, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Unrelated -- no IP relationship detected. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 18:45, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TJ Spike sock mini-farm

• TJ Spike (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Wrestlingrules (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Steelchair (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Rightman2 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Factual80man (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Spielberg2002 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• The master of puppets (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• SUCKDXIT (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Timkovski (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

This guy just won't go away. He keep creating sockpuppets, claiming that User:TJ Spyke is a moron and edit warring on articles. Even with ACB and autoblock on he just keeps making more socks. Please fry him. --Deskana (talk) 23:12, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Would appreciate checkuser confirmation that these accounts are related, though I arrived at this conclusion based on the edit histories (particularly, insertion of inappropriate links, editing the same articles, similar personal attacks against the same users, etc.) independently already. --Yamla 14:03, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

These 2 users are also exhibiting the same edit patterns as those above, they look like throwaway accounts:

• Spielberg2002 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• The master of puppets (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

-—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.194.192.117 (talk • contribs). 17:40, March 29, 2006

I saw this and had to laugh, this guy has a sense of humour. It looks like TJ Spyke is finally getting what he deserves! Timkovski 18:39, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Added new socks and probable puppeteer-- bulletproof ^3:16 18:48, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Haha, what kind of pathetic loser is the person behind all this? They have nothing better to do than create a bunch of accounts and try to revert every single one of my edits? Maybe banning their IP will help (unless they use a proxy). TJ Spyke 21:29, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hinomaru

The user Hinomaru has constantly been creating sock puppet accounts since October 2006 to continue vandalise Wikipedia. There are currently 111 socks:

• Hinomaru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 13th hinomaru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 1hln0maru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 4point (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 9.75 Hinomaru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• A special kind of red ellipse (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• A6M Zeke (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• A7M Reppu (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Akaimaru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• B5N Kate (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Battleship Yamato (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Big Nell formation (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Big red circle (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Bright red circle (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Chi-ha tank (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Claude A5M (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• D3AVAL (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Destroyer Hinomaru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Ei yon emu (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Flag over Japan (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Formation of Betties (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Fourteenth hinomaru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• G four M 2 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• G2M (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• G3M Nell (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• G4M2 Betty (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• G7M (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• G8M Renzan bomber (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• H1n0maru3 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• H1n0maru7 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• H1nomaru senshi (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hakaigami (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Henomaru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hhinomaru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hi no maru 11 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hin0maru4 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hino12 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hino15 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru 13 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru 15 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru 2k (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru 8 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru fighter (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru no senshi (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru raider (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru shonen (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru supreme (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru0001 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) Kariteh 15:19, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
• Hinomaru10 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru2 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru5 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru6 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru9 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaruuu (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hyper nell bomber (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Japan\'s flag (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Japanese biplane (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Japanese bomberman (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• JapaneseFlag (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Ki27 Nate (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Legendary hinomaru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Magnificent red sun (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Mediumredcircle (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Mister Hinomaru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Mitsubishi Zero (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Mitsubishi claude (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Mr. hinomaru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Nihon no hata (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• No. seventeen Hinomaru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Oioima (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Plane painted with hinomaru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Point04 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Point443 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Polnewsa (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Red circle and white rectangle (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Red circle flag (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Red circle in white rectangle (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Red circle sacred treasure (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Red maru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Red sun flag (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• RedCircleInWhite (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Redred001 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Redred002 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Redrisingsun (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Sekien (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Sixteenth Hinomaru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Super hinomaru (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Super hinomaru 2000 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Super japan flag (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Super zero fighter plane (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Supreme japan user (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• The Flag of Japan (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• The Japanese Flag (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• The great rising sun (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• The japan user (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• The japanese user (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• The red rising sun (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• The zero fighter (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Betty bomber (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Nell bomber (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• WWII japanese fighter (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• White around red (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• White encircling red (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Why are things declining? (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Zeke fighter (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 日の丸 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 日の丸 ２世 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 日の丸 ３世 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• A red mage (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru kun (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hinomaru warrior (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Ki43 Oscar (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 九六式艦上戦闘機 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

• • Code letter: A

I've been chasing after his socks since a month or so and have observed his strongly malicious technique: he creates a bunch of sock accounts, and begins using them only a few weeks after. His vandalism concerns mainly Asian non-Japanese related article. It consists in deleting a fragment of sentence in the articles while hiding the entire page's contents in comment tags, and putting a picture of the Japanese flag (hinomaru) at the top instead. This is especially malicious because if people don't undo the edit correctly (i.e. if they just remove the picture and the comment tag instead of reverting), there would still be a fragment of sentence missing in the middle of the article.

When his vandalism is noticed and his accounts blocked, he doesn't lose any time because he always has a few sock accounts created weeks before: he just continues to vandalise with these sock accounts while his others are being blocked.

This is the same pattern since (at least) October 2006; Hinomaru has created 111 socks and shows no sign of getting tired. Something has to be done, please! Kariteh 14:35, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Turok 1

Numbered Turok accounts are all sock puppets in addition to the names below:

• Turok 1 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 2 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 3 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 4 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 5 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 6 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 7 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 8 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 9 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 10 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 11 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 12 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 13 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 14 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 15 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 16 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 17 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 18 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 19 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 20 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 21 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 22 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 23 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 24 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 25 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 26 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 27 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 28 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 29 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 30 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 31 (who's the idiot that took turok 31) (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 32 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Turok 33 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Joshua Fireseed (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Number 5 alive (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• QuarterShadow (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• FullShadow (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• shadow returns (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Full shadow returns (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Complete Shadow (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 172.158.31.88 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)
• 65.6.62.156 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)
• Complete Shadow 2 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Knuckles 008 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Santa stop (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Knuckles 009 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Supersonicbreakfeast (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Ss man 4567 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Mets fan 65 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Ringmaster89 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Eigthshadow (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Godguy (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Guygod (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Guygood (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Super Shadow 3 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Fight master 234 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Madeinchina4567 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
  • Code:A

Massive and still continuing sockwar. He gets banned, he's back in five minutes with a new name and vandalising the same stuff as before.

• See also sockpuppets of Turok 1 (talk • contribs), linkable from Turok 2 (talk • contribs)

Note: I've added Turok 29 to the above list. User keeps rapidly creating sockpuppets. Michaelas10^{Respect my authoritah} 18:09, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Note: Added Turoks 30-33. More sockpuppets still incoming. AOL IP usage suspected as per User_talk:Persian_Poet_Gal/Archive6#More_Turok_stuff. —²¹⁰physicq (c) 22:26, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Venki123

• Venki123 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Venki123 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) [111],[112], [113],[114]
• Pandianlion (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) [115]
• Mohandc (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)[116], [117]
• NanthanM (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)[118],[119],[120]
• Weldingveerasamy (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 70.49.175.94 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)[121],
• 70.49.172.184 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)[122],
• 70.49.156.42 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)[123],[124],[125]
• 70.49.161.18 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip) [126]
• 70.49.159.137 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)[127]
• 70.49.163.207 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)
• 70.49.169.96 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)
• 70.49.182.110 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)[128]

• Code letter: A

Repeated vandalism of Mudaliar and Sengunthar articles over the past few months. I furnish some of the vandalised diffs beside the above ips/users. Venki123 (talk • contribs) has been constantly deleting and trashing heavily referenced sections. I suggest a block on the ips and this user. Could you check and say if any of the users are socket puppets of Venki123 (talk • contribs) or if any of the ips are related to Venki123 (talk • contribs)? Thanks. Mudaliar 04:18, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: See also Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Venki123. – Luna Santin (talk) 19:01, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Burnsvillemike

• Burnsvillemike (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 66.41.155.45 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)
• Joshharll (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Parkerbob (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• JoeinmaineUS (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Geneinclevelend (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Jasonrrr (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Nickharperss (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Carlseenares (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• NateinFlorida (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Gregwolen (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Seaninwashington (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Carlostexas (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Gregsteres (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Timwiller (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Glenwolling (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Parkermax (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Billrusslen (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Joeinalabama (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• DeaninDetroit (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• NickOwnes (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Parkergz (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• BARKLEY J (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Garagehh (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bridgeplayer (talk • contribs) 17:48, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
• Johnjuniv (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Stevehouslj (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Cherry56545 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Parkermakam (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Code letter: A

The story starts here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike_Satter where three (identical) deleted articles on Mike Satter were recreated. This disclosed a web of socks - see the text. The theme has been the injection of Satter into a wide range of law enforcement articles, replacement of images with ones of Satter, creation and recreation of copyright images (some of which have been hanging around on C:CSD for a long time awaiting deletion). Burnsvillemike (talk • contribs) has been blocked for a week here and most of the socks on that page were banned indefinitely. User:Seraphimblade is doing a great job. However, as you will see from User talk:Seraphimblade#User:Burnsvillemike the socks are multiplying faster than I can track them down. I think that some decisive action is needed on the IP(s} being used. Bridgeplayer 02:36, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: Moved from Wikipedia:Request for checkuser/Case/Burnsvillemike. Real96 06:24, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

• It would be helpful if some urgent action can be taken since the socks are breeding faster than they can be blocked - four more added today. Bridgeplayer 18:34, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] However whatever

• However whatever (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Banana Republic (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Baba gump (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Code letter: A

User However whatever (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log) is being very aggressive and miltant on BLP related issues on William Oefelein. To the point that others are routinely reverting him, and he is endless edit warring over the inclusion of specific words... he was also 3rr blocked, and has another 3rr report pending at this moment, on the heels of the last. As seen in his entire history here, he is a SPA for this one article. Similar matching edits were done weeks ago by Banana Republic (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log), as seen here and here and here. Baba gump (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log) is the same again--matching edits, as seen in the full history here, and all three seem to have the identical vindictive bent towards Gwen Gale (talk • contribs) who has religiously tried to keep the lurid mess that is the Lisa Nowak and Oefelein story... compliant with common sense and our BLP rules. the user Baba gump does the same sorts of edits. I believe all three are one and the same. they push the same agenda at the Nowak/Oefelein articles, and all are ready to throw verbal punches at anyone that counters them in the same sort of language. Thanks, - Denny 04:18, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

All I can meaningfully add to that is he uses the same distinctive double dash (--) before all three user sigs. Gwen Gale 04:36, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree that they seem to be the same user. Although to be fair about the dashes, that is what you get when you click on the signature button in the editor.--HarryHenryGebel 05:10, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok, still, it's a common thread, along with the two word usernames, empty main userpages and so on... Gwen Gale 05:23, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Gwen, I totally agree with you that they seem to be the same person based on all of the other evidence, I was just pointing out that the double dash is pretty common. --HarryHenryGebel 15:06, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I knew that's what you meant, thanks. Meanwhile I was only "thinking aloud" there, mulling it all over after learning the sig button does that (haha!) :) Gwen Gale 15:16, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Additional info, where However whatever inexplicably is linking back to a comment on Gwen's page, here, which was a response to this comment by Baba here. - Denny 04:50, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: Moved from Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/However_whatever. Real96 05:05, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Can I ask why? Just curious what procedure/info shows it to be an IP issue instead of a regular CU. - Denny 05:10, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Per A, IPs checks must be listed below in the IP section. Cheers! Real96

I guess cuz they look for the same IP and block it if there's a match? Gwen Gale 05:23, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Got it, sorry for being dense last night. - Denny 12:05, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eternal Pinkish

• Eternal Pinkish (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Plz don't fall in love (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) added – Luna Santin (talk) 05:52, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
• Line songs (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) added – Luna Santin (talk) 01:14, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
• Code letter: A

Hoping I could get some help on this one. This particular troll has been a very persistent problem, for over a month or more -- issuing death threats and harassing users. Tried mass protection, tried blocking. Have already rangeblocked BT-AOL's 81.145.x.x addresses as a bit of a last ditch effort (not quite a /16, but looks like one at first glance). ISP hasn't yet been responsive to abuse reports. This one cropped up, today -- are they working out of the 81.145.x.xs range, still? Or some other address? If so, any sleepers to worry about? Supporting diffs: [129] [130] [131] [132] [133] [134] (and plenty more if you need 'em). Thanks in advance for any support you may be able to provide. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:38, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I'd like to add some more:

• Anger item (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Arydelay (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Civil radar (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Laws worry (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

displaying the same behaviour, and

• Darkhero17 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Darkhero156 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

-- zzuuzz^(talk) 15:01, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Darkhero seems to be Eternal Pink's real-life friend, so it's not impossible. And Pink himself edits in a weirdly consistent pattern, in between the edits of the various vandals. I am hoping this is coincidence... --Masamage 16:39, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

• Crash chips (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Eternal Pink star (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

One more. – Luna Santin (talk) 19:00, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

• Eternal Pink man (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Free Eternal Pink Heart (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

Another rangeblock was slowing them down, but this one popped up today. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:32, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

• Cosmic Eternal Pink (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Eternal Pink.. (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

This one still needs to be blocked. --Masamage 21:43, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

We need to sort this out as soon as possible. User:Eternal Pink is talking about leaving because of it. --Masamage 00:40, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

• Darkhero17.1 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

Not sure it's the same guy, but since other Darkheros are listed above... --Masamage 17:34, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

I dont know if it is him (he wasnt in college today) but he dosn't know how to sign a page let alone rederct one ♥Eternal Pink-Ready to fight for love and grace♥ 17:55, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 64.151.173.168

• 64.151.173.168 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Terminator III (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Hamsacharya duh (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Akal Purakh (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Code letter A

Very strange edit for a first-time edit. Likely sockpuppet or meatpuppet of Terminator III who has a host of other sockpuppets. It might be difficult to tell, but let's see.. --Hamsacharya dan 23:27, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: The account, Terminator III (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) made its most recent edit on 24 Jan 2007, which is too old to check.[135] --Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 00:02, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Can you try these two accounts just added? Hamsacharya duh and Akal Purakh. Thanks. --Hamsacharya dan 00:34, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: Hamsacharya duh's last edit was even earlier, (Jan 19). Akal Purakh edited most recently on Jan 30, which is still too far back. (Anything before Feb 10 or so is too old) Note further, that CheckUser works from the recent changes table in the databasem, which (as a general guide) only goes back 30 days. (more detailed info at m:Help:CheckUser#How it works) --Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 07:20, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: Moved from Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/64.151.173.168. PTO 02:06, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quebec Vandal

• On the rail s for life (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Railer585 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Railer 584 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Nonelikethepresent (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Noonelikesboobies (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Railer123 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Code Letter: A
  • Used open proxies before. Probably more to come or more registered at the same time waiting to vandalize Quebec. -Royalguard11(Talk·Review Me!) 02:09, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Yep, I was right. -Royalguard11(Talk·Review Me!) 02:59, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
    • ++ more. We seem to be short on checkusers or something. -Royalguard11(Talk·Review Me!) 01:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Forgot one. -Royalguard11(Talk·Review Me!) 01:40, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
      • Given the names looks like these may well be related to User:NicAgent --pgk 15:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
        • MO doesn't match. This guy tries to destroy one article, and only one; Quebec. He attacks it with several socks around the same time. If you look at this guys' socks, you'll see that he follows no pattern in particular, and may even try to copy other vandals names/patterns or something. -Royalguard11(Talk·Review Me!) 01:59, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
          • I wouldn't rule it out that easily, it could be the other way around and the impersonation is of the vandalism of Quebec, or they are simply one in the same. User:NicAgent has impersonated several other vandals (communism, pelican shit etc.), eventually coming up with his 'Railer xxx' usernames engaging in some unique vandalism. Certainly both have used frivolous unblock requests denying any vandalism, and both have used edit summaries claiming to be improving things. Nothing conclusive, but still quite possible. --pgk 07:26, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
            • I bet these are some more of those socks
• Nottheqcvandal (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) - deleted this request three times
• Printemps rose (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) - removed the Quebec page and left it with the name and stub
• Dame naturer (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) - same as Printempsrose.....--Cometstyles 15:34, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Yep, those all match the pattern. Even the CU blanking. He's done that before. We really need to do something more about this. -Royalguard11(Talk·Review Me!) 20:55, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

• Limitspite (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 207.115.103.54 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) The two combined Blanked 5 times the article at least--JForget 18:05, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal with a grudge

Confirmed accounts:

• Kokrháč (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) - penis vandalism of Template:User wikics
• Kohout český červený (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) - complained on my talk page that I had misinterpreted the meaning of his usernames.

Suspected accounts (replacing images on various pages with one of a gorilla):

• Mike W. Johnes (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Čas okamžiku (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Svobodný básník (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• V-w-g (CZ) (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) (perhaps an abbreviation for "vandal with a grudge"?)
• Known to have used IP ranges 83.148.0.0/18 and 84.244.64.0/18. A complaint has been sent to the administrators.
• Code letter: A, C

Long-term vandal. See this page for a list of accounts discovered so far (over 60) and more information. - Mike Rosoft 13:59, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: Copied from Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Vandal with a grudge. --Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 01:55, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Older accounts (from about a month ago) include:

• Vaječník (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Bedororae (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Derek B. Johnes (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Vopičák Mumia (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Pomrdamec (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Jan Upravenec (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Trockoupravenec (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

Mike Rosoft 09:46, 12 March 2007 (UTC) From my talk page:

84.169.195.10 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip) has recently been blocked for some similar vandalism (putting a picture of a monkey or gorilla in pages related to African Americans). Not sure if it's a sock, an imitator, or a coincidence. Natalie 01:56, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

• Another account: Upravenec z Berlína (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) - edits to Jan Koukal [136], see also user name and user page. - Mike Rosoft 09:57, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
• And Dan Čůrákzeželeza (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) - Mike Rosoft 10:32, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adishankaracharya

• Adishankaracharya (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Dragonslayer X (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 125.22.63.36 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log • checkip)
• Bruce7576 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Code letter: A

This is a motion for reconsideration. Users' agenda are identical as per 1, 2, 3. If it is the same person then IP should be blocked to avoid registration of more user names. Thank you! Armando Barrera 00:09, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Clerk note: Copied from Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Adishankaracharya. PTO 02:25, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 512theking

• 512theking (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 512theking2 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 512theking3 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 512theking4 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 512theking5 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• 512theking10 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Kingofpitching10 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Albertotineo10 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Phillies5000 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Prisonbreak91 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Code letter: A

Self-confessed vandal socks. Harassing JohnnyAlbert10. --Slowking Man 01:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment: The situation seems to be a bit more complex; see my Talk page. --Slowking Man 02:54, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Paradocks

• Paradocks (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Paradocks2 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Code letter: A

Obvious vandal socks, admitted at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Paradocks2 (see the deleted revisions). --Slowking Man 00:31, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Northwich Victoria F.C. vandal

Hi guys,

Could someone please identify the underlying network our vandal puppeteer is operating from? He's been hitting the article on a daily basis with a new sock every day since March 13. I believe he operates in the 80.47.0.0/16 range -- probably a dial-up range belonging to Tiscali. --  Netsnipe  ►  14:31, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

• Spec tie (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Stor kon (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Remind (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Green goose (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Tray four (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Rhyme sing (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Saturn can (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Mint five (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Shrub ree (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)

19:44, 25 March 2007 (UTC):

• Stream seven (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Mouse tree (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Code letter: A

Two more so far today (26/3/07) :

• Wind mind (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)
• Coal time (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser)