Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Masckarpone/Archive
Masckarpone
- Masckarpone (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
12 August 2023
[edit]Suspected sockpuppets
[edit]- Seriy333 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) ( Clerk note: original case name)
- BorisJohnsonForever (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- CalvinAccount (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Crjef2153 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- FamRevo228 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- JAbgr432 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- JewelryIssues (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Paranoya23 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- YouChooseIt2023 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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I started digging into this, and it goes back years. So, filing an SPI to get more eyes on this cleanup. Courcelles (talk) 17:24, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
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[edit]These are all already confirmed, and I’ve done some cleanup and protections. But, again, I think it needs more eyes. Courcelles (talk) 17:25, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
- There is one more account that has been locked and hidden, not listed above. @AmandaNP, courtesy ping since you looked through the Xwiki loginwiki stuff. Courcelles (talk) 17:28, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
- Ya the xwiki look through didn't show enough of an issue that regular global action is needed, but if anyone sees something I missed or new information comes to light, feel free to request action. -- Amanda (she/her) 17:36, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
- Moved case to oldest account, retagged socks, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 04:52, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
05 September 2023
[edit]Suspected sockpuppets
[edit]- ItalianGirls (John Morrison) (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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New account, recreation of EC-protected NetReputation at NetReputation (company), now moved to draft. User talk posts bear strong similarities to User:Paranoya23, along with the stilted grammar and overlap with Paranoya23's edits on other articles. Wikishovel (talk) 00:51, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
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[edit]- Blocked as obvious sock as above; same article, same sources, same incoherent grammar and circular requests, overlap on other low volume articles where the socks were active. May be worth a checkuser sweep considering the prior history and the fact that this account was created s few days after the last farm was cleared out. Sam Kuru (talk) 02:24, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
- Confirmed to each other:
- ItalianGirls (John Morrison) (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- RecentJapan (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- RecentJapan (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) used an IP also used by a confirmed socks a few months back. Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 21:45, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
- Blocked and tagged. Closing. Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 21:45, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
22 December 2023
[edit]Suspected sockpuppets
[edit]- Antonio Vinzaretti (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Antonio Vz (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Brother of Satoshi (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Mark Avreliy 2023 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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- See below. --Blablubbs (talk) 12:13, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
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[edit]- Distinctive summaries, and sharing ranges with past socks (technically strongly " Possible" to the archive I suppose); the first three from this batch are confirmed, the third is technically possible and behaviourally obvious per the aforementioned summaries, x-wiki overlap and Special:PageHistory/Kumar Gaurav (entrepreneur). Blocked but awaiting tags. --Blablubbs (talk) 12:17, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
- Dual tagged the first three. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 21:47, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
27 December 2023
[edit]Suspected sockpuppets
[edit]- Antonioooo V (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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At User talk:David Gerard they state: "It's "Antonio Vinzaretti". Robby.is.on (talk) 18:01, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
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[edit]- In progress, also, convenience link for myself:
- Ukrainian Mouse (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) --Blablubbs (talk) 18:13, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
- Both Confirmed to Vinzaretti, and I'll add these two:
- БТР1991 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- หล่อ2000 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Blocked and tagged. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:17, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
- Also blocked Ape from the Moon (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) per xwiki contribs. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:32, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
06 January 2024
[edit]Suspected sockpuppets
[edit]- Genarogatti (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Brand new account focused on Bitget right after the last round of shenanigans with Antonio Vinzaretti. Heading toward a RGW block anyway but seems way too familiar for a new user. Star Mississippi 14:22, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]- Looks Unrelated, and I'll note that unlike previous accounts who made an overly promotional draft, Genarogatti's version is an attack page, which I unfortunately missed prior to running a check. See also User:Genarogatti. DatGuyTalkContribs 14:33, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not entirely convinced that there's no connection here: both versions are relatively critical, and there are similarities in language usage (compare [1] with AV's comments here). But I don't think the fairly limited evidence is enough to override a negative CU result, so closing without action. Feel free to block on non-sockpuppetry grounds if problems continue. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:52, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
25 February 2024
[edit]Suspected sockpuppets
[edit]- Andy Salvatore (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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High confidence behavioral match against previous socks. I'm not going to elaborate on-wiki.
By the way, Genarogatti was an obvious sock and had the same distinctive behavior. They later recreated Wowcube, which I blocked them for. Wowcube and Spacebit are both Wikibusines articles. MER-C 11:41, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]- Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely), blocking based on obvious behaviour. I also ran Genarogatti from the archive and I'm not sure why they were called unrelated; I'd call them very Likely. Additionally, these are Confirmed to Antonio Vinzaretti:
- S from the Rebel Moon (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Piratkost (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:04, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
27 May 2024
[edit]Suspected sockpuppets
[edit]- Papa2004 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) ( Clerk note: originally filed under this user)
- 0dd b1t (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Balabology (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Дон Эладио (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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New puppets, similar activity in ru-wiki. Кронас (talk) 10:51, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
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User 0dd b1t was locked earlier today by EPIC as Papa2004's sock.--A09|(talk) 12:38, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not seeing a behavioral match. I recall seeing this abuse pattern somewhere before but I couldn't find anything in my block log or the SPIs I have filed since last year. MER-C 14:54, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]- I'm not seeing it - could you provide more details? MER-C 12:35, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- Agree that this isn't Papa2004, but 0dd b1t and Balabology look like WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Masckarpone from a behavioural perspective. Odd b1t is Highly likely to past Masckarpone accounts. Balabology is technically Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely) but an obvious behavioural match. These accounts are Unrelated to Papa2004. OP did not mention this in their filing but I also checked Дон Эладио as that account created an article with an image uploaded by 0dd b1t. They are Likely to Balabology and the locked account СтраницаОдин (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). Spicy (talk) 17:18, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- Moved case to Masckarpone, requested locks, closing. P.S. I suspect that Odd b1t is compromised based on the account age, but CU has nothing useful to say on that point. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:20, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
19 September 2024
[edit]Suspected sockpuppets
[edit]- Kesdsse (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Obvious block evasion. Sleeper Kesdsse created 11 June. Gamed autoconfirm with a dozen edits in June and July. Went to sleep, then woke up today and recreated Kumar Gaurav (entrepreneur), mainly in a single edit. Uploaded same copyrighted file as the last sock to recreate the article, User:Antonio Vinzaretti, at File:Kumar_Gaurav.jpg as "own work". Requesting checkuser for further sleepers. Wikishovel (talk) 10:51, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]- I'm not convinced this is Masckarpone - and haven't looked too deep into the history - but this is obviously promotion and probably UPE. There's also technical overlap with a UPE farm. Indeffing, closing. Vanamonde93 (talk) 19:14, 19 September 2024 (UTC)