CosmicEmperor (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

11 April 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

• Brown American (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Universal tiger (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• There could be other sockpuppets
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All of them seem to have similar editing specimens on the Talk:Bengali people. If someone has realized, CosmicEmperor is still not able to sign properly. Sometime he forgets to sign using hyphens as well as living a space, like Universal tiger does. Other strong evidences would be that Brown American wrote something in bengali in my talk page, then a personal attack here and a complain here, but all of these signatures were CosmicEmperor's one. However, CosmicEmperor removed Brown American's edits, by warning him as well, which may be good hand and band hand. CosmicEmperor could be blocked per WP:DUCKTEST, but a WP:CHK is necessary, even though they might change Ip addresses. 115ash^→(☏) 10:43, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please have a look at these similar edits, made by Universal tiger, made by CosmicEmperor. --115ash^→(☏) 12:24, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Brown American could be considered as related to CosmicEmperor, why both had to create their UTP with "--~~~~"[1] [2] and even the userpage of Brown American was similarly created.[3] I have given some time and I really don't see that there is any sock puppetry. It looks like Zordanlighter was trying to replicate CosmicEmperor because CosmicEmperor has targeted ZORDANLIGHTER. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 00:39, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

User:Aditya Kabir, User:Nafsadh, User:kmzayeem, User:Tanweer Morshed, User:Samudrakula, User:Aftabuzzaman, User:Happiest persoN and others, could anyone tell me what does this mean?. Google translates it as "Behold blocked. Tor FIG tears." 115ash^→(☏) 10:43, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

User:Vanjagenije, have you read carefully what I've written? --115ash^→(☏) 11:36, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

User:Vanjagenije, those are newly created accounts. --115ash^→(☏) 14:18, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

•  On hold - @115ash: Do you have any evidence connecting CosmicEmperor with the other two? Vanjagenije (talk) 10:57, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
•  On hold - @115ash: Yes, I have read what you've written. Please, do not change the status of the case unless you are a clerk or Checkuser. Two edits you cited ([4] and [5]) are just reverts, not "similar edits". Actually, you and Titodutta also made exact same edits ([6] and [7]). Are you two sockpuppets? Vanjagenije (talk) 13:57, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• @DoRD: Why exactly is Brown American blocked? Vanjagenije (talk) 14:25, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• These suspects are Undertrialryryr/ZORDANLIGHTER. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:50, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• @DoRD: CosmicEmperor previously used account LoverBoyInGarden (he admits that). He was already accused of being a sock of Undertrialryryr by Undertrialryryr himself (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/LoverBoyInGarden/Archive). Is it possible that 115ash is also Undertrialryryr? Vanjagenije (talk) 17:38, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• I have made a bunch of checks against Undertrialryryr's socks over the past several months, and I don't recall ever seeing 115ash. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:21, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

08 December 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

• The Avengers (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Galaxy Kid (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Conan The Barbarian (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• LoverBoyInGarden (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• 1.39.36.105 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 1.39.36.42 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 1.39.39.77 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 1.39.39.20 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

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CosmicEmperor was indeffed after possessing vandalism only accounts, trolling, creating attack pages and POV pushing. [8].

The Avengers first edits are not that of a newbie [9] and similar to that of CE. Avengers declared he was editing from other accounts and even IP [10] without disclosing the IP. There might be even more hidden overlap in the IP edits and possibly undeclared socks and sleepers. This is the main reason I have requested CU, otherwise I am mainly relying on behavioural connection as the master is stale. I'm not aware of recently blocked socks of CE.

I think the evidence in my report compiles enough for a behavioural WP:DUCK block against The Avengers, his alt accounts and ofcourse the admitted alt account of the master which was not blocked before.

Compelling evidence

• The Avenger has 47 crossovers with master

• Galaxy Kid, admittedly The Avengers, has 20 cross overs with CE

• In his unblock request, before his talkpage access was revoked, CE clearly demonstrated that he knew he could just come back after waiting for 3 months to evade CU. Diff: "And if anyone is thinking that i will come back after 3 months with a new account: You must know i like my username very much". With this in mind, The Avengers account was created roughly 3 months after CE's indef block [11].

• One of the last edits of CE before getting indeffed was creating redirects for the movie "The Avengers". The account title of the main accused in this SPI.

• CosmicEmperor heavily edited Hollywood and Indian film articles [12]. The Avengers also heavily edits film and actor articles of the film industries starting right away from his first 500 edits [13]

• CosmicEmperor used WP:Teahouse/Questions [14] for his queries. The Avengers frequents the same [15] [16].

• CE was making baseless accusations against me, Mar4d and Faizan [17] which were deleted, This IP has done the same [18] and its report was rejected right away. An IP from the same range [19] then acted in a similar way and was reported [20] at an SPI. The SPI was rejected because the accuser was a sockmaster himself and had chosen a blatantly wrong master apart from other flaws. However, it also does clearly accuse the IP and The Avengers for being socks of CE. Both IPs geolocate to the same region; West Bengal. CE apparently from his knowledge base is from the same [21]

• Human3015 and CE used to collaborate [22], The Avengers has returned to the same [23]. I do not believe Human3015 is a sock of CE, however, he was a friend of his and it only makes it more obvious that The Avenger seeks his collaboration and has such a wide overlap in his with him mostly in support.

• One of another main give aways. CE uses the word "unreliable reference" a lot [24] like The Avengers [25]. Generally users use RS or Not RS. Another similarity is an even more specific keyword "All unreliable".

• Avengers moved Baby (film) [26], CE requested protection for it [27].

• The main accused editor in this SPI, The Avengers, mainly uses the same tools such as twinkle, AWB etc as CE. The Avengers requested for AWB [28] [29]. CE requested for AWB [30]. More proof of twinkle and experienced edits by The Avengers [31] [32] [33]

• CE's additional area of interest: Indian food [34]. Conan The Barbarian, Avenger's declared alternate edits this topic area [35] possibly to avoid scrutiny on Avengers. Although Avenger's first meaningful edit was actually made on an Indian Food article [36] as well which also over laps with CE interests.

• POV comparison: [37] [38] [39] - no comment on the content, diffs are self explanatory.

• WP:DUCK Language similarity with the IP range in report. The Avengers used the word "very senior editor" and the IP used "Senior editor" in the respective diffs. All Wikipedians know, there are no seniors or juniors on wikipedia and all editors and sysops are considered equal. This language instead of using the word "long term editor" shows the incriminating, similar, misunderstanding on part of both, connecting The Avengers to the IP range independent of his connection to CE.

• CE and The Avengers both have customized signature which is very specifically similar although different in appearance. The first half of the username in the signature goes to the user page and the second goes to the talk page. Not likely to be done by a new user which Avenger is. This is apart from the fact that most users retain a "talk" link with a separate, clear indication of it inspite of customizing the username in some way.

• Both upload movie posters in the same area of interest [40] [41]. --lTopGunl (talk) 18:31, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Corroborative evidence

(This evidence is insignificant if each point is taken alone, but does significantly tell the similar traits of the two users in combination with the rest).

• Alternate account of The Avengers, "Galaxy Kid", is very similar in semantics to the sock master "CosmicEmperor".

• User accounts "Conan The Barbarian" and "The Avengers" both named after movies a topic area heavily overlapped by The Avengers and the master (CE).

• CE was obsessed with SPIs [42], so is The Avengers [43] [44] inspite of being a new editor. [45] [46]

• CE occasionally worked at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist [47] [48]. The Avengers has returned to the blacklist [49]. The black list is a specific and obscure Wikipedia space visited by regulars, in corroboration with all the other evidence, I can not assume good faith that he just got there on his own regardless of the fact work both accounts were doing there was reporting actual spam.

• CE [50] and The Avengers [51] added the category "Male Wikipedians" on their user pages. This is the sole category these two user pages are in. While it is not an evidence in itself, not many add such categories to their userpages and hence can be used in combination with other evidence.

• CE used a userpage pic [52], The Avengers does too [53]. Both do it with customized size.

• CE created a sandbox with laundry list of evidence which was deleted at MFD [54] for holding baseless accusations against me, Mar4d and a few other editors. He created talkpage of the same [55], not many create talkpage of sandboxes. The Avengers has created a talkpage of his sandbox as well [56].

• Occasional lack of capitalization of the letter "i" when used for reflexive [57] is similar editing style to that of the master [58]. --lTopGunl (talk) 18:31, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Context for other accounts

• admitted old account of CE, skipped blocked upon his indef

• in support that the above account clearly belongs to CE

• "Alternate account" Galaxy Kid of User:The Avengers, created on Nov 3, was declared on Nov 25, roughly around the time The Avengers reported Mar4d at ANI and SPI possibly to avoid getting blocked incase a CU was run on him as well. [59]

• "Alternate account" Conan The Barbarian of User:The Avengers, created on Oct 9, was declared on Nov 19, roughly around the time The Avengers reported Mar4d at ANI and SPI possibly to avoid getting blocked incase a CU was run on him as well. [60]

• IP behaviour is already explained above. I found two more IPs obviously the same persona and the same range: [61] [62]. I'm not sure if all these IPs are being used by the socks or a different range, but behaviourally they are connected. The IPs and The Avengers frequent NA122 SPI.

• I filed an SPI against CE back in July for WP:DUCK behaviour. The socks were blocked as DUCK of CE. I'm not sure why this was merged with a different master by Callanecc inspite of being WP:DUCK [63]. I suspect some overlap with this other sockfarm as well but not sure. lTopGunl (talk) 16:38, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Replies

• Human, this report is not against you and not defaming you at all. Any sane person can see that. I am an established editor and your accusation of SPA is contrary to common sense. Anyway, I trust that the patrolling administrator can judge my comments pretty well. I'm not going to indulge you anymore here. Striking as Vanjagenije removed Human3015's comment. --lTopGunl (talk) 20:36, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• The Avengers, Nov 12 is not much far from Nov 25 either if you make that claim; moreover, I'm talking about the declarations on wikipedia that show on those accounts. No body checks meta, IMO. In anycase, I have never interacted with you before but I have interacted with CE and so I can safely say I base my evidence on that without any prejudice to you unlike your claim. I will wait for an admin comment on the behavioural match on which my comments are based and not specific incidents alone. NA was a disruptive editor which is why that report was outright rejected in addition to being baseless... I'm giving this evidence based on my own analysis and diffs. Your replies mostly constitute unrelated WP:SOUP about what movies you watch or your username semantics, your tit for tat accusations of CABAL / bad faith and do not even address my allegation of striking similarities between your account and CE such as similar usernames, strikingly similar fileuploads, your and his connection to the IP from Bengal, returning to very specific topic areas and even very specific obscure wikipedia pages listed above. The remaining questions / comments you have put up not even remotely refute anything and are blatant masked man fallacies. Your belief that CE showed a certain behaviour which you did not (or did not show this time, as per my perspective) proves nothing. I will not add to your such comments with any reply any longer than I already am leaving as I feel my evidence is still enough and will let the reviewing admin decide for himself. Pinging Mike V and Beeblebrox who have dealt with the master's indef. --lTopGunl (talk) 14:06, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Kautilya3, I am also waiting for an admin to review the case but I guess there's a backlog at SPI and it will take some time. I think there is significant evidence present, an admin should analyze it. WP:Wall of text is often used to avoid scrutiny and this is the reason I am not expanding my comment or replying further. I hope some admin will take some time to go through the actual evidence and ignore the WP:TLDR comments. Nothing much we can do until that point except for requesting The Avengers to wait for an admin now that he's made his defence comments. --lTopGunl (talk) 19:22, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Given the CU results, this really can't be a co-incidence of geolocation / ISP match and so many behaviour similarities (even behaviour alone is enough, but I suppose this just adds to the evidence). If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. --lTopGunl (talk) 20:22, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Mike V, The Avengers appears to be admin shopping via email after you CU'd him [64] [65] [66] [67]. I'm not sure whether these emails are about his own IPs or something else but if they do not out him, the details need to be discussed on this case page for transparency. He is also showing clear WP:BATTLE and WP:WIN mentality by gloating [68] on my talkpage over another SPI which has nothing to do with this case, me or The Avengers. It also appears that he knows he's going to get blocked and hence such disruptive behaviour not limited to WP:POINT addition of satire right below as 'latest evidence". He also recently dropped a message to another, blocked, sockmaster (Darkness Shines) who Cosmic Emperor was interacting in the last few messages [69] [70]. And this is done in a tone which clearly shows The Avengers "knows" this person inspite of being an account that was created *after* Darkness Shines was blocked. --lTopGunl (talk) 16:15, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Latest evidence

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. --The Avengers 02:55, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Reply from The Avengers

• Declared Conan The Barbarian on 16 October 2015, much before 25th November, and when I didn't create the Galaxy Kid account:

• Declared on November 12, not November 25 on French and Italian Wikipedia: [71][72]

• 15 November in Meta: [73]

• This comment is made with extreme prejudice: User accounts "Conan The Barbarian" and "The Avengers" both named after movies a topic area heavily overlapped by The Avengers and the master (CE) . TopGun himself named his user name after the movie Top Gun.

• CosmicEmperor used WP:Teahouse/Questions [7] for his queries. The Avengers frequents the same [8] [9]. Asking questions in teahouse is socking?

• If the tools are working properly, then the result shows CosmicEmperor has zero edits in Avengers Assemble (TV series), Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Barbarian (1982 film), Conan the Barbarian (2011 film), Conan the Barbarian (disambiguation), The Avengers (2012 film), Avengers (comics), The Avengers, List of Avengers members, The Avengers (TV series). This could be more than enough.

• POV comparison: [30] [31] [32] - no comment on the content, diffs are self explanatory. Diffs are not self explanatory. On 17 October i requested page protection for Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2. Above my request there was Kautilya3's request Kashmir conflict-Temporary semi-protection. I noticed his request and this is where the story began and i reverted the IP. Later on that sockmaster filed an SPI against me, Kautilya3, Shrikanthv, Ghatus.

• Human3015 and CE used to collaborate [15], The Avengers has returned to the same [16]. I do not believe Human3015 is a sock of CE, however, he was a friend of his and it only makes it more obvious that The Avenger seeks his collaboration and has such a wide overlap in his with him mostly in support.

• I commented on Shrikanthv's talk page about a bogus SPI case. After few minutes Human3015 commented there.
• I filed ANI against Mar4d, Human3015 came there to comment.
• I didn't vote keep at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adarsh Liberal (2nd nomination). The article was created by Human3015. I commented against a blatant case of socking.
• Human3015 created an unrelated user page. I reverted Human3015's edits.
• User talk:Salmanmdkhan Even here I reverted Human3015's edits and he reverted my edits. Check the talk page.
• We commented here Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/LanguageXpert as the sockmaster targeted both of us.
• I requested page move in Talk:Bangalore. Human, who probably has Indian articles on his watchlist voted.
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Afghan Jalebi (Ya Baba) (2nd nomination) I voted redirect not keep.
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Casualties of the 2008 Mumbai attacks That was my own opinion. There are many AFDs where I commented and Human3015 didn't comment. TopGun is trying to misrepresent my edits.

• CE used a userpage pic [45], The Avengers does too [46]. Both do it with customized size. Having large picture on user page is very common. Your CE created many designs before user page pic. It's unlikely that you overlooked it. I checked his user pages' revision history. You conveniently picked differences according to your game-plan. And everyone will customize size when the pictures have very large dimensions that won't fit on the screen. Three months ago I noticed that on the user page of a Russian Wikipedian. Here are a few samples for you-- User:Euryalus, User:Mark Arsten, User:Drmies, User:Gilliam, User:Viriditas, User:Sarah, User:Wizardman, User:JarrahTree, User:NE2, User:GoodDay, User:Nishkid64, User:ÄDA - DÄP, User:Shyamal, User:Tabercil, User:Ohconfucius, User:Calliopejen1.

• The Avengers belongs to Marvel comics . Guardians of the Galaxy inspired Galaxy Kid. The Guardians of the Galaxy are a fictional space-faring superhero team that appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics

• The Avenger has 47 crossovers with master. His powerful crossover list include User talk pages, WP:AN, WP:RFPP, WP:ANI, WP:AIV, WP:MFD, WP:RSN, Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics. The crossover will increase, if i edit more and more. I will have crossover with hundreds of other editors. I never commented on Titodutta's talk page. Titodutta created the page Gomolo. I nominated the page for deletion clicking XFD. The box Notify page creator if possible was marked checked. Twinkle left an automated AFD notice on Titodutta's talk page with my signature.

• returning to very specific topic areas and even very specific obscure wikipedia pages. You must mention those specific obscure Wikipedia pages.

• Both upload movie posters in the same area of interest. Did you check the details of those files uploaded by CE? Those files are used in Bengali novels, Murgh Musallam and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. You are providing fake evidence for your personal reasons and must be blocked for disruptive editing.

• strikingly similar fileuploads. Explain how are they strikingly similar.

• CE [43] and The Avengers [44] added the category "Male Wikipedians" on their user pages. This is the sole category these two user pages are in. TopGun stating "sole category" to falsify evidence as cosmic added Category:Wikipedians who read The Adventures of Tintin, Category:Wikipedians who read fantasy, Category:Wikipedians interested in Indiana Jones, Category:Wikipedians interested in anime and manga with HotCat.

not many add such categories to their userpages. Category:Male Wikipedians is one of the most popular user page category in Wikipedia.

• CE's previous signature retained "talk" link with separate clear indication. My signature is completely divergent from CE's all signatures . TopGun's and Mar4d's signature are far more similar. The pot calling the kettle black

• TopGun can ask administrators in meta. When a user creates user page in meta, then his every Wikipedia page will show the copy paste version of the meta Wikipedia user page, when the user page is not created.

• CE was obsessed with creating food articles. I did edit Palak paneer which I eat. The article is in the Category:Indian cuisine stubs. I edited some articles listed in this category. After few edits i got bored with food articles. Cosmic rarely edited classic Bollywood movies. I have interest in latest Hollywood movies. cosmic made many proposals in Wikipedia:Village pump. He created some Bengali fiction articles. Along with that, he had interest in communal riots articles. I will continue editing movie articles.

• Only administrators can see the page revision history before the dates of the deletion log of The Avengers, Galaxy Kid and Conan The Barbarian.

• I dare TopGun to connect those above mentioned IPs with me. I never experienced CU run before. I want to experience it.

• I will upload pictures under Fair Use. Many pictures from old Bollywood movies are not clear. I will upload pictures from any topic i have interest.

• CosmicEmperor heavily edited Hollywood and Indian film articles [5]. The Avengers also heavily edits film and actor articles of the film industries starting right away from his first 500 edits What's the point? Should I wait for my first 5000 edits?

Avengers moved Baby (film) [19], CE requested protection for it [20].If i edit movie articles, it's obvious that a Bollywood movie released in 2015 will overlap with editors active in Indian entertainment topics. TopGun creating it as a separate evidence from CosmicEmperor heavily edited Hollywood and Indian film articles [5]. The Avengers also heavily edits film and actor articles of the film industries starting right away from his first 500 edits is really bad. Baby (2015 Hindi film) was banned in Pakistan ^[1] as the main antagonists in the movie are Pakistani terrorists and ISI agents. Explains why TopGun is stating it separately. For one week he is stuck with this SPI acting as a single purpose account to take revenge for Mar4d's block. TopGun might be trying to increase the number of evidence

• CE occasionally worked at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist [40] [41]. The Avengers has returned to the blacklist [42]. The black list is a specific and obscure Wikipedia space visited by regulars, in corroboration with all the other evidence, I can not assume good faith that he just got there on his own regardless of the fact work both accounts were doing there was reporting actual spam. Ravensfire directed me to visit MediaWiki spam black list. Need any more proof?

• The Avengers has created a talkpage of his sandbox as well [49]. That was test edit to insert the special character "Á" which is not "A". Why are you poking your nose about what I do with my sandbox?

• One of the last edits of CE before getting indeffed was creating redirects for the movie "The Avengers". The account title of the main accused in this SPI. The redirect was directed at Avengers: Age of Ultron not The Avengers.

• Many users ask for permission to use AutoWikiBrowser Some requests are marked "done" by administrators, many requests are marked "not done".

• I was warned through Email by two editors that as i played major role for the block of Mar4d, his friend TopGun will come and attack me. Administrators should find out, whether Mar4d and TopGun are friends.

• The password was not working for The Avengers account. I used my registered E-Mail to reset my password. A blocked user came to my talk page addressing me as "The average" instead of "The Avengers". That was very irritating. I never expected that a superhero team "The Avengers" will be addressed as The average. I believed my username "The Avengers" was very popular. At that moment i temporarily left the Avengers account and created the Galaxy Kid account.

• If IP users can get involved in SPI and open SPI cases, then I am not restricted to edit, improve any article or page that was previously edited by CosmicEmperor. --The Avengers 15:19, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Other users

• It looks this to-and-fro will never end. Can somebody close this please? I don't think there is any substance in the accusations. - Kautilya3 (talk) 19:04, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

•  Clerk declined - The user behind those three accounts declared that those are his accounts. CosmicEmperor is stale, so there is nothing to check. Vanjagenije (talk) 22:12, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Looking at what limited information I have in the checkuser logs, I can only say that it's  Possible. The accounts geolocate to the same location and use the same ISP as CosmicEmperor. Any blocks will need to be based upon behavior. Mike V • Talk 19:49, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• In an OTRS ticket, The Avengers confirmed he is CosmicEmperor. (Ticket:2015121810008391, Oversight Queue) I've blocked the accounts accordingly.  No comment with respect to IP address(es). Mike V • Talk 22:45, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• The listed IPs are barely active at all (the only recent edit was quickly reverted gibberish vandalism, so I'm closing this case as resolved. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 17:51, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

31 March 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

• Greek Legend (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Last sock of CosmicEmperor was blocked in December 2015, Greek Legend was created in February 2016 two months after the block, this newest sock is trying his best to distinguish himself from the previous ones, just an attempt not to get blocked ever again as you can see him instructing another user in this diff. He did not leave much evidence. Also, only one month of age from February to March, he knows awful lot about Wikipedia policies and editing, he knows about delsorting, ANIs, SPIs, AFDs.

Behavioral evidence

• Misses the space before signatures: CosmicEmperor (diff 1), (diff 2), (diff 3), (diff 4), (diff 5), The Avengers (diff 1), (diff 2), (diff 3), Greek Legend (diff 1), (diff 2)
• Moved user or tried to move: CosmicEmperor (Frost The World --> CosmicEmperor), The Avengers (The Avengers --> Tarzán2000 or Tarzán), Greek Legend (Captain Spark --> Greek Legend)
• Reads comics: CosmicEmperor (diff), The Avengers (diff), Greek Legend (Visible in the diff), (diff)
• Identifies as male: CosmicEmperor (diff), The Avengers (diff 1), (diff 2), Greek Legend (diff)
• Supports/reads The Avengers: The Avengers (diff), Greek Legend (diff)
• User picture: CosmicEmperor (diff), Greek Legend (diff)
• Uploads similar comic posters: CosmicEmperor (diff), Greek Legend (diff)
• Close interaction with same users -- JamesBWatson, Kautilya3, Cyphoidbomb: CosmicEmperor (diff), The Avengers (diff), Galaxy Kid (diff)
• Interaction with Human3015: CosmicEmperor (71 pages), The Avengers (65 pages), Galaxy Kid (62 pages), Greek Legend (20 pages, well he is just kicking off, this interaction will increase with time) Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 19:31, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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@Mike V: That's the best I could manage at this point. I am pretty sure it's same user. He is very careful this time, avoiding editing same pages but technically he should be under a block and should not be editing. How about running a CU on the master to see if he created any other user accounts. I have listed six or seven traits that he matches with the master and two other puppets. If we let him go, he will be more careful in the future and we will never nab him. Also look at my record here, I have over 87% success rate in identifying them and that percentage is at stake if CU does not come out positive. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 01:24, 1 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Greek Legend so he can defend himself here. MBlaze Lightning -talk! 08:55, 1 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• @Mike V: & other CheckUser: If you can go ahead with the CU with already present evidence then please go ahead and do it because there enough WP:DUCK about this user and as of my history of successfully busting sock-puppets, i do not open such requests unless i have a reason to believe that the users are connected. He has exactly same interests but he is just trying to avoid editing same pages, if you can see, his first edit was on Bhokal, an Indian comic character, CosmicEmperor and The Avengers had interest in comics including Indian/Bengali comics. If you are going to decline despite existing evidence then please hold as I will look for more evidence, see if I find anymore bits and pieces. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 13:01, 1 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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@SheriffIsInTown: I need to see more of a behavioral overlap before I can consider a check. Also, please note that the intersection tool is only a starting point for finding evidence; it's not evidence in itself. It's meant to help identify similar areas of focus. From there you can find specific diffs that show similarities. It's possible that your right, I just need to see a stronger connection before I can proceed. Mike V • Talk 21:15, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@SheriffIsInTown:To help speed things along, I went ahead and compiled similar edits that I found through the Editor Interaction Analyser. Here's some of the similar behaviors that I noted:

Both Greek Legend and The Avengers have listed user pages for deletion using twinkle. The rationales provided in all the cases have been abrupt sentences with only a few words. (Greek Legend: Fake article. fake article. This userpage is like a non-English article. The Avengers: Promotional talk page. The userpage is promotional.) Both requests for the rollback permission demonstrate similar consistencies of a non-native speaker. The Avengers: I have reverted many vandalism and BLP violations, along with filing SPI and RFPP requests. Greek Legend: Though I have made a few vandalism revert, I know what is vandalism. I have checked contributions of some administrators who block users indefinitely for vandalism. I have checked the contributions of those users who are either given level 4 warning or blocked indefinitely for vandalism. I can easily distinguish between positive edit and vandalism. I want to to use Huggle and Stiki. I am not going to misuse these tools. And I won't make any mistake with the warnings. Both users have asked for assistance in a similar manner at the Help Desk. (Greek Legend, The Avengers: 1 2, 3) (Also note the similarity in the syntax.) Both accounts have requested assistance from Cyphoidbomb in the form of a sentence. (Greek Legend: The user User talk:Vnujadhav blocked by you gave a barnstar to User:Vinjadhav The Avengers: There is a spammer adding "Komail Shayan"in upcoming movies., Give your views)

Using this information, I am more comfortable running a check against the accounts. Having done so, I found that Jackie Chan strikes (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) and Greek Legend (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) are  Confirmed to The Avengers (talk · contribs). Mike V • Talk 17:40, 1 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

17 May 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

• 223.176.4.173 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 223.231.8.97 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 223.176.12.37 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 223.176.12.235 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 223.176.7.33 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 223.176.14.209 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 223.176.0.231 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

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CosmicEmperor habitually propagates nationalistic and divisive agenda on wikipedia and he can see editors only as those who want to edit in favour of Pakistan and those who want to edit in favour of India and this in itself is a POV problem in addition to socking, trolling and baseless accusations.

• The IP 223.231.8.97 suggests another user to go to teahouse for all advice [74], previous CE socks and the master account have been noted in SPI archives to use teahouse [75] [76] [77].
• Speculating on POV and socking similar to CE [78]
• Baseless accusations of socking against established users (in this case me, which in itself is hounding) [79], from CE: [80].
• CE's sock, The Avengers, was one of the main editors who participated in and presented evidence in Acejet/Lyk4/Mar4d SPI [81], the IP sock is clearly demonstrating of being the same [82], however, with speculations against uninvolved users like me and others.

As per SPI archives, CE said he would sock again to get even with editors who filed his SPI and it appears this is his method of trolling (infact same modus operandi as before). A quick request on some admin who had dealt with him before would have achieved a block too but I want his IPs noted in the SPI archive for future reference as per his open remarks and intentions of socking again and again. lTopGunl (talk) 15:59, 17 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Comment: Same instructional, know-it-all and trolling behavior from these IPs as is shown by Greek Legend in this diff

diffs of similar WP:DUCK behavior as shown by CE and his socks

• 223.176.4.173
• 223.231.8.97 Showing know-it-all to ArghyaIndian about policies and how to check, how many people are watching userpages
• 223.176.12.37 Telling and instructing ArghyaIndian about an SPI which was filed by him prematurely
• 223.176.12.235 Showing that he knows about history of a lot of users, how they were restricted to 1RR, shows that the IPs are keeping tab on all users who possibly had conflicts with CE and his socks in the past
• 223.176.7.33 Showing concern for his friend KnightWarrior25 so he should not give a bad impression
• 223.176.14.209 In these three edits you can see him showing know-it-all and lecturing the admins about policies and you can see SQL noting that behavior in this edit
• 223.176.0.231 Here, in these three edits, you can see him casting aspersions regarding an AE again about same editors involved

The way he changes the IPs, a range block for 223* would be more appropriate. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 02:01, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• I've anon blocked 223.176.0.0/16 for one week. Mike V • Talk 15:04, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

25 June 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

• X_Swordmaster (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• X Swordsman (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Master has been filing frivolous SPIs against me and other regulars who have been keeping his socking in check. See this SPI filed by a behaviourally confirmed IP range of the master for instance. X Swordmaster's only purpose on wikipedia, a similar frivolous SPI concludes it as a sock of CE for me. Method of presenting so called evidence bullet wise is same as the master. Given that his last SPI was around 3 months ago, the comeback also coincides with the Master's announcement / demonstration in his unblock request, before his talkpage access was revoked, that he knew he could just come back after waiting for 3 months to evade CU - a tactic he has been proven to have tried before and caught behaviorally and in the OTRS per previous SPIs. lTopGunl (talk) 18:24, 25 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I have added User:X Swordsman in the socks list. Though ip data may be stale but this socks edits are worth comparing. Created on 1st July 2015 a few days after master account was blocked indef(24 June 2015). Like CE's previous socks X Swordsman is keen to ask questions at Teahouse (1, 2, 3, 4). Another edit that gives away this sock's interest in Indo-Pak topic area like the previous socks is: First an IP sock posted at AN about edit war in India-Pakistan topic area. This sock notified Sitush about this discussion. Its difficult to imagine a three days old user at Wiki following AN threads related to a particular topic area. --SMS ^Talk 11:55, 26 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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X Swordmaster says they edited under X Swordsman. Whether it's true is a different issue, but there's no "may be" about the staleness of X Swordsman.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:11, 26 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ponyo has blocked the two accounts as sock puppets of Undertrialryryr (talk · contribs · count). Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:20, 27 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

15 September 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

• Marvellous Spider-Man (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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I have added more evidence now, please do not remove the request without evaluating the evidence. Requesting the CU as CosmicEmperor normally have multiple socks active at the same time.

Behavioral evidence

• Heavy use of Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions, CosmicEmperor and all his socks used Teahouse heavily: Comparison between last known sock Greek Legend and Marvellous show equal use of teahouse
• In his first few edits at Teahouse, Greek Legend and Marvellous ask the same question under the same section heading: Greek Legend (diff), Marvellous Spider-Man (diff)
• Cosmic Emperor and almost all of his socks renamed their user account or signed differently: CosmicEmperor formerly LoverBoyInGarden, Greek Legend formerly as Captain Spark, Marvellous Spider-Man formerly as Rainbow Archer, The Avengers formerly Tarzán2000
• Misses the space before signatures: CosmicEmperor (diff 1), (diff 2), (diff 3), (diff 4), (diff 5), The Avengers (diff 1), (diff 2), (diff 3), Greek Legend (diff 1), (diff 2), Marvellous Spider-Man (diff)
• Heavy interest in Comics and Marvel characters and most of his socks are named after Comics or Marvel character as is Marvellous Spider-Man, the names he alternatively signs are also named after them, examples: The Avengers, Captain Spark, Greek Legend, Marvellous Spider-Man etc etc
• Almost all of his socks have been active on Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion: Comparison between three of them
• Interaction with Human3015: CosmicEmperor (71 pages), The Avengers (65 pages), Galaxy Kid (62 pages), Marvellous Spider-Man (47 pages)
• Most of his socks requested rollback permissions: The Avengers (diff), Greek Legend (diff), Marvellous Spider-Man (diff)

In last SPI against Greek Legend, User:Mike V added some evidence, I am adding the evidence along those lines below, see how Marvellous Spider-Man compares

• Greek Legend, The Avengers and Marvellous Spider-Man have listed user pages for deletion using twinkle. The rationales provided in all the cases have been abrupt sentences with only a few words. (Greek Legend: Fake article. fake article. This userpage is like a non-English article. The Avengers: Promotional talk page. The userpage is promotional. Marvellous Spider-Man: Wrong place. I don't have time for the subject anymore.)
• All requests for the rollback permission demonstrate similar consistencies of a non-native speaker. (notice the mention of Huggle and STiki by both Greek Legend and Marvellous Spider-Man) The Avengers: I have reverted many vandalism and BLP violations, along with filing SPI and RFPP requests. Greek Legend: Though I have made a few vandalism revert, I know what is vandalism. I have checked contributions of some administrators who block users indefinitely for vandalism. I have checked the contributions of those users who are either given level 4 warning or blocked indefinitely for vandalism. I can easily distinguish between positive edit and vandalism. I want to to use Huggle and Stiki. I am not going to misuse these tools. And I won't make any mistake with the warnings. Marvellous Spider-Man: I am fighting persistent vandalism in Wikipedia with Twinkle. I would like the rollback right so that I can continue fighting vandalism, section blanking, addition of defamatory materials, as well as having access to advanced semi-automated tools like Huggle and STiki.
• All accounts have requested assistance in the form of a sentence. (Greek Legend: The user User talk:Vnujadhav blocked by you gave a barnstar to User:Vinjadhav The Avengers: There is a spammer adding "Komail Shayan"in upcoming movies., Give your views Marvellous Spider-Man: I am not able to use this with proper ways in this page "Kayla Day", I used refill on a page. The page was added to my watchlist. I removed it from my watchlist. I don't want that all pages for which I use Refill to fix bare URLs, to be added to my watchlist.) Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 21:01, 15 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• CosmicEmperor and Marvellous Spider-Man are not the same person. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:10, 15 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

16 September 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

• 1.39.38.185 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• 1.39.36.95 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Same IP range and single purpose behaviour / trolling and reporting of established editors. This IP belongs to the master which has been demonstrated here: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/CosmicEmperor/Archive#08_December 2015. The Sock master had a habit of accusing all established editors in a topic area to be socks of the same person which was trashed at SPI as well as reported in his own SPI. lTopGunl (talk) 15:19, 16 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• The sock just filed a blatant copy of a rejected SPI against me (he just copied it from archive now that I see it). I've reverted it as it was an edit by a blocked evading editor and am reporting it here. The user is known to jump IPs as visible in his previous SPIs. --lTopGunl (talk) 15:23, 16 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Added 1.39.36.95 to the list. As I said (and know), they hop IPs. --lTopGunl (talk) 16:29, 16 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• IPs blocked for 3 days. Mike V • Talk 23:29, 17 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

10 October 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

• Fatima Begum from downtown (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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There is a slow edit war continuing on Separatist movements of Pakistan for about a month that has seen participation from a number of anon and SPA editors. This SPA's single edit is in a topic area that has seen edits from a number of CE's socks lately. Fatima Begum from downtown came out of the blue to do a revert at this article similar to what 117.248.136.44, 117.248.136.18 and 137.59.159.179 have also done. Now all of these IPs geolocate to the same location as CE's suggested location pointed in earlier cases. Requesting CU for a sleeper check. -- SMS ^Talk 03:03, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Fatima Begum from downtown is technically  Possible to CosmicEmperor. To connect the account to CE purely because they may use the same IP ranges is insufficient. There needs to be behavioral diffs comparing Fatima to previously blocked named accounts, and in this instance that would be very hard given that Fatima has made only one edit. The amount of activity on these ranges is significant and the number of blocked socks on these ranges is proportionally substantial. Yet, most of those socks are CU-blocked without tags, including several by me, because of the inability to connect them persuasively to a specific master. I have done the same thing with Fatima, i.e., blocked without a tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:24, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Sounds good. Suspected sock is blocked, closing. GAB^gab 22:39, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

20 October 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

• Digitalravan Namas (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Did the same edit as Fatima Begum from downtown. Now Fatima Begum from downtown was not confirmed as CE, but since that case was also logged here so for the sake of keeping all the possible/similar cases together filing it here. Not sure CU would be useful here or not. -- SMS ^Talk 14:32, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Noting that the account is also reported under Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Digitalravan which seems more correct, if proven User:Fatima Begum from downtown can go there as well. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 17:10, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Ivanvector: Or, could it be that several sock masters belong to the same person, could it be that Digitalravan group is same as CE group? For example if there are clear and direct IP matches then I do not think technical data can be wrong. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 20:42, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 Clerk note: this account's behaviour doesn't match Digitalravan at all, despite username similarity. The account removed the sock tags from socks of Itsmukeshhere, but also doesn't seem to be related to that case. However, it is almost certainly the same user as Fatima Begum from downtown. Please block without tags. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 18:31, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked, not tagged. Nthep (talk) 19:12, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, case closed. Responding to Smsarmad's comment above: as I understand it there are several sockmasters operating within a similar IP range, along with several unrelated users, so in these cases technical data is not of much use without better behavioural evidence. Since we can already show by behaviour that this account is the same as another blocked account, we can block it, so there's no real benefit to running CU here. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 20:14, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

04 November 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

• Sultan's Assassin (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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A new user who straight away comes to another SPI, knows sock history of LanguageXpert. Previously also CE's sock has filed /commented on SPI cases against LX (1 , 2). Besides CE's sock used to quote the text same way Sultan's Assassin do. Requesting CU on two counts, first for sleeper check, secondly there were a number of suspected CE socks blocked without tags recently because they edited from high traffic IP range with a number of banned editors. Since this user has a stronger behavior match than the previous ones, CU may be helpful in determining which set of the recently blocked socks were CE's. -- SMS ^Talk 06:41, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• I blocked this account as a suspected sock of Sidhartha Vijaya (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) based on findings at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/LanguageXpert/Archive#12 October 2016. Will leave it to the judgment of CU/clerk to see if anything (else) needs to be done before closing. —SpacemanSpiff 12:24, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• The technical situation for CE is a real dumpster fire, thanks to many overlapping masters. Furthermore, I don't believe that CU is necessary to conduct a sleeper check, as per the technical mess and the absence of a history of sleepers. At the end of the day, the socks are blocked, no matter to whom they belong. Of course, another clerk may beg to differ here, but I am closing for now. GAB^gab 15:38, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

18 October 2016

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As below. GAB^gab 15:24, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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(Moved from Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sidhartha Vijaya) GAB^gab 15:24, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• The following accounts are  Confirmed to each other:
  • Indian panther (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Martian Manhunter xyz (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• They are also confirmed to Harpoon Trigger (talk · contribs · count), for example. I've blocked the unblocked account without a tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:18, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
•  On hold - This should be probably merged into Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/LanguageXpert, but I'm putting on hold until the other case is resolved. Vanjagenije (talk) 21:59, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• This has nothing to do with LanguageXpert. Removed the hold.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:02, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Bbb23: I'm a bit confused. On that SPI, you confirmed Touristerman returns to Sidhartha Vijaya "and other blocked socks." Who would they be socks of? I understand the tagging situation for group 1, but I'm not quite there on group 2. Thanks, GAB^gab 00:20, 19 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • @GeneralizationsAreBad: The only reason you're confused is because it's confusing. You have two choices. You can simply not tag them, which in this instance is perfectly acceptable, or you can collect all the accounts that have been confirmed to each other, figure out who is the oldest, start a new case with that account, tag them, and close it. If you're a glutton for punishment and have nothing better to do, I'd do the latter. --Bbb23 (talk) 00:44, 19 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • I may be a glutton, but certainly not for punishment. I've tagged group 1 and will leave group 2 be for now, since there's clearly an older master I'm unaware of. Is that alright? GAB^gab 00:48, 19 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
        • @GeneralizationsAreBad: sorry to butt in, I just noticed you changing some of the tags on accounts I had already tagged from the LanguageXpert case, and ended up here. Indian panther and Harpoon Trigger are CU-confirmed but not to any particular master, but Harpoon Trigger is also linked to an account linked to CosmicEmperor (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) by admission. Confusingly, that was also a finding from the LanguageXpert case; see [83]. I think this should be merged to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/CosmicEmperor. As far as group 2 I have no idea, but Touristerman returns was also reported at LanguageXpert. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 02:26, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

•  Clerk note: @Ivanvector: Sorry if I mangled the tagging - I half-expected that would be the case. How would you like me to adjust them? GAB^gab 03:21, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ivanvector: Is there any particular way you would like me to tag? Regards, GAB^gab 02:43, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• @GeneralizationsAreBad: sorry, I seem to have missed your first ping. I re-tagged the first group as CosmicEmperor based on CU link to Harpoon Trigger and earlier findings. Group 2 is also previously confirmed via Touristerman returns to Sidhartha Vijaya (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), which is the oldest account of that group. You could separate out the group 1 socks and re-file at the CosmicEmperor SPI, and also make a new case page (or move this one) for group 2. Or you could take Bbb23's advice and just leave it be. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 13:36, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

•  Done. GAB^gab 15:24, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

11 August 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

• Marvellous Spider-Man (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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• In his first few edits at Teahouse, Greek Legend and Marvellous ask the same question under the same section heading: Greek Legend (diff), Marvellous Spider-Man (diff)
• Cosmic Emperor and almost all of his socks renamed their user account or signed differently: CosmicEmperor formerly LoverBoyInGarden, Greek Legend formerly as Captain Spark, Marvellous Spider-Man formerly as Rainbow Archer, The Avengers formerly Tarzán2000

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I want to use TW(Twinkle) Rainbow Archer (talk) 09:04, 27 June 2016 (UTC) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=727193646

I want to upload a movie poster. Galaxy Kid (talk) 04:23, 4 November 2015 (UTC) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=688973824

Tayi Arajakate collected the evidence. --Набудани таваҷҷӯҳ (talk) 10:11, 11 August 2021 (UTC) Набудани таваҷҷӯҳ (talk) 10:11, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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• The suspected sock hasn't edited in 3 years, and for users with this many edits, assessments are often complex. I'll close this for now, please re-report if they resume editing. Thanks. --Blablubbs (talk) 10:39, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

27 September 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

• Marvel Lords (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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After seeing this ANI report, I came to this conclusion.

"Marvel Lords" is related to Comics.[84] This sockmaster was always interested in comics.[85][86]

Asks questions on Desk,[87][88] and Tea House[89][90] to look like a newbie.

Asks questions on Reference_Desk/Humanities,[91][92] as his first edit. I compared Marvel Lords with Rocketracoon456789 here who was sock of this sockmaster per CU comments here.

Ping Girth Summit and Extorc for their knowledge.

Since this sockmaster is an LTA, I am sure there are CU logs for this user. Yoonadue (talk) 16:51, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Good shout Yoonadue. I was willing to AGF, but sometimes we need people with long memories! Marvel Lords is a match for the data in the CU logs for previous socks, and behaviourally there can be little doubt. Blocking and tagging, closing. Girth Summit _(blether) 17:57, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]