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The user Satt 2 was indefinitely banned on 8 January 2010. I found this user in the talk page archives of Talk:Georgia (country). This user appeared to have a determined agenda to place Georgia in Europe and purge it from any relation with Asia. Satt 2's edits are in Georgian related articles and boxes on his user page state that he enjoys Classical music including Bach and Handel [1]. Satt 2 was banned for uploading non-free (Georgian related) images.
The user Polgraf appeared on 16 January 2010 (eight days after Satt 2 was banned). Polgraf's edits are in Georgian related articles and his user page has the same boxes stating that he enjoys Classical music including Bach and Handel [2], and Polgraf has the same agenda as Satt 2 regarding Georgia and Europe. Polgraf also uploads non-free (Georgian related) images.
The IP 69.142.134.249 appeared recently with the same POV mission regarding Georgia and Europe. Polgraf added a 'warning' to the IP's talk page but they are both working for a common goal on Talk:Georgia (country) and especially Talk:Western Asia. EmirKaraman (talk) 09:19, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
In what looks like evasive maneuvering after spotting this report, Polgraf is repeating some of the IP's edits [3] and left this message on the IP's talk page [4], following which the IP claims to have registered Hendrikestonian (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Polgraf jumped in at Talk:Western Asia to carry on the IP's line of argument, just as he had done at Talk:Georgia (country). EmirKaraman (talk) 15:52, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Ahh now the quacking is deafening. Polgraf has posted an Estonian comment on User talk:Hendrikestonian [5] which Google translates as "Good work chum! : -) This website is full of idiots like EmirKaraman."
When I made this report I was certain that Polgraf was Satt 2 but only 90% that Polgraf was the IP, I am now certain of both. EmirKaraman (talk) 17:07, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
I've just checked the User compare report and it really is unequivocal. Polgraf and the IP both edited Georgian mythology (a very rarely edited article [6]), and just 3 minutes apart from each other [7] [8]. At the bottom of the list, Polgraf and Satt 2 both edited Zakaria Paliashvili, a considerably obscure article, and in actual fact, Polgraf and Satt 2 both moved Zakaria Paliashvili to Zachary Paliashvili [9] [10]. Polgraf and the IP both edited Georgians, and only 2 minutes apart from each other [11] [12]. Compare the IP's edit summary style here ("ethnic grou" --> "ethnic group") and Polgraf's edit summary style on the same article a week later here ("that" -> "the"). The whole report is absolutely incriminating. EmirKaraman (talk) 19:21, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
It gets even better, a proxy IP has just appeared at Georgia (country) repeating Polgraf's/69.142's edits, and has been speedily banned [13]. I hope his use of proxys doesn't evade CheckUser. It's fair to say there is overwhelming behavioral evidence here in any case. EmirKaraman (talk) 20:22, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Confirmed that the following accounts are related:
--(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 01:12, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
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yet another in the strong of angry POV socks editing Georgia (country) WuhWuzDat 17:16, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
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Three new ones:
He will not stop unless his IP is blocked: 69.142.134.249 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Administrator note I blocked both Bucharwm and IraklySp. I'm still thinking about the IP mainly because of poor man's checkuser. It should be autoblocked. The reassigning of addresses is not the problem as Comcast does not reassign frequently. The timing of the edits between Polograf and the IP are concerning. Would appreciate a second opinion. I am a bit suspicious of Dynamo Stavropol due to his level of knowledge around here. Elockid (Talk) 00:52, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
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Another blatant sock attack on User:Chipmunkdavis - almost certainly another sock of User:Ludovica91 etc. See [14] and user page.. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 21:57, 13 January 2011 (UTC) -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 21:59, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
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Reported here: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Satt 2. Dynamo Stavropol (talk) 22:12, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Ludovica91 has been indef blocked by Deskana as a result of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Satt 2/Archive. Ludovica91's user page has been tagged to Satt2 appropriately. I suggest that the sock report for Georgiaresentsyou be merged into the one for Satt2, and that a checkuser be run. EdJohnston (talk) 00:47, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
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Yet another blatant sock threatening the same user -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 19:53, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
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No check run, but blocked for quacking. TNXMan 20:05, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
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Recently User:ComtesseDeMingrelie was given an indefinte block for being a sock of User:Polgraf, who was blocked for being a sock of User:Satt 2 amoungst others [15], who had previously been blocked. Seems to be a serial sockpuppeteer. The latest to pop up is User:Bathuslimen, who's only edits in article space are to continue ComtesseDeMingrelie's edit warring over the map on Georgia (country) and two edits to Batumi, an article of which two of the user's sock's were active on: User:DrumbBOT and User:ComtesseDeMingrelie TDL (talk) 07:25, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
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Administrator note Blocked and tagged. Elockid (Talk) 10:41, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
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Same pages edited by most recent socks. Would appreciate a sleeper check here. Multiple accounts have surfaced at the same time such as including newest suspected sock, Deleb (talk · contribs) and Bathuslimen (talk · contribs). Elockid (Alternate) (Talk) 13:59, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
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Confirmed the following:
Administrator note All accounts blocked and tagged. Also, I rangeblocked 141.161.133.0/24 for 5 days. Elockid (Talk) 19:28, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
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Previously, as Satt 2 and ComtesseDeMingrelie, there have been extensive discussions about borders and images of maps on both Talk:Europe and the talk page of Template:Europe and Sea. The present account of Mschwerin was created on 19 April. After making the minimum number of edits required to bypass semiprotection on the article page of Europe, this user proceeded to blank maps related to the boundary of Europe and, after the blanking was reverted, to argue tendentiously about long-established consensus concerning these maps and their labelling. The concentration on this very narrow topic as soon as sufficient edits were clocked up suggests that this is an alternative account of Polgraf / Satt 2 / ComtesseDeMingrelie. Mathsci (talk) 07:19, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Well, you have scored a little victory by having me blocked but this is by far not the end. Unless the deliberate marginalization of Georgia on Europe-related pages ceases, this cat/dog game is going to go on indefinitely. I was a puppet of Polgraf, Polgraf was in turn a puppet of Satt 2, Satt 2, was in turn a puppet of tireless user:polscience who had more than one hundred socks(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Polscience). As you can see, this goes back further than anyone thought and even after so many years I will not have rest until justice is done to Georgia and other peripheral countries. Blocking is not an effective solution, the only effective solution is to give Georgia its rightful place. Until next time, Polscience
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Mschwerin is a Likely match to Temporaire2 (talk · contribs). TNXMan 11:27, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Administrator note Some edits are related to his favorite topic, as is the random shot at Mathsci. Blocked and tagged accordingly. Kuru (talk) 12:08, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
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Well, the IP just appeared to revert the removal of a template that had been placed in by a previous sock, and of course to revert a map. Editing Georgian royalty articles, such as Ekaterine Dadiani, Princess of Megrelia, which is the royalty that was placed on a previous socks userpage. And well, it's the same IP address that was proven a sock before. So, it's just the user back on the now unblocked IP. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 12:56, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
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The first two were already checkusered on Commons. Please see the commons report.
Requesting CU to find out if there are any other remaining accounts that are not blocked here on English Wikipedia. Also requesting for a possibility of an IP block given the number of accounts being found. The primary range is 141.161.0.0/16. But I've been able to implement smaller rangeblocks such as 141.161.133.0/24 and 141.161.40.0/24. Elockid (Talk) 00:18, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
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Also Confirmed:
One of the IP ranges has been blocked. –MuZemike 04:52, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Clerk note: Rest blocked by Courcelles (talk · contribs) and tagged socks. Elockid (Talk) 11:15, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
All already duck blocked. Would appreciate a sleeper check/check for any missed accounts. I usually miss some. Elockid (Talk) 04:21, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Per request on my talk page, this is what I was going by for Ypolignac. Like the previous socks, the main pages being edited are Georgian articles. Many of the pages being edited such as Coalition casualties in Afghanistan (edited by socks Prel91 (talk · contribs) and 141.161.40.175 (talk · contribs)) were sock targets. One of the factors that struck me was using false descriptions/identities. This edit appeared to reverting a sock. However, they were reverting Kober and not Den5987. They reinstated the edits made by Den5987. This was the edit made by Den5987. Note, names of Georgia is currently protected for socking. The same edit here used a false edit summary to try and reinstate the sock's edits.
This edit on Tbilisi was made to reinstate the edits of 141.161.139.119 and Ritsin. I didn't see any "formatting" going on.
Note. Satt 2 has been trying to circumvent detection recently by using false descriptions/identities. This and this (admin only) were probably attempts to get the users who the pages redirected to blocked instead of them.
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Clerk note: All accounts are blocked. Marking for close. Elockid (Talk) 17:17, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
The first is duck blocked. The second I'm not too sure about yet. Requesting CU for a sleeper check and to confirm whether or not Terene is a sockpuppet. Elockid (Talk) 03:45, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
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Confirmed for both originally listed accounts, also blocked four sleepers & the open proxy they rode in on. --Versageek 04:35, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
I am not 100% sure about VonVorontz. Requesting CU for confirmation. If this is a sock, then there's probably others. I recently reblocked a range they have been using, so a check would be appreciated. Elockid (Talk) 00:45, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
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I can add that the user uploaded several copyrighted images to the Commons last month under the username Droebiti, though I'm not sure how decisions on Wikipedia translate to the Commons. They didn't deny the connection when I brought it up on the talk page for User talk:Misc11, and it was also noted by an admin on the Commons.-- Patrick, oѺ∞ 14:02, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
Already blocked per CU evidence. Elockid (Talk) 01:44, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
Posting identical content, with similar confrontational edit summary just days after being banned. Patrick, oѺ∞ 15:22, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
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Inconclusive. They were editing behind a proxy, which I've blocked. If they edit again, please let me know or refile here. TNXMan 15:36, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Based on the pages being edited, it looks like Satt 2. But I'm not entirely sure yet. Requesting CU for confirmation and if possible do a sleeper check if it is a sock. Elockid (Talk) 12:10, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
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More Georgian article disruption. Need a sleeper check, por favor. Elockid (Talk) 17:20, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
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Confirmed, nobody else found. –MuZemike 17:42, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Similar argumentative pro-Georgian edits to Europe as previous sockpuppets. I also noticed that the reporting on WP:AN3 seems a little OTT. I could be wrong, but this user is edit warring in the same was as ComtesseDeMingrelie (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) concerning transcontinental countries. They have also edited Principality of Mingrelia, one of CDM's favourite articles (or rather from which CDM took their name). Mathsci (talk) 13:57, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
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As I already stated, brushing off editors with different points of view as sockpuppets/sockpuppeteers has become a common practice on these pages and in my short tenure on this website, I have already been accused on at least on three occasions - [48] [49] [50] - by users who all had the same kind of grip on their OWN articles as user:Mathsci appears to have on page Europe. In the end, the truth prevailed, although I did waste a great deal of my time, like right now writing this paragraph.
As for your statements about "argumentative pro-Georgia" edits, let me tell you that many editors from peripheral and ignored countries like Georgia will consider it their duty to challenge the hegemony of elitists like user:mathsci, who cut and sew articles in any way they want under some kind of imaginary consensus - apparently many wrongs make a right, despite a myriad of sources to the contrary.
Finally, I just looked over your "evidence" and I don't see user:ContesseDeMingrelie anywhere on the Principality of Mingrelia page, which is odd for someone's "favorite" article. In any case, my family is from Mingrelia, which you can tell by my last name, and I will edit any Mingrelia-related articles I like.--Andriabenia (talk) 16:32, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
From the very first few days "Damianmx" started editing, there was something totally fishy regarding him. He knew all Wikipedia policies, he very quickly got on bad term with numerous established users, and there was a very obvious agenda present. LITERALLY the 2nd row of edits Damianmx made, were to push Georgia into Europe,[55] a trademark agenda of ALL CU blocked socks of satt2 an the master. Some months have passed, and due to the low-profile that Georgia-related articles have, he managed to jump the gun with this sock. I was 100% sure, from its earliest days, that this had to be a sock of some earlier blocked sock abuser, simply by his extremely obvious editorial pattern. He jumped the gun for a few months, but he's so busted now.
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Same geo-location as all earlier CU blocked/confirmed IP's,[141][142][143] very same type of edits, very same target article (typical for many earlier CU blocked socks + sockmaster, e.g.[144][145][146]), same type of edit summary as usual, and lastly, the very same concerns (obsessed with putting and aligning Georgia in and with Europe, for starters,[147] feel free to check the extensive archives for more). Basically, this is another clear cut one. I know that IP's are generally not publicly linked to accounts, but this is quite a special "case", as this guy has been socking since 2010, got unblocked in early 2017 through a request at AN, and then got indeffed again very recently (10 Feb 2017) because he outrightly violated the strict terms of his unblock. - LouisAragon (talk) 03:39, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
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A brand new account, only interested in editing of articles about Georgia (and there primarily replacing photos). Examples of the contribution: [148], [149], [150] Edit-warring without any attempts to discuss anything. Matches the general behavior of this sockmaster.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:57, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
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Another smoking gun; on Commons, on "Category:Georgia", he removed "Countries in Asia" and changed "the country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia" into "the country in Eastern Europe".[151] Note that this very same page was targeted by the sockmaster and his IP socks in the (recent) past.[152]-[153] - LouisAragon (talk) 20:31, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
Another brand new account. Has only edited the lede of the Kingdom of Georgia article so far, tried to make it look more "European" in typical Satt 2 fashion.[154]-[155] 1) Added information about a monastery in Greece, 2) changed "Northern Iran" to "northern edges of Iran", 3) changed "Empire of Trebizond" to "its allied Eastern Roman Empire", 4) changed "Christian East" to modern-day "European Southern Russia").
GUC shows that he has already started to infect articles on other Wiki languages as well. All edits match the general behavior of the sockmaster, i.e. [156] - LouisAragon (talk) 23:36, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
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Same POV on the same target articles. Please refer to the existing LTA case for more information. "Polinarok" (a brand new account) is trying to drag Georgia/Caucasus related articles into Europe at all cost.[159]-[160]-[161]-[162] Though "Polinarok" registered not long ago, he knows his way around extremely well, which is typical of Satt 2 & Co. The EIA confirms the story once again.[163] - LouisAragon (talk) 13:56, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
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Long-term sockpuppeter Satt 2 has been periodicly active on this university article, and in the last 10 days, there's been a surprising number of new editors with no prior edits making changes that look like more experienced users. Could just be the new school year starting, but can an admin check? Patrick, oѺ∞ 01:58, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
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@Patrickneil: You must provide diffs of the suspected socks comparing them to diffs of previous socks.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:01, 28 August 2019 (UTC)