Prior SSP or RFCU cases may exist for this user:
For background, this is the most helpful of the previous cases to read through: Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Shuppiluliuma last year.
This time through, I blocked Shiham K as an obvious sock, but requesting a CU for all underlying IP ranges. Currently appears to be editing from 85.153.27.4 and the associated range out of Istanbul. I have previously blocked an IP range out of Milan, Italy, and could greatly benefit from a comprehensive look at this editor's IPs.
Additionally, I blocked User:Hekatonesos as another obvious sock, and suspect that User:Truthspeaks11 is probably him as well. For a little additional background, Shuppiluliuma edits from dynamic IPs, and has created at least dozens of sleeper accounts over the years. I'm looking for multiple IP ranges that can be blocked, and a list of sleeper accounts.
In fairness, whoever this guy is, he makes a fair number of helpful contributions. However, every couple of months he goes off the rails and starts antagonizing other editors at pages generally related to Turkey. This has now been going on for years (in fact, my initial run in with him back in Spring 2007 killed my first attempt at RfA). Lately, I have been giving him space so long as he behaves, and because chasing his socks around is a bit like a dog chasing its tail. In the case of Shiham, I was fairly certain all along that it was Shuppiluliuma from day 1, but let him be until another administrator reached out to me for my opinion on whether it was him or not. When he began an edit war this week over an image of Turkish money, I blocked him, but as you can see from the growing list above, he hasn't really missed a beat. Because of the number of sleeper accounts and IPs from different ranges that Shuppiluliuma uses, it is very difficult to regularly keep an eye out for him as the pages he edits already tend to have many editors of various nationalist POVs. My request for a very thorough CU here is aimed at avoiding mistakenly identifying innocent editors making newbie mistakes, as well as finding a more effective way to create a stable environment around pages like Turkey. Obviously, if we get flagged revisions off the ground, life becomes a lot easier for those of us watching pages that are impacted by editors like Shuppiluliuma... but in the mean time, I would really appreciate a deep look at this by a CU. Hiberniantears (talk) 18:00, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Clerk endorsed to check for potential range blocks and collateral damage Mayalld (talk) 06:29, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Clerk note: merged from other case. Mayalld (talk) 06:29, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
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--Tagged confirmed accounts; already blocked. PeterSymonds (talk) 16:49, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
User:StanStun appears to be the latest in a long list of socks by the dreadful User:Shuppiluliuma. This case screams WP:DUCK pretty loudly. Specifically:
Clerk declined agreeing with Future Perfect with regard to sleepers, as the accounts have been blocked no further need for checkuser. Thanks for the report, and thanks to Future Perfect for dealing with it. Regards, SpitfireTally-ho! 19:42, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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Standard Shuppiluliuma sock.
A checkuser is necessary, since the evidence shows this was a sleeper account. He could well have more and uses a wide IP range. The maniacal tenacity of this individual is not to be underestimated. He has created something like 100 socks so far. Something more than a simple block is necessary, otherwise he will be at it again in no time
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Clerk endorsed The submitted evidence makes sense, and I see my own similarities in edit summary style. A CU would be good as a rangeblock was placed in the past, but seems to have expired. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 14:08, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
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Obvious socks of Shuppiluliuma, created as soon as previous socks were blocked, identical reverts (e.g. compare [30] to [31]).
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Latest of the innumerable socks by user:Shuppluliuma. Primary interests are Turkey and Turkish military articles [32]. There is a simple, foolproof way to detect his socks: Because most of the articles he likes to edit (Turkey, Turkish Air Force, etc...) are semi-protected, he needs to rack up a number of edits on non-semiprotected articles. So the first thing he does after creating the new account is to make a few edits to non-semied articles before editing his favorite articles. Interestingly, these first few edits are always related to the new sock's name, it's as if each of his socks has a "theme". I noticed this with his sock Mokoko 24-7 (talk · contribs), which edited a few Japan related articles, then as soon as he reached 20 edits or so, immediately switched to Turkey and never looked back [33]. The first edits by Ben diyom Angora are to topics related to the Turkish capital Ankara (of which "Angara" is an alternate spelling and "Ben diyom Angara means "I sent him to Ankara"). Then, after those edits, it's back to the Turkish Armed Forces and Turkey. Also, Shuppiluliuma and socks love to make lots of small consecutive edits to articles, endlessly tweaking them, much like Ben dioym Angara. Ben diyom Angora thus fits the pattern perfectly. Athenean (talk) 20:21, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Regarding the checkuser, he has at least two socks that were active until a few days/weeks ago, User:Namuslu and User:Türbanistan, so they can be used for checkuser purposes. His older accounts are of course stale. Athenean (talk) 21:32, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
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Ben diyom Angara, Türbanistan, and Namuslu are Confirmed. --MuZemike 23:31, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Block evasion. Identical arguments: Lord of Rivendell diff1, Lord of Rivendell diff2 vs. IP 78.181.138.199.
More IPs have been involved over the past few days, ex. 2 IPs 88.251.xxx.xx, but this is the latest disruption using IP 78.181.138.199. Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 01:56, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
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New account. Username derived using names from Lord of the Rings, exactly as the master, and edits disruptively. The articles the sock edits are, you guessed it, Turkey-related with an emphasis on Turkey. Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 10:20, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
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Eldarion of Gondor and Arnor has same altitude with Lord of Rivendell as you can see in the history of Turkey. He removes valuable/cited/GA reviwer recommended edits without any reasonbale in summaries. Also see this elmasmelih 11:37, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
Eldarion blocked as obvious, plus a recent IP 88.251.86.240 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) that was trying to stir up trouble at WP:AN. Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:08, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
Although there has been a long time since the last disruption by the socks of Lord of Rivendell, long enough to render a CU check impossible, I open this SPI based on rather loud quacking. I think there is enough evidence to firmly establish the relation between sock and master. Looks like a duck to me Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 19:27, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
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I dont believe that Superflous is a sockpuppet of Rivendell. Rivendel was much more aggresive. kazekagetr 19:31, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
Shuppiluliuma (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is a banned user and particularly prolific sockmaster, with close to 100 outed socks. He has a penchant for unstoppable edit-warring and extreme incivility that crosses the line into hate speech, particularly in edit summaries. One of his innumerable socks, Pantepoptes (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) made the following comment in an edit-summary long ago [34], taunting Armenian users about Armenia's "3 million population" and "11 billion GDP". The account Heimdallr of Æsir (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), which I suspected of being a sock due to the similarity in hate speech, was blocked today for 24 hrs for edit-warring. He was also participating in this talkpage discussion [35]. Immediately after the block, he edited the discussion as an IP, making the following comment [36]. It couldn't quack any louder. CU is desirable to ferret out sleeper accounts. Frankly, considering the magnitude and incredible tenacity of this maniac (he has been socking since 2007), it seems a rangeblock is the only way to put an end to the disruption. All his IP edits are from the 88.251 IP. Athenean (talk) 00:18, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
More evidence:
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See the discussion at WP:ANI section "WP:BATTLEFIELD threats and constant edit-warring at Turkey" as of right now. The user is aggressively editing on Turkish topics; I blocked him yesterday for edit-warring on Turkey (see recent history), and an IP that's seemingly him has been active on the talk page, advocating the position that Heimdallr was trying to force into the article. Over at WP:ANI, someone adds a note:
Heimdallr of Æsir has a name from Norse mythology. (To see the connection to Lord of the Rings, Google for 'Heimdallr Tolkien'). Based on his choice of user name and his interest in Turkey, this editor is most likely the same person as WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Lord of Rivendell. EdJohnston (talk) 21:06, 14 September 2015 (UTC).
This seems like a convincing argument to me. If you want more evidence, let me know and I'll supply more diffs or other links. Nyttend (talk) 23:50, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
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Actually Lord of Rivendell and Heimdallr are both socks of the original sockmaster, Shuppiluliuma (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). The aggressive POV is the same, the insults to Greek and Armenian users are the same, the "Ethnically themed sock" is the same, the many consecutive minor grammar edits are the same, the consistent use of wikilinks in edit summaries is the same. The smoking gun is this edit summary by one of Shuppiluliuma's socks [41], where he taunts Armenian users about "Armenia's 3 million people and 11 billion GDP". The IP sock of Heimdallr made the same exact taunt at Talk:Turkey a few days ago [42]. They are all the same guy. I've opened an SPI on Heimdallr here [43], I think these should all be merged. Athenean (talk) 18:34, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
In the tradition of the recent sock incarnations of the Lord of Rivendell this new sock makes a few initial token edits on some articles and then starts the edit-warring on his favourite article: Turkey (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). But let's start from the beginning. Dr. K. 01:13, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
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I also strongly suspect this is a sock of Shuppililiuma/Lord of Rivendell. The last sock was blocked back in September and this would be right around the time this user would create another sock. This new account, created a few days ago knows how to edit-wikipedia and is clearly a sock. What made me suspect it was the latest sock of Shuppiluliuma is
Not sure if CheckUser is even needed for this, however the user has went to user pages of other blocked sockpuppets from the master and removed the block notice. Dat GuyTalkContribs 19:04, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
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As far as I can tell, everyone is Stale. CU declined.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
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We are tired of him/her. kazekagetr 15:40, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
Confirmed, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:02, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
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A typical "themed" Shuppiluliuma sock, this time named after a street in the city of Thessaloniki (Egnatias avenue). He makes a few edits to Thessaloniki to get around the semi-protection of Turkey, and then edits exclusively Turkey almost exclusively, pushing Turkish nationalist POV [48] and then lots of consecutive small edits to Turkey, as usual. Khirurg (talk) 16:39, 31 October 2018 (UTC) Khirurg (talk) 16:39, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
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Egnatias 406 is Confirmed to Æternus Prætor Firmitas Semper and others in the archive.
Blocked and tagged.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 18:14, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
Identical in behavior to previous socks:
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Likely
Blocked and tagged.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 19:52, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Classic Shuppiluliuma sock, which makes a few edits related to its username to get around the semi-protection at Turkey, and from then on exclusively makes edits to Turkey. Lots of successive minor incremental edits without edit summaries at Turkey, in keeping with the sockmaster's obsessive nature. When reverted, he just reverts everything without an edit summary and continues. Khirurg (talk) 15:34, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
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Confirmed, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:17, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
Typical "themed" Shuppluliuma sock: Makes a few edits related to its username (in this case related to Scotland) to get past semi-protection at Turkey, then lots of little incremental edits to Turkey and Istanbul. Khirurg (talk) 13:39, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
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Confirmed,
Blocked and tagged,
No sleepers immediately visible.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 19:25, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
It's been a while since the last Shuppiluliuma sock, so we are due for another one. This one was created in February. After making the usual small edits to get around the page protection, begins to edit Turkey obsessively, as all past other socks.
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Likely also with a fair bit of logged out editing.
Blocked and tagged.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 11:24, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
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Likely,
Blocked and tagged. Closing.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 00:57, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
See below.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 14:20, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
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Confirmed,
Blocked and tagged.
— Berean Hunter (talk) 14:21, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
like his old socks User:TR34Istanbul and User:Spiritum Sanctum they edit same pages. [61], [62] and [63] + in Turkey He is already 2 weeks banned [64] Shadow4dark (talk) 14:27, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
More evidence After his block of his previous sock he continue edit same paragraph. Here he eddit same paragraph in "Financial Sector" , [[65]] [[66]] It lacks more diffs because he is blocked. Shadow4dark (talk) 13:41, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
The giveaway that this is a Shuppluliuma sock is the bizarre habit that this individual has of making edits related to the socks name. A "denarius" is a type of Roman coin, and his first edit was to the article of Constantine the Great, a Roman Emperor. Then, once that's out of the way, he starts editing Turkey (almost exclusively), making lots of small incremental quality control edits without an edit summary. If you look at the archive, every single one of socks follows the same pattern of behavior. This is one of the most prolific sockpuppeteers I have come across; he's been socking since at least 2007. Khirurg (talk) 15:10, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
His last sock User:Neolir was blocked 22 november and he created current sock same day. Here he do same edit as his older sock [[67]] and [[68]] he edit same pages as last socks in. Istanbul, Dolmabahçe Palace Grand Bazaar, Istanbul User:Spiritum Sanctum, Ataşehir User:Strabonis Levent User:Neolir and Istanbul Sapphire User:TR34Istanbul Shadow4dark (talk) 05:29, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
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When i deleted large edits by his older socks he reverted me here [[69]] and when i asked speedy deletion WP:G5 (page created by his older sock) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropol_Istanbul&diff=997020581&oldid=996740610 he reverted me again and he edit same page as his older socks here [[70]] his sock User:Neolir Shadow4dark (talk) 17:43, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
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Both already blocked but i want add my evidence here. AnatoLion is sock of Martevenere but they are both sock of Shuppiluliuma. Shuppiluliuma will Non-stop edit warring until blocked [71] like his older sock, evidence here [[72]] + he do personal attacks like older socks, look edit summaries of AnatoLion. Main pages of Shuppiluliuma is Istanbul related and or turkey related Shadow4dark (talk) 15:50, 18 January 2021 (UTC) Shadow4dark (talk) 15:50, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
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Obvious sock, already blocked. CU showed no others. Drmies (talk) 21:07, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
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He edits same pages and same section here.
[74] Shadow4dark (talk) 02:45, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. Look this user edits mostly on Istanbul or turkey related like his older socks. Look here mostly banned socks [[75]][[76]] Shadow4dark (talk) 19:45, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
Similar with his older socks he editing again mostly istanbul and Turkey, see [[77]] . The main reason why i saw this is his sock is this edit, other editor adding WP:SANDWICH tag because he adding to many pictures but he reverts [[78]] and see this [[79]] and [[80]]. He will never stop reverting until he is blocked like his past socks. Here they edit same section like his past sock (Image gallery) [[81]] Shadow4dark (talk) 10:43, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
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First there is a overlap with past socks.[[83]]
They fighting edits wars like past socks and has many warnings [[84]], [[85]]. This happend also with his past socks [[86]] and [[87]]
At this page they editing same section as last sock see page history Levent also city as Istanbul has more tall buildings if he is no sock why are they editing same building and why same section?
Further they do mostly small controll edits, editing mostly images and almost never use talkpage for edit wars as past socks Shadow4dark (talk) 23:09, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
I have also long suspected that Mercresis is a Shuppiluliuma sock. The combination of endless small edits combined with the uncompromising attitude are always a tell. Plus he is the most long-term sockpuppeteer I have ever encountered, and he is due for another sock. Khirurg (talk) 19:24, 4 June 2023 (UTC)