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17:43, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Hello General Notability, referring to a problem about "using multiple accounts or coordinating editing with people outside Wikipedia, such as Anna Margherita Donà (talk · contribs)". I would like to disclose my connection with this account. Indeed, I've created it at first without linked the Anna Margherita Donà account with an email adresse and then I forgot the password. So I've created a new account and I'm not using Anna Margherita Donà anymore, indeed I tried to delete it (even if I'm aware this is not possible on Wikipedia). Do you know how I could solve the problem without have my Cleo_18 (and unique active) account be blocked from editing ? Thankyou for your help. Cleo 18 ( talk) 17:44, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Thank you General Notability, ok, I will mention it in my Cleo 18 user page if it's needed. Best Cleo 18 ( talk) 20:18, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for protecting Ben Bova. His death's been sourced now, so the protection can be removed. Schazjmd (talk) 21:43, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
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Apollo 12 was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, four months after Apollo 11. Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Apollo Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit. The landing site for the mission was located in the southeastern portion of the Ocean of Storms. |
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Regarding Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Elliotthomaspotts/Archive, they have another IP, which has vandalised past final warning too. 2.31.78.90 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) – DarkGlow ( ✉) 21:03, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
It looks like they are using a proxy to editing the page . /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/MarquinhosWikipediano/Archive#21_November_2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Soviet_war_crimes&diff=989942043&oldid=989936206 https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Soviet_war_crimes&diff=992662261&oldid=992277578 looks like the page needs protection. 2601:81:C400:DC30:C0BF:DCE:5AAE:ECC6 ( talk) 14:50, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
They are adding the same material that was deleted by another admin that they put https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Soviet_war_crimes&diff=990060344&oldid=989995557 and they admit to being MarquinhosWikipediano just like they did on the ip talk page https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Soviet_war_crimes&diff=991022492&oldid=990892804 /info/en/?search=User_talk:187.39.129.78#block. 2601:81:C400:DC30:C0BF:DCE:5AAE:ECC6 ( talk) 14:58, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
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16:14, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, and thanks for your help on Gary Ridgway. However, I noticed that the protection you put in place is significantly shorter than the previous protection, which expired only a couple days ago. Would you please take a look at the page's protection history and consider making the semi-protection longer? The page has been a vandalism target for a long time. Thanks. Dunley ( talk) 18:52, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
After further investigating, I have come to the conclusion that the text may actually be a copyright violation. I copied and pasted the text into Google, and searches from 2010 came up. Dutchy85 did not add the text until 2012. I am well aware that these search results do not necessarily mean that the text was copied, but I do think it can be a good indicator. Sorry if I'm wasting your time. Again, the film is The Duel at Silver Creek. Scorpions13256 ( talk) 19:53, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I recently saw a investigation of sock puppetry regards to that specific user. And I was put under suspicion. I am telling you and I felt like that I Just need to say I am 100% not trueman31. I would never vandalise the Wikipedia ever. Especially not after the last times. The edits I reverted was the ones that Trueman31 vandalised. I know that case closed but I’m just letting you know I’m not trueman31 or any sock puppet of him. Thanks WikiFlame50 ( talk) 22:04, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
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The page on Rufus (software) is semiprotected due to vandalism, despite having a low amount of edits, vandalism or not. I personally think that pending changes would be a better form of protection for the remainder of the current protection. Computerfan0 ( talk) 20:17, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
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21:33, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
This is follow up to SPI case you closed. I would have taken this to User:Ad Orientem, but that editor retired. Because there were other issues (what to do with standing cases when an admin retires, plus long-term edit warring, disruptive unsourced editing, and WP:IDHT), I tried ANI, but failed to get a coherent response. The SPI subject did respond promptly with an unsigned post from another IP in the SPI case. Despite a clear warning to avoid mixing static IP and account edits which was received a half-hearted response, there was an ongoing mix with IP and logged-in edits over the following months: account and IP. Not all, but many of the logged-in edits were on partially protected pages. My threshold for action was reached with the account repeating the same factually incorrect (basic arithmatic) edit: IP (October)- account (December) that had been reverted by another editor. The IP that replied on ANI, had not made other edits between the SPI and the ANI, but has only made one unsourced edit that has been reverted at Chain letter. It follows the same theme as prior unsourced edits from a defunct IP ( [9], [10]) from the SPI case. That IP had been reported for sockpuppetry and there was an unsigned IP reply that argued against the need for sources since some unsourced edits had not been reverted. I hope I am not out of line coming to you. If I am, please refer me to the appropriate venue. BiologicalMe ( talk) 18:56, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
this, in your capacity as an SPI clerk? My concern is that the reported sock is editing articles which the master has been topic banned from. Thanks, Beyond My Ken ( talk) 21:33, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, is it possible to delete this Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MRRaja001 - MRRaja001 ( talk) 17:20, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
Quick courtesy note because the filer didn't notify you: You are being discussed at AN. Blablubbs| talk 10:35, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
The User:EnPassant is attempting to claim that I am the subject of the article and is referring to me this way here. You cannot see his username, but the comment is at the bottom with the chess piece characters. He also claimed to delete material in articles. Dr42 ( talk) 22:00, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
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Wow, Pudeo has a good nose. I'm developing a "beginner's nose" for dirty laundry but this amount of research is several orders of magnitude above what I will ever see myself doing, not to mention the presentation. I've only been following SPIs for a few months and don't follow all of them, but I don't think I've seen anything that comes close to this level of digging except maybe for persistent, known, last-sock-was-fairly-recent LTA cases. In a word, just... wow.
The case is marked "closed" so I'm not going to add to the SPI, but it looks like Mathpianist93 is the new "oldest account," from 2006. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs) 🎄 15:19, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
I thought I was logged in and only realised after I sent the message. Can you unblock that for me ?. 92.251.219.191 ( talk) 00:25, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
I saw I made a mistake as I thought I was logged in as dooksfoley147 can you unblock this for me so I can log in ?. 92.251.219.191 ( talk) 00:35, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
I think this is very unfair I don't know how to request an unblock on a talkpage ?. 92.251.219.191 ( talk) 00:43, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
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Thanks so much for your help in getting a page locked to prevent vandalism for me, my client and I both appreciate the work you do! TheStarchildForever ( talk) 16:33, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
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20:52, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
Per this, I think you might have to revoke talk page access. -- Drm310 🍁 ( talk) 14:54, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi. User Arthur Brum ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Arthur_Brum)/[ /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Arthur_Brum/Archive) created another sockpuppet: /info/en/?search=Special:Contributions/RealityIllusion. Please check. 177.142.41.77 ( talk) 20:35, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
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Hey there, I just blocked Flyingcolouredbutterfly for 2 weeks for persistent overlinking, most recently here, but prior to that, here. While I feel justified for the block, I didn't immediately recognise their name as the editor I'd previously come to you about, and it was my intention to avoid blocking them directly. Thus, I have removed the block. They were indeffed at Commons for copyright infringement, and this persistent effort to go out of their way to make bad edits, along with their deafening silence, is starting to feel an awful lot like trolling to me. I'd appreciate if you'd consider adminning here, please. Thank you. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 00:08, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
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Hello General Notability, referring to a problem about "using multiple accounts or coordinating editing with people outside Wikipedia, such as Anna Margherita Donà (talk · contribs)". I would like to disclose my connection with this account. Indeed, I've created it at first without linked the Anna Margherita Donà account with an email adresse and then I forgot the password. So I've created a new account and I'm not using Anna Margherita Donà anymore, indeed I tried to delete it (even if I'm aware this is not possible on Wikipedia). Do you know how I could solve the problem without have my Cleo_18 (and unique active) account be blocked from editing ? Thankyou for your help. Cleo 18 ( talk) 17:44, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Thank you General Notability, ok, I will mention it in my Cleo 18 user page if it's needed. Best Cleo 18 ( talk) 20:18, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for protecting Ben Bova. His death's been sourced now, so the protection can be removed. Schazjmd (talk) 21:43, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
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Apollo 12 was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, four months after Apollo 11. Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Apollo Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit. The landing site for the mission was located in the southeastern portion of the Ocean of Storms. |
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Regarding Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Elliotthomaspotts/Archive, they have another IP, which has vandalised past final warning too. 2.31.78.90 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) – DarkGlow ( ✉) 21:03, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
It looks like they are using a proxy to editing the page . /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/MarquinhosWikipediano/Archive#21_November_2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Soviet_war_crimes&diff=989942043&oldid=989936206 https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Soviet_war_crimes&diff=992662261&oldid=992277578 looks like the page needs protection. 2601:81:C400:DC30:C0BF:DCE:5AAE:ECC6 ( talk) 14:50, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
They are adding the same material that was deleted by another admin that they put https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Soviet_war_crimes&diff=990060344&oldid=989995557 and they admit to being MarquinhosWikipediano just like they did on the ip talk page https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Soviet_war_crimes&diff=991022492&oldid=990892804 /info/en/?search=User_talk:187.39.129.78#block. 2601:81:C400:DC30:C0BF:DCE:5AAE:ECC6 ( talk) 14:58, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
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16:14, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, and thanks for your help on Gary Ridgway. However, I noticed that the protection you put in place is significantly shorter than the previous protection, which expired only a couple days ago. Would you please take a look at the page's protection history and consider making the semi-protection longer? The page has been a vandalism target for a long time. Thanks. Dunley ( talk) 18:52, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
After further investigating, I have come to the conclusion that the text may actually be a copyright violation. I copied and pasted the text into Google, and searches from 2010 came up. Dutchy85 did not add the text until 2012. I am well aware that these search results do not necessarily mean that the text was copied, but I do think it can be a good indicator. Sorry if I'm wasting your time. Again, the film is The Duel at Silver Creek. Scorpions13256 ( talk) 19:53, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I recently saw a investigation of sock puppetry regards to that specific user. And I was put under suspicion. I am telling you and I felt like that I Just need to say I am 100% not trueman31. I would never vandalise the Wikipedia ever. Especially not after the last times. The edits I reverted was the ones that Trueman31 vandalised. I know that case closed but I’m just letting you know I’m not trueman31 or any sock puppet of him. Thanks WikiFlame50 ( talk) 22:04, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
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The page on Rufus (software) is semiprotected due to vandalism, despite having a low amount of edits, vandalism or not. I personally think that pending changes would be a better form of protection for the remainder of the current protection. Computerfan0 ( talk) 20:17, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
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21:33, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
This is follow up to SPI case you closed. I would have taken this to User:Ad Orientem, but that editor retired. Because there were other issues (what to do with standing cases when an admin retires, plus long-term edit warring, disruptive unsourced editing, and WP:IDHT), I tried ANI, but failed to get a coherent response. The SPI subject did respond promptly with an unsigned post from another IP in the SPI case. Despite a clear warning to avoid mixing static IP and account edits which was received a half-hearted response, there was an ongoing mix with IP and logged-in edits over the following months: account and IP. Not all, but many of the logged-in edits were on partially protected pages. My threshold for action was reached with the account repeating the same factually incorrect (basic arithmatic) edit: IP (October)- account (December) that had been reverted by another editor. The IP that replied on ANI, had not made other edits between the SPI and the ANI, but has only made one unsourced edit that has been reverted at Chain letter. It follows the same theme as prior unsourced edits from a defunct IP ( [9], [10]) from the SPI case. That IP had been reported for sockpuppetry and there was an unsigned IP reply that argued against the need for sources since some unsourced edits had not been reverted. I hope I am not out of line coming to you. If I am, please refer me to the appropriate venue. BiologicalMe ( talk) 18:56, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
this, in your capacity as an SPI clerk? My concern is that the reported sock is editing articles which the master has been topic banned from. Thanks, Beyond My Ken ( talk) 21:33, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, is it possible to delete this Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MRRaja001 - MRRaja001 ( talk) 17:20, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
Quick courtesy note because the filer didn't notify you: You are being discussed at AN. Blablubbs| talk 10:35, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
The User:EnPassant is attempting to claim that I am the subject of the article and is referring to me this way here. You cannot see his username, but the comment is at the bottom with the chess piece characters. He also claimed to delete material in articles. Dr42 ( talk) 22:00, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
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Wow, Pudeo has a good nose. I'm developing a "beginner's nose" for dirty laundry but this amount of research is several orders of magnitude above what I will ever see myself doing, not to mention the presentation. I've only been following SPIs for a few months and don't follow all of them, but I don't think I've seen anything that comes close to this level of digging except maybe for persistent, known, last-sock-was-fairly-recent LTA cases. In a word, just... wow.
The case is marked "closed" so I'm not going to add to the SPI, but it looks like Mathpianist93 is the new "oldest account," from 2006. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs) 🎄 15:19, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
I thought I was logged in and only realised after I sent the message. Can you unblock that for me ?. 92.251.219.191 ( talk) 00:25, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
I saw I made a mistake as I thought I was logged in as dooksfoley147 can you unblock this for me so I can log in ?. 92.251.219.191 ( talk) 00:35, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
I think this is very unfair I don't know how to request an unblock on a talkpage ?. 92.251.219.191 ( talk) 00:43, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
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Thanks so much for your help in getting a page locked to prevent vandalism for me, my client and I both appreciate the work you do! TheStarchildForever ( talk) 16:33, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
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20:52, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
Per this, I think you might have to revoke talk page access. -- Drm310 🍁 ( talk) 14:54, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi. User Arthur Brum ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Arthur_Brum)/[ /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Arthur_Brum/Archive) created another sockpuppet: /info/en/?search=Special:Contributions/RealityIllusion. Please check. 177.142.41.77 ( talk) 20:35, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
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Hey there, I just blocked Flyingcolouredbutterfly for 2 weeks for persistent overlinking, most recently here, but prior to that, here. While I feel justified for the block, I didn't immediately recognise their name as the editor I'd previously come to you about, and it was my intention to avoid blocking them directly. Thus, I have removed the block. They were indeffed at Commons for copyright infringement, and this persistent effort to go out of their way to make bad edits, along with their deafening silence, is starting to feel an awful lot like trolling to me. I'd appreciate if you'd consider adminning here, please. Thank you. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 00:08, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
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This is wishing you a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year ahead. Thanks for the arduous tasks you carry out at SPI's. Once again merry Christmas dear colleague. Celestina007 ( talk) 20:12, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
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