A bicyclette was blocked indefinitely by User:Black Kite for disruptive editing on 25 June 2018. After arguing against his block until 28 June I believe that since then A bicyclette has been evading that block by making a series of edits using IPs. A bicyclette acknowledging using these 2 IPs 172.86.241.3 and 172.86.241.193 before creating his account. Evidence is as follows:
I should add that IPs 125.192.86.52 and 124.85.14.35 were determined to be socks of each other here: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive370#User:Mztourist reported by User:124.85.14.35 (Result: OP and 125.192.86.52 blocked, article semi-protected) and IP 126.151.34.213 which also participated in that discussion is a further sock/dynamic IP of them. Mztourist ( talk) 06:18, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Mmmm, I agree that the unvert is a bit suspicious, the rest not sure about. Apart from Unvert this is the sort of thing a lot of new edds do, and some older ones. Slatersteven ( talk) 10:34, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
It is interesting in these matters to run a node trace (this reports the owner and location of every node that a PING is transmitted through up to the location of the final IP address). A falsified IP address usually shows up as a sudden shift in the trail towards the end. Disclaimers: In the case of dynamic IP addresses, it only reveals the final location of the current endpoint, and not necessarily the endpoint when any edit(s) were made (this applies to the simpler geo-locate utilities as well). The final endpoint always has a deliberate error included which can be up to 40 miles or so distant from the real location (and the error is never zero).
Two of the IPs are dynamic and currently (as of 15 or so minutes prior to this post) one traces to a location in Maryland, USA (and is active) and the other to the tip of Florida, USA (and is unassigned) and they are also unrelated ISP's. The remainder are all static IPs, one from Vietnam, one from Thailand and two from Tokyo in Japan (which although are different ISPs, are geographically close enough together that they could, but only could, be a single user posting from two locations, such as Home and Work). However, there is insufficient editing overlap to nail that hypothesis down with any degree of confidence. Given the subject matter, IMHO, it should not be that unsurprising that Asian IPs are pitching in.
Ordinarily, I would say that this report is suspiciously without merit. My only problem is that both A bicyclette and 173.64.109.152 used an entirely non-existent made up word, 'unvert'. What are the chances of two editors turning up in the same dispute believing that 'unvert' exists as a word? Note: typing 'unvert' into Google brings up many hits, but none of the sites linked to include the word (possibly Google trying to catch a typo for 'invert'?). Pretty well all the other issues are possible mistakes made by inexperienced editors given the absence of geographical co-location.
I pass this on with no opinion as to who is in the right as far as the content dispute goes. TheVicarsCat ( talk) 17:13, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Is this going anywhere? Slatersteven ( talk) 13:49, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
A bicyclette acknowledging (sic) using these 2 IPs 172.86.241.3 and 172.86.241.193 before creating his account.
@ Mztourist: Whilst I concur completely with your first two points, you are wrong on the third point. Of the IPs listed above, plus the two acknowledged by A bicyclette, none have been blocked for anything except the two Tokyo IP's (and they were not blocked for socking but for disruptive editing - plus they are on the opposite side of the planet to A bicyclette). Since the two acknowledged IP addresses are dynamic there would be no point in blocking them anyway. Both are currently unallocated anyway. TheVicarsCat ( talk) 12:25, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
IP 24.28.160.102 appeared out of nowhere on 27 September and went straight to 2 pages where I had removed dubious edits by User:A Bicyclette restoring those deleted parts and providing similar arguments that my edits were only my subjective views and hadn't been raised on appropriate boards. I reinstated my edits and then another new IP 72.178.68.100 appeared on 29 September and reverted my edits. As with A Bicyclette the IPs didn't follow WP:BRD and just went straight into edit warring. The fact that all these IP edits are on pages where I have previously had disputes with A Bicyclette (and in the case of Son Thang massacre apart from 1 other edit, we are the only Users who have edited the pages previously), follow the same idiosyncratic agenda and the fact that A Bicyclette has previously self-identified here [30] as IP 74.58.148.148 to evade their indefinite block to me is WP:DUCK that these are new IP socks to evade their block. Mztourist ( talk) 03:25, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Since I opened this report, User:Piccadillysquare has created an account and created Draft:Le Bac massacre which expands upon the dubious claims in Son Thang Massacre that I deleted here: [ [31]] as well as making substantial changes to Bình An/Tây Vinh massacre and South Korea in the Vietnam War on which I have had previous disputes with User:A Bicyclette. Mztourist ( talk) 08:19, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Nope, that user is located in the states way elsewhere whereas I am based in Hanoi. I just took notice of your edits, and decided to start tracking my edits. I just can't tolerate
We had a minor talk dispute on that article a month ago when you went on a diatribe on why all the sources are wrong without even reading them, since you decided to misrepresent AP/Reuters by pulling quotes out of context, and I interjected to contextualize them. It seems however that the edits themselves seem to be serving a quite obvious agenda since its a combination of not only misrepresentation to try to assert a NPOV point (as was the reuters/AP case), but now obviously deleting anything else you may disagree with in bad faith.
You can also notice that I took a much more objective stance on the Le Bac event, given that there is two different views of the events as they occurred. Censorship/deletion without proper channels, alongside NPOV representation should make way for a clear report of the sources for an open-ended interpretation and I would welcome more evidence or report on the matter. Immediately deleting everything that others contribute is my fundamental disagreement since it shuts down any improvements to articles, its best that you should tag them first and leave it open for discussion if its disagreeable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Piccadillysquare ( talk • contribs) 08:37, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
It is very vaguely Possible that the accounts are related, but the evidence is circumstantial. I have no comment on the IPs. --
Deskana (
talk)
08:15, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
Picaddillysquare was blocked on 31 October and this IP turns up today making similar changes to Bình An/Tây Vinh massacre here: [32] and reverting edits I had made on other pages regarding Vietnam War massacres: [33], [34]. Also edit warring on Vietnam War body count controversy here [35] compared to Picadillysquare here: [36]. IP edit wars rather than discussing on Talk pages. Uses long edit summaries, accuses me of obsession with issues here: IP [37] Picadillysquare [38]. Same MO, same agenda, WP:DUCK Mztourist ( talk) 07:24, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
IP proxy 116.106.89.77 was blocked yesterday. Today this new IP turns up and with their first edit goes to RFC to raise a very specific issue regarding inclusion of contested massacres in the campaignbox. Something which the previous IP changed yesterday [39]. Clearly another IP proxy. Mztourist ( talk) 04:47, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
The template that was edited is featured very prominently on the Vietnam War page, its not hard to miss that there was pretty significant edits. Secondarily, a look into the actual pages show there is consistent activity you posted, requesting for deletion here Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bình An/Tây Vinh massacre, which is where I first took notice of the recent string of edits, and which is not at all hard to miss when you just made it very prominently a feature of discussion. Finally, I neither edited, created consensus or anything to that matter since I just raised the rfc and do not plan to edit the page myself. As the matter doesn't seem to be settled in light of a recent edit warring post raised here [40], community input or comment will not detract from this. 183.107.0.107 ( talk) 05:08, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
another day, another 3 new IPs editing Template:Campaignbox Vietnam War massacres, a page that previous IP proxy 116.106.89.77 last edited on 2 November. Same agenda, same MO. Mztourist ( talk) 10:06, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
IP 119.76.120.181 appears out of nowhere today and goes straight to 2 new pages I created yesterday, making the usual POV edits and then when reverted IP 45.62.243.176 appears tagging and criticizing sources. Same MO, different pages but same approach of proxies, POV and pointing to ( [41]) Vietnam War body count controversy a favourite page of A bicyclette. Using WHOIS IP 45.62.243.176 locates to Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, near to A bicyclette's original IP edits. Mztourist ( talk) 06:22, 6 November 2018 (UTC) Mztourist ( talk) 06:22, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
IP 50.92.44.9 appeared out of nowhere today and tagged multiple Vietnam War pages in a similar manner to IP 45.62.243.176. WHOIS locates this new IP to British Columbia, Canada. Mztourist ( talk) 10:06, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
IP 126.72.143.235 appears out of nowhere today and goes straight to editing Vietnam War pages, reinstating edits made previously by A bicyclette and his socks/proxies. WP:DUCK Mztourist ( talk) 06:57, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
IP appears out of nowhere today and goes straight to 3 pages where I have made edits regarding massacres purportedly conducted by Korean forces during the Vietnam War. Same MO. WP:DUCK. Mztourist ( talk) 09:09, 25 November 2018 (UTC) Mztourist ( talk) 09:09, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
IP 174.112.21.209 appears out of nowhere on 19 January 2019 and goes straight to List of war crimes reverting my changes regarding "disputed" on certain Vietnam War war crimes here: [43], a topic on which A bicyclette was very active previously. Other IP socks of A Bicyclette IP: 110.168.170.123 previously made the same changes here: [44] and IP 193.56.28.126 here: [45]. IP geolocates to similar area of Ontario, Canada as previous IPs and where User identifies himself as being located. WP:DUCK Mztourist ( talk) 08:36, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
My ISP shifts my IP around every so often. None of these IPs you listed are geolocated to my location, they are far and away. Second, your edits you keep pushing and others are RVing clearly distorts the format and introduces WP:BIAS without any substantive support for it. Its easy to see why such an edit would be removed. There is nothing else in the long list located on that page which places (disputed), or anything else in brackets in the wrong column under Event Names columns. As I said if you feel very passionate about it, put it in the notes column and cite it because this page isn't for you to state your opinions. 174.112.21.209 ( talk) 07:18, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
new user Charlesn66 appears on 2 May and goes straight to South Korea in the Vietnam War a page frequently editted by A bicyclette making these similar edits: [46] to remove "alleged" from unproven accusations of South Korean war crimes. WP:DUCK Mztourist ( talk) 05:47, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
new user Charlesn66 appears on 2 May and goes straight to South Korea in the Vietnam War a page frequently editted by A bicyclette making these similar edits: [54] to remove "alleged" from unproven accusations of South Korean war crimes. Then today IP 174.114.57.231 appears making identical edits: [55] and then again when I reverted for socking: [56] and [57]. These follow previous similar edits by IP socks of A bicyclette: [58], [59], [60]. Running WhoIs on IP: 174.114.57.231 geolocates to Toronto, Canada, a similar location to the original IP edits made by A bicyclette and to other IP socks used by A bicyclette. With this diff: [61] IP states in the edit summary: Nope on all points; I am not logged in certainly since my password is lost and my autologin cleared accidently; but a mod can see I am neither that other guy or any other user for that matter since I have never edited on this page prior. This language is very similar to that used by A bicyclette and socks previously. e.g. "Nope" by User:Piccadillysquare here: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/A bicyclette/Archive#30 September 2018; claiming not to be logged in: "Well I am not the user you accused me of but not currently logged in so I have IP edits" here: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/A bicyclette/Archive#06 November 2018. "Guy" the edit summaries here: [62] "some guy's website"; [63] "They are from one guy who was some special forces guy"; [64] "some guy in Canada which I allegedly am" by confirmed sock Piccadillysquare WP Duck Mztourist ( talk) 08:49, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
User:Deogyusan has had an account with two bursts of activity on 1 July and today on a very specific topic/set of pages namely alleged massacres of the Vietnam War. On 1 July on Operation Wheeler/Wallowa [70] Deogyusan incorrectly added back references to the My Lai Massacre having occurred in this operation, something originally inserted here: [71] by User:Piccadillysquare a sock of A bicyclette. Today in a burst of activity User:Deogyusan has edited numerous pages where I engaged in debates with A bicyclette and their socks, namely: Bình An/Tây Vinh massacre Deogyusan today [72] A bicyclette [73]; Vietnam War body count controversy Deogyusan today: [74], Piccadillysquare [75]; Son Thang massacre Deogyusan today [76], owning a page originally created by A bicyclette; Vietnam War casualties, Deogyusan today [77] A bicyclette [78]; shared reliance on Nick Turse, Christian Appy and Heonik Kwon as sources, an argumentative approach claiming to be backed by policy and addressing my "partisan edits" and a general failure to follow WP:BRD instead edit warring everything. Mztourist ( talk) 08:33, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Likely, blocked, tagged, closing.--
Bbb23 (
talk)
12:53, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
IP 70.55.11.97 began making edits on 10 September 2020 to South Korea in the Vietnam War with this: [ [86]], adopting the same referencing style used by A bicyclette of <ref name=":0">. The edits follow a familiar pattern of denigrating South Korean forces as mercenaries and highlighting accusations of war crimes in Vietnam. The IP then edited Hà My massacre here: [ [87]] deleting "purportedly" a favourite point of contention for A bicyclette here: [88] and adopting the same <ref name=":0"> referencing style. The IP then edited Binh Tai Massacre here: [ [89]], adopting the same <ref name=":0"> referencing style. I would also note that the IP geolocates to Ontario, Canada, many of the IP socks belonging to A bicyclette also geolocate to eastern Canada. WP:DUCK. Mztourist ( talk) 03:55, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. Well that's my edits on a different IP. If you are accusing me of being someone else, you are mistaken. I don't have an edit history because my IP autoswitches but I do edit other articles throughout wikipedia. For example this IP has no edits to its history.
The user reverted the edit he found problematic, the word "purportedly" in a sentence, which i didn't think was a neutral term. I am fine with leaving it there and won't argue if its such a big problem for the user. My edits were mostly aimed at Korea-Vietnam diplomatic relations, domestic Korean politics and activity by the Korea Vietnam Peace Foundation/civic groups between countries. There was one small edit on one page which coincidences with another user. I invite any mods to look at the other edits I made which was not problematic or contested in any way.
I also used the autogenerated reference tool on the visual editor so its strange this user is accusing me of having the same referencing style as another user. By the way is this user even aware of how big in size and population Ontario is? There's 15 million people that live here. 70.55.8.116 ( talk) 20:37, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
By the way, so the article you linked on WP:DUCK states a presumption of good faith editing, and requires evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. This is quite a high evidence standard and requirement, so don't see why its a good idea to jump to conclusions and accuse me of vandalizing a page right off the bat. Especially since I won't even argue with the edits you made, I am fine with leaving your edits and don't care to edit it anytime soon. I'd like to hope my edits were assumed to be in good faith by the user, since I have language competency for Korean and have a basic understanding of the Vietnamese language and am familiar with the topic that I edited. 70.55.8.116 ( talk) 20:58, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
I'm not really sure what the context of this sockpuppet investigation is, but I've noticed that 70.55.8.116 ( talk · contribs) made some broad changes Meng Wanzhou that were in some parts improvements, but in others odd, especially in terms of grammatical choices. I don't have any direct criticisms, but the fact that the IP had no prior contributions to the page or any similar subjects, made me a bit suspicious. I think it would be better if the IP just made an official account, so as to make everybody more comfortable with the additions. Qiushufang ( talk) 04:24, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
By these diffs: [96], [97], [98] the IP has been edit-warring on Vietnam War casualties. Socks of A bicyclette editwarred the same issue here: [99], [100] and [101]. IP geolocates to Ontario Canada, same as other IP socks and A bicyclette's original IP edits. Same agenda, same MO. WP:DUCK. Mztourist ( talk) 09:56, 3 January 2021 (UTC) Mztourist ( talk) 09:56, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. I don't care enough to debate this accusation so I won't; just will point out that moderators should take a look at the user's edit history however. He not only did a 3R, but there have been repeated edit wars by the user in the last week with several different editors. User has a problematic editing history clearly. Its clear the user is also accusing other IPs and users of being socks as well. I am not going to continue this dispute or reply to this thread and already left a message on the user's talk page since this is a waste of my time.
On that page alone the user reverted every single edit by every other user this week.
The user violated 3RR and engaged in edit warring, I did not. Nor do I intend to; frankly this is too petty for me and I will drop it.
Another edit war where the user accuses them also of being a bicyclette.
And spent his time reverting other users. For example this IP user.
Another edit war here where user violates 3RR with a user:8ya
1 2 3 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.209.50.103 ( talk) 11:28, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Just a few days after the close of an earlier SPI for inactivity, the IP returns along with XiAdonis arguing on the usual topics, Vietnam War and wartime rape by South Korean forces. A bicyclette continues to improve covering his/her tracks making proving socking increasingly difficult. A few giveaways are adopting the same referencing style used by A bicyclette of <ref name=":0"> even when the ref isn't repeated and the inclusion of English language in the reference even when it is plainly the case, IP here: [102] and A Bicyclette here: [103]. XiAdonis and 8ya operate as a tag team on Lai Đại Hàn, making the same edits: [104] and [105] and Xiadonis here: [106] and the IP has also joined in here: [107]. IP geolocates to Ontario Canada, same as other IP socks and A bicyclette's original IP edits. The editwarring and general argumentative style on Talk Pages, insulting me, accusing me of not accepting any other views is exactly the same as that of A bicyclette and their various socks. Same agenda, same MO. WP:DUCK Mztourist ( talk) 10:41, 27 January 2021 (UTC) Mztourist ( talk) 10:41, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
I have just noticed that the IP makes the same arguments as User:Deogyusan, another A bicyclette sock here: Deogyusan [108] and IP here: [109]. Also Deogyusan didn't seem to know or like signing his posts: [110] and the IP and XiAdonis are the same, IP: [111] and XiAdonis : [112]. Mztourist ( talk) 17:04, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
Also IP uses "guy" or "some guy" here: [113] a favorite phrase of A bicyclette's: [114] and one of his socks: [115] Mztourist ( talk) 17:18, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
A bicyclette was blocked indefinitely by User:Black Kite for disruptive editing on 25 June 2018. After arguing against his block until 28 June I believe that since then A bicyclette has been evading that block by making a series of edits using IPs. A bicyclette acknowledging using these 2 IPs 172.86.241.3 and 172.86.241.193 before creating his account. Evidence is as follows:
I should add that IPs 125.192.86.52 and 124.85.14.35 were determined to be socks of each other here: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive370#User:Mztourist reported by User:124.85.14.35 (Result: OP and 125.192.86.52 blocked, article semi-protected) and IP 126.151.34.213 which also participated in that discussion is a further sock/dynamic IP of them. Mztourist ( talk) 06:18, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Mmmm, I agree that the unvert is a bit suspicious, the rest not sure about. Apart from Unvert this is the sort of thing a lot of new edds do, and some older ones. Slatersteven ( talk) 10:34, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
It is interesting in these matters to run a node trace (this reports the owner and location of every node that a PING is transmitted through up to the location of the final IP address). A falsified IP address usually shows up as a sudden shift in the trail towards the end. Disclaimers: In the case of dynamic IP addresses, it only reveals the final location of the current endpoint, and not necessarily the endpoint when any edit(s) were made (this applies to the simpler geo-locate utilities as well). The final endpoint always has a deliberate error included which can be up to 40 miles or so distant from the real location (and the error is never zero).
Two of the IPs are dynamic and currently (as of 15 or so minutes prior to this post) one traces to a location in Maryland, USA (and is active) and the other to the tip of Florida, USA (and is unassigned) and they are also unrelated ISP's. The remainder are all static IPs, one from Vietnam, one from Thailand and two from Tokyo in Japan (which although are different ISPs, are geographically close enough together that they could, but only could, be a single user posting from two locations, such as Home and Work). However, there is insufficient editing overlap to nail that hypothesis down with any degree of confidence. Given the subject matter, IMHO, it should not be that unsurprising that Asian IPs are pitching in.
Ordinarily, I would say that this report is suspiciously without merit. My only problem is that both A bicyclette and 173.64.109.152 used an entirely non-existent made up word, 'unvert'. What are the chances of two editors turning up in the same dispute believing that 'unvert' exists as a word? Note: typing 'unvert' into Google brings up many hits, but none of the sites linked to include the word (possibly Google trying to catch a typo for 'invert'?). Pretty well all the other issues are possible mistakes made by inexperienced editors given the absence of geographical co-location.
I pass this on with no opinion as to who is in the right as far as the content dispute goes. TheVicarsCat ( talk) 17:13, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Is this going anywhere? Slatersteven ( talk) 13:49, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
A bicyclette acknowledging (sic) using these 2 IPs 172.86.241.3 and 172.86.241.193 before creating his account.
@ Mztourist: Whilst I concur completely with your first two points, you are wrong on the third point. Of the IPs listed above, plus the two acknowledged by A bicyclette, none have been blocked for anything except the two Tokyo IP's (and they were not blocked for socking but for disruptive editing - plus they are on the opposite side of the planet to A bicyclette). Since the two acknowledged IP addresses are dynamic there would be no point in blocking them anyway. Both are currently unallocated anyway. TheVicarsCat ( talk) 12:25, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
IP 24.28.160.102 appeared out of nowhere on 27 September and went straight to 2 pages where I had removed dubious edits by User:A Bicyclette restoring those deleted parts and providing similar arguments that my edits were only my subjective views and hadn't been raised on appropriate boards. I reinstated my edits and then another new IP 72.178.68.100 appeared on 29 September and reverted my edits. As with A Bicyclette the IPs didn't follow WP:BRD and just went straight into edit warring. The fact that all these IP edits are on pages where I have previously had disputes with A Bicyclette (and in the case of Son Thang massacre apart from 1 other edit, we are the only Users who have edited the pages previously), follow the same idiosyncratic agenda and the fact that A Bicyclette has previously self-identified here [30] as IP 74.58.148.148 to evade their indefinite block to me is WP:DUCK that these are new IP socks to evade their block. Mztourist ( talk) 03:25, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Since I opened this report, User:Piccadillysquare has created an account and created Draft:Le Bac massacre which expands upon the dubious claims in Son Thang Massacre that I deleted here: [ [31]] as well as making substantial changes to Bình An/Tây Vinh massacre and South Korea in the Vietnam War on which I have had previous disputes with User:A Bicyclette. Mztourist ( talk) 08:19, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Nope, that user is located in the states way elsewhere whereas I am based in Hanoi. I just took notice of your edits, and decided to start tracking my edits. I just can't tolerate
We had a minor talk dispute on that article a month ago when you went on a diatribe on why all the sources are wrong without even reading them, since you decided to misrepresent AP/Reuters by pulling quotes out of context, and I interjected to contextualize them. It seems however that the edits themselves seem to be serving a quite obvious agenda since its a combination of not only misrepresentation to try to assert a NPOV point (as was the reuters/AP case), but now obviously deleting anything else you may disagree with in bad faith.
You can also notice that I took a much more objective stance on the Le Bac event, given that there is two different views of the events as they occurred. Censorship/deletion without proper channels, alongside NPOV representation should make way for a clear report of the sources for an open-ended interpretation and I would welcome more evidence or report on the matter. Immediately deleting everything that others contribute is my fundamental disagreement since it shuts down any improvements to articles, its best that you should tag them first and leave it open for discussion if its disagreeable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Piccadillysquare ( talk • contribs) 08:37, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
It is very vaguely Possible that the accounts are related, but the evidence is circumstantial. I have no comment on the IPs. --
Deskana (
talk)
08:15, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
Picaddillysquare was blocked on 31 October and this IP turns up today making similar changes to Bình An/Tây Vinh massacre here: [32] and reverting edits I had made on other pages regarding Vietnam War massacres: [33], [34]. Also edit warring on Vietnam War body count controversy here [35] compared to Picadillysquare here: [36]. IP edit wars rather than discussing on Talk pages. Uses long edit summaries, accuses me of obsession with issues here: IP [37] Picadillysquare [38]. Same MO, same agenda, WP:DUCK Mztourist ( talk) 07:24, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
IP proxy 116.106.89.77 was blocked yesterday. Today this new IP turns up and with their first edit goes to RFC to raise a very specific issue regarding inclusion of contested massacres in the campaignbox. Something which the previous IP changed yesterday [39]. Clearly another IP proxy. Mztourist ( talk) 04:47, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
The template that was edited is featured very prominently on the Vietnam War page, its not hard to miss that there was pretty significant edits. Secondarily, a look into the actual pages show there is consistent activity you posted, requesting for deletion here Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bình An/Tây Vinh massacre, which is where I first took notice of the recent string of edits, and which is not at all hard to miss when you just made it very prominently a feature of discussion. Finally, I neither edited, created consensus or anything to that matter since I just raised the rfc and do not plan to edit the page myself. As the matter doesn't seem to be settled in light of a recent edit warring post raised here [40], community input or comment will not detract from this. 183.107.0.107 ( talk) 05:08, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
another day, another 3 new IPs editing Template:Campaignbox Vietnam War massacres, a page that previous IP proxy 116.106.89.77 last edited on 2 November. Same agenda, same MO. Mztourist ( talk) 10:06, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
IP 119.76.120.181 appears out of nowhere today and goes straight to 2 new pages I created yesterday, making the usual POV edits and then when reverted IP 45.62.243.176 appears tagging and criticizing sources. Same MO, different pages but same approach of proxies, POV and pointing to ( [41]) Vietnam War body count controversy a favourite page of A bicyclette. Using WHOIS IP 45.62.243.176 locates to Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, near to A bicyclette's original IP edits. Mztourist ( talk) 06:22, 6 November 2018 (UTC) Mztourist ( talk) 06:22, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
IP 50.92.44.9 appeared out of nowhere today and tagged multiple Vietnam War pages in a similar manner to IP 45.62.243.176. WHOIS locates this new IP to British Columbia, Canada. Mztourist ( talk) 10:06, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
IP 126.72.143.235 appears out of nowhere today and goes straight to editing Vietnam War pages, reinstating edits made previously by A bicyclette and his socks/proxies. WP:DUCK Mztourist ( talk) 06:57, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
IP appears out of nowhere today and goes straight to 3 pages where I have made edits regarding massacres purportedly conducted by Korean forces during the Vietnam War. Same MO. WP:DUCK. Mztourist ( talk) 09:09, 25 November 2018 (UTC) Mztourist ( talk) 09:09, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
IP 174.112.21.209 appears out of nowhere on 19 January 2019 and goes straight to List of war crimes reverting my changes regarding "disputed" on certain Vietnam War war crimes here: [43], a topic on which A bicyclette was very active previously. Other IP socks of A Bicyclette IP: 110.168.170.123 previously made the same changes here: [44] and IP 193.56.28.126 here: [45]. IP geolocates to similar area of Ontario, Canada as previous IPs and where User identifies himself as being located. WP:DUCK Mztourist ( talk) 08:36, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
My ISP shifts my IP around every so often. None of these IPs you listed are geolocated to my location, they are far and away. Second, your edits you keep pushing and others are RVing clearly distorts the format and introduces WP:BIAS without any substantive support for it. Its easy to see why such an edit would be removed. There is nothing else in the long list located on that page which places (disputed), or anything else in brackets in the wrong column under Event Names columns. As I said if you feel very passionate about it, put it in the notes column and cite it because this page isn't for you to state your opinions. 174.112.21.209 ( talk) 07:18, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
new user Charlesn66 appears on 2 May and goes straight to South Korea in the Vietnam War a page frequently editted by A bicyclette making these similar edits: [46] to remove "alleged" from unproven accusations of South Korean war crimes. WP:DUCK Mztourist ( talk) 05:47, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
new user Charlesn66 appears on 2 May and goes straight to South Korea in the Vietnam War a page frequently editted by A bicyclette making these similar edits: [54] to remove "alleged" from unproven accusations of South Korean war crimes. Then today IP 174.114.57.231 appears making identical edits: [55] and then again when I reverted for socking: [56] and [57]. These follow previous similar edits by IP socks of A bicyclette: [58], [59], [60]. Running WhoIs on IP: 174.114.57.231 geolocates to Toronto, Canada, a similar location to the original IP edits made by A bicyclette and to other IP socks used by A bicyclette. With this diff: [61] IP states in the edit summary: Nope on all points; I am not logged in certainly since my password is lost and my autologin cleared accidently; but a mod can see I am neither that other guy or any other user for that matter since I have never edited on this page prior. This language is very similar to that used by A bicyclette and socks previously. e.g. "Nope" by User:Piccadillysquare here: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/A bicyclette/Archive#30 September 2018; claiming not to be logged in: "Well I am not the user you accused me of but not currently logged in so I have IP edits" here: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/A bicyclette/Archive#06 November 2018. "Guy" the edit summaries here: [62] "some guy's website"; [63] "They are from one guy who was some special forces guy"; [64] "some guy in Canada which I allegedly am" by confirmed sock Piccadillysquare WP Duck Mztourist ( talk) 08:49, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
User:Deogyusan has had an account with two bursts of activity on 1 July and today on a very specific topic/set of pages namely alleged massacres of the Vietnam War. On 1 July on Operation Wheeler/Wallowa [70] Deogyusan incorrectly added back references to the My Lai Massacre having occurred in this operation, something originally inserted here: [71] by User:Piccadillysquare a sock of A bicyclette. Today in a burst of activity User:Deogyusan has edited numerous pages where I engaged in debates with A bicyclette and their socks, namely: Bình An/Tây Vinh massacre Deogyusan today [72] A bicyclette [73]; Vietnam War body count controversy Deogyusan today: [74], Piccadillysquare [75]; Son Thang massacre Deogyusan today [76], owning a page originally created by A bicyclette; Vietnam War casualties, Deogyusan today [77] A bicyclette [78]; shared reliance on Nick Turse, Christian Appy and Heonik Kwon as sources, an argumentative approach claiming to be backed by policy and addressing my "partisan edits" and a general failure to follow WP:BRD instead edit warring everything. Mztourist ( talk) 08:33, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Likely, blocked, tagged, closing.--
Bbb23 (
talk)
12:53, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
IP 70.55.11.97 began making edits on 10 September 2020 to South Korea in the Vietnam War with this: [ [86]], adopting the same referencing style used by A bicyclette of <ref name=":0">. The edits follow a familiar pattern of denigrating South Korean forces as mercenaries and highlighting accusations of war crimes in Vietnam. The IP then edited Hà My massacre here: [ [87]] deleting "purportedly" a favourite point of contention for A bicyclette here: [88] and adopting the same <ref name=":0"> referencing style. The IP then edited Binh Tai Massacre here: [ [89]], adopting the same <ref name=":0"> referencing style. I would also note that the IP geolocates to Ontario, Canada, many of the IP socks belonging to A bicyclette also geolocate to eastern Canada. WP:DUCK. Mztourist ( talk) 03:55, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. Well that's my edits on a different IP. If you are accusing me of being someone else, you are mistaken. I don't have an edit history because my IP autoswitches but I do edit other articles throughout wikipedia. For example this IP has no edits to its history.
The user reverted the edit he found problematic, the word "purportedly" in a sentence, which i didn't think was a neutral term. I am fine with leaving it there and won't argue if its such a big problem for the user. My edits were mostly aimed at Korea-Vietnam diplomatic relations, domestic Korean politics and activity by the Korea Vietnam Peace Foundation/civic groups between countries. There was one small edit on one page which coincidences with another user. I invite any mods to look at the other edits I made which was not problematic or contested in any way.
I also used the autogenerated reference tool on the visual editor so its strange this user is accusing me of having the same referencing style as another user. By the way is this user even aware of how big in size and population Ontario is? There's 15 million people that live here. 70.55.8.116 ( talk) 20:37, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
By the way, so the article you linked on WP:DUCK states a presumption of good faith editing, and requires evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. This is quite a high evidence standard and requirement, so don't see why its a good idea to jump to conclusions and accuse me of vandalizing a page right off the bat. Especially since I won't even argue with the edits you made, I am fine with leaving your edits and don't care to edit it anytime soon. I'd like to hope my edits were assumed to be in good faith by the user, since I have language competency for Korean and have a basic understanding of the Vietnamese language and am familiar with the topic that I edited. 70.55.8.116 ( talk) 20:58, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
I'm not really sure what the context of this sockpuppet investigation is, but I've noticed that 70.55.8.116 ( talk · contribs) made some broad changes Meng Wanzhou that were in some parts improvements, but in others odd, especially in terms of grammatical choices. I don't have any direct criticisms, but the fact that the IP had no prior contributions to the page or any similar subjects, made me a bit suspicious. I think it would be better if the IP just made an official account, so as to make everybody more comfortable with the additions. Qiushufang ( talk) 04:24, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
By these diffs: [96], [97], [98] the IP has been edit-warring on Vietnam War casualties. Socks of A bicyclette editwarred the same issue here: [99], [100] and [101]. IP geolocates to Ontario Canada, same as other IP socks and A bicyclette's original IP edits. Same agenda, same MO. WP:DUCK. Mztourist ( talk) 09:56, 3 January 2021 (UTC) Mztourist ( talk) 09:56, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. I don't care enough to debate this accusation so I won't; just will point out that moderators should take a look at the user's edit history however. He not only did a 3R, but there have been repeated edit wars by the user in the last week with several different editors. User has a problematic editing history clearly. Its clear the user is also accusing other IPs and users of being socks as well. I am not going to continue this dispute or reply to this thread and already left a message on the user's talk page since this is a waste of my time.
On that page alone the user reverted every single edit by every other user this week.
The user violated 3RR and engaged in edit warring, I did not. Nor do I intend to; frankly this is too petty for me and I will drop it.
Another edit war where the user accuses them also of being a bicyclette.
And spent his time reverting other users. For example this IP user.
Another edit war here where user violates 3RR with a user:8ya
1 2 3 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.209.50.103 ( talk) 11:28, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Just a few days after the close of an earlier SPI for inactivity, the IP returns along with XiAdonis arguing on the usual topics, Vietnam War and wartime rape by South Korean forces. A bicyclette continues to improve covering his/her tracks making proving socking increasingly difficult. A few giveaways are adopting the same referencing style used by A bicyclette of <ref name=":0"> even when the ref isn't repeated and the inclusion of English language in the reference even when it is plainly the case, IP here: [102] and A Bicyclette here: [103]. XiAdonis and 8ya operate as a tag team on Lai Đại Hàn, making the same edits: [104] and [105] and Xiadonis here: [106] and the IP has also joined in here: [107]. IP geolocates to Ontario Canada, same as other IP socks and A bicyclette's original IP edits. The editwarring and general argumentative style on Talk Pages, insulting me, accusing me of not accepting any other views is exactly the same as that of A bicyclette and their various socks. Same agenda, same MO. WP:DUCK Mztourist ( talk) 10:41, 27 January 2021 (UTC) Mztourist ( talk) 10:41, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
I have just noticed that the IP makes the same arguments as User:Deogyusan, another A bicyclette sock here: Deogyusan [108] and IP here: [109]. Also Deogyusan didn't seem to know or like signing his posts: [110] and the IP and XiAdonis are the same, IP: [111] and XiAdonis : [112]. Mztourist ( talk) 17:04, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
Also IP uses "guy" or "some guy" here: [113] a favorite phrase of A bicyclette's: [114] and one of his socks: [115] Mztourist ( talk) 17:18, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.