Hello, the user Alex Neman which has been previously blocked is now suspected to be contributing as オートカー, giving the very similar edit patterns and edit summary. He has previously "announced" that he would retire from Wikipedia though. Need any actions? 114.5.211.196 ( talk) 13:02, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
Copied from my talk page at User talk:Dreamy Jazz/Archive 5#Another sockpuppet of Alex Neman. Posting here to centralise and as I won't be able to deal with it for a little bit. 13:10, 29 January 2020 (UTC) Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 13:10, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
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Most probably the same IP user as Alex Neman (located in Surabaya, Indonesia, where he currently resided). Diff. See also 202.67.40.1 and 202.67.40.242. 114.5.211.196 ( talk) 11:07, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
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Same as above. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 15:51, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
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The registered user looks like a WP:DUCK quacking in a megaphone to me. -- Java Hurricane 14:36, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Same as above. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 04:54, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
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Well, I think the name and all of the edits at Suzuki Carry should be enough evidence. Mr.choppers | ✎ 05:31, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
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Quite obvious. Just in case he uses this account again (he's already blocked on Indonesian Wikipedia). 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 08:16, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
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Still messing with the Suzuki Carry gallery after 2-week protection, among other disruptive edits. Possible range-block required for all IPs. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 16:10, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
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Registered using Japanese name and reverting all of the edits. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 06:20, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
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WP:DUCK, we had another similar sockpuppet a few days back. -- Java Hurricane 06:55, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Same per above. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 14:37, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
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Please unrevoke talk page and email access of Alex Neman ( talk) to make unblock request. So that I can edit using that account. 202.67.40.232 ( talk) 15:03, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
IP located in Surabaya, which is the same city as above IPs. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 03:34, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
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Restored previous edits of 202.67.40.232. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 13:43, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
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Same type of edits as previous IPs, e.g. in the Honda Mobilio article: diff by 103.44.37.150, diff by 202.67.46.23 and diff by カーアップローダー 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 23:49, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Continuous editing with ever-changing IPs from the same location (Surabaya). Compare this, this and this Consider to block the 202.67.40.0/21, 202.67.46.0/22 and 114.5.241.0/22 ranges and protect the articles that have been edited. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 16:48, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Suspicious edit summary: diff. Another reversion: diff. Insisting that his edits are "good enough": diff. Range-block is the only option. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 07:51, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
This and this. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 01:27, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
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182.30.204.161 Please stop reverting my edits. My edits are good enough. 114.142.169.18 ( talk) 05.14, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
Unless diffs are provided, this report will be closed.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 19:04, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
The contributions say it all. Already blocked in Indonesian Wikipedia. 125.166.61.80 ( talk) 15:32, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
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Keep doing edits that related to car images: diff. 125.166.61.80 ( talk) 05:45, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
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Keep doing edits that related to car images: diff. Other edits: this, this and this 180.244.231.134 ( talk) 14:28, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
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Changing most images in the Toyota Allion article: diff, which is similar case in Suzuki Carry article: diff. Uploader of the pictures is named as Alex Neman: one example. Like Ivanvector said, although his edits are not considered as vandalism, he sorely lacks competence. 180.244.231.134 ( talk) 16:25, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
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Registered from Japanese wiki: check this, similar to اليكس نيمان. Same edit pattern: diff1 and diff2. 180.244.231.134 ( talk) 23:56, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
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WP:DUCK. Usual editing pattern, usual pages, restoring blocked sockpuppet's edits. Looks like the sockmaster is using mobile IPs after getting rangeblocked on his PC IPs. Please rangeblock for a while. Java Hurricane 16:48, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
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Very similar edit patterns: this with this, and this with this 182.30.85.63 ( talk) 16:05, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
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The "technically indistinguishable" account has been blocked by Materialscientist after I reported the user on WP:AIV. It could have been blocked only on the basis of username in any case as it is "Alex Neman" written in Devanagari script (the one used for Hindi and most other Indian languages). -- Java Hurricane 16:06, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
IP geolocates to Surabaya, which is already known to be the city of residence of the sockmaster. Moreover, the IP is taking an interest in pages edited by the master. Quack!
Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me
Java
Hurricane 11:58, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
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On Daihatsu Ayla: editing in simple English structure like every other edit Alex Neman did. @ JavaHurricane: 182.30.214.245 ( talk) 09:05, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
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All edits reverted. Asking for CU to check for sleepers. -- Java Hurricane 09:40, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
On Daihatsu Ayla: Restored previous IP (have been rangeblocked) edits diff. IP located in Surabaya 182.30.12.31 ( talk) 13:13, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
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@ JavaHurricane: IP located in Surabaya and performed similar edit styles in Suzuki Carry, Adland, and other articles. 182.30.133.131 ( talk) 07:28, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
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This does not seem like Alex. The IP's main interest seems to be music rather than automobiles, but I am not sure that it is not Alex either. Java Hurricane 07:59, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
@ JavaHurricane: IP located in Jakarta, but the editing patterns are similar to previous IPs (editing gallery formats). 182.30.133.131 ( talk) 11:13, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
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IP located in Surabaya (hometown of Alex), and his edits are quite obvious. 182.30.137.85 ( talk) 11:54, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
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@ Favonian: IP located in Surabaya (hometown of Alex), and WP:BMB. 182.30.80.146 ( talk) 04:55, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
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IP located in Surabaya (see past cases), and editing patterns are also familiar. 182.30.204.77 ( talk) 04:11, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
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Three-time edit (two of them were reverts) regarding car galleries in Honda Accord article ( diff 1, diff 2, diff 3). All IPs located in Surabaya (see past cases). The 140.0.0.0/16 range had also been blocked before for 6 months. *Update: 3 more IPs has been added above. 182.30.143.27 ( talk) 09:32, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
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Obvious block evasion. The "182.1.x.x" range is a bit tricky. 182.30.143.27 ( talk) 13:21, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
Insisting on changing car images for no strong reasons, as always. IP located in Surabaya. Andra Febrian ( talk) 16:38, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. The user appears to be block evading by using a proxy. In addition to this, all of the IPs appear to come from Singapore. Maybe block these existing IPs and search for similar edits, or IPs used to make similar edits from Singapore. EGL1234 ( talk) 15:48, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
Back and forth changing some images of their own (mainly infobox ones) without prior discussions: [2], [3] 182.30.82.165 ( talk) 02:43, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
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Same editing pattern as previous IPs, such as changing gallery parameters. 182.29.1.237 ( talk) 04:56, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
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This is very likely a sockpuppet of Alex Neman. His location (Surabaya, Indonesia) and editing behaviour (mostly on automobiles) is very suspiciously similar to Alex's. Very recently he was editing under another sockpuppet IP (158.140.167.100) until it was banned last month. Surely something can be done to prevent this guy from continuously creating new IP's to edit under? He's very disruptive with his constant unexplained edits. Democfest ( talk) 09:20, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
Again, same user making disruptive edits on the same automotive pages. Same location (Surabaya, Indonesia) again. Blatantly obvious. Was literally banned again yesterday under 202.67.40.253 Democfest ( talk) 04:18, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
Not completely certain if these IPs are sockpuppets of Alex; slightly different location, albeit still very close to their original city (Surabaya, Indonesia) but their editing pattern and behaviour (again, predominantly on articles about Japanese automobiles) is very very similar, almost identical to their previous banned sockpuppet accounts. Also, they seem to have popped up immediately after their previous IP was banned. Worth a check Democfest ( talk) 01:59, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
This is definitely him. Same location (Surabaya) and same editing behaviour Democfest ( talk) 02:09, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Slightly different locations but still very close in proximity to Alex's original location (Surabaya). Very similar editing behaviour - constant reverts and disruptive. All suspiciously popped up after previous IPs were banned. Worth a check Democfest ( talk) 06:42, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
Not completely certain about this one but his editing behaviour is again very similar to Alex's, focusing predominantly on Japanese/korean cars and having the same erratic, mass edits everyday. Suspiciously restores edits of Alex's previously banned sockpuppet IP's which leads me to believe it could be the same guy behind this account. Democfest ( talk) 06:48, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
Same location (Surabaya) and same editing behaviour - continuing on changing images for no given reason Democfest ( talk) 10:21, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
Same location (Surabaya), same editing behaviour and patterns Democfest ( talk) 01:26, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
Same location (Surabaya), same disruptive editing behaviour on the same pages Democfest ( talk) 11:38, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
Location is close in proximity to Alex's original city of Surabaya, very similar editing behaviour, popped up not too long after his previous sockpuppet IPs were banned Democfest ( talk) 22:25, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
Same location (Surabaya), same editing behaviour Democfest ( talk) 03:23, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
All in close proximity to original location of Surabaya, very similar editing behaviour Democfest ( talk) 05:36, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
Same location (Surabaya), same editing behaviour Democfest ( talk) 02:59, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
Similar location still close in proximity to original city (Surabaya), same editing patterns and behaviour Democfest ( talk) 14:08, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
Similar/same locations as Alex's original location, same repetitive disruptive editing behaviour on the same pages Democfest ( talk) 11:06, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
Again - same behaviour and same interest in the same pages. Similar locations as well Democfest ( talk) 02:39, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
Same/similar locations, same editing behaviour on the same pages Democfest ( talk) 01:28, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
Total affected |
Affected addresses |
Given addresses |
Range | Contribs |
---|---|---|---|---|
8192 | 8192 | 12 | 115.178.224.0/19 | contribs |
5120 | 1024 | 6 | 115.178.224.0/22 | contribs |
4096 | 6 | 115.178.240.0/20 | contribs | |
3584 | 256 | 3 | 115.178.225.0/24 | contribs |
256 | 3 | 115.178.227.0/24 | contribs | |
1024 | 4 | 115.178.244.0/22 | contribs | |
2048 | 2 | 115.178.248.0/21 | contribs |
115.178.224.0/19 ( block range · block log ( global) · WHOIS (partial)) blocked for one month. Closing. DatGuy Talk Contribs 21:57, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
Very similar behaviour, similar location Democfest ( talk) 00:43, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
Same location, same editing behaviour Democfest ( talk) 00:27, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
It looks like the edits under 158.140.167.0/24 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS) are overwhelmingly this user, and the IP changes on a daily basis. Is a rangeblock possible here? -- Sable232 ( talk) 21:34, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
Either a sock or a meatpuppet, editing many of the same articles as the sockmaster and IPs, and reinstating the IPs' reverted edits (e.g. [4], [5], [6], [7]). Sable232 ( talk) 00:17, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
Defends his own sockpuppet IP accounts and completely outs himself by admitting that he created this account to get involved Democfest ( talk) 15:16, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
Similar location, same behaviour Democfest ( talk) 15:26, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
Using a sockpuppet account to spam messages on talk pages Democfest ( talk) 15:55, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
Significantly different IP addresses but suspiciously still the same editing behaviour. Still the same country as well. Worth a check. It should be noted that like the previous sets of IP addresses Alex used for sockpuppetry, there are probably dozens more out there that haven't been reported yet. It's simply impossible to crack down on all of them Democfest ( talk) 02:16, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
There's been a lot of editing from the 2400:9800:0:0:0:0:0:0/32 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS) range lately. It's a wide range though, and it's hard to tell how much possible collateral impact there would be from a rangeblock. This user seems to be pretty adept at changing IPs too. -- Sable232 ( talk) 15:24, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
Same/similar location, similar editing behaviour on similar style of pages (automotive) Democfest ( talk) 03:37, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
Same editing behaviour on the same automotive pages. Uses his own wikimedia uploaded images Democfest ( talk) 08:04, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
Hello, the user Alex Neman which has been previously blocked is now suspected to be contributing as オートカー, giving the very similar edit patterns and edit summary. He has previously "announced" that he would retire from Wikipedia though. Need any actions? 114.5.211.196 ( talk) 13:02, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
Copied from my talk page at User talk:Dreamy Jazz/Archive 5#Another sockpuppet of Alex Neman. Posting here to centralise and as I won't be able to deal with it for a little bit. 13:10, 29 January 2020 (UTC) Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 13:10, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
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Most probably the same IP user as Alex Neman (located in Surabaya, Indonesia, where he currently resided). Diff. See also 202.67.40.1 and 202.67.40.242. 114.5.211.196 ( talk) 11:07, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
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Same as above. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 15:51, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
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The registered user looks like a WP:DUCK quacking in a megaphone to me. -- Java Hurricane 14:36, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Same as above. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 04:54, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
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Well, I think the name and all of the edits at Suzuki Carry should be enough evidence. Mr.choppers | ✎ 05:31, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
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Quite obvious. Just in case he uses this account again (he's already blocked on Indonesian Wikipedia). 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 08:16, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
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Still messing with the Suzuki Carry gallery after 2-week protection, among other disruptive edits. Possible range-block required for all IPs. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 16:10, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
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Registered using Japanese name and reverting all of the edits. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 06:20, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
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WP:DUCK, we had another similar sockpuppet a few days back. -- Java Hurricane 06:55, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Same per above. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 14:37, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
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Please unrevoke talk page and email access of Alex Neman ( talk) to make unblock request. So that I can edit using that account. 202.67.40.232 ( talk) 15:03, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
IP located in Surabaya, which is the same city as above IPs. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 03:34, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
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Restored previous edits of 202.67.40.232. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 13:43, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
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Same type of edits as previous IPs, e.g. in the Honda Mobilio article: diff by 103.44.37.150, diff by 202.67.46.23 and diff by カーアップローダー 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 23:49, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Continuous editing with ever-changing IPs from the same location (Surabaya). Compare this, this and this Consider to block the 202.67.40.0/21, 202.67.46.0/22 and 114.5.241.0/22 ranges and protect the articles that have been edited. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 16:48, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Suspicious edit summary: diff. Another reversion: diff. Insisting that his edits are "good enough": diff. Range-block is the only option. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 07:51, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
This and this. 182.30.204.161 ( talk) 01:27, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
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182.30.204.161 Please stop reverting my edits. My edits are good enough. 114.142.169.18 ( talk) 05.14, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
Unless diffs are provided, this report will be closed.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 19:04, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
The contributions say it all. Already blocked in Indonesian Wikipedia. 125.166.61.80 ( talk) 15:32, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
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Keep doing edits that related to car images: diff. 125.166.61.80 ( talk) 05:45, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
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Keep doing edits that related to car images: diff. Other edits: this, this and this 180.244.231.134 ( talk) 14:28, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
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Changing most images in the Toyota Allion article: diff, which is similar case in Suzuki Carry article: diff. Uploader of the pictures is named as Alex Neman: one example. Like Ivanvector said, although his edits are not considered as vandalism, he sorely lacks competence. 180.244.231.134 ( talk) 16:25, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
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Registered from Japanese wiki: check this, similar to اليكس نيمان. Same edit pattern: diff1 and diff2. 180.244.231.134 ( talk) 23:56, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
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WP:DUCK. Usual editing pattern, usual pages, restoring blocked sockpuppet's edits. Looks like the sockmaster is using mobile IPs after getting rangeblocked on his PC IPs. Please rangeblock for a while. Java Hurricane 16:48, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
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Very similar edit patterns: this with this, and this with this 182.30.85.63 ( talk) 16:05, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
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The "technically indistinguishable" account has been blocked by Materialscientist after I reported the user on WP:AIV. It could have been blocked only on the basis of username in any case as it is "Alex Neman" written in Devanagari script (the one used for Hindi and most other Indian languages). -- Java Hurricane 16:06, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
IP geolocates to Surabaya, which is already known to be the city of residence of the sockmaster. Moreover, the IP is taking an interest in pages edited by the master. Quack!
Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me
Java
Hurricane 11:58, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
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On Daihatsu Ayla: editing in simple English structure like every other edit Alex Neman did. @ JavaHurricane: 182.30.214.245 ( talk) 09:05, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
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All edits reverted. Asking for CU to check for sleepers. -- Java Hurricane 09:40, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
On Daihatsu Ayla: Restored previous IP (have been rangeblocked) edits diff. IP located in Surabaya 182.30.12.31 ( talk) 13:13, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
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@ JavaHurricane: IP located in Surabaya and performed similar edit styles in Suzuki Carry, Adland, and other articles. 182.30.133.131 ( talk) 07:28, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
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This does not seem like Alex. The IP's main interest seems to be music rather than automobiles, but I am not sure that it is not Alex either. Java Hurricane 07:59, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
@ JavaHurricane: IP located in Jakarta, but the editing patterns are similar to previous IPs (editing gallery formats). 182.30.133.131 ( talk) 11:13, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
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IP located in Surabaya (hometown of Alex), and his edits are quite obvious. 182.30.137.85 ( talk) 11:54, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
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@ Favonian: IP located in Surabaya (hometown of Alex), and WP:BMB. 182.30.80.146 ( talk) 04:55, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
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IP located in Surabaya (see past cases), and editing patterns are also familiar. 182.30.204.77 ( talk) 04:11, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
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Three-time edit (two of them were reverts) regarding car galleries in Honda Accord article ( diff 1, diff 2, diff 3). All IPs located in Surabaya (see past cases). The 140.0.0.0/16 range had also been blocked before for 6 months. *Update: 3 more IPs has been added above. 182.30.143.27 ( talk) 09:32, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
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Obvious block evasion. The "182.1.x.x" range is a bit tricky. 182.30.143.27 ( talk) 13:21, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
Insisting on changing car images for no strong reasons, as always. IP located in Surabaya. Andra Febrian ( talk) 16:38, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. The user appears to be block evading by using a proxy. In addition to this, all of the IPs appear to come from Singapore. Maybe block these existing IPs and search for similar edits, or IPs used to make similar edits from Singapore. EGL1234 ( talk) 15:48, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
Back and forth changing some images of their own (mainly infobox ones) without prior discussions: [2], [3] 182.30.82.165 ( talk) 02:43, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
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Same editing pattern as previous IPs, such as changing gallery parameters. 182.29.1.237 ( talk) 04:56, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
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This is very likely a sockpuppet of Alex Neman. His location (Surabaya, Indonesia) and editing behaviour (mostly on automobiles) is very suspiciously similar to Alex's. Very recently he was editing under another sockpuppet IP (158.140.167.100) until it was banned last month. Surely something can be done to prevent this guy from continuously creating new IP's to edit under? He's very disruptive with his constant unexplained edits. Democfest ( talk) 09:20, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
Again, same user making disruptive edits on the same automotive pages. Same location (Surabaya, Indonesia) again. Blatantly obvious. Was literally banned again yesterday under 202.67.40.253 Democfest ( talk) 04:18, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
Not completely certain if these IPs are sockpuppets of Alex; slightly different location, albeit still very close to their original city (Surabaya, Indonesia) but their editing pattern and behaviour (again, predominantly on articles about Japanese automobiles) is very very similar, almost identical to their previous banned sockpuppet accounts. Also, they seem to have popped up immediately after their previous IP was banned. Worth a check Democfest ( talk) 01:59, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
This is definitely him. Same location (Surabaya) and same editing behaviour Democfest ( talk) 02:09, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Slightly different locations but still very close in proximity to Alex's original location (Surabaya). Very similar editing behaviour - constant reverts and disruptive. All suspiciously popped up after previous IPs were banned. Worth a check Democfest ( talk) 06:42, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
Not completely certain about this one but his editing behaviour is again very similar to Alex's, focusing predominantly on Japanese/korean cars and having the same erratic, mass edits everyday. Suspiciously restores edits of Alex's previously banned sockpuppet IP's which leads me to believe it could be the same guy behind this account. Democfest ( talk) 06:48, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
Same location (Surabaya) and same editing behaviour - continuing on changing images for no given reason Democfest ( talk) 10:21, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
Same location (Surabaya), same editing behaviour and patterns Democfest ( talk) 01:26, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
Same location (Surabaya), same disruptive editing behaviour on the same pages Democfest ( talk) 11:38, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
Location is close in proximity to Alex's original city of Surabaya, very similar editing behaviour, popped up not too long after his previous sockpuppet IPs were banned Democfest ( talk) 22:25, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
Same location (Surabaya), same editing behaviour Democfest ( talk) 03:23, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
All in close proximity to original location of Surabaya, very similar editing behaviour Democfest ( talk) 05:36, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
Same location (Surabaya), same editing behaviour Democfest ( talk) 02:59, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
Similar location still close in proximity to original city (Surabaya), same editing patterns and behaviour Democfest ( talk) 14:08, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
Similar/same locations as Alex's original location, same repetitive disruptive editing behaviour on the same pages Democfest ( talk) 11:06, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
Again - same behaviour and same interest in the same pages. Similar locations as well Democfest ( talk) 02:39, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
Same/similar locations, same editing behaviour on the same pages Democfest ( talk) 01:28, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
Total affected |
Affected addresses |
Given addresses |
Range | Contribs |
---|---|---|---|---|
8192 | 8192 | 12 | 115.178.224.0/19 | contribs |
5120 | 1024 | 6 | 115.178.224.0/22 | contribs |
4096 | 6 | 115.178.240.0/20 | contribs | |
3584 | 256 | 3 | 115.178.225.0/24 | contribs |
256 | 3 | 115.178.227.0/24 | contribs | |
1024 | 4 | 115.178.244.0/22 | contribs | |
2048 | 2 | 115.178.248.0/21 | contribs |
115.178.224.0/19 ( block range · block log ( global) · WHOIS (partial)) blocked for one month. Closing. DatGuy Talk Contribs 21:57, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
Very similar behaviour, similar location Democfest ( talk) 00:43, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
Same location, same editing behaviour Democfest ( talk) 00:27, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
It looks like the edits under 158.140.167.0/24 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS) are overwhelmingly this user, and the IP changes on a daily basis. Is a rangeblock possible here? -- Sable232 ( talk) 21:34, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
Either a sock or a meatpuppet, editing many of the same articles as the sockmaster and IPs, and reinstating the IPs' reverted edits (e.g. [4], [5], [6], [7]). Sable232 ( talk) 00:17, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
Defends his own sockpuppet IP accounts and completely outs himself by admitting that he created this account to get involved Democfest ( talk) 15:16, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
Similar location, same behaviour Democfest ( talk) 15:26, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
Using a sockpuppet account to spam messages on talk pages Democfest ( talk) 15:55, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
Significantly different IP addresses but suspiciously still the same editing behaviour. Still the same country as well. Worth a check. It should be noted that like the previous sets of IP addresses Alex used for sockpuppetry, there are probably dozens more out there that haven't been reported yet. It's simply impossible to crack down on all of them Democfest ( talk) 02:16, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
There's been a lot of editing from the 2400:9800:0:0:0:0:0:0/32 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS) range lately. It's a wide range though, and it's hard to tell how much possible collateral impact there would be from a rangeblock. This user seems to be pretty adept at changing IPs too. -- Sable232 ( talk) 15:24, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
Same/similar location, similar editing behaviour on similar style of pages (automotive) Democfest ( talk) 03:37, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
Same editing behaviour on the same automotive pages. Uses his own wikimedia uploaded images Democfest ( talk) 08:04, 8 September 2023 (UTC)