Same behavior on numerous pages. Flix11 ( talk) 09:29, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
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@ Flix11: You should know better than to file a report like this one, even if it has merit. First, you have presented no evidence. Second, you have requested a CU, even though a check would violate privacy. As a non-clerk, I do not have the ability to decline the CU, but as a patrolling admin, I can tell you that evidence in the form of diffs must be presented, or the report may be closed with no action.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 13:48, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
The user seems to have registered due to an applied blocking in the previous hours. Contributions seems to match and the edits made on the version 1029933124 of Statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina have been reverted as resembled the same mistake the IP user used to make and was warned about several times, and eventually led to the temporary block. — MrE ( talk) 22:22, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
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Behavior of updating COVID-19 daily numbers only on Statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia ( Javito, Joplin), violating WP:ALTACCN and WP:BE. Flix11 ( talk) 10:52, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
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This sockpuppet investigation was created by me after this IP was warned on several ocassions on the behavior on the mentioned pages such as Statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia and Statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina. This was later addressed on his talk page as he was not able to read the previously issued warnings. As he was unaware of this information as both an IP and later as Javito1993, he attempted to create new users, being his current user Joplin201017. For my part, we have been able to come to a civil dialogue in my talk page, but the reason why I reported him in the first place was due to him creating new users to avoid blocking. — MrE ( talk) 23:54, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
@ GeneralNotability: as you can see what occurred to Flix11 I feel that with every single of my edits in certain Wikipedia pages like in Statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia I have been under immense scrutiny and criticism by some Wikipedia users who feel entitled to these Wikipedia pages and believe no other users have the right to make an edit to them. I provided references, I did what these Wikipedia users asked me to do whenever I was editing the page but still this would not be enough for these users like Flix11 and considered my editing as “disruptive”. I feel I’ve been the target of prosecution by certain users who do not agree with Wikipedia being open to everyone (as long as there is compliance with their rigorous standards of referencing and sourced based information). I make a continuous effort to update information on Wikipedia based on credible sources but I still believe there is entitlement from some users pushing newly created users like mine to leave Wikipedia to avoid this intense prosecution. Joplin201017 ( talk) 13:53, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
The new account has a similar interest in the COVID-19 pandemic to the sockmaster. The account has found Template:COVID-19 pandemic in Russia/Cumulative and daily charts and made edits thereto ( 1 2). This page was made by a confessed sock of Javito1993, Joplin201017 and has been almost exclusively edited by other socks of Javito, such as 24Bnd, Zoey2003, and MelaniePos.
The sockpuppet has also been warned for unconstructive editing on COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia in which they broke the formatting of charts, showing that the sockpuppet shares a similar niche interest within COVID-19 that goes beyond a single page. In fact, a perusal of the editor's contributions appears to show an exclusive interest in COVID-19 and a particular focus on COVID-19 statistics.
Looks like a duck to me —
Mikehawk10 (
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Reverting back in sock edits in: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Mvqr ( talk) 12:25, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
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New account created an hour after last sock going through many of the same pages AndreHere edited. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 16:20, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
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New account editing same pages that previous socks edited. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 10:15, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
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New account created right after Billytoledo, editing same articles — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 15:54, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
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The account was made on 25 October, which is the day after the most recent sock was banned. This sock has immediately begun to edit COVID-19 data, including on pages edited by Javito's prior socks. These pages include Template:COVID-19 pandemic in Russia/Cumulative and daily charts and other similar pages. Since there have been many accounts made in rapid succession, I'm requesting CU to check for sleepers or any other socks. — Mikehawk10 ( talk) 01:42, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
Might it be useful to semi-protect the pages that this sockpuppeteer has targeted? — Mikehawk10 ( talk) 02:34, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
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Brandonmanu and JessemmX are exact matches to each other, and very likely to both Javito1993 and Elbin pro, based on technical evidence. Given the behavioral match, I'll retag all of these as confirmed. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:49, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
Same articles, including most-recent Bertagom. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 13:54, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
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New account straight to articles that previous socks edited. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 17:56, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
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Lulusola1 - New account editing same type of pages, after some edits begins overlapping with previous socks. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 10:58, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
Edithmos - Undoing reverts.
Mosmaid - Editing on top of undos — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 12:11, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
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New day, new account. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 10:52, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
Add one more that popped up in-between. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 14:48, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
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etc. Basically, 120.22.0.0/16
Pretty much DUCK at this point. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 13:12, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
I'm also listing IPs for the record since it's obvious without any CU tools and not neccessarily if you haven't looked at the SPI. Not asking for CU, because probably nothing is really actionable since they refresh every day and it covers what I assume is a mobile network. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 13:17, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
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I've blocked and tagged the named account. The /16 range is partially blocked from the template namespace by GeneralNotability, so that doesn't catch all the edits to the articlespace COVID pages. Closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 13:46, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
Quack. Not listing IPs as I guess there is no point. I listed some of the common pages for PP at Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection/Increase#COVID-19_pandemic_in_Bulgaria though. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 16:59, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
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Editing Covid statistic pages, same pages as previous socks, doing same edits - adding to stat tables. Started actively editing after last SPI account block. But the account was created earlier tough. Possible sleepers were mentioned at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Javito1993/Archive#26_October_2021_3, so this may be one of those?
This account is also editing other pages, but their primary editing seems to be the statistic pages. Not sure if this is to throw off investigation or if they are just editing.
The edits are now from mobile, so may be device changed?
In any case, asking for CU this time. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 16:10, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
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-- RoySmith (talk) 15:18, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
Editing same statistics pages. Recent account (6 Nov). Only racked up edits on Nov 6 to get confirmed. Started editing after StxQ block. Asking CU for likely more sleepers and such. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 10:09, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
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-- RoySmith (talk) 15:19, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
New account with uncreative name created after previous-to-last sock block. Making pointless edits to Port of Barcelona, presumably to rack up the autoconfirmed status. Port/coastal topic of random countries was also seen in previous sock [12] [13] as a broad interest. Only one edit to Covid stat page at COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, but the page was edited by many of the previous socks and the edit undoes the exact reverted sock content. The edit to Zara (retailer) doesn't say much, but it follows the same StxQ pattern of adding a random driveby unsourced sentence, e.g. [14] [15] etc. High speculation: it looks like Nov 19 edits were not mobile, but whatever means they use to circumvent IP/account creation ban; and then Nov 21 is their usual mobile device.
Asking CU since this account was not (at least publicly among probably gajillion sleepers) mentioned during last CU check, so wondering how it slipped by or whether this is a huge coincidence. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 09:51, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
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Pro-forma filing -- RoySmith (talk) 16:04, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
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Same behavior on numerous pages. Flix11 ( talk) 09:29, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
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@ Flix11: You should know better than to file a report like this one, even if it has merit. First, you have presented no evidence. Second, you have requested a CU, even though a check would violate privacy. As a non-clerk, I do not have the ability to decline the CU, but as a patrolling admin, I can tell you that evidence in the form of diffs must be presented, or the report may be closed with no action.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 13:48, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
The user seems to have registered due to an applied blocking in the previous hours. Contributions seems to match and the edits made on the version 1029933124 of Statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina have been reverted as resembled the same mistake the IP user used to make and was warned about several times, and eventually led to the temporary block. — MrE ( talk) 22:22, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
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Behavior of updating COVID-19 daily numbers only on Statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia ( Javito, Joplin), violating WP:ALTACCN and WP:BE. Flix11 ( talk) 10:52, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
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This sockpuppet investigation was created by me after this IP was warned on several ocassions on the behavior on the mentioned pages such as Statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia and Statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina. This was later addressed on his talk page as he was not able to read the previously issued warnings. As he was unaware of this information as both an IP and later as Javito1993, he attempted to create new users, being his current user Joplin201017. For my part, we have been able to come to a civil dialogue in my talk page, but the reason why I reported him in the first place was due to him creating new users to avoid blocking. — MrE ( talk) 23:54, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
@ GeneralNotability: as you can see what occurred to Flix11 I feel that with every single of my edits in certain Wikipedia pages like in Statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia I have been under immense scrutiny and criticism by some Wikipedia users who feel entitled to these Wikipedia pages and believe no other users have the right to make an edit to them. I provided references, I did what these Wikipedia users asked me to do whenever I was editing the page but still this would not be enough for these users like Flix11 and considered my editing as “disruptive”. I feel I’ve been the target of prosecution by certain users who do not agree with Wikipedia being open to everyone (as long as there is compliance with their rigorous standards of referencing and sourced based information). I make a continuous effort to update information on Wikipedia based on credible sources but I still believe there is entitlement from some users pushing newly created users like mine to leave Wikipedia to avoid this intense prosecution. Joplin201017 ( talk) 13:53, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
The new account has a similar interest in the COVID-19 pandemic to the sockmaster. The account has found Template:COVID-19 pandemic in Russia/Cumulative and daily charts and made edits thereto ( 1 2). This page was made by a confessed sock of Javito1993, Joplin201017 and has been almost exclusively edited by other socks of Javito, such as 24Bnd, Zoey2003, and MelaniePos.
The sockpuppet has also been warned for unconstructive editing on COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia in which they broke the formatting of charts, showing that the sockpuppet shares a similar niche interest within COVID-19 that goes beyond a single page. In fact, a perusal of the editor's contributions appears to show an exclusive interest in COVID-19 and a particular focus on COVID-19 statistics.
Looks like a duck to me —
Mikehawk10 (
talk) 00:04, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
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Reverting back in sock edits in: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Mvqr ( talk) 12:25, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
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New account created an hour after last sock going through many of the same pages AndreHere edited. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 16:20, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
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New account editing same pages that previous socks edited. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 10:15, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
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New account created right after Billytoledo, editing same articles — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 15:54, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
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The account was made on 25 October, which is the day after the most recent sock was banned. This sock has immediately begun to edit COVID-19 data, including on pages edited by Javito's prior socks. These pages include Template:COVID-19 pandemic in Russia/Cumulative and daily charts and other similar pages. Since there have been many accounts made in rapid succession, I'm requesting CU to check for sleepers or any other socks. — Mikehawk10 ( talk) 01:42, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
Might it be useful to semi-protect the pages that this sockpuppeteer has targeted? — Mikehawk10 ( talk) 02:34, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
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Brandonmanu and JessemmX are exact matches to each other, and very likely to both Javito1993 and Elbin pro, based on technical evidence. Given the behavioral match, I'll retag all of these as confirmed. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:49, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
Same articles, including most-recent Bertagom. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 13:54, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
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New account straight to articles that previous socks edited. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 17:56, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
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Lulusola1 - New account editing same type of pages, after some edits begins overlapping with previous socks. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 10:58, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
Edithmos - Undoing reverts.
Mosmaid - Editing on top of undos — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 12:11, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
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New day, new account. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 10:52, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
Add one more that popped up in-between. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 14:48, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
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etc. Basically, 120.22.0.0/16
Pretty much DUCK at this point. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 13:12, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
I'm also listing IPs for the record since it's obvious without any CU tools and not neccessarily if you haven't looked at the SPI. Not asking for CU, because probably nothing is really actionable since they refresh every day and it covers what I assume is a mobile network. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 13:17, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
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I've blocked and tagged the named account. The /16 range is partially blocked from the template namespace by GeneralNotability, so that doesn't catch all the edits to the articlespace COVID pages. Closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 13:46, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
Quack. Not listing IPs as I guess there is no point. I listed some of the common pages for PP at Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection/Increase#COVID-19_pandemic_in_Bulgaria though. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 16:59, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
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Editing Covid statistic pages, same pages as previous socks, doing same edits - adding to stat tables. Started actively editing after last SPI account block. But the account was created earlier tough. Possible sleepers were mentioned at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Javito1993/Archive#26_October_2021_3, so this may be one of those?
This account is also editing other pages, but their primary editing seems to be the statistic pages. Not sure if this is to throw off investigation or if they are just editing.
The edits are now from mobile, so may be device changed?
In any case, asking for CU this time. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 16:10, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
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-- RoySmith (talk) 15:18, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
Editing same statistics pages. Recent account (6 Nov). Only racked up edits on Nov 6 to get confirmed. Started editing after StxQ block. Asking CU for likely more sleepers and such. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 10:09, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
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-- RoySmith (talk) 15:19, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
New account with uncreative name created after previous-to-last sock block. Making pointless edits to Port of Barcelona, presumably to rack up the autoconfirmed status. Port/coastal topic of random countries was also seen in previous sock [12] [13] as a broad interest. Only one edit to Covid stat page at COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, but the page was edited by many of the previous socks and the edit undoes the exact reverted sock content. The edit to Zara (retailer) doesn't say much, but it follows the same StxQ pattern of adding a random driveby unsourced sentence, e.g. [14] [15] etc. High speculation: it looks like Nov 19 edits were not mobile, but whatever means they use to circumvent IP/account creation ban; and then Nov 21 is their usual mobile device.
Asking CU since this account was not (at least publicly among probably gajillion sleepers) mentioned during last CU check, so wondering how it slipped by or whether this is a huge coincidence. — HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 09:51, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
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Pro-forma filing -- RoySmith (talk) 16:04, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
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