Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
In October, Sherlock4000 was given a final warning for editing whilst logged out, to avoid scrutiny.
Now the same IP has come back and started making the same edits...
98.166.157.157 overlaps on a remarkable 61 articles, including some extremely obscure articles created by Sherlock4000, such as Argentine general election, March 1973; Argentine general election, September 1973, Beatriz Rojkés de Alperovich; Estela Barnes de Carlotto; Libertador Building; and so on.
This IP address has long been used to make the same reverts as Sherlock4000 in edit wars, for instance [3] and [4]. bobrayner ( talk) 17:54, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
Your other account(s) have been blocked indefinitely. This is your only warning. If you repeat this behaviour you will blocked from editing without further notice. Thank you.
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Sherlock4000's preferred IP address has just been blocked for sockpuppetry; so 2600:1003:b12d:c62b:24f4:719d:4b30:eb8e and 2600:1003:b11c:700c:9c9e:7854:2372:a9ee appear to make the same edits. Compare diffs: [8] [9] [10] [11] bobrayner ( talk) 21:23, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
After Sherlock4000's latest block for sockpuppetry was increased to a month, another IP appeared to push the same points. [12] [13] bobrayner ( talk) 12:44, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Clerk note: Several comments,
Bobrayner. First, please sign your posts. Second,
Mike V is not
WP:INVOLVED at all. Taking administrative action against a user does not make an admin involved. Third, please compare the IP's edits to the master's rather than just presenting diffs of the IP. Finally, the IP is a bit stale now. If I were persuaded that this is another case of block evasion, I would be more inclined to increase the master's block duration, possibly to indefinite. I would welcome Mike's comments, as he is more familiar with this case than I am.--
Bbb23 (
talk) 19:39, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
Greetings! I am requesting an inquiry into potential sock-puppetry. I understand it is a possibility these suspicions are incorrect, but I believe they at east merit an inquiry at the least. Sherlock4000 has long been involved in Argentine related pages. I have long been involved in political corruption related pages. We therefore have edit conflicts over a number of articles. No harm there, I know what Wikipedia is.
But what alarms me is that this user interacts in almost no collaboration on the talk pages, never attempts to reach compromises that I have offered on several occasions, is very accusatory towards me, removes reliably sourced content, and is generally disruptive. Also of interest is the general pattern that initially perked my suspicions: one of these suspected socks would make revisions to a page. Then when I, or another user, would revert, Sherlock comes in making the same changes, as if its planned. It doesnt take a stretch of the imagination to think a user dedicated to Argentine pages would do anything to protect the reputation of Argentine officials involved in corruption by enacting a sock-puppetry campaign.
Here
IP:98.166.157.157
IP100.2.75.216
Sherlock
Superagente
Danielseo
Violeta Pobre
Sherlock
Superagente
Danielseo
Arankewende
Sherlock
Kynigosgnosis
Wprag
Sherlock
This is also not the first investigation into this user's conduct:
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sherlock4000/Archive.
I hope this investigation clears everything up. If there is sock puppetry abuse here I hope justice is promptly brought. If it shows there is no violation then there is no harm done. Thank you for your consideration. DaltonCastle ( talk) 05:02, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Greetings again! I am wondering if someone can inquire into this. I suspect User:Tuquoquefili to be Sherlock4000 evading a block. ( Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sherlock4000/Archive) This user began editing on June 26, 2015. Sherlock was blocked on Jun 17, 2015.
Sherlock was confirmed to have been using several sock on several pages, Brito included. Hope this can be resolved in a timely fashion. DaltonCastle ( talk) 21:21, 20 July 2015 (UTC) DaltonCastle ( talk) 21:21, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
Perhaps @ Bbb23: or @ Berean Hunter: might have some input.
Adding a new user. Since this group of socks is an admitted PR agency for Argentine officials, I think this (
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=The_Route_of_the_K-Money&diff=prev&oldid=674228275) is worthy of a check.
DaltonCastle (
talk) 01:11, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
This single purpose editor follows the same pattern of Sherlock's long term abuse on Wikipedia of removing reliably sourced content. Almost certainly Sherlock circumventing their block. The master, Sherlock, was found to linked to User:Tuquoquefili. Tuquoquefili has made the following admission:
I have been employed at Hormigas Group where I work on a variety of clients, maily from Latin America. I use my Wikipedia account in a professional and personal capacity to add factual information to client pages, only with supporting third party news sources. My task is to guarantee a well-sourced article of clients, with reliable information.
These users have some paid interest with elements of the Argentine government.
Jose Luis Manzano
DaltonCastle ( talk) 20:44, 26 August 2015 (UTC) DaltonCastle ( talk) 20:44, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Technically, there's not enough to match them with any previous accounts. It's a mix-and-match of location and other technical details, but none of them is in alignment. The best I can do based on the data is
Inconclusive, which I understand is not particularly helpful.--
Bbb23 (
talk) 00:41, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
Same pattern as the previous socks and self-declared PR agency (See here), attempting to remove sourced content from the Brito page and drag my name through the mud.
On Brito's page edits by ClufoWatson are almost the same..
as edits made by previously confirmed socks:
User then canvassed on Argentina project page for help, misrepresenting facts:
Then tried to drag my name through mud on COI noticeboard when they are almost certainly Sherlock navigating around block. Cant stress enough that I write about corruption topics often:
Behavioural evidence almost perfectly matches previously proven sock-puppets and I am requesting further administrative review. In addition, since these pages are under continuous alterations by single-purpose users after a major editor was blocked for sock-puppetry and conflict of interest on these pages, I am also requesting these pages be protected. DaltonCastle ( talk) 21:05, 28 September 2015 (UTC) DaltonCastle ( talk) 21:05, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
I am again requesting someone look into the activities of another user. I do not, and will not, advocate an opinion that anyone editing Argentine related pages from a POV in favor of the government is a sock or has a paid interest - BUT, this user follows much of the same patterns as Sherlock4000, who WAS blocked for long term account abuse and a major, on-going conflict of interest. SegataSanshiro1 (who I will call Segata for short) is still a newer user, has only been active on Argentine pages, edited several of the same pages as Sherlock, follows the same patterns, and makes accusatory claims against those they've disagreed with. Sherlock has been found to have numerous socks and meatpuppets so it is not a totally far-fetched idea at all that Segata is one and the same. If Segata is innocent then they have nothing to hide. But this kind of behavior is disruptive and my suspicions are not without merit.
This user states their interest is in Argentine railroads. Yet they have made some considerable edits to Economy of Argentina, Paul Singer (businessman), and now Argentine former transport minister Ricardo Jaime. Anyone familiar with former Sherlock4000 SPIs will know about the pages he and his socks had been active on and their disclosed paid interest.
Ricardo Jaime. New behavior for Segata, although Sherlock was interested in pages of politicians:
Paul Singer. Edits antagonistic towards bond-holders. On more than one occasion, Sherlock called me a "Vulture fund troll" for totally unrelated edits:
Distressed securities fund:
Economy of Argentina:
Other, mainly accusatory tone and use of term "trolling" for anyone in disagreement:
Let me know what more you all need. I hope we can get to the bottom of this promptly. Thank you for your time. DaltonCastle ( talk) 21:38, 5 October 2015 (UTC) DaltonCastle ( talk) 21:38, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Well, googling my own IP seems to suggest I'm in the country I think I am and that I'm not losing my mind... The fact that neither country comes up confuses me more than it does you. I'm quite curious what countries you're getting and why, but I guess that's not particularly relevant here. If you wish to disclose then I'd be happy to know, but otherwise I'm content with this being left at me not being the person DaltonCastle has accused me of being. SegataSanshiro1 ( talk) 01:48, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
@ Bbb23: @ Berean Hunter:
New, single-purpose user, making the exact same edit as the previously found socks on Jorge Horacio Brito's page.
Edit by HungryThai:
Edits by previous Socks:
On the talk page they make the exact same arguments as the previous socks:
There is persistent vandalism and sock-puppetry on this page that merits a more long-term page protection. The behavioral evidence of this new user looks like a WP:DUCK. Checkuser data may reveal more but this appears to almost certainly be the PR firm at work that openly disclosed its interest on this page. DaltonCastle ( talk) 22:28, 15 October 2015 (UTC) DaltonCastle ( talk) 22:28, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Considering the previous investigations, wherein the socks admitted to being paid advocates on behalf of the Argentine government, this one should be pretty simple.
New user admits to working for a PR firm. They are pushing the same edits against our consensus as previous socks. DaltonCastle ( talk) 01:23, 31 December 2015 (UTC) DaltonCastle ( talk) 01:23, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Three suspected accounts have all made identical edits in the past month.
Suspected sock master was discovered to be a professional PR entity making edits on behalf of Argentine public figures.
Instead of approaching the subject on the talk page they are following the behavior of the previously blocked accounts. Would like to see if someone can take a look at this. DaltonCastle ( talk) 22:39, 5 April 2016 (UTC) DaltonCastle ( talk) 22:39, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
In October, Sherlock4000 was given a final warning for editing whilst logged out, to avoid scrutiny.
Now the same IP has come back and started making the same edits...
98.166.157.157 overlaps on a remarkable 61 articles, including some extremely obscure articles created by Sherlock4000, such as Argentine general election, March 1973; Argentine general election, September 1973, Beatriz Rojkés de Alperovich; Estela Barnes de Carlotto; Libertador Building; and so on.
This IP address has long been used to make the same reverts as Sherlock4000 in edit wars, for instance [3] and [4]. bobrayner ( talk) 17:54, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
Your other account(s) have been blocked indefinitely. This is your only warning. If you repeat this behaviour you will blocked from editing without further notice. Thank you.
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Sherlock4000's preferred IP address has just been blocked for sockpuppetry; so 2600:1003:b12d:c62b:24f4:719d:4b30:eb8e and 2600:1003:b11c:700c:9c9e:7854:2372:a9ee appear to make the same edits. Compare diffs: [8] [9] [10] [11] bobrayner ( talk) 21:23, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
After Sherlock4000's latest block for sockpuppetry was increased to a month, another IP appeared to push the same points. [12] [13] bobrayner ( talk) 12:44, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Clerk note: Several comments,
Bobrayner. First, please sign your posts. Second,
Mike V is not
WP:INVOLVED at all. Taking administrative action against a user does not make an admin involved. Third, please compare the IP's edits to the master's rather than just presenting diffs of the IP. Finally, the IP is a bit stale now. If I were persuaded that this is another case of block evasion, I would be more inclined to increase the master's block duration, possibly to indefinite. I would welcome Mike's comments, as he is more familiar with this case than I am.--
Bbb23 (
talk) 19:39, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
Greetings! I am requesting an inquiry into potential sock-puppetry. I understand it is a possibility these suspicions are incorrect, but I believe they at east merit an inquiry at the least. Sherlock4000 has long been involved in Argentine related pages. I have long been involved in political corruption related pages. We therefore have edit conflicts over a number of articles. No harm there, I know what Wikipedia is.
But what alarms me is that this user interacts in almost no collaboration on the talk pages, never attempts to reach compromises that I have offered on several occasions, is very accusatory towards me, removes reliably sourced content, and is generally disruptive. Also of interest is the general pattern that initially perked my suspicions: one of these suspected socks would make revisions to a page. Then when I, or another user, would revert, Sherlock comes in making the same changes, as if its planned. It doesnt take a stretch of the imagination to think a user dedicated to Argentine pages would do anything to protect the reputation of Argentine officials involved in corruption by enacting a sock-puppetry campaign.
Here
IP:98.166.157.157
IP100.2.75.216
Sherlock
Superagente
Danielseo
Violeta Pobre
Sherlock
Superagente
Danielseo
Arankewende
Sherlock
Kynigosgnosis
Wprag
Sherlock
This is also not the first investigation into this user's conduct:
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sherlock4000/Archive.
I hope this investigation clears everything up. If there is sock puppetry abuse here I hope justice is promptly brought. If it shows there is no violation then there is no harm done. Thank you for your consideration. DaltonCastle ( talk) 05:02, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Greetings again! I am wondering if someone can inquire into this. I suspect User:Tuquoquefili to be Sherlock4000 evading a block. ( Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sherlock4000/Archive) This user began editing on June 26, 2015. Sherlock was blocked on Jun 17, 2015.
Sherlock was confirmed to have been using several sock on several pages, Brito included. Hope this can be resolved in a timely fashion. DaltonCastle ( talk) 21:21, 20 July 2015 (UTC) DaltonCastle ( talk) 21:21, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
Perhaps @ Bbb23: or @ Berean Hunter: might have some input.
Adding a new user. Since this group of socks is an admitted PR agency for Argentine officials, I think this (
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=The_Route_of_the_K-Money&diff=prev&oldid=674228275) is worthy of a check.
DaltonCastle (
talk) 01:11, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
This single purpose editor follows the same pattern of Sherlock's long term abuse on Wikipedia of removing reliably sourced content. Almost certainly Sherlock circumventing their block. The master, Sherlock, was found to linked to User:Tuquoquefili. Tuquoquefili has made the following admission:
I have been employed at Hormigas Group where I work on a variety of clients, maily from Latin America. I use my Wikipedia account in a professional and personal capacity to add factual information to client pages, only with supporting third party news sources. My task is to guarantee a well-sourced article of clients, with reliable information.
These users have some paid interest with elements of the Argentine government.
Jose Luis Manzano
DaltonCastle ( talk) 20:44, 26 August 2015 (UTC) DaltonCastle ( talk) 20:44, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Technically, there's not enough to match them with any previous accounts. It's a mix-and-match of location and other technical details, but none of them is in alignment. The best I can do based on the data is
Inconclusive, which I understand is not particularly helpful.--
Bbb23 (
talk) 00:41, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
Same pattern as the previous socks and self-declared PR agency (See here), attempting to remove sourced content from the Brito page and drag my name through the mud.
On Brito's page edits by ClufoWatson are almost the same..
as edits made by previously confirmed socks:
User then canvassed on Argentina project page for help, misrepresenting facts:
Then tried to drag my name through mud on COI noticeboard when they are almost certainly Sherlock navigating around block. Cant stress enough that I write about corruption topics often:
Behavioural evidence almost perfectly matches previously proven sock-puppets and I am requesting further administrative review. In addition, since these pages are under continuous alterations by single-purpose users after a major editor was blocked for sock-puppetry and conflict of interest on these pages, I am also requesting these pages be protected. DaltonCastle ( talk) 21:05, 28 September 2015 (UTC) DaltonCastle ( talk) 21:05, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
I am again requesting someone look into the activities of another user. I do not, and will not, advocate an opinion that anyone editing Argentine related pages from a POV in favor of the government is a sock or has a paid interest - BUT, this user follows much of the same patterns as Sherlock4000, who WAS blocked for long term account abuse and a major, on-going conflict of interest. SegataSanshiro1 (who I will call Segata for short) is still a newer user, has only been active on Argentine pages, edited several of the same pages as Sherlock, follows the same patterns, and makes accusatory claims against those they've disagreed with. Sherlock has been found to have numerous socks and meatpuppets so it is not a totally far-fetched idea at all that Segata is one and the same. If Segata is innocent then they have nothing to hide. But this kind of behavior is disruptive and my suspicions are not without merit.
This user states their interest is in Argentine railroads. Yet they have made some considerable edits to Economy of Argentina, Paul Singer (businessman), and now Argentine former transport minister Ricardo Jaime. Anyone familiar with former Sherlock4000 SPIs will know about the pages he and his socks had been active on and their disclosed paid interest.
Ricardo Jaime. New behavior for Segata, although Sherlock was interested in pages of politicians:
Paul Singer. Edits antagonistic towards bond-holders. On more than one occasion, Sherlock called me a "Vulture fund troll" for totally unrelated edits:
Distressed securities fund:
Economy of Argentina:
Other, mainly accusatory tone and use of term "trolling" for anyone in disagreement:
Let me know what more you all need. I hope we can get to the bottom of this promptly. Thank you for your time. DaltonCastle ( talk) 21:38, 5 October 2015 (UTC) DaltonCastle ( talk) 21:38, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Well, googling my own IP seems to suggest I'm in the country I think I am and that I'm not losing my mind... The fact that neither country comes up confuses me more than it does you. I'm quite curious what countries you're getting and why, but I guess that's not particularly relevant here. If you wish to disclose then I'd be happy to know, but otherwise I'm content with this being left at me not being the person DaltonCastle has accused me of being. SegataSanshiro1 ( talk) 01:48, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
@ Bbb23: @ Berean Hunter:
New, single-purpose user, making the exact same edit as the previously found socks on Jorge Horacio Brito's page.
Edit by HungryThai:
Edits by previous Socks:
On the talk page they make the exact same arguments as the previous socks:
There is persistent vandalism and sock-puppetry on this page that merits a more long-term page protection. The behavioral evidence of this new user looks like a WP:DUCK. Checkuser data may reveal more but this appears to almost certainly be the PR firm at work that openly disclosed its interest on this page. DaltonCastle ( talk) 22:28, 15 October 2015 (UTC) DaltonCastle ( talk) 22:28, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Considering the previous investigations, wherein the socks admitted to being paid advocates on behalf of the Argentine government, this one should be pretty simple.
New user admits to working for a PR firm. They are pushing the same edits against our consensus as previous socks. DaltonCastle ( talk) 01:23, 31 December 2015 (UTC) DaltonCastle ( talk) 01:23, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Three suspected accounts have all made identical edits in the past month.
Suspected sock master was discovered to be a professional PR entity making edits on behalf of Argentine public figures.
Instead of approaching the subject on the talk page they are following the behavior of the previously blocked accounts. Would like to see if someone can take a look at this. DaltonCastle ( talk) 22:39, 5 April 2016 (UTC) DaltonCastle ( talk) 22:39, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.