Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Instantnood

Instantnood

• Instantnood (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Privacy (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Axtro (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Passer-by (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Michael G. Davis (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Pointe (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

• Code letter: B.

Link to ArbCom case: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Instantnood 3

The two user has a stunning similar edit pattern and that they never been online at the same time, and some of User:Privacy's edits falls on various User:Instantnood's bans. For example, User:Privacy was very active on both April 4th and 6th while for no apparent reason skipped April 5th, and of which on that day User:Instantnood was very active, and that while User:Instantnood was banned on March User:Privacy becomes very active. Also, they have very similar interest and both engaged in edit conflict with User:SchmuckyTheCat. What makes it even more suspicious is that their conflict existed in pages little known to many people, like Category:Hong Kong company stubs and Category:Chinese businesspeople, of which it is easily seen in the page's history that both User:Instantnood and User:Privacy has conflicted with User:SchmuckyTheCat. WinHunter ^(talk) 00:39, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Axtro: Showed up while Instantnood went missing and immediately made POV re-orgs against Huaiwei as the first edit. [1] Then 'Nood picked up where Axtro left off when he returned [2]. Axtro laid low for a month and returned while Instantnood was banned to revert Ksyrie (who 'nood was following before his ban) [3]. After having laid low but made some initial edits, engaged in classic sock behavior - moving articles. [4] and classic 'Nood find-and-replace [5]. This user follows me [6]. And makes similar edits to Privacy, et al, in proposing redirects for speedy delete so they can perform POV moves. [7]

Passer-by: [8] and notice right above this edit - within 24 hours 'Nood being banned, three of the users in this RFCU all voted on a pretty obscure stub-sorting discussion? And edit wars back to Instantnood versions of stubs while Instantnood is banned [9]. And seems to care A LOT (enough to edit war) about using the 'o' spelling of Macau/Macao which is another Instantnood habit: [10] [11] [12]

Michael G. Davis: Some info in previous RFCU (I'd forgotten it was there). He appears while Instantnood is banned. This latest time after being gone for two months, he showed up after 'Noods ban in March to vote as a block with Privacy and Passer-by on all the stub-sorting discussions. And to continue the reverts of Ksyrie as mentioned with Axtro, [13].

These users definitely have a relationship. I'm not sure RFCU is going to uncover it. SchmuckyTheCat 01:50, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

 Confirmed Instantnood == Privacy; Privacy == Axtro; Privacy == Passer-by. Michael G. Douglas is not IP related to the other three, but is enamored of Tor nodes. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 21:35, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Also:

1. Porkie Chopie (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Oh, by the way: next time you add a new case to an existing Case article, add it to the top, not the bottom! --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 21:35, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

oh yes, I meant to include Porkie Chopie! I thought of it after the other three but I thought coming back again and adding it with such a skimpy edit history would be pushing my luck and didn't want to be accused of phishing. Thanks. SchmuckyTheCat 23:54, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Adding Pointe, shows similar interests. Relisting. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 00:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

 Confirmed. Yeah, Pointe too. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 02:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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Instantnood

• Instantnood (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Michael G. Davis (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

• Code letter: B.

Editing pattern is too close for comfort. There is no way this is a new user.

• Instantnood lately only edits on Saturdays HK time for a long period, then goes mostly goes dormant for a week, this new account shows up exactly on that schedule. Instantnood made one single edit during the middle of this new user [14].
• New account instantly new advanced template syntax as their very first edit, then went on to do other advanced syntax stuff (templates, etc).
• New account targeted recent (within hours) articles edited by myself [15], Alanmak [16] and Huaiwei [17], who Instantnood always checks contribs on.
• New account made exactly the types of edits Instantnood is famous for, recreating mainland China categories, removing chinese language infoboxes, etc.
• New account targeted articles Instantnood recently targeted
• New account targeted category revisions that Instantnood has fixated on
• New account went to 3 reverts, but never over, in bouts of revert warring on several articles.

thx: SchmuckyTheCat 09:05, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

 Inconclusive: Michael edits exclusively from Tor, which means IP evidence means nothing. You'll have to present your evidence to WP:ANI and ask for an admin(s) to make a judgment call. Dmcdevit·t 09:41, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Instantnood

• Instantnood (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

I blocked Instantnood for 7 days for violating his probation. I was advised of another account of User:Temporarily that states it is a sock of Instant for the purposes of voting in a CfD and therefore evading a block. I would like some confirmation if there is any evidence this is a sock of Insntantood, I don't see the statement on the user page reliable as this would be a very good way of making Instant look bad. --Wgfinley 06:09, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

It's possible; they use the same Hong Kong ISP. However, I believe the IP addresses we see are the ISP's proxies, and other users who don't appear to be Instantnood also use them, so the results are not definitive. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 13:24, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

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