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m Changed protection level for "Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Profile101/Archive": Look at the sock activity in the history. I don't see the need for any non-autoconfirmed account to edit this archive at all, ever. ([Edit=Require autoconfirmed...
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Profile101

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29 February 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Appears to be hailing from Singapore, as mentioned on puppet's talk page. Also appears to be producing undiscussed moves and talking about being an admin when he's not. Also seeing similar word patterns between the two accounts Nordic Dragon 13:43, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Some curious overlap with another sockpuppeteer here - having previously confined themselves to rail-related articles, GTX1975 moved the Zootopia article to "Disney's Zootopia (2016 Film)" out of the blue this morning, a week after a sockpuppet of Diamese moved it to "Zootopia (2016 film)" (as part of long-term vandalism targetted largely at that one article). Diamese-sock User:King93994949 adopted the "Disney's Zootopia" title phrasing used by GTX1975, an hour later, and the earlier sock User:Noah39944949 had edits whose times interlaced with GTX1975, each apparently pausing while the other edited. Diamese socks also frequently claim to be admins. --McGeddon (talk) 14:59, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

07 March 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Has vandalised my talkpage referring to sockpuppeteer, similar language used in instance Nordic Dragon 12:31, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Edit: 12:40 07/03: I have been also made aware that WorldTrainSpotter may also be a sock. Can I request checkuser on the account. Thanks Nordic Dragon 12:42, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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19 March 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Asked for unblock, stating that they were "no longer creating accounts" on the talk pages of several administrators and at least one regular user. Not requesting CU because I know that IPs aren't connected to accounts here, but I knew not to send this report to AIV. I am therefore requesting that this IP be blocked for block evasion. Ches (talk) 12:49, 19 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 Request withdrawn as IP has already been blocked. Please archive. Regards, --Ches (talk) 14:17, 19 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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20 March 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

This is a request to "clear the air" about an IP who I have no reason to believe is a sock (I will notify them accordingly).

However some admin(s) have already decided that they are a sock, and are reverting constructive and accurate edits by them, so as to re-introduce obvious errors (to the detriment of WP article quality). I believe that such action should not be done without some serious degree of confirmation or at least a real suspicion that they're related.

An IP from HK is not the same thing as an IP from Singapore! Andy Dingley (talk) 10:54, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OK, throwing accusations of racism around gets far too close to Godwin's Law for comfort, but the reply of the reverting admin here was "Kill them all, the Lord will know his own", as an excuse for equating IPs from Hong Kong as being implicitly linked to IPs from Singapore. That is just NEVER acceptable here. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:15, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Probably related, innocently, to the HK above - but I still see the claim that these are Profile101 as unproven. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:57, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Here the previous socking admits his identity. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi 12:11, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
That is a comment by 115.66.229.67 (talk · contribs), and is probably the rightly blocked Profile101.
What relation does it have to the 112.118.236.132 or 112.120.223.163 accounts? Andy Dingley (talk) 19:10, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for my promotion Andy, but I am not an admin. If you go a little further back in the edit history of the IP, they are restoring material previously inserted by a sock of Profile 101. See here: User Talk:Boing! said Zebedee#Please unblock Profile101. You should really have let me know you were referencing me here: I had absolutely no idea what you were talking about when you mention'out of state Chinese' on my TP. You misunderstood my use of the Latin tag. It did not refer to people, or even socks- as I said, it was used metaphorically, in this case referring to the fact that in the course of mass-reverting sock edits, some useful edits are bound to be caught up in it. Pinging Boing! said Zebedee a the blocking admin. Cheers, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi 11:57, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Edit: also, your remarks about 'LOLZ and smoke screen' are impenetrable to me; but not so much they I don't realise you are being offensive. Please strike them through. I also suggest that the two IPs are sufficiently close (112.~ / 115.~) And editing such obscure material, and making the same edits, that WP:QUACK is probably the case. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi 12:04, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
" If you go a little further back in the edit history of the IP, they are restoring material previously inserted by a sock of Profile 101."
No, they are not. Show the diffs for this, if you have them. If anything, they are reverting each others' edits: [1][2][3]
"the two IPs are sufficiently close (112.~ / 115.~)" You clearly have no competence whatsoever when it comes to IP addressing. Thankyou for making that so plain.
"but not so much they I don't realise you are being offensive." What is that clause even supposed to mean? As to my meaning, then I was merely pointing out that some socks are subtle and are capable of fighting between their two accounts to produce a smokescreen as if they were unrelated. A l33t sock with an international VPN certainly can pop up from around the world's IP space (Russavia @ Commons being an infamous example). I cannot imagine how you could feel offended about such a comment, but now that I recall you from past encounters at BeerXML, your speciality (it clearly isn't IP networking) is in inventing imagined slights against you. Yet when it comes to others, you happily practice the Prince Philip school of racial stereotyping. Andy Dingley (talk) 19:25, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

  • I'm declining CU and closing this nonsense. @Andy Dingley: You should report accounts to SPI when you suspect they are sockpuppets, not when you "have no reason to believe is a sock". Vanjagenije (talk) 00:19, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]


21 March 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Self-confessed sock https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Profile101&diff=prev&oldid=704766495 Nordic Dragon 08:09, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Vanjagenije. I'm sorry. It was a drive-by block in the middle of six other things and I didn't notice the date. My humblest apologies. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:30, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

05 July 2016

Suspected sockpuppets


Although this user claims to hail from Johor Bahru, on the border between Singapore and Malaysia,however this user has exactly the same editing styles as Profile101, such as making self sections on his talk page and also edits the same pages as Profile101. The editing style of Profile101 is easy to distinguish. However, I saw something today (an edit summary by this user which looks EXACTLY like one of Profile101's or his first IP address which made me smell a rat with this guy and Profile101. A diff can be found here [4] and here [5]. The edit summary by AgentSuperGuy looks exactly the same as one used by Profile101's IP Address.Class455fan1 (talk) 18:24, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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@Class455fan1: How about some diffs to support your statements?--Bbb23 (talk) 18:43, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

See above. I have added the one which makes me strongly suspect that this user is a sock. Class455fan1 (talk) 19:01, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

08 July 2016

Suspected sockpuppets


See AN/I discussion here; similar edits to Bombardier Movia & CNR Changchun C951. Muffled Pocketed 18:01, 8 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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20 August 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Obvious duck, I noticed that the IP had not been blocked since leaving a message on another user's talk page. Zerotalk 13:48, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked 48 hours. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:14, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

01 November 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Edits the same kind of pages as Profile101 and I see a similarity in behaviour to Profile101, for example making new sections on their own talk page, as you can see in the page's history. Requesting CU to determine whether this is Profile101 or not, but behavorial evidence means that I'm pretty sure it is him. Class455 (talk) 12:09, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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As a semi-involved third party I can say that the behaviour is very similar, if not the same as Profile 101. Pinging Anna Frodesiak and Bbb23 who may be interested. Nordic Nightfury 14:04, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]


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 Likely. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:23, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

31 December 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Considering this edit by Timothyhouse1 (blocked in November for adding unsourced content) and this edit by Timothyhouse2 (newly created account) I don't think the naming similarity is coincidental. There is also this edit to an article previously edited by TH1. bonadea contributions talk 13:12, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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@GeneralizationsAreBad: @KrakatoaKatie: Am I missing something here? How can Timothyhouse1 be a sock when the account is several years older than Profile101? I'm pretty sure the Timothyhouse2 account was just Profile101 trolling, and it has nothing to do with Timothyhouse1. Sro23 (talk) 18:06, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Profile101 has impersonated others before, as one of his socks also asked to unblock the indeffed Supdiop as well as himself if i remember correctly. Don't know why this guy won't just stay away from Wikipedia and do something else in life... Class455 (talk | stand clear of the doors!) 23:28, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Pinging Bbb23 per below - if interested Nördic Nightfury 08:18, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Following more checks based on contributions, I definitely don't think the two are related. Timothyhouse1 has been around for quite some time before Profile101, and was recently indeffed for adding unsourced content. Profile101's editing styles are recognisable and the edits of Timothyhouse1 don't have the hallmarks of Profile101. Profile101 is also notorious for impersonating people with his socks.. He has previously attempted to impersonate me (thinking I am an administrator when I'm not, as he has said in his many sock messages), Bishonen, Anna Frodesiak and Boing! said Zebedee. My point is that Timothyhouse2 is a sock of Profile101 but is unrelated to Timothyhouse1. It's just Profile101 impersonating again. Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!) 17:02, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I agree that Timothyhouse1 is not Profile101 - their styles are very different. As for geolocation and ISP matches, Singapore is a very small place and there aren't many ISPs there, and it's not that surprising if Profile101 chose to impersonate someone from their own country. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:08, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
As a result of the CU results, I have removed the sock puppetry tag on Timothyhouse1's user page. Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!) 17:11, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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07 January 2017

Suspected sockpuppets


User recently created a new sock, and included a few references to their other socks on their user page. --JustBerry (talk) 12:51, 7 January 2017 (UTC) JustBerry (talk) 12:51, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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