Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Xgmx (2nd)
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- The following discussion is an archived debate of the case of suspected sockpuppetry. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page. All edits should go to the talk page of this case. If you are seeing this page as a result of an attempt to open a new case of sockpuppetry of the same user, read this for detailed instructions.
- Suspected sock puppeteer
Xgmx (talk+ · contribs · deleted contribs · tag · block user · block log · CheckUser)
- Suspected sock puppets
- 4.245.74.32 (talk+ · contribs · deleted contribs · tag · block user · block log · CheckUser)
- 4.245.73.195 (talk+ · contribs · deleted contribs · tag · block user · block log · CheckUser)
- ZeroFanMission (talk+ · contribs · deleted contribs · tag · block user · block log · CheckUser)
- 4.245.21.242 (talk+ · contribs · deleted contribs · tag · block user · block log · CheckUser)
- 4.244.3.216 (talk+ · contribs · deleted contribs · tag · block user · block log · CheckUser)
- 4.245.74.168 (talk+ · contribs · deleted contribs · tag · block user · block log · CheckUser)
- 4.245.74.162 (talk+ · contribs · deleted contribs · tag · block user · block log · CheckUser)
- 4.245.16.43 (talk+ · contribs · deleted contribs · tag · block user · block log · CheckUser)
- 4.245.78.170 (talk+ · contribs · deleted contribs · tag · block user · block log · CheckUser)
- 4.245.74.198 (talk+ · contribs · deleted contribs · tag · block user · block log · CheckUser)
- 4.245.74.136 (talk+ · contribs · deleted contribs · tag · block user · block log · CheckUser)
- Report submission by
- Evidence
Similar IP address range as in the first sock puppetry case at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Xgmx. All the above users have been canvassing at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Gaming Tour. The registered user in the bunch originally signed with Xgmx's name and then was noticed and changed later by another user (diff of signature, diff of change to unsigned template).
Similar editing patterns include changing other users' comments in the AFD discussion to keep ([1] and [2]) and similar SAVE comments ([3] and [4]). Finally, this is also the exact same IP range as the other IP addresses that were blocked in the original sock case.
- Comments
Given this, it's clear that ZeroFanMission (talk · contribs) identifies as Xgmx (talk · contribs). There's quite a bit outlined at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive416#User talk:Xgmx. — Scientizzle 16:48, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have requested for CheckUser at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Xgmx to see what can be unearthed. MuZemike (talk) 23:40, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- CU confirms that Xgmx and ZeroFanMission are the same. MuZemike (talk) 15:33, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I added four more suspect IPs to the list above. One of them, 4.245.78.170, identifies as xgmx in this edit summary. Most recently (some 10 hours ago) as 4.245.74.198, he made new attempts to spam links to his site, here and here. 4.245.74.162 added the same link to another article, here. 4.245.16.43 added links to at least two sites that are connected to xgmx (xgmx.net.tc and igtour.pro.tc), here. --Bonadea (talk) 09:29, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
And now 4.245.74.136, asking about the SS Free site (as if he were a 3rd party) here. SS Free is a site founded by xgmx (as stated in this talk page comment). --Bonadea (talk) 07:36, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Reported this mess to WP:WPSPAM. If no action, then I will take this to ANI again. MuZemike (talk) 04:05, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- On second thought, since my first report to WPSPAM a couple of months ago did nothing, I will give ANI a shot now. MuZemike (talk) 04:57, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Conclusions
These are all pretty obvious socks, as are a couple of more recent ones, 4.245.75.87, for instance. Bonadea has been diligently reverting edits by these IPs as they pop up. While the user continues to edit from dynamic IPs I reckon that the standard practice of monitoring the IP range and the relevant pages and reverting where appropriate, as well as blacklisting any new spam links, is the way to proceed. Eventually the user will either realise that he's wasting his time here and leave or, preferably, reform and become a valued contributor. Unless anyone has any further comments, I'll close this in a couple of days. —SMALLJIM 15:21, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]