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MyWikiBiz (third request)

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Filed: 03:59, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
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Per discussion at WP:ANI#Wikignosis_block_for_legal_threat I am submitting this here since consensus has not established that WP:DUCK applies. The account's main activity has been to abuse WP:BLP while writing "per Jimbo Wales" in edit notes. I indef blocked on 20 April as a probable JB196 sockpuppet/meatpuppet due to policy abuse at wrestling topics. Received a polite request for unblock afterward and decided to give the benefit of the doubt. Disruption promptly resumed and the account got indef blocked for borderline legal threats regarding Daniel Brandt. That block got upheld upon appeal, but another sysop reversed it during the noticeboard discussion and now he's blocked for a week for incivility. Upon further consideration I've decided to run this as a MyWikiBiz request. DurovaCharge! 23:31, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Minor correction: "That block got upheld upon appeal, but another sysop reversed it"... Actually the blocking admin lifted his own block. -- Ben TALK/HIST 00:36, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
 Likely. Very similar to earlier patterns. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 15:59, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Request: would you please clarify your level of confidence, and its basis? "Likely" rather than "Confirmed", and based on "similar... patterns" rather than a matching IP (an actual "checkuser"), seems a less certain result than I'd expected. Do the IPs match, or not? If not, then what actually makes this "likely", and with what degree of probability (closer to 51% or 99.99%)? -- Ben TALK/HIST 17:22, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Same IP range. Dynamic IPs, so no exact match. You'll have to use your judgement based upon the editing history. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 17:32, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
After going through them, I don't see the similarity, past having disputes about editing policies -- which is not uncommon. Editing topics and actions: MyWikiBiz was openly out to make a profit by adding corporate-related content, WikiGnosis has deleted what seemed to be WP:BLP violations in articles on individuals, arguing against defamation on ethical and policy grounds. Editing styles: MyWikiBiz often spoke of himself in the first person plural, not so WikiGnosis (that I saw). Self descriptions: MyWikiBiz's press release says he is in Pennsylvania and his posted photo shows a man in his 30s or possibly early 40s*, WikiGnosis speaks of an upbringing in the 1950s Midwest. Granted these might conceivably be feigned differences to disguise identity, at least they are differences and not similarities. So what in the editing histories is similar? Durova's previous suggestion was that WikiGnosis was a sock of JB196. (Apparently the idea is that he must be a sock of somebody, because he was somewhat familiar with Wikipedia policies by the time he started posting. But maybe he just took RTFM to heart.) He was blocked for that, and then unblocked as apparently not a JB196 sock after all. Now he's blocked as a MyWikiBiz sock instead, based on this "Likely". From here it looks an awful lot like fishing through possible sockmasters until one isn't eliminated, but RFCU doesn't do that, so I must be seeing it wrong. Please tell me there was an actual non-trivial similarity and what it was, so that I can rest my uneasy mind from this puzzlement. Thanks! -- Ben TALK/HIST 04:53, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
(*Kohs's Centiare directory page gives a birthdate in October 1968.)
MyWikiBiz contrib history on Centiare: http://www.centiare.com/Special:Contributions/MyWikiBiz
MyWikiBiz contrib history on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/MyWikiBiz
Zibiki_Wym contrib history on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Zibiki_Wym
WikiGnosis contrib history on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/WikiGnosis
-- Ben TALK/HIST 05:27, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
While 38-year old MyWikiBiz lives in Pennsylvania, WikiGnosis uploaded his own photo of the golf course at The Villages, "a 55+ retirement community in central Florida", which fits his "1950's Midwestern upbringing". Does checkuser in any way contradict the stated locations? -- Ben TALK/HIST 07:50, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Two more checkuser questions while I'm waiting: (1) Did WikiGnosis's IP# change every session, or only when MyWikiBiz/Zibiki_Wym's edits intervened? (2) Did WikiGnosis's IP# ever not change when MyWikiBiz/Zibiki_Wym's edits intervened? -- Ben TALK/HIST 20:06, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Danville, Illinois vandal


General Tojo

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Filed: 22:19, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Possibility of these two user to be sockpuppets for the community banned vandal and mass sockpuppeteer General Tojo, (Wikipedia:Long term abuse/General Tojo), suspicion based on edit history, also XX7 is used by Tojo on Meta. Chris 73 | Talk 22:19, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: Histmerged from Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/General Tojo related. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:53, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Retract my request, was hanging around too long, currently not an issue. May reactivate this request if problems flare up again -- Chris 73 | Talk 23:45, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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General Tojo 2

Wikipedia:Long term abuse/General Tojo provides most details on this sad saga where one user mobilised 100s of sockpuppets to war with an increasing number of users, including several admins, with regards to Parkinson's disease. Tojo (a presumed alias of Keith Bridgeman) was blocked by community ban, and the ArbComm had to intervene to maximise the block. Now, a user has appeared that edited little during the PD wars but engaged in edits that were typical of Tojo (see User_talk:Gerard Doyle) but somehow managed to escape the blocks. This same user now pushes non-standard views on the Parkinson's page and makes accusations rather similar to Tojo's past defenses on his talkpage. JFW | T@lk 20:04, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More info:
 Additional information needed Code letter and links/diffs as appropriate. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 19:38, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
More info added. JFW | T@lk 20:24, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

information Note: Someone who has older checkuser data on Tojo on file is going to have to handle this. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 18:09, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The deleted August 7 edits at Special:Undelete/Parkinson's_disease were made by Tojo socks and Tracer is a likely Tojo sock on meta if anyone has cross project Checkuser access. --  Netsnipe  ►  19:55, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Uninvited, you may have some of the earlier data on file yourself, per the second request here. Newyorkbrad 02:12, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I think Fred Bauder would be best suited to check this one, since he has complied an extensive page about GT socks here. 01:08, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
RJ68 is definitely Tojo coming in from Emirates Telecommunications Corporation. I believe he lives in England, but somehow can use Emirates Telecommunications Corporation in Dubai. I hesitate to block this provider as some of the few Arabs who edit here use that provider. Emailing Emirates Telecommunications Corporation gets no response. Fred Bauder 02:12, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Checkuser is not really necessary to identify Tojo. He has a very limited repertoire of tendentious editing of Parkinson's disease and related articles and insertion of scurrilous information into articles about black athletes and entertainers. Fred Bauder 02:19, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Fred, our main concern is Gerard Doyle (talk · contribs). Could you check his origin (UK or Emirates?). JFW | T@lk 18:33, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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General Tojo2

A slightly non standard request. I'm trying to send a complaint to an ISP I'm probably going to need Ips but I will need the foundations permission for that. In the mean time I don't want the IP to be lost by falling out of the logs. So I would like the Ips to be extracted and and a record kept. Idealy a copy would be forwarded to Brad Patrick. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geni (talk • contribs)

The dif I need IPs recorded from are:

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General Tojo

General Tojo was blocked for edit warring and disruption on Parkinson's disease and took to continuing to disrupt from IPs in the 88.104.0.0/13 range. After I semi-protected the article to stop the ongoing problems, the three users above showed up to continue with similar changes. GraemeL (talk) 14:13, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've blocked Hirohito indefinitely for incendiary username, and Parkinsons for 48h for sockpuppeting using the Hirohito account. Their style (and choice of subject) is identical. A range block may become necessary if the disruption does not cease. JFW | T@lk 15:48, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's a deliberately false statement. General Tojo was blocked for the username. It was claimed to be not allowed, and so resulted in a blocking without complying with Wii requirements first. What you describe as warring and disruption was making improvements to the PD site. You specifically thanked me for making them !!! However, you obviousy have double standards. When you or somebody you agree with makes changes no matter how stupied you allow them. When I do exactly the same you desribe it as vandalaism or warring. You have obvious double standards depending on what suits your personal interest and prejudices. General Tojo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.216.81 (talk • contribs)

That user's only edits are in violating WP:NPA on two pages. I took the liberty of adding that address to your list of IP addresses since he claims to be Tojo. All of the contributions follow exactly the same style of writing, commenting, editwarring, 3RR violations, Personal Attacks, Bold Prefacing, massive editing, etc, along with claiming to be Tojo himself on talk pages without signing his name with tildes. Sincerely, Logical2u (Wikibreak) 19:31, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]


 Confirmed Mackensen (talk) 23:11, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Additional requests

Could you also investigate:

 Confirmed these as well. Mackensen (talk) 13:12, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Further additional requests

Additionally...

I'm wondering if we shouldn't do a range block on this one. There seem to be few other edits emanating from that range, and Tojo remains a complete and utter nuisance on the PD page as well as Japan-related articles. JFW | T@lk 12:15, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: Additional names added July 2. It should be noted that once a user has established a pattern of abusively using sockpuppets, it is not necessary to prove each one by technical investigation before taking action. Thatcher131 16:48, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I'll check the range (88.104.0.0/13) and implement a block shortly. Mackensen (talk) 16:55, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well done. Keep the good work up. --General.Tojo 18:14, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: moved commentary to talk page. Thatcher131 19:54, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: This request is closed and the names added recently are probably not being seen by the checkusers. New suspects should be added to Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of General Tojo and you should post a notice at the administrator's noticeboard to request that new sockpuppet accounts be blocked.Thatcher131 16:03, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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