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Possible Sockpuppeting

68.129.16.246 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
WP:Sockpuppet investigations/HerbLightman/Archive

Hi Ed, I think you told me to approach if you if I find any more possible sockpuppeting of User:HerbLightman. I think User:68.129.16.246 based on their edits of Euro and classic horror film articles. Same patterns of adding filmography notes and same "google a source" type of citations. Is there any further content I can provide to help with this? Andrzejbanas (talk) 21:54, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See also your prior behavioral report from March 3: [1]. Last time around you reported 68.129.15.71 (talk · contribs) who was a different IP from the range 68.129.*.*. That IP stopped editing in August 2022. Here's an older ANI report from 2017 about adding unsourced material. The two recent IPs may be the same guy. Their addresses show they are both Verizon Business customers from the New York City area. CU won't help with IPs, so behavior needs to be used. Let me know if you see any registered accounts that exhibit the same pattern. EdJohnston (talk) 02:42, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. The IP seems to use the same source (in a similar form (citing books by just copying and pasting content without page numbers here and here. Similar edits of just adding trivia to filmographies. (i.e: this "Filmed in England" and here "Adapted from play". As BigBoyWilliams, adding several alternative titles without sources: here, and here as the IP here. Like the other accounts, they also just like to delete warnings on their page, and do not like to respond. here on the IP and here as HerbLightman. Do you require more specific ones? or. . Andrzejbanas (talk) 07:13, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have left a note for the IP editor here. EdJohnston (talk) 21:02, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have not deleted any warnings from my talk page that I am aware of. I always try to add references for everything I edit on wikipedia but I'm not an expert yet on which sources are more reliable than others, but I try to do my best. If I'm told not to use a certain reference source, I don't use it any more, I'm not interested in edit warring with other editors. I only have this one account, so I have no idea why the complainant called me a sock puppet. I've been collecting and researching old horror films and serials for many years, and I am just interested in making the wikipedia articles more accurate. I also like to correct grammatical or spelling errors where I find them. 68.129.16.246 (talk) 21:37, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ed, I don't mean to steal your thunder, but it's very obvious, to me at least. I've blocked the IP for 4 months, the length of time they've been editing. BTW, they have removed a warning from their Talk page, not that that's very important.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:47, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User:Bbb23, thanks for taking care of this. This user appears to be someone who is well-intentioned, but is very sure they are correct about everything and don't see why they should have to provide sources. Most likely this is the same person who was reported as the IP 68.129.15.71 in 2017. The 2017 IP edits from the same /16 range as the one you just blocked, 68.129.16.246 (talk · contribs). EdJohnston (talk) 02:58, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Editor reverting repeatedly to restore his badly written version at Featured Article Nicholas Hoult

Nottedeluce is now indef blocked for continuing the edit war. EdJohnston (talk) 20:27, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Nicholas Hoult (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Nottedeluce (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Hi Ed, hope you're doing well. Having trouble with an editor calling himself Nottedeluce at the BLP Nicholas Hoult, who keeps reverting necessary copyedits of his last revision. English is not his native tongue, and he's introduced many blatant grammatical and style errors, such as redundancies and italicizing quotations. Another editor helpfully fixed the text, correcting the errors and fixing the badly written English, and was instantly reverted.

I started fixing his errors manually, and quickly realized that there were too many to make it worthwhile, so I restored the good version, only to see it instantly reverted. At this point, within a couple of hours he's reverted me twice, and the other editor once, leaving such edit summaries as his last: "My English is not correct. It is not my native language. For me it is a good article. DON'T DISREGARD THE WORK OF OTHERS!!" He's getting out of hand. I have left a notice at the article talk page. Carlstak (talk) 22:00, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well, he seems to have calmed down, at least for now. Carlstak (talk) 00:52, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And... now he's back at it. By my count, he's made 5 reverts in about 15 hours, and likely to make more, if his behavior so far is any indication. He's not responded to the ongoing discussion at the article talk page as of this writing. Carlstak (talk) 17:06, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nottedeluce has been blocked 24 hours by User:Aoidh for edit warring. If the behavior continues a longer block seems likely. Notteldeluce has not left a talk page comment since 2015. His edit summaries indicate he might be having difficulty with English. Whatever his limitations may be, he ought to be willing to respond to concerns about his edits. EdJohnston (talk) 17:32, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Ed. Yes, one would think. Could be a maturity issue, too. Carlstak (talk) 19:10, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The block did get a talk page comment from the editor, and I tried to explain why they were blocked and how to avoid being blocked moving forward. I'm hoping the block and the explanation will help ensure they cease edit warring moving forward, but I guess we'll see. - Aoidh (talk) 01:05, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Aoidh, you went above and beyond the admin's call of duty, I think, with your detailed explanation on his talk page. His responses there don't sound very promising, though. I expect that as soon as his block ends, even if he stops reverting, he'll go right back to adding problematic edits that create a lot of extra work for other editors if they are left in place, and won't understand why other editors remove or change them. I will have more confidence in his future as an editor if he uses the article talk page, but I still have doubts that he "gets" it. As you say, we'll see. Thanks again. Carlstak (talk) 01:36, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

PS: personally, I don't think the editor is competent enough to be editing a Featured Article, especially with major changes to its structure and style. Carlstak (talk) 01:45, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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IP 2600:6C44:117F:95BE:0:0:0:0/64

Hi Ed! In the last report at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard you decided that the IP range appeared too wide to justify blocking, and told me to notify you if I notice any registered socks. However, this time I found the narrower IP range, 2600:6C44:117F:95BE:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs), which has been making controversial edits to grammar and wordings. This is very similar to Nguyentrongphu's editing style, which were mostly, if not all, unnecessary minor changes. See a more detailed report here. Given that their changes were unnecessary and controversial, has been occurring for a year now and I see no sign of other user in the narrower IP range this time, do you think a block is appropriate for this? Đại Việt quốc (talk) 02:44, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]