Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Urabura

Urabura

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

Populated account categories: suspected

For archived investigations, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Urabura/Archive.

18 April 2024

– This SPI case is open.

Suspected sockpuppets

• FeldmarschallGneisenau (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• HetmanWL (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Galehautt (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Malecide (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • SPI Tools

Evidence this user (FeldmarschallGneisenau) is HetmanWL

• User was edit-warring in Czech Republic against FromCzech and Vpab15 [1] [2] [3] [4], reinserting previously reverted changes to the infobox made by HetmanWL. [5]
• User was edit-warring against Max19582 to keep the phrase "prime minister" in the lede of Donald Tusk without capitalization [6] [7] [8] (ANI thread). This formatting appears to have been originally introduced by HetmanWL. [9]
• User edited Serbia to make it not be Central Europe [10], which is what HetmanWL attempted earlier but was reverted. [11]
• Evidence from the previous SPI:
  • User made a change to the country infobox to include period "Duchy of Poland" c. 960 before Baptism of Poland in 966, [12] which is a change HetmanWL attempted earlier but was reverted. [13]
  • In Talk:Poland, this user proposed to change the lede to "a good proposition deleted without thorough discussion" [14], which is identical to the lede present at the last version authored by HetmanWL. [15] (undone by Merangs [16])
    • In the previous SPI Merangs noted the similarity: "Definitely a strong similarity between the actions and contributions of HetmanWL and FeldmarschallGneisenau when it comes to the lead section in Poland article. Also, a very peculiar but correlated choice of usernames; I would like to point out that all three names - HetmanWL, FeldmarschallGneisenau and Galehautt - reference some kind of military formation, rank or status.".
  • On plwiki, this user has only a handful of edits, yet one of them is a continuation of a short thread started by HetmanWL, arguing towards using a photo of Donald Tusk that was improved by HetmanWL [17].
  • Account was created around a month after HetmanWL was banned, which chronologically makes sense for a sockpuppet.

Evidence this user (FeldmarschallGneisenau) is Galehautt

• Despite having never interacted before, this user taunted Mellk on the latter's talk page [18] over the article about Joseph Stalin, which is something Galehautt did earlier too [19].
  • Mellk seems to agree that this user is a sockpuppet: "Even more obvious is that they decided to return to my talk page to troll there.[4]. I never interacted with FeldmarschallGneisenau before but I have interacted with Galehautt who left personal attacks due to the same article that got them indeffed.[5]". [20]
• User created the article TVP World [21]. It appears Galehautt also attempted to create that article earlier, but it was moved to draftspace [22] (and deleted, it appears, as I can't find the original revision authored by Galehautt).

Other evidence

• Zenomonoz finds the overlap between the pages edited by FeldmarschallGneisenau, Urabura, HetmanWL, Galehautt, and Malecide suspicious: "They were previously SPI'd was reported, but was early days so not blocked. The overlap in pages edited is suspicious now. Some of them are very niche.". [23]

NicolausPrime (talk) 23:17, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

I've notified them on their talk page about this investigation. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk|contribs) 01:11, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

I have already elaborated my arguments in the previous, rightfully closed investigation (w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Urabura/Archive). I'm sorry, but there seems to be some unhealthy obsession with my person since. I assure I am a good-faith editor who will not rest at Wikipedia being short of perfection. I am on the Spectrum and I am specifically autistic about country articles and articles related to country articles. Happens. Maybe because they attract the most attention (including mine) therefore I think they must be held up to the highest standard, because if these are not held up to the highest standard, then which should? To quote a non-English idiom, do you expect me to prove that I'm not a horse? I already made this effort last time and don't really feel like repeating myself. However it is interesting to me how this heated ganging-up on me happened after I tried shedding light on the background of Lex Fridman--I'm not accusing anyone of anything but there is a time correlation. But I accepted my temporary block, I don't fight with admins, accept their conclusions and I think we resolved the issue in an OK and civil manner. Closing, I will repeat, that I hail from Germany and am of mixed German-Polish descent and currently reside in Poland. Perhaps this information will turn useful. FeldmarschallGneisenau (talk) 02:41, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

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