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41.132.178.141
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28 November 2024
[edit]Suspected sockpuppets
[edit]The main point of this case is that someone from South Africa has been edit-warring for ten years over the sales figure of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (album). They were blocked in October as Special:Contributions/197.87.143.164, and now they are back at it with Special:Contributions/197.86.195.21.
The person began this disruption in 2014 with the South African IP Special:Contributions/41.132.178.141, pushing for wildly inflated sales figures.[1] The IP was quickly blocked for edit-warring at an unrelated topic.[2]
Other IPs were used: 197.87.101.155 in 2019, and then 197.87.101.28 in 2020. The latter was very active, and took part in the discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard/Archive_187#In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida_(album). A bunch of related IPs were also active in 2020. 2021 saw activity from 197.86.195.204 and 197.87.143.179, the latter of which was blocked for a month.[3] 197.87.63.175 was very active in 2022, especially on talk pages.
In 2023, Special:Contributions/197.87.63.61 participated in the edit war, and started throwing out accusations of sockpuppetry, accusing widely separated American IPs of being Colin Larkin, the British writer. Several more South African IPs engaged in the edit war. This pattern continued through 2024, with 197.87.135.139 getting blocked in April,[4] and 197.87.143.164 blocked in July.
Checkuser is not needed because the behavior is the exact same over ten years, as well as the geolocation of IPs. This person engages in WP:BATTLEGROUND behavior, and makes false accusations against other editors. Binksternet (talk) 06:32, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
Comments by other users
[edit]- Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
[edit]- The only two IPs who have edited recently have been blocked. Closing with no further action. Bbb23 (talk) 16:17, 28 November 2024 (UTC)