Steward requests/Checkuser/2015-05

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Trance Light@loginwiki

Status: Done

List of users: Trance Light (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Viva_heroas (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Потужний_львівський_танчик (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Таксі 3000 (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Super User Basio (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Швидке таксі (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Разгон мерседеса (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser)

Reason(s): User with a "good" account ru:Участник:Trance Light was found to be vandalising ukwiki from some 20 sockpuppets over the last few months. Allegedly Special:CentralAuth/Viva_heroas and Special:CentralAuth/Потужний_львівський_танчик are also his account for vandalism in srwiki and shwiki, but the user actively denies is. I think that a cross-wiki check is needed to confirm whether this user is involved in vandalism in any other wikis, and if this is confirmed, he may deserve a global lock for Special:CentralAuth/Trance Light. Account #1 on the list is his main account, accounts #2 and #3 are those to be checked, accounts #4-7 are his confirmed sockpuppets to compare with. Thanks — NickK (talk) 13:59, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Confirmed and locked almost 40 accounts and several ranges on sr, sh, tr and kk wiki. --Vituzzu (talk) 14:17, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

[email protected]

Status: Done

List of users: Seskfabrega (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); 6AND7 (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); ՆորայրԲաղդասարյան (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); 1221nor (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser)

CU log
Discussion: this

Reason(s): This list has not complete. Please check this accounts. Even if Seskfabrega & other accounts not dangerous, Seskfabrega has a two warning/block: this and this, in which case Seskfabrega must blocked infinity. --Դեմ խմբակային իշխանությանը (talk) 17:12, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Inconclusive Only Seskfabrega has edited in the past three months, there is nothing for us to check further. No overlapping editing, so I don't see that there is an issue here.

CheckUser is not a crystal ball — billinghurst sDrewth 13:26, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

billinghurst, You can write or confirm a list of participants - 1221nor (list)?--6AND5 (talk) 19:37, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Checkuser is not speculative.

CheckUser is not for fishing — billinghurst sDrewth 23:38, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Сыбыр@incubator.wikimedia

Status: Not done

List of users: Сыбыр (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Цицәк (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Астаған (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Тыуа (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Цағуын (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); other twins are not found yet (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser)

CU log
Discussion: [1]

Reason(s): one and the same participant writes articles with different accounts for the creation of artificial activity. Moreover, it is believed that the language of his articles had nothing to do with the Siberian Tatar language. even the Siberian Tatars write about it: https://vk.com/topic-9968898_30683262 — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 91.234.22.46 (talk)

Not done Have you discussed this matter with the admins/crats at the wiki? They would generally be able to handle this without the intervention of stewards, at least at a first level of response. It does not seem evident what a checkuser would achieve, or demonstrated what is being done is contrary to policies for the wikis. — billinghurst sDrewth 23:44, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Mpb [email protected]

Status: Done

List of users: Mpb eu (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); McDile (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); White captain (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); AKSKubrat (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser)

Reason(s): The user "Mpb eu" has been banned from the Bulgarian Wikipedia for one year (see block log) after community voting because of faking sources in articles. The same user had already used a sockpuppet "White captain" in Commons before so the community worries that the same user may be using other sockpuppets in bgwiki, such as users "McDile" and "AKSKubrat", whose actions are very similar to "Mpb eu"'s. Please check if "Mpb eu" has any relation to "McDile", "AKS Kubrat", or has any other sockpuppets in bgwikipedia. The Wiki Boy (talk) 12:32, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Results

For starters: White captain is Stale

, can't be checked.

Technical evidence suggest that Mpb_eu is Confirmed to AKSKubrat.
And as for McDile, I'd say Unrelated.

Best regards, -- MarcoAurelio 21:49, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

À la 雞@zh-yue.wikipedia

Status: Done

List of users: À la 雞 (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Phung Wilson (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Caisse Phung (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Fort123 (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); À la caisse (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Ancêtre (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Secondaire (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Mélanie Lévesque (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); 威爾宋 (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Phung (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser)

Reason(s): (Translate from discussion pages) Cedric tsan cantonais had told the sock puppet for Fête in Cantonese Wikipedia. and he wants to suspend À la 雞. Now there are the reasons of below:

馮輝、À la 雞 and USER:Fête 's User pages are all so likely in Cantonese Wikipedia. It thinks these users have copied a code, then change the code name and paste to his every user pages.
威爾宋 had leaved a message for "I'm Wilson" (我係Wilson) in his user page (Permission: 威爾宋). It's so likely for Phung Wilson.
馮輝 and Fête、Secondaire、Ancêtre、Jack514、Phung Wilson have suspended for every wikis. (Permission:Steward_requests/Checkuser/2013-01#Fête@frwiktionary and Steward_requests/Checkuser/2013-01#Fê[email protected] (2)）.
Mélanie Lévesque have left a message for "I am Fête" in Cedric tsan cantonais' user page (PERMISSION: zh-yue:Special:Contributions/Mélanie Lévesque).
Caisse Phung and À la caisse、Fort123's user page pages are all the same in Cantonese Wikipedia. Foreover, À la caisse's user page had leaved the characters like "caisse this word pronounced for '雞' in Quebec French" (魁北克法文係讀"雞") in Cantonese Wikipedia. It just throw doubt on the sock puppet for À la 雞. and Fort123's user page have leaved the message like "fête pronounced for '輝', caisse pronounced for 雞" (fête 讀似『輝』，caisse 讀似『雞』) in Cantonese Wikipedia, too. It just throw doubt on the sock puppet for the same people in these users: À la caisse, À la 雞 and 馮輝、Fête.
雞雞 and À la 雞 is the same people in in Cantonese Wikipedia.
Jack514 had suspended due to the sock puppet about Fête in French Wikipedia. (Special:CentralAuth/Jack514)
Phung had suspended due to the sock puppet about Fête in French Wiktionary. (Special:CentralAuth/Phung)

For all of the reasons of above, It thinks À la 雞 just the sock puppet for Fête.-- CRCHF (talk) 07:34, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Confirmed À la 雞 and 雞雞 are socks of Fête — billinghurst sDrewth 08:57, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Aldri [email protected]

Status: Done

List of users: Aldri tilbake (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Rutetastknapp (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Åtselpelle (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Natthimmelgaiden (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Flatlys (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Sabbatsår fadm (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Kurere leksikonødelegger4ern (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Kniskser (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Nettingspekk (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Idoll-olga (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser)

CU log
Discussion: m:Special:Diff/11358928#Checkusers and oversighters on nowiki

Reason(s): Extensive sockpuppetry, main account indefinitely blocked on both nowp and enwp (no:Bruker:Sju hav/w:User:Sju hav) in 2008. Has been very active lately, and all accounts listed above exept for the first three have been blocked based on behaviour and topics of interest (Idoll-olga was blocked after a CU). The accounts have similar modus operandi as the previous socks, e.g. active on talk pages, editing on controversial subjects (such as no:Hallikvirksomhet and no:pasjonsdrap), but also on trivial subjects like no:kaffetrakter (which has extensive IP edits before Aldri tilbake shows up). See also w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sju_hav. – 4ing (talk) 09:44, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

The CU tools have enabled me to see these 3 discrete series of sockpuppets. Elfix 16:53, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
- Aldri tilbake = Åtselpelle
- Natthimmelgaiden (blocked) = Kri sandi = ESCapistobar = Davy davis jr = Karosserista = Karlclas Gøran = Puckbing
- Flatlys (blocked) = Rutetastknapp = Herbjørn Skretting = Pillarguris horn = Gjeit = Flakskrekk = Yggdrasilen = Kronny (blocked in 2008)
Elfix 16:53, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, I've blocked Karosserista, Puckbing and Pillarguris horn based on edit patterns. Herbjørn Skretting nad Kronny are definitely not socks. Of the rest, some are likely socks and some are indeterminable (based on edit patterns). I'll continue holding my eyes on them. Alltid tilbake and Åtselpelle seem to have unregistered edits from IP-addresses belonging to Kabel Deutschland Vertrieb und Service GmbH. - 4ing (talk) 20:29, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

FreightXPress@wikidata

Status: Done

List of users: FreightXPress ([[; Special:Contributions/FreightXPress|contr]] · [[; Special:DeletedContributions/FreightXPress|deleted]] · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Tamawashi ([[; Special:Contributions/Tamawashi|contr]] · [[; Special:DeletedContributions/Tamawashi|deleted]] · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Andrea Shan ([[; Special:Contributions/Andrea Shan|contr]] · [[; Special:DeletedContributions/Andrea Shan|deleted]] · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); IP-80.134.90.212 ([[; Special:Contributions/IP-80.134.90.212|contr]] · [[; Special:DeletedContributions/IP-80.134.90.212|deleted]] · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser)

CU log
Discussion: d:Wikidata:CheckUser

Reason(s): Same editing behaviour. See also Steward requests/Checkuser/2014-12#Multiple accounts@wikidata. FreightXPress joined Wikidata on 25 April 2015. He doesn't seem to be a new user, as he immediately focused on complex edits and classification questions. His comments on d:Wikidata:Project chat are not that polite (similar behaviour as Tamawashi) and while edits are constructive at beginning, he often ends up in disagreement with other users. -- Bene* (talk) 21:28, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Note that I have included IP-80.134.90.212, as that is the most recent sock of this user and may be the only one that is not stale.--Jasper Deng (talk) 22:25, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Please note that this is a cross-wiki case, and there may be stuff stored on CUwiki if I remember right: w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tobias Conradi. --Rs chen 7754 00:58, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Per my CU in loginwiki and wikidata and based on previously stored information in CUwiki, FreightXPress is

Confirmed sock. He used mentioned ip as-well. no other sleeper account were found Mardetanha ^talk 18:12, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

@Mardetanha: Fyi the "mentioned IP" is actually not an ip but a very confusing username he picked up. -- Bene* (talk) 18:22, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Bene Thanks, indeed strange username, Per my Check again he is

Confirmed sock too, no other sleeper found again, as far as I checked he regularly uses constant ip range starting with 91, if nothing can't stop him you might block his range too Mardetanha ^talk 18:28, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

I am not a sock of anyone. "he often ends up in disagreement with other users" - since when is that relevant for CheckUser? Apart from that, Tamawashi looks like an abandoned account, what does that account has to do with me? Even if my account would be a secondary account of Tamawashi it would not fall under d:Wikidata:Alternate accounts#Illegitimate uses. As far as editing behavior is concerned, the edits where not anything near complex, nor is "immediately focused on ... classification questions" really surprising in a project that is centered around classification of things. Revealing information about IPs is breach of privacy.

Now, why am I blocked in Wikidata? I also would like to disclose that I had a disagreement with User:Bene*, the one that opened the case here. I understand that this is fine, but it has some extra smell.

Best regards. FreightXPress (talk) 15:53, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Jasper Deng wrote: The policy is clear: you had to declare this as an alternate for it to be legitimate. Either way it was deceptive to the community, because CheckUser has made it clear that you weren't a new user, but rather, a returning old one (and the behavorial evidence was suspicious enough to warrant a check). You also have a history of sockpuppetry here. Hence it remains that this account is blocked indefinitely.--Jasper Deng (talk) 19:53, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

"you had to declare this as an alternate for it to be legitimate" - well, it was not an alternate. "You also have a history of sockpuppetry here." - This is funny. You accuse an account of sockpuppetry. Then this account has a history of sockpuppetry simply by having been accused of it. Then you justify blocking with that declaration-derived sorckpuppet history. And all, because 1) User:Bene* had some other opinion on content than me and 2) some CheckUser software correlates two accounts. NSA could not have done better. FreightXPress (talk) 21:17, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Please take this conversation to Wikidata, the discussions over WD policy is not pertinent here. — billinghurst sDrewth 10:19, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

user:billinghurst Isn't that meta, for meta-discussions? If I am blocked in the central data repository, I cannot edit properly in other projects as well. And why is there a breach of privacy, by associating me with IP-ranges? FreightXPress (talk) 21:00, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

If you wish to discuss this somewhere else on meta, go ahead, not an issue (eg. Wikimedia Forum or the talk pages of these correspondents). Not here the checkuser has been done, and this is not the page for WD policy discussions. — billinghurst sDrewth 10:52, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

user:billinghurst But if was a place to claim things about me that are irrelevant for checkuser, e.g. " while edits are constructive at beginning, he often ends up in disagreement with other users" . Still no answer to the breach of privacy. FreightXPress (talk) 21:19, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

@Mardetanha: You wrote "Per my CU in loginwiki and wikidata and based on previously stored information in CUwiki, FreightXPress is Confirmed Confirmed sock." - What connection was confirmed? Last edit of Tamawashi was in July 2014. How does that fit with sueing NSA for mass surveillance if Wikimedia stores user data for that long? http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/10/wikimedia-v-nsa/ ? Are you not afraid of being sued personally? There are certainly editors that are happy to sue. FreightXPress (talk) 21:24, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi. I don't want to wade into this, because I think that there might be legitimate concerns with this check. However, if you continue to do anything even hinting of being a legal threat, you will no longer be welcome to participate here. Thanks. Ajraddatz (talk) 21:28, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Ivan [email protected]

Status: Not done

List of users: Ivan Shmakov (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Edwardspec TalkBot (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Edward Box (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); СибирчегНоНеНарушитель (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Edward Chernenko (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser)

CU log

Reason(s): Discussions in russian: MediaWiki and Обсуждение участника:Oleg3280. Wikibooks MediaWiki (perl) (Участник:Ivan Shmakov/MediaWiki (perl)). I and Ivan Shmakov are administrators in Russian Wikibooks. Sorry for bad english. Oleg3280 (talk) 22:28, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

ru:Арбитраж:Об уточнении статуса участника Edward Chernenko. in english, in russian. Oleg3280 (talk) 07:58, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

@Ruslik0: Are you able to assist here? — billinghurst sDrewth 08:41, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

I do not understand what the requester wants from us. He did not state any reason for the check, moreover none of the accounts above (except Ivan Shmakov) even exists on ruwikibooks. I suggest denying this request. Ruslik (talk) 16:32, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

ru:Википедия:Проверка участников/Ivan Shmakov. Sorry for the request. My mistake. Oleg3280 (talk) 18:36, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Not done ruWP has their own checkusers, there is no reason for stewards to have an involvement. — billinghurst sDrewth 21:43, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

[email protected] 2

Status: Done

List of users: Mpb_eu (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Полк. Дянко Марков (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Христо Зарев Игнатов (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser); Княз Войвода (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser)

Reason(s): Since the user bg:User:Mpb_eu has been recently voted for ban, but is expected to regularly return to break it, I anticipate that there will be a number of requests related to this user in near future (see also the previous). :) The request now is to check coincidence with bg:User:Полк. Дянко Марков, who exhibits identical behaviour and thematic scope of contributions. For bg:user:Христо Зарев Игнатов the community's suspicion is lesser, since the communication pattern is different, but again the thematic scope is identical. Also, I guess that checkusers do not perform checks for username/IP coincidences, but there are grounded assumptions for IPs starting with "212.5.158.", "212.5.131.", "84.252.39.52", "149.62.201.131". Any information that can help us handle these cases will be welcome. →Spiritia (BG WP sysop) 11:31, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

The IP ranges should actually be read as 149.62.192.0/18 and 212.5.158.0/24, which are used for the GPRS/3G clients of two Bulgarian MNOs, and thus are perhaps not very helpful (although I've noticed a tendency for the users who try to avoid bans to go for the mobile networks for some reason: probably because in that way they are guaranteed either a public proxy address or a dynamic one). 212.5.131.* is trickier, as it doesn't have a separate record, but since it's part of a larger pool, 212.5.128.0/19, belonging to one of those two operators, and the two neighbouring networks, .130.0/24 and .132.0/24, are assigned to different subjects, I assume it's used again for the GPRS/3G clients as 212.5.131.0/24. As for 84.252.39.52, it also seems to be a dynamic address, in the 84.252.32.0/20 network, which is operated by a (terrestrial) cable television provider. — Luchesar • T/C 12:35, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

I've added another suspicious user, Княз Войвода, who popped up today. And just FYI, there's also a new range of addresses likely used for ban evasion: unsurprisingly, another dynamic pool, 79.100.48.0/20, in itself part of the larger pool 79.100.0.0/17. Unfortunately, this IP range is even less telling, since it's probably the largest end-user ISP. We'll deal with the anonymous edits locally, but confirming all the registered sockpuppets (probably there are more than the already listed) will indeed be very helpful. — Luchesar • T/C 12:33, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Confirmed Mpb eu, Полк. Дянко Марков, AKSKubrat
Unrelated Христо Зарев Игнатов, Княз Войвода
@Iliev: results for your community — billinghurst sDrewth 14:30, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Many thanks, indeed! — Luchesar • T/C 16:00, 24 May 2015 (UTC)