Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Eltomas2003/Archive


Eltomas2003

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11 February 2018

Suspected sockpuppets


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  1. Eltomas2003's final edit made on 5 February 2018 at 17:08 after having unblocks repeatedly denied: [1]. 5 minutes later TommyGu's account is created: [2].
  2. TommmyGu's first non-Userpage edit is "How can I resist the urge to vandalize Wikipedia", after being indefintely blocked for vandalising as Eltomas2003: [3]
  3. TommmyGu admitting to vandalising Wikipedia in the past (and also lying about how recent it was): [4]
  4. 20 January 2018, Eltomas2003 expands the development section of Kirby's Dream Land: [5]. 9 February, TommyGu expands the development section of another game in the Kirby series, Kirby Super Star: [6]
  5. Prior to being blocked, Eltomas2003 nominated Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE for FA status, which was reverted because they failed to read or understand FA criteria and continued making bogus nominations. [7]. Tommy Gu's first edit to the same article is to incorrectly mark it as a featured article: [8], [9].
  6. Usernames: Eltomas2003 and TommyGu.

I believe Eltomas2003 is block evading and TommyGu is the sockpuppet. The1337gamer (talk) 23:25, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Confirmed.  Blocked and tagged. ~ Rob13Talk 23:58, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

14 July 2018

Suspected sockpuppets


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  1. The2002 bmw has made several disruptive edits on Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE (diff, diff), which previous socks Eltomas2003 (talk · contribs) and TommyGu (talk · contribs) also made disruptive edits on.
  2. The2002 bmw has made edits to Kirby Super Star (diff), which previous socks Kirbyaddict99 (talk · contribs) and TommyGu (talk · contribs) also made edits on.
  3. The2002 bmw has made disruptive edits to Wikipedia:Standard offer (diffs), which previous sock Kirbyaddict99 (talk · contribs) also made similar disruptive edits to.
  4. The2002_bmw adds fair use rationale ([10]) to an image file uploaded by previous sock Kirbyaddict99 (talk · contribs) after it was recently listed for deletion.
  5. The2002_bmw makes a sarcastic post on my talk page (diff) obviously hinting that they are sockpuppet because they are still sour and annoyed about being caught by me for previously block evading. --The1337gamer (talk) 15:23, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

--The1337gamer (talk) 15:23, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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This case is  Stale. CU declined.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:57, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I found a non-stale sock not in the archive, Kirbyaddict99 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), so I'm reinstating the CU request - no endorsement implied.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:59, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • The2002 bmw and Reportzite (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) are  Confirmed to each other and Red X Unrelated to the master.  Blocked without tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:05, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • To me the behavior is pretty clear. Tagged as suspected socks. Sro23 (talk) 23:42, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

19 November 2018

Suspected sockpuppets


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  • Eltomas2003 disclosed that the listed accounts were created by them for socking in UTRS appeal UTRS appeal #23298 as part of a Standard Offer request. Noting here for the record.-- Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 21:44, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

27 December 2018

Suspected sockpuppets

  • I love rpgs (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Majora majora majora (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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See below. TonyBallioni (talk) 19:58, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Confirmed and  Blocked and tagged. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:04, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • Putting on hold pending a discussion with another CU about a potential master. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:14, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • The following accounts are  Confirmed to one another and are very  Likely to Eltomas2003 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki):
    • TokyoGangBang (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
    • Majora majora majora (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
    • Graham wilson12345 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
    • 1birb (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
    • I love rpgs (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Given some of the behavior and overlap, combined with the technical details, I'm tagging these accounts as proven to Eltomas2003. If a clerk could merge the cases, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks for your help :) TonyBallioni (talk) 23:16, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
 Done and closed. Vanjagenije (talk) 23:21, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

13 May 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

  • Hippymoose17 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Maymin4 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • VividenFinest (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Moosepeony (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Per request of page move vandalism to AN/I. ST47 (talk) 01:30, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Hippymoose17 and the listed sleeper accounts are  Confirmed to this case,  Blocked and tagged. ST47 (talk) 01:30, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

16 June 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

  • Therealgamer1234 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Tsubasa oribe (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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See discussion at WT:FAC,[11] and previous activity at Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE, including Wikipedia:Peer review/Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE/archive1, Wikipedia:Peer review/Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE/archive2 and Wikipedia:Peer review/Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE/archive3. Similar reasoning and commentary throughout compared to User:Yoichi Tachibana and other previous socks. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 09:36, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Therealgamer1234: I want this to become a featured article so that more recognition can be done for this game, especially in June 24, 2023, the aniversary of its international release! [12]
  • Tsubasa oribe: I've listed this article for peer review because I think it can be improved with new knowledge. Someday it might become of a high quality! [13]
  • Yoichi Tachibana: I've listed this article for peer review because… Let's make it worthy of being featured in the main page! I think it fulfills all criteria of an FA! Thanks, [14]
  • Eltomas2003 and other confirmed socks, sample: [15]
  • THeNEMBI: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE/archive1

SandyGeorgia (Talk) 09:52, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See also G6 on previous FAC by Eltomas2003. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:20, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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I am only here because of my love for the game, not for any other purpose, I am only here so that I can make this article featured in the main page any way possible, if it were featured in the main page, I would be satisfied. I am not affiliated with any of the parties listed above. All the other events happened a year ago, so it would be difficult for you to apply a physical link between me and others. --Therealgamer1234 (talk) 14:15, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Not entirely sure it counts as explicit evidence, but the tone of communication I've had with Therealgamer1234 reminds me a little of earlier pressuring attempts by Eltomas2003 in 2018 to push me into article expansions/nominations (currently in my Archive under "Request" and "Lets nominate TMS FE as a featured article"). Just now I got some messages after the initial contact which were asking for my location (which I moved into my archive), and on the current talk page a wish to become my "ally". This struck me as odd behaviour, and correlated to emails that I got from Eltomas2003 over a previous Tokyo Mirage Sessions FAC. I've done my best to be civil. If this is all an honest mistake, well and good, but I think this should be taken into consideration. --ProtoDrake (talk) 14:33, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Agreed. I have done my best to assume good faith thus far, but given the similarity of syntactical structures and logic across multiple accounts regarding the same article, I was obligated to open this investigation. Hopefully this just ends up being a misunderstanding, but we can never be too safe. Unlimitedlead (talk) 14:45, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    @Unlimitedlead: Thank you. Therealgamer1234 (talk) 14:48, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    To add to the above, they're continuing their odd behaviour by adding a...GAR to my talk page, then reverting it immediately, and trying to guess my nationality through GANs? I'm not sure what's going on here. --ProtoDrake (talk) 19:43, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    @ProtoDrake: I just wanted to take back my reassesment out of mistake, I wish to take it back. Sorry if I alienated you. Therealgamer1234 (talk) 19:57, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    I have OCD, which makes it difficult for me to handle my urges, and I am trying to solve it, but sometimes I have the impulse to do random things I am interested in, I apologize for this and thank you for your understanding. Therealgamer1234 (talk) 20:07, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    After perusing the @Therealgamer1234's recent edits, I am perturbed. Their behavior towards @ProtoDrake alarms me as harassment and unwelcome advances to attempt to obtain personal information. If the user is not blocked for being a sockpuppet, then certainly they might for the unsettling behavior demonstrated towards ProtoDrake. In any case, it appears that the user is attempting to abandon their account: [16]. Unlimitedlead (talk) 20:27, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    For what it's worth, I declined their (Therealgamer1234) request to vanish. Not eligible, of course. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:17, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • information Administrator note This looks incredibly ducky to me and my past experiences with Eltomas2003. -- ferret (talk) 20:04, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    No smoking gun, but the same ISP and region. But both are fairly common. This is going to need to go off of behavioral evidence -- Guerillero Parlez Moi 20:28, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Blocked and tagged I've moved forward based on the limited CU response and my judgement of the behavioral evidence here. -- ferret (talk) 20:28, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Closing as accounts have been blocked and tagged. Spicy (talk) 23:39, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Noting for the record another sockpuppet blocked today, Jeremyhoward12. -- ferret (talk) 15:44, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Registering another since this hasn't archived just yet: Lennymcfee -- ferret (talk) 17:08, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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