Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/VivaNorthCyprus/Archive

User:VivaNorthCyprus

VivaNorthCyprus (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

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

Prior SSP or RFCU cases may exist for this user:

• Suspected sock puppets/VivaNorthCyprus

Report date February 7 2009, 20:27 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

• Cheapfriends (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• IntensityOfTheLight (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Literal64words (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• TitanicLordIceberged (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Evidence submitted by Blowdart

• The edit history, obviously. Same pages, same changes. Different edit history though. Which is nice. Blowdart | ^talk 20:27, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

account has been banned via ARV. I've also reverted his edits, and tagged all the new pages. --Blowdart | ^talk 21:49, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• And now an SPA, IntensityOfTheLight is reverting the flagging of the new pages and reverting my revert. --Blowdart | ^talk 21:55, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• And another. Literal64words --Blowdart | ^talk 23:02, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• And another. TitanicLordIceberged leaving this on my talk page --Blowdart | ^talk 23:31, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

• Sockpuppetry is not true. There are some wiki-admins that they are misusing their administrative rights and say that there are some GC Wiki-admins in 1600 Wiki-admins and they can do whatever they want. We complained this situaiton to the Wikipedia Board. Also, notice that the wiki-admins that block the North Cyprus Wiki-users are all the same Wiki-admins. We submitted their list to the Wikipedia Board as well. Not only VivaNorthCyprus is given as an example of sockpuppetry but also some other Wiki-names are given as well like ForeverTruth etc.

Comments by other users

• The most compelling evidence to me was the creation of Category:Airlines of North Cyprus. The page was created with the same edit summary as a prior version created by Tillar34000 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Tillar34000 was blocked as a sockpuppet of VivaNorthCyprus. The use of an identical edit summary, with a one-day gap between the category creations, tells me it's the same human at the keyboard. —C.Fred (talk) 21:16, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Dear C.Fred, there are numerous people in
  North Cyprus and they are following the Wikipedia. Notice that this country is under embargo, and internet is the way of making their voice out. The classical copy-paste issues can be performed by any NC Wiki-user. Please do NOT underestimate the capabilities of NC people. World fastest 40th computer was located in NC by IBM! IntensityOfTheLight (talk) 22:04, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• As a patrolling admin, I've been following and fighting this puppeteer for some time, and have amassed a large body of fairly detailed evidence. Including the above names, there are (so far) 42 socks that I've been able to find, plus a number of IPs that have been edited under as well. Admins are welcome to email me if they want to discuss it further. AKRadecki^Speaketh 00:57, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Additional to my comment above, it is my suggestion that in light of the now 43 socks, the multiple indef blocks by numerous admins, the multiple ignored attempts to actually talk to this person about their politically-motivated edits, the blatant disregard for our policies on editing under multiple accounts, that
  WP:BAN. AKRadecki^Speaketh 01:40, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  • I agree that this should be a community ban situation. This user has been generating socks and using dynamic IPs for disruptive purposes for a long time: revert wars, abusive edit summaries, hate lists, etc. By the way, it's quite clearly one person, contrary to certain claims he has made (not that it matters, as meatpuppetry is equivalent in terms of policy to sockpuppetry). This person has never attempted a reasonable approach; it's been War with Wikipedia from the outset, and
    RBI looks like the most likely future here. Antandrus (talk) 02:07, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply
    ]
    • Is that even in need of a formal decision at this point? But of course he's banned. Fut.Perf. ☼ 14:05, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusions

• I've implemented two long-term rangeblocks and blocked these other socks:

1. AlwaysSouthern (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
2. NorthCyprusYoungs (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
3. KingaRoster (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
4. Follower of light (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
5. Tendstoinfinity (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
6. SecondInventory (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
7. IncreaseEnergy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Further note the additional nine confirmed socks below: (originally noted here).

1. SustainedLifes (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
2. AlterEnta1 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
3. SpeedyKostas (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
4. AccountOfForever (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
5. UsefulOxygen (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
6. Daysinparadise (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
7. EverywhereIamReady (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
8. NicestParadisers (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
9. SinceAdamAndEva (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Hope that helps. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 23:21, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

•  Clerk note: All tagged. Tiptoety ^talk 23:56, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This case has been marked as closed. It has been archived automatically.

Mayalld (talk) 08:07, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Report date June 18 2009, 21:23 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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

Evidence submitted by Passportguy

Introducing blatant POV on North Cyprus related pages such as here : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morphou&oldid=297211934 Also reving templates, categories and large blocks of text for the same reason. Passportguy (talk) 21:23, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

Comments by other users

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Conclusions

This case has been marked as closed. It has been archived automatically.

Blocked and tagged. PeterSymonds (talk) 22:24, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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

Prior SSP or RFCU cases may exist for this user:

• Suspected sock puppets/VivaNorthCyprus

Report date June 21 2009, 12:37 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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

Evidence submitted by Passportguy

Another one of the dozons of sockpuppets of User:VivaNorthCyprus at it again. Passportguy (talk) 12:37, 21 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

Comments by other users

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Conclusions

• Already blocked. Tiptoety ^talk 02:43, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This case has been marked as closed. It has been archived automatically.

Report date June 23 2009, 15:54 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

• Honorary People (
  talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki
  )
• DeductiveServices (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Evidence submitted by

Snigbrook

Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

Comments by other users

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

 Clerk note: A similar checkuser case was filed earlier on under Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DeductiveServices. That case has been moved over here and placed in the archive. PeterSymonds (talk) 19:22, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusions