Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mr vili/Archive
Mr vili
- Mr vili (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
24 October 2022[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets[edit]
- Renaissance domenic (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- User:Boris PHL (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- TNebula (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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See the activity around Wikipedia:WikiProject Autonomous Zones and Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Autonomous Zones (specifically here [1] and here [2]), which the above accounts are all supporting. Mr vili (formerly user DominusVilicus) created this proposed (misnamed and ill-defined) project a few days ago, despite seemingly having very limited editing experience on Wikipedia (477 live edits total across all en.Wikipedia namespaces). Renaissance domenic (113 live edits) and TNebula (28 live edits) likewise have little editing experience. The Boris PHL account (5 live edits) has no article-space edits at all, and was clearly created just to sign up. Despite their very limited editing, the Mr vili and Renaissance domenic accounts have edited the same articles - some on disparate subjects not connected with the proposed project in any way. [3] The proposed Wikiproject has only one other supporter signed up so far: User:MicroSupporter, who I'm fairly sure isn't a sock, but seems to have joined up as a result of an invitation from Mr vili. Even ignoring the clearly connected editing patterns of Mr vili and Renaissance domenic, it seems distinctly implausible that an obscure newly-proposed project would be attracting contributors with such limited experience in this manner. AndyTheGrump (talk) 03:41, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
Comments by other users[edit]
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]
- There's definitely something fishy going on here -
In progress Girth Summit (blether) 09:29, 24 October 2022 (UTC) - Mr vili is
Confirmed to Renaissance domenic. There is WP:BADSOCK editing (supporting each other in discussions), and multiple instances of editing the same articles, so I will indef block both. Boris PHL and TNebula look fairly different, from each other and from Mr vili/Renaissance domenic. I can't rule out off-wiki coordination, but I doubt whether they're the same person. Girth Summit (blether) 09:51, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
03 January 2023[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets[edit]
- HeliosSunGod (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Proforma for record keeping - already confirmed, and I note that despite the denials on the accounts talk, they went back to Mr vili's talk shortly afterwards and cleared their last unblock request. Girth Summit (blether) 14:52, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
Comments by other users[edit]
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]
- Already blocked and tagged. Girth Summit (blether) 14:52, 3 January 2023 (UTC)