Suspected sockpuppets

• Erim Turukku (talk ·  · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Edit patterns of both EMr KnG and Erim Turukku looks quite similar (WP:DUCK) - both users engage in category spams, overcategorizations, Turkic/Turkish POV, edit warring, etc... From my point of view, it's enough to see edit histories of EMr KnG ([1]) and Erim Turukku ([2]) to get to the conclusion they are the same person. Also, User:Kansas Bear was the first to mention possible sock puppetry in this case, at Turukku's talk page. IMHO, this is a case of WP:SOCK without a doubt. Sundostund (talk) 19:31, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Check declined by a checkuser - EMr KnG is  Stale and globally locked. Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:44, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• I think a duck block might be reasonable. I'd like to get some input from someone more familiar with the two accounts though. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:56, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
•  Administrator note Behavioral evidence suggests these are the same user, after looking at the way the user writes. I will handle the block as soon as I figure out how to handle an override of an WP:AE block. Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 03:08, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
•  On hold awaiting a response from Dougweller (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 03:16, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Administrator noteEndorsing this block as a duck block. Dougweller (talk) 06:01, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Blocked indef per DUCK, closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:11, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Suspected sockpuppets

• Sturanos (talk ·  · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Sturanos (talk · contribs) returned from a three-month long wikibreak on 22 July to edit Avar Khaganate.[3] BöriShad, who the CheckUser considered  Possible to Dontbesogullible and Böri, was blocked per WP:NOTHERE after edit warring at Avar Khagnate just days earlier. At Avar Khaganate, Sturanos removes the same content[4][5] as BöriShad.[6][7][8][9][10] In May Sturanos added content at the article Saka[11] identical to content added at Sakalar at Turkish Wikipedia by sockmaster Tirgil34.[12]. Sturanos promotes[13] the Ural-Altaic languages theory just like Dolatjan.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Sturanos was in May listed as a possible sock of Bamsi2929, but was found to be technically  Unrelated to both Bamsi2929 and Tirgil34. He was however appearantly  Possible to Madyas. Madyas is another Turkic nationalist editor, who was blocked in February as per WP:NOTHERE and as a "likely sockpuppet". Curiously, suspected sock Gokhan Su's only edit[22] is to defend claims made at Talk:Scythians by Madyas.[23] Sturanos is clearly the same person as Madyas. Compare Sturanos' recent edit at Nader Shah[24] to an earlier edit by Madyas.[25] A pattern of inserting "Turkic" into the infobox and intro of various articles, adding List of Turkic dynasties and countries to See also sections, and adding various "Turkic" templates and categories can be observed from the edits of Madyas (many more diffs can be provided if needed)[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] and Sturanos.[41][42][43][44][45][46] The same pattern can also be observed in the edits of Erim Turukku (more diffs can be provided if needed).[47][48][49][50][51][52] Erim Turukku is a WP:DUCK-blocked sock of EMr KnG. Given Sturanos' suspicious appearance at Avar Khaganate to push the agenda of recently blocked BöriShad, i'm primarily adding Sturanos to check him against BöriShad and Böri. A check against Gokhan Su, Wolfie87 and Dolatjan could however be helpful too. At any rate the obvious connection between Madyas/Sturanos and Erim Turukku/EMr KnG deserves administrator attention.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Krakkos (talk • contribs) 19:30, 23 July 2015‎ (UTC)[reply]

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•  Clerk note: @Krakkos: I moved this case here from Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tirgil34. With edits like this and this, and with previous checkuser results showing "between Unlikely and Possible" (here), I think we can connect Sturanos to Madyas, who is blocked as a sock of EMr KnG. Vanjagenije (talk) 20:51, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Admin action needed - Please, block Sturanos as a sock of EMr KnG. Vanjagenije (talk) 22:53, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
•  Blocked and tagged - Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:23, 5 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Suspected sockpuppets

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

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Sökür is certainly a new sock of EMr KnG. Same pan-Turkic agenda, and adding same[53][54] categories to Attila[55] and promoting the same[56] (as Sturanos) view that Icelanders are Vikings.[57] I'm adding a CU request to check for sleepers. Krakkos (talk) 21:06, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Clerk declined - This user made no edits. We can't run a CU to connect him to the master because previous accounts are stale. We also can't link him based on behavior, as there is no behavior. If he is editing in Turkish Wikipedia, then you should report him there. Vanjagenije (talk) 22:04, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Still no edits. Closing. Vanjagenije (talk) 01:36, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Suspected sockpuppets

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

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The new user's edits are similar to sockpuppeteer. Also, he targeted same article just like before, some diffs:

• Khwarazmian dynasty: master [58]. sock [59]
• Ghaznavids: master [60], [61]. sock [62], [63]
• Babur: master [64], [65]. sock [66]
• Mughal Empire: master [67]. sock [68]

The behavior of this new account is very similar to blocked sockmaster. For example same disruption on Template:History of the Turkic peoples pre-14th century. New accounts adds Turkish language to irrelevant articles just like the sockmaster. Similar edit summaries And he has same battleground behavior (reverting and ignoring edits by other editors). It's possible he registered multiple accounts again and uses them to evade block. Zyma (talk) 18:36, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I would have to agree with Zyma. Besides both pushing a Turkish/Turkic POV, both master[69] and sock[70] suffer from the same broken illegible English. --Kansas Bear (talk) 19:45, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

He's indef-blocked by an admin due to his disruptive edits. And checkuser was rejected. So how to check his possible active accounts? Is it possible to find them or should I submit another SPI case? --Zyma (talk) 09:07, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• All accounts in the archive are  Stale, so there's no data sets for me to compare.  Behavioural evidence needs evaluation.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:44, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• This account is already blocked. Tagging as suspected sock and closing. @Zyma: We are not running sleepers check unless there is some specific reason to believe there might be sleepers.  CheckUser is not for fishing. Vanjagenije (talk) 00:29, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Suspected sockpuppets

• Aslanstatistic1234 (talk ·  · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Same edits just like the previous blocked socks. New account [71], blocked sock [72]. Either it's ex-sleeper account of sockmaster (now active) or he's one of those typical nationalist and disruptive editors. The behavior is similar to sockmaster, e.g. he targeted several Turkic and Turkey/Ottoman related articles and he returned to his favorite article Mahmud of Ghazni just after recent blocks (previous SPI report). Zyma (talk) 23:02, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• It's  Possible bordering on  Unlikely, though. I'd recommend waiting before blocking. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:59, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• We've been waiting and nothing happened, so I'm closing this case. Vanjagenije (talk) 23:55, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• AlpAy (talk ·  · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• 78.165.85.180 (talk ·  · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 78.165.72.147 (talk ·  · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 78.165.74.227 (talk ·  · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

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Hi. Opening this SPI per Drmies' justified remark. Hence this is just for the record. IP "78.165.85.180" was already blocked recently to prevent some of the disruption, while sock "AlpAy" was blocked per WP:DUCK as a result of this ANI discussion. Thanks - LouisAragon (talk) 01:47, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Range blocked two weeks after a request at ANI. The registered account is already blocked. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:49, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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