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Redking7

Redking7 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Report date November 4 2009, 13:53 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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

Evidence submitted by One Night In Hackney

Staighre seems to be a painfully transparent sockpuppet of Redking7, carrying on the same disruption as before. Save for a few edits in November 2007 then December 2008, the account was dormant then popped up to vote in the poll about Ireland article names, which is abusive sockpuppetry to votestack in addition to other disruption caused by this editor. No edits after that until 26 September, just over a week after Redking7 was indefinitely blocked for disruption. The editing style is quacking obvious, in addition to the same SPA-like changing of Republic of Ireland to Ireland there's extensive involvement in areas relating to People's Republic of China, Taiwan and various relationships between the two and other countries, which coincidentally was the exact same area Redking7 was disrupting to the extent he was indefinitely blocked. Could all this be coincidence? I don't think so, and neither should anyone else. 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 13:53, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by accused parties

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Comments by other users

Could we get confirmation on this from running a CU please? --HighKing (talk) 12:10, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unnecessary, see diff, Redking7 has admitted creating a second account whilst blocked. Tim Vickers (talk) 19:56, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Conclusions

Administrator note All accounts blocked and tagged. Tim Vickers (talk) 18:09, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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 It has been archived automatically.

Report date December 8 2009, 00:16 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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

Evidence submitted by SirFozzie

The user in question here has come into the Troubles area, and with their first edits not only staked out the positions of past repeated sockmasters there, but also had the same editing quirks. The user was blocked by User:SarekOfVulcan as a sock of User Talk:Boneyarddog (please note, the user has a current unblock request). I reviewed the information in this situation, and I have a good degree of confidence that the user os a reincarnation of indefblocked/banned user User:Redking7.

Editing quirks include changing the pipe link from Republic of Ireland to Ireland (State), and a history of editing the Names of the Irish State article

See previous socks of Redking7 which had this quirk:

Staighre (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) [1],[2]

Panassonic (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) [3]

DaliBama (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) [4].

Now, I would have a high enough confidence in the evidence I have provided to name Redking7 as the sock master here, to block him for that per DUCK, etcetera. However, due to the delicate situation with Boneyarddog (where the user is obviously a known user with an alternate account, unknown whom, with an unblock request pending), and with the possible misidentification of DaliBama with Boneyarddog, I thought it best if a formal SPI is done, with CheckUser.

Comments by accused parties

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Comments by other users

CheckUser requests

Checkuser request – code letter: E (Community ban/sanction evasion )

Current status –

Completed: Reviewed by a Checkuser, results and comments are below. Requested by SirFozzie (talk) 00:16, 8 December 2009 (UTC) [reply]

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Confirmed - also blocked underlying range ... again - Alison ^❤ 04:36, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
also Unlikely - Boneyarddog (talk · contribs)

Conclusions

Account has already been blocked. Tiptoety ^talk 04:38, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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

Report date December 29 2009, 14:39 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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

Evidence submitted by One Night In Hackney

Redking7 back causing his usual disruption on his pet article Names of the Irish state, and the edits to Commonwealth related articles are consistent with previous socks in particular GettingOut (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Thanks. 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 14:39, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by accused parties

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Comments by other users

CheckUser requests

Checkuser request – code letter: E (Community ban/sanction evasion )

Current status –

Completed: Reviewed by a Checkuser, results and comments are below. Requested by One Night In Hackney

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Confirmed - per my talk page discussion - Alison ^❤ 23:53, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusions

Blocked/tagged. NW (Talk) 02:45, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

05 July 2010

Suspected sockpuppets

84.203.72.8 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
84.203.69.86 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

Evidence submitted by One Night In Hackney

RedKing7 was blocked for a wide variety of disruptive editing generally relating to sovereignty disputes, particularly relating to the China-Taiwan sovereignty dispute. The IPs above are in his known range, one which has been repeatedly rangeblocked (zero to little collateral damage) due to his sockpuppetry. Once again there's involvement in China-Taiwan issues here and more sovereignty disputes here and here. Request renewal of rangeblock detailed above and a checker for rooting out any sleeper accounts which he is known to create to avoid that block. Thanks.

Comments by accused parties

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Comments by other users

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

Administrator note The /17 range has been reblocked for 3 months. NW (Talk) 22:27, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk declined – after looking at the histories of a few of the pages involved, it doesn't look like CU will dig up anything, at least I don't suspect socking on other users. NuclearWarfare has already blocked that range, which I support. I don't think there is any further action needed at this time. –MuZemike 00:45, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]