User:Meters/SPIs

Thebranddunia (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) Believed by user:DoubleGrazing to be master behind Jan/26 attempts to hijack Bangladesh Black Hat Hackers to be about some group called Cyber Villain. See user:user:Ebadatcv, user:~2026-36856-7, user:~2026-42170-5
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Travis Lanza Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting shootings, conspiracy theories, etc
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shwapneel ahnaf 1999 adds multiple versions of the same trivial equation to various mean articles. See , . user:172.56.35.162 made similar edits, but to talk pages or subpages and fake archives.
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/LKSMOE2024 fake edit summaries, plagiarism, changing to older images, uploading copyvio File:Keith Scott.jpg, unsourced name changes, all edits supposedly minor, etc See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1198#h-Chronic disruptive editing by User:LeeKokSeng2024-20250824064800
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BallSniff544 I ran across this one on Texas but has longer history
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sheepman2099 ran across this one on some school articles... seems to be following user:GuardianH around to revert them
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AndriesvN Arian Controversy etc May 2025
user:MidAtlanticBaby teahouse/help page trolling. lots of proxies. Has been suggested this is Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DarwinandBrianEdits
- This is the user who repeatedly games extended confirmed with sleeper accounts to attack user:Magnolia677. Recent attempt on Nov 12 2024 failed because of a private filter. See Right Hand Guy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) with ~140 blocked edits
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nilzzz7 Applied Food Biotechnology spammer
Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/UK Kennedy–Lincoln–Titanic IP ran across this one as an IP on Murder trial of O. J. Simpson but has wider coverage
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Desanimade mess of promotional puffery and SPA socking related to Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken: Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (soundtrack); Freya Ridings; List of people from Rochester, Minnesota; Rochester; Lourdes High School‎; Draft:Faryn Pearl; Kelly Cooney Cilella; Draft:Production of Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken; Rise (Freya Ridings song)
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/9I.245.2475 comedian Sal Vulcano as principal of Saltfleet District High School
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/CindyRoleder German religion etc
User:EpicTiger87, user:BigBuilder1755 multiple IPs John DeLancie, ANI rants at admins etc
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Grundle2600 POV and soapboxing re crime, etc. Often posts leading or POV material to talk page rather then to article I first encountered this as user:SquirrelHill1971 in 2024 but SPI reports go back to 2010
WP:LTA/BTSZ Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Belteshazzar
huh, there's actually an LTA page WP:LTA/MIKE for a 2016 SPI Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Mikequfv for the weather box LTA
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Evpac public transit shopping centres, etc
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/KimSumi21 Soccerm world athletic festivals, Naked News
user:BobTheConnector hoax article Shooting of Jessica Turner deleted also as banned user User:ExtonTheWhole (sandbox edits and wait ntil autoconfirmed, then hoax article and vandalism page moves)
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/JoshuaClark9990 the attacks on Hindu community editor
Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Em fontes, in case he comes after my pages again
Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Gzycelzane: Edie James Marsden Vittoria Puccini etc
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Knowledge Updater 1999 Blue Origin SPA COI employee
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Pleasureme23 unsourced alumni additions (including sometimes copying nonapplicable refs from subjects' articles)
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ashatoshipokemon The Barry B. Benson Condorito case. many prev users also note or blocked after the fact. Moved to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Condoritofan2012
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Gustin_Kelly re username complaints against User:ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್_ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Awolf58 ran into this as user:WeWorkGuest when he stole an article I was developing in my user space. Ah, this is the earliest user name for user:Mrbeastmodeallday, which explains why one his early edits was to troll me (I was involved in the ANI on Mrbeastmodeallday which resulted in his ban, and in his previous block).
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ItalianConquest Milan crest etc , English issues
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kristianatienza film articles, copies to userspace, rapid and repeated pointless whitespace edtis
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/1978_Los_Angeles_Ravagers unsourced content, POV and nonencyclopedic language on sports teams
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Birdsflyinghigh123 Frank Mortenson LTA
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/대우건설 globally locked. I noticed this as Korea, ridiculous redirects, but older SPI has other earlier behaviour
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Knowledge1253 McGarry, Ontario SPA case.
user:OgreHacker back again. No SPI that I know of but see user:ReturnOfOgreHacker user:OgreHackerStrikesBack, user:OgreHackerStrikesBack2
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Beaneater00 ran into this one as user:User:Црнчуга1389 Albaniansd, Serbs, pro-life, general trolling etc
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/M59 Rocks incessant self-reverting
user:Öyle ya da böyle, ama şöyle değil Don't know if there is an SPI but socked as user:Dzcheutszarscze. Pointless hat notes, often with sexual connection. Now have Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/İsmail Kendir
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Taavocatt123 Vancouver College and sister school Little Flower Academy‎
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Diane Molly Handerson unsourced cat additions to BLPs
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Israeli Rabbi The UofT Israeli grad student law suit
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/GeraldFord1980 garbage additions but with real refs, trolling User talk:Jgstokes
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Joshua_Saldaña Fake Philippine callsign meanings
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jinnifer films user page stupidity
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sonny Solina Economy of Italy etc
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SammySmith8765 donkey punch
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Vallabharebel Vizag Victors cricket team
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Eliastobin23 Edson, AB
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jagdeep singh bittu multiple uploads of blatant copyvio images of Indian singers.
Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/24.68.2.110 The no green in climate boxes guy from Victoria. Evading multiple long-term IP blocks
- target pages at User:CrazyBoy826/Target pages of recent IPs
- probably Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mikequfv
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cadeken Collegerailman master SPA on school shootigns, prisoners, etc
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Technoquat ran into this one on my page as user:You'll be connected to Measurement Lab claiming I had a promo account name. Lately rapid fire trolling that can be mistaken for CIR. Banned, RBI see User:Boil-in-the-Bag
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Alwaysfreeoff zoological pages, changing of terms "comprise", use of reference notes in the lead sentences, verb tense and pluralizations in the lead sentence, :"constitute", and "any"
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Thurmondt likely this one will show up again. WP:CIR/troll. Strom Thurmond and adminship
User:Human Taxonomist I knew I recognized the talk page style on Origins of baseball and talk:English people This is banned user Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sprayitchyo
user:IceCreamGelatto and user:DaddyAskedForSixAndAnaI name block and a CU block. Adding identical nude pic to articles so I assumed these were the same person. No DPI but listing in case this continues
user:Bob1310 no SPI that I know of, CU caught user:Mikkel13101 and user:Mr. Gruk after I recognized characteristic vandalism by multiple insertions of maybe, might have been, possibly, could have been, etc. Previous account or accounts : April 2019 noticed user:Thisisepicstyle . And now we have the opposite, inserting "literally" throughout article by Haroldisendgame. IP 152.250.165.194
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tasties.food.2017 Indian movie is inspired by/ remake of/ blatant copy of We're the Millers Lavawraps was socking, but not by Tasties. Joe job by Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Architect 134
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jasonlives71 [screengrabs of YouTube videos etc of Cardi B user:SkrrtSkeetit another obvious sock but created after master's block expired (block was not extended after checkuser). Another CU shows that the earlier master is user:Fieryflames, so it was indeed a socking vio. screen grabs is typical behaviour
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/WhenDatHotlineBling McShittles guy
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MFIreland military equipment, especially Irish
user:Jackbills670 buy a degree or passport spam, No SPI yet but still creating new accounts user:Buyusapasport95 user:Davidpoll950 user:Documentint
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/RJCola "cat economist" Roland Baines or Roland Atwood Baines.
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SwedenAviator Kingdom of Sycamore micronation
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Krajoyn‎ Dominican republic case, attack summaries
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Miccoliband ‎ the Miccoli (band) case
User:Hillbillyholiday Large BLP deletions based on somewhat nebulous claims of bad sources or trivia. 1RR BLP restriction followed by blocks, and indeff for socking. Prob no SPI as yet (MAr 30/18)
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/JoeyPknowsalotaboutthat ‎ Star sizes etc
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Seanfog‎ Edson/Hinton etc
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sumatro Nina Dobrev . Recent edit warring by user:Targatron (Nina Dobrev is not Canadian) may be related
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Aralia Fresia claims that Lara Nicole Daskivich was a writer for Sting
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Frankabr. Billy the Kid tintypes
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rowingasia
2604:2000:c815:e00::/64 LTA on Bulldog and Andalusian donkey
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TimoTw the OPNsense router case
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Amy. Firehoof. CU blocked, edit warring to remove Welsh mentions
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Firey Mcfireface Victoria Firefighter union infighting
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/203.94.92.34 South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine moved to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SAITM wiki
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/2601:3C7:8202:716:20FD:5213:ACAA:83C9 POV right wing, vandalism, talk page rants
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dcasey98 Star wars and Harry Potter are or are not kids' movies
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/161darts161darts Micheal Jackson hoax
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ladydee99 non-notable Indian screenwriter
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ FutanariMotionSense Holy Family Catholic High School, Thornton
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/USEE1776 Idaho, schools, drums
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/PakePakwan India/Pakistan
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shiwam Kumar Sriwastaw adding his name all over the place
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/118 alex Singapore bus, cross wiki
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nate Speed the "Punch you in the face" guy, entertainment companies, banned LTA Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Nate Speed
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Latujohn multipel new accounts linking a top ten lists site
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Reno919 non-notableunpublished kid's bee book, either a hoax or promo, but always involves multiple moves and redirects, and creation of cats for fictional bees and bees in literature. Static Ip blocked 6 months. Two AFDs now
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Josie the Bee
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lola the Buzzy Bee
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Johnathan Osorio CFC Youth for Christ cluster
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/248886alpha Grenville Kent BLP, edit warring
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/CaribbeanAmphibian Ponce, Puerto Rico
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jaredgk2008 RBI
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/118 alex the Singapore bus one, concrete bids etc, globally locked
User:Brad Watson, Miami Talk:Sacred geometry etc
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ConsumersDistributingonline Consumers Distributing US online relaunch. CU also gave another cluster Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Conhui but now merged. Latest sock involved in similar edits to Service Merchandise
- LTA created late 2024 Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/ConsumersDistributingonline
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Colinmiller13 unsourced changes to kids' topics. Should be merged to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Chase2na
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Daniel L. Barth Finally a resolution to user:I'm on day 4 not CIR, just a longterm socker playing dumb
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Unkownzero Ageing, user page attacks
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/My Royal Young LTA, globalblocks, "Spearton" "Blob"
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/WinnieThePoohFan2004 nonsense pages, creatign articles fo rnon-notable films, often copies articles to talk page after blocked
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MrWriter245 All things Teairra Marí
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bigshowandkane64 RBI banned
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Oneshotofwhiskey AllWeKnowAreTheFacts,Ma'am
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TheBestBandInTheInternet‎ Bogus articles and edits re fictional music
User:Aghtrgj BLP vios on Anthony Mundine ‎ CU socks blocked but have not checked for an SPI
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BillyAngel Punt to AIV and mention SPI case
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/VHSVideos2006 VHS vandal Tashiana Jenkins Tashiana Samantha Jenkins hoaxes, Delaware County, Pennsylvania area interest
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bertrand101 Philippine radio stations LTA here
user:Webbjones, user:Hamlet94, and user:Xerxes321 indeffed, 2a02:c7d:6005:2800::/64 1 month after CU Nov 18, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Webbjones Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Personal_attacks_via_repeated_socking_accusations and James William Webb-Jones ‎ Richard Stanley Hawks Moody Richard Clement Moody
- User:IsocratesII added CU Nov 24. Same genealogy interest in anything remotely related to Moody or Webb-Jones families: Benedictus Marwood Kelly , Edward Fenwick Boyd, Thomas Moody (1779–1849) created Boyd family of Moor House
- More new ones to watch Arthur Webb-Jones, Ernest William Jones created by another new SPA TrevelyanLittle (CU unrelated) which started with one of the existing articles James William Webb-Jones SPI opened Nov 27

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/The spanish wizard Caleb Coyne quackery
User:Salvidrim!/Macy_VG_IP_vandal repeatedly adds tribvia to MAcy's Day PArade talk,a nd references to the parade to school articles. has moved on to just adding the material to .talk apges. Possibly no SPI ever opened
User:Dtreeter15 RichBoi Streeter promo
uSER:FastNLoud Assange junk and personal attacks
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Incorrigible Troll abstain votes, is my Homie names. claims to be User:Blu Aardvark
JaxsonCoolKid23, User:JaxsonWelsh, music vandal indeffed on both accounts Np SPI
User:47.17.68.177 No SPI that I know of but on 6 month block. Active on multiple IPs abd articles. The marching band talk page spammer
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hum1969 401 interchabge rants etc
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vodkapoise Sequim County, Washington hoaxer
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Escoperloit Persians etc
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Filipz123 Fausto Veranzio and bridges Banned November 2016 Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Community_ban_proposal_for_User:Filipz123
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tikeem cumberbatch uttp tcgp own the fart.poop one
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wattsj528 a mess of socks and multiple article moves and splits
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Freecomwireless Smiling Buddha Ionospheric Ionization Temperature Ionization temperature Draft:Ionospheric Ionization Temperature Emerald Ruby Truly bizarre mixture of Freemen on the Land type stuff, technobabble (I think it was a actually just a glorified air conditioner) and bogus giant gems (King of Canada). Can't tell if this was the owner of the company, an employee who had it in for him, or someone who had hacked the company webpage. Blocks, deletions and protections seem to have killed it off. Started up again in June. Latest (July ) are User:Chamber.99F ,User:EliteGems and VotBot , possibly User:XXXShipNow and User:VincentStarry? Yes, CU confirmed these and 3 sleepers also. Active again Aug 16 with IP
- New socks active 2025. Two side ranges pblocked for three years Special:Contributions/207.195.86.196, Special:Contributions/142.165.85.118
Aliakbar8 new one on CAPTAIN RAJU. moved to master Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Fenopy1 cu found several more
AdamsBHM021 Vestavia Hills High School master blocked to ~20 Feb/16 , article protected to Mar 9. Talk page indicates he intends to continue this. Student has now dropped it. Back again in Aug but with different edits.

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