Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Historyk IPN/Archive

• {{checkuser|1=Krzysztof Kapłon at IPN}}
• {{checkuser|1=John Wained}}

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Lets start with the easy part - Krzysztof Kapłon at IPN [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Icewhiz&diff=888473928&oldid=888287535 confirmed] they are a sock of Historyk IPN. I will note this was "good faithed" socking (although counter to policy as not declared as an alt. account) - since they figured out by themselves their username may be problematic (IPN is an organization). They also admitted COI - [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Icewhiz&diff=888475158&oldid=888474030 diff]. I gave both of these users a COI warning - [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Historyk_IPN&diff=888469126&oldid=888468878][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Krzysztof_Kap%C5%82on_at_IPN&diff=888474376&oldid=888474185]. I also informed Krzysztof Kapłon of [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Krzysztof_Kap%C5%82on_at_IPN&diff=888474602&oldid=888474376 sock puppetry policy and ALTACCN] and further pointed them towards PAID/DISCLOSE - [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Krzysztof_Kap%C5%82on_at_IPN&diff=888475516&oldid=888474602 diff].

The sole contributions of these WP:SPA accounts was to promote links to en.truthaboutcamps.eu - a website run by the IPN (to disseminate their controversial version of the "truth"):

• Historyk IPN - all edits were spam additions of links - [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=War_crimes_in_occupied_Poland_during_World_War_II&diff=prev&oldid=888468711][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nazi_concentration_camps&diff=prev&oldid=888468606][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_War_II_casualties_of_Poland&diff=prev&oldid=888466993][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German_camps_in_occupied_Poland_during_World_War_II&diff=prev&oldid=888463730][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%22Polish_death_camp%22_controversy&diff=prev&oldid=888463605][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Extermination_camp&diff=prev&oldid=888463531][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%22Polish_death_camp%22_controversy&diff=prev&oldid=888463017][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Extermination_camp&diff=prev&oldid=888462699].
• Krzysztof Kapłon at IPN - all editing (with the exception of talking with me) - was adding links - [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Extermination_camp&diff=prev&oldid=888473617][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%22Polish_death_camp%22_controversy&diff=prev&oldid=888474068][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German_camps_in_occupied_Poland_during_World_War_II&diff=prev&oldid=888474581]. And after they understood COI - an edit request on those links [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Extermination_camp&diff=prev&oldid=888483326]
• John Wained showed up after the last edits by Krzysztof Kapłon, and also added links to this site: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Polish_sentiment&diff=prev&oldid=888547405][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Extermination_camp&diff=prev&oldid=888549764][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Extermination_camp&diff=prev&oldid=888611745][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German_camps_in_occupied_Poland_during_World_War_II&diff=prev&oldid=888612150][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Auschwitz_concentration_camp&diff=prev&oldid=888615369][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Nazi_concentration_camps&diff=prev&oldid=888615590]

Per WP:DUCK - this seems to be the same individual or closely related individuals with an affiliation to the IPN/truthaboutcamps. I'll note that John Wained registered and edited after normal office hours (as opposed to the other two who operated during normal office hours) - so it may be a different device/location - but I think the DUCK evidence is quite clear here. As I informed informed Krzysztof Kapłon of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Krzysztof_Kap%C5%82on_at_IPN&diff=888474602&oldid=888474376 sock puppetry policy and ALTACCN] - this can no longer be construed as a good faithed newbie mistake if socking is confirmed here. Furthermore, if socking is confirmed here, then John Wained is purposefully circumventing PAID/DISCLOSE (which they understood should be declared - [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Krzysztof_Kap%C5%82on_at_IPN&diff=prev&oldid=888477334 diff at Krzysztof Kapłon]). Icewhiz (talk) 10:30, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

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• I blocked the first two accounts temporarily and the third account indeffinitelly. Closing. Vanjagenije (talk) 13:42, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

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