Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Itlook/Archive

• {{checkuser|1=Itelook}}
• {{checkuser|1=Edit-thiso}}
• {{checkuser|1=Editthen}}

• Tools: [https://tools.wmflabs.org/sigma/editorinteract.py?users={{urlencode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}&users={{urlencode:Itelook}}&users={{urlencode:Edit-thiso}}&users={{urlencode:Editthen}} Editor interaction utility] • [https://tools.wmflabs.org/interaction-timeline?wiki=enwiki&user={{urlencode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}&user={{urlencode:Itelook}} Interaction Timeline] • [https://tools.wmflabs.org/betacommand-dev/UserCompare/{{urlencode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}.html User compare report] Auto-generated every hour.

These newly-created accounts use H:THANK feature on my edits, mostly on Qasem Soleimani article. I got 10 such "thanks" in the last few days for minor edits like {{diff||935067745||this one}}, prompting me to receive constant email notifications. There's no edits by these accounts. I'm 100% sure this is the same person, I don't know who it is, and I wonder what is he planning to do with these accounts. Triggerhippie4 (talk) 04:57, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

{{re|ST47}} I don't see his IP. Is it in Canada by any chance? --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 06:03, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

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• Okay, so I started to check on the basis of the user's report and the similarities in some of the usernames and registration times. Note that the "thanks" log does not create a CU log entry, so I'm largely only able to see account creation. Here's some results:
• {{confirmed}}:
• {{checkuser|Itlook}}
• {{checkuser|Patich}}
• {{possible}}:
• {{checkuser|Itelook}}
• {{checkuser|Peppm}}
• {{checkuser|Brownuu}}
• {{checkuser|Editthen}}
• Edit-thiso is on a VPN, and therefore {{inconclusive}}.
• There are a few other user accounts on the same IP ranges but who have different subject matter interests. I'll block Patich and Peppm as single-purpose accounts, and Brownuu for the same plus for having gamed autoconfirmed. I was not able to find any link to a previously blocked master, so I don't really know what their deal is, but the odd behavior towards Triggerhippie4 plus the common editing interests - these are obviously linked. ST47 (talk) 05:28, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
• Closed, Triggerhippie4 feel free to report any further cases, if they're on the same IP ranges as these users were we'll consider a rangeblock. ST47 (talk) 05:30, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

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