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=====<big>27 December 2013</big>=====


;Suspected sockpuppets

* {{checkuser|1=JanHusCz}}
* {{checkip|1=151.237.102.118}}

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These three users (the two named and the IP) have the same edit pattern at [[Middle Ages]], engaging in an edit war there today.  They also have the same edit pattern at [[Nina Dobrev]].  Would seem odd for three separate entities to have the same two interests with little to no edits at other articles. [[User:Only|only]] ([[User talk:Only#top|talk]]) 14:36, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

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* At the same time that this investigation was opened, I separately started a related discussion on these users (and how they seem to be socks) at [[Wikipedia:Administrators%27 noticeboard/Incidents#Possible sockpuppets at Middle Ages]]. Further evidence is there. <span class="nowrap">&ndash; [[User:Quadell|Quadell]] <sup>([[User_talk:Quadell|talk]])</sup></span> 15:50, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
*:To summarize: strong circumstantial evidence suggests that all these accounts are at least meatpuppets of, and probably sockpuppets of, {{u|Ceco31}}, who has been topic-banned from editing Bulgaria-related articles. <span class="nowrap">&ndash; [[User:Quadell|Quadell]] <sup>([[User_talk:Quadell|talk]])</sup></span> 20:09, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
*::To answer Cas Liber's question below, yes, I believe there is. Ceco31's very last edits before being blocked were to [[Bulgarians]]. He tended to focus on just a few articles at a time, moving on to new ones, and always emphasizing Bulgarian heritage and contributions in his edits. While he was blocked for 3 months (with account creation blocked as well), no apparent sockpuppets appeared. As soon as the 3 month block expired, and he was technically able to create new accounts, these new accounts started showing up and began editing the exact same article he had been editing in a very similar way. They focus on the same sort of articles, and use the same characteristic sort of edits. Since they're being used to evade a topic ban, I believe all these accounts should be indef blocked. <span class="nowrap">&ndash; [[User:Quadell|Quadell]] <sup>([[User_talk:Quadell|talk]])</sup></span> 20:56, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

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*:Clearly all three are the same person - but is there enough on behavioural grounds to link with {{u|Ceco31}}? [[User:Casliber|Cas Liber]] ([[User talk:Casliber|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Casliber|contribs]]) 20:40, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
*{{U|Quadell}}, Sumatro was created on August 7, 2013, before the expiration of Ceco's block. In addition, although socks can be sneaky, I see no stylistic evidence linking Ceco to the other accounts. I've blocked Sumatro for one week based on the report at [[WP:AN3]].--[[User:Bbb23|Bbb23]] ([[User talk:Bbb23|talk]]) 17:23, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
*JanHusCz blocked per [[WP:DUCK]] (look at the days on which both accounts were active over the last few months), closing. [[User:King of Hearts|King of]] [[User:King of Hearts|<span style="color:red;">&hearts;</span>]] [[User talk:King of Hearts|<span style="color:red;">&diams;</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/King of Hearts|<span style="color:black;">&clubs;</span>]] &spades; 00:38, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
*:For the record, Sumatro emailed me saying they were affected by JanHusCz's autoblock, implying that they are a {{confirmed}} match. [[User:King of Hearts|King of]] [[User:King of Hearts|<span style="color:red;">&hearts;</span>]] [[User talk:King of Hearts|<span style="color:red;">&diams;</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/King of Hearts|<span style="color:black;">&clubs;</span>]] &spades; 22:18, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
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=====<big>26 May 2014</big>=====


;Suspected sockpuppets

* {{checkuser|1=Sumatro}}
* {{checkuser|1=Ludogoro}}
* {{checkuser|1=Mandramunjak}}
* {{checkuser|1=Zheko Sousa}}
* {{checkuser|1=Magnus Agripa}}
* {{checkuser|1=Rivaldeiro}}
* {{checkip|1=151.237.102.118}}
* {{checkip|1=195.24.37.106}}

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Over the past few months there have been suspicious edits on the pages [[Middle Ages]] and [[talk:Middle Ages]]. The discussion is broken down into two parties, one which asserts that the article under-represents the contribution of Bulgaria to the Middle Ages and the other who disagree. The first party is made up almost entirely of single purpose accounts, as demonstrated in the table below.

A previous SPI found that JanHusCz was a sockpuppet of Sumatro and blocked in January.  Given how there is now an issue with SPAs there may be an overlap. So many accounts gravitating to the talk page and being generally in agreement seems unlikely. It is a popular article, but in April the talk page received just [http://stats.grok.se/en/201404/Talk:Middle_Ages 628 views]. [[User:Nev1|Nev1]] ([[User talk:Nev1|talk]]) 18:29, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
:These are trumped up charges to me. I don't know who is Sumatro or any other editors, include you. I'm new in Wikipedia and my contributions are only few maps and comments. Look at carefully my work in the article. None of my edits and comments are pro-Bulgarian. How long is forbidden to comment in Talk page? Read carefully my arguments there, before to make wrong summaries as you make now. It is unpleasantly, offensive and unwelcome as a whole. Please, comment the content and read [[Wikipedia:No personal attacks]]. 
:Sorry, if I'm wrong, but I think that you supported one of the two parties in the discussion and you just want to destroy the competition with the way "Person - problem. No person - No problem". In this case "Editors - problem. No editors - No problem". Your claims seems too paranoid, by me. I comment on this Talk page, because I agree the claims of these users (I don't know what is their relations). In medieval Europe exist 3 empires - Byzantine Empire, Holy Roman Empire and Bulgarian Empire. The Empire of Germans is mentoined in the article (even is very, very, very mentoined, especially the Frankish Empire), Byzantine - also is written in details, but Bulgarian Empire - The Second Empire in Europe (look at Asparukh, recognized as emperor by the Byzantine emperor Constantine IV in 681 and Tervel, who is recognized as Caesar in 705), where was created the Cyrillic script, one of the most powerful country in Middle Ages is presented with 2 - 3 sentences. I think that every historian and every person, who is looking even one historical book will not agree with the way how Bulgarian Empire is represented in this article. Their reactions are understandable, but your reaction is too strange. I see that the most of your enemies, suspected by you, are from different countries - Portugal, Bulgaria, etc., while their opponents comes from England and USA. The English - American editors knows too small about the history of Eastern Europe, because of the years of Cold war. One example from my country - the most Western-Europeans knows allmost nothing about Prague and her role in Holy Roman Empire, because Czchoslovakia were a part of Eastern bloc before 1989. Bulgaria is the same case. Many sources in Talk page:Middle Ages explain this and is not bad to see and read these sources and what they say. Even if this is not so important, the editors of the first party are presenting sources from many countries - Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia. Can you explain me why the editors of the other party use only English and American sources in the article, but they ignored all foreign sources? It is madness! It seems nationalistic, by me.--[[User:Mandramunjak|Mandramunjak]] ([[User talk:Mandramunjak|talk]]) 08:48, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

In the last six months about two dozen editors have left comments at [[Talk:Middle Ages]]. As far as I can tell in this period only six editors have left a comment with peculiar punctuation in the form of a space before a comma (" ,"). Of these six editors, five are suspected socks. Here's the list.

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=588080042&oldid=588061944 28 December - Sumatro] (once)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=589786950&oldid=589727675 8 January - 195.24.37.106] (once)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=592055023&oldid=592047266 23 January - Sumatro] (twice)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=592062455&oldid=592061309 23 January - Sumatro] (4 times)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=592142222&oldid=592131577 25 January - Sumatro] (5 times)
*''[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=592723308&oldid=592676512 28 January - Amandajm]'' (once; not a suspected sock)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=592760772&oldid=592728609 28 January - Sumatro] (5 times)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=592812675&oldid=592765982 28 January - Sumatro] (3 times)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=592992265&oldid=592828694 29 January - 195.24.37.106] (once)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=593762239&oldid=592993652 3 February - 195.24.37.106] (32 times)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=594248860&oldid=594168443 6 February - 195.24.37.106] (5 times)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=595011637&oldid=594948391 11 February - 195.24.37.106] (3 times)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=595774144&oldid=595528299 16 February - Sumatro] (3 times)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=603865453&oldid=603618215 12 April - Magnus Agripa] (once)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=605635011&oldid=605609418 24 April - Magnus Agripa] (once)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=605930977&oldid=605923303 26 April - Magnus Agripa] (5 times)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=606092614&oldid=606048046 27 April - Magnus Agripa] (once)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=606193409&oldid=606176709 28 April - Ludogoro] (once)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=608028832&oldid=607770119 11 May - Mandramunjak] (once)

In the case of Amandajm—whose not a suspected sock—the extra space appears to be just a coincidental mistake. I doubt its just a coincidence in the case of Sumatro, 195.24.37.106, and Magnus Agripa though. The constant use of this peculiar punctuation clearly links these suspected socks. 

As for Ludogoro and Mandramunjak, the instances could be just coincidences, but these accounts have fewer edits overall, and the users are suspected socks. However, out of Ludogoro's thirteen total edits to the article, three times he added content with the punctuation: [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Middle_Ages&diff=prev&oldid=607637908 8 May (twice)], [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Middle_Ages&diff=prev&oldid=607647617 8 May (twice)], [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Middle_Ages&diff=prev&oldid=608231628 12 May (twice)]. So the extra space is likely more than a mere coincidence.

Furthermore, Ludogoro's first Wiki-contrib was to the article in which he added large paragraph with formatted references [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Middle_Ages&diff=prev&oldid=601056592 24 March]. The next day Magnus Agripa made his first Wiki-contrib in the form of his userpage [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:Magnus_Agripa&oldid=601236601 25 March]. These edits by themselves suggest that these accounts are socks of an experienced Wikipedian, and the fact that they first appeared within a day of each other suggests they are controlled by the same puppeteer.

On the Commons, Sumatro has a history of uploading 'Bulgarian' themed images that are copyright violations. In case, he uploaded a map that he claimed was his work but which was clearly a scan from a book [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Bulgarian_cultural_influence_14_-_15_century_(Tarnovo_University).jpg]. Mandramunjak's first Wiki-contrib was to add a map to the article which was similarly a copyvio [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Mandramunjak 12 April], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Frankish_Empire_and_Europe_in_814.jpg].

Mandramunjak's next three Wiki-contribs were on 24 April, in a particularly heated topic on the talkpage [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=605659121&oldid=605656474] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=605660322&oldid=605659121] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=605661214&oldid=605660511]. These edits fell within one hour of four edits by Magnus Agripa [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=605652292&oldid=605652123] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=605652985&oldid=605652292] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=605653924&oldid=605652985] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=605654011&oldid=605653924], and four edits by 151.237.102.118 all in the same topic [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=605652123&oldid=605647871] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=605656130&oldid=605654340] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=605656312&oldid=605656130] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=605656474&oldid=605656312]. So it seems as if the puppeteer was using Mandramunjak, Magnus Agripa, and 151.237.102.118 to tag-team the opposition at this point.

151.237.102.118 is clearly (sometimes) controlled by the puppeteer since he participated in the shenanigans at [[Talk:Nina Dobrev]], in which Sumatro used his confirmed sock JanHusCz to tried 'win' an edit war. 151.237.102.118's edits to that talkpage took place on 21 November [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Nina_Dobrev&diff=582675660&oldid=582672405] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Nina_Dobrev&diff=582675977&oldid=582675819] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Nina_Dobrev&diff=582681654&oldid=582675977] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Nina_Dobrev&diff=582683883&oldid=582681838], half an hour after a comment in the same topic by JanHusCz [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Nina_Dobrev&diff=582672405&oldid=582654370 14:07], followed by a comment by Sumatro a couple hours later [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Nina_Dobrev&diff=582726100&oldid=582704140 21:06]. Also, within days in the same topic, 195.24.37.106 left four comments [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Nina_Dobrev&diff=583264157&oldid=583073953 25 November] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Nina_Dobrev&diff=583264306&oldid=583264157] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Nina_Dobrev&diff=583264811&oldid=583264306] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Nina_Dobrev&diff=583266818&oldid=583264811]. So we know Sumatro used JanHusCz as a sock at Talk:Nina Dobrev. The above shows that he likely using 151.237.102.118 and 195.24.37.106 as well. That'd mean that 151.237.102.118 and 195.24.37.106 were likely under his control at Talk:Middle Ages.

Back to the 24 April edits at [[Talk:Middle_Ages]], Magnus Agripa makes several edits concerning a German-language source which he translates into English and later upon request gives the German original [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=prev&oldid=605635011 17:42] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=605645795&oldid=605636564 19:06]. About an hour later, 151.237.102.118 quotes from the exact same source, revealing that he and Magnus Agripa are controlled by the same puppeteer [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Middle_Ages&diff=605652123&oldid=605647871 20:01].

So all the suspected socks connect except Zheko Sousa, but he's only given one contrib so far, so there's little evidence to work with.--[[User:Brianann MacAmhlaidh|Brianann MacAmhlaidh]] ([[User talk:Brianann MacAmhlaidh|talk]]) 17:25, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
:Nice analysis. It's too bad that is wrong. If we apply this tactic to all users in Wikipedia, we will find that Sumatra has over 1 million puppets. There are 2 problems: 
:1. Geographically - when I look out the window, I see Bratislava, not Sofia. Rivaldeiro obviously is from Portugal, Magnus Agripa - from Bulgaria, etc. Maybe we are international group? Interesting theory for anyone who believes in conspiracies.
:2. Social - I do not know none of these users.
:But all this giant work is great. Congratulations!--[[User:Mandramunjak|Mandramunjak]] ([[User talk:Mandramunjak|talk]]) 21:16, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
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|- 
!User name
!Date registered (first edit for IPs)
!# edits
!# edits outside the Middle Ages article or talk page
!Behavioural
|-
| {{User2|Rivaldeiro}}||2014-05-26||4||1||First edit was to user page
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| {{User2|Ludogoro}}||2014-03-24||30||1||
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| {{User2|Magnus Agripa}}||2014-03-25||73||12||First 6 edits were to user page. Edits outside the MA article breakdown into 6 edits of his user page.
|-
| {{User2|Mandramunjak}}||2014-04-12||14||2||Edits outside the MA article breakdown into one about Europe and one about the High Middle Ages
|-
| {{User2|Sumatro}}||2013-08-07||223||130||
|-
| {{User2|195.24.37.106}}||2014-01-08||62||32||Edited [[Talk:Nina Dobrev]] as did Sumatro and JanHusCz
|-
| {{User2|Zheko Sousa}}||2014-03-17||1||0||
|-
| {{User2|151.237.102.118}}||2013-11-21||80||59||
|-
| {{User2|JanHusCz}}||2013-09-19||60||54||Blocked as a sockpouppet of Sumatro
|}

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======<span style="font-size:150%">Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments</span>======
*{{Endorse}} - On a quick look (just the list of diffs and the table) there definitely seems like enough evidence for CU. <b>[[User:Callanecc|Callanecc]]</b> ([[User talk:Callanecc|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Callanecc|contribs]] • [[Special:Log/Callanecc|logs]]) 12:24, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
*'''Group 1''', {{confirmed}} to one another:
** {{Checkuser|Sumatro}}
** {{Checkuser|Magnus Agripa}}
** {{Checkuser|Mandramunjak}}
** {{Checkuser|Tangrata}}
** {{Checkuser|Kotzel5}}
** {{Checkuser|Kotskits}}
*'''Group 2''', {{confirmed}} to one another:
** {{Checkuser|Zheko Sousa}}
** {{Checkuser|Ludogoro}}
** {{Checkuser|Rivaldeiro}}
*It is {{possible}} that the groups are the same. {{nc}}. —[[User:DoRD|DoRD]] ([[User talk:DoRD|talk]]) 14:38, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
*I'm acting on the assumption that they do have the same master based on editing area. All accounts blocked and tagged. Closing. <b>[[User:Callanecc|Callanecc]]</b> ([[User talk:Callanecc|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Callanecc|contribs]] • [[Special:Log/Callanecc|logs]]) 10:45, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
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===14 February 2016===


;Suspected sockpuppets

* {{checkuser|1=Vargala}}
* {{checkuser|1=Stolichanin}}
* {{checkip|1=151.237.102.118}}

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A good summary of the available evidence is [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Sofia&oldid=704961059#Sockpuppet_.28see_the_section_above.29 at this talk page]. The link between Vargala and Sumatro seems established by the fact that both are reliably linked to the same IP (a [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sumatro/Archive|repeatedly-listed]] sock of Sumatro's, and an [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Serdik&diff=696037534&oldid=690218902 admitted] address of Vargala's), while the link with Stolichanin is suggested based on the fact that Stolichanin and Vargala have been attempting to add/replace the same content on [[Sofia]], and Vargala is an [[WP:SPA]] created after Stolichanin had promised to leave [[Sofia]] alone and [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User:Stolichanin been finally unblocked after his edit warring on it]. Additionally, Vargala [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Sofia&type=revision&diff=704918062&oldid=704700082 repeatedly] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Serdik&diff=prev&oldid=704912301 suggests] having a "past" with {{u|Serdik}} and [[Sofia]], for which being the same user as Stolichanin is the readiest explanation. Checkuser is requested because, judging from archives, Sumatro has previously shown to have a large number of dormant socks. [[User:LjL|LjL]] ([[User talk:LjL|talk]]) 18:29, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

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====<big>Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments</big>====
*{{Endorse}} - Please, compare the two suspected socks and check for sleepers. Master and previous socks are {{staleIP}}. '''[[User:Vanjagenije|<span style="color:#008B8B;">Vanjagenije</span>]] [[User talk:Vanjagenije|<span style="color:#F4A460;">(talk)</span>]]''' 14:47, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
*The following accounts are {{confirmed}}:
**{{checkuser|Vargala}}
**{{checkuser|Stolichanin}}
**{{checkuser|Kalin Petrunski}}
**{{checkuser|Дорчо}}
*Blocked and tagged (in a moment). Because of the evidence in the log, I've taken the unusual step of confirming them to the master. Closing.--[[User:Bbb23|Bbb23]] ([[User talk:Bbb23|talk]]) 17:57, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
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===29 February 2016===


;Suspected sockpuppets

* {{Checkuser|Veliko3}} - this is an account only created to push some unsourced medieval political maps uploaded by {{u|Mandramunjak}}, a sock of Sumatro, misleadingly implying that Bulgaria was the largest state in Europe [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=First_Bulgarian_Empire&diff=prev&oldid=704496991]

An IP from the range of an IP that is mentioned at the SPI of [[User:Sumatro]]'s casepage's archive continues to operate, for which there is a strong evidence that it is was used by {{checkuser|Stolichanin}} and the IPs' contributions share a great similarity with other IPs and active users.  I have analyzed the contributions of several IPs and thus I suspect that there may be an active(not stale) sockpuppet of [[User:Sumatro]] who edited [[Sofia]] article before several days. If this can be a further evidence the case should be re-opened. I have found the following IPs' contributions, confirming that they are Sumatro's socks by stylistic evidence(using specific grammar, personal attacks in Cyrillic Bulgarian instead of an argumentation - typical [[ad hominem]]s that Sumatro uses, who agreed for the removal of the crime section insisted only by the confirmed sock-account {{u|Stolichanin}} and post trollings at [[Talk:Sofia]][https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Sofia&diff=prev&oldid=687168554][https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Sofia&diff=prev&oldid=687300867], [[Sofia]][https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Sofia&diff=prev&oldid=685699026], and other talkpages), the IPs had came out of nowhere as ducks to edit-war on the side of [[User:Stolichanin]] until the article was semi-protected, they share also the urge to edit Sofia's collage and climate's section. Because of their edits, I believe, these IPs are indistinguishable from Sumatro and should be blocked:
* (Range 1) {{Checkuser|195.34.105.38}} - the same range which includes {{Checkuser|195.24.37.106}} listed as a suspected sokpuppet on 26 May 2014 at [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sumatro/Archive]] because of the edits at [[Middle Ages]] and [[Nina Dobrev]], so checking the whole range of network provider [[Mobiltel]][http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/195.24.37.106] would be reasonable
* {{Checkuser|194.54.142.106}}
* (Range 2) {{Checkuser|158.58.230.186}}
* (Range 2) {{Checkuser|158.58.234.92}}
* (Range 3) {{Checkuser|85.118.68.193}} - a confirmed proxy server[http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/85.118.68.193]
* (Range 3) {{Checkuser|85.118.69.105}}
* (Range 3) {{Checkuser|85.118.69.145}}
* (Range 3) {{Checkuser|85.118.69.17}}

I believe that all these IPs above have been used by Sumatro, evidently confirmed between each other and participating in the edit-war at [[Sofia]] article on the side of {{u|Stolichanin}}, but I also find out that they are connected to the contributions of another user. Despite being the IPs of Sumatro, all these IP ranges predominantly edit the following articles: [[Sofia]], [[Economy of Bulgaria]] (editing the same statistics), average salaries and wages, motorways of Bulgaria - [[Trakiya motorway]], [[Maritsa motorway]] etc., sports teams and players - I think it is explicable why the IPs above greatly resemble the contributions of this user account[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Nicksss93&offset=&limit=500&target=Nicksss93]. I am strongly suspicious, to me the most likely explanation is that this active user account and the IPs are managed by the same person, if so the clear links between this user and Sumatro are the IPs from the range of {{checkuser|195.24.37.106}} - because the IP 195.24.37.106 is indeed linked at [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sumatro/Archive]] in 2014.
 
{{Checkuser|85.118.69.105}}, who is recognisible by Sumatro's remarkable grammar style, acted as another person at a discussion for Suamtro's uploaded collage with the blocked socks 151.237.102.118 and {{checkuser|Vargala}} at [[Talk:Sofia]].

I found even more evidence at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Directory/Description/WikiProject Bulgaria]] - two more IPs from the same range interested in Bulgarian sports and one more account whose only purpose is a map uploaded by {{checkuser|Mandramunjak}}, who is a confirmed sock of Sumatro: 
* {{Checkuser|158.58.237.41}}
* {{Checkuser|85.130.103.235}}

More recently used confirmed socks such as {{checkuser|Vargala}} and {{checkuser|Stolichanin}} should be compared to the suspected accounts because the master is stale. I've listed many IPs in order to compare their contributions to these of the users mentioned, I don't necessarily insist for the checkuser to check or block all the IPs.
[[User:Serdik|Serdik]] ([[User talk:Serdik|talk]]) 14:23, 29 February 2016 (UTC) 
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You really need to think on the way you treat contributors here. It's not a good feeling, when you do something in order to contribute and improve an article about something you care about, and then to be accused of something repeatedly, 2 days in a row, without any explanation whatsoever.

I really did not lose my entire day looking for suitable CC photos on Flickr, uploading them here and adding them to the articles of my city and my country, and then to be accused of something which forces me to use more of my time to do silly explanations. I could've used this time to contribute to some underdeveloped articles here. That's the point of Wikipedia, and not what you're doing here! [[User:Nicksss93|Nicksss93]] ([[User talk:Nicksss93|talk]]) 15:12, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

:{{re|Nicksss93}} I'm a somewhat involved third party (I previously dealt with the edit wars at [[Sofia]]). I understand your annoyance, but I just want to point out that there have been several accounts, many of which ultimately found to belong to the same user, trying to push their own version of the Sofia image mosaic. I believe this is the reason why Serdik is wanting to make sure the current batch, which happens to include you, isn't part of that (although seeing how you have had an account since 2009, I find that somewhat unlikely). [[User:LjL|LjL]] ([[User talk:LjL|talk]]) 15:15, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

*'''Comment''': I think there is an issue of confirmation bias. Editors of [[Sofia]] messing with the mosaic and some other things were shown to be socks before, and now one is tempted to assume any similar edits are the same. I think given the large number of IPs, this would be better handled by requesting semi-protection of [[Sofia]] and, if that's not enough, concentrating on actual [[WP:SPA]]s with a real chance of being socks. [[User:LjL|LjL]] ([[User talk:LjL|talk]]) 15:34, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

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* This is a poorly presented mess. I've removed Nicksss93 from the "list" of suspected puppets. The account was rejected before (see archives).--[[User:Bbb23|Bbb23]] ([[User talk:Bbb23|talk]]) 15:29, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
*No basis for any change in action. Closing. [[User:Bbb23|Bbb23]] ([[User talk:Bbb23|talk]]) 12:29, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
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===28 February 2018===


====Suspected sockpuppets====

* {{checkuser|1=Targatron}}
* {{checkip|1=195.24.37.106}}

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Targatron was blocked at 04:07, February 26, 2018 for edit warring to argue that [[Nina Dobrev]] should be described as Bulgarian rather than Canadian. Less than 30 minutes later the 106 IP showed up to support Targatron's argument on the article talk page [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Nina_Dobrev&diff=prev&oldid=827692475]  and to restore [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Nina_Dobrev&diff=827692619&oldid=827692068] the article edit that Targatron had been  blocked for edit warring over (compare to [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Nina_Dobrev&diff=827681975&oldid=827619360] for example). These were the first edits by this IP in a few years, but the previous history of this IP shows an obvious overlap with Sumatro , including edits to Sumatro's talk page. The IP is a static address with few edits, none of which are outside of Sumatro's interests. The IP has previously been reported  in this SPI report. 

Sumatro's first SPI report involved socking to make edits to [[Nina Dobrev]] with the argument that she should be listed as Bulgarian rather than Canadian. Compare Sumatro's various talk page arguments ([https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Nina_Dobrev&diff=prev&oldid=571471612]  [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Nina_Dobrev&diff=prev&oldid=582508040] are early examples from the extensive history) with Targatron's recent comments in [[Talk:Nina Dobrev]] in the thread "Nationality and [[WP:BLPLEAD]]" This is the same argument that has been extensively discussed on the talk page, and the same behaviour; usourced claims that she is still a Bulgarian citizen based on [[WP:OR]], and removal of mentions of her as a Canadian based on a lack of proof of Canadian citizenship [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Nina_Dobrev&diff=827456114&oldid=827216006] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Nina_Dobrev&diff=828040836&oldid=827694317] (note that [[Canadians]] shows that Canadian citizenship is not a requirement for being considered Canadian, and the article has multiple refs describing her as Canadian). [[User:Meters|Meters]] ([[User talk:Meters|talk]]) 08:12, 28 February 2018 (UTC)


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I have no relationship with this user and this not my IP. It seems like the same arguments, because that is the argument and I read the whole dispute in talk page, after that I use a many of the previous argument by another users to give a weight for this theory what I say. But I see in the talk archieve that article have a "interesting history" and you are free to begin an investigation of that if you are not sure.--[[User:Targatron|Targatron]] ([[User talk:Targatron|talk]]) 08:43, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
:Targatron just posted to my talk page [[User talk:Meters#Nina Dobrev]] asking me to explain a point that has already been discussed extensively in the article's talk page. Yes it's in an archive, but so are '''all''' of the previous arguments, which Targatron claims to have read and used as the source fo rhis argument.  [[User:Meters|Meters]] ([[User talk:Meters|talk]]) 08:56, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

====<big>Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments</big>====
{{clerk-note}} Closing this SPI because it's been sitting for way too long and everything is three months old or older.  —&nbsp;[[User:Richwales|<u>Rich</u>]][[User talk:Richwales|wales]] <small>''(no&nbsp;relation to Jimbo)''</small> 04:06, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

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===11 September 2021===

====Suspected sockpuppets====

* {{checkuser|1=Coconutyou3|master name={{#titleparts:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}}}


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This [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ANina_Dobrev&type=revision&diff=1043729746&oldid=1043700534 talk page posting] at [[Talk:Nina Dobrev]] is classic for the sockpuppet that's been making the same tired arguments for years. I have no doubt this new account is more of the same. --[[User:IJBall|IJBall]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/IJBall|contribs]] • [[User talk:IJBall|talk]])</small> 17:38, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
: OK – well hopefully someone will look at the behavioral evidence then. This editor is making the exact same arguments that other Sumatro socks have made over the years. You just need to go through [[Talk:Nina Dobrev]] and its archives to see. --[[User:IJBall|IJBall]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/IJBall|contribs]] • [[User talk:IJBall|talk]])</small> 23:57, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
:: FTR, while SPI never tied them in because the SPI filing was allowed to lapse and the editor in question never posted again after the SPI report, {{Vandal|Targatron}} was definitely also a sock, so that's at least 3 that have edited [[Nina Dobrev]]. --[[User:IJBall|IJBall]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/IJBall|contribs]] • [[User talk:IJBall|talk]])</small> 02:08, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

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I am not in any way related to the user that has been suggested. All of the arguments that I have posted on [[Talk:Nina Dobrev#Citizenship and nationality|Nina Dobrev's talk page]] have been logical and presented with good faith, in order to better the article, and the changes I've made have been appropriately sourced. I meant to start a civilized discussion, which has ended up being tainted by accusations and nitpicking. [[User:Coconutyou3|Coconutyou3]] ([[User talk:Coconutyou3|talk]]) 07:55, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

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*{{Decline}} - The case is {{staleIP}}. [[User:Sir Sputnik|Sir Sputnik]] ([[User talk:Sir Sputnik|talk]]) 21:38, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
* I'm not seeing any strong evidence of socking.  Looking at [https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=Mandramunjak&users=Magnus+Agripa&users=Vargala&users=Zheko+Sousa&users=Kotzel5&users=Kotskits&users=Coconutyou3&users=Sumatro&users=%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%87%D0%BE&users=Kalin+Petrunski&users=Stolichanin&users=Tangrata&users=Rivaldeiro&users=Ludogoro the interaction history for the proven and confirmed socks], the only accounts that have edited [[Talk:Nina Dobrev]] are Sumatro and Coconutyou3, with a 7 year gap.  That doesn't say socking to me.  If lots of people are making similar arguments, maybe it's just that this is a popular point of contention.  Not to mention that Coconutyou3 is the only account that uses mobile.
:All that being said, my suggestion is that if this comes up again, bring it to [[WP:AN]] and ask that [[WP:1RR]] be imposed as a [[WP:AC/DS]] under [[WP:ARBEE]] on this article for any edit involving the subject's citizenship and/or ethnicity.  Cite this case with the request, and ping me. -- [[User:RoySmith|RoySmith]] [[User Talk:RoySmith|(talk)]] 14:59, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
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