Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BUZZLIGHTYEAR99

BUZZLIGHTYEAR99 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Populated account categories: confirmed

03 May 2024

Suspected sockpuppets

• 47.219.237.179 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 165.91.13.65 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 47.218.254.131 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
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Documenting for the record. Overall, the editor who used this IP and these sockpuppet accounts made edits to portray the Axis powers (including Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan) more favorably.

• At Talk:Horst Wessel, 47.219.237.179 added {{DRN}} template on 14 November 2023 at Special:Diff/1185046785/1185139586 for a DRN case they started. Confirmed sockpuppet Durchbruchmüller (talk · contribs) removed the template on 1 May 2024 at Special:Diff/1221724808.
• At Horst Wessel, 47.219.237.179 removed "procurer of prostitutes" in Special:Diff/1184084665, Special:Diff/1184085641, Special:Diff/1184177662, Special:Diff/1184184873, Special:Diff/1184190009, Special:Diff/1184190009, Special:Diff/1185045505, Special:Diff/1185130254, and Special:Diff/1185134107. Durchbruchmüller did the same in Special:Diff/1221722334 and removed "pimp" in Special:Diff/1209264312.
• At Shirō Ishii, 47.219.237.179 removed "war criminal" in Special:Diff/1174211482 and Special:Diff/1174212182. BUZZLIGHTYEAR99 removed the same text in Special:Diff/1083854278.
• At Shirō Ishii, 47.219.237.179 removed Category:Japanese mass murderers in Special:Diff/1174211614 and Special:Diff/1174212310. BUZZLIGHTYEAR99 removed the same category in Special:Diff/1083855194 and Special:Diff/1104963731. Durchbruchmüller removed the same category in Special:Diff/1208831431.
• At Shirō Ishii, 47.219.237.179 removed Category:War criminals in Special:Diff/1104963731, Special:Diff/1174211614, and Special:Diff/1174212310. Durchbruchmüller removed the same category in Special:Diff/1104963731.
• 47.219.237.179 promoted the visibility of German names and concealed the visibility of Ukrainian names for Ukrainian cities in articles about World War II battles, e.g. Special:Diff/1184196272 at Battle of Kiev (1941). Sockpuppet IP address 136.49.235.80 (talk · contribs) did the same on the same article at Special:Diff/1184196272. Durchbruchmüller did the same at Special:Diff/1220454230 (First Battle of Kharkov), Special:Diff/1220453784 (Second Battle of Kharkov), and Special:Diff/1220455176 (Third Battle of Kharkov).
• 47.219.237.179 geolocates to College Station, Texas. Durchbruchmüller created edit requests about protests at the University of Texas at Austin in Special:Diff/1221123882 and Special:Diff/1221123026; 136.49.235.80 geolocates to Austin, Texas.

— Newslinger talk 06:09, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Additionally, 47.219.237.179 has advocated for an anti-trans perspective in Special:Diff/1185355164. This behavior is shared by BUZZLIGHTYEAR99 in Special:Diff/1118610474 and by Durchbruchmüller in Special:Diff/1221919453. — Newslinger talk 05:39, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Added 165.91.13.65 to list.
  • In Special:Diff/1199024428, 165.91.13.65 collapsed a section of a discussion in which another editor accused 47.219.237.179 of sockpuppetry.
  • 165.91.13.65 is an IP address controlled by Texas A&M University, located in College Station, Texas; 165.91.13.65 deleted the {{Shared IP edu}} template disclosing this in Special:Diff/1199026871. — Newslinger talk 05:49, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Added 47.218.254.131 to list.
  • 47.218.254.131 geolocates to College Station, Texas, and is registered to Optimum, the same ISP that controls 47.219.237.179.
  • In Special:Diff/1203471842, 47.218.254.131 collapsed the same discussion that 165.91.13.65 did after the initial collapsing was reverted.
  • In Special:Diff/1207131294 and Special:Diff/1207133721, 47.218.254.131 changed "an adaptation" to "a plagiarization" on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; the edit was repeated by Durchbruchmüller in Special:Diff/1208055667.
  • On Third Battle of Kharkov in Special:Diff/1205736616, 47.218.254.131 replaced the infobox image with File:Third Kharkov map.png, an image uploaded by BUZZLIGHTYEAR99 on 9 February 2024. — Newslinger talk 06:40, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• The sockpuppeteer has a pattern of accusing other editors of making personal attacks when other editors identify the sockpuppeteer's pro-Nazi edits, as seen in Special:Diff/1174213950, Special:Diff/1199024428, Special:Diff/1203471842, and Special:Diff/1221938850. — Newslinger talk 08:34, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

•  Stale. Report created for documentation only. — Newslinger talk 03:52, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• 47.219.237.179 was Already blocked by ScottishFinnishRadish for 1 month for disruptive editing on 17 November 2023. — Newslinger talk 05:55, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• 165.91.13.65 was Already blocked by Drmies for 3 months for block evasion on 15 February 2024. — Newslinger talk 05:51, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• 47.218.254.131 was Already blocked by Drmies for 1 year for block evasion on 2 May 2024. — Newslinger talk 06:03, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]