User talk:Pikavoom/Archives/2022/July


Constructive edits by sock;

Hello I'm restoring some of the content you removed such as at Mount Hay (Ethiopia), some of the sock's edits are constructive and properly sourced, and don't warrant content removal without source verification. Dawit S Gondaria (talk) 09:19, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

@Dawit S Gondaria: I don't trust sock puppets to do source verification, they are not good faith actors. If you go ahead and verify the sources yourself, then it is totally fine to put it back. Pikavoom Talk 09:52, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
@Pikavoom: no problem, i'll go through the edits and verify wherever i can. Good day Dawit S Gondaria (talk) 17:05, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Another possible sock detected

After you just reverted the sock, another new account appeared and restored those editions. I think it's safe to say this page needs a protection to make it difficult for new users to gain accessibility or else the article will keep getting bombarded by the same sock master. [1] Ayaltimo (talk) 00:53, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

@Ayaltimo: thanks, I reported and asked for protection at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Roy744. Pikavoom Talk 05:43, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

User:Sir Ankur

Hello, Pikavoom,

You tagged some page creations by this editor for deletion for being the work of blocked sockpuppeteer Metaverse Yadav, but they were actually identified as a sockpuppet of Comrade Sourav (see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Comrade Sourav). Please always make sure than an editor is a confirmed sockpuppet, through an official SPI case or through their block log, before tagging pages for CSD G5 page deletion. Thank you! Liz Read! Talk! 21:31, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

@Liz:, I tagged corrected. I filed the case under Comrade Sourav. But the confirmed result was not to a proven Comrade Sourav sock but to a bunch of socks including Ankur K Yadav blocked as Metaverse Yadav. The block of Sir Ankur was based on a confirmed finding to a confirmed Metaverse Yadav sockpuppet. The filing itself might be moved to Metaverse Yadav, or if the clerk determines Metaverse Yadav and Comrade Sourav are the same then the two cases might be merged. My G5 tagging was based on the confirmation to Metaverse Yadav, blocked from 25 May. Pikavoom Talk 07:02, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
I can see how the block log for Sir Ankur can be confusing as it points to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Comrade Sourav, while the finding in the case itself is a to separate case. The two cases might be merged, but that doesn't effect the G5s, as Sir Ankur only started in July which is after the G5 date for both cases. Pikavoom Talk 07:09, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

July 2022

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Barkeep49 (talk) 16:57, 20 July 2022 (UTC)