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Mikemikev

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06 September 2010
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To verify if Rafrye is a sockpuppet of indefinitely blocked user Mikemikev, banned for disruption at articles related to Race and Intelligence. Indicia per WP:DUCK strongly suggests that Rafrye is a sock of Mikemikev, the user registered shortly after several IP socks had been banned and the user is preoccupied with the same topics and has the same POV's as Mikemikev and the same style of posting - right down to using "boasian" as a pejorative and selfidentifying as a genetician.·Maunus·ƛ· 00:50, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply] 

·Maunus·ƛ· 00:50, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Red X Unrelated –MuZemike 00:53, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Marking for close. TNXMan 11:59, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
17 October 2010
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Evidence submitted by Mathsci
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In all cases the editing patterns are identical to that of the indefinitely blocked user Mikemikev (talk · contribs). The second and third accounts have been blocked because they violated policy on usernames. The first account appeared today and was tentatively identified as Mikemikev by Maunus (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA).[1] Since being blocked, Mikemikev has also edited using UK IPs which have not been listed. Mathsci (talk) 18:17, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The first account has subsequently made the following vandalising edits to Hat, [2] Wall,[3] and Color, [4]. Mathsci (talk) 20:27, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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These two groups are possibly related; they overlap on a small subnet of IP addresses registered to a library. They appear alongside a number of other users, who I will not name as they don't appear to be related beyond this coincidental overlap. Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:49, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In any case, they're all blocked. Marking for close. TNXMan 02:26, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
14 November 2010
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Evidence submitted by Mathsci
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Since his community ban during WP:ARBR&I, later confirmed by ArbCom, Mikemikev has created a series of sockpuppet accounts, some of which have been overtly antisemitic and one of which targeted Slrubenstein (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA). Mikemikev edits from London. The IP above was used for a logged off edit of Oo Yun on the article Franz Boas. [5] The other edits of Oo Yun on Talk:Franz Boas have been antisemitic and highly problematic, with personal attacks on the three administrators intervening there (Dougweller and Maunus, in addition to Slrubenstein). The language used by Oo Yun in the edit summary of this diff [6] Nah, you're liars. Better to die than contribute to short term gangsterism. is similar to that used by Mikemikev, for example here [7] :I would rather die than be unblocked. The choice of article and the slurs by Oo Yun are consistent with the type of tendentious and highly offensive edits of Mikemikev that precipitated his ban. Mathsci (talk) 07:22, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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13 December 2010
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Mikemikev is a currently community banned editor and persistent puppeteer. The discussion here shows StudiousBob and the IP responding as mikemikev, and leaving veiled insults against two of mikemikev's personal targets. Professor marginalia (talk) 22:53, 13 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Huh? I don't know half of these usernames. Why would I make a sockpuppet with hundreds of History of Art edits (TisTRU), and then use a sockpuppet which I recently admitted was me (StudiousBob) to edit an article where I know the likes of Marginalia will be hiding under the nearest rock (nice work BTW sleuth!). I think you blocked some users from the Slade School of Fine Art, while you're playing Internet cowboy and "blocking" people. Perhaps using your brain may help? If I wanted to evade detection, wouldn't I use the account with which I hadn't recently announced the connection to 'mikemikev'? The incomptence and jumped up amateur dramatics of this place never cease to amuse me. It's funny to see how easy it would be to avoid detection if I actually bothered. BTW, watch how my edits stand. The problem is that commie scum like Marginalia "DON'T LIKE THE TRUTH!" Seeya. Mikemikev2 (talk) 13:02, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed as Mikemikev:

A couple of underlying IPs have been hardblocked, but he also seems to be hopping all over the place. –MuZemike 00:13, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

17 December 2010
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[8] typical trolling/socking on ANI connected with WP:ARBR&I Mathsci (talk) 17:31, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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28 December 2010
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Recent posts here and here at Talk:Race_(classification_of_humans) in content and combative tone, along with the account being newly created. PЄTЄRS J VЄСRUМВА ►TALK 17:14, 28 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Seems to be British and trolling, using the same overtly racist lines of argument as Mikemikev [9]. (BT=British Telecom seems likely.) Some time would be probably be saved for checkusers and other editors if the talk pages of Talk:Race (classification of humans) and Talk:Race and intelligence were semiprotected for longer periods against IPs and non autoconfirmed accounts. (Note that revert warring on the latter by anon IPs has already required admin intervention under WP:ARBR&I.[10]) Mathsci (talk) 06:08, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the suggestion that the project would be helped if those talk pages were semiprotected. Even at that, they must be vigilantly watched for efforts to undo the ArbCom decision related to those pages. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 23:58, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting to note that User:Mathsci judged this case and found BT35 guilty without the formality of an investigation. He has displayed an astonishing zeal in labelling alleged socks of this user such as 124.115.214.202, 166.111.120.63, 128.40.189.186, 86.189.26.144, Frostbite Alan2, Frostbite Alan3, Frostbite Alan, In with the old, TohsTogNeroc, 86.189.18.110, Frank Dickman, 86.177.2.57, Juden Raus, Grinkagronk and Suarneduj. It is very nice of him to act as clerk for these SPI, but this is hardly the behaviour of someone who is anxious to disengage from the WP:BATTLEGROUND over Race articles. It looks more like gloating over his defeated enemies to me. However, it is of more concern to see that in his amateur SPI detective role, Mathsci has actually impersonated an admin, leaving a bogus block message with a fake signature here. It seems clear that in spite of his avowed intention to disengage from these topics, he is lurking on controversial race-related pages and tagging anyone who expresses an opinion he dislikes as a racist sock of his adversary. Of course BT35 may be Mikemikev irrespective of what Mathsci chooses to think. 212.183.140.59 (talk) 12:42, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
He didn't impersonate me- he helped me. I had justed blocked the obvious mikemikev sock but forgot to leave the message. - He should probably not technically have copyed my signature - but I appreciate his help anyway.·Maunus·ƛ· 15:03, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Maunus put the block message on the user page instead of the user talk page, so I just copied it to the user talk page. [11][12] I assumed that Maunus would not mind this very minor transfer and am happy that that was the case. Mathsci (talk) 20:31, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I second the suggestion for longer if not permanent semi-protection. Churning is debilitating. PЄTЄRS J VЄСRUМВА ►TALK 20:58, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
And now Mathsci appears to have decided that 212.183.140.59 must also be Mikemikev without benefit of any kind of investigation, just because they dared to criticise him. His behavior in connection with this banned user is now quite disruptive. 212.183.140.36 (talk) 22:16, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The IP above 212.183.140.36 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) from Harrow has been used in the past by someone editing in the area of Race and intelligence. It's quite possible that these are edits from someone on a Christmas-New Year break. Mathsci (talk) 22:22, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]


This one doesn't sound like Mikemikev to me-for one thing, the two sound a bit different when they try to insult or intimidate me. (He's probably followed Tholzel here, perhaps from one of the innumerable "pure race rights" internet gathering places where quote mined and spin-synthed bits of Cavalli-Sforza, Dawkins, Nei and Roychoudhury are featured elements in the remaking and recycling of race myths. And he probably had prior experience editing before assuming this identity. It could be he sounds like Mikemikev because they're both products of the same "white race rights" internet culture.) The topic attracts p'd off pov-pushers here to right-great-wrongs. Mathsci has a small handful of revengeful stalkers eager to t' him off. Several topic banned editors have resorted to socking, meatpuppetry, canvassing, open proxy ip and complementary wi-fi itinerancy and all the rest. I really don't understand why much volunteer time should be diverted to arriving at the most accurate diagnosis of transparently disruptive editors. BT35 obviously qualifies to one of them. Professor marginalia (talk) 07:14, 30 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes on looking more carefully, that seems correct. The styles do not match. Mikemikev noticed the misidentification by Vecrumba, with which I initially agreed. He then thought he could profit from it by pointing this out. However, he revealed himself by attacking me and not Vecrumba. As noted on ANI, the Vodaphone proxy IPs have previously been used for disruption on articles related to R&I, and Mikemikev was undoubtedly the culprit.
There is nothing more that needs to be done here. Thanks to checkusers for their continuing help. Mathsci (talk) 09:19, 30 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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BT35 is Red X Unrelated. –MuZemike 22:18, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]


02 January 2011
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First of all the IP left these messages identifying himself as Mikemikev on User talk:LessHeard vanU [13] and on WP:ANI [14]. I reverted both messages at 18:54, with WP:DENY in the edit summaries. Shortly after 19:00 BT35 restored both messages with the edit summary "WP:GIT" (git being a British insult). [15] [16] Per WP:DUCK, this seems to confirm that, however Mikemikev is accessing WP, BT35 is a sockpuppet and so probably should be blocked indefinitely. (BT35 just came off a 48 hour block today.) Mathsci (talk) 18:54, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

@ HelloAnnyong: yes, the evidence that they are the same user seems fairly overwhelming given the timing, the nature of the edits and their content, and the insult. I requested a checkuser simply because the IP is probably the same for both (I did not initiate the previous request). However, given the increased activity of Mikemikev over the last 48 hours, I understand that this places too much of a burden on CU. As you suggest, since WP:DUCK seems to apply here, it would be helpful to block the account BT35 just to avoid future disruption. Thanks for your speedy reply, 19:16, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
...and LHVU has already blocked BT35 indefinitely, so the problem is solved and no further action is required. Thanks again, Mathsci (talk) 19:18, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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03 January 2011
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Obvious-same insults, same trolling, same wikistalking. Professor marginalia (talk) 23:23, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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25 April 2011
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This user is clearly not noew to wikipedia and has admitted that he has created a new user to be able to edit the controversial area of Race and intelligence.[17] As there are several accounts that are blocked and topicbanned form that area it is relevant to know if this account is ban evading. It could be related to Mikemikev (talk · contribs), Jagz (talk · contribs) or MoritzB (talk · contribs) or Captain Occam (talk · contribs). ·Maunus·ƛ· 13:02, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Comment Sock Puppetry is the abuse, not use of alternate accounts. Per WP:SOCK#LEGIT, "A person editing an article which is highly controversial within his/her family, social or professional circle, and whose Wikipedia identity is known within that circle, or traceable to their real-world identity, may wish to use an alternative account to avoid real-world consequences from their editing or other Wikipedia actions in that area." No evidence of abuse has been given, and Maunus admits that this complaint has been raised solely because he disagrees with the presumed point of view of Rrrrr5. He has no reason to suppose that there is a connection to Mikemikev, and indeed has a history of accusing the latter of ban violations which have later proved groundless by ArbCom (see for example [18]). Now he resorts to Fishing to get his way. This is Wikipedia:Harassment, and conduct highly unbecoming a moderator.
Maunus complains that he needs to be able to raise these complaints to "tidy up this particular corner". Perhaps his time would be better allotted elsehwere? Holding Ray (talk) 06:53, 30 April 2011 (UTC) indefinitely blocked sockpuppet account[reply]
Nonsense, block evasion is abusive use of multiple accounts, and so is POV-pushing. I have never given any statement of whether or not I personally agree with any viewpoint. I do think my time is better allotted elsewhere as Wikipedia aparrently have little concern for whether their coverage of sensitive issues such as race is infected with politically motivated sockpuppets, meatpuppets and other puppets clearly working together through illicit means. Indeed I expect you will be seeing much less of me over the coming months, as this is simply not an enjoyable work environement and I can find better ways to spend my time off wiki. I hope you'll enjoy your time here at the wiki, how good of you to use your third edit as a registered user to make personal attacks and assumptions of bad faith against an another editor. A good day to you sir. ·Maunus·ƛ· 12:01, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment @Holding Ray, it would be odd that a new editor (you) immediately launches into WP:ALPHABETSOUP as soon as they start editing on WP unless they were here before and editing in a contentious environment. Perhaps you need to be checked as well given your attack mentality here citing (appropriately wiki-linked) harassment and fishing. I have seen no reason to consider Maunus acting in bad faith at the R&I topics. Can this request be expanded to check Holding Ray? (That would be versus the editors mentioned.) Thank you. PЄTЄRS J V ►TALK 20:14, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

:*By all means check. I used to edit under another name, but none of those listed here, and I am not evading any blocks or bans. I am not suggesting that Maunus is acting in bad faith at R&I, but I am suggesting that his behaviour at this page is inappropriate. Holding Ray (talk) 20:47, 30 April 2011 (UTC) indeinitely blocked sockpuppet account[reply]

    • I don't see what your rush is to convict Maunus, if there's no CU confirmation this matter is closed. Certainly one has to wonder about the editor's first choice of edit. Your free and easy invocation of WP:ALPHABETSOUP is what bothers me most here. PЄTЄRS J V ►TALK 21:00, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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One of the legitimate uses of alternate accounts is privacy when editing controversial topics. Do you have any evidence that this is a user avoiding their block? TNXMan 16:26, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, no direct evidence. Only the fact that he enters into an ongoing discussion from the same POV and with simlar editing style as some of the above editors, and that editors editing from that viewpoint have frequently used sock and meatpuppets disruptively in the past. If it is a fact that it is a legitimate to use sock accounts for pov-pushing in controversial areas for "privacy" reasons, then I am going to have to reconsider whether my time spent in trying to tidy up this particular corner of the project is well allotted. That would seem to give a carte blanche to use sock puppets for promoting controversial and fringy topics that one does not wish to have associated with one's main account.·Maunus·ƛ· 01:38, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]



09 May 2011
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QuintupleTwist edits in a similar way to Mikemikev, primarily pushing race as a biological concept on the same narrow set of articles, making very few article edits and arguing in an unhelpful way on article talk pages. Recently Maunus performed a 3 month self-block and QuintupleTwist almost immediately made a radical change to the lede of Race (classification of humans) in accordance with his biological point of view. He has restored that lede twice. At the same time a confirmed ipsock of Mikemikev 86.180.46.1 [19] trolled ANI in a thread started by Maunus only hours after the first IP 94.116.41.96 announced Maunus' self-block, also in a trolling way. Maunus has repeatedly blocked IP socks of Mikemikev and has frequently been trolled on articles and talk pages by IP socks and sockpuppet accounts of Mikemikev. For these reasons I suspect that QuintupleTwist may be yet another sockpuppet of Mikemikev. Mathsci (talk) 12:54, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed that Bob19842 (talk · contribs) = QuintupleTwist (talk · contribs). Looking at the info, QuintupleTwist has used several IPs previously identified as Mikemikev, so I'd say they're a  Likely match to the sockmaster. TNXMan 13:19, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked and tagged. Kuru (talk) 15:47, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
30 June 2011
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Nam84 is evidently not a new user. He started editing highly tendentiously as soon as the account was created and was blocked for edit warring. The highly circular mode of argumentation on Talk:J. Philippe Rushton seems similar to Mikemikev: an attempt to wind another user up by repeatedly making fallacious claims with comments that verge on personal attacks. The spelling is British ("behaviour"). The IP, perhaps posting from a cybercafé in London, appears to have attempted to cover their edits to an WP:ARBR&I related user talk page by making superficial edits to an article previously edited by the same IP. Unfortunately that was over one year ago. Mathsci (talk) 04:05, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed, blocked and tagged with talk page revoked. –MuZemike 07:51, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

11 July 2011
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This IP is from a range already blocked by Shell Kinney for three months because it had been used extensively by Mikemikev for socking from vodafone mobile accounts. The two three edits by this IP to user talk pages are evidently from Mikemikev. (He has recently been posting racist comments about wikipedia accounts on Stormfront and Encyclopedia Dramatica.) As on previous occasions, he has attempted to cover his edits by editing a previous topic used by the IP. Mathsci (talk) 09:05, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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12 July 2011
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Self-confessed IP sock of banned user:Mikemikev [20], looking for drama... [21], [22] etc, etc... AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:11, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked. TNXMan 14:35, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

13 July 2011
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usual stunt of trying to continue his conversations, apparently stable for at least the past 6 months as see by his edit here. Request a Duck block for at least 6 months The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 21:12, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I have added another IP in the same range used today by Mikemikev. Already one IP in this mobile vodafone range has been blocked (11 July 2011). Shell Kinney blocked this range for three months previously. Please could the whole range be blocked again for a similar period? Mathsci (talk) 21:19, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have added another IP from from the range after trolling occurred here. As on 11 July, the IP has attempted to cover its edits by editing a previous topic used by the IP. All standard and transparent disruption by this banned user. Mathsci (talk) 07:18, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And another. Mathsci (talk) 07:32, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And another (now blocked). Mathsci (talk) 16:46, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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14 July 2011
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Account name similar to other named socks of Mikemikev. From the name, the account was created specifically to troll on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lewontin's Fallacy (cf Richard Lewontin). Other ipsocks of Mikemikev have commented there. Mikemikev is having a period of hyperactivity at the moment. Mathsci (talk) 16:31, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maunus blocked Dicky Fallacy as a sock of Mikemikev after he made three further edits. In one he repeated the same comment as one of the vodafone ip socks. He then, in typical Mikemikev style, copied my annotation as an SPA and probable sock of Mikemikev. His last trolling edits changed Lewontin to Lewontwin in Lewontin's Fallacy, again more trolling/vandalsim. All this is extra confirmation, if it was needed. I have requested Maunus to block Samuel Cheadle (talk · contribs) indefinitely, given the checkuser results below. Mathsci (talk) 23:44, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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 Confirmed that Dicky Fallacy (talk · contribs) and Samuel Cheadle (talk · contribs) are the same person and  Likely matches to Nam84 (talk · contribs). TNXMan 18:01, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

17 July 2011
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More attempting outing twice, this time on ANI. ArbCom is discussing blocking the whole IP vodafone range 212.183.140.* (see above) and oversight of the edits has been requested. This is classic Mikemikev mindlessness. Mathsci (talk) 04:25, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

@ Helloannyong: You or another admin could oversight the edits on ANI if they have the necessary user rights and this action has not already been taken. Thanks, Mathsci (talk) 04:45, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The edits have been deleted but improperly oversighted. Oversighters have been contacted through the oversight desk and individually. Mathsci (talk) 10:25, 17 July 2011 (UTC) All edits properly oversighted now. Mathsci (talk) 10:56, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
@ Tnxman307: indeed :-) Mathsci (talk) 16:14, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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20 July 2011
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Usual antisemitic spamming of wikipedia articles by Mikemikev and username puns (cf Oo Yun and RLShinyblingstone). I made a private report to Tnxman307 and the account has subsequently been blocked as a sockpuppet by another administrator. For future reference, it would be useful to have the puppetmaster confirmed. Thanks, Mathsci (talk) 14:31, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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22 July 2011
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Recent trolling has been reverted by MastCell.[23] Please block the whole range, as Mikemikev seems to be the main person (ab)using it. Mathsci (talk) 22:11, 22 July 2011 (UTC) Mathsci (talk) 22:11, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The range was already blocked by an arbitrator for three months earlier this year because of Mikemikev. Mathsci (talk) 23:04, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. What you write is not correct. The entire range was blocked by Shell Kinney at the beginning of March 2011 for 3 months. Here is the record from her admin log: "09:19, 3 March 2011 Shell Kinney (talk | contribs) blocked 212.183.140.0/26 (talk) (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of 3 months ‎ ({{checkuserblock}})" Mathsci (talk) 00:42, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Unfortunately Shell resigned all her tools recently. I have already discussed this a little in private with an arbitrator, but can do so again. Mathsci (talk) 06:13, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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27 July 2011
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Typical brainless trolling by Mikemikev from his usual vodafone mobile range. [24] [25] Range should be blocked again. Thanks, Mathsci (talk) 08:20, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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information Administrator note 212.183.140.0/26 blocked 5 days. It's a cellphone range and a British range, so I don't feel comfortable extending it. Any admin is welcomed to modify the block if needed. Elockid (Talk) 13:44, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

31 July 2011
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Simple DUCK. User's transparent, and apparently hoping to make a career of socking. Also in violation of 3rr in Race and intelligence today, easily found in his contribs. Professor marginalia (talk) 19:59, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Obviously the banned user Mikemikev [26][27] yet again abusing one of his university accounts, this time at Imperial College, London, to disrupt wikipedia. Mathsci (talk) 21:06, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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02 August 2011
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Two edits by Mikemikev to his favourite subjects, one of them trolling, from his account at Imperial College, London. (Today by the way is Mikemikev's birthday.) Mathsci (talk) 16:36, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note the second edit is identical to the edits for the sock in the report below, not unsurprisingly. Mathsci (talk) 19:53, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Same pattern, anti-semitic ravings etc Professor marginalia (talk) 19:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Second thought, checkuser probably not nec per duck. Occam's Sickle is likely same as IP listed above. Semi-protection might be the best plan for some of these articles-sock and troll activity on the upswing again. Professor marginalia (talk) 19:23, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Update-user now blocked for abuse/vandalism so nevermind. I'll list acct as a suspected sock. Professor marginalia (talk) 19:28, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed that Occam's Sickle is a match, no sleepers. TNXMan 19:36, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

03 August 2011
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Per WP:DUCK and his recent hyperactivity. Very recent sockpuppet account created solely to troll on Race and intelligence. Mathsci (talk) 11:24, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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10 August 2011
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Obvious from edits to two pages related to R&I, the arbitration enforcement page and the extreme racism in this edit summary.[28] Mathsci (talk) 19:54, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Probably this one too User:Lives forever Taken. Volunteer Marek (talk) 19:56, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not absolutely sure about that one. The accounts were created at exactly the same time. A friend in a pub? Mathsci (talk) 20:02, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Could be - the account seems to be just messing around. But there's a definite connection between Idw2wpp and LfT.Volunteer Marek (talk) 20:13, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The outing in the edit summary was inevitable and he was indef blocked for it by SarekOfVulcan. No real need for checkuser here, except possibly for the other account. Mathsci (talk) 21:12, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Please also permenently semiprotect this page as before, per WP:DENY.[29] No need to encourage this pathetic racist troll. Mathsci (talk) 11:53, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've readded the semiprotect. Going forward please be careful how you name these SPI cases. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 12:02, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
As I explained on your talk page when I first requested semiprotection, I'm not quite sure how it happened. (Probably when I deleted "USERNAME" in the request box I went two characters too far.) But thanks for restoring semiprotection so promptly. Mathsci (talk) 12:08, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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11 August 2011
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Yet another abuse of his university account at Imperial College, London by Mikemikev. Somebody from WMF should contact the webmaster there. Mathsci (talk) 20:50, 11 August 2011 (UTC) Mathsci (talk) 20:50, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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12 August 2011
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Antisemitic rant on talk page (now deleted at my request as db-attack) and the use of this IP range at Imperial College, London confirms that this is Mikemikev. Thanks, Mathsci (talk) 05:15, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note I checked the entire range 146.179.212.* and found it has been used exclusively by Mikemikev (146.179.212.20 (talk · contribs) could be a friend). Mathsci (talk) 05:40, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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15 August 2011
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First edits were to Talk:Race and intelligence where he take on his old sparring partners Maunus and Professor marginalia in typical Mikemikev style (i.e. flat contradiction). The account was created at on odd time for Mikemikev's geographical location, but this has happened before with Mikemikev socks.[30] Mathsci (talk) 08:20, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A litte research using the quoted passages in the diffs revealed that "Chuck" in the username "Chuckiscool" probably refers to the operator of this this blog. Mathsci (talk) 14:48, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Chuckuscool is Red X Unrelated to previous accounts in the archive. TNXMan 13:43, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: Recommend closing the case. OhanaUnitedTalk page 18:26, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
16 August 2011
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More attempted disruption by Mikemikev using a new (contiguous) range of IPs from Imperial College, London. The use of phrases like "hysterical faggotry" in edits and edit summaries is typical language for Mikemikev. Mathsci (talk) 19:58, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have checked the whole range and those IPs used on wikipedia (146.179.213.22 (talk · contribs), 146.179.213.27 (talk · contribs), 146.179.213.55 (talk · contribs), 146.179.213.67 (talk · contribs), 146.179.213.70 (talk · contribs), 146.179.213.90 (talk · contribs), 146.179.213.106 (talk · contribs), 146.179.213.128 (talk · contribs), 146.179.213.147 (talk · contribs), 146.179.213.158 (talk · contribs), 146.179.213.207 (talk · contribs), 146.179.213.208 (talk · contribs)) can all be traced to Mikemikev. Mathsci (talk) 21:06, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your help. Mathsci (talk) 17:38, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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I'm sorry, but checkuser does not generally disclose connections between IPs and named accounts. TNXMan 20:53, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

information Administrator note There doesn't appear to be anyone else on 146.179.212.0/23 which was recently blocked. I've placed a 1 month block on that range. Elockid (Talk) 15:42, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

30 August 2011
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This report is just for the record. Typical Mikemikev edits to Sigmund Freud (negative antisemitic content) plus what looks like a deleted attack on me, which I have not seen but for which he has been blocked. These IPs are geographically at the Science Museum, London, just next door to Imperial College, London, one of the standard venus from where he socks. He has socked from there already on Race (classification of humans) just after he was banned from wikipedia by ArbCom.[31] Mathsci (talk) 14:10, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The IP has been blocked, marking for close. TNXMan 14:42, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

31 August 2011
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Gringo Madre (talk · contribs) making identical edit to 193.62.111.31 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) at Sigmund Freud. IP has already been blocked as in use by banned user Mikemikev (talk · contribs). Old Crobuzon (talk) 09:06, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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self endorsing CU, Mikemikev is banned. -- Luk talk 13:02, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
 Inconclusive technically, 193.62.111.31 is a shared IP and Gringo Madre uses a public access point in the same area. Looks like Sigmund Freud is in Mikemikev's usual editing area. -- Luk talk 13:13, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
02 September 2011
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This IP range has already been confirmed to have been used by Mikemikev. The edits are all related to an appeal by Miradre (talk · contribs) at WP:AE concerning WP:ARBR&I. The prominent misplacing of this message [34] is a repetition of Mikemikev's targeting of Maunus. Mathsci (talk) 07:50, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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03 September 2011
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Signed trolling on ANI, on my talk page and a repetition of the transfer of evidence by Miradre to the AE appeal. (He has already been blocked as an ipsock by Mjroots.) The second IP trolled on WP:AN in typical Mikemikev manner. Mathsci (talk) 09:43, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Oh, gosh; not Mikemikev again. Interchangeable|talk to me 16:47, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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06 September 2011
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Pretty standard additions for MikeMikev to the Race (classification of humans) article. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 02:26, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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This is one of the Belgian IPs that I commented on a few days ago on WP:ANI,[35] They are operated by a francophone Belgian and have been active since before August 2010. They have nothing to do with Mikemikev. Mathsci (talk) 03:18, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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08 September 2011
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Disruptive antisemitic trolling on the amendment page, with incoherent ranting about Facebook. I suspect this is Mikemikev, but there is also the possibility that this is a newly created sockpuppet of the recently blocked accounts User:Old Crobuzon/ User:Echigo mole (WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Echigo mole) trying to imitate Mikemikev. Mathsci (talk) 08:11, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The cyrillic account has readded their antisemitic trolling, [36] which matches statements made by Mikemikev. The account seems to be disruption-only, however it is editing: please could it be blocked? Mathsci (talk) 01:57, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Newyorkbrad has now indefinitely blocked the cyrillic account for offensive trolling. Mathsci (talk) 08:56, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Whether it's a sock or not, his comment in the amendment thread is amazingly unhelpful. If it turns out to not be a sock, I think an admin should still warn him about disrupting an arbitration request. --Captain Occam (talk) 19:19, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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30 October 2011
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This is not the first time Mikemikev has used this range of IPs for his unique brand of racist / antisemitic trolling (first IP: "wikipedia jews" [37]). Here he has been removing the same content from race and genetics.[38][39] Mathsci (talk) 22:58, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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94.116.160.0/19 blocked 1 week. –MuZemike 23:02, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

31 October 2011
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Same type of edits as made by the ipsocks in the IP range recently partially blocked by MuzeMike a day or two ago. This time Mikemikev took his trolling about Maunus to WP:ANI. No-one twigged on that this IP range has previously used by Mikemikev for this kind of trolling, in addition to antisemitic remarks about "wikipedia jews" (Mikemikev's hallmark, see previous report). Mathsci (talk) 22:23, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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19 November 2011
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Usual style: same articles, same trolling on a noticeboard, targeting Maunus, same London IP range. Other IPs in the same range were blocked recently for similar edits (94.116.169.101 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) and 94.116.188.223 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)). Mathsci (talk) 09:03, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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22 November 2011
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Resuming identical arguments to Mikemikev on same subject matter, with standard abusive insults addressed to Maunus, Now using a BT Openzone connection, since one of his other modes of internet access was recently blocked. Mathsci (talk) 21:59, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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23 November 2011
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It's hard to know what to make of these edits, but there is an antisemitic side, a blatant pushing of outdated race issues, plus a targeting or trailing of Maunus (who has been fixing up edits by Ephert (talk · contribs)). The blatant copyvios on images on Commons, which I have listed for speedy deletion there, are not quite what I would expect. So there is the additional possibility that this disruptive user could be a new sock of some other banned user, such as Jagz. All their edits seem dubious. Mathsci (talk) 21:16, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I was about to initiate this myself. User obviously edited from IP[40] from same region as known ipsocks, previously used at race/intelligence[41] prior to registering this account, and challenged Maunus (a mikemikev target) almost straight away.[42] Professor marginalia (talk) 21:58, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked/tagged. –MuZemike 22:00, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
15 December 2011
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A previous message from this IP was signed by Mikemikev.[43] The latest message, a personal attack, is evidently from Mikemikev.[44] Mathsci (talk) 20:45, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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04 January 2012
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Seems to be Mikemikev again, considering the main article he is editing and the reverts of aprock and Slrubenstein. This is not the first time he has used Korean characters for the username of one of his sockpuppets, e.g. 유태인 아웃 (talk · contribs), 이방인 얼라이언스 (talk · contribs) and 수학 과학은 거대한 게이입니다 (talk · contribs). This one translates as "stalking". Mathsci (talk) 13:55, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How very surprising. Mathsci (talk) 18:00, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
MastCell has indefinitely blocked this account, following my request. Mathsci (talk) 21:30, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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16 January 2012
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The editing of Yfever is odd for several reasons.

  • Despite claiming to be a new user, his editing started with New Zealand sports figures, then moved quickly to the New Zealand expert in psychometry James R. Flynn: after that the editing shifted rapidly to editing almost solely in R&I related topics, touching exactly the same issues that started WP:ARBR&I.
  • Yfever copy-pasted the lede of User:Ephery/How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement?, a deleted fork later placed by PhantomSteve in the user space of topic-banned user David.Kane, as the lede of a second article.[45] No new user would be aware that an article already existed with that title and would be aware that it had been placed in the userspace of David.Kane. Yfever has even left a message on the talk page of the subpage.[46] New parts of the article have subsequently been copy-pasted by Yfever from History of the race and intelligence controversy. This was exactly how the previous fork was created.
  • Yfever has also been editing Compensatory education with intervening edits by an IP 129.31.242.224 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) from Imperial College London: I was not aware of those IP edits on 5 January, but edits of that kind, from that point of view and from that location have always been by Mikemikev.

I cannot tell for sure at present whether Yfever is a sockpuppet of Mikemikev, but he is evidently not a new user and the intersecting edits with a Mikemikev ipsock on Compensatory education. a little visited article, are grounds for suspicion. (Mikemikev in the past—for example with QuintupleTwist— has created sockpuppets that took some time to identify.) Mathsci (talk) 07:10, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I did this as a double check. There is a parallel request concerning this user at WP:AE. Mathsci (talk) 19:03, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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 Checkuser note: Yfever appears Red X Unrelated to two most recently blocked socks of Mikemikev: 스토킹 and Go ahead punk.  Frank  |  talk  19:00, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

25 January 2012
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Usual article, usual subject, usual abuse of Imperial College London account. (Hard to know why he even bothers now.) Mathsci (talk) 08:49, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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It's him. He spammed the same content a few months ago using User:Go ahead punk . Professor marginalia (talk) 13:25, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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26 January 2012
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Vitriolic edit summary ("censored by filth") typical of Mikemikev, same material readded to same article, same location in UK. Suggest semiprotection of article Race (classification of humans) for a week or two. Mathsci (talk) 13:39, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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26 January 2012
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Same behavior, same ip range as other confirmed socks. He used 217.41.229.140 (now blocked) just 12 hrs ago so we may need a semi-protection for awhile in Race (classification of humans), and others to appear if he relocates (as he's been known to do). Professor marginalia (talk) 22:33, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Please stick to one month blocks on these ipsocks. Otherwise this kind of nonsense happens.[47] Please also apply the semiprotection requested. I reverted Mikemikev's edits myself. More than once now. Mathsci (talk) 22:47, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ew. Could be an open proxy? I protected the page, but am reluctant to block this number of IPs for this long. If another clerk/admin approves of this I have no objection, but I'm too cautious to do it myself. NativeForeigner Talk 01:19, 27 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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15 February 2012
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The editing involves a copyvio file, that an editor with the same username has added on Commons. Mikemikev has inserted similar content to the same three articles, with another version of the sane copyvio image file, as one of his previous indef blocked sockpuppet accounts Go ahead punk (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log).[48] The copyvio image has been added to the same three en.wikipedia articles.[49][50][51] The previous version of the image file was also deleted on Commons as a copyvio (as shown by the CommonsNotificationBot messages on the article talk pages). The name of this account was also a clue. Mathsci (talk) 07:09, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As "Go ahead punk" on Commons, Mikemikev uploaded two previous version of the same copyvio file which were both speedy deleted on Commons (see commons:User_talk:Go_ahead_punk). Mathsci (talk) 07:38, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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07 March 2012
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Evident disruption by Mikemikev on his favourite article editing from usual location (Imperial College. London). The edit summaries and foul language on user talk pages (racist BNP rant) are typical of Mikemikev. The second IP has now been blocked, but I'm not quite sure why Favonian aquiesced with this banned user, who has been abusing a computer account at ICL for a long time now, as the archives show. Mathsci (talk) 01:04, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As pointed out on WP:ANI, Mikemikev has an account on the White Supremacist wiki metapedia with the same username. He has been editing the parallel article there (with exactlt the same title) and copy-pasted the material he added there over here. Mathsci (talk) 02:47, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with HelloAnnyong. Mikemikev has also used the ICL IP range 146.179.*.* There are completely legitimate edits from these ranges, Mathsci (talk) 08:12, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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  • I was ignorant of this particular pest's MO and burned off this month's quota of AGF on an unworthy cause. Feel free to re-protect the talk page. I'm off to bed. Favonian (talk) 01:15, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Why, at this point, is Imperial College, London, not anon-blocked, contact account-creation with an Imperial College, London, email address to have an account created for you, exactly? Hipocrite (talk) 14:14, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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13 March 2012
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Much worse than ever before: it almost beggars belief. By accident, when searching on the web for the editorial duties of Slrubenstein for the article Steven Rubenstein, I discovered this external posting by Mikemikev.[52] Mikemikev then several hours later added the same material to the wikipedia article, not once, but twice. The IP has already been blocked: this report is for the record. Mathsci (talk) 02:02, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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14 March 2012
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Usual article, identical edits [53] to previous set of ipsocks from ICL.[54] The usual trolling edit summaries have now been supplemented by a trolling message on the user page. All subsequent edits are material that Mikemikev has attempted to insert before and has added to the similarly named article on metapedia, using his account with the same user name. Mathsci (talk) 09:23, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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15 March 2012
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Continued abuse of the terms of his account at Imperial College London to vandalise the wikipedia page of Steven Rubenstein. Again for the record. Mathsci (talk) 04:28, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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15 March 2012
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[55] More of the same postings from Imperial College London. Suggest user page of Slrubenstein is semiprotected. Suggest this IP is blocked for a longer period than before. Subsequent edits by IP while this report was filed. Mathsci (talk) 09:53, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Still waiting for a justification on why Imperial College, London, retains anon editing / account creation privileges. Hipocrite (talk) 11:41, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2. When using College IT facilities the user must comply with the College Information Systems Security Policy and all relevant statutory and other provisions, regulations, rules and codes of practice. Specifically, but not exclusively, the User must: ...

2.3 Not display, store, receive or transmit images or text which could be considered offensive e.g. material of a sexual, pornographic, paedophilic, sexist, racist, libellous, threatening, defamatory, of a terrorist nature or likely to bring the College into disrepute.

Fairly unambiguous. Mathsci (talk) 13:00, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest getting in touch with Imperial College London's IT team then. You already have all the information you need to write a report to them. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 15:12, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Mathsci (talk) 19:52, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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IP blocked by another admin, marking for close. TNXMan 13:46, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've blocked 155.198.0.0/18 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) for three months. Yes, there will be collateral damage, but this is so absolutely beyond the pale that I decided to go ahead and block anyway. T. Canens (talk) 22:58, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
15 March 2012
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More of the same type of disruptive postings from a previously used range of IPs. The IP has been blocked, so this report is again for the record. Mathsci (talk) 21:04, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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16 March 2012
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More vandalizing of the talk page of Slrubenstein using a proxy IP from Canada.[57] The two diffs added were from the formal community ban of Mikemikev enacted at WP:ANI at the end of 2010. (That ban was brought about by a posting by an ipsock of Echigo mole.) Mathsci (talk) 05:24, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Proxy blocked, marking for close. TNXMan 14:12, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

23 March 2012
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Has been blocked but it would appear that this is Mikemikev, His edits interrupted an arbcom review where he is being discussed, so it is relevant that a checkuser look into the account. Thanks, Mathsci (talk) 21:32, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the edits again, I am not 100% sure here. The racist and homophobic abuse matches that of Mikemikev, but he has not previously used instant messenger language on WP. The account name also seems to have been created with a particular article in mind (the one he has edited). However, how he found the arbitration page and why he left that comment is otherwise inexplicable. Mathsci (talk) 02:39, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Red X Unrelated. I'm not sure who this is, but I agree with the block. TNXMan 13:59, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


03 April 2012
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Obvious sock because account was created in October 2010 and first edit was trolling on the talk page of evidence page for the arbcom R&I review, with their usual theme (remarks about me). Second edit looks like somebody from the UK, since its a chain of UK coffee shops. Plus the user name. So WP:DUCK all round. Mathsci (talk) 10:36, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I was not too sure about this because it was a one-off edit. Note that Amalthea already noticed the trolling of "I'm sorry about your trousers"[58] and blocked him as a sock of someone else. So if the first is Mikemikev, so probably was the second. The name is similar to another Mikemikev sock I didn't want to wear purple pants (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Could this report be moved over to the Mikemikev archive? Thanks again. Mathsci (talk) 14:11, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The following are technically indistinguishable from each other:

09 April 2012
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IP sock from yet another open proxy in China, as Mikemikev has done in the past several times. The IP has inserted the same content into article as previously added by Mikemikev, in particular a copyv-vio image [59] previously added by several other socks, in particular by the blocked sockpuppets Go ahead punk (talk · contribs) [60] and SuperFacts (talk · contribs).[61] The open proxy has already been blocked for one year, so this report is just for the record. Mathsci (talk) 01:44, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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10 April 2012
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Same article, same content, same central London location, slightly more condescending tone this time. Mathsci (talk) 13:54, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Yep. He's been spamming the same content with one sock after another. Professor marginalia (talk) 15:11, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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12 April 2012
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More trolling by Mikemikev on two differnt part of the ArbCom review pages using two more open proxies from China. Please could somebody ask an arbitrator or a clerk to semiprotect the pages on the arbcom review? Thanks, Mathsci (talk) 20:32, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

All three now blocked. Mathsci (talk) 05:50, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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12 May 2012
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Immediately began participating from first edits in longstanding edit warring on articles with a history of sock puppetry. Possible sock of User:Mikemikev based on the making similar edits to a known sock User:Nam84, and editing an article another known sock User:Occam's Sickle edited. While the connection to Mikemikev is a bit weak, this is clearly someone's sock. Monty845 04:50, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Editor has been disproportionately combative in their few edits here, and shares Mikemikev's irrational animus towards anthropologists. It may be Mikemikev, but if so he's supremely confident he won't be caught at this particular time. There's a strong undertone of "catch me if you can" here. Professor marginalia (talk) 05:07, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry but I can swear to any invisibly deity in the sky that I have never heard of either mikewhatever and that other person. Check my IP address or whatever but I promise you that I am not those people. If there are any similarities between me and other former users, I promise that it is only coincidence. RhymeNero (talk) 05:31, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This editor does not appear to write in British English. In addition, almost all previous sockpuppet accounts of Mikemikev have been submitted for checkuser. That can still be done in this case, although I think the result will be negative. There have been a few uses of open proxies from China and Australia by Mikemikev: this, however, looks like a stunt, a pseudo-Mikemikev concocted by US editors, possibly from the group of editors involved in proxy-editing. Mathsci (talk) 12:54, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm with Mathsci on this one. As a sidenote, perhaps, user is indef-blocked after ANI discussion. Drmies (talk) 19:21, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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23 May 2012
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Very disruptive trolling edits using what seems to be a Chinese proxy. Personal attacks on several users, links to videos linked to arbcom amendment page (cf deleted abusive postings after the death of Slrubenstein), Lewontin article targeted as he did with the account Dicky Fallacy, references to recently blocked sock RhymeNero (indef blocked but also probably a sock of Mikemikev),[62] etc. Mathsci (talk) 10:02, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Now blocked as open proxy by FPaS. Mathsci (talk) 10:03, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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28 June 2012
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Usual article, usual edits, usual location (ipv6 is in Imperial College, London). Mathsci (talk) 07:23, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Already blocked as ipv6 sock of Mikemikev. Mathsci (talk) 20:17, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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02 July 2012
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Usual article, trolling edit summary, usual type of edit and ipv6 sock from Imperial College, London Mathsci (talk) 21:25, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

IP now blocked for 1 week by Black Kite after a lot more disruption. Please could this page be semiprotected once more? (DeltaQuad did not restore semiprotection when made unrelated operations on the page in April.) Thanks, Mathsci (talk) 15:13, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Why is Imperial College, London, still not blocked? Hipocrite (talk) 12:28, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Its a big place. Lots of collateral. I've requested protection of Race (classification of humans)·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 12:56, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It's a big place full of people who know what they are talking about. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:630:12:1073:4261:86FF:FE84:B9D7 (talk) 13:05, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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16 October 2012
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These IPs adopt the usual tone of Mikemikev and appear to involve his use yet again of proxies IPs in the Far East. The three IPs posted on Talk:Race and intelligence, so perhaps, after dealing with the proxies, that talk page could be semiprotected. Mathsci (talk) 19:01, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A fourth IP added with a vile posting typical of Mikemikev: similar to his postings after the death of Slrubenstein in March. A creep. Mathsci (talk) 12:51, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This image diff [63] is typical of Mikemikev. Here is another instance where Mikemikev used exactly the same image as a sockpuppet (BT35, an account that took a long time to uncover).[64]
Some of the IP socks from March involving Slrubenstein were here[65] The Slr videos were oversighted; they involved a tiny folk violin, so had the same level of mock emotion. There is no doubt that BT35 was Mikemikev. The hopping about between far eastern IPs is another of his games and was analysed on the evidence page in the May review. Mathsci (talk) 21:04, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The first IP has posted again and has now been blocked by FPaS. His previous edits cover the R&I article and the Race (human classification) article; he was blocked for leaving a trolling message on the AE page (in the same spirit as the crying baby image). That ties up the postings mentioned by me above as well as those mentioned below by Professor marginalia. Mathsci (talk) 12:44, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The fifth IP, now also blocked by FPaS, restored the first IP's postings on WP:AE 3 times. Mathsci (talk) 13:19, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Mikemikev's edited with a variety of Asian IPs and created four socks from insults translated into Korean.(User:수학 과학은 거대한 게이입니다, User:스토킹, User:유태인 아웃, User:이방인 얼라이언스. He's offensively trolled in similar fashion as recently with the image: [66]. He also formerly misrepresented very same claim from The Ancestor's Tale as the IP has just now: [67], [68], [69]. Professor marginalia (talk) 21:32, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I "misrepresented" The Ancestor's Tale saying race is of taxonomic significance, by reporting it as saying race is of taxonomic significance? Why are these liars the ones who are not blocked? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.37.255.149 (talk) 09:03, 18 October 2012 (UTC) banned users don't get to edit - here Mikemikev uses his favourite word "liars" Mathsci (talk) 15:28, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This user's seemingly minimally inconvenienced by targeted blocking specific IPs. And his disruptions can be insidious. He doesn't consistently make himself obvious via the abusive and racially charged temperamental type outbursts. It's his "under the radar" editing that has led to the more significant, longer term disruptive crazy time sinks around here.
The more users that acquire a familiarity with his voice, his edit history, the better wp's facility to pull the plug on these more insidious, protracted disruptions. I don't know how else to facilitate this except by recording these suspect IPsocks to the appropriate category. This isn't the perfect tool because I don't think he's necessarily apt to reuse those specific IPs in some distant future-but his sock category page is the best resource available to editors trying to evaluate what's up with new suspects flashing warning signs. Given there's not much an admin can "fix" by reporting his (obvious to me) IP socks here, I've been conflicted about wasting admin time sign posting the socks interferences here versus just letting other processes "weed them out" such as keyword bots or natural death via talk page. But given signs Mikemikev's gonna play this game forever, I now think it may waste more time in the long run if these such socking instances aren't recorded here even while I acknowledge admins can't cure the problem here. Professor marginalia (talk) 07:48, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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  • These don't look like open proxies - could someone else take a look please. The two 211 editors are the same chap, the other two may be two different people, one person or 211.

Is it possible this isn't Mikemikev? I can find nothing "vile" about the statements of the latest added IP* - although pictorally likening one or more of the AE parties to a whinging toddler was a bit rude - whereas MM's edits at the time of SLR's death were indeed vile and creepy and revision deleted as far as I recall. *I disagree with them, but can't see the vileness --Elen of the Roads (talk) 16:18, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Professor, your last addition seems to be on a proxy, and editing in MM style. I have blocke the IP for a year. I'll let another checkuser have a look at the rest to determine whether they are proxies. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 22:26, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not a CU, but I checked. In short, I've applied some aggressive page protection except at Arb, which they can do themselves if it is needed. This is likely more effective than playing whackamole here since the range of articles is more narrow than the IPs being used. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 00:13, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
25 November 2012
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First IP posted message relating to original account's ban on WP:AN. Second IP blatantly admitted. NE Ent filed this improperly, and I had my own IP to add. —Ryulong (琉竜) 14:22, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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211.40.106.174 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) per [70] NE Ent 14:13, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Classic Mikemikev. With the plethera of ipsocks from Korea, is it really worth reporting them all here? Better to tag the user pages for future reference as CU Deskana recommended. In this case the edits concerned the usual article, usual citations and, with the second ipsock, the usual comments about "liars" and "lying", usuallly directed at Maunus. Mathsci (talk) 17:33, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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21 December 2012
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Trolling and edit-warring on WP:ANI using an IP from the usual range of IPs in Seoul, from which Mikemikev has been editing for the past few months. Mathsci (talk) 11:12, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, AGK, and Season's Greetings to you. Mathsci (talk) 11:23, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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27 December 2012
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Edit[71] from IP in Imperial College London almost identical to edits made by a previous sock Nam84 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log).[72] Mathsci (talk) 01:01, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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05 January 2013
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Account edit-warring on usual articles targeted by Mikemikev, particularly Race (human classification). The latest edits[73] add identical text on "cluster analysis" and the genome project HUGO as that added by a previous ipsock of Mikemikev, editing from Imperial College London. [74] However, I am not 100% sure of this identification because of this diff[75] which would appear to be a correction to an edit made when logged off using a US ipv6.. Mathsci (talk) 06:58, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Almost all of the content appears to have been copied from metapedia where Mikemikev has an account and has been editing the article on "race". Mathsci (talk) 23:21, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Given the logged off edit, mentioned above, plus the source for the content (metapedia), the conclusions are unsurprising. Thanks to Coren for running a check anyway and uncovering the second so far unused account. Mathsci (talk) 20:31, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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This is Mikemikev in Korea. It isn't me. Not everyone that puts the latest info in the article (in place of the debunked 1994 "Race does not exist" nonsense) is my sock. The last Imperial editor was not me either. But of course they will all be banned just the same. Sigh... 211.104.14.25 (talk) 09:13, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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08 January 2013
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Abusive posts to 2 user talk pages using usual Korean IP. In each of these diff he adds a link to a posting by Mikemikev on an external website.[76][77] Obvious ipsock is obvious. Mathsci (talk) 18:50, 8 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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18 January 2013
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This newly created account seems not to be a new user. He has edited the usual set of race related articles that Mikemikev and his socks and ipsocks have edited. The last identified blocked ipsock of Mikemikev left a series of pdf links to journal articles on a user talk page.[78] BanjoBruce first edit inserted a link to one of these articles.[79] A pdf link to another paper was added here.[80] In addition the argumentation, citation and bolding of text [81] is identical to edits made on the same talk page by Mikemikev in August 2010 just before he was site-banned by arbcom.[82] The spelling is British ("analysed") and the account shows the usual persistence and intransigence in arguing with Maunus and Professor marginalia over the same series of points. Mathsci (talk) 01:37, 18 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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23 January 2013
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Typical Mikemikev edit from Korea. ArtifexMayhem (talk) 15:53, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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24 January 2013
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This Korean IP was previously blocked as an ipsock of Mikemikev. That block has now lapsed and Mikemikv is back editing Talk:Race and intelligence. Mathsci (talk) 12:59, 24 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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28 January 2013
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Korean IP, trolling about last sock BanjoBruce in his first edit.[83] Editing two usual article talk pages with standard input. Making personal attacks on Dougweller in edit summaries when reverted.[84] Usually antisemitic Mikemikev ranting.[85] Mathsci (talk) 15:06, 28 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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04 February 2013
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First article edit, after a trolling warm up on Talk:Race and intelligence, inserting the identical external link [86] in Race and intelligence previously posted by the CU-blocked sock BanjoBruce [87]. Usual fixation with genetic/scientific justification for existence of race. The comment about 3 anthropologists being black is also typical of Mikemikev.[88] The username, "WP chimp out", is similar to previous offensive usernames, like Juden Raus. Mathsci (talk) 11:44, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to Reaper Eternal, Elockid and WilliamH. Mathsci (talk) 14:40, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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13 February 2013
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Given this account was created solely to troll on Talk:Race and intelligence, it is clearly a sockpuppet account. The comments are similar to those of the two most recent accounts to sock there, namely

It seemed best to make a report before waiting for further disruption to pin down the identification. In view of the continued disruption there, it might be helpful to semiprotect the talk page for a period so that only autoconfirmed users can edit it. Mathsci (talk) 07:00, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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20 February 2013
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An account created recently with the sole purpose of edit warring on Race and genetics, an article covered by WP:ARBR&I.[89][90][91] Previous sockpuppets, most notably Dicky Fallacy (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), have argued in the same way about Richard Lewontin and Anthony Edwards, author of an article called Lewontin's Fallacy. The most recent sock of Mikemikev to edit Race and genetics was BanjoBruce (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), cf [92]. In addition the account writes in British English, eg "colour".[93] So large amounts of WP:DUCK, despite the attempts to use inverted commas in edit summaries and talk comments. Mathsci (talk) 04:47, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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 Clerk endorsed — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 02:35, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

27 February 2013
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Recently created account. All four articles are associated with R&I and have been previously edited by socks of Mikemikev. The account edited logged off from an IP in China, which has been confirmed as an open proxy on WP:OP (by both Spitfire and Sailsbystars) and blocked by Materialscientist for two years.[94] The timing of the creation of this account has been slightly confused by the block of the range 101.0.71.0/24, which has resulted in two postings using two other open proxies. In the second posting the user, previously editing in the blocked range, stated that he was not editing using the account PsychKitten.[95] I am requesting CU because the first edit to Franz Boas was made a week previously just after the creation of the account and was probably made using a different IP. Mathsci (talk) 09:58, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The account has made further edits today[96] so, considering that the open proxy they used previously has been hard blocked for two years, they must be using a different IP or proxy. I have tagged their user page as a suspected sockpuppet of Mikemikev. Mathsci (talk) 10:07, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Shortly after the PsychKitten edit, Mikemikev edited the same talk page[97] using a Korean IP. 112.160.35.80 (talk+ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
It is also worth remembering that the banned user Ferahgo the Assassin used IPs in China for operating the sock account Zeromus1, so that is another possibility. Mathsci (talk) 10:14, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Elockid has already run the checks and confirmed on his talk page[98] that PsychKitten and the ip were Mikemikev. Both accounts are now blocked and tagged. Thanks for your help, Mathsci (talk) 16:37, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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  •  Clerk endorsed I'm interested to get a checkuser's perceptive on this. It may be that you find nothing linking this account to any others, as it's possible he's used a single proxy (202.105.113.132) exclusively for this account. However, it may be that there are other accounts created by him on this proxy, or there may be something else in the results that might help to indicate whether this user is linked to Mikemikev, the 101.0.71.0/24 IP hopper, or Echigo mole. (in any case, an admin is welcome to block the account, given the obvious socking and obvious use of a proxy to evade blocks) SpitfireTally-ho! 11:23, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Already  Confirmed and blocked by Elockid. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 18:09, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
24 April 2013
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Recently created account with exactly the editing profile of Mikemikev (race differences, antisemitism, ect). This latest edit[99] adds material previously inserted on multiple occasions by sockpuppets of Mikemikev to Race (human classification). On the article talk page he gives similar arguments.[100] It's the usual article, combined with Holocaust denial and other edits with an antisemitic agenda.[101] (He has previously added content related to Kevin B. MacDonald.) The comments to Dougweller are also typical.[102] Mathsci (talk) 06:57, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In practice, with disruptive socks like this one, the most efficient way of dealing with them is to file a report on WP:AN or WP:ANI after filing a report here. That is how this account was blocked. The last checkuser case was far more complicated than RichWales gives credit for, since PsychKitten first edited using an open proxy from China but made later edits which were probably from the usual IP ranges in Seoul. That information is useful for checkusers. Mikemikev has never had a history of sleeping socks and these reports are never made for that reason. Intervening sockpuppetry since the last report has required oversight of outing edits on WP:ANI (Alison did that) and on the Vietnamese, Japanese, Russian and Korean wikipedias (Philippe Beaudette of WMF did that). Mathsci (talk) 05:39, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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 Clerk declined. A CU was done on this sockmaster recently — and given that the new sock has already been indef-blocked, and without more evidence now of more than one new sock, I'm skeptical that a CU would be worth doing. — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 01:53, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Clerk note: The last CU was done 18:09, 1 March 2013 (UTC) by DoRD (at least in the archive). UltimateBoss's first edit was 13:44, 14 April 2013 (UTC), so they wouldn't have been picked up by a sleeper check if one had been run. I agree that without evidence that sleepers are likely, a CU isn't justified, but wanted to clear up that the last CU wouldn't be a basis for the decision as there is no possible overlap in times. There has been instances of multiple socks with this master before, but not drawerfuls. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 02:35, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
01 May 2013
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UltimateBoss was blocked as a confirmed sock of Mikemikev on April 24. On April 25, ApeMixDiversity was created and their first four edits proceeded to push an extreme combative view on race (human classification) (a favorite page of UltimateBoss) and to reproduce an entry on Frankfurt School twice which was almost identical to an edit made by Ultimateboss. In such few edits I think we have enough to call this one on WP:DUCK. Cheers! Coffeepusher (talk) 19:37, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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04 May 2013
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Recently created account the sole purpose of which is to troll concerning me on an arbcom-related page.[103][104] Standard Echigo mole disruption. Mathsci (talk) 05:27, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Already blocked as Mikemikev by a checkuser after this edit.[105] Slightly surprising that it was Mikemikev :-) Mathsci (talk) 05:47, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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29 July 2013
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Edit with South Korean IP to standard article with usual Mikemikev POV, [106] so WP:DUCK. Mathsci (talk) 06:18, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit of first Korean IP restored by second Korean IP. Mathsci (talk) 14:59, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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The three edits to the Talk:Race (classification of humans) return to usual themes of Mikemikev about Lewontin, Dawkins and Edwards [107][108] (cf the sockpuppet User:SusanKravitz [109]). The username starts off like a recent sock UltimateBoss (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). The link in the first posting[110] is to a thread on an external website in which Mikemikev later participated.[111] The username, the links to external blogs, the trolling tone, the bolding of text and use of phrases like "Marxist pseudoscientist" are typical of Mikemikev. Mathsci (talk) 05:01, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for dealing with this so quickly. Mathsci (talk) 17:06, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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12 November 2013
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Typical Mikemikev (talk · contribs) POV ([112], [113], [114], [115]) on Race related articles from South Korean ISPs (cf. past ip socks: [116], [117], [118], [119], [120], [121], [122], [123], [124], [125], [126], [127]). ArtifexMayhem (talk) 02:00, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Also noting other South Korean IPs with similar behavior, all centralized at Race and intelligence:
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The accounts' first edit is to Talk:Race and genetics where a scholar they disagree with "is quite simply an idiot" and same old claim that "the number of races simply depends on how often one subdivides clusters" (diff).  Looks like a duck to me — ArtifexMayhem (talk) 05:51, 5 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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It appears Mikemikev may have operated the now-blocked account MelangePasty (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), which created a "list of Jewish-American fraudsters" page that has since been deleted. Seems a sock of Mikemikev on Encyclopedia Dramatica inserted the claim onto his own ED entry.--The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 04:33, 7 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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16 December 2013
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First two are connected through Race (human classification) and the related discussion here. Kobayashi has been on this page for at least a month and a half, and has been blocked for it at least once. In a recent discussion on a different page, Kobayashi accused others of stonewalling, and was indef blocked as a result of this AN/I discussion. SpaceBobber's first edit (see contribs here, they're not that long and I want to go to sleep instead of copying diffs) is reporting User:Maunus and User:BlackHades for stonewalling on the first mentioned page, who Kobayashi was fighting with on, and posting notifications on their talks with deceptive edit summaries. I note that User:Johnuniq noted his suspicion of SpaceBobber as a sock on the NPOV noticeboard, and Maunus has noted the similarities to User:Mikemikev. SpaceBobber is connected to GreenLighterSam, because when I opened an AfD on the articles GLS recently created (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of American fraudsters of Jewish descent), it was SpaceBobber who responded aggressively at the discussion - GLS seems like a throwaway account. The discussion turned out that the article had been created by a User:MelangePasty (who is also indeff'd), and was deleted; see this AN/I discussion for more info. MelangePasty was mentioned in a previous SPI for Mikemikev.

So, to summarize: K245 (indeff'd) and SB are linked by Race (human classification), which seems like a typical Mikemikev hangout. SB is linked to GLS by List of American fraudsters of Jewish descent, and both are linked to probable Mikemikev sock MP because it had been already created by them.

I'd say, quack quack; requesting CU for sleepers.

Sorry for the lack of diffs, it's 4 here and I really need to go to sleep. I hope the links I have are enough. If any of the people I've hopefully pinged want to contribute, please do. Ansh666 12:16, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

So, just to clarify: Kobayashi245 is indeff'd, MelangePasty is indeff'd, and GreenLighterSam is now indeff'd in the first case I've seen of an account being blocked for a SPI where no clerk or CU has commented yet. That leaves SpaceBobber, who hasn't posted in ~12 hours, if I can do math, and sleepers. Ansh666 00:19, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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A CU on Melange did find the account to be a possible match in addition to the behavioral evidence pointing to it as a sock of Mikemikev. SpaceBobber's behavior seems indistinguishable from Melange and has a similar style to Mikemikev. SpaceBobber taking two editors to the NPOV noticeboard is a good indicator of someone experienced with Wikipedia. It is a good idea to run a check just to make sure he does not have any other little socks lurking around here.--The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 22:14, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Typical Mikemikev claims that other editors are lying Marxist pinkos from an account that is less than 24 hrs. old. From today, "you are lying because you have a Western Marxist POV."[131]. Cf., Known sock comment here.

— ArtifexMayhem (talk) 04:35, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Endorse, I was looking for a CU earlier. This seems pretty obvious. Dougweller (talk) 08:07, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, obvious sock is obvious. I hope checkuser can determine any sleepers. Binksternet (talk) 18:36, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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I've blocked as an obvious sock but requesting CU for sleepers. Dougweller (talk) 09:37, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify, usual anti-Semetic edits, use of term "Boasian"[132] (see archive). Dougweller (talk) 09:45, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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29 August 2014
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No strident attacks against User:Maunus this time, but the first edit was to a Korea related article[133] and then two at Talk:Race (human classification)#Dubious statement in lead with the usual complaints and poor sources. It's so unlikely that an editor would make this combination of edits and not be Mikemikev that this seems WP:DUCK but a check for sleepers would be helpful. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 09:56, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Followed me to another article and reverted me.[134] WP:DUCK, blocking. Dougweller (talk) 15:15, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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19 October 2014
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  • 175.214.94.20 is a South Korean IP posting on race talk where Mikemikev has a history of socking, and Peasant in a Suit has posted a "genetic cluster" image on the race classification talk. Mikemikev a few days ago used a sockpuppet posting the same "genetic cluster" image at Rationalwiki [[135]] where he was also blocked on several South Korean IPs on the same page. FossilMad (talk) 19:44, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Endorsing CU request. Dougweller (talk) 14:51, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, not sure that's possible as there are so few edits. I'd hope that if we can connect the account with any obvious sock that would be enough. But what is enough for WP:DUCK might maybe be not enough for a CU? Dougweller (talk) 18:14, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Copying this from my talk page: " [136] 210.101.189.92 is a South Korean IP, and he posted the cluster image on another sock called PhilPhilpot 7 minutes after. His Phil sock only has one post. Also on the same day, or the day after, he was blocked on Frank Dickman [137], which I noticed is the same name he has logged on his Wikipedia-sock archive here. [138]. So yes, this is definitely the same person. All of the Rationalwiki "race talk" pages he caused to be locked because of excessive vandalism, so that would also explain his increased presence here in the last couple of weeks.FossilMad (talk) 16:56, 25 October 2014 (UTC)"[reply]

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24 February 2015
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Using "Boasian" as an insult [139]; quoting Kevin MacDonald [140]. Pinking Maunus for their info. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 04:46, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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03 March 2015
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Within a few minutes the Ip which geolocates to Korea and has previously trolled my talkpage and made minor edits related to Jews, attempted to troll me at talk:English language[141] (his comments are sarcastically making an analogy between language diversity and genetic diversity - and he is quite, rightly, pointing out that it is a little ironic that I don't mind making linguistic taxonomies by dividing languages into semiarbitrary groups but would not accept a similar approach to genetic diversity - race as a genetic construct is of course Mikemikev's perennial obsession) and Sombe19 made several edits to Eugenics[142] adding citation tags to edits I've made (the tags were justified). The coincidence in timing and interaction patterns, makes me think it is the same user - Mikemikev again, even though I had previously discarded the idea that Sombe19 is him ·maunus · snunɐɯ· 01:52, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I must admit that I am not sure, some of Sombe19's edits seem rather too Newbieish for Mikemikev, but the timing relative to the IP which clearly is Mike is suggestive of some kind of coordination. Maybe a checkuser would be in order.·maunus · snunɐɯ· 02:17, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
This edit smacks of Mikemikev. But the insertion of this ref to a discredited race scientist (and hero to racists everywhere) is especially telling. Looks like a duck with a shovel to me. — ArtifexMayhem (talk) 07:06, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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 Clerk note: This is for everyone who's posted here. I see no diffs of the master or a previously blocked sock to compare with the diffs presented of the named account. Please don't assume that clerks know the history of this master as well as you do.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:12, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

16 August 2015

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BlueHouse99 showed up shortly after the block[143] of suspected-to-be-Mikemikev's sock, Tortoise Handler (talk · contribs), at the same page, Talk:Race (biology), which is subject to various trolling and probably other socks, though not necessarily all of the same person. The new sock went right into the same conversations as before, engaging in the same argument-for-its-own-sake trolling (and seems inordinately interested in supporting one unconstructive user in particular; if this isn't Mikemikev's sock, well ...). BlueHouse99 is an an SPA (see Special:Contributions/BlueHouse99) devoted to editing that talk page in particular. Pings: Montanabw, Doug Weller.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  01:30, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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17 August 2015

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User is brand new and first edit is to continue argument on Talk:Race (biology), same page that recently identified socks were editing on. DUCK. User is known to create multiple accounts. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 00:45, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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18 April 2016

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This edit has all the tell-tale signs: railing against Maunus (compare to [146]), comparison to Marxism (compare to [147]), focus on race and genetics EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 06:17, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

PS - asking for sleeper check too. User is known to make multiple accounts and has a long long long history of abuse. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 06:17, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The latest edits do not seem to be in Mikemikev's style.[148][149][150] The long thought-train tl;dr walls of text are out of character; they are also written in American English ("favor", "color", "hypothesized") with a non-characteristic use of ampersands (&). Mikemikev last edited Talk:Caucasian race as User:SamOrange. At that stage his edits came from South Korea; since then he has moved back to the UK, where he has so far only apparently edited with a British Telecom IP. [151] The two sets of edits connected to Mercer Island do not chime with Mikemikev's style and suggest local knowledge (the use of the abbreviation MI in an edit summary[152]). Mathsci (talk) 07:21, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. The topics all match though (Marx, race, genetics, Manaus). Perhaps intentional changes to style? Or perhaps one of the other dozen sockers that troll race/genetics? I'm convinced it is a sock and mikemikev made the most sense given the topics. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 07:31, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that it might be a sockpuppet. But this is not the first time there have been anti-Marxist rants on Talk:Caucasian race by other users, e.g. [153][154] Not all of these are Mikemikev. Mathsci (talk) 07:41, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I would request that my edits are not reverted until proper evidence of sockpuppetry has been proven. My "rant" was not anti-Marxist, but only in reference for the sociological desire for denial of even biological race as population grouping, as not all Humans are of the same lineage & heritage, as Marxism has influenced sociology to what I would subjectively argue is an undue extent. Humans should be treated equally, but are not all of the same heritage. Such is denied in an effort to deny the possibility of racism, moreso institutionalized racism or racism by individual or non-governmental group action. Lest I digress, I do believe that I had a couple of accounts to which the passwords I had forgotten, no E-mail attached for recovery, many years ago--perhaps ten or so. I have not edited Wikipedia since. This account is not a sockpuppet, and my comments are perhaps evidence to some truth about user Manaus. I ask that this be taken seriously. Thank you.W124l29 (talk) 08:13, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Manaus is situated in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, as compared to User:Maunus who is often situated in Mexico. Mathsci (talk) 08:22, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Lol, thank you for the humor. Let it be known that I meant when referring to "Manaus" that I was referring to "Maunus", User:Maunus, and took the misspelling from User:EvergreenFir's misspelling in his first response to your initial comment. Reading about Meatpuppetry, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry#Meatpuppetry, I also would like to state that I came to my opinion about User:Maunus based upon my own independent observations of his edits & comments over the past months. Those prior two or three accounts of mine were limited to perhaps ten edits each at the most, and being as that I do not remember their exact names nor their passwords, in addition to their being inactive for ten years or so, I do believe that I am in the clear.W124l29 (talk) 08:30, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Doesn't seem to me to be similar to Mikemikev. Mikemikev knows a lot more about genetics and the state of research on "human biodiversity" than this account does, but he is never this polite and friendly.·maunus · snunɐɯ· 13:37, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
If you make a negative claim about me, "knows a lot more about genetics and the state of research on "human biodiversity" than this account does, but", as an underhanded insult, as I am sure is against Wikipedia policy, then please at the least do yourself the service of explaining & citing your sources.Wikipedia:WQ Wikipedia:PA Wikipedia:ASSERTW124l29 (talk) 05:54, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You certainly know a lot about how Wikipedia works and its policies to cites them so proficiently and to even find this SPI. Very impressive. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 05:59, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, User:EvergreenFir. I would rather know before typing than know afterward. — Preceding unsigned comment added by W124l29 (talk • contribs) 07:15, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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20 September 2016

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First, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Tiny_Dancer_48. I've suspected this user is Mikemikev, but didn't have enough evidence at the time. I think I do now.

Comparing to past socks Captain JT Verity MBA (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and Zhang500 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Same talk page response style of quoting others and them replying on next line (e.g., [155], [156]). Heavy focus on Race (human categorization) (see AE request for full diffs related to that page).

Referencing all the same authors (Tiny Dancer, Captain). Comments about the AAA board and Lewontin (Zhang500, Tiny Dancer, Tiny Dancer).

Mikemikev is a known socker who perseverates on race and makes multiple accounts. Asking for CU evidence and sleeper check. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:35, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Doug Weller has some past experience with this user. Let me know if you need more diffs though. Ping me please. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:36, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wanted to give a quick thank you to everyone for the quick handling of this. EvergreenFir (talk) 21:05, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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User:User:KrakatoaKatie blocked him for 48 hours for personal attacks. Immediately afterwards TD posts ":::Bye for now US kike slave. Tiny Dancer 48 (talk) 18:59, 20 September 2016 (UTC)"[157] and after that "oh no I used an "ethnic slur" while kikes demonize and genocide whites". I've blocked him indefinitely. So far as I'm concerned that's pretty good evidence this is Mikemikev. Doug Weller talk 19:24, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the behavioral evidence. Sorry I didn't do the indef at first. As soon as I did the 48 hours I changed my mind, then got called away and meant to come back to it. Thanks to Doug and Drmies for fixing it. Katietalk 20:09, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Also, have a look at 107.77.223.168. After the Tiny Dancer account was indef'ed and talk page access was revoked, the IP came in with this edit here: [158]. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:17, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No, that's ... something else. A known issue, let's say. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:32, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 Clerk endorsed assuming that there is data in the logs that can be checked against, otherwise all accounts are  Stale. I agree with everything here that this is already very likely a Mikemikev sock. @Doug Weller and KrakatoaKatie: since you didn't suggest clerk actions I took the liberty of moving your comments to the "other users" section, please feel free to move back if I've made a mistake. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:14, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I can say that geolocation matches with my understanding of where Mikemikev now lives. Doug Weller talk 20:18, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

29 September 2016

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Doug Weller talk 15:38, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I can only compare this with the last probable sock blocked, Tiny Dancer 48.  Confirmed  Blocked and tagged Doug Weller talk 15:38, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

13 October 2016

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Doug Weller talk 15:19, 13 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Language, content and geolocation match Mikemikev.  Blocked and tagged Doug Weller talk 15:19, 13 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

14 October 2016

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Doug Weller talk 11:28, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Same interests, editing from the same place, arrived just after I blocked the last one (who responded with an IP calling me a Communist liar).  Blocked and tagged Doug Weller talk 11:28, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

18 October 2016

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DUCK naming pattern. Immediately editing on Talk:Race and intelligence with glib faux liberal comments ([159] compare to [160]). CU requested to look for other accounts given this user's LTA and prolific socking. EvergreenFir (talk) 17:29, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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He literally said "quack" three times on my talkpage. ·maunus · snunɐɯ· 20:20, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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15 November 2016

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A brand new account commenting on Talk:Race (human categorization) in Mikemikev related sections? Sure sounds like a quack EvergreenFir (talk) 03:42, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If Maunus doesn't think so and KrakatoaKatie's only got a "possible", maybe it isn't. Certainly quacked to me though. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:40, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@EvergreenFir: Doug Weller is going to watch for a while as he's more familiar with this sockmaster. There are some technical similarities but not enough for me to be more sure. We'll keep an eye out, though. :-) Katietalk 19:01, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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19 November 2016

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A new account has popped up today at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cold winters theory to not only contest @Maunus:'s Afd but also profess that he knows the "history" of the nominator -- despite the fact that this account was created today. So clearly he's been around, in some guise. I realize this isn't the strongest behaviourial evidence and my efforts to find something more specific have not yet been successful. Still, this new SPA has been disruptive and behaves with a familiarity with the nominator and past knowledge of events that suggests to me something isn't right. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:44, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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10 April 2017

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DUCK. UK IP address trolling on Talk:Scientific racism EvergreenFir (talk) 20:07, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked in any case by Favonian. But yes. Birkbeck's a big clue as well as the topic area. Doug Weller talk 20:46, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

08 May 2017

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Requesting CU to confirm current amount being reported as well as to look for sleepers given this user's lengthy history of socking EvergreenFir (talk) 05:16, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Bbb23: Thank you. Guess it's based on behavior and geolocation now. Pinging Doug Weller and Maunus as they are more familiar with this sockmaster's behaviour than I am. EvergreenFir (talk) 14:07, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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The accounts in the archive appear to be  Stale. CU declined.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:03, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There is enough here to block. After discussion with User:Bbb23 I did a cu.  Possible and the other evidence is sufficient to block.  Blocked and tagged Doug Weller talk 09:10, 9 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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With no meaningful edits elsewhere, David Mendlesohn arrived on Talk:Race (human categorization) and immediately started making the same arguments that the banned user Mikemikev always does, using many of the same terms. See here for his comments to date and compare especially to here. While he's only posted a little so far, I think there's enough to justify starting a sockpuppet investigation:

  • What particularly caught my eye here was his somewhat out-of-the-blue swipe at Keita, who Mikemikev has singled out for criticism here on another alt (Cadada, in that case.)
  • Also, in the same diff, note the nearly-identical argument about people holding their views for "especially career development reasons" here vs. "maybe your career depends on pushing this stuff" here.
  • Focusing on arguments over race as an infrasubspecific grouping as defined by the ICZN, here vs here and here.
  • Harsh criticism of the term 'essentialist' (a common way of delimiting views on race), here vs. here - a SPI was never completed on that user since it's so stale, but I think it's clear enough (eg. usual fixation on "Lewontin's fallacy", which is a fairly obscure term.) Aquillion (talk) 23:17, 13 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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14 October 2017

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Same kind of pattern of trolling and hostility and WP:GREATWRONGS/WP:TRUTH, at Race (human classification) [172] and Race (biology) [173]. See especially [174], [175], and [176]. I'm not the first to suspect this is another sock (@Flyer22 Reborn:), but thought it worth filing the report.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ<  18:19, 14 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Switched to an IP, making the same kinds of posts [177].  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ<  02:56, 15 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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  • At least  Possible, but beyond that  Inconclusive. ~ Rob13Talk 00:18, 15 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • Clear indications this is someone's sock:
    • Something of a warcry at User:Rupert the Frog: "I am everywhere. I cannot be stopped."
    • Made a bee-line for race and intelligence related articles, and another one under discretionary sanctions; user talk page is a pile of warnings.
    • Now posting as an anon IP since the sock finger was pointed.
 — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ<  02:55, 15 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@BU Rob13: in case you still around today and want to check the IP.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ<  02:58, 15 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@SMcCandlish: Per the privacy policy, we cannot link an IP to an account, so there's nothing to do from a CheckUser standpoint. A clerk or administrator can make a determination based on behavior. ~ Rob13Talk 03:01, 15 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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@BU Rob13: I've blocked and tagged both accounts as socks of Mikemikev.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Doug Weller (talk • contribs) 16:00, 15 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

17 October 2017

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Returned only a day or so after the last sock was blocked, ran straight for Race (human classification) to post yet another unreliable source (an opinion-piece blog) [179]. No other edits.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ<  21:12, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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17 October 2017

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DUCK... back to same page talking in same section as last sock EvergreenFir (talk) 22:35, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Sro23 and Ivanvector: Adding Vekimekim (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) to the list. Can we have a CU done? EvergreenFir (talk) 22:41, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Footnote. This was an attempted impersonation of User:Deleet. Mathsci (talk) 08:04, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked, will leave tagging and anything else to you. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 22:40, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

18 October 2017

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Seems to have picked right back up at Talk:Race (biology) where Rupert the Frog left off. Also this. GMGtalk 17:20, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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15 December 2017

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Same snarky "I think I'm terribly ironic and clever" gadfly WP:NOT#FORUM behavior at Talk:Race (human categorization) [180], [181] See in particular: "So I then deleted 18 older article[ citation]s that were anti-race. This did not go over well." This is an explicit admission to being the same party.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ<  13:34, 15 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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I do not think that this is Mikemikev. The reference to a posting of ArtifexMayhem (17 February 2015) in one of the diffs was to comments in response to 24.44.181.147 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). That IP was blocked as an ipsock of banned user Tholzel (talk · contribs). That North American IP is from the same ISP as the current IP, continues the same narrative, so is almost certainly Tholzel and not Mikemikev, who currently uses either London University IPs or café internet providers, such as Cloud. Mathsci (talk) 14:09, 15 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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24 December 2017

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More rantings on Talk:Race and intelligence ([182] [183]) and attacks on other users in classic Mikemikev fashion. [184] [185] Sro23 (talk) 00:12, 24 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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12 February 2018

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Brought here by this edit, the fifth edit by this user was on my talk page... and the first edit outside the user's own user space.

Name and user page are reminiscent of past socks. See edit history on user page. Past socks had user pages like these: [186], [187], [188]

Honestly this is possibly just a troll (see User:RespectWamen/sandbox), but the names and coming straight to my talk page and their knowledge of Wiki syntax ([189]) makes me think it's someone who has a history here like Mikemikev.

A CU might be helpful, but I'm thinking the data are stale so I'm not officially requesting one. EvergreenFir (talk) 15:19, 12 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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RespectWamen is Red X Unrelated. However, they are related to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Yournewsboy where I will post my findings. Closing here.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:42, 12 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

23 April 2018

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Brand new account immediately posting trollish comments on Talk:Race (human categorization) complaining about pseduoscience? Sounds like Mikemikev's MO (e.g., past sock Special:Contributions/BT35). Would argue DUCK, but also will point out similarities:

Not sure of CU data is stale, but requesting a look for confirmation given user's history of socking EvergreenFir (talk) 18:09, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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13 May 2018

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Doug Weller talk 16:10, 13 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed  Blocked and tagged also adding User:Go to the corner CU blocked a week ago. Doug Weller talk 16:10, 13 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

13 July 2018

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Same pattern as usual: making bogus "biological" claims about race that cannot be found in reliable sources, and railing on about a sociology conspiracy among WP editors, at Talk:Race (human categorization). Disruptive activity noted at WP:AE#Han jo jo.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  23:41, 12 July 2018 (UTC)  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  00:53, 13 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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16 July 2018

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User name similar to past socks (Preferred Pronoun, My Happy Safe Space, Precious Feelings). User immediately added user boxes top user page, similar to socks listed. Immediately started casting aspersions when warned, and even mentioned a city inn England [194] (mikemikev lives/lived in England). Ping me if more details are needed EvergreenFir (talk) 02:57, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Somehow this brand new user knows how to use {{ping}}, the abbreviation SPI, and how to view contribs of another user: [195] EvergreenFir (talk) 03:23, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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This is Architect 134 (talk · contribs · count). Blocked and closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:44, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

29 July 2018

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The usual. Picked up exactly where he left off after the last sock (Han Jo Jo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)) was blocked, at Talk:Race (human categorization)#Infrasubspecific divisions have taxonomic significance [196]. Not doing anything constructive, just more personal attacks.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  18:24, 29 July 2018 (UTC)  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  18:24, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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19 August 2018

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WP:FTN#Race (human categorization) seems rather suspect... thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 10:40, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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22 September 2018

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Typical trolling sock (and often borrowing names) on those topics, only current edit though: [197]; please consider a WP:NOTHERE block anyway if not a match... Also likely a username violation because of impersonation. Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 11:28, 22 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick response, —PaleoNeonate – 12:15, 22 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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08 October 2018

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User came along to pick up a 3-month-old discussion right where the previous blocked user left off. Seems to have the same confrontational attitude and knows WP too well to be a brand newb. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 14:17, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Compare [198] & [199] by Bobby Kwan to the unblock request by Han Jo Jo here. Same immediate jump to "liar" as their insult of choice, same focus on berating others rather than any actual argumentation. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 14:24, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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05 September 2019

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In reviewing Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Mikemikev, this seems like a DUCK to me. I'd ask for CU, but I don't know if there are any fresh enough socks to compare to (certainly not in the SPI archive).

This user's first edit was on Talk:Race_and_intelligence#Mainstream_view_in_biology, a perennial haunt of Mikemikev. In it, the user complains about strawmen, "voting", and sociologists. I'll provide diffs momentarily. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:05, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

SDPhelps wrote:

"The current mainstream view in the social sciences and biology is that race is a social construction based on folk ideologies that construct groups based on social disparities and superficial physical characteristics." This is referenced to a 2008 article. This is surely a question of fact, not voting? Race as used by the people these people seek to strawman is defined by shared ancestry rather than superficial characteristics, as it always was, from Blumenbach through Darwin. No amount of voting can change that. Where in the article does it say most biologists agree with this? Most sociologists might, but it is really not their field (needless to say they are all wrong, it is not a matter of opinion).

This closely matches the comments of past socks. Compare this to:

EvergreenFir (talk) 18:16, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bbb23 blocked Essentially Dave (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) as a CU block but no comment on the sockmaster. This user made similar edits to Mikemikev (e.g., [207]), including commenting on Doug Weller's user talk page. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:22, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You're slipping, EvergreenFir (smile), I blocked ED on June 12 and tagged the account on the same day.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:28, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Bbb23: That I am! I blame the start of the semester. I only looked at the block log, not the user page. That was my bad. :) EvergreenFir (talk) 18:31, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) Not a bad excuse. The block log will have something in it in generally two circumstances: if the block occurred from an SPI, or if I block a sock of an LTA outside a case and don't want to tag, I often put the master's name in the block form.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:38, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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18 October 2019

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Rather WP:DUCK here, but here are some diffs: Von Clown (tagged as blocked sockpuppet) makes a long post on Talk:Race_(human_categorization) commenting on "shared ancestry" and uses the term "taxa". Mbutu Collins does the same here. Compare this to the use of "taxa" mentioned in the archives as well.

CU requested given history of socking EvergreenFir (talk) 20:14, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed to previous socks. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:31, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

13 February 2021

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I was recently emailed about a Mikemikev sock-puppet. Mikemikev has a long history of trolling the Race (human categorization) talk-page arguing with other editors [208]. ‎ For example, he did that on his account Mbutu Collins and many others going back years. The talking points on Redundant Farmhand seem to match what Mikemikev has written on many of his other socks such as Mbutu Collins. He seems to have an obsession with defending pseudoscientific race ideas of Blumenbach [209] compared to [210] and [211]. He does that on three accounts Redundant Farmhand and Retired Farmer and Beet Farmer which match edits made on Mbutu Collins. Psychologist Guy (talk) 23:47, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

On an un-related note an IP [212] in this edit [213] has stated that BerlinburgerTor is a sock of Mikemikev. But this is only a suspicion. I do not list it above because the other accounts (Redundant Farmhand, Retired Farmer) there is much stronger behavioural evidence they are Mikemikev. Psychologist Guy (talk) 23:52, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Update - Another obvious sock of Mikemikev is Beet Farmer Psychologist Guy (talk) 00:01, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Also compare this comment by Redundant Farmhand [214] to Beet Farmer [215] they use the same talking points and the word "bizarre". Psychologist Guy (talk) 00:04, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Blocked Redundant Farmhand. I left the stale accounts alone because there's no point in blocking abandoned throwaways, but if they become active again, please re-report. Sro23 (talk) 00:07, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I was recently emailed by someone who has been looking out for Mikemikev socks on Wikipedia. I filed a previous SPI against Mikemikev last month. He was on the account Redundant Farmhand arguing about race on the Race (human categorization) talk-page. He was blocked on the 14 February.

I believe the information I received is accurate that Angillo and Spork Wielder are socks of Mikemikev. This user has a long history of editing the Race and intelligence and History of the race and intelligence controversy talk-pages on short-lived accounts.

Mikemikev has a long history going back years of editing the Race and intelligence article on different socks. Spork Wielder and Angillo use the exact same writing style and arguments of Mikemikev. Spork Wielder was a single purpose throwaway account. Angillo joined Wikipedia only yesterday to continue where Spork Wielder left off. As another use noted Angillo is merely re-initiating the same discussion as the one Spork Wielder had made above on the race and intelligence talk-page [216]. Mikemikev has had hundreds of socks. I think the admins must be aware of what his arguing style is about race. The behavior on both accounts ticks all the boxes that this is Mikemikev. Psychologist Guy (talk) Psychologist Guy (talk) 00:57, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed to one another:
Angillo (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Distelfinck (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
The two accounts are  Unlikely/ Inconclusive to the master. The last logs I could pull were from 12 years ago, and were in a completely different geolocation. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:30, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

16 April 2021

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DUCK on behavior. Brand new accounts going right for Talk:Race and intelligence and using words like "ethnomarxist". Last Mikemikev sock on that page was blocked just a few weeks ago. CU requested for confirmation EvergreenFir (talk) 17:50, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

+1 to this. I was coming here to file the same request. Not just a DUCK in terms of tone, content and rhetorical strategy, but I've also noticed some similar speech patterns between this account and Mikemikev's most recent proven sock Spork Wielder, e.g. the use of "nonsense". See e.g. [217] versus [218]. Generalrelative (talk) 19:57, 17 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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28 April 2021

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(this is the user's entire editing history)

A brand new editor jumps into mikemike's favorite article to hurl abuse and accusations all around. And worst of all; incompetently stealing my jokes. I've seen this behavior a few times before, from accounts that ended up blocked as socks, so here we are. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:11, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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05 May 2021

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Doug Weller talk 18:33, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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@Doug Weller: I looked at the single contribution of Jimmy Croquette [227] and noticed a suspicious similarity with a comment by Markbassett at Talk:Race and intelligence just a few hours prior: [228]. Note: 1) the use of "Cheers" by both accounts, and 2) that Jimmy Croquette appears to be referring to the same RfC where Markbassett is in the extreme minority, and that Jimmy Croquette is pushing essentially the same position. I'm not suggesting that this is a slam dunk by any means (really, the main clue is "Cheers"), but perhaps worth check-user? If they are indeed the same person it would be especially serious because Markbassett is an extended-confirmed account. If both are Mikemikev it would mean that this notorious sockmaster has been using a "legit" account for many years. Generalrelative (talk) 19:28, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • I've had quite a few run-ins with Markbassett over the years. He's often borderline (and sometimes fully) incoherent. He always supports conservative/religious/right-wing positions, and to the best of my recollection, is always civil and frequently stops responding if he seems to be losing an argument.
I can say that, in my experience, Markbassett and Mikemikev do not behave alike. However, I would add that, were a person like Mikemikev (because of course, I've met a dozen others just like him; these sorts of people are never anywhere near as creative as they think they are) trying to disguise their behavior, the result would, in my opinion, look very much like Markbassett.
If someone were asking me to weigh in on the behavioral evidence, I would have to say that I could go either way. Should a CU be run, neither result would surprise me. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 20:28, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • The more I look into this the more I'm doubting my original suspicion. For one, Mikemikev appears to have been radicalized around 2009, but Markbassett began editing in 2006. There would have been no reason for sockpuppeting back then. Plus I noticed that Markbassett never punctuates "Cheers" when signing off whereas Mikemikev usually does. I'm going to chalk up this recent coincidence to chance and withdraw my suggestion above. Generalrelative (talk) 03:49, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed  Blocked and tagged textual evidence makes it very likely this is Mikemikev, see for instance the unblock request by Samuel Collingsworth. Also Jimmy Croquette. Doug Weller talk 19:06, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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A clear WP:DUCK for notorious sockmaster Mikemikev. See communication style, obsession with race, use of the word "nonsense" [229] (cf. e.g. [230] and [231]). See also this rhetorical strategy: Do Wikipedia editors trump academic sources now? [232] versus e.g. Are you implying that Wikipedia is a reliable source? [233] or All you people are doing is putting words in the mouths of experts [234]. Pinging User:Doug Weller since I know he's been following these cases. Generalrelative (talk) 20:38, 9 May 2021 (UTC) Generalrelative (talk) 20:38, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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10 May 2021

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Right after the Churchyard Dog sock was blocked, he continued [235] the same conversation [236], but as Antique Hatstand.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  08:04, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Oh look, the sock has continued talking. IP 84.58.163.202 continued on the same discussion again. Techie3 (talk) 11:16, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed  Blocked and tagged Doug Weller talk 10:22, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

17 May 2021

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Doug Weller talk 14:44, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed  Blocked and tagged Doug Weller talk 14:44, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

20 May 2021

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This IP has only made a single edit, posting this charming message on my talk page: You disgusting tranny freaks should be placed in concentration camps and gassed. [237] Obviously Mikemikev is not the only person who posts such things, but when I looked up the IP location [238] I saw that it's very close to the location of Mikemikev's most recent IP sock [239] (see this archived case). One thing that's interesting about this new IP is that it's apparently a corporate internet account. I'm not sure if this information is useful in coming up with a strategy to prevent further disruption from this sockmaster, but I thought it might be worth reporting. Generalrelative (talk) 21:01, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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04 July 2021

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See their contributions. Classic Mikemikev. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 14:58, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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10 August 2021

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Mikemikev has a long history of editing the Race (human categorization) article talk-page and others with accounts with "farmer" in the name such as Badger Farmer [240] Beet Farmer [241] or Redundant Farmhand [242]. The recent account RedundantFarmer edited this same article [243].

Mikemikev also has a history of impersonating far-right individuals such as Edward Dutton, Richard Lynn or Emil Kirkegaard (he sometimes spoofs their usernames), for example [244]. The recent "Emil O. W. Kirkegaard" reads as typical Mikemikev trolling, attacking other editors as being 'communists' [245]. Both the RedundantFarmer and Emil O. W. Kirkegaard accounts edited the same article talk-page within minutes of each other [246]. This is very likely to be Mikemikev creating multiple accounts on a VPN service which he has confessed to using. Psychologist Guy (talk) 17:26, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Looks to be a SP for purposes of block evasion, as seen on page OpenPsych. Pax Verbum 23:32, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I'm guessing this is meat puppetry, not sockpuppetry. All it takes is a social media post with a link to send people over to Wikipedia to vandalize. The accounts are blocked, I think if a CU check is done, they'll all be the same person but I don't know if it is Mikemikev. But that might not matter. Liz Read! Talk! 05:58, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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16 November 2021

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Behaviorally a WP:DUCK for Mikemikev.[247] Some similarity in the name to previous sock Antique Hatstand. Now that Talk:Race and intelligence is unprotected again it's especially important to be vigilant for disruption of this kind. Generalrelative (talk) 14:06, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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11 December 2021

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Doug Weller talk 17:09, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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edits and geolocation suggest Mikemikev, these are all CU confirmed as socks. I'm not sure how to tag them as they are suspected socks of Mikemikev but all socks of the oldest account which I think is Green Substance, created Nov 2nd. Found these several days ago, real life delayed my coming here (DuskDuck is more recent and seems to have been proclaiming their sock status with a large cartoon duck on their userpage going "QuackQuack". Doug Weller talk 17:09, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

30 December 2022

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Doug Weller talk 15:02, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Of these Donny Frost is the earliest and all are CU confirmed as the same editor. CU and other evidence strongly indicates these are socks of Mikemikev and I will add to CUWiki. All blocked. Doug Weller talk 15:02, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

03 January 2023

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Doug Weller talk 10:00, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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as before, CU and other evidence strongly indicates these are socks of Mikemikev. And CU confirmed as socks of User:Donny Frost Doug Weller talk 10:00, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

26 February 2023

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Doug Weller talk 17:03, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Two already blocked, all are CU confirmed to each other and to User:Caucasoid Dave who was confimed to User:Donny Frost. Will block Pongo the fifth now. Doug Weller talk 17:03, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

27 February 2023

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Doug Weller talk 15:41, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Yuck.  Confirmed to earlier socks Dave Entwhistle, EinsteinPlagiarist and Pongo the Fifth. I'm one of his usual targets also.  Blocked and tagged — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doug Weller (talk • contribs) 15:41, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

13 March 2023

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Doug Weller talk 14:37, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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CU confirmed sock Doug Grave.  Blocked and tagged Doug Weller talk 14:37, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

24 March 2023

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Another obvious sock at Talk:Eyferth study MrOllie (talk) 16:03, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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09 August 2024

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This account was recently created editing the Helmuth Nyborg article so I decided to look up the name on Wikipedia. In 2017 the user Mikemikev was using the name "Emil Kirkegaard" as seen here [248]. I believe this is another impersonation. According to his archive [249] "This was an attempted impersonation of User:Deleet". Off-Site both Mikemikev and Emil Kirkegaard are involved in promoting far-right material. This new account is likely impersonation from Mikemikev or an attempt at meat-puppetry. I believe the account should be blocked. Psychologist Guy (talk) 18:38, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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13 October 2024

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Radfelate is not a new user, they claim to have been editing Wikipedia for 20 years [250].

Mikemikev has been evading his ban on many different accounts going back over a decade on the Race (human categorization) talk-page. A scan through the history of the talk-page [251], reveals many of his previous socks: Richard Calthrope, Bogestra Bob, Verena Boddenberg, Alan B. Samuels, Cheesecake Denier, Badger Farmer, Redundant Farmhand, Pant Wrangler, Beet Farmer, Retired Farmer, Mbutu Collins, Essentially Dave, Von Clown, David Smyth5, Rupert the Frog, Dave Davidson, Peasant in Suit, BanjoBruce I have traced these back to 2013, I could go further but you get the idea.

All of the above accounts edited the Race (human categorization) talk-page almost exclusively and hardly any other articles and make the same arguments.

I believe this account is quite obviously Mikemikev evading his block. This has been going on for many years on the same Race (human categorization) talk-page. After 6 or 7 months he is at it again on a new account. A solution might be to update the talk-page with better protection. Psychologist Guy (talk) 18:44, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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26 March 2025

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Similar trolling to past socks like Raffelate (talk · contribs).[272] Regardless whether the user is just trolling by imitating Mikemikev or not, I would advise a permanent blog under WP:NONAZIS. AbolitionistGal (talk) 01:06, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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26 March 2025

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This is a new single-purpose account wwhich only edits within the race and intelligence CTOP. Edits have included James Flynn (academic), Charles Murray (political scientist), Dysgenics and Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study. From their first edit BronzeInc had a habit of marking substantive edits as minor.[273] [274] [275]

They will remove reliable sources that claim that a link between skin colour and IQ has been discredited as if this were an unacceptable POV bias. [276] [277]

Attempted to use Philippe Rushton as a source to justify revising Dysgenics to their preferred version. [278]

Almost all of their article-space edits have been reverted because of the obvious POV at play and, when we're dealing with a novel account pushing the Race and IQ POV I've got to start from the assumption it's Mikemikev again. Simonm223 (talk) 15:58, 26 March 2025 (UTC) Simonm223 (talk) 15:58, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adding some additional evidence:
  • Misinterprets source data, calls source misleading (such source was providing evidence against skin-colour based biological differences in IQ) [279]
  • Personalizes a content dispute wih another editor - describes a reliable source as containing weasel words and that its findings are misleading. [280]
  • This pattern is similar to [281] where the confirmed sock personalizes a dispute derived from a misinterpretation of research data that they believe supports the idea that skin colour correlates biologically with IQ. Simonm223 (talk) 12:01, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Technical details where useful differ from previous but this user is popping out in one of the same countries. Other details are not useful. Probably going to have to be decided on behavioral similarity. Izno (talk) 19:42, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • After reviewing the behavioral evidence, sockpuppetry is a distinct possibility but it doesn't seem conclusive enough for me to justify a block at this time. There are some behavioral quirks that I don't see in other confirmed socks I've looked at so I can't adequately rule out this user being another person who shares similar views. If the behavior itself is disruptive, that should be handled through the normal processes. no Closing without action, but a new case can be filed if there is future sock-like activity from this account. The WordsmithTalk to me 01:30, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]