I don't know who this might be, but my spidey sense is going off. Do you know anyone who's very interested in tagging game engines? I already ran a check because I thought it was Tkgood, and it's almost certainly not him. A few other accounts came up on the same IP, some of whom strike me as a bit spammy, but I'm still not sure what's going on. I guess I figure to just let it go and see what happens if you don't recognize this as a sock. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:53, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@NinjaRobotPirate Doesn't immediately match any patterns I'm aware of. The logged out editing is obvious even without CU, but I don't see any crossing of paths with anyone I'm familiar with. -- ferret (talk) 02:45, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
References-related question
Hello Ferret! I am Amogh Tripathi. Remember, you blocked me for "Persistent addition of unsourced content" in June 2024? Anyways, since I am new and am not an very experienced editor, please tell me if images can be added as a reference or not? If yes, how? Waiting for your reply😊
Amogh Tripathi (talk) 12:51, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Amogh Tripathi Images are pretty poor as sources. There are some cases where you could use one, such as an image of a graph or perhaps an image from a study on an animal demonstrating it's appearance... but in almost all those cases, you could just reference the source containing the image. Image boards like imgur are WP:USERG and definitely unreliable though. -- ferret (talk) 14:28, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I might not use images as a reference already containing text (like a paragraph as you just mentioned). I asked this because sometimes credits for a game might not be readily available as a reliable source and if the credits are directly taken from a game as an image and then used as a reference, Wikipedia will become more informative. Also, please tell me how to add images as a reference because I have no knowledge about using images as a reference. Waiting for your reply😊 Amogh Tripathi (talk) 16:53, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So, today I had undone a non-neutral opinion on the Catalonia page done by someone who is under investigation for sock puppetry, and then they are claiming I am a “sockpuppet” just because I undid their edits restoring to a neutral stand point, not their edits of a non-neutral point. And the fact that I stated my opinion from doing my own little investigation, and then they fire back makes a negative look in my opinion. I felt I would bring this to your attention as your an admin. They had came into my own talk page just which makes it even worse and uncomfortable for me.
I have warned him on his talk page about his multi-reversions on the Catalunya page and he continues to revert content. It should be blocked by 33R Panenkazo (talk) 19:13, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Ferret, I'm contacting you in regards to a possible sockupuppet. There is a user named "Darthnote" who primarily edits track listings in music articles. Their track record of editing is eerily similar to a banned user named "EmeraldWicket9947". Throughout the years "EmeraldWicket9947" has created multiple accounts that are now blocked/banned. Whenever this user creates a new account they target music articles and edit track listings/album covers. A few accounts made by "EmeraldWicket9947" includes "Friendlyhelper9949". I might be wrong but could you look into this and see if "Darthnote" is "EmeraldWicket9947" A.K.A. "Friendlyhelper9949" A.K.A "BeDefining" etc. OkIGetIt20 (talk) 17:25, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed and blocked. @ToBeFree just as info, this sleeper became active after you blocked the underlying IP. Might need more sweeping but I do not have time right now. @Ad Orientem as info. -- ferret (talk) 18:49, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
