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A milestone is coming...

According to the list of socks as of today, we are up to 990 blocked sockpuppets which equal heaven knows how much wasted time and effort this individual has caused us to spend in this four-year period.

Any bets as to when we hit the magic 1000? --PMDrive1061 (talk) 04:23, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

That number is long past, I'm afraid. The archive is at 990, but nothing everything has been archived. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:07, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Sheesh. Somehow, I was afraid of that. I left a note on the admin noticeboard suggesting special action and it seems my suggestion has been shot down as a "do not feed the trolls" issue. It's clear the admin didn't understand what was going on, so I left an explanation of this special nature of this problem. Feel free to weigh in if you'd like. Personally, I think simply blocking the keywords and key phrases he uses will lock him down without having to file a formal complaint with the IP. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 06:53, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

I heard that his mother responded. I have an idea: "If Mascotguy is unable to civilly abide by Misplaced Pages's rules, his mother needs to be at his side when he edits Misplaced Pages. She should guide him and/or change his words whenever possible. If he acts uncivilly and/or violates policies he may be blocked." Perhaps Mascotguy and his mom could be an editor team working under one name, with his mother there to ensure that he follows policies. WhisperToMe (talk) 07:31, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Adding his most common choice of phrases to the username blacklist doesn't seem like a good idea, could easily end up catching a lot of false positives and lead to the same issues as blocking the vast pool of IP addresses he has to hand. I think in some way, it might be close to impossible to stop him. Has a Checkuser been performed recently? I remember most accounts of his being registered from a university IP pool recently, I figure that contacting his ISP and university and controlling him that way would be the only thing we could do seeing as RBI is all we have here. treelo _radda 09:13, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

He's editing from a university? That tears it for me. This monkey has been playing us for fools for far too long now. I'll request a checkuser ASAP. It's high time this plug gets pulled. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 18:24, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Arbitary break

• Done. I'm not sure how to file a checkuser once others have been performed, so I've left word on the checkuser talk page as to how to proceed. Let's dim this guy's "glowball" once and for all. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 18:37, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm just trying to remember where I got the info that he was operating from a university now... He did move from CA to TX but that isn't what I'm thinking of. I'll do a little digging but it wasn't the most recent RFCU I did regarding him as they weren't particularly special. treelo _radda 19:09, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

No need to file a CheckUser requests because I already did it through side channels. The two IPs used in his last two batches of accounts were blocked for 3 months. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 21:42, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Alright then, guess he'll end up finding more or give in? treelo _radda 22:01, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

The possibility of him changing IPs is always there. I don't think he is going to give in and go away. Not his nature. If he doesn't change IPs, I suspect that we will see him disappear for three months and then be right back at it when the block expires. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 22:11, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Out of interest Gogo, who was the blocking admin for the IP addresses? treelo _radda 22:37, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

It was Alison and Luna Santin. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 23:13, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Good, thanks. treelo _radda 23:18, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Gogo, that is a relief to learn that the current IPs are blocked. Are these the same ones he's been using? There's also the matter of his location. His new IPs might be listed in Texas, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's left California. Both my home and work IPs are two different providers and both resolve to Virginia. If the little monster does come back in January to do his very special brand of nonsense, the IPs should be blocked until July. Just my two cents' worth. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 22:34, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

I figure that setting up blocks which run for 6 months is one method to stymie his "attacks" as is contacting his ISP if we know his possible last name as then he has no access to any of the MW sites, much less capable of editing anything and given enough time he could forget and move on. With Wikia around which he also edits though, it's unlikely. Much like spam, he might just end up being around forever and in lieu of an effective spam filter we only have RBI (but without the I) as part of our tools. treelo _radda 22:42, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Both IPs appears to be from California. Interestingly, one is a cable modem while the other is a DSL line. The DSL IP was blocked before as one of this IPs. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 23:13, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Re. Treelo's comment: If that original "e-mail username" is accurate, we have us a last name which I won't repeat here. In fact, we may have two. Another blocked sock is someone else's last name. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:43, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Why not cart it off to WP:ABUSE (besides it's a tortuously slow and rarely profitable procedure)? We got all the info we need so lets just tell the ISPs about the abuse and see what comes of it. treelo _radda 10:47, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

MascotGuy's Real Name is Derek

Freemasons know all! Masonic Guy (talk) 08:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

I know MG doesn't communicate ever so does he have a copycat now? treelo _radda 14:28, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

I think so. Just what we need.  :) --PMDrive1061 (talk) 20:47, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Caught in the crossfire

It's somewhat too late to be pointing this out, but User:EE Guy was almost certainly not a MascotGuy sockpuppet. Consider EE Guy's contributions. (Noted due to Borky's comment here.) A minor point in regards to the affair as a whole, but probably rather significant to Borky. -Stelio (talk) 08:10, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

I've removed EE Guy from the account list. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 19:31, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

I was thinking more of restoring the poor guy's account or at least apologising to him. :-D But thank you very much for the fast response. (I should note that I have no vested interest in this case. It was just something I noticed in passing.) Keep up the great work! Thanks. -Stelio (talk) 23:53, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

EE Guy was blocked by the Arbitration Committee back in 2005. Only a resolution by the current ArbCom can overturn the block. The account is so old, there is really nothing that needs to be done with it besides remove it from the MG account listings. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 01:40, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

A possible new sock?

Haein45 seems to fit the pattern, but I'll leave it those more experienced in dealing with MascotGuy as to whether or not it is him. (If it is, he seems to have switched naming conventions for himself.) --BlueSquadronRaven 21:34, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

No, I don't think that's him. As you mentioned, the naming convention isn't correct and the pattern of edits doesn't match his usual style either. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 21:46, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm not so sure. The edits are pretty much his style, and it's a new account that went right into making edits of this type. He tends to make subtle ones at first that then balloon into problem ones. Also, this is not the first time, particularly on List of Atomic Betty Characters, that I've seen a new account come up, make edits, and then disappear. I'm just hoping it's not a copycat, or a switch in tactics to throw us off. --BlueSquadronRaven 22:22, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

I still don't think it's him. It's a new naming convention and he didn't create the usual pile of accounts. One thing about MG is that he is consistent. Additionally, there was a CheckUser done on MG's last account and it did not pick up this other editor. Sometimes coincidences just happen. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:39, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

While looking in the Recent changes log (due to the database lag making my watchlist unusable) I noticed Letters to MascotGuy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) created One Night in Bangkok Guy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) at 03:57 UTC. Bidgee (talk) 04:10, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Noticed they are blocked now, Really this database issue isn't making it easy. Bidgee (talk) 04:12, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

May 2010

These accounts were seen today, only reporting becasue of the "Guy" in the user name.

• User:Sweet 'n' Sour Love Magic Guy
  
• User:Easy Rider Guy
  

This is a copy of the relevant line from the User creation log:

01:44, 24 May 2010 Sweet 'n' Sour Love Magic Guy (talk | contribs) created new account User:Easy Rider Guy (talk | contribs)

--220.101.28.25 (talk) 22:02, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

• I have reposted this at Misplaced Pages talk:Sockpuppet investigations, in case it gets missed, and as I am unsure of the correct venue.
  Regards, 220.101.28.25 (talk) 02:29, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Concerned about user:Giusex27sc

It appears that he may be a sock puppet. Definitely seems to fit the pattern and has "guy" in his username. --Rockstonetalk to me! 18:34, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

He's baaack!!

He's baaack!! Look at his edits here, if you don't believe. Sure enough, it's our little friend, or enemy, rather. Oh, and he attacked my wiki too, creating variants on Chrysler Guy as a name. He also spams loveshack.org as well under the name "pteromom" so I believe. --NigelHowells (talk) 16:26, 14 August 2014 (UTC)