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

• Juan.Alvarez6 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Agnolotti, ravioli, and beef Stroganoff's histories this month sum this up. These two users are pushing nearly identical esoteric POVs about French origin of different foods (that you're probably now craving). The two accounts may well be right (and there is a clearly unrelated antagonistic editor whose behavior is not exemplary) but the conceptual overlap is striking. Julietdeltalima (talk) 13:07, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Possible from a technical perspective. Courcelles (talk) 17:07, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Blocked both after examining behavior with the technical data. (And something strange that I’d be happy to point out to another CU privately, but can’t say here.) Courcelles (talk) 12:27, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Tagged accounts, closing. Spicy (talk) 15:49, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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• 84.115.215.255 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
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Obstinate undoing of 2 pages, ignoring previous versions info and strangely aware of Xiaomichel even though they've only edited for several days Silverleaf81 (talk) 16:29, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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• IP hasn't edited in a few days. Feel free to report again if they reactivate. Spicy (talk) 15:51, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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• Melissa.tolu (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• 2A02:8388:8C04:6D80:F93E:E9E2:D56:41A0 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 84.115.216.219 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
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Melissa.tolu is quacking: a new user making exactly ten edits (mostly quick MOS:OVERLINKs) then restoring Xiaomichel's earlier edit to the semi-protected Croissant article. Account was created an hour after Xiomichel's edit was reverted. Belbury (talk) 14:09, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Adding User:2A02:8388:8C04:6D80:F93E:E9E2:D56:41A0 and User:84.115.216.219, who restored some other Xiaomichel edits shortly after this SPI was raised against Melissa.tolu. --Belbury (talk) 17:11, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Confirmed with respect to the named user(s).  No comment with respect to IP address(es). Blocked and tagged Courcelles (talk) 14:38, 30 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Blocked the IPv4 for one week (the IPv6 range is already blocked). Man, some people get really mad about food. Spicy (talk) 22:34, 30 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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• Aila.Rot (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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New user directly restoring most of the blocked user's past edits to Agnolotti, as their first edit ([1], [2]) Belbury (talk) 17:20, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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• Now blocked. Tagged account, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:24, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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• Mikerivas93 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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A new user repeating Xiaomichel's unhelpful style of editing: changing an article to say that some piece of broad European cuisine was definitely invented in France alone and/or that a recipe was "first recorded" in France, citing throwaway lines in cookbooks which don't always support the statement, or a historical French primary source to inappropriately support the claim that the source itself was the "first record" of a recipe.

Xiaomichel edited the puff pastry article to talk up France over Spain in December 2022 ([3]). IP User:91.67.123.120 restored part of Xiaomichel's edit in June when it had been reverted ([4]) and added the Let's Eat France! cookbook as a source ([5]). Mikerivas93 is now adding that same cookbook as a source ([6]) to the same article. Belbury (talk) 09:02, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Confirmed to each other:

• RemiKrisai (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Mikerivas93 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

• There is probably proxy use going on, so while it seems this is  Unrelated to this case based on CU evidence it is more likely to be  Inconclusive. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 13:08, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Blocking the confirmed accounts without tags - creating multiple accounts to edit war at different articles isn't cool, whether they're connected to this case or not. I don't see any more activity on the IP they used since Dreamy's check. Closing. Girth Summit _(blether) 11:54, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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• 93.23.197.91 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 81.185.168.37 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
• 67.52.114.76 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
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Once the page protection for Agnolotti expires, the user 93.23.197.91 consistently attempts to attribute the origin of this Italian dish to France, inserting misleading information not backed by robust sources. In addition its tactic is it opens new investigation against me and other people. I noticed that the user has started a new editwar on Agnolotti. I suspect that it is a sockpuppet of User_talk:Xiaomichel. I recall that the user and their sockpuppets have already been blocked for the reported misconduct. As to its talk page, the user has fraudulently attempted to attribute the origin of several other Italian dishes to France including ravioli. You can check also his old sockpuppet User:Juan.Alvarez6. Just for your information and to be honest, i was rightfully partially blocked in the past months for having cancelled the content by this individuals systematically but i have never used a sockpuppet in my life. This said, therefore, I request the user's block. Frukko (talk) 23:54, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Clerk declined - CheckUser evidence may not be used to connect IP addresses to accounts. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:55, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• There is no ongoing disruption from those (probably dynamic) IPs. Closing. Vanjagenije (talk) 16:26, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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• Sapsby (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Greyczech (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Eduadoros (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Oxbowa (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Each chooses a single/two related Italian food topics to avoid interaction, edits focus on making the food seem less associated with Italy (Xiaomichel's focus), first edit for all but Oxbowa was to turn user page blue.

Oxbowa at Orzo, changing content to indicate Italy not primary origin. Special:Diff/1233328373 "You are biased and think this is only Italian."

Greyczech at Nduja, addition of French etymology in lead sentence

Eduardos at Bagna Cauda, changing it from Italian to Provencal

Sapsby at Cappucino, changing it from Italian to Austrian. Valereee (talk) 13:57, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oxbowa is back at work: [7]. JacktheBrown (talk) 14:31, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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•  In progress - this isn't clearcut, but there are some threads I'm following. Girth Summit _(blether) 18:31, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• I'm not going to go into any details about my observations here; any CU considering an unblock request can look at my notes on cuwiki. I am going to reblock Xiaomichel for what I believe to improper use of socks (and an evasion of the one-account restriction they agreed to when they were last unblocked), as well as the following accounts:
  • Tammydems (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Gatunjohn (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Greyczech (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Janetdam (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Sapsby (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Eduadoros (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Gasesdoug (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Oxbowa (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• I'll note that there are a couple of other accounts that I'm suspicious of, but which have enough technical and behavioural differences to give me pause; if any other accounts start doing similar stuff, come back. Girth Summit _(blether) 19:25, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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