Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Brunodam

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[edit] User:Brunodam

Suspected sockpuppeteer

Brunodam (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log · rfcu)

Suspected sockpuppets

Pannonicus (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
BurtReed (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Marygiove (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
ItaliaIrredenta (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

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Dionix (talk) 00:36, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Evidence

• Brunodam has a sockpuppetry history, see [1]
• Same interests, all at the same time: They all go through "dry spells" and then "reappear" simultaneously.
• Always related to propogation of Italian irredentism and its facets. Promotion of colonialism as a grand representation of Italian people is a common thread.
• Same tone and language. They all write English in an "Italian" style. For example, BurtReed says "you want to critic only the italian template" and "Remember that fascism and irredentism are dead since WWII". Brunodam also starts phrases with "Remember that..." and says things like "Why we did the arbitration on Dalmatia?". They all write "italian"- a common English mistake by Italians.
• All have interests in the same topics, almost exclusively dealing with Italian irredentism: Fourth Shore, Greater Italia, Italian Dalmatians, Italian Tunisian, Nizzardo Italians, Italian cultural and historic presence in Dalmatia, etc. as well as the specific, unrelated topics of Salerno and the very obscure Pompeo D'Ambrosio (coincidence? I don't think so!)
• BurtReed was created when Pannonicus and Brunodam were losing ground on Italian cultural and historic presence in Dalmatia (see [2]
• Both Brunodam and BurtReed say "ask for a check up of our IP" as a threat. See [3] and [4]

Comments

There are also various anon IP numbers (too many to list), mostly from Broomfield, Colorado but sometimes New Jersey, that are likely Brunodam (work-related travel might explain New Jersey?).(for example [5] [6] [7]) Dionix (talk) 00:36, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

• To add to the story, there was also User:Marygiove, blocked as a sock of User:Giovanni Giove (See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive398#Insulting_and_etiquetting), when I think she was very likely another of Bruno's, judging by the 4.231 IP address - see [8] [9]. Regards, AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 17:35, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
• I also noticed the striking similarity in grammar errors. Not only are the mistakes and phrases virtually the same, but the "level" of proficiency in the English language is identical. We're talking about the same pattern of expression here. Incredible. Brunodam also used excuses such as "hospitalization" to switch between alter-egos. --DIREKTOR ^(TALK) 00:08, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
• I added one more, User:ItaliaIrredenta, who is "new" but is promoting the same nonsense. The name alone is telling. I think this user is a previously blocked user. Dionix (talk) 21:11, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Conclusions

Brunodam blocked a week socks indef. In addition to the above, notice the sequential start/stop dates of their edits. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:07, 24 May 2008 (UTC)