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• 37.48.25.177 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
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It might not be possible to tell for sure, but see this "manifesto", and this weird rant; where an admin blocked the IP as an obvious sock. might be a sock as well.

Also, the manifesto basically is taunting us, saying we're not going to stop him from trolling. -- Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 16:48, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• CU  Check declined – Checkusers will not link accounts to IPs, per the privacy policy. 2/3 IPs are already blocked. I don't think 37.48.25.177 is related - wrong geolocation and it just looks like random vandalism. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 03:28, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• 98.45.116.157 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)) ( Clerk note: original case name)
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As per Wikipedia:The duck test Moxy- 21:03, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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@Drmies: original blocker.Moxy- 21:06, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@KrakatoaKatie: blocker of last sock IP.Moxy- 21:09, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Why do I feel he's eventually going to become an entry in WP:LTA? (Hopefully not, though). -- Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 22:23, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• You're really not fooling anyone, MBMAD. Please find a new hobby.  IP blocked 3 days; please let me know (or report to AIV with a link to this comment) if disruption resumes. Also, @Moxy: Please remember to file under the name of the sockmaster, not the sockpuppet (where "sockmaster" means the oldest named account). I've merged the cases for you this time. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she/they) 21:09, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  ooohhh had no clue this was not the first account...my bad. Moxy- 21:10, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Strictly speaking this isn't the first account either. That would be Awolf58 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), about a year older than MBMAD. (@admins see their interest in the same woman's breasts.) But given that MBMAD is the better-known username and the one they were banned under, I've chosen to leave the case at this name. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she/they) 21:16, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Mrbeastmodeallday (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) ( Clerk note: original case name)

• Mayson.Jones (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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• MrbeastANI (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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I observed the abuse filter logs, and noticed that Mayson.Jones was disallowed by edit filters from making changes to other editors' user pages. The user's first edits were attempts to add sock puppetry templates to the user space of other accounts. This is obviously suspicious, as this user is definitely not new. I also noted that a discussion at ANI involving this user was occurring here. After investigating the technical data, the list of users is a result of the investigation and findings. All accounts are indefinitely blocked and tagged; this SPI report is being filed retro-actively for historical and record-keeping purposes, and will be closed upon submission. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:00, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• All listed accounts are  Confirmed to one another. They all edited from the same IP range and with the exact same user agent with an older OS installed. All accounts are indefinitely blocked and tagged; this SPI report can be closed... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:01, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Qhnbgjt (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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I just declined a check against Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/CafeGurrier66, but looking closer at the matter, I think there's a case to be made for one against Awolf58/Mrbeastmodeallday. This edit removing MBMAD's name at Talk:United States is incredibly suspicious, and the subsequent targeting of CactiStaccingCrane, who had been professing strength in the face of MBMAD's disruption, is in-line with MBMAD's recent harassment of various perceived enemies. The generally CIR-ish behavior in projectspace is as fitting for MBMAD as it is for CafeGurrier. Focus is on articles about countries or other major topics and their talk pages, like MBMAD. Many edits adding links to "X in <country>" on country articles [1] [2] [3], much like MBMAD [4] [5] [6]. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 06:49, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Self-endorsed by clerk for checkuser attention. Note that MBMAD has previously said that he has been driving all around the San Francisco Bay Area using random WiFi networks to sock from. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 06:49, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• At least  Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely). Inconclusive IP information. See cuwiki. KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 09:42, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Given the proxying-by-highway, possilikely is the best I was hoping for here. And given that Qhnbgjt's edits have been disruptive independent of any sockpuppetry question, and that if they aren't MBMAD they're almost certainly someone else,  Blocked and tagged as suspected. Closing. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 10:06, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Qhnbgit (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• MisterBeastModeAllDay (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• 98.51.124.66 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
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IP may be of use if range blocks considered, otherwise two rather obvious socks on Talk:United States. Slywriter (talk) 13:53, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Blocked and tagged the named accounts. The IP can be blocked if they continue to edit; thus far, they have made only one edit. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:20, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• I just blocked and tagged Mr. Beast Mode 24-7 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki).--Bbb23 (talk) 16:53, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• TrooperStarship (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Conexion Espacial (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Simbulation (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Something is clearly up with these 3, but are they Awolf58/Mrbeastmodeallday? Targeting MBMAD's perennial haunt of Talk:United States and recent target CactiStaccingCrane's most-edited article, SpaceX Starship. I'm just about ready to block on behavioral, and may yet do so, but CU would be nice to confirm they're at least in the same geographical area. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 20:39, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• They are targeting me, given that I am a main contributor at SpaceX Starship. Qhnbgit has filed a frivolous report at the admin noticeboard, which is about a NASASpaceFlight.com thread here. The names "Conexion Espacial", "Simbulation" and "TrooperStarship" (reverse of "StarshipTrooper" at NSF) are taken from users commenting there. User:Starship of SpaceX (pretty obvious about who's targeting) has also thank-spammed me, checking at here. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 02:35, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Self-endorsed by clerk for checkuser attention. As with last time, I don't expect anyone to be a perfect match, but knowing that they're within driving distance of one another would be beneficial. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 20:39, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
•  In progress - — TNT (talk • she/her) 20:42, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Simbulation, Conexion Espacial and TrooperStarship are fairly  Likely, but  Behavioural evidence needs evaluation — TNT (talk • she/her) 20:46, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Behavioral evidence is pretty compelling, as noted above. And they're clearly all sox of each other, no matter how you slice it.  Blocked and tagged as suspected. Closing. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 20:49, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• CraigP459 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Created 18 hours after I semi'd Awolf58/Mrbeastmodeallday's favorite page, Talk:United States, for a month. Immediately dove in to talk pages and articles about countries (China, Russia, Canada) and other current-events topics (Assassination of Shinzo Abe, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization); compare [7] and the evidence in § 10 July 2022. Less than 24 hours after becoming autoconfirmed, made their way to Talk:United States. Then made another comment, this one to criticize CactiStaccingCrane (see previous filings), as well as to undo a past change that CSC had made to the archival setup to get MBMAD disruption off the page faster. Userpage says they're a fan of the Golden State Warriors, a team local to MBMAD that plays in a sport MBMAD is a fan of. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 08:40, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Self-endorsed by clerk for checkuser attention. As with past ones, not expecting to get a {{confirmed}} here, but would like to know if they're in the same geographical area. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 08:40, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
•  Confirmed -- RoySmith (talk) 16:15, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Well I'll be damned. Guess he got sick of paying tolls just to sockpuppet. Thanks, Roy. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 18:04, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Forget tolls. Today's average gas price in San Francisco is over $6/gallon. One needs to be really dedicated to wardrive these days. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:28, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• לילך5 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) ( Clerk note: originally filed under this user)

• 5לילר (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Obvious shenanigans with the username. Seems like they may be a returning sock. Don't often see WP:BANREVERT editing from a two week old account. reverts a blocked sock with one account, reverts the talk page with the other. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:15, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm up in the air about requesting a checkuser, because it's such a shifty situation. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:43, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Administrator note Passes duck test. Blocked master for 1 week, blocked sock indefinitely. Feel free to extend block on the master to indef if warranted/desired. —⁠ScottyWong⁠— 20:42, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• לילך5 is claiming in their unblock request that this is a joe job by Awolf58/Mrbeastmodeallday. That seems plausible to me: It's the kind of thing MBMAD would do, there's no clear benefit to לילך5, and the usernames are similar in the way you'd expect of a non-Hebrew speaker picking similarity based on letter shape (older account is "Lailakh 5", newer is "Lailar 5"). Reopened, CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk, for checks against both לילך5 and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mrbeastmodeallday. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 22:33, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
•  In progress - -- RoySmith (talk) 23:04, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• לילך5 5לילר is  Highly likely to several confirmed socks from the Awolf58 case. Ping me off-wiki if you're interested in the details of why I can't quite get to confirmed. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:19, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Ugh, Unicode is not being kind to me today. Just to be clear, the account I ran CU on and which is almost-confirmed to Awolf58 is User ID 44,225,247. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:35, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Just to avoid any potential ambiguities: That's the alleged sock, 5לילר, confirming the joe-job theory. I see Tamzin has unblocked. Moving, tagging, closing, and hoping that this comment renders correctly. --Blablubbs (talk) 23:39, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Yes. Thankfully I misread Roy's mis-statement, and thus did the right wrong thing (unblocking) rather than the wrong right thing (indeffing). If we need to refer back to this in the future, think I'll just call them Lilac (our exoneree) and Lilar (our impersonator). -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 23:46, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• BelarusNYC (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• History and merit (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Special:Diff/1099477941 and Special:Diff/1099483806 look quite suspicious. Two accounts created less than an hour apart, making these almost identical edits to talk pages of more established users (likely to be returning user(s) in some form). The former account's edits also loosely follow some patterns of other blocked socks – hopefully this doesn't keep spiraling out of control, but there could be a broader connection. Would like a second opinion regarding CheckUser. ComplexRational (talk) 01:45, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Confirmed -- RoySmith (talk) 02:08, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• افترض حسن النية (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Trollish username ("Assume good faith" in Arabic) + taunting userpage + restoring Awolf's COI template at James Bevel =  Looks like a duck to me. Blocked. CU requested for sleepers. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 06:22, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Self-endorsed by clerk for checkuser attention. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 06:22, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• This looks like them - I can't say confirmed, but fairly  Likely on the technical side of things. Girth Summit _(blether) 10:03, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Thanks, Girth. Closing, then. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 19:49, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• The Seven Greats (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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• MrbeastmodealIday (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• MrbeastmodeaIlday (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Tscdrwh (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Ashley Briglia (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Pro forma per CU. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 15:18, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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These are confirmed to each other, and extremely likely Awolf58. There have been other recent socks, such as GwiIIhickers and AIIreet (both spoofing imposters) who also fit right in. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 15:18, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

•  Tagged all as proven and upmerged Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Tscdrwh. Archiving. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 15:25, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• 2481 George Washington Valley Blvd. (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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same old junk editing old accounts Moxy- 23:16, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

see here...buging Randy_Kryn yet againMoxy- 23

19, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

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• Blocked and tagged. Closing. Sro23 (talk) 05:14, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• AwoIf58 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Obvious from the username and continued harassment of Randy Kryn. Requesting CU to check for other accounts. 163.1.15.238 (talk) 14:07, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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•  In progress - -- RoySmith (talk) 14:48, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
•  Confirmed:
  • AwoIf58 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Winners win and losers lose (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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  -- RoySmith (talk) 14:57, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Robert McCIenon (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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This account wasn't caught in the last CU sweep, and so may be using a different IP address block, but is part of harassing Randy Kryn and is using the same trick of small l and large I. So if this wasn't caught as a sockpuppet, there may be more socks to be found in another block. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:04, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• They're on a different IP range, but the geolocation is a match. Tagging as suspected, withdrawing TPA; no other accounts visible on their IP. Girth Summit _(blether) 13:18, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• We've seen the same I/l sillyness recently in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Atac2. When I looked at the two cases, I came away not seeing any other similarities, but it's possible. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:14, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Atlantic Levy's (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Retagged the sockmasters socks as Fangusu. Magnatyrannus (talk | contribs) 01:25, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• I just came across editor User:WDTRT who created a fake Randy Kryn user page and redirect the real User page to it. Since the fake page was quickly tagged for speedy deletion as a nonexistent editor, it ended up causing the deletion of Randy Kryn's actual user page. I don't know if this is the same editor but he seems to be target Randy Kryn for some reason. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:50, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see this is marked as closed by could you check this latest suspected sockpuppet? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:57, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yup. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 06:56, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:54, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Sock now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 01:44, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• I287 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Popped up on my watchlist via an automobile article, editing history shows that within their first couple of edits they've left a message at Randy Kryn's talk page regarding the Founding Fathers (typical of this user). Unfortunately this person seems very dedicated to creating sockpuppets but isn't too good at hiding his editing habits... X-750 _{List of articles that I have screwed over} 02:35, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Confirmed to other socks. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 21:12, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• MANlFEST DESTlNY (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Awolf58 has previously been involved in sockpuppetry at Talk:United States (see protection log), and the day after a section on the talk page called Manifest Destiny was created, this account was made [8][9]. Aside from editing United States, an article that Awolf58 had previously heavily edited under sock User:Mrbeastmodeallday, Manisfest Destiny has also been following the edits of Mason.Jones (courtesy ping) across multiple articles [10][11][12]. Note that Awolf58 had previously impersonated Mason using the sock User:Mayson.Jones. ‡ Night Watch ω (talk) 15:17, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@The Night Watch could you check the spelling of that username? "MANlFEST DESTINY" is not registered on this wiki. Please check CentralAuth to see if the account is registered on other wikis. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:25, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@RoySmith corrected, thanks. More l vs I stuff ‡ Night Watch ω (talk) 15:25, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The editor with a history as "MrBeastModeAllDay" was angered by a couple of my grammatical changes, then followed me/reverted me under a similar username to mine, "Mayson.Jones." He had a later dispute with several other regular editors of "United States" over the term manifest destiny, then adopted that name as a new moniker. Today he reverted an old edit of mine, and in his edit summary (strangely) berated me because another editor had reverted him. Mason.Jones (talk) 16:01, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Confirmed
  • MANlFEST DESTlNY (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Korean 085 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • How Firm a Foundation (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  -- RoySmith (talk) 15:37, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Tla3a3d9 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Same harassment of Randy Kryn and interest in James Bevel (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). Indeffed, Bevel semi'd 3mo. In light of zzuuzz' two recent checks, CU request for sleepers. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 21:31, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Self-endorsed by clerk for checkuser attention -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 21:31, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Started checking before I saw this.  Confirmed, along with some sleepers:
  • Delta Flight 1989 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • United Airlines 93 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • American Flight 77 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • United 175 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • American Flight 11 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Don't think these really need tags, though I won't complain if you want to add some, Tamzin. --Blablubbs (talk) 21:38, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  @Blablubbs Some of these have talk page revoked, others don't. All have email allowed (contra the recommendation in the header). Is that what you intended? -- RoySmith (talk) 22:04, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Thanks, I pulled TPA from the two where I forgot to check the box. The header doesnt differentiate between TPA and email, and usually it's set only because of talk page abuse – I simply went with matching Tamzin's settings for the account that prompted my check (no TPA, email untouched). No objections to you or anyone else pulling email if that's what's recommended for this case. For what it's worth, there seem to also be quite a few accounts in the archive (inluding CU-blocked ones) that still have access to both. --Blablubbs (talk) 22:10, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  I added the no-TPA flag because of Awolf's long history of trolling and timewastng on talkpages; but at the same time, he's not exactly the sort using talkpages to post death threats against the blocking admin or such, so even I haven't always remembered to be 100% consistent with my own recommendation. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 22:41, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• East 112 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) ( Clerk note: original case name)

• DM615DP (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Enter only (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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User: East 112, User: DM615DP, and User: Enter only are all sockpuppets of each other, all accounts created 6 November 2022, and all created with the explicit purpose of stalking articles I have edited and directly reverting content. This is a dangerous situation, I request admins to address this matter urgently, thank you. Castncoot (talk) 07:46, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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I suspected as much. Thank you. Best, Castncoot (talk) 08:47, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• I just blocked these three as part of a string of socks that are confirmed to each other and to Awolf58. There may be a couple more and I have to run, but I hope to finish this later if nobody else picks it up first. --Blablubbs (talk) 08:36, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
•  Confirmed to each other and to Awolf58:
  • DM615DP (talk · contribs)
  • East 112 (talk · contribs)
  • Enter only (talk · contribs)
  • Lashme (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Trans 7374 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Royal crispy (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Fry reg (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • L1 T6 106 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Note 6eq (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Ordertaker 2 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Dominic Ro (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Nitro pIus (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • JOlN FREE (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Will merge, reblock without TPA, and close. --Blablubbs (talk) 10:16, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Behavior at John Foster (printer) UtherSRG (talk) 19:31, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Unrelated -- RoySmith (talk) 03:08, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• USDCOAK01 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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The usual. Sleeper account suddenly making rapidfire edits and reverts at pages including Founding Fathers of the United States (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), Articles of Confederation (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), and James Bevel (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), consistent with past sox. "OAK" as in Oakland. Requesting CU to confirm and look for sleepers. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 22:20, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Self-endorsed by clerk for checkuser attention. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 22:21, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
•  Confirmed -- RoySmith (talk) 23:40, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• JiafeiInformated (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Attempted to edit user page of Jamaal5 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) about 18 hours before said account was blocked and tagged as a sock by Drmies. Only mainspace edit is vandalism. Uhai (talk) 14:04, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Hmm I don't see it: the attempted edit (caught by the filter) looks like basic incompetence and carelessness to me, not something that Awolf is known for. Drmies (talk) 14:52, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  @Drmies: Looking a bit deeper, it seems like you may be right. JiafeiInformated had made a post to the Teahouse within a few hours after Jamaal5 had posted there. I searched and found a mildly popular TikToker named Ayaan-Jamaal5 (the attempted edit made by JiafeiInformated mentioned that "Jamal is a tiktok star"), so I think JiafeiInformated recognized the name after seeing Jamaal5 on the Teahouse page and mistook the account's user page as article space or something. Kind of an odd circumstance. Regardless, this can be closed. Uhai (talk) 18:39, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Sorry to butt in, but "Jamal" is also an pseudonym for a caricature of a young black male, and is also very, very popular on TikTok too. Just a possibly when they mentioned Jamal as being a star. Hope this helps Uhai. X750. Spin a yarn? _{Articles I've screwed over?} 19:47, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Closed per above. Although account should be indeffed for regular disruptive editing if it makes (or attempts) further edits like these. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 20:28, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Eyei04 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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See below. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:25, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Confirmed and  Blocked and tagged. Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:26, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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