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01 September 2014
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A recent string of vandalism on the article Weekly Shōnen Jump (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) had lead me to believe that it is all by the same person. Cow cleaner 5000 started the ball rolling by making various edits that Weekly Shōnen Jump is a terrorist organization connected with al-Qaeda. At around the same time that Cow cleaner 5000 is indefinitely blocked for vandalism, George harold rodgers places a fake copyvio notice on the article. After he was reverted and summarily blocked, Lovestolive2014 and Snited Uates put in fake information about how the magazine was banned or should be banned in various countries citing non-existent sources. Normally, one wouldn't think that these accounts are connected, but I want to ensure if the article is being targeted by one person or a group of people, which will determine whether the article needs a short term or a long term semi-protection. —Farix (t | c) 13:16, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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You don't need to request an addition. Simply add any suspected socks to the list. —Farix (t | c) 12:22, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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 Looks like a duck to me I've duck blocked the last two, and other have blocked the first two. Not quite sure which tag I'm supposed to use! GedUK  12:33, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • CU isn't of much help as there is some proxy shenanigans, however the following are  Confirmed to each other:
10 September 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

Made the same type of edits as the other socks to Weekly Shōnen Jump with false sources of magazine being banned for content and claims that the magazine is a terrorist organization. —Farix (t | c) 11:07, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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04 October 2014
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Harassment of koafv Dwpaul Talk 03:25, 4 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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(Non-administrator comment) Materialscientist has subsequently identified both I am Justin Anthony Knapp and Flo lo go all three accounts as socks of Cow cleaner 5000 - SPI here. Dwpaul Talk 04:27, 4 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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01 October 2014
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Standard CC5000 fodder. Above brand-new account posts to ANI regarding Weekly Shōnen Jump and complaining about censorship. Seems to be WP:DUCKy, but also need checkuser to confirm and to weed out sleepers as he's building a bit of a sock farm here. Thanks! --Jayron32 14:28, 1 October 2014 (UTC) Jayron32 14:28, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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10 October 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

Nominated Weekly Shōnen Jump for deletion, much like Cow cleaner 5000 and socks did. The usual terrorism stuff. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 11:50, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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12 October 2014
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See rant concerning Weekly Shōnen Jump, a trademark of this master. Dwpaul Talk 02:19, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also note sock #1's attempt to corrupt this report. Dwpaul Talk 02:40, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Best thing you can do is have the duck blocks stand. IPs are flying left and right, so sleeper checks are out of the question unless directly editing with the user at the same time. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 18:04, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
15 October 2014
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  • Do you expect an administrator to look through every edit made by these accounts to try to find what you mean by "Weekly Shonen Jump related vandalism"? Really, it is extremely unlikely that any admin would do that: you should have provided a few diffs, indicating which particular edits you were referring to. However, as it happens, that is all irrelevant, as the accounts have been blocked for other reasons anyway. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:30, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    The issue is not the blocking of the accounts. The issue is that the underlying IPs need to be checked for sleepers or newly created accounts likely to be Cow cleaner 5000. WP:DUCK has already led these to be already blocked, but SPI is still needed to notify a checkuser to look for other sleeper accounts in this ever growing sock farm. Everyone who deals in this area recognizes CC5K so quickly he can usually be blocked within minutes of his first edit under a new account. What we're doing is building a library of socks and asking the checkuser to help us minimize ongoing disruption by taking out his sock farms and/or proxy IPs he's using so we can slow this annoyance down. --Jayron32 20:35, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]


29 October 2014
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These are all vandals to Weekly Shōnen Jump and we should really block the underlying IP. They've all been blocked but a checkuser needs to deal with the source. —Ryūlóng (琉竜) 01:10, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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29 October 2014
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Came to WT:ANIME complaining about the protection level of Weekly Shōnen Jump demanding that it be unprotected. Give the history of persistent vandalism on the article by other sockpuppets and that this is the editor's only edit, the use of proxies to avoid hide their tracks, this is highly likely that this is another sockpuppet. —Farix (t | c) 11:49, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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21 January 2015
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EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 03:27, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  • This user is known to create multiple sleeper accounts to vandalize Weekly Shōnen Jump and other articles. However, s/he appears to be using an anonymizer to evade IP bans. The only usefulness of a checkuser would be is to identify the proxies and block them. —Farix (t | c) 03:41, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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10 April 2015
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EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 06:28, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm going to be bold and unclose this because three other socks were not listed. Request a check user to search for other sleepers. —Farix (t | c) 12:03, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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13 April 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

Same song, same dance. This time accusing that editors fighting his vandalism are "paid editors". Posted on WT:ANIME and signed as Baitjock, a previously confirmed CC5K sockpuppet.[2] —Farix (t | c) 01:59, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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17 February 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Addition of fictitious criticism to Weekly Shōnen Jump using same "sources" as previous socks of CC5K Compare this edit with this by confirmed sock Vincent9437. CU requested for sleepers as previous behaviour shows creation of user accounts in batches. Nthep (talk) 10:53, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Same MO, claiming that the magazine is a terrorist organization connected with al-Qaeda or adding unsourced or fake sourced claims that the magazine has been heavily edited do to "pornographic content". —Farix (t | c) 10:44, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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26 February 2016

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Editing on Weekly Shonen Jump and referencing Koavf and Jimbo ([3]) which they've done in their usernames in the past.

Given past history, requesting sleeper check EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 05:39, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Now a duck with a reference to Knapp ([4]) EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 05:41, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Juicyjacky... adding weekly shonen jump to pornographic magazine - ([5]) EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 05:49, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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10 March 2016

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Comes to WT:ANIME complaining about Weekly Shōnen Jump's connections with terrorist groups,[6] much like previous CC5K socks along with other fake-sourced "criticism" that CC5K socks have attempt to insert into the Weekly Shōnen Jump in the past. Also reverted one of Koavf's edits, whom CC5K has been harassing since they got busted 1 1/2 years ago.[7] —Farix (t | c) 11:36, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I could make the Page you are talking about @Knowledgekid87 if I am presented with all the info that is need for it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbegle (talk • contribs) 02:16, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Jbegle: The page would look something like this: Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Mattisse or this Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/ItsLassieTime. Behaviors, habits, and a log of accounts used (not all need to be listed) that can act as identifiers. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 02:32, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I feel WP:DENY might be relevant here, the vandal has clearly shown he gets gratification from stirring up drama (such as at WT:ANIME this time) and validating his efforts with a LTA page would only further his urge to troll. It's easier imo to just revert and block as he's not a major threat (sticks only to a few pages, has obvious editing patterns and is easily identifiable). Satellizer (´ ･ ω ･ `) 12:39, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Satekkizer I see what you mean. Jbegle (talk) 00:11, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Adding CU request given this user's history of multiple accounts. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 05:32, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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18 March 2016

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Duck. Shonenj jump related edits on pornographic magazine EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 06:42, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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21 March 2016

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Porno magazine + terrorism = duck EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 07:28, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

PS - refs used in edits are fake. URL redirects to http://time.com/4265586/australia-isis-children-orphans-karen-nettleton-grandmother-khaled-sharrouf/. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 07:31, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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@Vanjagenije: Cow cleaner 5000 (CC5K) has rather unique areas of fixation, including Weekly Shonen Jump, ecchi/hentai, Justin Knapp, and Islamic terrorism. Usually he tries to claim they are all related. Greater Wings linked ISIL, ecchi, and Weekly Shonen Jump in this edit. That's a duck with a megaphone. For Mawile, the editor edited on pornographic magazine and Hustler claiming they promote terrorism. Past socks have edited on pornographic magazine trying to relate it to Weekly Shonen Jump ([11], [12]) and occasionally terrorism ([13]). Mawile's edits ([14], [15]) mirror the exact wording used by a past sock ([16]). Let me know if you need more evidence. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 18:12, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Additional information needed - @EvergreenFir: In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
  1. At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
  2. At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
  3. In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this. Vanjagenije (talk) 09:24, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • @TheFarix:  Additional information needed. In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
  1. At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
  2. At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
  3. In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this. Vanjagenije (talk) 10:59, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ok, obviously the main account, Cow cleaner 5000 (talk · contribs) is  Stale. All others are  Inconclusive due to extensive use of proxies (now blocked), but are  Likely on behaviour. Also, the following two accounts are  Confirmed as being related to each other;
- Alison ❤

27 March 2016

Suspected sockpuppets


Blocked from behavioral evidence. Just putting in here for the record. I'm not very familiar with this particular sock, but it doesn't seem that there are usually sleepers. Deferring to clerks and/or those more familiar to determine if such a check is needed. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:41, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Gogo Dodo, CC5K is an LTA who has his own special brand of non-helpful edits. See the incomplete list at Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Cow cleaner 5000. Koala Tea Of Mercy (KTOM's Articulations & Invigilations) 08:57, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • (semi-interested, non-admin) I have recently reported a number of CC5K's socks so I am by no means a fan of this pain-in-the-butt but I am very confused by this SPI. It says "Blocked from behavioral evidence." but then this log shows that TWENTY edits by the user have been DELETED leaving no evidence of the user's behavior. Why were all of these edits deleted and where is the discussion to do so? IMHO, removing edits that are evidence is not helpful unless there is a very good reason. Koala Tea Of Mercy (KTOM's Articulations & Invigilations) 08:48, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
KTOM the evidence has been seen, reviewed and the user blocked as a result. As the edits were all page creations, it is just slightly unfortunate that removing the vandalism removes the evidence from plain sight. Nthep (talk) 09:05, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @Nthep: deleting new page creations makes sense although I still think there probably should have been some sort of more detailed explanation (or a speedy discussion of the page deletions somewhere) since there is no way for a non-admin to "recognize" the behavior and thus report possible socks. Is there any way to for someone like me to know the nature/names of those deleted articles? Koala Tea Of Mercy (KTOM's Articulations & Invigilations) 13:57, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Also, it looks like CC5K may finally be getting a little more subtle. Note the less-than-a-rant "more civilized" comment left in this diff which was reverted by admin @Bongwarrior: 24 minutes later. Koala Tea Of Mercy (KTOM's Articulations & Invigilations) 13:57, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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30 March 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Repeatedly vandalizing this SPI. [17][18][19][20]. General Ization Talk 00:24, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Request CU to check for sleepers, even if unrelated to Cow cleaner 5000. General Ization Talk 01:24, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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User:Spencer has blocked Diddlydoo372 (talk · contribs) indefinitely. SkyFlyFiveTalkpage|Contributions 01:05, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Given the rash of vandalism that just occurred to this page, should it and the archive be semi-protected? —Farix (t | c) 01:29, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed - using a proxy. No other socks I can see - Alison ❤ 01:48, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

02 April 2016

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DUCK EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 03:53, 2 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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08 April 2016

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Porn + weekly shonen jump = duck. Sleeper check requested EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 06:45, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Edits around the same time as User:Prof. George Harrison — Andy W. (talk · contrib) 06:51, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Porn/jump related articles, edits very suspect to be related to User:Prof. George Harrison — Andy W. (talk · contrib) 06:54, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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16 April 2016

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Same song and dance about Weekly Shōnen Jump being a "terrorist organization and hate group" while delinking the article on hundreds of articles using Twinkle. Username also references Koavf whom CC5K has harassed in the past. Account is already blocked, but reporting for future reference. May need to block the underlying proxy as this user has used open proxies before to engage in vandalism/harrassment. —Farix (t | c) 10:21, 16 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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18 April 2016

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Cataloging another WP:DUCK. Attempted to AfD, Weekly Shōnen Jump, its publisher Shueisha, claiming it was a fork of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and also the latter claiming it is a fork of Weekly Shōnen Jump along with additional user page harassment of Koavf. —Farix (t | c) 00:17, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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24 April 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Created another article complaining about Weekly Shohen Jump, once again with dubious references (two of the links I checked lead elsewhere). Pinging Vanjagenije --  1.75x amplified ultimate quack of ultimate destiny. GABHello! 01:11, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for bringing this up. Source 1 is false, the article is not about Weekly Shonen Jump. Sources 2 and 3 have already been debunked as fake. Source 4 is definitely fake; Anita Sarkeesian critiques video games, and has nothing to do with anime/manga. #5 is suspicious as well as a Google Search for "Tom+Morris"+"Christian+America" "Tom Morris" + "Christian America" brings up nothing. #7 and #8 are demonstrably false, the links go to completely different articles. I can't personally vouch for #6 or #9, but since everything else is illegitimate... Satellizer el Bridget (Talk) 01:43, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Raised the issue at relevant WikiProject WT:ANIME. Satellizer el Bridget (Talk) 01:46, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Once this sock is banned I would like to request that Weekly Shōnen Jump controversies be speedily deleted per WP:G5. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 01:57, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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25 April 2016

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Duck with a megaphone leaving notices on the talk pages of members previously involved in SPI reports/undoing their damage directing them to a false SPI of MaterialScientist. The account has already been blocked as a sock, but I'm putting this here for the archive as they have been changing their attacks. SephyTheThird (talk) 09:57, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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27 April 2016

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The usual Cow cleaner 5000 nonsense in linking Shueisha (the publisher of Weekly Shōnen Jump), Justin Knapp, and Islamic terrorists into a single "criminal organization".  Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me, already blocked but placing this here 1) for archival purposes and 2) to request a sleeper check. Satellizer el Bridget (Talk) 11:38, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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06 May 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Unlinking pages that have links to Weekly Shōnen Jump using Twinkle. JumpiMaus (talk) 14:42, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Adding a second user making the same "Weekly Shonen Jump = Terrorists" edits. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:57, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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09 May 2016

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Quack! GABHello! 23:48, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Just indef-blocked by Materialscientist. Cheers. 2601:1C0:4901:2191:C431:9498:E92A:558A (talk) 23:59, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Wonderful. GABHello! 00:04, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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11 May 2016

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DUCK EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 06:17, 11 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Joyce Robinson 828 ("Robinson") is clearly Steven Mouseman ("Mouseman"), who is blocked as a Cow Cleaner sockpuppet:

  1. Both users vandalized Futanari by replacing its content with information about a criminal organization:
  2. Both users created user pages claiming an interest in terrorism:
  3. Neither user has made substantial edits outside these areas:

 Rebbing  06:24, 11 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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@Rebbing: This one is quacking too. Diffs are nice though. Might want to combine with above report. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 06:34, 11 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@EvergreenFir: Done; I had started my report before you submitted yours, and I didn't notice the duplication. I don't spend much time at SPI, but I took to heart all the warnings about providing evidence. In an obvious case like this with a long pattern of sockpuppetry, I take it I could have skipped that step?  Rebbing  06:44, 11 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me, his introduced "sources" at the manga page are the exact same bogus ones they previously tried to introduce to Weekly Shonen Jump. Satellizer el Bridget (Talk) 06:46, 11 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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25 May 2016

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 Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me, same addition of fictitious "criticism" to manga and Hustler as previous Cow cleaner socks. Satellizer el Bridget (Talk) 05:59, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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28 May 2016

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See this edit made by one of the sock puppets. Same vandalism to WP:AIV (history, as well as Disgusting (history). Creating SPI to log each new sock that is discovered. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:50, 28 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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30 May 2016

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Blatant recreation of content added to Manga as the standalone article Criticism of manga using fake sources and the "Justin Anthony Knapp" name. Opencooper (talk) 17:45, 30 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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06 July 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Duck: re-created hoax attack page The Big Four (conspiracy theory), and Criticism of manga, both previously deleted and created by sock of this puppeteer. OnionRing (talk) 11:21, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Perhaps it would be a good move to salt these two. CC5K is a persistent vandal and will continue to take advantage of every allowance that is afforded him. —Farix (t | c) 13:11, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Almost letter by letter similarity between the previous incarnations of these pages and this one, thus  Blocked but awaiting tags per WP:DUCK. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 11:43, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

06 July 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Per account's edit to Talk:Justin Knapp, this is a WP:DUCK. Everymorning (talk) 16:00, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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12 July 2016

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Standard MO of claiming that Weekly Shōnen Jump, a Japanese comic magazine, is a terrorist organization and promotes pronography[21][22][23]. —Farix (t | c) 01:57, 12 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Quack, quack. CC2K wins the "GAB Award for most blatant and bizarre POV-pushing," with no contest. GABgab 02:00, 12 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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13 July 2016

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Quack. Trolling Justin Knapp page and quoting other sock on talk page. Grayfell (talk) 07:37, 13 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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17 July 2016

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WP:DUCK re-adding previous content under the title Criticism of manga. Similar usernames, same content regarding "feminist views of manga" and terrorism accusations against manga. They've also created Futanari (criminal gang). Opencooper (talk) 02:15, 17 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Added In 1984, criticizing manga is thoughtcrime, purely based on username. Sro23 (talk) 02:24, 17 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, they created WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP EXPOSED. Opencooper (talk) 02:28, 17 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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22 July 2016

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Blocked for multiple account abuse by Widr, but the "concerned trolling" over criticism of anime and manga is in line with previous CC2K socks.[24] —Farix (t | c) 11:32, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Kevin: The check is to confirm that the account is connected with other known sockpuppet account and not someone else. While the MO is largely the same, there is enough of a difference to raise doubts. —Farix (t | c) 16:46, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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26 July 2016

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 Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me, yet another mass unlinking of Weekly Shōnen Jump plus page move vandalism. Satellizer el Bridget (Talk) 11:18, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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06 August 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

Based on name Sro23 (talk) 23:56, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oh and they created Al-Qaeda in Japan. Sro23 (talk) 23:57, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Adding Zatalot, they left this message on my talk page Sro23 (talk) 00:07, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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09 August 2016

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DUCK EvergreenFir (talk) 04:39, 9 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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05 September 2016

Suspected sockpuppets


Brusenburg vandalised Weekly Shonen Jump (magazine) with false links to terrorism.

Tuttermouse follows MO of creating accounts based on the names of other users and edited User:Koavf. Created Futanari (criminal organization), fitting with their MO of drawing links between anime/manga/pornography related topics. Then nanmechecked several people who could "prove" his innocence, all of which have been involved in dealing with his vandalism and/or reporting. [25] . Vandalised WP:AIV when Brusenburg was blocked[26]. Accounts are already blocked as CC5000, but the information is needed for the archive and history. SephyTheThird (talk) 10:58, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Socks blocked. Closing. GABgab 15:12, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

07 September 2016

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 Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me Satellizer el Bridget (Talk) 12:43, 7 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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There is no way that this account isn't connected to cow-cleaner per WP:DUCK. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 15:42, 7 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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02 October 2016

Suspected sockpuppets


Duck. Pasting usual made up claims about sexual content and terrorism [27] and this weeks random Knapp "attack" is to post his photo into both article and user space. Lastly, impersonated user:Knowledgekid87 to attempt to get the Jump page unprotected [28] (that account is blocked).SephyTheThird (talk) 12:59, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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08 October 2016

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WP:DUCK. KATMAKROFAN (talk) 00:01, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Mass removal of Weekly Shonen Jump links on articles. Impersonation of another editor. Was going to report this to AIV given the volume of disruption. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 00:04, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That was a workout, but all of his edits have been (finally) reverted. Feinoha Talk 00:34, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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26 October 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

[29] WP:DUCK, more Weekly Shōnen Jump nonsense. Sro23 (talk) 05:09, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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No such professor at Michigan. Alludes to the same conspiracies against Weekly Shonen Jump that are typical of Cow Cleaner 5000's behavior. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 05:13, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know how these things work but is it possible to start adding edit filters for some of his frequent edit contents? At the very least some of the articles he tries to create need to be salted.SephyTheThird (talk) 08:31, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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01 November 2016

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 Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me with the usual false allegations against Shueisha. Satellizer el Bridget (Talk) 05:33, 1 November 2016 (UTC) Satellizer el Bridget (Talk) 05:33, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Adding Wu Tan Clan Fan. Attempted impersonation trolling by falsifying signature, A newer CC5k technique. SephyTheThird (talk) 10:42, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The users have been blocked, it is a clear WP:DUCK case though here in my opinion. Check-user should confirm for future reference as right now they fall under "suspected". - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 13:20, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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17 November 2016

Suspected sockpuppets


More bashing of Weekly Shonen Jump and use of Justin Anthony Knapp. [30] AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 05:14, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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02 December 2016

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The username alone is enough WP:QUACKage to confirm that this is yet another sock puppet. Like previous socks of CC5K, makes claims on talk page that SephyTheThird, Knowledgekid87, and I can vouch for them. All that we will vouch for is that he is a frequent vandal with an obsession with making false claims over Weekly Shōnen Jump. —Farix (t | c) 21:25, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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10 December 2016

Suspected sockpuppets


Same MO as other CC2K socks claiming that Weekly Shōnen Jump is a pornographic magazine,[31] adding said magazine to list of terrorist groups,[32] and created and spamming an attack image attributing common targets, such as Justin Anthony Knapp and Clive Palmer, as "evil".[33][34][35][36][37]. And like previous CC2K socks, claims that SephyTheThird, Knowledgekid87, and I can "vouch" for them. Myjob8492389 included as that was the account that uploaded the image on commons. —Farix (t | c) 05:09, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Added Sarah P. Goodman after noticing this pair of edits to CoroCoro Comic casting libelous aspersions towards Clive Palmer and Weekly Shōnen Jump's publisher, Shueisha. —Farix (t | c) 05:26, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment regarding checkuser comment. Pakalarupa has been using another CC5K trick of impersonation via reposting a comment by another troll user with a manual sign to implicate another user [38].SephyTheThird (talk)

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  • Yeah I can vouch for these accounts as being socks of cleaner. I feel bad for the person behind these accounts, if all of this wasted energy was used for something constructive in life then maybe they would be better off. It also doesn't matter for unregistered accounts, there are potential sleepers. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 17:23, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Could a CU take a look at Martin Trackers (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) as soon as possible please? Not only was the account registered in November, but the behavior right up until the CC5k-like vandalism rampage from today was a lot different. I have a feeling it could be a sock of another LTA I'm not going to say here. Sro23 (talk) 06:10, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed Shueisha and Goodman. "Myjob" appears to be a typo; no such user. Also:

  1. K-O-A-V-F (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  2. Pakaluparupa (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

--jpgordon𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇 06:10, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Beats me. Here's the line from the CU result on Cow cleaner 5000:
04:18 . . K-O-A-V-F (talk | block) K-O-A-V-F triggered filter 527, performing the action "createaccount" on Special:UserLogin. Actions taken: none (details)
That's two minutes before Say No To Shueisha was created. No idea what this is all about. Here's the filter log: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog/17271157 --jpgordon𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇 02:20, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

24 December 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

normal MO. Already blocked and tagged Nthep (talk) 12:37, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Closing. GABgab 16:55, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

01 January 2017

Suspected sockpuppets


Brand new account that pings Koavf out of no where.[39] Koavf has been a frequent target of CC2K's harassment and vandalism. —Farix (t | c) 05:13, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Thanks for filing this Farix; I meant to do it after reverting them but had to attend to something. I can also confirm that an unhealthy obsession with User:Koavf is characteristic of this user. Opencooper (talk) 07:58, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

22 January 2017

Suspected sockpuppets


Three brand new account tag team editing article related to Weekly Shōnen Jump. Wikipedian Forevermore started an AfD for Jump Festa. Minutes later, Michael James Norris arrived on the article to blank large parts of the article. Then Robert Rockers shows up on the AfD to !vote delete. Requesting confirmation and sleeper check. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 20:37, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't think it's necessarily atypical. Nominating and then socking the afd? I'm sure we've had it before. We've certainly had them putting claims of "TRUTH" like they did this time [40]. This seems like an attack on a new article for them so they've just done something a bit different.SephyTheThird (talk) 21:15, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
This is CC5k, take a look at this edit: [41]. Also of notice is a handful of policy links with no explanation at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jump Festa. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 22:19, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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12 February 2017

Suspected sockpuppets


More attempts to add ties to ISIS through fake sources (this time Gematsu) [42]. Then added an image of Knapp to his user page as if it wasn't already obvious who it was [43]. SephyTheThird (talk) 10:47, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Quacked. Nthep (talk) 18:37, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

22 May 2017

Suspected sockpuppets


Usual WP:QUACKing that Weekly Shōnen Jump is affiliated with terrorism. This person has been known to create several new accounts in quick succession, so there is a good chance that there are sleepers or unused accounts. —Farix (t | c) 03:37, 22 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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The accounts in the archive are  Stale. CU declined and closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 06:24, 22 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

25 May 2017

Suspected sockpuppets

Created Template:I am Justin Anthony Knapp and also the usual Shueisha and Weekly Shōnen Jump stuff. —MRD2014 📞 contribs 14:16, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Already blocked. Closing. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:25, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

01 June 2017

Suspected sockpuppets

Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:50, 1 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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09 June 2017

Suspected sockpuppets


First sock created Manga controversies with the usual content about "Western culture" and "islamic ethics", and gave a user who reverted them a "Justin Anthony Knapp" barnstar. The second user posted on WT:A&M with the same talking points about "the truth" and Shonen Jump. Opencooper (talk) 12:28, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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DebbieRinger clearly passes the WP:DUCKTEST. Rantanriolla, on the other hand is much less clear. While the "Shueisha is becoming IRRELEVANT" and "That is the TRUTH" quotes along with the misrepresentation of the Thompson article does indicate that this _could_ be CC5K, there is enough room for doubt that I believe a check user is necessary for conformation. —Farix (t | c) 13:38, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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I blocked DebbieRinger as obvious. I'm not sure about the other. Someone could request CU, but the last request, in May, was declined because the accounts in the archive were stale. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:20, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

18 June 2017

Suspected sockpuppets

WP:DUCK -- LG-Gunther :  Talk  14:39, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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27 June 2017

Suspected sockpuppets

Very first edit is to nominate Hitotsubashi Group, the parent company of Shueisha a (CC5K target) for deletion. Has made no other edits. Note usage of Cow cleaner-esque phrases i.e. "Hitotsubashi Group has been exposed" and "that is the TRUTH". WP:DUCK Satellizer el Bridget (Talk) 11:17, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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18 August 2017

Suspected sockpuppets


All three of these are obvious CC5K socks (making libelous claiming that they have "exposed" the weekly children manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump as a terrorist hate group or promulgates pornography), however there may be other sleepers that have gone undetected so far. —Farix (t | c) 01:18, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Added three more, Beware of Weekly Shonen Jump, Justin is sleepy and needs to take a Knapp, and Roberty Mikey, which have already been blocked and tag to assist in the checkuser. —Farix (t | c) 01:31, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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  • It's him. Mess being cleaned up.
@Stewards: accounts that need locking:
-- Amanda (aka DQ) 17:49, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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18 January 2018

Suspected sockpuppets

See this edit by the IP: note both the article, which has been regularly attacked by Cow Cleaner 5000, and the content of the edit. Bishonen | talk 19:22, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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02 July 2018

Suspected sockpuppets


Quacking on anime/manga page, associations with Justin Anthony Knapp, [44] and calling Weekly Shonen Jump hentai. [45] Disruptive tagging on Shueisha article [46] AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 13:44, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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02 July 2018

Suspected sockpuppets

Duck: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Futanari&diff=prev&oldid=848520692

Prolific socker. CU for sleepers requested EvergreenFir (talk) 17:25, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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11 February 2019

Suspected sockpuppets

Already blocked, just logging this. Special:Diff/850935142 quacks for the record. [Username Needed] 20:05, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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16 December 2019

Suspected sockpuppets


Very first edit is to WT:ANIME, which he has done before, trying to WP:POVPUSH a "controversy" article about Weekly Shōnen Jump 1. Borderline-but-not-quite WP:DUCK considering the subject matter so CU might be helpful - @Knowledgekid87 and AngusWOOF: Satellizer el Bridget (Talk) 05:50, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Someone on a proxy who's obsessed with adding negative information to Weekly Shonen Jump? The evidence is very light, but it's still enough for a block. If we're wrong, the editor can stop using proxies and make a compelling unblock request. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 14:42, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

08 February 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

Quacking on Weekly Shōnen Sunday again about how the company is porn or similar disruptive AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 01:10, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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18 August 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

self-admitted at [49] Already blocked but CU requested for sleepers. Nthep (talk) 15:12, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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