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Livioandronico2013 has been indefinitely blocked from Commons and de.wiki for sockpuppetry and disruptive/non-collaborative behavior (in essence, pushing their photos cross-wiki even when the existing ones are actually better); two of their SP have already been recognized here on en.wiki, but not the others. IamAlwaysHere is the most recent addition: exact same behavior, and quite peculiar coincidence: Livioandronico2013 came out of a long sleep to use twice a photo uploaded just a few hours before by IamAlwaysHere, while the latter "signs" their photos as "own work" under the username "Paris Orlando" (example). Rojelio (talk) 22:47, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * Livioandronico2013 is to IamAlwaysHere, everything else is . ST47 (talk) 23:12, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Σπάρτακος is the oldest account, moving... Cabayi (talk) 14:38, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
 * - The cross-wiki evidence ties the accounts together and shows that Σπάρτακος has been evading their block on this wiki. Please indef the socks., the previous CU blocks, the blocks on multiple wikis and the latest evidence provide a solid case for a global lock, if you'd request it at m:srg. Cabayi (talk) 14:49, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Will do, thanks. -- Rojelio (talk) 14:56, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Just to confirm, you want to indef all the non-blocked users here (Livioandronico2013, IamAlwaysHere, and Paris Orlando)? Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 17:36, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , exactly so. Thanks, Cabayi (talk) 17:41, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 17:43, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Oldest indef is Σπάρτακος, indeffed on 20181003153317. Nothing to clean up, just some featured picture nominations. Nothing more to do. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 17:48, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Kevin, I note that on Commons, User:IKKos is also blocked as a sock of Livio. Seems like their en:wp activity is related. -- Colin°Talk 18:09, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Lock has been requested on meta 21 Feb by Rojelio. Archiving. The SandDoctor  Talk 05:11, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

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Same name as "Paris Orlando". Same penchant for pushing copyvio photos on Commons by his other blocked sock IKKos and by himself. Elizium23 (talk) 21:54, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * - this case seems stale. There are no non-stale accounts (stale accounts are accounts which have made no action in 3 months so there is no CU data for the account) listed in the archives. Therefore, CU won't be able to link this account to the other accounts. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:05, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I see three touch points between this account and past socks: the name (as pointed out by the filer), the interest in Italy (particularly Venice), and the extremely wide cross-wiki efforts to change to their preferred pictures. I think that is sufficient to establish a behavioral link., GeneralNotability (talk) 13:07, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

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Loves to insert his own photo. When I called him on it, didn't exactly play dumb. Messing around on itwiki now. Elizium23 (talk) 19:25, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Asked a steward to globally block the IP for a couple days. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 22:41, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

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WP:LTA. User is uploading professional-quality photos of Italian landmarks and tourist attractions. Example: File:Colonna di Marco aurelio - Frontale.jpg and File:Castello Caetani (Sermoneta).jpg, see EXIF data is "Author: Paris Orlando". User will be forcing their photos into every language and project of WMF (files already pushed into dozens of projects since their registration in July.) Globally-locked account involved in chronic IP evasions since the last registered accounts were shut down. I do not expect him to deny his identity. Elizium23 (talk) 22:15, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 * late addition of New2022, found on Commons. Elizium23 (talk) 23:39, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * and have shared the same device and IP. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:32, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 * is . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:11, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
 * - WikiRomaWiki and ThePhotografer are obvious socks based on Commons uploads (the master uploads photos credited to 'Paris Orlando', e.g., and inserts them cross-wiki). They are both already blocked on Commons as socks of Livioandronico2013/Commonists (equivalent to this case). Please indef both of these accounts as proven socks. New2022 hasn't edited in almost a year, so I don't think a block at this time would comply with WP:PREVENTATIVE. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 18:28, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * WikiRomaWiki and ThePhotografer + . Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 09:38, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

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Adding more socks for posterity; these are already blocked on Commons and globally locked at Meta. Elizium23 (talk) 21:30, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * Already locked, nothing more to do. Spicy (talk) 18:16, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

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to this master on Commons, see c:Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/Livioandronico2013. (Despite the case title differences, Livioandronico2013=Σπάρτακος, see ) &mdash; Mdaniels5757 (talk &bull; contribs) 16:34, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * There's not much on enwiki to compare them against. CU says they're in the right geolocation compared to historic data, and the editing interests are a match; taking the findings on commons into account, blocking as suspected, and will request lock.   Girth Summit  (blether)  10:28, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

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This IP is imposing LTA's versions among other's good faith contributions and improvements, a common modus operandi by the LTA himself while was unblocked. This IP is also doing the same in other Wikimedia projects like Wikidata, French, Dutch, Polish and Italian Wikipedias. 81.41.175.237 (talk) 19:42, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * Stale. . Feel free to report again if there's further activity. MarioGom (talk) 21:02, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Replacing uses of the file File:DianaLouvre.jpg on enwiki with File:Diana of Versailles.jpg, a picture of the same statue uploaded by this LTA on Commons. They are also doing this on a very large scale cross-wiki in a seemingly methodical manner. &zwj;—&zwj;a smart kitten[ meow] 03:00, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding another account which is doing the same thing - replacing photos in articles with ones uploaded on Commons by either the master or one of their sockpuppets. &zwj;—&zwj;a smart kitten[ meow] 12:03, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * The technical relationship is reasonably but I'm going to mark these as suspected and block based on behaviour, which is, in my opinion, a more useful metric for this case. Maxim (talk) 13:18, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

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Replacing the main image of Fontana del Nettuno, Piazza del Popolo and St. Peter's Basilica with photographs of the same subjects uploaded by this LTA's sockpuppets on Commons. They are also doing this on a very large scale cross-wiki in a seemingly methodical manner. See also Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/Livioandronico2013 and Wikidata:Requests for checkuser/Case/Σπάρτακος at Commons and Wikidata. 83.61.247.43 (talk) 23:26, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

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I was about to file an SPI for this user myself. Restored sockpuppet-edits without comment (compare: &,  & ,  & ,  & ), and replacing images in articles with ones uploaded by sockpuppets on Commons (e.g.  - file uploaded by ,  - file uploaded by ,  - file uploaded by ,  - file uploaded by ,  - file uploaded by ). All the best, &zwj;—&zwj;a smart kitten[ meow] 00:32, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, I was going to do something too. I wasn't aware of the sockpuppet issue, but the photos are just less good than the existing ones. Johnbod (talk) 04:25, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * ,, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 00:40, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New account created few time after the Checkuser request against PubblicUsername, with the same user page's style such as the latter. The IP looks like being used by this LTA, a typical modus operandi concerning them and their sockpuppets. Asking for intervention to as they participated in the latest sockpuppet investigation. 83.61.247.43 (talk) 12:30, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

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Re. : has the same global userpage as PubblicUsername (compare & ); and replaced images in articles with one uploaded to Commons by sockpuppet  in  &. Re. : personally I'm unsure (although it might just be that I'm less familiar with this case than others) - a number of their edits are image changes without explanation; however, I could only find one diff where a sock-uploaded image was inserted (, uploaded by ). All the best, &zwj;—&zwj;a smart kitten[ meow] 16:46, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * PentaPrisma23 is using the same ISP and geolocation as PubblicUsername. Technically, . Courcelles (talk) 15:53, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged as suspected based on the result and behavior. IP also gets a month. Izno (talk) 18:35, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

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Per common modus operandi of Livioandronico2013's sockpuppet accounts. Reuploading images of previous socks and overwriting existing images with his own, further proof is also technical EXIF data matching with his previous accounts, especially the camera type.  A09  | (talk)  20:47, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * Noting that all three accounts are currently globally locked (since 27/28 February). All the best. &zwj;—&zwj; a smart kitten [  meow ] 09:51, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Ran a check for sleepers. The data is broadly consistent with past accounts. I didn't see any others but the IPs in use are very dynamic which limits the usefulness of CU. It's probably best to block these based on behaviour. Spicy (talk) 17:22, 4 March 2024 (UTC)