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19 May 2013

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Similar edits to the last sock, and the same articles, Dina Garipova Tatars and so on. I will ask another user more familiar with this sockmaster to comment. Darkness Shines (talk) 21:19, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

More overlap with a previous sock Caribatari suspect sock Darkness Shines (talk) 21:29, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Cheers. Salvio Let's talk about it! 09:16, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Confirmed with the listed master, right? --Rschen7754 09:28, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, technically confirmed with, but behavioural evidence is quite damning. Salvio Let's talk about it! 09:36, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged with oldest as master. Closing. Dennis Brown - 2¢  - © - @ - Join WER 18:05, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Cheers. Salvio Let's talk about it! 09:16, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Confirmed with the listed master, right? --Rschen7754 09:28, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, technically confirmed with, but behavioural evidence is quite damning. Salvio Let's talk about it! 09:36, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged with oldest as master. Closing. Dennis Brown - 2¢  - © - @ - Join WER 18:05, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Confirmed with the listed master, right? --Rschen7754 09:28, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, technically confirmed with, but behavioural evidence is quite damning. Salvio Let's talk about it! 09:36, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged with oldest as master. Closing. Dennis Brown - 2¢  - © - @ - Join WER 18:05, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

20 May 2013

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And he is back, previous sock new sock Requesting CU due to the amount caught last time. Darkness Shines (talk) 20:44, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

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 * Aye, +, , , & .  Salvio Let's talk about it! 20:57, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing. --Rschen7754 21:00, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

22 July 2013

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Same as with previous socks, removing and replacing images on the Taters article. Also similarity in styles, previous sock uses Corrected. in his edit summary, suspected sock same. And the usual overlap on the same articles Darkness Shines (talk) 20:40, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅: Sdite, Ikiw0wiki, Wayxay & Etacre. Blocked and tagged. Closing.  Salvio Let's talk about it! 21:28, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm seeing quite a few edits on past accounts on other wikis (notably ruwiki) - does this need to be passed onto CUs there? --Rschen7754 21:36, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'll send an e-mail to the CU mailing list, if they want to check, thanks for reminding me (I constantly forget, sigh). Salvio Let's talk about it! 21:38, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

25 July 2013

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If anyone is stupid enough to actually ask for diffs on this one, then no. Requesting CU due to the amount he squirrels away. Darkness Shines (talk) 17:00, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * - Pots, an old sock. Quack quack - this guy usually has other accounts so please check for them. Someguy1221 (talk) 22:35, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
 * - --  DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:33, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
 * at best, no sleepers. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:42, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Nothing else to do, then. Thank you DQ. Someguy1221 (talk) 01:46, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

12 August 2013

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Same as every other bloody sock, this guy's obsession with Taters. Last sock removes [Sergei Rachmaninoff. New sock replaces him. Which is a new one over his usual removal I must admit. Darkness Shines (talk) 22:43, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

First sock blocked for disruptive editing, so he created a new one. Darkness Shines (talk) 12:39, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  18:53, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
 * for Ttnttt, pretty darned near ✅ for Golinmn though. Courcelles 23:38, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Indeffing socks, tagging & closing.

02 September 2013

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Last sock New sock Darkness Shines (talk) 20:03, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * - Declined. Checkuser is not needed for obvious sockpuppetry. Blocked and closed. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:06, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

28 February 2014

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The usual obsession with any article about Taters. Darkness Shines (talk) 19:34, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

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Since these editors are confirmed technically to be a match (so there is definite socking going on), and they appear very much to be Фаиз Махмудов per behavioral evidence, that's enough for me to conclude that they are socks and block and tag them, which I've now done. --  At am a  頭 01:13, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
 * All known socks are stale, so only sleepers could be found... --Rschen7754 09:20, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * You underestimate the mystical powers of checkusers, Rschen... Seriously, technically speaking, this account is a match; taking into account behavioural evidence, I'd say it becomes . Also,  and  are a ✅ match to .  Salvio Let's talk about it! 09:43, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

20 March 2014

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Same as always on the Taters article, requesting CU as I see a few possible other socks in there Darkness Shines (talk) 18:37, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * - Per and . King of  &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 08:36, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅. No sleepers. Salvio Let's talk about it! 11:40, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Rschen7754 20:05, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

02 April 2014

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The usual obsession with the Tater articles Darkness Shines (talk) 23:06, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

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Maybe it's not obvious because I'm not familiar with the background, but can you identify with some diffs where the user is abusively editing e.g. are they introducing the same content or POV? Otherwise, users can conceivably share similar interests. Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 20:18, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm going to decline this. I don't see anything in common between Агнезий and Фаиз Махмудов, except for usernames in Cyrillic and having one article in common. I don't see Агнезий reinstituting material added by socks, and the editor doesn't use edit summaries or discussion pages so there is no opportunity to compare communication styles. I'll also point out that Агнезий was created in March 2013, and was active during multiple CheckUser checks on various Фаиз Махмудов socks over the past year and never came up, so by common sense we can conclude that this editor is also technically unrelated. I'm marking this case for closure with no action needed. --  At am a  頭 16:39, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

20 June 2014

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obvious Darkness Shines (talk) 21:17, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * I'm requesting a Checkuser to have a look at this, as that will definitely speed things up. LightandDark2000 (talk) 23:14, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * Wrong master: is Фаиз Махмудов. Also, there must be a typo in, because it doesn't seem to exist.  Salvio Let's talk about it! 09:39, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
 * , Sorry mate, it should have been Mujhideen101 Darkness Shines (talk) 09:54, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Don't worry. I have just moved the SPI to the correct place; that particular sock master was innocent, in this case. Salvio Let's talk about it! 10:01, 21 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:09, 22 June 2014 (UTC)