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might also be a sockpuppet, as well as the IPs, , and. All users have the behavioral pattern: They add/replace links to videos from their personal YouTube channel before removing them again or be reverted. 米記123 and Amazingsummer have already been blocked for this, but I'd like to have all of the above checked for sockpuppetry. Lordtobi ( &#9993; ) 13:32, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * Behaviourally, 美人魚美人雞 is definitely a sock, so I've — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk  ·  Contributions ) 16:06, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Both indeffed, closing. qedk (t 桜 c) 20:49, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

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Adding all the same excessive YT els to FIFA 19 and then reverting. Praxidicae (talk) 12:14, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

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✅ plus . — Berean Hunter   (talk)  04:28, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Close per the above. The SandDoctor  Talk 05:39, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

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Same behaviour of adding YouTube videos to external links and swiftly removing them again. Lordtobi ( &#9993; ) 07:04, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * The account has been blocked, and I added a tag. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 01:26, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I'll note that the account is active globally (see CA); this may need steward attention. Mz7 (talk) 01:27, 4 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Lock request filed on meta. The SandDoctor  Talk 03:55, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Account now locked. The SandDoctor  Talk 16:01, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

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Same behaviour of adding and subsequently removing links to personal YouTube videos. Lordtobi ( &#9993; ) 12:14, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

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✅ with. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  13:02, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Sock tagged (was already blocked indef). Marking for closure, N.J.A.  &#124; talk  15:39, 21 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Lock request filed on meta. The SandDoctor  Talk 08:25, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

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See their contributions,similar edit(Beautiful-Cooking,,When-Heaven-Burns,) by User:Heart-of-Greed.  MCC214 # ex umbra in solem   08:39, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment: Most accounts connected with the puppeteer edit either video game or Hong Kong topics, the latter is the case with these two. Both of them are also blocked for sockpuppetry on zhwiki, the puppeteer's primary. Lordtobi  ( &#9993; ) 11:18, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Reply Oshwah,this two users like edit and rollback shortly,also,zh.wiki confirmed they are User:My-Ages-Apart and User:Amazing-Variety,in zh.wiki they are add YouTube link(Beautiful-Cooking,,When-Heaven-Burns,).-- MCC214 # ex umbra in solem   14:08, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * MCC214 - Other than the random addition and removal of spaces and single characters, is there other evidence that you can provide for me to observe and investigate?  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:06, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Accounts are globally locked, closing. ST47 (talk) 15:01, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

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Same behaviour (adding and subsequently removing YouTube video links or formatting) on the same topics (association football, video games, and Hong Kong). User is also, as always, active on international Wikipedias, primarily zhwiki. A global lock might be required. Lordtobi ( &#9993; ) 12:06, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * User is blocked. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 14:40, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

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See contributions,add link spam and delete after.  MCC214 # ex umbra in solem   09:34, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * Seems WP:DUCKy. Blocked. Close. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:16, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Filed request for locking on meta. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:25, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

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Per WP:DUCK. IceWelder &#91; &#9993; &#93; 07:55, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
 * As you requested further info; this user has the exact same behaviour as all other socks of this Hong Kong-based LTA: Adding and then instantly remvoing external links to their personal YouTube videos in rapid succession on a plethora of projects. Lego Racers (video game), for example, is a frequent victim of this. This sock is also active on many other Wikimedia projects, particularly zhwiki, which also applied to all the other socks. A global lock will again be required here. Additionally, this sock in particular is an in-name successor of previous sock Summer-Holiday1. As this is rather obvious, I had hoped that it would suffice to note the DUCKery. Also pinging, who filed locks requests for prior socks. IceWelder  &#91; &#9993; &#93; 08:35, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * - 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)  08:15, 13 April 2020 (UTC)


 * , you say "As this is rather obvious, I had hoped that it would suffice to note the DUCKery", and the SPI clerks see "I've found some killer evidence, but I can't be bothered to give it. Go find it for yourselves".
 * Please confirm & check for sleepers. Cabayi (talk) 09:13, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
 * What I can confirm is same country, same generic UA. I think given that plus the other accounts blocked on Lego Racers that you really shouldn't need much more evidence than that. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 09:38, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

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Same behaviour of adding, then deleting links to personal YouTube videos. Also targets other Hong Kong articles, as previous socks did. User is also active on other projects (again on the forefront, zhwiki), so a global lock is required. I also added a couple IPs that have been doing the same on the articles of the Lego Racers video game series, which is frequently affected. Since this is an LTA, maybe a CheckUser could expose further accounts that need to be blocked. IceWelder &#91; &#9993; &#93; 08:27, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

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✅. No other accounts seen. You may request a global lock for the account here. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  12:49, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Everybody is blocked and locked. Nothing more to do here. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:06, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

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Edit similar to 西班牙遊記,zh.wiki confirmed it is a sock for 米記123(→).  MCC214 # ex umbra in solem   09:33, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

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✅. . — Berean Hunter   (talk)  11:19, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:12, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

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CheckUser ✅. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:39, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

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'''All sock blocked and tagged. Closing case. Callanecc''' (talk • contribs • logs)

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Similar edit to 西班牙遊記 and Armed-Reaction,zh.wiki confirmed.  MCC214 # ex umbra in solem   17:38, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * Going to go direct to closing this as all 3 suspected socks are locked, thus making this case 100% moot. The SandDoctor  Talk 19:19, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

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Check sleepers.  MCC214 # ex umbra in solem   11:21, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * , closing. Mz7 (talk) 22:44, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

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See edit for this user and other user edit in last request.  MCC214 # ex umbra in solem   09:29, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Incredible-Mama is ✅ and there aren't any obvious sleepers. I'll block, tag and ask for a global lock in a minute. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:50, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Callanecc,please block the IP(s) when this LTA create account and edit.-- MCC214 # ex umbra in solem   11:11, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

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See this user edit and other user edit in last request.  MCC214 # ex umbra in solem   13:06, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Already globally locked., closing. Mz7 (talk) 19:09, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

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See this user and other sock edit.  MCC214 # ex umbra in solem   09:15, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * . Already globally locked, closing. Mz7 (talk) 16:22, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

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Same behavior, name scheme, and article scope. Sleepers should be checked. IceWelder &#91; &#9993; &#93; 08:34, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

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I think checkuser can also check other one,and block IP/IP ranges when used,



Above.-- MCC214 # ex umbra in solem   09:30, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * I blocked him earlier just upon stumbling upon him naturally (he frequents a number of articles on my watchlist so this happens a lot) but I support looking for sleepers/socks too. Sergecross73   msg me  14:21, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. Closing SPI report...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:23, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. Closing SPI report...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:23, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. Closing SPI report...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:23, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. Closing SPI report...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:23, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

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See edit.  MCC214 # ex umbra in solem   13:10, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * - For sleepers. Thanks, GABgab 15:40, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, because of the nature of the underlying data (very common technical configuration on a range shared by many unrelated users), a sleeper check for this sockmaster is generally not going to be very fruitful. Indeed,, closing as the accounts are already locked globally. Mz7 (talk) 02:31, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

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See edit.  MCC214 # ex umbra in solem   10:26, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, locks requested, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:55, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

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See edit.  MCC214 # ex umbra in solem   11:49, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

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Already WP:DUCK blocked, as they're the only editor that makes these same sort of pointless edits. Feel free to check for sleepers or whatever, but no real investigation is necessary here. It's him. Sergecross73  msg me  13:17, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Not going to endorse given that the archive notes that sleeper checks won't be very fruitful here., closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 12:03, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

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Check sleepers,also,same IP range have similar edit,see below.



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 * CU - these accounts are already globally locked, and per Mz7's comments here, a sleeper check is unlikely to be useful. I'll leave this open for evaluation of the IPs, but I have to say that I question the utility of blocking a huge set of ranges for edits that are immediately self-reverted. Spicy (talk) 18:30, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree with . Range blocking isn't going to be useful here, so closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:55, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

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See edit,please block it,don't other action.  MCC214 # ex umbra in solem  06:13, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

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Blocked in Chinese Wikipedia at zh:WP:傀儡調查/案件/米記123 0xDEADBEEF (T C) 10:44, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

This account have been globally locked,so please close this request.-- MCC214 # ex umbra in solem  02:35, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked for local recordkeeping. Closing. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 07:24, 9 May 2022 (UTC)