Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/10alatham/Archive

Evidence submitted by Kinu
Highly likely a sockpuppet, given the username, but the contribution appears useful, so a second opinion is possibly warranted per WP:AGF. Kinu t /c  23:17, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, it turns out that I actually blocked one of the other sockpuppets for creating the same article, Conor Clifford, that I found this one at not too long ago. Ugh! Don't I feel dumb now. :) Clearly passes the WP:DUCK test. I'llgo ahead and block. Hope I didn't waste anyone's time here... -- Kinu t /c  02:44, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

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Note: This has been noticed and discussed here, and some accounts were blocked. TN X Man 01:30, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I found a few more: and, both of which I've blocked.  TN X Man  02:54, 29 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Accounts tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 12:33, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

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On Keanu Marsh-Brown Ben Ben (talk) 10:45, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

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 * Account was blocked for evasion. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 14:30, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by ClubOranje
WP:DUCK with a loud repettitive quack. Fairly self evident, same MO, same articles, same name... about the 30th puppet Club Oranje T 19:23, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

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Just a note: was active five months before  and blocked four months earlier, so I would think he should be the sockmaster here. Alzarian16 (talk) 13:14, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know if he is on a fixed or floating IP, but this is getting a little repetitive now.-- Club Oranje T 05:54, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
 * ...which of course I hadn't given a lot of thought to...not suggesting that we make it difficult for legitimate users in the range, but if his account creations can be flagged or something somehow...-- Club Oranje T 06:43, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and (some) of the other names he used are under Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Alex latham, all tagegd and blocked except User:Alex "happy" Latham which is tagged but not blocked-- Club Oranje T 11:02, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

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 * Yes, that does seem rather obvious. Blocked and tagged. (And as a side note, where are these other puppets that you mentioned?) —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 19:36, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * They're under Sockpuppet investigations/10alatham. TN X Man  19:45, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, huh. Alright, then, I've moved this case to 10alatham. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:33, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

It is painfully clear that this user is creating socks to create new articles, mostly on football-related BLPs. I have already invoked WP:CSD on a couple of them, and I suggest others go through all his socks' other creations to see if they meet G5 in that a sock of 10alatham created and have had no significant contribs by others. –MuZemike 20:46, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * It seems that some socks aren't listed either here or in the archive. 2011alatham, 2012alatham, and so on aren't listed. Is there a list of the rest that I'm not seeing? —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 21:15, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * They came up in different places and I don't think they were ever centrally listed. I know I caught some after an ANI posting about it. TN X Man  21:22, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The two new accounts are ✅ as being the same as each other and I've blocked them. The range here appears to be a /13, so there's not much we can do but report them as they come in. If they're targeting a certain article or set of articles, semi-protection would be a good option. TN X Man  12:35, 11 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I just blocked User:Alex "happy" Latham. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:07, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm going to mark this for close, but please refile as necessary. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  16:22, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by HelloAnnyong
Opening case per this edit on ANI. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 17:04, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

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 * - —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 17:05, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

One of the ranges has been blocked. I don't think nothing else can be done right now. –MuZemike 01:50, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Top Jim
Block evasion following indefinite block of puppeteer for disruptive editing. Harry Kane (footballer), fake article on a youth player not yet notable per WP:NFOOTY created using a paste-and-edit article from John Bostock. Identical to attempt at Matthew Nicholas (footballer). Also note removal of copyright mask template at Top Jim (talk) 19:26, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

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This is actually. ✅ the following are the same as 10alatham:
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 19:45, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Huh, interesting. Anyway, all have been blocked and tagged. Owenfreddie Junior Ronaldo (without the ending I) as listed in the list is not an account. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:19, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 19:45, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Huh, interesting. Anyway, all have been blocked and tagged. Owenfreddie Junior Ronaldo (without the ending I) as listed in the list is not an account. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:19, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

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Creation of non-notable footballers in the lower echelons of the English football leagues. Account inactive since block for removing deletion templates, but reporting anyway. Articles created listed at AfD and tags were removed by already blocked sock of 10alatham. <sub style="color:#007700;">wjemather <sup style="color:#ff8040;">bigissue 17:50, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

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 * Adding a CU request to find sleepers, and to confirm a different username. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 18:01, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ the following, which are pretty obviously 10alatham:
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 18:14, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 18:16, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 18:14, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 18:16, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 18:14, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 18:16, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 18:16, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

19 December 2010

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✅ by Tnxman307. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 17:22, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

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 * All have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 17:23, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

23 December 2010

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The user name is similar to previous sock User:3cm of snow. The editing habits are identical, creating articles about young football players with borderline or doubtful notability, including copyrighted text from the player profiles on external sites. bonadea contributions talk 13:15, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

I just saw that the account has been blocked as a sock of User:Alex latham, who is obviously an earlier account of User:10alatham. --bonadea contributions talk 14:15, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

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✅ but no sleepers. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 14:33, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Sock tagged and already blocked by NawlinWiki. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#A40000;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 14:50, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

03 January 2011

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Standard MO: creation of articles on non-notable footballers, removing prods w/o explanation. Username a variation on some of the 19th December reports. Struway2 (talk) 14:31, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

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✅. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  14:47, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:02, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

07 January 2011

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Recreation pretty well word-for-word of non-notable Dominic Collins (footballer) deleted a day or two ago; altering Jhon Pírez, an article previously edited by 8 other latham socks. Request checkuser to see if there are any sleeper accounts. Struway2 (talk) 16:23, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

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Quack blocked and pages deleted. Up to others whether to endorse for CU. BencherliteTalk 16:41, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * - Worth a look. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:56, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Out of interest, can you do Rangeblocks for registered users? GiantSnowman 17:02, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅, but no sleepers. A rangeblock is not feasible, unfortunately. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  20:15, 7 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Were done here. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  22:53, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

17 January 2011

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Quack. Struway2 (talk) 14:33, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

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 * CU for confirmation and sleepers. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 14:46, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅, but no sleepers at a glance. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  15:32, 17 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:49, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

18 January 2011

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Quack. The 10th latham to edit Jhon Pírez. Becoming truly tedious. Struway2 (talk) 16:09, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

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 * Blocked per WP:DUCK, but adding CU to check for sleepers, and to see (once again) if an IP block is possible. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:16, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅, no sleepers, one IP blocked. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  16:20, 18 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:35, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

29 January 2011

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Standard MO: creation or recreation of articles on non-notable footballers. Username a variation on previous. looks like a duck...-- Club Oranje T 12:04, 29 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Appears to be another one. Travelbird (talk) 13:40, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

09 February 2011

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I've got a funny feeling that this is a user who has previously had a history of creating youth team football players for UK teams and adding content to confer notability which is untrue - the previous sockpuppets were 10alatham and various related accounts. Zanoni (talk) 22:54, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

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 * I've merged this case into 10alatham per Zanoni's note, and I'm endorsing for a check. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:50, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ in addition to ;
 * . Tiptoety  talk 20:02, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:09, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

11 February 2011

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First and only contribution is to remove db-g5 tag from Ferenc Fodor, a latham creation. Struway2 (talk) 23:16, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Tiptoety  talk 23:19, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

I also blocked, deleted all page creations from the socks, and blocked another IP range. –MuZemike 23:30, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

24 March 2011

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Duck. Creation of articles on young non-notable footballers using copyvio of cited sources. Struway2 (talk) 09:58, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Adding another suspect: recreation of recently-deleted nn footballer in identical style to first, editing one of first's creations. Struway2 (talk) 12:03, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

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Both ✅, along with. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 12:18, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * All three confirmed accounts have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 14:19, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

26 March 2011

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The usual: articles on young non-notable footballers including copyvio of cited sources. To be fair, one of tonight's creations, Elliot Parish, actually is notable, as of an hour ago. If he'd stick to notable players and leave out the copyvio, I wouldn't care what he calls himself. Struway2 (talk) 00:26, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

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✅. All articles created were deleted per WP:CSD, and one IP range blocked 3 months. –MuZemike 01:02, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

29 March 2011

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The usual. Creating articles on non-notable footballers with copyvio of cited club website sources. Plus the excellent article Paul Pogba which, judging by most of the citation accessdates, appears to be a re-creation, of whose original work I cannot tell. Struway2 (talk) 21:40, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

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✅ and blocked. All creations deleted per WP:CSD, but I did not check for copyvios here. Be aware that 10alatham is now on a new IP range. –MuZemike 21:50, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

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Duck quacking loudly, after apparently several months inactivity. Creation of articles about young footballers, either not notable or of marginal notability, with content copypasted from club websites and news reports, as at Curtis Obeng, Alexander Kačaniklić. Removal of speedy deletion and PROD tags: ample evidence on user talk page. Have requested checkuser, but don't know if the previous incarnations are too long ago to give any conclusive result. Struway2 (talk) 14:56, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * All the data we have on the master is stale, but I've blocked and tagged the account per WP:DUCK. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:12, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

05 February 2012

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Quack. Blatant similarity of name to recently blocked User:2012 is a LEGENDARY year, editing same articles. Struway2 (talk) 14:09, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * Second time in two days we've had this case. Blocked and tagged the account, deleted some articles. Endorsing for sleepers. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:01, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * It's a really busy range and there are no obvious sleepers. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  15:27, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

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Duck: e.g. adding club website copyvio to footballer page. Also, edited Alexander Kačaniklić, a page originally created by one of the two recent socks, and created a tribute page to his late grandfather who shared the surname Latham. The annoying thing is, he started creating apparently properly sourced articles, I gave him the benefit of the doubt, and all the time he was gradually converting this football club squad template to the contents of this different club's squad, and then moved the damn thing. And the apparently properly sourced articles contained significant amounts of unsourced info. At which point I gave up on AGF. Rant over :-( Struway2 (talk) 23:13, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * - Probably, but endorsing to confirm, and to find sleepers. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:02, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

✅ and blocked. All creations have been deleted per WP:CSD. --MuZemike 01:16, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

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Duck. This time he's created an article about a footballer by copypasting a draft from my userspace. The 29 March 2011 sock did that with someone's sandbox article on Paul Pogba. Struway2 (talk) 22:50, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged per WP:DUCK. Running another CU only a day after isn't necessary. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:29, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

19 February 2012

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Duck: resuming his current interest in Belgian football. Edited Alpaslan Öztürk and re-created Zinho Chergui, which was deleted as creation of previous Latham sock. Struway2 (talk) 08:38, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * Per WP:DUCK I've blocked and tagged the sock. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:29, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

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Duck. Creating articles about footballers of no or marginal notability using copyvio content, e.g. Anton Rodgers was copied from here and here. Recreated Ferenc Fodor, a previous Latham creation. Struway2 (talk) 20:15, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

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✅. All creations have been deleted, and a new range has been blocked. --MuZemike 20:29, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

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Duck. Only managed to create a couple of pages, one already G4'd, before being blocked for inappropriate username. Struway2 (talk) 12:12, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

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✅ the following are the same:
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 14:11, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  18:58, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked/Tagged. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  22:33, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 14:11, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  18:58, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked/Tagged. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  22:33, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

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Duck. Creating non-notable young Chelsea footballer by copypasting from. Struway2 (talk) 18:40, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

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✅. There are accounts that may be matches, but they haven't edited yet and it's a very busy range. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 19:03, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

05 March 2012

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Duck. Creating non-notable footballer pages by copypasting from elsewhere, e.g. this copied from here. Struway2 (talk) 07:38, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

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✅ the following are the same:
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:00, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:36, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 15:00, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:36, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

09 March 2012

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Duck. Creating non-notable footballer pages by copyvio, including re-creating this copied from same sources as did the previous Latham sock. Requesting checkuser for sleepers. Struway2 (talk) 20:48, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked them as they are editing at the moment and clearly pass the duck test. SmartSE (talk) 20:58, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No other accounts that I see, and since SmartSE has blocked them, I'll mark for close. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  21:14, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

11 March 2012

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Duck. Similar random-character-string name as previous sock, and re-created the previous sock's non-notable creation. Struway2 (talk) 08:11, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

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 * Both accounts blocked. No action necessary. Closing. (ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 13:34, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

18 March 2012

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Duck. Similar random-string name as recent socks. Creating articles on non-notable footballers by copypaste, e.g. this copied from his club profile. Struway2 (talk) 15:09, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

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Account blocked per WP:DUCK. However, I am unable to check at this time. If another CU can check and look for other possible socks and/or underlying ranges to block, that would be appreciated. If not, I may be able to get to it later. --MuZemike 22:36, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No other socks, underlying range blocked. The Cavalry (Message me) 00:23, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

16 April 2012

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Duck. Random character username, creating articles on non-notable footballers, sentence style. Might be worth a checkuser for sleepers or unnoticed active socks, as he hasn't been spotted for a few weeks. Struway2 (talk) 11:12, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

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Account blocked and tagged. I am unable to do any checks on this user at this time. --MuZemike 11:26, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

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Looks like Mr Latham's got a little brother... Usual stuff: creating non-notable footballers by copyvio, e.g. Jay Lynch. Might be worth a checkuser for sleepers. Please would the admin not delete his first creation, Josh Vela: the subject is now notable, and the article has been de-copyvioed by a reliable editor. Struway2 (talk) 17:13, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

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This account is a match to accounts in the archive. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 17:48, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

The editing behaviors are too similar to possibly conclude anything else. Blocked and tagged. --MuZemike 17:47, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

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Duck. Similar random-character-string style of username to recent ones, standard method of operation: creating non-notable footballer articles by copyvio e.g. this one, which someone's already de-copyvioed. Yawn. Struway2 (talk) 07:32, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * P.S. Would the admin who deals with this please not delete his creation Charles Dunne. The subject is notable and doesn't contain copyvio material. thanks, Struway2 (talk) 07:38, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

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A match to previous accounts. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 14:29, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Five of six created articles speedied per WP:G5. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 15:02, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

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Quack. Serial creation of articles on non-notable young footballers, sometimes by copyvio, as this one using words from here. This one's been active for longer than usual, the linked article was the first one I noticed. Maybe worth a checkuser for sleepers. Struway2 (talk) 07:16, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

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 * - Sleepers unlikely, but possible given the history of socking in the archives. Let's double check. Steven   Zhang  Get involved in DR! 11:01, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
 * . No obvious sleepers that I found. <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold  (t/a/c) 21:06, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
 * User is already blocked, so closing. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 01:15, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

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Quack. Creating articles about non-notable footballers by copyvio, e.g. here. And the Latham surname. Struway2 (talk) 19:58, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

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Hmm, I'm not entirely convinced by this one. The name is obviously the same and the subject area the same, but the old account didn't actually create any articles. The subject area of Premier League footballers attracts a lot of editors; the name could just be a coincidence. Basa lisk inspect damage⁄berate 21:54, 17 July 2012 (UTC) On reflection, my input here is pretty pointless seeing as I can't review the deleted contribs. Basa lisk inspect damage⁄berate 23:28, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
 * From memory the previous accounts actually created about 100 articles between them, but virtually every one was deleted as either a copyvio or non-notable (or quite often both). The new one seems to me to fit the established pattern exactly. Alzarian16 (talk) 22:33, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:30, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the account as a blatantly obvious sock of 10alatham. The username, choice of articles, and recreation of deleted 10alatham articles all equal one neon quacking duck. --<b style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's</b> Ponyo <sup style="color:Navy;">bons mots 17:16, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Closing.

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Alex Latham 2015 is pretty straight forward given the user name. Previous socks include 2011alatham, 2012alatham, 2014alatham, 6 December 2010 Alex Latham, Alex Latham 2012, and Bolton Wanderers F.C.- Alex Latham, just to name a few. The last of these is particularly telling, since Bolton Wanderers appears to be the focus of this account.

TH Coaster has twice created an article on Dominic Collins (footballer) (under Dom collins the first time), which previous socks have created at least twice. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:17, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

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I reported quite a lot of the Latham socks when they were active 3+ years ago. When TH Coaster re-created the Dominic Collins page, a popular Latham target, asked me whether I thought it might be a Latham sock. I said I couldn't remember the style all that clearly, but it didn't strike me as familiar. The article created by Alex Latham 2015, Quade Taylor, is about a young footballer who does pass the WP:NFOOTBALL notability guideline, which is atypical but not unprecedented, but the writing style in this one is absolutely classic Latham. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 17:12, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

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 * CU can't help because the master & previous socks are all . Per the evidence (username and writing style) I have  but I don't find the evidence strong enough towards TH Coaster, and comparing the August 2010 version to the May 2015 version of the Domininc Collins article doesn't reveal striking resemblance. ☺ ·   Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  21:31, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

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This editor recreated the article, almost verbatim, on Ángel Viadero which was previously created by. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:03, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Please compare the deleted articles. Thanks, GABgab 16:57, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Basically the same. Blocked. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:35, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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This editor recreated the article on Ángel Viadero, which latham socks have previously created twice. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:56, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 17:47, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

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Clerk filing: updating case to show that accounts previously linked to have been re-tagged as socks under this case name. More info to follow. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 21:34, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * User identified a connection between, an account blocked as a sock of , and this sockfarm. I am inclined to agree based on this sock's username matching a pattern used by 10alatham socks, along with other socks previously linked to Sir gidabout, and significant common area of interest between the two cases. There is no prior SPI for Sir gidabout but they have accumulated many blocked socks and flagged IPs.
 * as of this edit the Sir gidabout socks have been partially re-tagged, and I will complete the process tomorrow unless another clerk beats me to it.
 * Done. Closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:07, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

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I'd like to check if a rangeblock of the 2A02:901A:5300::0/64 range is possible. (I hope I formatted that correctly.) The four IP's listed above are probably the most obvious examples of sockpuppetry in this range. The first three all at various points interfered with the WP:G5 speedy deletion of Ángel Viadero. The fourth is already blocked as a sockpuppet. If you look at this, you'll find that IP's from this range have also shared 10alatham's interest in updating football managerial statistics. A word search for the term produces 287 hits in the last six months, and you'd be hard pressed to find one to an article not previously updated by one of the previous socks in this case. Furthermore, if we a assume all such updates are 10alatham, it looks like there's no one else editing from this range, so the risk of collateral damage should be minimal. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:02, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

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yeah, I can do that. Range blocked for a month. I'm not sure this will stop him, though. Going from the deleted article's history, he seems to have access to other ranges. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:39, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

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This editor shares 10alatham's interest in updating football managerial statistics, with all but two of the BLP's they updated having been previously updated by other 10alatham socks. Additionally, the two IP edits to the article on Miguel Ángel Álvarez Tomé created by this editor were from two different IP ranges 10alatham previously used. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:53, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

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 * A CU check against should easily be possible. The account may not be confirmed to 10alatham, but I think it's obvious enough that it may as well be. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:19, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * - there may not be much a CU can do here since there's a large gap between recent cases and older ones, but please check against for example. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:45, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Sir gidabout is . The only account in the archive I see that's possible is the behaviorally blocked, one-edit . Do you want me to check against them?--Bbb23 (talk) 14:20, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I just noticed the account Sir Sputnik mentioned. Do you want me to check against that one as well?--Bbb23 (talk) 14:21, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * yes, please check both. I think a behavioural block is already reasonably justified here, but CU results will help. Thanks . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:31, 1 May 2017 (UTC)


 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * Blocked and tagged the two unblocked accounts. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:21, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the two unblocked accounts. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:21, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the two unblocked accounts. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:21, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the two unblocked accounts. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:21, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the two unblocked accounts. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:21, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the two unblocked accounts. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:21, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

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While were at it, could we also reinstate the rangeblock against the 2A02:901A:5300::0/64 range. (See archive entry for 9 March 2017 for evidence.) It seems to have curbed sockpuppetry from 10alatham somewhat and it looks like they're still the only one using that range. Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:01, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * Range blocked for 3 months. Please note the range is . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:54, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

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This editor's only edits so far have been to update football managerial statistics, the most common type of contribution from 10alatham socks, in articles frequently updated by previous socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:10, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

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✅ to previous socks +. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:52, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

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This editor's only edits so far have been to update football managerial statistics, the most common type of contribution from 10alatham socks, in articles frequently updated by previous socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 13:45, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked by . Tag updated to ✅.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:19, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

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This editor recreated Miguel Ángel Álvarez Tomé, which previous 10alathams socks have created multiple times. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:55, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  18:44, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * - to confirm socking and sweep any sleepers.
 * ✅, blocked and tagged. No other accounts seen. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:53, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

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The 2A02:C7F:901A:5300:::/64 range has been previously blocked for evasion by 10alatham. The most recent of these blocks expired a few weeks ago and the evasion promptly resumed. Given that these four IP's, the only ones from the range to have edited since the block expired, have all continued to update football managerial statistics, I think it's fairly safe to assume that it's still being used by 10alatham. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:16, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * yes, I think that is quite likely. Many of the IPs in this range already have long blocks because of this user, and I don't see much or maybe any collateral damage. I am blocking for one year. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:10, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

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This editor recreated the article on Ángel Eduardo Viadero Odriozola, previously created by. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:15, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * - user blocked. for sleepers. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:11, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Katietalk 20:30, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
 * That was quick. ✅, no sleepers. Tagged, closing. Katietalk 20:33, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

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This account appears to have been registered for the express purpose of updating football managerial statistics. Half their edits have been such updates, and all of them are to articles with similar updates from previous 10alatham socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:15, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:57, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
 * - to confirm and check for others. A clear pattern may be seen in this history as an example that makes it clear.
 * - Katietalk 21:30, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅, no visible sleepers. FYI, I changed a couple of your rangeblocks. Closing. Katietalk 21:40, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

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Here we have yet another account, registered shortly after the last 10alatham sock was blocked, with the same particular interest in updating football managerial statistics in the same articles as previous socks. (See editing histories for Luis César Sampedro, Gaizka Garitano, and Vicente Mir). Additionally, the username continues 10alathams pattern of using garbled strings of letters and numbers for their usernames. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:41, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  13:54, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
 * to connect accounts and check for others. Thanks, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 23:13, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ Salvio Let's talk about it! 10:01, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged and closing.

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Another account who has the same name (Alex h latham, if you replace the numbers 1 and 3 by the letters "L" and "E", respectively). Even though his edits are correct (as his creation of Hernán Pérez Cuesta), he caught my attention by reverting a completely correct template (BDFutbol season) for no apparent reason. User has the same interest on editing managerial statistics of Spanish football managers (see editing histories for Mehdi Nafti, Imanol Idiakez, and Sergio Francisco). BRDude70 ( talk ) 18:24, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * This is fairly obvious given the name and subject matter, and with the last known sock several years old, CU won't tell us much. . Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:55, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

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Another account who has the same name (A13x h latham, only adding the "2024"). User has the same interest on editing managerial statistics of football managers (see editing histories for Raúl Jardiel and his submission of Pedro Moreira (football manager)). BRDude70 ( talk ) 23:23, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. No point in running a check. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 23:47, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

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Another account with the same interest on editing managerial statistics of football managers (see editing histories for Imanol de la Sota and his submission of Draft:Ignacio Jesús Trujillo Cabrera). Seems also a way to "mock" me because I was the one who submitted those last reports... BRDude70 ( talk ) 15:20, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * @Bbb23: What about now? Seems exactly like @A13x h latham2024, an user blocked in November 2023, and confirmed as sock of Latham... BRDude70  ( talk ) 16:51, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * - CheckUser tools probably won't tell us anything useful. The most recent check was seven years ago, so any archived CU data is too outdated. The more recent socks are now stale.  Sir Sputnik edit from mobile alt (talk) 18:47, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Insufficient evidence, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:50, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

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Re-adding since the other one was closed and no further replies were made after my new comment. There's plenty of evidence now: user is only interested on making managers/managerial statistics/manager-related edits. BRDude70 ( talk ) 13:53, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * This was closed for lack of evidence. Re-opening it without presenting anything new is disruptive. Please don't do that again. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:48, 29 April 2024 (UTC)