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This user is edit-warring at and IP-hopping, both constantly. The edits the IPs have made are quite obviously from the same user who claims to know Marty personally and keep in contact. The user has been told time and again to cite reliable sources, yet they refuse to do so. Also, after I reverted them the second time, they personally attacked me, saying about their source It's on Marty's website....read it moron. I've requested semi-protection of the BLP article. I suggest someone experienced with range blocks look into doing at least a temporary one (or several smaller range blocks) to stop them, as their IP changes quite often, sometimes even between edits. -- Gestrid (talk) 05:20, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

I just discovered they're the ones that have been trying to add unsourced content to as well, which got pending changes because of them. I've added those other IPs they continue to use at that article. Now, I definitely suggest a range block of some sort since they've shown that they refuse to work collaboratively. -- Gestrid (talk) 05:37, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

They've also edited at. On all three pages, I reverted at least a couple of times. (The wonders of Huggle. It's why I didn't notice the connection before/while creating this SPI.)  There are no other IPs to add from that page, as they were only editing with one of the IPs already listed here. I'm still requesting a range block. -- Gestrid (talk) 05:52, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

I apologize, but I misfiled an SPI to the wrong SPI casefile. See Sockpuppet investigations/ARTLIST for the misfile. It seems the IP user may have created a user account. -- Gestrid (talk) 06:06, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Two of the IPs (the first and fourth ones) in the Suspected sockpuppet list weren't covered in the range block. This could allow them to create sock accounts, as they seem to have done at the case right below this one. -- Gestrid (talk) 01:44, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

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I've blocked 49.180.128.0/18 for 48 hours for vandalism.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   06:35, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The IPs are old. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:55, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

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I'm entirely sure this is another sock of ARTLIST. They've demonstrated the exact same editing habits, aside from requesting that semi-protection be removed from Marty Willson-Piper so they can edit it. Requesting CU so they can do something (perhaps an IP block) to stop them from creating more socks, as well as a check for sleepers. -- Gestrid (talk) 04:11, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Additional information: Oops. I just realized I put this request under the wrong sockmaster.  I apologize.  I must've gotten this SPI confused with another SPI that just got finished up.  This should have been filed under Sockpuppet investigations/49.180.157.167.  This was entirely my fault and, again, I apologize, . -- Gestrid (talk) 06:04, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the move. Again, completely my mistake. -- Gestrid (talk) 06:12, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I do still believe this could close as a block based on behavioral evidence, same as the case above. -- Gestrid (talk) 01:40, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * - .&#32;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. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:56, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I've moved this for you. CheckUser is as it would require connecting an IP address to an account. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:09, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * no diffs were provided, but the account was created the same day the article was semiprotected, claims to be an author of the website the IPs referred to, and has edited the same pages that Gestrid observed above. Add to that this legal threat and we have an account in need of an indef block. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 23:48, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Ivanvector - ✅  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:50, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't believe there has actually been a violation of the sockpuppetry policy here, though, so no tag. Closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 23:55, 20 October 2016 (UTC)