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04 September 2015

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I believe is being used to avoid an indefinite block on. The User is pretending to be a novice user to avoid suspicion. Both accounts regularly contacted the TeaHouse and edit soccer related articles. JMHamo (talk) 12:08, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

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 * The two accounts are ✅. Master tagged. Puppet blocked and tagged. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:14, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

05 September 2015

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In this edit User:AH999 stated he was editing as User:Zafiraman, which was subsequently renamed User:TeaLover1996 on 11 February 2015. He subsequently marked both his talk and user pages as clean start Having been indeffed as TeaLover1996, yesterday, he suddenly reactivated his old AH999 account, in this edit, removing the clean start tag. User:ComputerTechGuy and User:Alex hudson99 have already been shown to be socks of User:AH999, but I added them for completeness. I have suspicions about User:RedRanger1996 who started a user page with the same userboxes as TeaLover1996, and only made one edit - to post on User talk:TeaLover1996 Arjayay (talk) 16:34, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

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 * is ✅.
 * The following accounts are :
 * I've blocked and tagged the master and retagged the confirmed puppets from the archives. A clerk is free to tag Alex hudson99 and ComputerTechGuy as puppets of AH999. The evidence against RedRanger1996 should be evaluated.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:13, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged as either suspected or confirmed. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 01:47, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I've blocked and tagged the master and retagged the confirmed puppets from the archives. A clerk is free to tag Alex hudson99 and ComputerTechGuy as puppets of AH999. The evidence against RedRanger1996 should be evaluated.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:13, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged as either suspected or confirmed. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 01:47, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged as either suspected or confirmed. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 01:47, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

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FootballFanMan has demonstrated very similar behaviour to &, creating football (soccer) related articles in their sandbox, that get sent to AfD and posting to the TeaHouse. I am sure it's the same person. JMHamo (talk) 16:10, 31 December 2016 (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)  21:28, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
 * We can close this SPI report for now. The User has not made any further edits since 28 December. I will keep an eye on their editing behaviour and re-open this if necessary. Thanks for your time. JMHamo (talk) 11:38, 4 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  12:39, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  12:35, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * The above accounts are ✅ to AH999.
 * The accounts below are using a different UA but same range as above and needs behavioral evaluation:

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 * I've been monitoring ChocolateRabbit for quite some time, and I think the three accounts above blocked as suspected socks are false positives. They don't share the same MO as ChocolateRabbit and predecessors, and are primarily editing in different fields of football articles. Mattythewhite (talk) 15:13, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * I’ve blocked and tagged Peter18Mack and Applecorea4 on behavioral similarities. Ollie231213 still needs assessment. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:15, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * , look at the history of User talk:Peter18Mack: you have an editor who blanks all criticism because he is unable to handle it, which fits perfectly with the pattern of ChocolateRabbit and some of his other socks. Combined with the focus on football and the range, I thought it was enough for a block. In terms of Applecorea: that account began editing again on football articles immediately after ChocolateRabbit had received a 24 hour 3RR block (but not during the block). This was after being stale for a year. The editing timeline also works out on that one: they edit around the same hours generally but never at the same time. The focus on football combined with the ranges, the timelines, and other behavioral similarities were enough for me to block those two, and I think they are the same person, just editing on mobile. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:03, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, editors meeting that description who concentrate on football articles are ten a penny; they can't all be socks that are being operated by one individual. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:20, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * On the same range? It wouldn’t be enough on its own, but with the CU data I think it’s clear enough. TonyBallioni (talk) 19:39, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I've taken a look at Ollie. Any thoughts? Thanks,  GABgab 04:45, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * , this is a tougher one. There are definitely some similarities in article preferences (both are fans of piping cities/FC, but in different contexts). There are also some behavioral similarities in talk page communication. They share some similar edit summaries and patterns when it comes to reverting, as well. There are also definite behavioral differences (the Ollie account focuses on DOB/names, but this isn't found in the ChocolateRabbit account, which seems to have been the main account used of late.) The thing that I did find striking, however, is that both accounts were contributors to Deaths in 2017, and with increasing regularity to Deaths in 2018 from the ChocolateRabbit account. As I noted above, there are differences, but it is also pushing the limits of good faith to assume that there are 6 accounts on the same range that mainly edit football, and that the two most active accounts are also focused on a list of deaths, and that somehow these are all different people. I'm interested in your thoughts here as well. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:49, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, I also thought those overlaps were unlikely to be coincidental. GABgab 20:50, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * , all accounts, per above. There is just too much going on here for it to be coincidence when taken together with the technical evidence. Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:08, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

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Almost identical pattern of editing to ChocolateRabbit. Edit warring over pipeing "FC" in player biographies and similar edits at List of Grand Theft Auto V characters. Mattythewhite (talk) 15:09, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * , so, closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:27, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I've added an IP that came back right after the block to continue the edit warring. I've blocked it for a week for block evasion. Just adding here for the archive. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:50, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

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Almost exactly the same user name as Peter18Mack and editing in the region of Scottish football. The contribution timings made by both PeterMacks does not overlap each other, and we've gave Petermack18 plenty of WP:ROPE to give. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iggy the Swan (talk • contribs) 18:35, February 27, 2018 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  00:46, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I can't find conclusive evidence for possible accounts. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  17:06, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

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I have waited a week with this, also spoken to, that some of the edits made by the sock are of Ross County F.C. related articles, just like a previous confirmed sock. Peter18Mack & ScalpayMack have edited nine mutual pages (most of them have Ross County related information in them) and the username contains 'Mack' in it, similar to two other socks. Also having a look at the contributions of Scalpay, all 22 edits made are from those nine pages that the Editor Interaction Analyser has picked up on in relation of the two I have put in the tool boxes to check any habitual editing. Iggy (Swan) 19:39, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:00, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

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I realized CDRack has a similar contribution record with User:BlackOps3Fan and other sockpuppet of AH999. CDRack has made edits in 2018–19 EFL Cup, while BlackOps3Fan made the same edits before. CDRack also tried to add a reverted edit by BlackOps3Fan back to the article in Instagram. ("short for Instant Telegram", please see Instagram page history for clearer info). Considering the similar edit pattern, edit summary and info picked up by the Editor Interaction Analyser, it seems to be a sockpuppet of AH999. Wefk423 (talk) 14:26, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * Yeah, this account is a duck. Classic signs of the master and following the most recent sock. Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:35, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * ,, Some of these were previously reported by . See edits at Alexandre Pato, Gyasi Zardes, Hernanes. IPs 1 and 4 from the above list have already been blocked. Robby.is.on (talk) 08:43, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' - the following editor, User:Fcbjuvenil seems to be more aware of the sock IPs than I do. I've had a look at the page history of the latter two, whom I've never heard of before, and there has been more disruption than I'd thought. Fcbjuvenil and the other users who you've pinged have probably noticed more disruption than I did, especially Pato who is best known for his spell with Chelsea who had a one-off dip in the lower half of the table which Leicester won the title. The thing about Sao Paulo FC being piped or not can be seen by other related articles that the first instance has it showing 'FC' and just the Sao Paulo bit later. Iggy (Swan) 09:48, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi, he same guy again, now in Dani Alves. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/109.152.199.168

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 * IP's now inactive. Sro23 (talk) 17:26, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

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Similar edit warring pattern, especially at Hernanes, where past socks have also edit warred with a different sock. Related info at Sockpuppet investigations/Josepolivares/Archive. Jalen Folf  (talk)  04:46, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
 * User continues to edit war despite the notice of this investigation. Requesting CheckUser for connection and for sleeper accounts. Jalen Folf   (talk)  21:08, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * - As far as I'm aware, all socks are now stale. Sro23 (talk) 22:31, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * . Looks obvious to me. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:17, 6 November 2020 (UTC)