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24 March 2016

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Like the sockmaster, this account is moving pages to a different name without seeking consensus, at Universal HD. Electric Burst (Electron firings)(Zaps) 04:55, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * As the admin that blocked AHSApacheStudent, I can see the similarities. In early March AHSApacheStudent created several new articles like List of programs broadcast by Science, List of programs broadcast by Centric, and List of programs broadcast by Discovery Kids (Latin America). AHSClassof2017 made similar edits with the creation of List of programs broadcast by Investigation Discovery. He also edited similar articles that the prior account edited, like Boomerang and List of programs broadcast by Boomerang. I also note an attempt to redirect Universal HD to various other titles like Universal Channel and Universal Channel (United States), which is fairly similar to AHS's attempts to move articles like MTV Tres to Tr3s. I get the impression that his next move was likely going to be to try to move Universal Channel to the US specific title. Like the prior account, Classof2017 also doesn't communicate with other editors. He hasn't been asked to come to the talk page like the other userpage did, but at some point the various talk page warnings would cause many to start trying to communicate with others. This seems like a WP:DUCK situation given the similar editing habits paired with the extremely similar usernames. I'm going to go ahead and block them as the original editor evading a block. I think that this editor means well, but they need to learn to communicate with others, especially when moving a large amount of content from one page to another. FWIW, some of the old account's content moves seemed rational enough, but they were blocked for doing this repeatedly without any sort of conversation and in some situations where the move didn't entirely seem like a good idea, like with the individual season pages for the Flintstones. The main reason was pretty much that their edits were repeatedly seen as controversial and they consistently refused to respond to any editor concerns. I don't think that their edits are going to change any under this new account and offhand them trying to get back into the same type of edits with this new account shows some pretty bad faith on their part. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  05:33, 31 March 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)  21:51, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged by Tokyogirl79. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:08, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

17 April 2016

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Username sock. Quack. Electric Burst (Electron firings)(Zaps) 11:53, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * A check is not needed here. I've blocked the account. Mike V • Talk 23:40, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

05 May 2016

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Same first 3 letters on name. Editing on cartoon/TV pages like sock master and other socks  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 02:20, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

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Continuing sockmaster's pattern of undiscussed forks of programming sections of TV network articles into separate articles - & ;  & ;  & ;  &   Electric  Burst (Electron firings)(Zaps) 21:41, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I combined our two reports. Hope you don't mind. For the record, Electricburst1996 reported the same user plus the IPv6 user.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 22:31, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * I blocked, and blocked the IP as well. Didn't tag them yet. Don't tag as CU block please; blocked on the basis of behavioral evidence. Found no sleepers. Drmies (talk) 00:53, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
 * The account is ✅ to the master. Tagged and closing. Mike V • Talk 20:17, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

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Username follows trend set by previous socks. Electric Burst (Electron firings)(Zaps) 23:32, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * Sock indeffed and tagged. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:48, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

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Follows the pattern of making several undiscussed content forks in the general area of interest (See Articles for deletion/List of American children's television series (Q–Z)). 2602:306:36D5:8230:24B0:6158:A410:440A is clearly a sock, as it tried to split the content in List of 6teen episodes to the pages created by AHSApacheStudent (, etc.), and I believe Number 1 Player is the same person because a minute later, they made this edit. Sro23 (talk) 20:07, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * The editing of Number 1 Player bears numerous similarities to that of AHSApacheStudent and known sockpuppets, and adding that to the facts that the account was created not long after the block on the latest known sock, and that the account's earliest edits did not look remotely like those of a new editor, I have blocked that account as a sockpuppet. Not only the IP address listed, but the whole IP range 2602:306:36D5:8230:0:0:0:0/64 (i.e all IP addresses beginning 2602:306:36D5:8230:) has clearly been used to evade blocks, so I have blocked the range for a year. Since the related IP range 2602:306:36D5:A5A0:0:0:0:0/64 is already blocked, and one of its IP addresses is listed in the archive for this SPI page, it may be necessary to look into the possibility that a wider range block is needed. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:21, 14 September 2016 (UTC)


 * I have now checked the editing history from the IP range 2602:306:36D5:0:0:0:0:0/48, and I have seen no evidence of editing by this editor other than in the two ranges already blocked, so there is no need for any other range block there. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:37, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

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Username sock, also continues the pattern of undiscussed content forks similar to the last puppet User:Number 1 Player. Also note how both users share the same interest in years in animation articles:. Sro23 (talk) 00:14, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to from the archives. Blocked and tagged.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  23:26, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

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Name + editing area = duck.

User is creating forks of cartoon categories and adding them to pages (e.g., ).

Overlap between this sock and master is rather significant. as is the overlap with the two most recent known sock accounts

CU requested to confirm this account and check for sleepers given the user's tenacity  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 04:48, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to the archives and blocked. The only other account I see is, but the behavior doesn't match up. Otherwise, no sleepers found. I changed the /64 rangeblock placed by to a hard CU block. Katietalk 14:55, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:18, 3 May 2017 (UTC)