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The suspected sock was created one day after the master was blocked. I believe the sock's username "Warriors Blew 3-1 Lead" is an internet meme, but the sockmaster made a reference to it here (and also here as an IP). Both mainly focus on anti-vandalism patrol, but there is intersection in the topic area of American football:. Sro23 (talk) 02:41, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * Sro23 - Yes, "The warriors blew a 3-1 lead" is an internet meme. It's in reference to the 2016 NBA Finals - Basically, the Golden State Warriors were at three wins with only one more needed to become the 2016 NBA champions (Cleveland Cavaliers were only at one win). With home court advantage and three wins, they managed to lose all three remaining games giving the Cavaliers four points and the championship title. It's one of the only times that a team has recovered and won like this in NBA history (hence the phrase, "The warriors blew a 3-1 lead"). This may or may not be a coincidence (the meme is a common one); I'll need to dig further and see if other similarities and subtle commonalities exist between the two accounts.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:54, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Also:
 * who appears at Westborough High School (Massachusetts) and EuroTrip continue AGCP's edit-war as right after AGCP gets blocked. DMacks (talk) 03:06, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * who appears at Westborough High School (Massachusetts) and EuroTrip continue AGCP's edit-war as right after AGCP gets blocked. DMacks (talk) 03:06, 16 August 2017 (UTC)


 * - This is too obvious to require a CU. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 07:43, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

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Same username as the sockmaster, except replacing the "l" with an uppercase I. User page contains same categories as the sockmaster's userpage once had. — MRD 2014  Talk • Edits • Help! 00:48, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * . Very obvious WP:DUCK. Requesting closure. Alex ShihTalk 05:26, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

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Note account was created one day after sockmaster received the first block. Again, there's a similar focus on antivandalism, as well as overlap with previous socks. Examples: The Hangover, Atlanta Braves , Breckenridge, Colorado. Suspect WP:GAME, WP:HAND with diffs such as these: sockmaster, sockpuppet, and Braves404. This removal of an IPsock's edits was random and unprovoked, which made me suspicious. Sro23 (talk) 21:24, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

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FYI: User:Great Catholic Person 2 is an admitted sockpuppet as well. The account has already been blocked. See. -- Dolotta (talk) 05:34, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * User:Great Catholic Person Episode 2 has similar wording on the user page as the one I mentioned above. Needs attention. -- Dolotta (talk) 05:47, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * See also User:A Great Catholic Person Part II Crow  Caw  16:21, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Endorsing own request. Sro23 (talk) 21:26, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus . Blocked and tagged. Katietalk 21:10, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing case. Sro23 (talk) 21:44, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

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This user made multiple reverts of my edits going back almost a year into my edit history. This fits the pattern of abuse that A Great Catholic Person committed just prior to their indef block, which fits WP:DUCK. Garchy (talk) 21:55, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * - WP:DUCK. Please indef. Sro23 (talk) 22:01, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * as per request, closing. GABgab 01:35, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

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Admits it on their user page. 'nuf said. Primefac (talk) 22:26, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * . Primefac (talk) 22:26, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

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Making a great song and dance about NOT being the same person as Patriots50217. Both claim to be from Boston now living in Atlanta. Patriots50217 is a blocked sock of A Great Catholic Person. If not a sock, why make such a song and dance - looks like bear baiting to me.  Velella  Velella Talk 23:14, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * . Primefac (talk) 23:55, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * No need for CU given the admission, closing. Sro23 (talk) 23:57, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * + . GABgab 00:46, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

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I admit there was a level of uncertainty here. User:AGreatPhoenixSunsFan was recently blocked for reasons not having to do with socking. They have a very similar user name to A Great Catholic Person (AGCP), appear to live in the same general area based of checks of old sock puppet user accounts, and have edited several of the same articles in close temporal proximity. AGreatPhoenixSunsFan (AGPSF) has adamantly denied being AGCP in their unblock request. However, they quoted in their unblock request that AGCP would not edit articles like XXXTentacion, but that was one of the only non-sports related articles both users had edited. Both accounts also made edits on Michael Sweetney within a short temporal time range, a basketball player who while notable has been playing in overseas leagues for a long time, and both editors made their only edit on Dillon Brooks within seven hours of each other. There are other players who are more famous such as Frank Ntilikina where the accounts made edits shortly after each other, but this page appears more heavily trafficked and isn't as suspicious to me. Other users believe these two accounts have different editing patterns, and even though AGPSF is currently blocked for content reasons, I would be willing to support unblocking them if no sign of sockpuppetry is found between these two accounts. SportingFlyer  T · C  01:53, 30 March 2019 (UTC) SportingFlyer  T · C  01:53, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

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Cabayi (talk) 07:08, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
 * There's already an unblock request in progress at User talk:AGreatPhoenixSunsFan. Cabayi (talk) 07:11, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Because you pinged me to your Talk page, I'll clarify it here. The two users are ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:02, 30 March 2019 (UTC)