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15 April 2012

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All of the above are single purpose accounts edit warring highly graphic images into the War in Afghanistan (2001-present) article. See the contributions list for all the different socks:

The addition of these images has previously, both on the English and German wikipedia, been removed by several editors including User:MF-Warburg who comes from the German wikipedia where Afghan1974 has also tried to edit war the images into the same article - but failed. There might be a link to one of the better-known sock masters, possibly to User:Lagoo sab, but that remains unclear. JCAla (talk) 15:08, 15 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Could you also please check this IP 46.53.129.178 (geolocates to Belarus) Also see X Nilloc X's report of the IP. JCAla (talk) 06:28, 16 April 2012 (UTC)


 * And IP 41.202.239.98 (geolocates to Uganda), obviously using a proxy server. JCAla (talk) 09:18, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

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Colossal ✅ POV-pushing sockfarm follows: Blocked and tagged the whole farm. Keilana | Parlez ici 20:52, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
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 * Thanks, however I believe there is more to this than meets the eye, so I ask everyone to sit tight for now. WilliamH (talk) 20:54, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Do you want me to unblock or untag any/all of these? I'm sorry if I jumped the gun. Keilana | Parlez ici 04:08, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Nah it's alright, if anything it would have been my fault for not clarifying. I thought I was onto something regarding a potential master, but that turns out not to be the case. Failing that, I would have blocked and tagged them all with one click via the CheckUser interface. Thanks for your efforts! WilliamH (talk) 16:30, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
 * >.< Oops. Sounds like that whole "one-button" thing is a lot easier than 82 tabs...Either way, it's sorted! Keilana | Parlez ici 21:59, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

16 April 2012

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Currently complaining on ANI about the same stuff Afghan1974 and his socks edit warred over. Quacking is load from this one Darkness Shines (talk) 11:30, 16 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Added Parsi101 who just turned up and complained about an article split and began asking about the effects on civilians Afghan1974 was obsessed with adding images of civilian dead to the article. Darkness Shines (talk) 11:35, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

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 * So the IP was already blocked earlier today, and the account looks like it might be related. Can I also get a confirmation that the above farm is CU confirmed? There isn't really a mention from a functionary about it unless i'm blind. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  00:32, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * WilliamH did the check but apparently forgot to sign. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 00:58, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the vigilance. I've been seeing a lot of unsigned ones recently. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  01:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not quite sure what you're both getting at, because that diff does show I marked the case as checked. The IP has been blocked by another CheckUser, and Parsi101 appears ❌. WilliamH (talk) 12:45, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree, the diff is clear, but I think he was wondering because you left off the four tildes. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 14:45, 17 April 2012 (UTC)


 * The latest suspect is unrelated so I'm marking both cases as closed. If this latest editor's behavior warrants it, please report them to the appropriate noticeboard. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 14:45, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

20 April 2012

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Adding exactly the same content and pov as the sock-farm of Afghan1974. All IPs are from (West) Germany, might be a proxy or not. There is probably a prominent sockmaster behind this. We don't know who yet, though. War in Afghanistan (2001-present) might need protection again. JCAla (talk) 20:00, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

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I am behind the users 91.42.52.147, 91.42.34.23 and 91.42.52.59, but not user 97.81.109.153. I know this because I recognize my entires with respect to the incomplete source details in Video of US troops urinating on Taliban fighters and my contributions to the US troops urinating on Taliban fighters and U.S. Soldiers Posing With Body Parts sections in the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) article to illustrate the deterioration in Afghan-American relations. What can I do to bring the the investigation to a close? Orion 91.42.29.53 (talk) 03:37, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

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War in Afghanistan (2001–present) semi-protected 1 month; this will be escalated if need be. --MuZemike 08:34, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

08 October 2012

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Adding for records so that it doesn't appear the master is stale. @CUs, please contact me if you have any questions for future cases. Elockid  ( Talk ) 04:09, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

10 March 2013

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Adding for reference. Elockid  ( Talk ) 15:35, 10 March 2013 (UTC)