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All 13 accounts attempted to add the same news agency to this list (Satya Path Of India), and those are their only edits.

 ProClasher 9 7  ~  Have A Question?  18:24, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * Obvious link spam. 1 week for the master, semi-protected List of news agencies, News agency, List of wire services. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:58, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

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Creation of Satya Path of India and inserting it to various lists. IP jumped in to created article and did the same on lists. Also similar username to say SPI 001. Requesting CU as in the previous iteration in the archive there were multiple accounts involved.  Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 11:37, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Added Shi123ang, see quacking diff.-- Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 14:45, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * 122.161.77.193 is carrying on the same promotional edits, adding "Satya Path of India" to List of news agencies and News agency Notfrompedro (talk) 18:30, 4 October 2021 (UTC)


 * And 2401:4900:4166:B167:DF0D:F52E:7461:6438 now as well on News agency. Notfrompedro (talk) 18:48, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * There's already a partial block on the /64. I'm tempted to turn it into a full block, but it's a CU-block so pinging @NinjaRobotPirate and @Ohnoitsjamie for advice. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:58, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * What? You can't turn that into a full block.  It's a hard block!  That will block everyone on the ISP. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:57, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Actually, this particular socking situation can be addressed with partial blocks and/or protection. The two things they are doing is creating a SPI page (Satya Path of India this time) and adding SPI to lists on specific articles: News agency, List of news agencies, List of wire services. From their behavior and statements they are closely linked to this small website, and do not have a wider COI/UPE-editing issue, so a partial block from a list of articles (or protection, which I asked for, this batch appeared after the protection expired on their targets) coupled with some salt would resolve most of the disruption.-- Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 05:44, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * CU on procedural grounds: This case's filer has been blocked indefinitely as a sockpuppet himself. Since a user in good standing has contributed to this report, though, I will at least action the duck side: Shi123ang, spamming the same content and links about the same business ("SPI", heh). : Please block Shi123ang indefinitely as a proven sockpuppet. (They might actually be a meatpuppet, but the difference doesn't really matter for our purposes.) None of the IPs has edited in two weeks, so deferring action against any of them.  If spam edits resume from any of these IPs/ranges, feel free to refile and ping me.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 04:11, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Retagging SPI0022 to reflect the oldest account; others blocked and tagged. Closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  08:58, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

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Another batch of IPs attempting to get Satya Path of India onto Wikipedia. All of these IPs are trying to add Satya Path of India to three main articles, List of news agencies, List of wire services, and news agency, the exact same thing the accounts in my original report from August 2021 were trying to do.

 ProClasher 9 7  ~  Have A Question?  02:58, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * None of these IPs have edited recently, and they are spread across multiple large ranges. A better approach would be to request semi-protection of the affected pages, if appropriate. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 14:17, 1 June 2022 (UTC)