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Similar usernames, engaging in edit warring (with those listed at Sockpuppet investigations/BritishBearScotland) at Brazilians. Compare edit summaries here, here and here. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:34, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * Yeah, there is probably enough here that confirming (and looking for sleepers) probably wouldn't hurt. -- The SandDoctor Talk 19:25, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus:
 * These accounts have all already been locked globally. I've added tags. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 06:21, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
 * These accounts have all already been locked globally. I've added tags. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 06:21, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
 * These accounts have all already been locked globally. I've added tags. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 06:21, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

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Sock puppet of blocked user. See also User:Johnlondon20 and User:Citypeter20. Similar names, all similar edits across same articles and topics. Escape Orbit (Talk) 16:24, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅, see report above. Mz7 (talk) 06:21, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

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Same type of unsourced changes to population and other numbers, e.g. falsely inflating statistics about France. Also active on several other wikis like the others. Interaction comparison between all previous accounts, and the IPs:

Edit warring in "Brazilians" about 87,000 Brazilians in the UK, and the numbers in other countries: AlanCity20:, , ; 92.95.149.68: , ; Johnlondon20: , ; Citypeter20: ; 88.136.189.166:

Hunkcued20:
 * In "Brazilian diaspora", continuing an edit-war by previous socks:, , , ,
 * In "French diaspora", repeating many unsourced and reverted changes of previous socks, for example:
 * Changing the number of French Peruvians from 255,000 to 355,000, not verified in source. Hunkcued20:, Citypeter20: , Johnlondon20: , AlanCity20:
 * Changing French people in Canada to 12 million, not verified in source. Hunkcued20:, Johnlondon20: and , Citypeter20:
 * Many more, compare these blocks of edits: Hunkcued20:, Johnlondon20: , ; Citypeter20: ; AlanCity20:

IP 88.136.189.166, all edits from this IP:
 * Editing in the same places, in multiple articles, within a couple of minutes of Hunkcued20:, ; ,
 * Makes this edit: and this comment when it's reverted: . An hour later, Hunkcued20 restores it: . Both have been edit-warring about this point in several articles, that the number of Brazilians in France should include those in French Guiana.
 * Continuing edit war, changing UK Colombians to 90,313. 88.136.189.166:, Citypeter20: ,

IP 92.95.149.68 is currently blocked for cross-wiki disruption. Same network and geolocation as 88.136.189.166. Examples: -- IamNotU (talk) 18:30, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Editing here:, three minutes before AlanCity20:
 * Carrying on edit-war about 100,000 Colombians in France, with similar edit summaries: 92.95.149.68:, , ; Citypeter20: ; Johnlondon20:

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 * I've blocked, per WP:DUCK after this, which matches this. Cordless Larry (talk) 16:18, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

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New account repeating the behavior of falsely inflating immigrant population figures related to France. Their first edit was to continue a long edit war about 110,550 Brazilians in France: and, compare with Johnlondon20: , Alancity20:. This edit: reinstates those of sock Hunkcued20 and IP 88.136.189.166:. Also continuing an edit war increasing Columbians in France to 100,000+ and reducing to 90,313 in the UK:, same as previously reported: 88.136.189.166: , Citypeter20: , 92.95.149.68: , , ; Citypeter20: ; Johnlondon20: , etc. There are several other examples of continuing edit wars and other habits.

IP 88.136.189.166 has also returned to the same patterns immediately after the 1-week block expired, e.g., same as previously reported edit warring in "Brazilians" about 87,000 Brazilians in the UK, and the numbers in other countries: AlanCity20: , , ; 92.95.149.68: , ; Johnlondon20: , ; Citypeter20: ; 88.136.189.166:

-- IamNotU (talk) 14:38, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Based on clear behavioural similarity I've blocked Theoppa18 indef and reblocked the IP (already previously blocked for block evasion) for a month. Requesting CheckUser given the crosswiki abuse and sleepers found previously, this user seems unusually invested in this. ~ mazca  talk 17:02, 4 October 2020 (UTC)


 * This account is a ✅ sock and I've reported to to meta for a global lock. but closing since it's already blocked anyway. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:41, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

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Account has similar username to previous AlanCity20, Johnlondon20. The IP is the same static IP as blocked before. Both started making the same disruptive edits again as soon as the previous three-month block expired. Falsely inflating the population figures of France and French diaspora, insisting on combining figures for France and its overseas territories, and various people being French. Same cross-wiki abuse. Interaction analysis with all socks: Examples:

Brazilian diaspora
 * IP, 9 Feb. 2021:
 * IP, 8 Nov. 2020:
 * Hunkcued20:
 * Citypeter20:
 * Johnlondon20:
 * various others...

Demographics of France
 * Alanlondon2020:
 * Theoppa18:
 * Hunkcued20:

First French Empire
 * IP, 9 Feb. 2021:
 * IP, 17 Sept. 2020:

-- IamNotU (talk) 02:00, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

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I've blocked as a WP:DUCK case, but perhaps a checkuser is in order in case there are sleepers? Cordless Larry (talk) 08:56, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 06:33, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

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I've blocked Alanldn20 per WP:DUCK, but could we have a check for sleepers? Cordless Larry (talk) 17:49, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * I'm going to close this without endorsing for a sleeper check. The last such check found no sleepers, and this doesn't look like such an active case that there's a strong reason to expect sleepers. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:58, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

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Last sock identified had the username Alanldn20. New account seems to share interest in demographic statistics and France-related topics. Cordless Larry (talk) 16:44, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:06, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

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Same interest in diaspora population statistics, France and colonial empires, plus username similarity. IP also has interest in population statistics and overlaps with BrazilAlan20 at Colonial empire. Cordless Larry (talk) 18:44, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 * For the behavioural evidence evaluation, I'd recommend starting with this. It looks WP:DUCK to me. Cordless Larry (talk) 20:05, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 * See also similarity in wording of edit summaries, e.g. here and here. Cordless Larry (talk) 20:17, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Also compare the citation for the France figure added here and here. Cordless Larry (talk) 20:22, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Technically, these are inconclusive - .  Girth Summit  (blether)  19:57, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, between the name and the same narrow focus, this is pretty obvious., closing. Sro23 (talk) 04:45, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
IP editor with very significant overlaps with previous socks (Brazilian diaspora, Colonial empire, Evolution of the French Empire). Compare Special:Contributions/78.123.82.169 with Special:Contributions/BrazilAlan20. Cordless Larry (talk) 07:27, 24 February 2022 (UTC) Cordless Larry (talk) 07:27, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * , not going to comment as a CU, but if you as an admin feel the evidence says it is the same person and they are being disruptive you can block on your own without the need to report to SPI. IP SPIs tend to take forever to be acted upon, so admins who are familiar with the master actioning them is usually the quickest way. TonyBallioni (talk) 07:01, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, . I now see that has previously taken action against this IP as a sock so I will block. Cordless Larry (talk) 07:54, 28 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 08:28, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I've blocked per WP:DUCK, but could we have a check for sleepers? Cordless Larry (talk) 13:58, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Special:Diff/1074481894 Talk:Black people in France by Davidldn20 is a response to Special:Diff/1074437493 Black people in France, which was a revert of edit Special:Diff/1074305105 by . --Wotheina (talk) 15:03, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Also note that in Special:Diff/1074482483 African immigration to Europe Davidldn20 says "I was...", about the edit by . --Wotheina (talk) 15:03, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Special:Diff/1073677031 User talk:RossiLeone by Davidldn20 matches with Special:Diff/1073915243 Colombians by . For your information, the same addition was attempted in the past in Special:Diff/1050588306 Colombians by (which fits in the recently blocked ), and again in Special:Diff/963350993 Colombians by Johnlondon20. --Wotheina (talk) 15:46, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 18:53, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Since they were already blocked, I added a suspected tag for Davidldn20, but there's not enough reliable data to form a baseline against which to do a useful sleeper check. Did add some notes to cuwiki, however. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:58, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
 * , archiving. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:36, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I've blocked this latest sock per WP:DUCK, but could we have a check for sleepers? Cordless Larry (talk) 19:09, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 19:10, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Alannyc20 is ✅ plus . The CU data wasn't ideal for a good sleeper check; these are the obvious ones.  There's a bunch more that were technical matches, but it didn't seem worth the effort to dig deeper. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:20, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New user with username that follows the same pattern of personal name, place and two-digit number as previous socks. Editing population figures in French migration group articles, which is another similarity. Cordless Larry (talk) 10:15, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:48, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
 * The CU data suggests that this account is ❌ to the non-stale socks.  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:54, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I also noticed that this account doesn't use the mobile web editor, while recent socks consistently do. Closing without action. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:50, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This is a WP:DUCK case, but can we have a checkuser for sleepers? Cordless Larry (talk) 18:18, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * Just FYI: another list of suspects: nl:Wikipedia:Checklijst langdurig structureel vandalisme/AlanCity20 --Wotheina (talk) 16:27, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Portugaltheo20 is ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 21:01, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Came upon IP 88 while cleaning up after the recent SPI confirming as a sock of AlanCity20. That IP 88 is another one, seemed obvious to me, due to their similar attention to France and French topics, placing anything to do with France in a flattering light, and exaggerating (and sometimes inventing) data concerning population statistics and economic statistics, claims of French citizenship especially of athletes, im/emigration figures, and List of biggest/highest/richest/strongest/most-widespread somethings (where France figures reasonably high on the list). One real tell is an article that has tabular numerical data with France and UK in adjacent rows (or separated by only two or three rows) with the UK on top, and they change one French figure just enough to reverse the order, and place glorious France above perfidious Albion. And not least, frequent reversions by numerous editors due to the exaggerations, lack of sourcing, failed verification, and occasional counterfeit figures or other data. And even using the same dodgy sources.

These two interaction links are suggestive:
 * Hunkcued20 vs 88.136.189.166
 * AlanCity20 vs 88.136.189.166

Here's an example of identical behavior by IP 89 and confirmed AC20 sock at the article List of countries by number of millionaires, including the identical faked data figure:
 * on 3 April 2022 IP 89 changed the millionaire count for France from 2,468,939 to 2,4 9 8,939, placing France just above the UK in the table in section Countries by number and percentage of millionaires(1080722237), without citing a source.
 * on 10 May 2022 PT-20 changed the millionaire count for France from 2,468,939 to 2,4 9 8,939, placing France just above the UK in the table in section Countries by number and percentage of millionaires(1087192426), without citing a source.

There's way more, but... Quack. IP 89 is already under a 3-month block for block evasion, but I didn't see them listed as a sock, hence this report. Mathglot (talk) 03:52, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * There's nothing to do here. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 12:48, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar username pattern, same article targets and lengthy edit summaries. Cordless Larry (talk) 06:46, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * QUACK! Seems to be redoing lots of edits made by previous sock .Spike &#39;em (talk) 12:05, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * . Global locks requested. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:40, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * - On closer inspection, there appear to be quite a few more accounts not listed in the original filing. being the most obvious of these. Please check for sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:47, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The only socks immediately visible are the following:
 * Ollield21 is the only one still unblocked. Salvio 05:49, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Retagged and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 12:24, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Ollield21 is the only one still unblocked. Salvio 05:49, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Retagged and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 12:24, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Ollield21 is the only one still unblocked. Salvio 05:49, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Retagged and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 12:24, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Ollield21 is the only one still unblocked. Salvio 05:49, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Retagged and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 12:24, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Ollield21 is the only one still unblocked. Salvio 05:49, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Retagged and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 12:24, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Two new accounts editing similar topics to previous socks, including at French colonial empire, Demographics of sexual orientation and Migration from Latin America to Europe. Cordless Larry (talk) 17:01, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 19:28, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * All of these are ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 19:32, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Blocked all the account which weren't previously blocked, locks requested. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:38, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This edit by Gtaubit18 repeated this edit by a recently blocked sock. Alexla20 made a similar edit here. TDL (talk) 02:51, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Given this editor's history of sleeper use, please check if any exist now. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:21, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:32, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to various confirmed socks from the archive:
 * There are some other accounts on their IP range that look like they might well be unused sleepers, but it's a wide range and there are certain differences which give me pause; come back if you see any similar behaviour from not-quite-new accounts. Girth Summit  (blether)  16:44, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
 * There are some other accounts on their IP range that look like they might well be unused sleepers, but it's a wide range and there are certain differences which give me pause; come back if you see any similar behaviour from not-quite-new accounts. Girth Summit  (blether)  16:44, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
 * There are some other accounts on their IP range that look like they might well be unused sleepers, but it's a wide range and there are certain differences which give me pause; come back if you see any similar behaviour from not-quite-new accounts. Girth Summit  (blether)  16:44, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
 * There are some other accounts on their IP range that look like they might well be unused sleepers, but it's a wide range and there are certain differences which give me pause; come back if you see any similar behaviour from not-quite-new accounts. Girth Summit  (blether)  16:44, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
 * There are some other accounts on their IP range that look like they might well be unused sleepers, but it's a wide range and there are certain differences which give me pause; come back if you see any similar behaviour from not-quite-new accounts. Girth Summit  (blether)  16:44, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
 * There are some other accounts on their IP range that look like they might well be unused sleepers, but it's a wide range and there are certain differences which give me pause; come back if you see any similar behaviour from not-quite-new accounts. Girth Summit  (blether)  16:44, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
 * There are some other accounts on their IP range that look like they might well be unused sleepers, but it's a wide range and there are certain differences which give me pause; come back if you see any similar behaviour from not-quite-new accounts. Girth Summit  (blether)  16:44, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same username pattern, same interest in List of cities by GDP, Euronext Paris, etc. A WP:DUCK case. Cordless Larry (talk) 11:23, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Given this editor's history of sleeper use, please check if any exist now. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:46, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 17:49, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus
 * -- RoySmith (talk) 17:54, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Compare this and this, plus username similarities. Cordless Larry (talk) 09:17, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

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Other similar edits

 * All other IPs within are similar:  List of Lebanese by net worth did Special:Diff/1109382610 which is revoking Special:Diff/1074398688 that was done by . Wotheina (talk) 12:42, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:38, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are all ✅ to each other, and to multiple confirmed socks from the archive:
 * No comment on the IP; will block and request locks. Closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  11:46, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * No comment on the IP; will block and request locks. Closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  11:46, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * No comment on the IP; will block and request locks. Closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  11:46, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * No comment on the IP; will block and request locks. Closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  11:46, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * No comment on the IP; will block and request locks. Closing. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:46, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

All the accounts and IPs have the same pattern, trying to boost the mentions of France in various articles by adding unsourced claims, wether it makes sense or not. They also have used the same or similar edit summary style either in the same article (for example, , ) or in different ones (for example , ). The main focus of the edits of the majority of them seem to be highlight the (supposed) French role as a belligerant or supporter in various conflicts (for example, , ). Urbanoc (talk) 15:28, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * - I strongly suspect these accounts belong to Sockpuppet investigations/AlanCity20 and am requesting a CU to confirm. Bbb23 (talk) 23:22, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 19:39, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ to AlanCity20 -- RoySmith (talk) 19:50, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Blocking all the accounts.  -- RoySmith (talk) 19:51, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * - Please merge into Sockpuppet investigations/AlanCity20 and tag everybody as confirmed. I think AlanCity20 is the oldest account, but it wouldn't hurt to double-check that. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:53, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Case hist merged. Leaving other actions to a clerk/admin/CU. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:37, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
 * . Tagging and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:51, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
With a similarly named account repeating the same edits to French colonial empire, it looks like they already have their next batch of socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:04, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

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Other similar edits
Just for the record.
 * activities under :
 * unsourced number 2022-09-28T15:03:38 Special:Diff/1112874519 in Special:PageHistory/Angevin Empire
 * two step bloat 2022-08-14T09:48:22 Special:Diff/1104341474, Special:Diff/1104341835 in Special:PageHistory/Football in France
 * unsourced citizenship 2022-09-27T18:34:19 Special:Diff/1112720718 in Special:PageHistory/Charles Édouard Guillaume
 * cherry picking the most convenient year (2018 had bigger numbers than 2020), with false URL: 2022-09-30T02:15:24 Special:Diff/1113156952 in Special:PageHistory/Auchan
 * unsourced 2022-08-21T12:07:29 Special:Diff/1105713784 in Special:PageHistory/Immigration to Europe
 * unbased citizenship 2022-07-30T08:18:23 Special:Diff/1101294535 in Special:PageHistory/Smallpox vaccine
 * original research 2022-09-26T11:35:53 Special:Diff/1112452664 in Special:PageHistory/Automobile Dacia
 * unsourced participation in wars 2022-09-26T01:06:26 Special:Diff/1112370012 in Special:PageHistory/First Barbary War

There were accounts with similar behaviour since 2009: Perhaps the maps made by User:Gd21091993 need scrutiny. -- Wotheina (talk) 03:15, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Special:Contributions/Gd21091993 (active 2009..2011):
 * Edited in 53 wikis https://guc.toolforge.org/?user=Gd21091993, meta:Special:CentralAuth/Gd21091993
 * frwiki administrator considers these accounts belong to the same editor: Gd21091993, 82.127.29.123, 82.127.40.42 - fr:Discussion utilisateur:Gd21091993 (fr:Special:Diff/57674922)
 * Uploaded a pile of maps: commons:Special:Log/Gd21091993
 * enwiki examples of multiple accounts:
 * French colonial empire: unsourced increase of number 2010-02-14T23:01:35 Special:Diff/344101615 by User:Gd21091993 => 2010-08-31T09:41:27 Special:Diff/381990746/382039388 by => 2010-09-04T07:56:47 Special:Diff/382833909 by
 * French colonial empire: overwriting map with File:13Etendue de l'Empire Français.png which was uploaded by Gd21091993, eventually got deleted: 2010-02-14T23:02:04 Special:Diff/344101697 etc. by User:Gd21091993 => 2010-02-26T17:09:22 Special:Diff/346519302 by
 * Note that another controversial map File:EmpireFrench.png uploaded by User:Gd21091993 was endorsed in 2022-05-23T00:45:53 Special:Diff/1089296959 by Special:Contributions/Nelsonlatin20
 * ANI 1, ANI 2
 * (active 2010..2011)
 * Special:Diff/382299678 signature "GD21091993" in Talk:French colonial empire
 * Special:Diff/391471448 erased block notice, Special:Diff/396954561 erased warning
 * (active 2010..2011)
 * 1 E+13 m²: unexplained removals 2010-09-04T07:57:25 Special:Diff/382833972 by
 * Talk:Great power/Archive 8: tamper the archive to swap to their map of choice 2010-10-17T09:08:42 Special:Diff/391207572 by

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Please check to identify potential sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:05, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 00:43, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 00:48, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * The SandDoctor Talk 06:28, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * Austindallas2003: Special:Diff/1115936701 in French India: French stats with fake citations.
 * Karimparis2004: Special:Diff/1115350566 in Globalization: Inject "Paris" into the cited book title.
 * Lanceystage2004: Special:Diff/1115432497 in Demographics of Paris: Doubling population, unsourced.
 * 2A02:8440:641A:D464:2C93:6962:F8B0:7DB: Special:Diff/1115046393 in Bombardment of Algiers (1784): unsourced injection of "France".
 * 2A02:8440:640F:FFF5:658D:BFC3:2C76:765F: Special:Diff/1114123917 in E.Leclerc: re-adding unsourced random revenue. Wotheina (talk) 15:16, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Given the history of sleeper use in this case, please check if any exist now. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:52, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 17:18, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅:   -- RoySmith (talk) 17:26, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * . IP's are no longer active. Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:14, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Special:Diff/1116433050 revoking edit Special:Diff/1094147781 by blocked User:Locops410 Wotheina (talk) 15:53, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * Absolutely obvious and blatant sockpuppet, blocked. JBW (talk) 16:07, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Unsourced injection of "France" in Special:Diff/1121029963 to ARPANET.--Wotheina (talk) 03:09, 15 November 2022 (UTC) Wotheina (talk) 03:09, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * For your information, I have also filed in AIV for repeating similar behavior after previous block. --Wotheina (talk) 03:19, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
 * (posted after closure) For information, is showing the same behavior,
 * defending 2001:861:4041:2560:1D89:7FAD:5682:CDC4's edit here Special:Diff/1122533739 in Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903. Does this count as a block evasion by ?
 * defending User:Roadtxs19's edit here Special:Diff/1122533869 in ARPANET
 * They are currently being range blocked as for a few hours. --Wotheina (talk) 04:25, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * Roadtxs19 is ✅ Glock requested.   -- RoySmith (talk) 03:55, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
 * IP range already blocked from AIV report. Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 13:21, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Examples of them defending 's edit: (1) Special:Diff/1122533869 in ARPANET; (2) Special:Diff/1122529653 in Yu Pan, re-adding the citations that do not support the claim; (3) Special:Diff/1122531334 in Bombardier Inc., re-adding the citation that does not support the claim.

User:Materialscientist blocked this IP range for a short period, but as the reason of the block was "Edit warring", I'm avoiding touching their edits. Can I ask for a behavioural judgement (is this the correct term?), so reverting them will fall within Edit warring. This is not a request for CU or block. Wotheina (talk) 08:04, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * It seems obvious that IP address was being used by AlanCity20. It hasn't edited for 10 days, so there is probably little point blocking it - they are unlikely still to be on that specific address, but if you see more problems arising from that range you can report here or at AIV.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:02, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Yet another similarly named account, adding unsourced claims of French nationality to articles on footballers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:01, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Given their frequent use of sleeper accounts, please check if any exist now. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:02, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * . --Blablubbs (talk) 07:26, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ via, . , , closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 07:29, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Examples:
 * Special:Diff/1125825674 in Bombardier Inc.: Adding "French" citing a dead link, which doesn't support the claim anyway: . Repeating Special:Diff/1121021529 by Roadtxs19.
 * Special:Diff/1125833072 in Jared Harper: Unsourced "French". Wotheina (talk) 06:35, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * For the record, another similar behaviour found under one of their active range :
 * : Unsourced "French" at Special:Diff/1125245034 in Admiral Sportswear. Unsourced "a French a passeport" at Special:Diff/1125268351 in Reinildo Mandava. All edits are alread reverted (mostly by administrator User:GiantSnowman). --Wotheina (talk) 08:01, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * - please, consider a block for . Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 12:36, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Range block imposed as requested. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:13, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Examples:
 * 2A02:8440:630B:ABA9:F55D:CD25:3EC2:C1E8: Special:Diff/1126407162 in Mubarak Wakaso: "French and Portuguese passeport" which is not in the source, then reply in User talk:2A02:8440:630B:ABA9:F55D:CD25:3EC2:C1E8 Special:Diff/1126407517: "hey read the sources, it’s included in them"
 * 2A02:8440:6340:E08E:87A:2F44:DF21:22C9 Special:Diff/1126373894 in El Hadji Diouf: "French citizenship. citation needed". Wotheina (talk) 13:47, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * - A narrow /64 range was recently blocked for 1 month. Please, consider applying a broader rangeblock (anon. only), such as . Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 14:04, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Range blocked. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:45, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Special:Diff/1130337001 in Bombardier Inc.: adding fake source. A repeat of Special:Diff/1125825674 by 2A02:8440:621B:A934:CD4:63C9:98E3:CECF, Special:Diff/1121021529 by Roadtxs19 Wotheina (talk) 02:23, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * is not covered by your re-block range 2a02:8440:621b:a934::/64 --Wotheina (talk) 13:32, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * /64 range blocked for 3 months. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:43, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Special:Diff/1132709719 in Iveco Bus: re-adding unsourced claim. Wotheina (talk) 05:14, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * (already blocked): Unsourced bloat of French stats at Special:Diff/1131138455 in List of countries by refugee population.

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 * Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:26, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Adding "French" with citation not supporting the claim: Special:Diff/1137415917 in Ageas. Wotheina (talk) 15:14, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * for a week. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 15:59, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Special:Diff/1137423840 in Iveco: Re-adding "French" with fake citation, a repetition of Special:Diff/1122532111 by and Special:Diff/1125825534 by  Wotheina (talk) 16:24, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅, don't see any others. Lock requested, closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  17:34, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * 92.94.168.235: Edits resumed immediately after previous block expired.
 * Special:Diff/1138957504 & Special:Diff/1138957632 in List of countries by total wealth: Replacing the inconvenient "16,159 (2021)" with the bigger "16,282 (2020)" (cf source PDF p137 "France" first line's year 2020 and 2021). Edit style is identical with 2021-10-13 Special:Diff/1049749447 by 2A02:8440:6105:ACAF:94B8:1BA9:C414:73F, which falls withing ranges blocked in 2021 - and.
 * Special:Diff/1138955854 in TotalEnergies: Bloated revenue B$283.378 citing a dead URL with an impossible date "February 6, 2023". the actual URL is https://totalenergies.com/system/files/documents/2023-02/TotalEnergies_4Q22_Results.pdf", page 1 says the board meeting was in February 7, 2023 and the press release was February 8, 2023. Actual revenue is in page 40: Sales (adjusted) M$280,895, Revenues from sales (adjusted) M$263,206.
 * 2a02:8440:d155:752f:c876:343b:d7e:c475: Special:Diff/1138964684 in SoundCloud: Same agenda with blocked User:Roadtxs19 Special:Diff/1121048104. Wotheina (talk) 15:43, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * Well, 92.94.168.235 is doing the same stuff it was doing before that one-month block, so I'm guessing it's the same person behind it. Blocked for three months. The IPv6 address has only made one contribution, which gives us less to go on behaviourally. Come back if you see more edits from that range that you think are AlanCity20 and we can take a look. Closing for now.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:02, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Already blocked. Reported here just for recordkeeping. Special:Diff/1138965674 in Iveco repeating numerous attempts by previous socks. Wotheina (talk) 15:45, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * is ✅ to previous confirmed socks. Requesting lock. Don't see any others.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  15:59, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Special:Diff/1139492171 in Dungan Revolt (1862–1877): Unsourced "France", repetition of Special:Diff/1132711295 by Speedroad19. Wotheina (talk) 12:48, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * , DatGuyTalkContribs 13:12, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
 * + . DatGuyTalkContribs 13:12, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Special:Diff/1140527916 in EURO STOXX 50: unsourced bloat of France. Also active in frwiki. Wotheina (talk) 14:39, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Additional example: In Action (store): Added "French" in Special:Diff/1140521711 citing a dead link that does not support the claim, then in Special:Diff/1140522352 replaced the citation with another link that again does not support the claim. --Wotheina (talk) 15:16, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * For the record, the currently blocked 92.94.168.235 was active in es,it,fr,ja too: --Wotheina (talk) 14:52, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * It's them, but they're . . DatGuyTalkContribs 19:54, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * Mercedesstyleee17: Special:Diff/1143407321 in Spar (retailer): Added "French" with source not mentioning "France" or "French". Repetition of Special:Diff/1112850095 by Special:Contributions/Johnldnnyccenter18 and others.
 * IPs: request behavioral judgement for cleanup.
 * 2A02:8440:D113:ACDD:4FB:182A:B34C:C5C6: Special:Diff/1143406720 in GE Renewable Energy repeating Special:Diff/1137433932 by Carfree2019.
 * 2A02:8440:D11A:21C0:B5A7:40DF:1C5:F1D3: Special:Diff/1142836675 in First French Empire repeating Special:Diff/1064158069 by 78.123.82.169.
 * 2A02:8440:D12E:EEC0:908E:82EA:35D6:2F8E: Special:Diff/1142833122 (unsourced) in Logista, repeating Special:Diff/1078236237 (fake source) by Special:Contributions/Alannyc20.
 * 2A02:8440:D10E:94EF:FCF4:7DE1:69CB:AB62: Special:Diff/1142832535 in ArcelorMittal, repeating Special:Diff/1121920419 by 2001:861:4041:2560:A43F:4AB0:AB75:3CE9 putting undue weight to France for a multinational company.
 * 2A02:8440:D13E:736B:B951:9B59:6938:807: Special:Diff/1139489152 (unsourced) in Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573). -- Wotheina (talk) 16:34, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * Mercedesstyleee17 is editing in frwiki too: fr:Spécial:Contributions/Mercedesstyleee17. --Wotheina (talk) 17:41, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * Account is ✅ - blocked, lock requested.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  18:09, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
-- Wotheina (talk) 16:18, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Special:Diff/1146888957 in List of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue: Adding "France" to Spar (retailer). "France" in the article Spar (retailer) was added in Special:Diff/1143407321 by sock Mercedesstyleee17, which is not supported by their citation.
 * Special:Diff/1146889648 in CVC Capital Partners: Adding "French", not supported by the source . The same target of previous suspects:
 * 2022-11-14T20:30:30 Special:Diff/1121910687 by 2001:861:4041:2560:A43F:4AB0:AB75:3CE9 (2001:861:4041:2560:0:0:0:0/64).
 * 2022-11-18T01:58:39 Special:Diff/1122528070 by 2A02:8440:631C:6BF:C488:1D8:D2D4:D4FC

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 * blocked for a month. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 16:42, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Resumed immediately after rangeblock expired. Same single-purpose interest in increasing France stats and maps. -- Wotheina (talk) 18:02, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
 * List of modern great powers: 2023-04-29T13:42:13 Special:Diff/1152314060 by 2A02:8440:D204:AE7C:41E3:297C:AD29:4C0C:
 * Adding maps such as File:French India 1741-1754.png, re-adding 2022-05-05 Special:Diff/1086060942/1086344473 by blocked Portugaltheo20
 * Accor: 2023-04-29T13:57:01 Special:Diff/1152315896 by 2A02:8440:D204:AE7C:41E3:297C:AD29:4C0C:
 * Revisiting the same article with 2022-03-20T14:31:30 Special:Diff/1078226983 by blocked Alannyc20
 * Cited French Wikipedia, which was updated (unsourced) in fr:Special:Diff/203066964 by 2001:861:4041:2560:DC72:B332:F482:C5B9, of blocked  (cf. fr:Spécial:Contributions/2001:861:4041:2560:0:0:0:0/64)

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 * I've reblocked the range for three months. Closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:09, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same style, adding "French" or "France" to anything even if their own sources don't really support that and trying to hide it with factoids that may or may not be true  Urbanoc (talk) 15:08, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked the /64. Closing. Courcelles (talk) 17:08, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The IP changed the nationality of various companies to add a French one, which seems the sockmaster's main focus nowdays: , ,. There still is some ranking meddling to up France, as the original account did:,. Urbanoc (talk) 21:35, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * This is from the same /32 range that was blocked in the last case in the archive. I've blocked the /64, but my guess would be that they are bouncing around that wider range - keep an eye out, let us know if they come back and we can consider extending the block (there would be some collateral).   Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:44, 28 July 2023 (UTC)


 * I'll keep on checking and report anything I see about it. Regards. --Urbanoc (talk) 13:50, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

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New account adding French nationality to a biography and showing an interest in Colonial empire. Cordless Larry (talk) 20:37, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * Note that Quickchiantgod is active in other wikis as well. --Wotheina (talk) 01:02, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
 * (XTools Global Contributions) resumed immediately after the Global block expired. Example - Special:Diff/1167957791 in Mark Sykes by 2001:861:4041:2560:C052:A044:2FFB:7A44: "French" with bogus citation. --Wotheina (talk) 01:02, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Seems likely to me. <span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,sans-serif"> qedk ( t  愛  c ) 20:12, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. Direct match to  Courcelles (talk) 01:18, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Courcelles (talk) 01:18, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Filed the lock request while I'm here. Calling this closed. Courcelles (talk) 01:21, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
-- Wotheina (talk) 05:00, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
 * 2A02:8440:D204:1C6C:399A:3C52:9D87:3035: Resumed immediately after rangeblock expired. Same single-purpose interest in increasing France stats and maps.
 * Special:Diff/1169047484 by 2A02:8440:D204:1C6C:399A:3C52:9D87:3035 in Kingdom of France: Re-instating the map that was added in Special:Diff/1086555674 by Portugaltheo20.
 * Special:Diff/1169051048 by 2A02:8440:D204:1C6C:399A:3C52:9D87:3035 in Demographics of Paris: Adding numbers not in the cited source. Note that the same number was once added in Special:Diff/1062973376/1074007732 (not matching the source cited then), by another address 89.89.77.159 which was blocked for "block evasion".
 * 89.89.77.159: Previously blocked.
 * Special:Diff/1167987249 by 89.89.77.159 in Scruff (app): Addition of "French" with fake citation cf..
 * Just for the record: 89.89.77.159 was globally active last year. For convenience, here is a tool link that lists their global activities: https://xtools.wmcloud.org/globalcontribs/89.89.77.159

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 * Stale. . MarioGom (talk) 17:12, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

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-- Wotheina (talk) 15:53, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Special:Diff/1170500207 by 2A02:8440:4608:25AD:987A:F1F:37BD:7435 in African diaspora: Bloat on France-related number with fake citation.
 * Special:Diff/1170511822 by 2A02:8440:4608:25AD:2D4D:A5C:F115:9135 in Francization: Unsourced bloat doubling French.

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 * Already blocked. Closing. MarioGom (talk) 17:12, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Messing up with numbers to up France-related statistics, often with bogus or no source:,. Compare with the sockmaster,. Urbanoc (talk) 18:56, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I've added a few more IPs. Cordless Larry (talk) 21:41, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please, consider an anon. only block for . MarioGom (talk) 17:11, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm declining to take action here. It doesn't look like the sockmaster has been active on that range since mid-August. A rangeblock may have been a good idea at the time, but I don't think it would accomplish anything now. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 21:26, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * Special:Diff/1176262362 in List of British innovations and discoveries: adding "France" with fake citation that does not support the claim. (It is a repitition of Special:Diff/1175991526 by 2A02:8440:D101:D2BA:AD12:2541:8C13:F94C, which is within another known range of their activities)
 * Special:Diff/1176253687 in Renaissance of the 12th century: injecting "in France".
 * Been blocked previously. Seems to be a fixed IP, continuously used solely for same purposes since early 2022, globally (cf. https://xtools.wmcloud.org/globalcontribs/89.89.77.159 ). Wotheina (talk) 05:47, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked for 3 years. Closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  07:16, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
-- Wotheina (talk) 07:53, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Special:Diff/1177786972 in Fortune Global 500: Bloating France from "23" to "30" against the cited source which counts only 24; Reducing Germany from "30" to "27" against the cited source  which counts 30.
 * This is a repetition of previous attempts such as Special:Diff/1112297447 by 2A02:8440:6417:65C6:D01E:CFF3:6316:19E6; Special:Diff/1112550313 by Johnldnnyccenter18; Special:Diff/1167434249 by 2A02:8440:321A:DE87:9D08:6B3F:F3E3:8B94
 * Special:Diff/1177787361 in List of largest companies by revenue: Unsourced replacement of Stellantis headquarters from Netherlands to France etc., which is false: Stellantis-NV-20221231-Annual-Report.pdf p22 says "The principal office of Stellantis is located at Taurusavenue 1, 2132LS, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands".
 * This is a repetition of previous attempts from their active ranges: Special:Diff/1121917546 by 2001:861:4041:2560:A43F:4AB0:AB75:3CE9; Special:Diff/1137420695 by 2A02:8440:D11B:FA41:112C:48B8:96EF:B065

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 * The IP hasn't edited since September. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:02, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
-- Wotheina (talk) 15:26, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Special:Diff/1180737150 by 2A02:8440:D101:9765:9D93:C7F2:AEDE:C376 in French colonial empire: fake citation
 * Note: Activity resumed in this range soon after previous report was closed in Special:Diff/1174651610.
 * Special:Diff/1180742362 by Playeresports31 in List of languages by total number of speakers: unsourced bloat
 * Playeresports31 is globally active, editing and sniffing around: Special:CentralAuth/Playeresports31. --Wotheina (talk) 06:05, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged Playeresports31, global lock requested. The IP range hasn't edited in a week. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:04, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Resumed immediately after rangeblock expired. Edits after 2023-09-29 appears solely by them. Behavioral judgment is appreciated, for cleanups. -- Wotheina (talk) 18:03, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Special:Diff/1182468770 by 2A02:8440:D20A:57B1:4D9D:2533:652F:8B8 in Coty: Re-adding unsourced "French".
 * Special:Diff/1177790188 2023-09-29T16:13:04 by 2A02:8440:D201:9F2F:CD34:1910:78F3:63C8 in High-net-worth individual: Re-adding statistics with deadlink citation, repetition of Special:Diff/1113071463 2022-09-29T15:41:29 by 2A02:8440:641B:8157:C138:E0B8:F684:5542 which was within the later blocked.
 * Special:Diff/1169047484 by 2A02:8440:D204:1C6C:399A:3C52:9D87:3035 in Kingdom of France: Pushing disputed map, repetition of Special:Diff/1086555674 by Portugaltheo20.

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 * I've added another IP.
 * this edit to Demographics of sexual orientation re-adds dubious content previously added by multiple socks in the past (May 2022, May 2022, June 2022).
 * This also matches this edit to the same article from an IP in the above range.
 * Grayfell (talk) 08:33, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I am not associated with this sockmaster or any other sockmaster on Wikipedia (meaning, I have never socked). It should be fairly obvious there's no relation between our edits or geolocations. 2600:100C:B0AC:4127:0:2D:E92A:5E01 (talk) 08:46, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Also note the IP editor conveniently re-inserted this content after they incorrectly thought I was "banned"; and kept blaming 'the French IP'. Just normal novice editor things. Zenomonoz (talk) 11:04, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not a novice editor. What's your point? That doesn't make me a sock. If you make big deletions of content (some of which was reliably sourced and dated to 2022) you can expect to be reverted regardless of who originally added the content. You seem to have a hard time distinguishing cause from effect. The reason you were reverted is because you edit like you own Wikipedia. Not because I'm that French IP (I'm not). 2600:100C:B0AC:4127:0:2D:E92A:5E01 (talk) 12:12, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Please be careful not to alter SPI reports signed by other people. It will confuse readers of who said what. I have removed your addition and place it here: "2=2600:100C:B0AC:4127:0:2D:E92A:5E01|tools_link=yes". Wotheina (talk) 13:32, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I was not attempting to misrepresent your comments. Based on past observation and experience, adding additional IPs and usernames seems to be standard practice. This IP is part of the same investigation, not a separate one, so I have restored the template with better attribution. Grayfell (talk) 19:58, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * The IP range is blocked, this can be closed now.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  01:26, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Global lock recommended. Previously blocked is still active too. Will rangeblocks obstruct new account creation? -- Wotheina (talk) 14:43, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Special:Diff/1182968234 by Gymflexturke in French India: Adding stats with fake citations. Repetition of Special:Diff/1167945239 by Quickchiantgod, Special:Diff/1112969676 by Gorginhogoergia2002, Special:Diff/1115936701 by Austindallas2003
 * adding
 * Special:Diff/1183154060 by Japangamespokemon in First French Empire: inserting "ruled over 90 million subjects", not in the cited source . Repetition of Special:Diff/1002819390/1005999064 by previously blocked.
 * --Wotheina (talk) 16:44, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
 * added Drivinthrunight. Special:Diff/1183465542 by Drivinthrunight in French India: Repeating Special:Diff/1182968234 by blocked with fake citations. Note that they are sniffing around frwiki and eswiki: Special:CentralAuth/Drivinthrunight.
 * added 92.88.171.6. Special:Diff/1183480327 by 92.88.171.6 in Mark Sykes: Repeating Special:Diff/1167957791 by blocked with fake citation.
 * --Wotheina (talk) 16:27, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
 * listed Sexycarrap, already suggested below in "Comments by other users" 00:34, 5 November 2023 (UTC). Example: Special:Diff/1183459897 by Sexycarrap in Napoleonic Code: Repetition of Special:Diff/1183167550 by blocked with another fake citation  which does not support the claimed "120 countries".
 * --Wotheina (talk) 03:52, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * added Drunkweherepereira. Special:Diff/1184455643 by Drunkweherepereira in First French Empire: inserting "ruled over 90 million subjects". Repetition of Special:Diff/1002819390/1005999064 by previously blocked, and Japangamespokemon.
 * added Gtaalwaysplayinlmao. Special:Diff/1184456559 by Gtaalwaysplayinlmao in Mike Dailly (game designer) injecting "French" with fake citation. Repetition of Special:Diff/1078755579 by 2A02:8440:630D:75A8:CC07:50B7:38BD:9A72, the blocked /  /.
 * added 92.88.171.93 . Special:Diff/1184459096 by 92.88.171.93 in Spar (retailer): injecting unsourced "French". Repetition of Special:Diff/1180770046 by Special:Contributions/Playeresports31.
 * Semiprotection is recommended on target articles, such as in edit history of . --Wotheina (talk) 16:33, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Japangamespokemon and Gtaalwaysplayinlmao are also filed in Sockpuppet investigations/Japangamespokemon. --Wotheina (talk) 16:48, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

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Keep seeing This Edit of a list of 'buildings over 100m' posted on List of tallest buildings in Europe. This latest edit being made today (4 November 2023) by an account that was created on 2 November 2023. The edit has previously been reverted back on multiple ocassions for lacking sufficient citation and being ambigious in nature. Multiple users including myself have reverted this edit, however, a new account pastes the exact list again a day or two later. It is important to note that the accounts noted in each diff listed below matches the usernames and IP addresses noted above, and the edit itself mentioned above is virtually identical in each instance. Listed previous instances of this edit for the above linked page: 2 NOV 23, 1 NOV 23, 29 OCT 23, 19 OCT 23, 18 OCT 23, 3 OCT 23.

A similar trend of near questionable potential socks can be found on the page List of tallest buildings in the European Union: (4 NOV 23, 2 NOV 23, 29 OCT 23, 19 OCT 23).

It is also notable that a history of contribs for this latest user mentioned shows a similar pattern of edits relating to french and colonial empire history, found in the contribs of some of the other users mentioned above. --Mortadella42 (talk) 00:34, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Blocked, tagged, global lock requested, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:45, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm reopening this report because I didn't notice that the filer had added Japangamespokemon and 2A02:8440:D000:0:0:0:0:0/38 for evaluation but not added them to the suspect list. I've done that now. Two notes. First, the only edits made by Japangamespokemon were to First French Empire, and they are sandwiched into a slew of edits by socks from another case, Sockpuppet investigations/Foiegrasmama. Second, I have blocked the IP range for 6 months.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:46, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * This newly added account is also blocked now. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  01:28, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
An account created today. Like its likely predecessor, it edits biography articles and claims the subject to be French, citing a bogus source. The accounts have a similar scope on subjects related to the Grand Theft Auto franchise (Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Mike Dailly, David Jones). Requesting CheckUser since there may be more accounts. IceWelder &#91; &#9993; &#93; 15:13, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * I think they are Sockpuppet investigations/AlanCity20 Wotheina (talk) 16:43, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
The following accounts are ✅ to each other.

All blocked and tagged. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 18:39, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * - please merge this page into Sockpuppet investigations/AlanCity20. PhilKnight (talk) 18:26, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Done.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  17:25, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
-- Wotheina (talk) 17:01, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Special:Diff/1182966732 by Porscherich18 in Sergio Pablos, re-adding "French" with fake citation. Repetition of Special:Diff/1181677217 by.
 * Drunkweherepereira was previously reported in Special:Diff/1184469933 on 10 November 2023 but was closed without comment. I assume that it was overlooked during the history merge on this SPI done on 11 November 2023, so will re-file here. Special:Diff/1184455643 by Drunkweherepereira in First French Empire: inserting "ruled over 90 million subjects". Repetition of Special:Diff/1002819390/1005999064 by previously blocked, and Special:Diff/1182887827/1183155559 by.

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Also, restoring edits by other socks. - MrOllie (talk) 16:24, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * - seems worth a check, especially given the recent history — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 21:39, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ the 3 and


 * Izno (talk) 22:42, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
-- Wotheina (talk) 08:08, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Special:Diff/1188022097 by Flyikghzhzi in List of countries by financial assets per capita: bloating France numbers against cited source p41 Appendix C: Global ranking 2022. Repetition of Special:Diff/1109375472 by.
 * Special:Diff/1188032444 by Flyikghzhzi in Bat Ye'or: Adding "French" nationality not supported by the citation.
 * Special:Diff/1185255357 by 92.88.171.163 by List of cities in the European Union by Muslim population: Bloating numbers for Paris by removing valid citation and replacing it with an unsupporting source. Frequent target such as Special:Diff/1183470152 by.
 * Special:Diff/1187941818 by 92.88.171.88 in French India: Adding numbers with fake citations. Repetition of countless attempts such as Special:Diff/1112969676 by, Special:Diff/1182968234 by.
 * Special:Diff/1190028494 by Drinkinfysje1837 in Geographical distribution of French speakers: bloating numbers of French speakers ("450 million") against the cited sources ("321 million"). Repetition of Special:Diff/1086816521 by.
 * Special:Diff/1188282862 by Chillinoutside138337 in Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute: unsourced addition of "French". Chillinoutside138337 is already blocked for disruptive edits.

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 * - Please, compare those accounts to confirmed socks.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:51, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ to previous (one old included to get in lock listing): Blocking/locks requested/closing shortly. Izno (talk) 03:12, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
-- Wotheina (talk) 17:05, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Special:Diff/1210842056 by in Bombardier Inc.: unsourced addition of "French". Repetition of Special:Diff/1130337001 by, Special:Diff/1125825674 by , Special:Diff/1121021529 by.
 * Special:Diff/1193773404 by in French colonial empire: Adding "The French colonial empire had an enormous impact on world history", Repetetion of Special:Diff/1180737971 by.
 * Trolling at AIV: Special:Diff/1210847740, Special:Diff/1210851293
 * Need check for sleepers.

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
I've changed the case status to open. The filer should not be requesting a CU that involves IPs.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:17, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The first /64 range was blocked for 48h on February 28 and hasn't edited since. The second /64 range hasn't edited in about a month. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:56, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
-- Wotheina (talk) 14:01, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Diff/1224787387 by Anallfuego282 in Iveco Bus: unsourced addition of "French", repetition of Diff/1138965855 by Wavedroyal17 and other socks.

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 * Blocked, tagged, global lock requested, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:55, 20 May 2024 (UTC)