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Identical proposal on Vietnam national football team and IP is edit warring Albertpda1 ip1 ip2 albert2. I’m not as confident with the other IP but edit summary is similar otherip  IWI  ( chat ) 12:58, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

IP directly responded to my revert of ’s edit 1 2  IWI  ( chat ) 14:08, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

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 * Nothing left to do here. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:41, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

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Albertpda and his previous socks were editing the Vietnam national football team article, who all got blocked for block evading and then this new user left this message on my talk page and this message on the article's talk page. Moreover, the name "Albertstrikesagain" blatantly sounds like the name someone may choose for a sock of "Albertpda". For the record, the edits I refer to on the football team article from "Albertpda" and their socks are here: 1 2 3  IWI  ( chat ) 11:23, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

The IP 2001:EE0:4001:41BE:69A9:525B:C4D9:2A87 then directly responded on my talk page.  IWI  ( chat ) 12:51, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

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 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:35, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

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At UTRS the appeals for all these editors were created using the same IP address. On top of that, all edits are making it clear that the editors are not here to contribute to Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vietnam_women%27s_national_football_team&diff=prev&oldid=868739326

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isla_Fisher&diff=prev&oldid=878288941

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okinawa_Prefecture&diff=prev&oldid=877505383&unhide=1

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Undelete&target=User%3ATargetexam&timestamp=20190114072804&diff=prev

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Nashdelacruz&diff=prev&oldid=819447265

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Iaaasi&diff=prev&oldid=849777282

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Undelete&target=Icarus+%28music%29&timestamp=20170113101750&diff=prev

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:RijonKhan&diff=next&oldid=878414650

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Vanvet122

Aside from the behavioural evidence, all the accounts lodged unblock requests today from the same IP address at UTRS. They all have been blocked, however due to the sheer number, I am requesting CheckUser to see if there are any sleepers. 5 albert square (talk) 23:52, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are :
 * Nashdelacruz
 * Iaaasi
 * Thisisicarus
 * Vanvet122
 * RijonKhan is a master in an unrelated case.
 * The remaining accounts are ❌ to this master and to each other.
 * is ✅ to National AntiVirus, and blocked without tags.
 * Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:29, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

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IP vandalled Vietnam football articles and tried to discuss with me in my user talk page Hhkohh (talk) 14:23, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Obvious response vs edit summary of Special:Contributions/116.97.246.210 Hhkohh (talk) 15:30, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

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 * Perhaps a mistake?14.231.21.4 (talk) 15:54, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Perhaps not a mistake Hhkohh (talk) 16:04, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * It's probably a mistake, mate. I have no idea why.14.231.21.4 (talk) 16:44, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

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is ✅, blocked and tagged. I blocked the IP for one week as obvious. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:00, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

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vs Hhkohh (talk) 15:25, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

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 * . GABgab 20:13, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

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diffs of edits that suggest the accounts are connected between User:Trung tá Moore former account has already been blocked indefinitely from a suspected sock puppet and ip 123.16.91.242 new puppet of Trung tá Moore by made approximately a hundred edits to articles disruptive behavior, you can read more evidence on User talk:123.16.91.242 or Thailand national football team: Revision history since 11 February 2020

i copy some diffs of Revision history on Thailand national football team for you between my accout User:Peerapong097 and ip 123.16.91.242, User:Trung tá Moore

13:35, 11 February 2020 Peerapong097 talk contribs 133,714 bytes +7,551  Undid revision 940256328 by Trung tá Moore (talk) i don't care about your edit is bigger than me, you shall go to learn from FIFA World Ranking system (2006–2018) wikipedia page, The ranking is a reliable thing to talk about a team’s performance. That’s why you can't use “THE DECAYING CROWN” for the title of content. undo Tags: Undo nowiki added

12:57, 11 February 2020 Trung tá Moore talk contribs m 126,163 bytes -7,551 @Peerapong. Don’t revert the whole edit. Just change the parts you don’t like because my edit is bigger than yours. undothank

07:27, 11 February 2020 Peerapong097 talk contribs 133,714 bytes +7,551  Undid revision 940221961 by 123.16.91.242 (talk) I left an explanation on your talk page, don't revert all. undo Tags: Undo nowiki added

06:53, 11 February 2020 123.16.91.242 talk 126,163 bytes -7,551  Did you not read what I said? You can't undone all of my edit because you disagree with a single part. Just change that part. undo

05:14, 11 February 2020 Peerapong097 talk contribs 133,786 bytes +7,595  Undid revision 940203900 by Trung tá Moore (talk) we talk about the main performance/the results of Major tournament (2018 FIFA World Cup Q,2019 AFC Asian Cup, 2019 FIFA World Cup Q) all result from 2017-present Thailand national team was improve, you can check on Fifa world ranking, That cause you can't use "2017–present: the decaying crown" from the results of Asean tournament AFF Championship for the title of content

00:32, 9 November 2018 Albertpda talk contribs 78,570 bytes -43,898  unimportant informations can led to hard navigation for the page, make it short as possible pls

01:58, 19 February 2020 123.16.91.242 talk 114,886 bytes -2,986  Stop lengthening this article by adding unimportant changes, plus the titles you put in are not neutral, they can't be accepted before discussion and consensus.

sorry my english not strong, thank you for your help Peerapong097 (talk) 05:34, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

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Please move report.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:05, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Case moved from Trung tá Moore to Albertpda —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 05:55, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
 * IP is already blocked. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:56, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

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IWeeBoo picked up editing at Thailand two weeks after confirmed sock Twainkinky was blocked, making pretty much the same edits. StorKnows has the same editing pattern as confirmed sock MassArcher3, on the same articles, making the same edit summaries. See Special:PageHistory/Thailand national basketball team, Special:PageHistory/Thailand national under-17 football team & Special:PageHistory/Thailand national under-20 football team. Also forgot to change accounts between Special:Diff/946489611 and Special:Diff/945475851. --Paul_012 (talk) 03:23, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "Making same edits" isn't equal to being a sock of somebody. Feel free to check all data that related to my activities. I can affirmed that this is a falsified accusation.IWeeBoo (talk) 07:35, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Comment to clerk: Maybe a sleeper check is warranted, given the number of accounts? --Paul_012 (talk) 03:28, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Paul_012: This user engaged in a discussion with me in the Bangkok article talk page. There are evidences/signs from that talk that he agree with me and allows new edits (that have been discussed) by me to occur. He then stopped discussing and did not reply at all for more than 1 week or so, making me assume that there has been a consensus. But now all of a sudden, he returns and instantly changs his mindset, and opposes and revert the edits that he previously assumingly having consent to. Apparently, he agreed with my edits initially after our discussion ended but now got irritated by some of my edits hence looking for ways to disqualify me from editing. Weird enough, he started looking for my editing activities and started comparing them with that of some other users (I largely have no idea who they are, but have watched and agree with those users' edits, despite being sockpuppets' edits, hence the similar edits from me) and then resort to falsified accusation of sockpuppetry just for making certain similar edits. IWeeBoo (talk) 07:55, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

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"Making same edits" isn't equal to being a sock of somebody. Feel free to check all data that related to my activities. I can affirmed that this is a falsified accusation.

I do have an alternate account, and I have two accounts, my main account IWeeBoo and my sub-account is StorKnows, my sub account is used to focus on editing other topics. This is simply for privacy related reasons. IWeeBoo (talk) 07:35, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

User Paul 012 engaged in a discussion with me in the Bangkok article talk page. There are evidences/signs from that talk that he agree with me and allows new edits (that have been discussed) by me to occur. He then stopped discussing and did not reply at all for more than 1 week or so, making me assume that there has been a consensus. But now all of a sudden, he returns and instantly changs his mindset, and opposes and revert the edits that he previously assumingly having consent to. Apparently, he agreed with my edits initially after our discussion ended but now got irritated by some of my edits hence looking for ways to disqualify me from editing. Weird enough, he started looking for my editing activities and started comparing them with that of some other users (I largely have no idea who they are, but have watched and agree with those users' edits, despite being sockpuppets' edits, hence the similar edits from me) and then resort to falsified accusation of sockpuppetry just for making certain similar edits.

Before anything is clear, this guy also reverted a bunch of edits of mine on many Thailand related articles. I have put a lot of work in this and he just made sweeping revert of them. IWeeBoo (talk) 07:55, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * If you want a CU to check for sleepers, you should set the status to "CU". --MrClog (talk) 10:34, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, this user is also active in our project (vi.wikipedia). Let us know if this will happen again so we can follow up. Thank you. Alphama (talk) 17:28, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

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✅ + . Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:39, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

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Hi, this is a WP:DUCK case. is clearly a sockpuppet of. Please look into their contributions and Albertpda and his/her socks contributions e.g. This is based on their very obvious similar way of editing and their behavior. They have the same interests as well. SharʿabSalam▼ (talk) 09:13, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * Pestick also used a Anon IP to evade 3RR and comment He forgot to Sign That account should be blocked too.Mr.User200 (talk) 13:43, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and blocked. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 12:45, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

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Going on some sort of tirade, claiming to be the same person as blocked sock Iweebo. Paul_012 (talk) 22:28, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * . Blocked IP 3 weeks. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:48, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

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Removes content with typically long explanation, for example (other sock). Another example (other sock). I'm not sure about James Shamming (diff 1, diff 2) since they doesn't give long explanations about their edits typical for Albertpda sock.  SMB   99   thx   Email!  22:39, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I still don't know if James Shamming is a sock of Albertpda, but with their reverts here, and this edit here since my report i would like to know what's going on, otherwise .  SMB   99   thx   Email!  01:14, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

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✅ and blocked by another checkuser. Tagging and closing. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:59, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

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I came across this likely sock, per this edit. The ip appears connected to Cafe20128 via edits made to mainspace and talk at 2020 Belarusian protests, with anti-opposition edits, the most recent as of this report can be seen here.  Cards   84664   03:06, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅, ST47 (talk) 03:33, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

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MrSimpleNg, apparently a new User came straight to South Vietnam and made this change: marked as minor. User:Twainkinky a confirmed sockpuppet of Albertpda made this change:. The changes are identical and I do not regard this as a coincidence. Mztourist (talk) 09:26, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * . I don't regard it as a coincidence, either. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:56, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

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I believe this user is the same user ForAlliance who has previously been banned based on editing activities on the same article. T Pedd has continuously revoked edits by myself and other users on the Vietnam article back to the previous revisions by ForAlliance and making similar style edits as ForAlliance. Another user has restored the article to stable version prior to socking edits by ForAlliance but has been undone by T Pedd. This users edit has been quite disruptive, making significant and similar changes to ForAlliance on a regular basis since mid-september. T Pedd is very quick to rewrite or remove contributions made by myself and others without a proper explaination. The user has also not been willing to participate in the article's talk page to avoid edit wars and reach consensus. I have noticed this today, after one year of not visiting/editing this particular article. I think this user's behaviour is hugely problematic and affects the quality of the article. CaptainBondi (talk) 13:58, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * moved case to the correct location Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:30, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ to previous socks, along with . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:14, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

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Same editing pattern such as "clean up" type edits removing content from articles like Indonesia national football team and Philippines national football team. Requesting check user to check for sleepers given long term socking. S0091 (talk) 19:48, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅,,   Maxim (talk)  21:23, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Can't see anything else left to do. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:02, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

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The user blank section (diffs: ) in Malaysia national football team as soon as page protection ended. The article was previously vandalised by User:ForAlliance and User:Ariesit  in similar manners ie blanking, and was later confirmed as socks for User:Albertpda. Lulusword  (talk)  06:15, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked before I saw this. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 13:00, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

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Brand new user jumping between a bunch of country articles, restoring the edits of previous socks. CMD (talk) 17:13, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Requesting CU. There is a gap of activity between October and January, so the sleeper check is needed...  Mario Jump  83!  12:40, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   13:08, 7 January 2021 (UTC)


 * . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:23, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

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Reopening to add, who exists to restore Asasik's edits under misleading edit summaries. If it didn't appear in the CU there may be some avoidance now. CMD (talk) 16:08, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Requesting CU again because this was sadly missed....  Mario Jump  83!  23:41, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Moved this suspected sock and comments by other users into a new report as the one above (5 January 2021) is closed. Closed cases should remain closed unless other issues are presented in relation to the sockpuppets reported originally in the case. If you have new socks to report, then a new case should be opened unless there is an open case. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:25, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock account. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:27, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

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and reborn. CMD (talk) 05:50, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Mz7 (talk) 07:23, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus the following accounts:
 * ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 07:34, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 07:34, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 07:34, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

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Redoing edits of previous sock behind misleading edit summaries. CMD (talk) 12:29, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to some other accounts, plus:
 * Also some trollish accounts with username violations. Will request global locks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:43, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Also some trollish accounts with username violations. Will request global locks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:43, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Also some trollish accounts with username violations. Will request global locks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:43, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Also some trollish accounts with username violations. Will request global locks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:43, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Also some trollish accounts with username violations. Will request global locks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:43, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Also some trollish accounts with username violations. Will request global locks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:43, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

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Reverted to a version of Uzbekistan favored by confirmed sock providing an unconvincing rationale. Already blocked on behavioral evidence, but CU requested for sleepers, the existence of which seems likely based on previous experience. Favonian (talk) 13:34, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Adding Sergei Chugunov, an account recently blocked by NinjaRobotPirate, for the record and in case it helps with sleepers. CMD (talk) 13:43, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * - for sleeper check. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:22, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ =  = Albertpda. No sleepers for now. - Mailer Diablo 22:38, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * One can generally assume that I've run a sleeper check and already requested global locks when dealing with Albertpda socks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:41, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

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Lucasivn is a new user who made this odd edit to the UAE page, with the edit summary "clean-up, fix, organize". It appears to restore previous edits by Asasik. Obvious examples are the removal of the lead sentence including the term "estimated population", the change in the Antiquity main to " ", the rewording of the "Portuguese era" subheader, the removal of the "British era and discovery of oil" subheader, changing the "Independence" subheader to "United Emirates", and removing the cn tag under the Geography header. (Suggest using the find tool for the quotes I mention if checking, as the Lucasivn diff is difficult to parse in areas.) See also the removal of the sentence "The first bore holes in Abu Dhabi were drilled by IPC's operating company, Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Ltd (PDTC) at Ras Sadr in 1950, with 13000 ft bore hole taking a year to drill and turning out dry, at the tremendous cost at the time of £1 million", also seen in this edit by the Salihun sock. There's probably more similarities, but it's a lot to parse and these seem clear enough. CMD (talk) 03:01, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to recent socks. I'll request a global lock. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:58, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

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Coming back to the UAE page here, to restore what was previously Lucasivn, before that Acres of Sand 2, before that Salihun, etc. etc. CMD (talk) 12:14, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * Seems likely. for confirmation and a sleeper check. --Blablubbs (talk) 12:21, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ to other recent socks:
 * Bhizu
 * . I'll request global locks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:47, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Tweaked the tags to confirmed. --Blablubbs (talk) 17:50, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Excuse me? Why did you change the tags that I placed? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:58, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
 * @NinjaRobotPirate, sorry, didn't process the "to other recent socks" part correctly. Self-reverted. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:00, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Tweaked the tags to confirmed. --Blablubbs (talk) 17:50, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Excuse me? Why did you change the tags that I placed? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:58, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
 * @NinjaRobotPirate, sorry, didn't process the "to other recent socks" part correctly. Self-reverted. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:00, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

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The latest new user who has appeared to try and rework the United Arab Emirates page, making their first edit immediately after semi-protection expired. Unlike previous accounts this is not a general copy-paste of the previous account's edits. However, if you compare these two reversions of their edits, from the last sock report and Tennoor, there are obvious similarities. (These diffs are best viewed through the WikEd diff gadget, as regular diffs they are unparseable.) Note the same changing of the Government and Politics section header to just Politics, the identical comma usage in the paragraph on "e-Government", and the removals (note again the diffs are the reversions) of "the" before UAE and FNC. Both show the removal of information about human rights issues (search "The UAE ranks poorly in freedom indices measuring civil liberties and political rights" within the diffs to see). Both show the same shifting of the position of the Administrative divisions section, the same removal of a Corporal and capital punishment section, the same change in header level for the Human rights subsection, and possibly more. CMD (talk) 06:50, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

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I don't know about the above user.

About the edits you say to be similar:

"Changing of the Government and Politics section header to just Politics" - many other articles are the same, the header is just Politics for the sections of similar topic, see Saudi Arabia.

removing "the" - we don't use articles for these abbreviations, see some of the related articles (or even some of the sentences in this article itself) where the articles are not used or are commonly removed.

"removal of information about human rights issues" well, it is blatantly imbalanced regarding the presentation of information and can be encapsulated. Anyone would have done it. Articles are not annual reports or news.

Pretty much common sense edits. Actually, I'm surprised that there is already another person that made some similar edits trying to fix the issue. I don't know why his/her edits are reverted. Nevertheless, looks like the edits are hardly 20% similar to mine. Tennoor (talk) 11:53, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to other recent socks and blocked. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 13:23, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

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The same editing pattern (removing chunks of content without adequate explanation) and behaviour as the other SPs.
 * The IP is within the same range as 42.113.220.106, an IP that was involved in the content removal at the Libya article at the same time as Logare. This would explain why the IP is pestering me as I was the one who reported Logare.
 * The IP keeps removing the definite article "the", just like Tennoor who tried to justify it in the latest SPA. M.Bitton (talk) 17:13, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Several IP ranges blocked. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:56, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

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Like the previous Albertpda's IP addresses, 222.254.27.157 is located in Hanoi, Vietnam. The modus operandi remains the same, always massively deleting content without justification on pages related to soccer (especially Asian national soccer teams). It is also interesting to note that the French corresponding article about the United Arab Emirates soccer team was also vandalized by blocked IP addresses of Albertpda (blocked on en: for block evasion like this one 123.24.105.139 also located in Hanoi, Vietnam -> blocked in French wiki 1 and also in English wiki 2). Currently, 222.254.27.157 and Qtbt8 have been attacking for several days the article United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team, while Qrming targeted the page Vietnam national under-23 football team (which is the opponent of UAE in a friendly game). Qtbt8 and Qrming are single-purpose accounts and edited almost at the same time (small time interval), which makes it highly probable that it is one and the same person (and that it is in fact Albertpda who multiplies the accounts to avoid detection). --Martopa (talk) 12:09, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * is also him. All registered accounts are now blocked, and I'll request global locks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 09:42, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)

Llbbo is a new editor whose modus operandi is very similar to the sock master's: 1) targetting African countries. 2) removing content without explanation. 3) adding random scare quote to words and converting integers from zero to nine that are spelled out into numerals (please compare this edit of theirs to one of the master's). M.Bitton (talk) 22:47, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * - please merge to WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Albertpda. Spicy (talk) 02:01, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Merged, status reset. firefly  ( t · c ) 12:06, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I would say that it is quite possibly them and, at the very least, the account is very disruptive. Blocked as WP:NOTHERE and linked this case in the log. Closing. The SandDoctor  Talk 23:20, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

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Similar behavior pattern to previous socks: removal of massive amounts of text from articles related to African countries, apparently "cleaning" them up from the unsourced statements. --BlameRuiner (talk) 06:26, 29 April 2023 (UTC) BlameRuiner (talk) 06:26, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * Their geolocation is identical to previous accounts, and the behaviour is a fit. Blocking, tagging, requesting lock.  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:30, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

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Same behavior as previous socks: "cleaning up" Africa-related articles with massive text removals. BlameRuiner (talk) 06:10, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * Geolocation is a match for previous cases, obviously the same person.  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:47, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

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See the contributions, they are a repeat of the just-blocked Gborb. CMD (talk) 03:17, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * Quack, quack. Blocked. Courcelles (talk) 13:05, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Now that I have a CU flag, I'm calling this formally ✅, but can't see anything else of note to do. Closing. Courcelles (talk) 15:36, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
 * . MarioGom (talk) 20:50, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

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Typical behavior for all the socks. "Imroving" Africa-related articles by removing massive amounts of text. Sock may seem dormant, but then again it was also dormant for 6 months before awakening in April. BlameRuiner (talk) 07:41, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * ,, . Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 12:47, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

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DUCK: Recently registered account that immediately went on to remove information from articles in a broadly similar pattern as the suspected master (i.e., removing information as "unreferenced" and targeting mostly African countries). Cross-wiki abuse (same wikis as master). — kashmīrī  TALK  06:57, 7 June 2023 (UTC)


 * There are many more similarities between this account and the master and their confirmed socks. I won't go into details so as not to give unnecessary hints to the abuser, but the account can be safely blocked per DUCK without much discussion. — kashmīrī  TALK  18:30, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

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There is a strong evidence that this user might be connected to Albertpda or belong to, provided their unconstructive similar edit pattern on Malawi, Sudan, Sierra Leone which is similar to user RCB88, who is a sockpuppet of User:Albertpda, for example see, which is how Brlop exactly did few days ago. See user RCB88's contributions who also targeted African countries and has edited some of the pages as Brlob. They really seem to be connected with some of the sockpuppets of Albertpda. They both edit similar pages and interest-- Tumbuka Arch  ★★★  08:47, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Brlob is active on vi.Wikipedia and appears to know Vietnamese. — A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 08:37, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus  -- RoySmith (talk) 01:51, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

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Same blanking behaviour on a previously targeted article. (Initially reported by Moxy). CMD (talk) 12:44, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * See versus ., . DatGuyTalkContribs 20:44, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

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Classic edits from this user, diving straight into random country trimmings like the last few. A bit of Africa like those, but also going back to an old stomping ground of the United Arab Emirates (see Tennoor/18 September 2022) and football (see Lgool). CMD (talk) 04:20, 26 September 2023 (UTC) CMD (talk) 04:20, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Very and very ducky. Blocked, lock requested. Don't see any others. Closing.   Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:28, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

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Same edits to the same page, removing significant amounts of content. Lachy70 (talk) 04:56, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * to past accounts, confirmed to, nothing else immediately visible that isn't already blocked and/or locked as a sock. , , closing. Spicy (talk) 14:29, 23 December 2023 (UTC)