Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alexcas11/Archive

Report date May 7 2009, 02:57 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by kollision (talk)


 * Very similar usernames.
 * Alexcas11 is currently blocked. AlexCool11 account was created a day after the block was issued.
 * Same style edits. Adding blatant fake information to articles of films and actors. Although some of these edits may look genuine, a quick check will reveal that the information provided is blatantly false.
 * Adding blatantly fake film credits to the filmography of actors for films they have not and will not appear in.
 * Adding blatantly fake filmographies to the articles of actors which includes films they have not and will not appear in.
 * Adding blatantly false cast members and characters to articles of films they have not and will not appear in.
 * A portion of targeted articles are that of child actors.


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions
 * Masters block extended to one week, while the socks have been blocked indef. Tiptoety  talk 05:36, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Report date May 17 2009, 15:22 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by User:Kollision


 * Same style edits (a fairly unique style). Adding blatant fake information to articles of films and actors. Although some of these edits may look genuine, a quick check will reveal that the information provided is blatantly false.
 * Adding blatantly fake film credits to the filmography of actors for films they have not and will not appear in.
 * Adding blatantly fake filmographies to the articles of actors which includes films they have not and will not appear in.
 * Adding blatantly false cast members and characters to articles of films they have not and will not appear in.
 * Both AlexCool11 (one of the previously discovered sockpuppets) and ConnorMead have hit the Troye Sivan article.
 * Both AlexCas11 and ConnorMead have hit the The Derby Stallion article.
 * In the two articles ConnorMead created, the fake filmography included films whose articles were attacked by AlexCas11 and previously discovered sockpuppets.
 * Note: Connor Mead is a character in one of the films whose article was targeted. Different name does not mean different person.


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Quite evident, based on the contributions and this report. The master had already been blocked for sockpuppetry before so I've extended the block to indefinite. Sock blocked as usual. All tagged. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 15:35, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Report date May 25 2009, 02:40 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Kollision


 * Same style edits (a fairly unique style). Adding blatant fake information to articles of films and actors. Although some of these edits may look genuine, a quick check will reveal that the information provided is blatantly false.
 * Adding blatantly fake film credits to the filmography of actors for films they have not and will not appear in.
 * Adding blatantly fake filmographies to the articles of actors which includes films they have not and will not appear in.
 * Adding blatantly false cast members and characters to articles of films they have not and will not appear in.
 * A portion of targeted articles are that of younger actors.
 * Both FacebookBoy and ConnorMead (one of the previously discovered sockpuppets have hit the Logan Miller article.
 * In a few of the FacebookBoy's edits, the false information mentions films or actors whose articles were attacked by AlexCas11 and previously discovered sockpuppets. kollision (talk) 02:40, 25 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

FacebookBoy blocked indef as a sock. Icestorm815 •  Talk  00:56, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions

Report date June 4 2009, 04:21 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Kollision


 * Same style edits (a fairly unique style). Adding blatant fake information to articles of films and actors. Although some of these edits may look genuine, a quick check will reveal that the information provided is blatantly false.
 * Adding blatantly fake film credits to the filmography of actors for films they have not and will not appear in.
 * Adding blatantly fake filmographies to the articles of actors which includes films they have not and will not appear in.
 * Adding blatantly false cast members and characters to articles of films they have not and will not appear in.
 * Both AlexCool11 and ConnorMead (two of the previously discovered sockpuppets) and Anaiysustetas have hit the Troye Sivan article.
 * Both Alexcas11 and Anaiysustetas have hit the New York, I Love You article.
 * In a few of the Anaiysustetas's edits, the false information mentions films or actors whose articles were attacked by AlexCas11 and previously discovered sockpuppets.


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users
 * The edits by the puppet master and socks are quite disruptive and they don't seem to be stopping. Is there anything more that can be done to stop this user from creating more socks and editing? - kollision (talk) 04:21, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

The account was already blocked for being a vandalism only account. I have tagged the account as well since the edits are very similar to the master account. Kollision, since these accounts are fairly obvious in terms of the behavioral evidence and since checkuser is only performed under certain conditions, it might just be best to report the accounts as you see them. Icestorm815 •  Talk  18:06, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions

Report date June 16 2009, 06:53 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Kollision


 * The two articles created by Dentistaexce`df are the exact same two articles created by ConnorMead (one of the previously discovered sockpuppets).
 * The two articles created contain blatantly false information (fake filmographies at least), the same as with previous edits by Alexcas11 and sockpuppets.
 * Same style filmography layout as with Alexcas11 and sockpuppets.


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Account blocked and tagged. Icestorm815 •  Talk  17:19, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions

Report date June 20 2009, 00:10 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Kollision


 * Same style edits (a fairly unique style). Adding blatant fake information to articles of films and actors. Although some of these edits may look genuine, a quick check will reveal that the information provided is blatantly false.
 * Adding blatantly fake film credits to the filmography of actors for films they have not and will not appear in.
 * Adding blatantly fake filmographies to the articles of actors which includes films they have not and will not appear in.
 * Adding blatantly false cast members and characters to articles of films they have not and will not appear in.
 * A portion of targeted articles are that of younger actors.
 * Both Benstiller22222 and Alexcas11 and sockpuppets have hit the Jake Cherry, Troye Sivan , Tony Oller , Devin Brochu , and Nolan Gerard Funk articles.


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions

Blocked and tagged. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 13:27, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Report date July 4 2009, 04:27 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Kollision


 * Same style edits (a fairly unique style). Adding blatant fake information to articles of films and actors. Although some of these edits may look genuine, a quick check will reveal that the information provided is blatantly false.
 * Adding blatantly fake film credits to the filmography of actors for films they have not and will not appear in.
 * Adding blatantly fake filmographies to the articles of actors which includes films they have not and will not appear in.
 * Adding blatantly false cast members and characters to articles of films they have not and will not appear in.
 * AlexCool11, ConnorMead, Anaiysustetas, Benstiller22222 (four of the previously discovered sockpuppets) and Transfromers2 have hit the Troye Sivan article.
 * Both Alexcas11, ConnorMead (two of the previously discovered sockpuppets) and Transfromers2 have hit the The Derby Stallion article.
 * Transfromers2 attacked the Charlie Tahan article which was recently created by Benstiller22222 (one of the previously discovered sockpuppets).
 * Transfromers2 attacked the Michael James Olsen article which was recently created by Benstiller22222 (one of the previously discovered sockpuppets).
 * In a few of the Transfromers2's edits, the false information mentions films or actors whose articles were attacked by AlexCas11 and previously discovered sockpuppets.


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions

Pretty blatant. Blocked/tagged. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 11:55, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Report date July 13 2009, 17:17 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets:


 * Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman

Similar style and adding unsourced/hoax information to actor articles, including Charlie Tahan (diff), Thomas Hoffman (diff), both targets of previous Alexcas socks, Transfromers2 and Benstiller22222. Fairly blatant sock.  FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 17:17, 13 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * Blatant sock indeed. Tagged and bagged. Icestorm815  •  Talk  19:54, 13 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions

Report date August 11 2009, 17:41 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman

Adding unsourced material (and on examination, unsourcable material as it is made up) about putative acting roles to actor articles, including Charlie Tahan, Austin Butler (his first edit diff), Ben Feldman (actor) (diff) and others that have been consistent targets of various Alexcas sock accounts. Movie article creations that would seem to be blatant hoaxes (unourced and unsourcable) also fit into the Alexcas pattern.  FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 17:41, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

While I would normally decline per WP:DUCK, this is the ninth SPI case in the course of three months. Endorsing for CU attention to check the possibility of a hardblock via an underlying IP/range and to check for sleepers. MuZemike 01:30, 14 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * ✅, as well as and . IP blocked. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 04:25, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Report date August 20 2009, 15:45 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman

Addition of unsourced and on examination untrue information to various actor articles, claiming participation on films, especially the film Friday the 13th Part 2 (2010 film) asin this example diff of an edit to the Jimmy Bennett article. Fits in the usual Alexcas11 pattern, especially as the Jimmy Bennet article has been the target of Alexcas11 socks; a confirmed Alexcas sock SirMike123 made exactly the same edit in this diff. Creation of movie articles that contains wildly different casting to what any sources can confirm is again an Alexcas trait. Asking for Checkuser as Alexcas socks are frequently run in parallel.  FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 15:45, 20 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by  FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 15:45, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests


 * . NW ( Talk ) 17:28, 20 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * Conclusions
 * ✅, IP hardblocked. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 18:05, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. NW ( Talk ) 19:10, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Report date August 23 2009, 18:27 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Repeatedly edits a variety of B-movie and a few Disney/Land Before Time film articles to add fake sequels, falsify piped links, add hoax claims, and otherwise being disruptive. Some of the articles and templates he's been making the same vandalistic edits repeatedly since at least June, sometimes daily, at include: Maneater (series), Template:Maneater (now semi-protected), Anacondas: Trail of Blood (semi-protected; so he vandalized the talk page), Bats (film), The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends, The Land Before Time (series), Template:The Land Before Time, The Descent 2, Clear Rivers, Komodo vs. Cobra, Anaconda (film), Template:The Mummy ‎, Lake Placid 2, Ice Age: Th4w, Surf's Up (film), Happy Feet, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Ice Age (film series), Alligator (film), Supergator, DinoCroc, Sea Beast, Carnosaur 3: Primal Species, Bats: Human Harvest, etc.
 * Evidence submitted by -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs)

While preparing an SPI on the IPs, I bumped into Potterharrymorion, a sockpuppetter already blocked multiple times who worked from this same IP range and did the exact same sorts of edits and used similar random names for the few named socks he did. Many of this IPs have been blocked, but requesting check user to confirm these are his socks so they can be tagged, discover and tag any sleeper named socks, and see if an IP range is feasible. Note: the list of IPs above is not complete, just wanted to give a good sampling -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs) 18:27, 23 August 2009 (UTC)


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 * Comments by other users

Requested by -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs) 18:27, 23 August 2009 (UTC) – Disney + vandalism = insert famous vandal here. If nothing else, then a collateral damage check on the 71.97.128.0/17 range would also help. MuZemike 21:23, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

Various IPs also belong to A4d49f4a et al. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 12:59, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions
 * ✅ as a sock of . ✅ the following as one user, ❌ to Potterharrymorion:


 * All blocked, tagged. NW ( Talk ) 13:07, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Report date September 13 2009, 20:29 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman

Ongoing creation of dubious film articles and editing of actor articles adding dubious information/deliberate misinformation regarding film projects, in the style of various Alexacas11 socks. A few examples:
 * Addition of the (trademark) misinformation regarding a purported Friday the 13th Part 2 (a common motif in Alexcas11's edits) to the Platinum Dunes article (diff) which is an edit made by the confirmed Alexcas11 sock Kaboomboys123 last month (diff).
 * Addition of unsourced and dubious film projects to the Jimmy Bennett article, including a mention of Friday the 13th Part 2 (diff), which Kaboomboys123 did in a similar way last month (diff). Needless to say, there are no sources offered (and even fewer found).
 * Addition of unsourced and dubious material tot he Charlie Tahan article, an article created by Benstiller22222, an Alexcas11 sock and an article that has had unsourced and dubious information (to put it politely) added to it by Transfromers2, Michaeljrhjf11, LinKlARIKMF and Superhero111, all of whom are unsurprisngly Alexcas11 socks.

These are just samples of points of confluence of edits of Joeymalone and other Alexcas11 socks. As Alexcas socks are known to run in parallel, I have added a checkuser request. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 20:29, 13 September 2009 (UTC)


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 * Comments by other users

Requested by <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 20:29, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

while this is normally WP:DUCK, requesting CU on a possible rangeblock with regard to the other previously-blocked socks because it may be feasible. MuZemike 16:17, 14 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * No sleepers and a range block is unwarranted at this time as that account is the only one that currently exists on the range. If they return a range block would be feasible with no collateral damage. Brandon (talk) 14:30, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Blocked and tagged. MuZemike 14:54, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Report date October 1 2009, 23:50 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Creation of dubious film articles and edits to actor articles showing all the classic Alexcas11 interests in rebooted horror film franchises and adding fake filmography tables and/or entries to filmography tables. A few diffs as examples:
 * Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman
 * Adding a fake filmography to the Dyllan Christopher article which is something done by the original Alexcas11 account here


 * Adding misinformation regarding casting to the A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film) (diff) in a similar manner to the Alexcas sock Michaeljrhjf11 (diff) and the sock Kaboomboys123 (diff). It should also be noted that the articles of many of the names in the fake cast list were the target of Alexcas socks.


 * Adding fake or fantasy roles to the Drake Bell article (diff), which was a target of the Longsummerguy sock (diff)


 * Adding a fake filography entry to the Tammin Sursok article (diff) much as confirmed sock Potterharrymorion did.

Chances are this could be dealt as an obvious sock as the account managed to show all the classic Alexcas signs in less than 12 edits, but if there is a possibility of a rangeblock without collateral damage as mentioned in the last report, a checkuser request would make that possible. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 23:50, 1 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 23:50, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * ✅. Brandon (talk) 04:40, 3 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions
 * Blocked and tagged. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 20:41, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman

 * Creation of dubious/hoax film articles in the style of Alexcas11 socks including (the speedy deleted) Friday the 13th Part 2: Jason Returns; fantasy entries and other misinformation relating to the rebooted Friday the 13th franchise are common Alexcas edits.


 * Spectacular!Boy's second edit to an established article was to the Derek Mears article, where the Spectacular!Boy account munged the filmography table with bogus credits by changing existing acting credits and the production status of films. (diff). The Derek Mears article is a magnet to Alexcas: previous edits doing much the same to the filmography were made by the confirmed Alexcas socks (diff and   (diff as well as the original  (diff) account.


 * Created an article on putative sequel to the My Bloody Valentine 3D film, which is another rebooted film franchise, and added information on the (bogus) sequel to that article. The My Bloody Valentine 3D article was the subject of the attentions of (at least) one Alexcas sock,, previously. (diff).

While I would think that total of seven edits (including the two deleted articles) would normally be too small a sample to draw a conclusion from, has managed to push all the right buttons within those seven edits. Again, as was noted above in a previous report, there does seem to be a reasonable chance of a rangeblock being effective without collateral damage, and if so, I think an ongoing pattern over six months would probably be a good reason to explore that option. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 14:30, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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CheckUser requests
Requested by <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 14:30, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

– I just don't think anything else is going to come up, otherwise the last CU run about three weeks ago would have came up with something. If there wasn't a rangeblock done then, I don't think they're going to come up with one now with only one additional account to go by. MuZemike 17:20, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions
Tagged; already blocked. MuZemike 17:20, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman

 * Creation of unsourced and dubious film articles in the usual Alexcas11 style: for example Trick `r Treat 2 which is in part a copy and paste of Trick 'r Treat including the original external links section. While that is a common enough trick used by many socks, it is the cast list that is the clincher, as it features Alexcas11's stable of actor favourites, including the ever-reliable Derek Mears (see my SPI report of October 19) and Travis Van Winkle whose article has been the subject of attention from various Alexcas11 socks such as  (diff) and the original  account (diff).
 * Added Bryce Robinson to the New Moon (2009 film) article. Apart from there being no sources to support that actor's participation in that film, the Bryce Robinson article (since deleted) was created by the Alexcas11 sock as an egregiously inaccurate and unsustainable article. The article was recreated in the time period that Jackolantewrn was active yeserday, although checking if  Jackolantewrn created it would mean looking at deleted contributions. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 17:21, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Conclusions
Blocked and tagged. Peter <b style="color:#02b;">Symonds</b> ( talk ) 12:02, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman

 * Creation of dubious film articles in the style of Alexcas11 and passes the duck test in the first few edits by creating Trick `r Treat 2: The Begining which is pretty much a recreation of the deleted Trick 'r Treat 2, created by the sock last week. As the editor who prodded the new article points out (and it was pointed in the nomination for the first article), the only source for a sequel says the director is thinking of doing one. Cast list includes Derek Mears (many Alexcas11 articles do, as noted more than once in other reports) and the trailer section, alleging that trailers for the film  are already  playing in cinemas, was used in the deleted Trick 'r Treat 2 article.
 * Added a fake credit to the filmography in the Chase Wright Vanek article (diff), an article which was created by the sock . Alexcas11 socks have a habit of including this actor in cast lists. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 20:02, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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Conclusions
Blocked and tagged. I have also deleted Trick `r Treat 2: The Begining per WP:CSD (page created by a banned user). MuZemike 20:08, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman

 * Fake additions to the fimography table of the Angus T. Jones article in the Alexcas11 style of adding films that are not in production or are hoaxes, and overwriting or editing existing entries.


 * Addition to the cast list of the Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (diff) that includes actors that have nothing to do with the film. Adittedly other vandals do that sort of thing, but it is unlikely that a random vandalism edit would also contain a link to the (deleted) Devin Brochu article, which was created  by the  and the  socks of Alexcas. (I followed the "What links here" link from the deleted page, in case anyone was wondering how I did that.) The ConnorMead sock had been active oon the Ghosts of Girlfriends Past article previously fiddling with the cast list, for example here. That would be a [[WP:DUCK] but...


 * He returns to the old favourite A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film) adding an inaccurate, but not completly inaccurate, cast list to the article here, much like many Alexcas socks. Example:   did it here.

Granted three edits is a very small sample to use to demonstrate a similarity, but all the edits manage to demostrate Alexcas traits, with the last two edits include portions that reference other Alexcas11 edits. But if you want to add a fourth edit to the sample, he also created a hoax film article, Walt Disney The Movie, which pretty much means that this user has managed cover all the Alexcas bases. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 23:56, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

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Conclusions
Blocked and tagged. MuZemike 05:49, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman
Two named accounts and one IP editor demonstrating the classic Alexcas11 signs.


 * Dubious new film articles and fake filmography edits in the inimitable Alexcas11 style, but the necessary duck edit is that of recreating the What Boys Want article again, an article previously created by, which of course was an Alexcas11 sock.


 * Pretty much a duck again. Added links to the hoax Night at the Museum 3 created by the Alexcas11 sock to various articles, followed by fake filmographies that included the film Shout It (film) (sample diff), a deleted hoax. He also added a link to the Walt Disney The Movie brought to you by, which of course was an Alexcas11 creation. Note he added the Walt hoax to the Noah Cyrus article (diff of edits), which was later the target of.


 * isn't quite as obvious as the other two, but started adding a fake filmography entry to the Noah Cyrus article, which was visited by the IP above. (Alexcas11 tends to come back to recently edited articles.) Not quite as much direct evidence, but the style is obvious to anyone who has to wade through Alexcas11 edits.

Requesting a Checkuser here as this is the first time I have have got to an IP edit in the Alexcas style that isn't months out of date. (I have seen IP edits from the range in question that were in the ALexcas11 style, but none that weren't months out of date.) <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 21:41, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
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CheckUser requests
Requested by <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 21:41, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

. Blocked. Peter <b style="color:#02b;">Symonds</b> ( talk ) 21:53, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions
Classic Alexcas behaviour. IP is probably not worth blocking as it hasn't edited in a while. Other accounts blocked/tagged. Peter <b style="color:#02b;">Symonds</b> ( talk ) 21:53, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman
Zoomis is an obvious and blatant Alexcas11 sock, judging from both style and contributions. (I spotted him after his first edit (diff), which was to the Ethan Cutkosky article, an Alexcas11 magnet article created by an Alexcas11 sock  and edited by a couple of socks including the recent  sock.

Zoomis is adding fake filmography edits to actor articles in the obvious Alexcas11 style; edits are to the tables, adding fake entries, frequently overwriting existing entries, while not adding the information to the text of the article. (Means that this stuff can linger for months before anyone notices and it frequently does linger.)

Add the creation of one  obvious fake movie article, Journey to Atlantis 3D, and an article on a movie sequel School of Rock 2: America Rocks!, which is almost plausible  and you have a typical Alexcas11 series of edits. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 11:53, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Adding who added a link for the Journey to Atlantis 3D article to the Josh Hutcherson article (diff). An overlooked Alexcas sock which seems to have been abandoned but might as well knock that out too. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 12:24, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

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Conclusions
Blocked and tagged. MuZemike 00:29, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman

 * Dubious filmography edit (diff)) to the Freddie Highmore article; something done by diff) and  (diff).


 * And back to another old favourite Valentine's Day (film), adding fake cast members diff, much as his recent sock diff


 * And another dubious film article in the Alexcas11 style : Death of a Superhero


 * A slight deviation from the usual style by adding an edit to the text (rather than a filmography table) in the Josh Hutcherson article, but that too was the subject of the attentions of another obvious sock diff <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 23:52, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

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Conclusions
You know the deal. MuZemike 08:18, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman

 * The first edit from this account added a fake filmography table edit to the Tony Oller article (diff). Unsurprisingly this article has been a target of more than one Alexcas11 sock: payed a visit here in June diff with a fake filmography table edit, as did  in May diff)


 * Second edit from the account was to the Logan Lerman article, adding another dubious filmography table edit, as did recent sock  two weeks ago diff, The original Alexcas11 account edited here  as did  with a fake filmography edit in March (diff). Probably a few more missed socks in the edit history but anyhoo, there is   history of Alexcas11 sock activity on this article.


 * And the account creates a remarkably dubious film article at Strongland, with a plot section written in Alexcas' inimitable and obvious style. The cast list features quite a few of  Alexcas' favourite actors.

The first two edits say duck in themselves, and he has managed to hit much all the LAexcas11 buttons in his first 3 edits, barring a mention of a rebooted film franchise. The fourth and fifth edits are not quite as obviously Alexcas11 and are exploring new areas, but he does get a Friday the 13th reference in as a Universal Studios attraction in his last edit. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 13:10, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

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Conclusions

 * Blocked and tagged. The page he created I deleted as a likely hoax. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 17:12, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman
Three edits from Homesolo and enough to say that this is yet another Alexcas foray.


 * First edit is to add a fake film to the Jimmy Bennett filmography table; this article is, as mentioned in multiple reports above, an Alexcas magnet, but just for the record, the last Alexcas sock added fake info to the table here, as did  thrice here, here and here, not to mention  here. Duck here I would say, but as this account has made only three edits, it would only be fair to  point out a few other similarities, such as ....


 * The creation of a blatant hoax article, in the Alexcas style at Home Alone (Remake), a film purported to star Jimmy Bennett


 * And the addition of Superman 4 to the Tobey Maguire article; not that is anything awful, although it hasn't started filming yet despite what Homesolo asserts, but again this article and that film franchise is the focus of activity from other Alexcas socks, such as Alexcool123, who added Spiderman 5 to the article in March (diff). <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 14:31, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

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Conclusions

 * Blocked indefinitely and tagged. Article deleted as a blatant hoax. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 14:41, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman
Pretty much a duck with this account's edit to the Jimmy Bennett article here, where he munges the filmography table in much the same way as  managed a few weeks ago here. (He really didn't put much effort into naming this sock, I must say :) ).

Also visited the Daniel Radcliffe article, messing with the filmography table, per Alexcas11 norms, adding a film to the table here. Have to admit that sources confirm that film is mooted, although certainly not in post-production, and not with that exact title. However, it is much the same edit made by a few weeks ago here.

His edit to the Valentine's Day (film) article here is similar in style and target to 's effort of a couple of weeks ago.

Adding a few dubious film creations such as The Final Destination 5, which certainly isn't in production according to any sources found and as it stands, is a hoax - which an IP editor did point out, although unfortunately in the wrong manner, getting a block for his efforts - and Max Steel The Movie, which again is mooted, but certainly hasn't gone into production and and features an Alexcas11 cast list, and we have a typical Alexcas11 sock account. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 19:42, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

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Conclusions

 * Blocked and tagged. Tiptoety  talk 07:08, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Deleted the pages created. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 10:48, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman
Obvious Alexcas11 sock:


 * Adding made-up cast details to the Valentine's Day (film) article diff in much the same manner as a few days ago diff  and  at the end of November diff.
 * Creation of hoax articles in the inimitable Alexcas style at American Boy! and Boy Power, with bogus IMDb links. When you have seen a few of Alexcas' articles, the pattern is obvious. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 23:14, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

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 * Blocked/tagged. Articles created deleted. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 23:20, 13 December 2009 (UTC)


 * a checkuser to look for sleepers and to see if an IP block is possible. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 23:20, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

✅ =

All accounts are blocked. for six months. J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds 23:28, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions

 * All tagged appropriately. Any page created have been deleted. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 23:30, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Report date December 14 2009, 00:50 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

These are all known socks of A4d49f4a based on behavioral evidence, however newer socks are sometimes being left open instead of blocked due to the lack of a recent SPI, so this is pretty much a procedural one to confirm these socks. That said, as the known IP socks all seem to be in the same range, a check user and check for possible range block could also help in dealing with this guy. All except the last are blocked already, the last one is the one several admins are requesting an SPI to confirm these on. -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs) 00:50, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users
 * Blocked . Strongly support a checkuser anyways to clear up any lingering socks and to see if a range block is possible without significant damage. Kuru  <sup style="color:#f5deb3;">talk  01:13, 14 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Second checkuser request: some socks of this case are not so naive to get blocked on the spot and checkuser would really help. Materialscientist (talk) 01:18, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Requested by -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs) 00:50, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

– I also don't remember if 71.97.128.0/17 was checked or not for collateral damage. They may also need to be looked in. MuZemike 03:18, 14 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * All of the letter-and-number type usernames are, so I'm only able to check if the other accounts relate to one another, and the requested collateral check. <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold  (t/a/c) 06:37, 14 December 2009 (UTC)


 * All of the other accounts are ✅ to be the same as one another, in addition to:
 * All of those accounts are blocked and tagged.
 * As for the rangeblock, I would not recommend it, the range is commonly used.
 * IP 71.255.90.25 does not appear to be related. <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold  (t/a/c) 06:55, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * All of those accounts are blocked and tagged.
 * As for the rangeblock, I would not recommend it, the range is commonly used.
 * IP 71.255.90.25 does not appear to be related. <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold  (t/a/c) 06:55, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * IP 71.255.90.25 does not appear to be related. <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold  (t/a/c) 06:55, 14 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Conclusions

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman
An obvious Alexcas11 sock from style alone, but also:
 * Messing with the filmography table on the Derek Mears article, messing with the existing credits and adding dubious credits diff, in much the same way that Jackolantewrn, Spectacular!Boy, Joeymalone, Michaeljrhjf11 and the original Alexcas11 account did. (Yup, Derek Mears article is a magnet)
 * Created the The Hangover 2 (2011 film) article with dubious details, much as created the The Hangover 2 (film) article. (Although both are now redirects.)
 * Created the Jason Vs. Michael article which was previously speedied. Not sure which sock originally created that one (I remember the title), but it was definitely an Alexcas11 sock.

I haven't asked for a checkuser here as I have to admit that it is unquestionably ALexcas, but the last one run did find a few discarded socks and did slow Alexcas down. (And thanks to NuclearWarfare for asking :) ) <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 02:31, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 01:29, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * to check for sleepers and a possible IP block. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 01:29, 23 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Current other socks are and . Thatcher 02:11, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Conclusions

 * All blocked and tagged. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 02:19, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman
Two accounts operating in classic Alexcas mode, with the familiar Alexcas11 style of writing and adding fake filmography credits to many of Alexcas11's usual targets.

Taking first:
 * Adding a fake filmography credit to the Tyler Mane article diff, in much the same way as the Alexcas11 sock did the previous week diff
 * Adding a fake film credit to the Alexcas11 favourite Logan Lerman article (diff, would seem to be in the pattern that the earlier socks (diff),   (diff). (There are probably other accounts in the history of that article, but I think there is enough there to establish the pattern.)
 * Fake film credits in the Sam Worthington article (diff, much as previously. (diff)

also hits all the ALexcas11 buttons, but apart from the obvious style similarities, he has managed to visit many Alecas11 article targets:
 * Fake filmography edit on the Sam Worthington article (diff)
 * Fake filmography edit on the Tobey Maguire article diff in the same manner as (diff)
 * A fake film credit in the old favourite Eric Bana article, much like (diff). Sherlockfletcher111 also added a fake filmography edit.

Just a note: This user created a couple of film articles, in the inimitable Alexcas11 style, some of which are probably complete hoaxes, but others that have some basis in fact and have significant contributions by other users.

As for various reasons, I haven't been following Alexcas socks around for a few weeks, there are almost certainly other accounts that have been missed. I did see one probable account,, that has been blocked, but as Alexcas drops accounts after a few days anyway, it would be almost inconceivable that there aren't other accounts, so a checkuser is requested. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 20:50, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

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Requested by <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 20:50, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

to check for sleepers and possible IP block. Timotheus Canens (talk) 09:55, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

✅. No obvious sleepers. Too broad to rangeblock, sorry. J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds 03:12, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Per CU results. Accounts already blocked and tagged. Tim Song (talk) 04:56, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman
Only 5 edits, but all in the classic Alexcas11 contribution pattern.
 * First edit to the George Lucas filmography diff adds a fake Star Wars film in 3d, which is one of Alexcas's favourite formats. (Long history of remakes and reboots in 3D)
 * Second edit diff adds a fake film credit for Avatar 2 to the Jimmy Bennett article, overwriting an existing credit. Apart from the overwriting, which is indeed an Alexcas trait, the Jimmy Bennett article is an Alexcas11 magnet, being the target of  (diff),  (diff),  diff,  (diff), all of who made similar fake filmography edits. Ironically perhaps, this edit actaully overwrote one of his own fake films.
 * Created the Connor Gibbs article with a plethora of false film credits, including credits for voice work that, if to be believed, the subject would have done at age 2. I'll be removing most of the obvious fake stuff after submitting this SPI, but notable among the credits is one for A Bag of Hammers, a film that hasn't gone into production, although a hoax version of an article for the film was created by Alex's most recent (checkuser confirmed) sock . Also a credit for Valentine's Day (film), which has been the target of numerous Alexcas socks, but the most recent was (diff) <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 16:05, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 16:10, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman
Blatantly obvious Alexcas11 sock. Created Zoom 3D article, which apart from being both unlikely (as a sequel to the Zoom film seems unlikely) and written in the Alexcas11 style, is a recreation of the The Superhero article created by, which was deleted as a hoax. (I don't have access to the deleted version but I remember the article, and really, it is. also added a link to the Tim Allen article diff, which describes the character much as in this new article. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 00:02, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

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 * Yep, definitely a sockpuppet of Alexcas11. Account blocked, hoax article deleted, user tagged. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 00:08, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman
Another obvious sock of Alexcas11.


 * Creates the hoax Meet Joe Black (2011 film) article and the original version of the article here is obviously in the Alexcas11 style of prose, using the article for the 1998 movie as a template, hence the IMdb link to the original movie (in the sense that this is claimed to be a remake of the 1998 movie, which was of course a remake... but I digress)
 * Adds a hoax entry to the filmography table of the Jason Ritter article here, much as other socks have done before, with the latest two being  diff and  (diff).
 * Adds a fake filmography edit to the frequent target Tony Oller article here, linking to the deleted hoax Boy Power, created and recreated by a few different socks, but the one that I can find without too much trouble is <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 01:53, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged; hoax deleted. Thanks for the report :) <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 01:59, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman
Just the one edit visible but a text book Alexcas11 article created at Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen 2, with the inimitable writing style, fake credits, an IMDb link to the film that this film is supposed to be a sequel of. Even an account name ending in 111, to make it easy. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 21:11, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

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accounts blocked and tagged by NuclearWarfare, SpitfireTally-ho! 21:20, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by NuclearWarfare
See history of Carstown. <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 20:01, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

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Requested by <b style="color:navy;">NW</b> ( Talk ) 20:01, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

❌. Dominic·t 09:48, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

no further action to be taken by SPI, SpitfireTally-ho! 09:50, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman
Going with PotterBoy 122 first:
 * Classic Alexcas11-style articles created at The Princess Diaries 3: The Royal Wedding and Smile (2011 film), both at AFD.
 * Edited the Valentine's Day (film) article (Diff) to add character names and actors, much as diff and  diff did. (There were others there as well; bit of an Alexcas magnet is that film. )
 * Edited the The Time Traveler's Wife (film) (diff) to add bogus info about a sequel in the usual Alexcas11 style.

has already been blocked, but just for the sake of completism, he created a hoax article at The Time Traveler's Wife 2 and did much the same as Potterboy122 and a host of other Alexcas11 socks at Valentine's Day (film) and at the The Time Traveler's Wife (film), with an example diff here. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 00:37, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
✅. Note also that this is the same banned user as Sockpuppet investigations/Potterharrymorion and Sockpuppet investigations/A4d49f4a. Dominic·t 09:48, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged. ~ Amory ( u •  t  •  c ) 15:18, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Merged Sockpuppet investigations/A4d49f4a with this case. ~ Amory ( u •  t  •  c ) 15:18, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Report date February 20 2010, 01:58 (UTC)

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Latest IP sock. Need a sleeper check as he usually hits with both. Also check feasibility of range block as he tends to hit from the same IP range. -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs) 01:58, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs)


 * Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman

created the The Hangover 2: Thailand! article, which, apart from being written (to use an oft-used description) in the inimitable Alexcas style, is also another in a long series of attempts to create an article about a sequel to The Hangover (See LTA). Also trying to suggest that there is a sequel to the Back to the Future films  conforming with Alexcas's penchant for sequels and created an article in the Alexcas  style at Prom (film), which features many of his favourite actors.

Normally this would be a duck on style and content alone, but as there is already a checkuser request for another possible sock, and this account has been operating in the same timeframe, I'm adding another checkuser request. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 00:52, 22 February 2010 (UTC)


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 * Comments by other users

Requested by -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs) 01:58, 20 February 2010 (UTC) . From the previous results I doubt a rangeblock is feasible, but might as well take a look to see if there are sleepers. Tim Song (talk) 04:31, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

-- Avi (talk) 06:04, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Conclusions

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman

 * Standard Alexcas edits to the Pirates of the Caribbean (film series) article (diff) adding names to the cast table to the next film in the series and a similar edit to the Penelope Cruz filmography table ., an Alexcas sock, was fiddling with the cast list for the Pirates of the Caribbean article at the end of January. (diff)

"After 2 months Vito returns but 4 months from his return he died from choking on a piece of chewing gum. Luckily 2 days before Michael returned and was announced new Don permanent and put together his gang to have the biggest mafia war between 3 families."
 * Then creates a blatantly obvious hoax at The Godfather Son, featuring a stellar cast list, including the (unfortunately unlikely) return of Lloyd Bridges. Standard Alexcas prose here:

This article also manages to include a few other Alexcas11 favourites: he manages to get his rebooted horror franchise fascination in by claiming this film was actually written by the same writer who has penned the 2010 Nightmare on Elm Street reboot and Tim Burton, the purported director, is always an Alexcas favourite. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 04:08, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

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Already blocked by another admin. –MuZemike 00:55, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman

 * Typical Alexcas11 edits at the magnet article Valentine's Day (film) article; including an alleged sequel section written in the Alexcas11 style diff and the addition of a cast list section


 * Edits to the filmography table at the Sam Worthington article (diff) Filomography table edits are an Alexcas11 favourite as mentioned in various SPI reports, but this one also adds Avatar 2, as did old socks (here and  here. Other socks who have fiddled with the filmography table here include  (diff)


 * Creates a article for proposed sequel to the Jumper film at Jumper 2: Around the World, although this has been subsequently moved to Jumper 2 and is at AFD currently. But looking at the original version here, it's a typical Alexcas creation style-wise, apart from a section of text taken from the original Jumper article, which accounts for the article actually having references. The IMDb link goes to the original film's entry on that site (typical Alexcas manouvure there) and the prose style of the plot section is again typical Alexcas. To veer into duck territory, a Jumper sequel article was created by  (sock account) at Jumper 2: The War Begins <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 18:49, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

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looking pretty duckish to me. Regards, SpitfireTally-ho! 18:59, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Bagged and tagged. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  19:08, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by VernoWhitney
MykMan34 has made a series of unsourced and completely fictional movies targeted at teens including The Secrets of Droon (2009 film) and insertions in other articles      VernoWhitney (talk) 17:37, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Added 63.3.0.1 as I came across it with similar fictional teen movie and tv show edits:.

Akamatt has few related edits so far, but a recent one which was followed up on by 63.3.0.1 listed above and similar to 63.3.0.129 below seems duckish to me.

63.3.0.129 made and identical to the other IP:  VernoWhitney (talk) 15:27, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

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Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
MykMan34 indefinitely blocked and tagged, and 63.3.0.1 blocked 2 weeks. 63.3.0.129 already has uninvolved edits after the regular MO-edits, and I don't think Akamatt is a sock because of the other different edits from way before. –MuZemike 02:33, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

29 May 2010

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Latest pair of socks from this guy, with Hjfhksdjf getting a ton of images uploaded and the IP getting articles remade for him by abusing AfC. Need a new check user to find the usual pile of sleepers, and see if a range block is at all possible. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 21:37, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

I support the CheckUser as the last SPI was over 2 months ago so he is likely to have some sleepers. Trey lander  21:45, 29 May 2010 (UTC) Support a CheckUser. Also, not sure why he has started to vandalize a Saw article. <span style="solid;background:#5D8AA8; border-radius: 8px; -moz-border-radius: 8px; font-family: Century Gothic"> Mike  Allen  22:44, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments by other users
 * Hjfhksdjf has basically already committed suicide, but sniffing for sleepers couldn't hurt. Half  Shadow  22:37, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Several of his socks have vandalized some of the various horror film franchises, including Saw, though its been awhile since he messed with those in particular. I suspect he and Bambifan101 have gotten together off wiki as their last appearances have almost always been together. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 22:52, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * There is possible meatpuppetry with Alexcas11 and Bambifan101 as Fan of the Disney animation looked like Bambifan at first (See WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Bambifan101/Archive) yet FotDa was confirmed as Alexcas. Trey  lander  08:30, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Requested by -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 21:37, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

to check for any possible sleeper socks. –MuZemike 23:31, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Hjfhksdjf indefinitely blocked and tagged as a clear sock (not to mention blatant disruption and harassment). All creations by him or the IP (via WP:AFC) have been deleted. –MuZemike 23:31, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

✅. No obvious sleepers. J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds 01:37, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I take that to mean all confirmed, IP dealt with. SGGH ping! 09:13, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by MuZemike
User has been creating similar hoaxes and egregious copyright violations as the past socks. and (viewable by admins only) set off red flags that this might be him again. –MuZemike 23:58, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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Requested by –MuZemike 23:58, 6 June 2010 (UTC) Requesting CU just to be sure this is not a sock of someone else, and I know I could be wrong from time to time. –MuZemike 23:58, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * MuZemike seems to be onto something here and I trust his judgement even though the proof is unviewable by me at this time. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:38, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * ❌. I note that the Phineashlo122010 account was created almost a month ago, so it would likely have been picked up by J.D's check already. No other apparent sleeper accounts. Since Phineashlo122010 hasn't been based on its own contributions I think we can close this. Amalthea  14:27, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

19 June 2010

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Latest batch of socks for usual sleeper check, tagging sweep, and to see if he is using any blockable ranges. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 05:38, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

Requested by -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 05:38, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

–MuZemike 05:47, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

✅, no obvious sleepers. The range is a mobile one, so it's very broad. I may be able to block it at some point, but there's only three or four accounts on it so far, so I'm not sure it's worth it. Yet. J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds 03:05, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

22 June 2010

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Recreation of the same article Alexcas11 has made twice so far, i.e. Rise of the Gargoyles. Lot of renaming of this account, so may be harder to confirm, but requesting CU to confirm. Last CU noted he is operating on a mobile range, making it harder to find sleepers, unfortunately. The original account is quite old, so possibly a misidentifier, but the only accounts of late have been recreating that twice created article of Alexcas, and doing multiple rename requests and asking an admin how to change their username AFTER having already done so once before. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 18:35, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.

I don't know if I can comment yet, but Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Alexcas11 is a list of some IPs which have not been blocked, or see Category:Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Alexcas11 for some more IPs. The Helpful  One  18:58, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments by other users
 * Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Alexcas11 and Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Alexcas11 are the only public list that I know of with known IPs of his, beyond the archive. His most recent ones, however, have been all over the place from his use of a mobile connection. There are also a lot of IPs that never got tagged, unfortunately. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 19:03, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Requested by -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 18:35, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

per J.delanoy's comment on the previous check. Assuming these are Alexcas11's we might get more IPs in which to form some sort of rangeblock, if that is possible. –MuZemike 01:04, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments


 * All accounts are the same person and geolocate to Morocco. Brandon (talk) 01:46, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * No action taken, mainly per the CU results. The accounts won't be back anytime soon, I don't think. –MuZemike 03:28, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

04 July 2010

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Latest named and IP socks, not even trying to hide it. Usual CU needed for sweeper check and see if he is on a blockable range. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 20:20, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs)


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

– Cdinkha was created on 7 June, so there are likely some other sleepers around. –MuZemike 20:24, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
 * CheckUser requests

Cdinkha indefinitely blocked and tagged; IP also blocked (inadvertently as a sock of Karunyan, but harassment is harassment, so it's moot). –MuZemike 20:24, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Looking at Cdinhka's edits, that account would have been blocked anyways as a vandalism-only account. –MuZemike 20:26, 4 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

No sleepers found. --Deskana (talk) 17:07, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

12 July 2010

 * Suspected sockpuppets

Popping up again, need usual sleeper check as he rarely hits purely with an IP. Pretty much self identified here by referring to "his" wiki (which he already stated under another IP that he would block me from if I ever edited) and asking why we "never" listen to him. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 18:47, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Evidence submitted by -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs)
 * Add from his edits the same realm of articles, and in particular his note at Edit filter/False positives/Reports which seems to be his new favorite playground


 * Comments by accused parties    See Defending yourself against claims.


 * Comments by other users

– That IP was blocked 52 minutes after he created the Goober0778378 account. I would bank that the IP block may have prevented any further account creation for now. –MuZemike 18:30, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
 * Oh, and Goober indefinitely blocked and tagged as a clear sock. –MuZemike 18:30, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Not much left to do then. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  19:28, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Evidence submitted by Flowerpotman
Classic Alexcas11 style and contributions here:
 * Edit to Josh Hutcherson article adding uncited (and dubious) info (diff), in much  the same way as Alexcas11 socks  (diff) and  (diff). (Josh Hutcherson frequently features in hoax film articles created by Alexcas11)
 * Uncited (and dubious) addition of sequel section to the The Wolfman (2010 film) article in the usual Alexcas11 prose style (diff), much as confirmed sock did in February (diff).
 * Created New Year's Eve (film) article which was alleged to be a sequel to Valentine's Day (film). The Valentine's Day article was the subject of a couple of Alexcas11 socks before the film's release: (diff) and  (diff) being the first two I remembered.
 * Edit to the Jimmy Bennett article with a highly dubious filmography table edit here. This article is an Alexcas11 favourite, with previous similar edits by  (here),  (here),  (here),  (here) and .....well, you get the picture.
 * The hoax article Zoom (2011 film) that I had a chance to look at briefly over the weekend was a classic Alexcas fabrication, using copy and paste from an existing article, except  for he plot section, which was in the classic Alexcas prose style. The other articles created were, unsurprisingly, dubious sequels.

Asking for a checkuser as if precedent is anything to go on, and he is remarkably consistent, he has moved on to a new sock. <font face="monospace" color="#004080"> FlowerpotmaN &middot;(t) 19:37, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Comments by accused parties
See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments

 * - Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:19, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Please reconsider this decline...on this particular sock, a CU is par for the course to check for his usual rack of sleepers and sort out which are him and which are Bambifan101, as they have taken to modeling each other. -- <span style='font-family: Georgia, serif; color:#639;'> AnmaFinotera (<em style="color: #F90">talk  ~ <em style="color: #099">contribs ) 00:22, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Why on earth would one care about sorting out which is which? That's wasting altogether too much energy. "Checkuser verified sockpuppet of banned user" is adequate; there's no reason to evaluate beyond that, other than to give the malfeasors exactly the attention they so crave. Deny! --jpgordon:==( o ) 05:48, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Primarily for ISP reports, recording keeping, and updating the LTAs on them. It would be great of SP pages were hidden from the public so they wouldn't get that, but alas, to record it has to be public, and it is good to know how many socks they have and being able to show their full disruptive nature if one or both's ISPs decide to get off their arses and do something. -- <span style='font-family: Georgia, serif; color:#639;'> AnmaFinotera (<em style="color: #F90">talk  ~ <em style="color: #099">contribs ) 13:14, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * In other words, allow them to waste our time to no avail. You do understand that the chance of the ISPs doing anything to someone who is simply being continuously annoying is close to zero. --jpgordon:==( o ) 14:54, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, I didn't realize that there was a bit of an overlap there. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 21:02, 29 July 2010 (UTC)


 * - T. Canens (talk) 16:29, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Technical evidence indicates ❌ (e.g. these IPs geolocate to a different country than those in older confirmed checks); behavioral evidence should be used. -- Avi (talk) 02:28, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Despite the technical evidence, behavioural evidence matches Alexcas11 in several ways. As such, I've blocked the user indefinitely. Peter <b style="color:#02b;">Symonds</b> ( talk ) 09:40, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * That's fine. Behavioral evidence should be preferred to technical evidence in almost all cases in my opinion anyway. -- Avi (talk) 14:14, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

03 June 2012

 * Suspected sockpuppets


 * User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

A hoax film article was created, Chloe's Closet: The Movie. The writing style—hard to understand, with lots of capital letters—looks just like his style. The user also tried to add the hoax film to the studio's article, another thing he often does. While I can't give you diffs, as the article was deleted, an admin can look at the page history and confirm it. I think this is a WP:DUCK case. David 1217 14:51, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''
 * Also look over many of the IP's in the Chloe's Closet article that have edited in the last eight months; the article was so severely compromised before I found it and asked for immediate semi-protect that I had to go back a year and a half to reference anything that was factual in it to remove all the vandalism, and even then I can't say it's even reflective of 85% of what is in the program. Even though it was a low-traveled article, there should be no article that should ever get to this terrible state. User also misused the wikilove tab on my talk to complain I deleted the article when I just asked for a delete vote in the AfD. <font face="Myriad Web"> Nate  • ( chatter ) 04:32, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Same interests, same style, same cap-casing of letters, very ducky. Dennis Brown  -  2&cent;   &copy;  09:50, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, all of the accounts in the archive are, so there is nothing to which I can compare this account. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  14:25, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I blocked the account indefinitely as a duck. The added content is a clear hoax and doesn't belong, duck or not. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 17:54, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for finally getting to it (this is the first SPI I've filed)! David 1217 22:33, 8 June 2012 (UTC)