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Alvi Z. was blocked for creating hoax school article Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School (Michigan). The original article had an image drawn by mspaint (it was uploaded in enwiki but not commons, and had since been deleted).

Burr Elementary created Draft:Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School (Sterlng Heights, Michigan) with a similar style mspaint school logo although uploaded on commons. -★- PlyrStar93. → Message me. ← 19:10, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * Tagged and closing. GABgab 01:00, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

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Names quack loudly. AlviZam93's first edits are creation of user and talk page that shows obvious experience editing. Subsequent edits are creation of user subpages of editors involved in previous blocks of puppeteer: User:Widr/ForeignPolicy, User:PlyrStar93/Userboxes/Goldeneye, User:Ansh666/User loves Vietnamese food. Compare user page to that of previous blocked sock:. The Mighty Glen (talk) 16:41, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Adding doppelganger account Alvi Z. 93, with talk page created by AlviZam93. The Mighty Glen (talk) 16:57, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

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 * - The username alone makes this pretty obvious. The master's first edit (see diff), and the fact that they've already registered another account,, leads me think there may be more accounts in this sockfarm. Please check to identify potential sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:58, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅, blocked and tagged. No other unblocked accounts seen. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:26, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

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Possibly a duck. The user's edits on the English Wikipedia, once again, are on their userspace adding mostly false information about themselves, such as adding user rights userboxes where they themselves haven't even become one yet, alongside obviously false claims. This user's first edits globally, also add the same false information, such as Meta, alongside other weird/suspicious edits, such as making an unblock request on the English Wiktionary where they haven't even blocked yet; a telltale sign that someone is sockpuppetering. I've noticed that their userpage looked pretty similar to the one long-time administrator Callanecc has, and even has the same script page, too, suggesting that they copied that user page and pasted it to theirs. theinstantmatrix (talk) 19:40, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

I've added two other accounts they have disclosed; Dlohcierekim have blocked AlviZaman30BOT for the unapproved bot username. Although they did disclose it, this may be an attempt to evade scrutiny, which is obviously not allowed. theinstantmatrix (talk) 19:46, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * I blocked as a possible unapproved bot. Did claim it as an alt account in one iteration, but had "bot malfunctioning" adviso as well.  -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 19:46, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment aside per this edit, I have concern for WP:CIR or a vandalism only account. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 19:50, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Wow Claimed Callenac RfA for their own. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 19:52, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * All three above have been ✅ along with . RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:52, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

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Stated on the unblock request that he/she'll make a new account listed above. Annnd there it is. WP:DUCK. theinstantmatrix (talk) 23:37, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * Rather obvious, but ✅, user blocked. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:08, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

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Quack. theinstantmatrix (talk) 01:49, 24 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Alt added. theinstantmatrix (talk) 02:06, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * . GABgab 03:50, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

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Sounds like a duck. theinstantmatrix (talk) 12:20, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Looks like it's done. Green Giant has just globally locked all of the Alvi Z. socks and its master. theinstantmatrix (talk) 17:56, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, please reopen. Another sock I just added appeared shortly after the last accounts were locked. theinstantmatrix (talk) 18:16, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
 * ZamanAlvi30 is blocked, and locked globally, alongside other accounts. Now the report is closed, for real. theinstantmatrix (talk) 18:58, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * - Please block. Sro23 (talk) 16:37, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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quack. theinstantmatrix (talk) 02:10, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * All globally locked by RadiX. theinstantmatrix (talk) 02:28, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * All accounts . I recommend not tagging per WP:DENY. Based on the archive, clerks might want to request a global lock too. Mz7 (talk) 02:20, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

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quack theinstantmatrix (talk) 15:12, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Tagging and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:39, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

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quack theinstantmatrix (talk) 01:04, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * Account now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 02:37, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

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Username,  &#x2230; Bellezzasolo &#x2721;   Discuss  23:02, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Also a behavioural duck. &#x2230; Bellezzasolo &#x2721;   Discuss  23:55, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

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I am not a sock of Alvi Z.. Please never block me as a sock of Alvi Z.! Also, never tag my stuff as Csd G5! Also, make me an admin and and I will block Bellezzasolo! No more Alvi Z.?!?!?!?! AlviZaman80 (talk) 00:35, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * I have blocked the account indefinitely. Mz7 (talk) 01:44, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Could this be globally locked as well? Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 01:51, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ as requested. Green Giant (talk) 01:55, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

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Some kind of revenge thing for blocking a sock of theirs, I guess? Made me chuckle a bit. I already blocked for obvious reasons, so just for the record. ansh 666 00:31, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Obvious seems to be this guy's raison d'etre. I spotted that last sock on the user creation log under recent changes... less looks like a duck and more prepackaged with an ingredients label. &#x2230; Bellezzasolo &#x2721;   Discuss  00:37, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
 * As this account has been filing nonsense name change unblock requests (just as the other socks previously did), it may be a good idea to simply revoke tpa when blocking in the future. -★- PlyrStar93 . → Message me. ← 02:02, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

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I've reported the sock to SRG here. Unfortunately it looks like stewards are sleeping so it may be a while until this account is locked. theinstantmatrix (talk) 01:29, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Tagging and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:26, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

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impersonation, copying user page like the other socks previously did -★- PlyrStar93. → Message me. ← 22:33, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Request checkuser attention to find additional accounts as well as possible IP blocks. -★- PlyrStar93 . → Message me. ← 22:49, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * 1)  That's a lot of quacking.  &#x2230; Bellezzasolo &#x2721;   Discuss  22:57, 8 April 2018 (UTC) Ducklings - Stanborough Lakes (17582634868).jpg

I've reported all the socks to SRG for a global lock. quack quack. theinstantmatrix (talk) 23:18, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Added "Em Zee Seven" to the list per PlyrStar93's comment at SRG. theinstantmatrix (talk) 23:19, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * It appears a CU has already looked into this. Closing. Sro23 (talk) 03:31, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

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Similar username. Same pattern - adapting admin user pages; edited User talk:Alvi Z. Noyster  (talk),  07:47, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

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I am not Alvi Z. I will make a new account AlviZaman7 when I get blocked as a sock of Alvi Z. My account is starting to get worse. AlwiZaman30 (talk) 12:32, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

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Blogged and tagged as obvious. The threat didn't help. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:40, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK. theinstantmatrix (talk) 00:24, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

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Is there a username filter that prevents registering an account name with certain strings? Could be useful here... ansh 666 01:13, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * That would probably have to do with global blacklist, since the sockmaster can register from other projects and autocreateaccount here and the user has a history of cross-wiki abuse. But even if there is a blacklist set up for this particular master, I doubt it will be efficient, since the user has registered a bunch of impersonator accounts before. BTW, the account has been locked along with a few sleepers. -★- PlyrStar93 . → Message me. ← 01:54, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * Already globally locked. Tagging and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:33, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

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Back for more. theinstantmatrix (talk) 00:04, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * Account now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:30, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

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For the record. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 01:01, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

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 * Found and checked via an unblock request, ✅ match to . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 01:01, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Also
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:09, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:09, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:09, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

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One of Violy Anderson's first edits was this in their sandbox, which mentions Alvi Z. After Violy Anderson is blocked, AZman930 makes this edit to User:Violy Anderson, which is similar to behavior by Alvi Z. in the past, e.g.. Combined with the username and the interest in Samsung devices, this passes WP:DUCK for me. Also including ThePredecessorSuccessor as a declared alt account of AZman930. Mz7 (talk) 23:09, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

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 * I have blocked the accounts that were not previously blocked. Filing for the record. Mz7 (talk) 23:09, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Also for the record, all are ✅ and tagged as such. —DoRD (talk)​ 13:59, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

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Admitted to sockpuppetry in while creating a hoax article as well (see Talk:Lavender High School (Sterling Heights, Michigan) for evidence of it being a blatant hoax). They have also gone out of their way on the talk page to say not to delete the article as it is a hoax (before anyone identified it as such), indicating this is probably a long-time abuser back here creating hoaxes. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 17:15, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Did some more digging and found, indicating user may be a sock of User:Alvi Z. Not sure how to properly move the SPI case over to Sockpuppet investigations/Alvi Z. without messing everything up. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 17:18, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

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Please fix. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:06, 14 January 2019 (UTC) per WP:DUCK — Cactus Writer (talk) 00:06, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:45, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

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Claims to be a legitimate alt of the above sockpuppet. &#x2230; Bellezzasolo &#x2721;  Discuss  21:56, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

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per WP:DUCK — Cactus Writer (talk) 00:14, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

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Username. Possible sleeper account. &#x2230; Bellezzasolo &#x2721;  Discuss  21:59, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

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 * This account was registered in July and hasn't edited since, so this case stale. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:14, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

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Username and Special:Diff/848417580. Balkywrest (talk) 23:48, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

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 * Username, in combination with tagging themself, makes this a . &#x2230; Bellezzasolo &#x2721;   Discuss  00:14, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

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—&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 01:17, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

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Quack quack. Hiàn (talk) 21:28, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * AlviZamanNote9 and —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 21:37, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

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New account with similar username of old socks (AlviZaman). Copied other user's user page which old socks have done (should be the report from April 8, 2018). -★- PlyrStar93  → Message me. ← 22:37, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * Blocked by Huon —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 22:44, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

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Just recording here for the record: behaviour on talk and user pages. The SandDoctor Talk 22:51, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

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All accounts globally locked, nothing further to do here. -- The SandDoctor Talk 22:51, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

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User was created *right* after I reported Samsung Auras's account for hoaxes, and reported their draft. Timing, name, and selective edit history is too suspicious. Zinnober9 (talk) 16:29, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * Wasn't very creative with the username, eh? I've speedily removed their ability to edit. The correct master here seems to be User:AlviZamanS10+. in case they want to move it to that name. No checkuser required. ST47 (talk) 08:54, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Merged, closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:01, 14 October 2019 (UTC)