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Suspected sockpuppets



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Obvious sock farm trying to promote someone called George Zink under different titles (see also GEORGE ZINK and George Zink.). They're all indef blocked, but I'm wondering if an underlying IP or range block might be possible as they're quite persistent. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:21, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh, and whether there are any more sleepers - two of the above had not edited, but their usernames make it obvious, though they're not all as helpful as that. And Anik86p created another tennis-related promo on their user page. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:33, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Added User:Anik Islam1994. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 20:16, 22 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks zzuuzz, I'll keep an eye on User:Shuvo khan420. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 20:58, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * - Given the number of accounts used, a check for sleepers is probably a good idea. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:47, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * So the above are variously ✅ and, it's difficult to say if there's more than one user but they're all close to each other. Anik86p, Shuvo86p, Khan86p is confirmed as one group, Kamal86p, Sajib86p, Kabir86p is confirmed as another. There's only one standout possible sleeper, Shuvo khan420, which is technically indistinguishable from and created shortly after Anik Islam1994. It's not really enough for me to block without edits but worth mentioning. Rangeblocks are not really a possibility. -- zzuuzz (talk) 20:23, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
 * - I'm not quite done with this yet. Could I get an admin to give me a brief description of who George Zink supposedly is? Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:51, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Attributed to most of the above users: "George Zink is currently the Director of Operations and Director of Tennis at Zink Tennis, a consultancy in Bradenton, FL providing...". -- zzuuzz (talk) 00:01, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Did your CU check by chance turn up any potential connection to Sockpuppet investigations/Juwel Rana? Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:23, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
 * That would be a good guess - it is possible, but I can't be any more definite than that. Several messy, spammy, very busy network(s) are involved. -- zzuuzz (talk) 00:46, 24 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Then I'm going to close this again. A connection is of course possible, but the username alone isn't enough to go on. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:27, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Quack. CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  19:56, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * I've indef blocked as a sock, and deleted the draft they created as G11/G5. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 20:09, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
 * That's confirmed, btw. No obvious sleepers. -- zzuuzz (talk) 20:55, 30 April 2018 (UTC)