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15 July 2013

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AnimationWhiz133 created Mark Flood (animator) page. It was deleted at AFD and recreated the next day by AnimationWhiz133. When I inquired why they recreated the page, their response was "It deserves to be kept, that's why.". X7656577775 first edit was to recreate the article with an edit summary of "This page deserves to be preserved" (page has been deleted and salted, so I no longer have the link). Jauersockdude?/dude. 21:44, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

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I'm not sure if the recent edit by also qualifies as full-blown sock puppetry or not. AnimationWhiz133 formerly known as LesMiserablesMovie, and was legitimately renamed, but then edited Mark Flood (the hockey player, not the deleted article), as LesMiserablesMovie. I didn't even know that was possible. Grayfell (talk) 22:30, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * I've indeffed the throw-away sock. Blocked the master for 1 week. Closing. Basa lisk  inspect damage⁄berate 15:02, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

14 May 2014

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GuerillaFilmmaker's only activity has been creating and linking to Mark Flood (filmmaker). AnimationWhiz133 originally created Mark Flood (animator), and then recreated it when it was deleted per Articles for deletion/Mark Flood (animator). AnimationWhiz133 then used a sock to recreate the article a second time. Grayfell (talk) 04:27, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

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 * I have to concur that this is a little suspicious and quacks quite loudly. The frustrating thing is that AnimationWhiz himself isn't actually blocked, so there was no reason for him to make a new account. (Assuming this is him, which is likely.) Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:37, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm adding User:Scream6, as their only sole edit was to the Mark Flood article. I'd probably recommend looking for sleepers in this instance. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:51, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

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 * - per comments above. &mdash;Darkwind (talk) 11:04, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
 * The results of the SPI are . The master and only related blocked sock are . Both and  are editing from the same geolocation, but this could easily be WP:MEAT. It appears the article is on its way to deletion though, so this may all be moot.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  18:40, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * No point in investigating throwaway accounts. Refile if they become active again. AGK  [•] 22:18, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

10 February 2015

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Once again, editor is trying to recreate Mark Flood (animator), this time through AFC: Draft:Mark Flood (filmmaker). Draft was created with summary "Notable person deserving of a developing page", which matches a previous creation summary for Mark Flood (animator) "This page deserves to be preserved" which is now deleted.

Contribution101's first edit was to Mark Flood (the hockey player) which seems related to numerous previous efforts to recreate Articles for deletion/Mark Flood (animator), and Articles for deletion/Mark Flood (filmmaker). Contributor101's other edit was to a very specific section of Carla Conner (a soap opera character), which is also a shared interest AnimationWhiz133.

OfficialScottishNews was softblocked for username issues, and is presumably the same as ScotNew based on name and overlapping edit histories.

ScotNew has continued attempts to disambiguate Mark Flood by moving it to Mark Flood (ice hockey) with the edit summary "there are other Mark Floods and it should be further distinguished which this article is about." ScotNew also shares AnimationsWhiz133's interest in actors involved in PACE Theatre Company (an article created by AnimationWhiz133), voice actors, and animated movies, having added references to Flood's as yet unreleased movie Operation Alley Cat to David Wallace (Scottish actor), Alan Orr and Martin Quinn (actor).

The frustrating part is that AnimationWhiz133 is not blocked, and many of ScotNew's contributions are positive, but these back-door autobiography attempts are disruptive and misleading. Grayfell (talk) 00:23, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:51, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

10 April 2015

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As with previous socks, this accounts main activity is to aggressively promote Mark Flood, a young animator. As before, editor is using a new variation on the article name. This time it's Mark Flood Animations and an article for Operation Alley Cat, the unreleased film Flood is working on. Grayfell (talk) 19:41, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

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 * -   Vanjagenije   (talk)  21:17, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Mike V • Talk 21:46, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * AzraelBanter is very a sock compared to the archive. I've blocked the sock and issued an indefinite block to the master account. Mike V • Talk 21:52, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

01 May 2016

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More of the usual. Recreating the repeatedly deleted article on Scottish animator Mark Flood, this time as Mark Flood (film director). As before, has said that Flood "deserves" an article, which matches past rationales and is pretty quacking. Grayfell (talk) 19:13, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * 0 behavioural evidence. Closing.  QEDK ( T  &#9749;  C ) 12:50, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
 * How do you mean 0 behavioural evidence? This account created page Mark Flood (film director) (now deleted), which looks very similar to Draft:Mark Flood (filmmaker) created by and Mark Flood (animator) created by the master.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  13:00, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I think that's deleted contribs which I can't see. My apologies. -- QEDK ( T  &#9749;  C ) 13:04, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
 * There was a message on talk, but I can't compare the versions, so I couldn't judge from that either. I'm sorry again. -- QEDK ( T  &#9749;  C ) 13:05, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
 * If the page is deleted, you should ask for administrator assistance. This account is WP:DUCK, so I blocked it.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:06, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

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As with AnimationWhiz133 and other socks, Poeheese has strong focus on soap opera character Carla Connor (having made dozens of edits to actress Alison King's article and creating the highly detailed, lengthy article for Underworld Factory, Connor's fictional company), and also the use of duct tape for gagging women, and also gaffer tape, specifically as used to gag Connor. The gagging content was especially questionable, as it's poorly sourced and barely relevant to the larger topic.

As before, Poeheese is adding promotional material about obscure Scottish animator Mark Flood, having created 10th Young Scot Awards, a minor award he won in 2015, and also adding puff about Flood to David Wallace (Scottish actor), an article previously edited by sock ScotNew. Grayfell (talk) 20:54, 28 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Poeheese is still editing to puff up the importance of Mark Flood, which is plenty of evidence on its own. This editor is also edit warring to retain trivia they added to Alison King's article: They are also continuing to add fetishistic minutia to celebrity article without any source.
 * There are plenty of other problems here, but surely this is enough quacking, right? Grayfell (talk) 20:07, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * See also Sockpuppet investigations/FryUp32. Sro23 (talk) 04:02, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * - . Please indef. Sro23 (talk) 21:08, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
 * , closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 04:18, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

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Editing patterns are far too close to be coincidental. Specifically articles releated to Coronation Street. Including the main Coronation Street article, Siege Week, Alison King, and Carla Connor. What finally pushed me to file this report was their utter lack of understanding for our fair use policy as shown in. The same exact lack of understanding that got the master blocked in the first place. See the ANI thread for the master. I don't think there is enough for a CU (I could be wrong) so the behavioral link will have to do. -- Majora (talk) 03:48, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

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I opened an investigation of Poeheese at Sockpuppet investigations/AnimationWhiz133, which goes back to 2013. Even at a quick glance, I am seeing a lot of extremely specific overlap for FryUp32 also. Let me know and I will dig through and find specific diffs, if necessary. Grayfell (talk) 04:35, 29 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Poeheese's most recent batch of edits include one to Sharon Rooney, which has also been edited by FryUp32. This new edit is about the Young Scot Awards, which is a main area of interest for Poeheese and AnimationWhiz133, so this is another indicator that these are the same. Grayfell (talk) 20:14, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * Majora -  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   03:54, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Adding to Majora's evidence, these two diffs I found here and here clearly show similarities between these two users. On the same page and a year apart, these two users added the same word to the same paragraph in the article, using the same formatting (but not 100% exact - so this isn't a "copy and paste"), and with the same use - making a description about the same actor. These subtle and obvious similarities are enough for me to endorse a further look here.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   04:12, 27 October 2017 (UTC)


 * can you explain what needs done here? I'm assuming this is something that requires the admin clerks, but the G6 is showing up in the general categories and I don't see an explanation here. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:59, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * The account has been blocked for being a sock of . However, FryUp32 wasn't active the last time CU was performed on that sockmaster, so I don't think this page is entirely useless. Iit'll probably get merged when it's all said and done though. ansh 666 19:14, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Given the conclusion at Sockpuppet investigations/AnimationWhiz133, this page doesn't need to exist, which is why I requested deletion. Sro23 (talk) 21:41, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * - The investigation should probably be kept around for record keeping. Could an admin clerk please merge this into Sockpuppet investigations/AnimationWhiz133? Sir Sputnik (talk) 17:42, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. GABgab 03:52, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 04:02, 15 November 2017 (UTC)