Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Annette.spry/Archive

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This user first appeared on 26 February, and soon began making similar edits to year articles to IPs that had recently been blocked, adding unsourced entries of limited notability. I have been keeping an eye on their edits since then. During that period, I've given them several warnings on their Talk page, all of which they have deleted, and they've had two temporary blocks. I could just block them again, but this has the hallmarks of a sleeper account, created by someone who wants to remain anonymous and only logs in when the IP address they are using is blocked. There are a number of IPs that make similar edits, but it's extremely difficult to be sure, hence the request for checkuser. Deb (talk) 12:33, 13 August 2020 (UTC) Deb (talk) 12:33, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * - all suspected socks are IPs, CUs will not connect a named account to IPs., it's possible that Annette.spry is related to these, but I just don't see strong enough evidence that the same person is using the IPs - as you said, a lot of editors make similar edits. If they're being disruptive, just block them. I note that all of these IPs appear to belong to a Peruvian ISP, but the range is way too wide for a rangeblock, so unfortunately this will be a game of whack-a-mole. GeneralNotability (talk) 23:47, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , Peruvian? Then probably not whack-a-mole. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:59, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I was afraid you'd say that. Okay, I'll just block him/her again if it goes on. Deb (talk) 07:22, 14 August 2020 (UTC)