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13 April 2014

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Basically same edits to Scary Movie 6, Scream (film series) as previously IDed sock User:Schooler8874. Scream edits BennaWenna, Scream edits Schooler. I cannot provide Scary Movie 6 diffs due to previous speedy deletion of article. Nat Gertler (talk) 14:36, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged. Elockid  ( Talk ) 02:13, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

08 July 2014

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More recreations of Scary Movie 6(Flim) and similarly poorly formatted edits with similar names on Nikki and Trent. (Previously opened a separate case on Sockpuppet investigations/FrankJohn54321 before I realized it was just an extension of this case.) WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 12:18, 8 July 2014 (UTC) WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 12:18, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Added Legonizzy54321 based on creation of Antonio Andrew Fernando, a hoax article about an actor whose name shows up in the other hoaxes perpetrated by this sock farm. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 19:54, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:27, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

31 July 2014

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More new articles about movies starring Anthony Renaldo Fernando, including Day of the Forest WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:18, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged (not checked). Also found when looking the deleted history of Day of the Forest. I've also blocked and tagged (not checked) that account. Elockid  ( Talk ) 01:17, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Did a check to see if there were sleepers. All socks listed are now ✅ and blocked. I've also blocked all additional accounts found. Elockid  ( Talk ) 01:27, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

27 August 2014

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Well April is in the username, which also appears to be 2 people, plus they commented on the hoax article as there only thing they submitted that the other one made. Wgolf (talk) 20:50, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * It's most likely two different individuals (Aron and April). Aron's account was blocked for the material created, but April's account only made one edit that amounts to "Don't delete this page". I don't think this is enough to block the account for meat puppetry. I would keep an eye on the account and see what happens. Mike V  •  Talk  17:27, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

31 August 2014

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Another sockpuppet of this user making the same pages as the last one! Wgolf (talk) 18:57, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the account and protected the article so it can't be recreated. Mike V  •  Talk  19:00, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

06 September 2014

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was blocked for their actions surrounding the creation of an article on Scary House, a film project that likely does not exist. then appeared to recreate said hoax article. I believe this is a duck. VeryCrocker (talk) 07:44, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

has now appeared to remove speedy deletion tags from Scary House, also creating another probable hoax (Good Princess vs Evil Princess). VeryCrocker (talk) 11:15, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:26, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Already blocked. Closing.

16 September 2014

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Creating hoax articles about "20th century Dylan productions": Wheelerzeeler created Camp Dead, DogDays12345 created Leperghost and Ciara and the Princess Rescue. The first IP also edited Leperghost and Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort, which was also edited by Wheelerzeeler. The second IP edited an earlier deleted Dylan article, and also the same Wrong Turn 6 article. Haunted Party (2014 Flim) was created by PrankStar7654321. And 20th Century Dylan Productions and Ciara and The Princess Rescue (other capitalization than the above) were created by LazyToon87654321

The intention (of the checkuser) is to find if any creations by other socks have been missed. Anyone wanting to create an edit filter (against "20th Century Dylan Productions" or something similar) is also appreciated. Fram (talk) 08:25, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:


 * The following accounts are ✅ and ✅ to the first group:


 * The oldest account is, so this report should be moved there.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:59, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I've blocked and tagged all the socks. Mike V  •  Talk  22:56, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

12 January 2015

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I recently closed an AfD for Haunted Party(2014 film) (also created under Haunted Party). It'd been previously created and deleted at AfD back in October and while I was going about closing the AfD I noticed a comment that the most recent article creation had been done by a sock of User:PeterJohnston12345. I looked and sure enough, this looked to be an obvious sock. I wasn't going to open an SPI since only two (User:PrincessShania123 and User:Samanthaporter54321) looked to be active currently - the others hadn't really edited since about November. I tagged the accounts accordingly and decided to do a slightly more in-depth look at their edit histories to see if there were any other socks. I noticed that Fairytale65 had edited Anthony Ilott and Joe Gaminara along with User:Jackgriffo5, so I figured that he must be a sock of PeterJohnston12345 and tagged him with a suspected sock tag.

A look at another article by Fairytale65, Antonio Fernando, showed that User:PoolerBear had previously edited the history. A look at the account showed that he was a sock of Aron&April654321 and a look at the SPI showed that various socks of Aron&April654321 had created Scary House. A look at that article showed that it's extremely similar to Haunted Party, as it shares a similar premise, cast/crew, and so on. It looks like they re-titled the film to get around the blocks and saltings for the other title. A look at the basic writing style of the article also shows marked similarities in how they phrased sentences and capitalized words and so on. (I'd give diffs but the articles have all been deleted, but you can see similarities in the articles for the sequels Haunted Party 2:Bloody Party and Scary House 2.) I was initially just going to block and tag the lot of them, but I stopped partway through because I wanted this to be on the record but more importantly I wanted a sweep for any other accounts since Aron&April65432 does seem to have a tendency to have a lot of sleepers and other types of accounts. If there hadn't been any recent activity then I probably wouldn't be as worried, but there has been some activity this month by at least two accounts and odds are that they're ramping up to do another wave of socking, if past history is any guide. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:48, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * (Heavy Sigh) I think I found evidence of more socks. I was looking around for more evidence to bring to this and I came across Sadie Katz, which was created by Jackgriffo5 - a suspected sock in all of this. A look at that article shows that previously it was created by various socks of User:AnthonyFernando5. What stood out first was that in all of the various Scary House, Haunted Party articles Anthony Fernando is listed as an actor. Some searching brought up that socks of this particular account tried to make Scary Movie 6(Flim), which also shared similar editing styles and also claimed that Fernando and other actors from the other films were going to be in Scary Movie 6. You can see similar actors in Nikki and Trent, a deleted article by AnthonyFernando5 socks that had similar actors, writing style, and so on. (It's also similarly titled as Aron & April.) It's starting to look like AnthonyFernando5 is the main sock account and that his mode of operation is that he comes up with a hoax film or series, tries to add it to Wikipedia, and when it gets deleted he'll re-title it and re-vamp the plot, then re-submit it under a new host of socks. I'll do some more digging and see if there's anything else, but it looks like it originated with this account. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   06:08, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * The way that the account names are styled are also fairly similar as well. (See names at Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of AnthonyFernando5, Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Aron&April654321, Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of AnthonyFernando5.) Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   06:10, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

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 * I guess a big question would be whether or not to put these under Aron&April654321 or to tag all of them as socks of AnthonyFernando5, including the ones for Aron&April. It'd be a bit messy, but it does look like they're all by the same people. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   08:22, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Linking them all would take a lot of time changing templates and all that, but it would help tie all of them together. I'll defer to whatever the closing consensus is, though. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   08:22, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

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Okay, ✅ are

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 * I've blocked the remaining accounts and updated the tags accordingly. Mike V • Talk 06:08, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

21 February 2015

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I've already blocked both of these accounts as WP:DUCKs since their edits fell in line with typical Aron&April654321/AnthonyFernando5 behavior. By this I mean that their names fall in with previous sockpuppet names, the article created (Camp Blood (2015 film)) was an obvious hoax and one that'd previously been created by another sock at Camp Dead, and the article's contents stated that Fernando was the director, and so on. I'd list the other hoax articles the sock has made via prior AfDs, but there are a lot of them. What I mostly want in this situation is just a check for sleepers since this editor almost always opens up a ton of accounts when they start up a new cycle. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:31, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * In addition to the two named above, there is also .-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 16:16, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Accounts tagged, closing. Mike V • Talk</b> 16:19, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

17 April 2015

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Yet another sock of Aron&April654321 and User:AnthonyFernando5. Like the prior accounts they created an article for a fake sequel (Zombeavers 2) with the same cast members, notably Anthony Fernando. I know that prior SPIs have ended with people finding multiple accounts, so I'm requesting a checkuser. These two IPs also edited the article for Zombeavers 2, so I'm listing them as well. I'd recommend blocking them (the IPs) for a fairly long period of time since their edit history shows that they have the same edit pattern as the confirmed socks. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  07:50, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:58, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
 * BlueBerrysweetheart is ✅. There doesn't appear to be any other related accounts as of right now. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 16:55, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Master and sock already blocked...adding 3 months blocking to IPs and closing.

16 May 2015

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This is a standard Anthony Fernando hoax. He inserted himself into and  as the director of a new sequel. AnthonyFernando5 had in the same article. I've requested a checkuser to locate potential sleeper accounts. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:40, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * - . Endorsing the sleepers check.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:57, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Sockpuppet investigations/Aron&April654321 and this case seem to be one and the same. Could a clerk help merge the case? Thanks, <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 04:05, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Done and closed. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:16, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Done and closed. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:16, 26 May 2015 (UTC)