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15 September 2015

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I came across this person via the article for Mc Keezy k, which was created by LavadiaJones. I noticed that the page was deleted before and a little digging showed that the page had been previously created at Mc keezy k, which had been salted to prevent re-creation.

All three accounts were created around the same time on September 14. Brianalaflair seems to be the earliest and he was the one who created the first article, so I'm listing him as the sockmaster. All three accounts seem to share the same common purpose: to create an article for the same performer. The content was fairly promotional and largely the same, although LavadiaJones did add an infobox, and I also note that the material was pretty heavily borrowed from various promotional material for MC Keezy K.

This seems to be too much of a similarity for it to be uninvolved persons. It also doesn't help that Brianalaflair removed the speedy tag from Mc Keezy k with this edit, on a page that had been created by Sapages. LavadiaJones has also tried to create the article and at one point added the copyvio/promotional material to their userpage with this edit, which they quickly removed with a link to a pre-existing article on Wikipedia. (I've deleted this to discourage further attempts to add the article and this specific text to Wikipedia.) This looks to be a WP:DUCK scenario. I'm not sure if it's socking or meating - if it's the latter then it's something that's been clearly coordinated off of Wikipedia. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  09:30, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

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 * The three accounts are ✅. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:12, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

17 September 2015

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Creating Mc Keezy k(Producer) and removing speedy deletion templates from it: the same happened with the slightly more lowercase Mc keezy k(Producer) by confirmed sock User:Sapages a couple of days ago. Sole purpose of all Brianalaflair socks is to write about Mr Keezy K - might be time for a title blacklist. McGeddon (talk) 21:22, 17 September 2015 (UTC)



User:Ldreyfok registered a few minutes after User:AfricanArtistsOnWiki was blocked, and recreated the article. Have requested title blacklisting. --McGeddon (talk) 22:44, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

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 * Indef blocked on behavioral evidence. --Neil N  talk to me 22:36, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Both accounts are ✅. One block + tag, and one tag. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:46, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

18 September 2015

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Newly registered account asking about Mc keezy k at WP:REFUND. bonadea contributions talk 08:11, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Two more, ditto. JohnCD (talk) 08:54, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

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 * The three accounts are ✅, as well as:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:33, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:33, 18 September 2015 (UTC)