Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/CarlostheJackal01/Archive

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Appears the day after CarlostheJackal01 was indefinitely blocked with identical edit summaries of "List" (CarlostheJackal01) and "Categories" (CarlostheJackal01). FDW777 (talk) 09:17, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * A brand new account swings into editing the same articles as the master, with the same edit summaries, the day after the master is blocked; that's enough quacking to warrant a check. - Please compare the two accounts. --Jack Frost (talk) 09:44, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Purely on the IP data, I'd say that is  to CarlostheJackal01. Taking other factors into consideration however, I have very little doubt that they are the same person. CTRL01 is also ✅ to the sleeper . I am therefore blocking both. I'm leaving this as endorsed because I wouldn't mind another CU taking a look over and considering whether any actionable range blocks might be applied - to my eye, the ranges are too wide, but there may be someone cleverer than I am who can see a way to stop this - they were adamant under the CarlostheJackal01 account that we couldn't stop them editing, and there is a lot of logged-out editing by these IPs which I believe is also them, so I don't think these blocks will be entirely effective in getting them to stop what they're doing.   Girth Summit  (blether)  20:01, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I took a look. I left some notes in cuwiki and I'm going to close this for now. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:33, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same additions with same edit summary to as CarlostheJackal01, other edits focussing on adding/removing categories as well. FDW777 (talk) 10:33, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

New IP reinstating the previous IPs edits, in whole or part, added. FDW777 (talk) 22:28, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Three new IPs added, same routine as the previous IPs. FDW777 (talk) 16:56, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

has blocked for three months. FDW777 (talk) 17:20, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

New IP added. FDW777 (talk) 09:16, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked 88.228.64.0/21 and 88.236.80.0/21 as well, which should cover all the IPs reported. Closing for now. Favonian (talk) 18:32, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
So far three edits, to Grey Wolves (organization), Eduardo Comín Colomer and Brazilian Anti-Communist Alliance, all of which just happen to be restoring the edits of previous IP sockpuppets. FDW777 (talk) 10:02, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. No other activity from the relevant IP range. Favonian (talk) 20:32, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I count 23 manual reverts in their edits, all to previous sockpuppet versions. FDW777 (talk) 19:29, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * – Favonian (talk) 19:36, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Has returned to the "List of terrorist incidents in [year]" articles like the CarlostheJackal01 account did originally, with the same emphasis on adding incidents relating to Turkey that CarlostheJackal01 had, in particular this incident added by 205aacc657 is word for word the same as this incident added by previous sockpuppet CTRL01. FDW777 (talk) 21:37, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * and are ✅ to each other. These two are ✅ to the master, but the link is stronger between the two users. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:09, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:10, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
At, adds the same content as previous sockpuppet FDW777 (talk) 17:07, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 22:13, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Usual focus on terrorism in Turkey related articles, username similar format to previous sockpuppet. FDW777 (talk) 19:27, 17 March 2022 (UTC)


 * it doesn't even look alike. 467aa215 (talk) 20:10, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 20:18, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Restoring previous IP sockpuppet's edits at War crime and Corporate crime. FDW777 (talk) 17:17, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

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Quacking loud with this edit. Blocked. Nthep (talk) 17:34, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Already blocked, not worth any more effort. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:55, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Usual category focused editing on terrorism/Turkey related articles. FDW777 (talk) 21:04, 25 March 2022 (UTC) FDW777 (talk) 21:04, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:07, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:07, 25 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:12, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same interest in List of criminal enterprises, gangs, and syndicates as previous sockpuppets, as well as same focus on adding categories at War crime and Cybercrime as previous sockpuppets. FDW777 (talk) 18:50, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  19:15, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ to the master, plus:
 * Will block etc. Girth Summit  (blether)  19:16, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Will block etc. Girth Summit  (blether)  19:16, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Both the sockmaster and the suspected socks edited on Category:Kurdistan Workers' Party, with nearly indentical content in the history. Magnatyrannus (talk &#124; contribs) 20:40, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 20:58, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
 * See also Sockpuppet investigations/88.228.71.200.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:00, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)

The editor by the name of Kenan Memedov has been making frequent minor edits to different articles, and categories. The pattern and overlap is consistent between different articles, and categories for both of the accounts in this SPI. . It is also worth mentioned that the already account Şemseddin Şentürkler, while blocked for disrupting, also displayed much of the same disruptive behavior, which overlapped into a lot of the articles and categories I've had to go through and clean up. BlueNoise (talk) 09:01, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Please move this report to Sockpuppet investigations/CarlostheJackal01. Bbb23 (talk) 12:51, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Case history merged and SPI redirect for the IP deleted. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:04, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing as duplicate. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:09, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
 * for this one and above/previous case/report. The SandDoctor  Talk 12:17, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Edited one of the pages the previous socks have edited, as well as geolocating to Turkey per the previous blocks (see here,here, and here). Magnatyrannus (talk &#124; contribs) 21:29, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * I have blocked the IP for one week, the same as for 88.228.71.200. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 21:39, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
IP editor is in the same range as previous IPs that were blocked as being sockpuppets of CarlostheJackal01. The behavior is also in the same, as both editors have or are going through categories and articles relating to crime, and Kurdish/Middle eastern politics, among other things. BlueNoise (talk) 20:51, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked one week. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 20:59, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Edited articles relating to crime, similar to the previous socks, as well as reinstating edits of other socks of this user. Magnatyrannus (talk &#124; contribs) 19:30, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also, the 185 IP, which geolocates to Norway, has a similar editing pattern, and I suspect that they are using a VPN/Proxy to avoid detection. Magnatyrannus (talk &#124; contribs) 19:38, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * blocked for 6 months. Closing DatGuyTalkContribs 19:35, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * blocked for 6 months as an open proxy. DatGuyTalkContribs 19:44, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Close to the same IP range as the last one CarlostheJackal01 used, and the edits of the IP editor overlaps previous articles edited by other sockpuppets. BlueNoise (talk) 07:00, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * blocked for a year. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 07:16, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Another editor under the same IP range as the other reported IP, making the same exact edits to the same exact articles/categories as other already confirmed sockpuppets of CarlostheJackal01. BlueNoise (talk) 07:04, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * See above. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 07:16, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK. Editing articles related to crime, as well as geolocating to Turkey per the previous blocks. Magnatyrannus (talk &#124; contribs) 13:08, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * 88.228.64.0/21 blocked for 6 months. Closing.  firefly  ( t · c ) 16:45, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I was wondering about this brand new editor who is changing categorization for some subjects primarily involving Turkey but also Syria and ISIL (see here, here and here) and noticed that there was a big IP range blocked recently for this sockmaster. I noticed that an IP on this range did similar edits so I thought I'd file a report in case this the editor just moved from an IP hopping around a range to a registered account. Thank you. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 18:53, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, RoySmith,
 * I see you have closed this case but as I'm reverting some of Andrei Tykin's edits, I see new editor Коргенский editing the same pages. They are a few days old though so I think if they were another sockpuppet, they would have popped up on the CU radar (or whatever it is that you look at). But I thought I'd add them in case they are operating on the same IP range. Thanks Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 19:40, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi Liz, could you file a new report please? That'll make it easier to process.  Thanks. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:43, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, Roy,
 * There is an open request, I'll add them to that case report. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 00:59, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

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Having had to clean up after this disruptive editor, I knew at a cursory glance there had to be at least some overlap with one of the IPs CarlostheJackal has used. Sure enough, this one isn't trying hard enough to contain the quacking. BlueNoise (talk) 03:12, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Andrei Tykin is ✅, but looking for more. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:35, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * That's all I see for now, closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:38, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
WP:DUCK. Editing articles relating to crime, as well as geolocating to Turkey. Magnatyrannus (talk &#124; contribs) 21:00, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * As I'm reverting some of Andrei Tykin's edits, I see new editor editing the same pages. They are a few days old and I thought I'd add them in case they are operating on the same IP range as Andrei Tykin. Thank you. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 01:01, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 02:40, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅: -- RoySmith (talk) 02:49, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
 * -- RoySmith (talk) 02:50, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Requested locks for this and the previous case. Spicy (talk) 17:22, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
 * - has obviously been used by this sockmaster since at least September, possibly longer. Same edits to categories on crime/terrorism articles. Please block the range for one month (anon-only, account creation blocked). Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:47, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=138103852 -- RoySmith (talk) 23:39, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * , did you intend to block the range or just the single IP? They are editing on other IPs within the range as of today so blocking the single IP isn't going to be very effective. Spicy (talk) 23:45, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * The range. Not sure what went wrong there, thanks for the catch. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:46, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=138103968 -- RoySmith (talk) 23:48, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar editing overlap, concerning categories and articles about crime. Requesting CU for potential sleepers. Magnatyrannus (talk &#124; contribs) 20:26, 20 October 2022 (UTC)


 * This was based on their reinstation of the IP socks' edits here. Magnatyrannus (talk &#124; contribs) 21:28, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 21:22, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
 * are ✅  is ✅ but I'm not convinced they're the same person based on editing history so  -- RoySmith (talk) 21:24, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I see some more data that make Mitko ✅. Blocked all three, and requested locks. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:31, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I semi-protected a bunch of recent target pages. I encourage admins to get aggressive about page protection in this case.  Semi-protection for a month should be applied liberally and work your way up from there if that's not effective. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:42, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Please see edits on same articles by IP 88.228.68.163 and 88.234.85.187 also blocked.Equine-man (talk) 19:04, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 13:26, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This IP tried to "report" me to the talk page of User:Ohnoitsjamie for these two edits, which the IP labeled as "vandalism". Both of which are pages targeted by CarlostheJackal01 under the typical range he uses. BlueNoise ( Désorienté? It's just purple ) 18:36, 22 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Are those pages worth semi'ing? However, the IP geolocates to Israel instead of Turkey, unless he is using a proxy. Magnatyrannus (talk &#124; contribs) 18:41, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I would doubt what little vandalism there is caused by CarlostheJackal01 would justify protection of the pages in question. I'm pretty sure this is Carlos, as there's no reason why someone would choose such an obvious vandalism revert to report to an administrator. Widening the parameters for edits to a range of /16 also shows other edits sprinkled within that falls within the scope of behavior expected.. I wouldn't say a range block is warranted, as it seems there would be collateral but it's definitely possible this disruptive editor found a new range to use. BlueNoise  ( Désorienté? It's just purple ) 18:52, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
 * also, I am not using a proxy.
 * I am using an IP Adress that was given to my dad's PC, I don't even no who is CarlostheJackal01 79.176.61.101 (talk) 19:43, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I stand corrected here that what you were reporting to Ohnoitsjamie was an erroneous rollback that restored vandalism before the sockpuppeter in question targeted the page. That being said, it is strange that you would decide to bring it to the attention of an administrator, rather than myself. Even stranger is the fact that you picked the edits seemingly out of a hat to seemingly report. There is also signifigant overlap in the subjects CarlostheJackal01 would target when one looks at your range in a parameter of /16, as indicated above. Even in the edit history for your range shows no other edits on a similar nature, where you decided to bring an error a rollbacker made to the attention of an administrator. Can you explain what spurred you to decide to take those two seperate edits, almost ten minutes apart in a rapid string of edits, and only linked by CarlostheJackal01 to the attention of an administrator? BlueNoise  ( Désorienté? It's just purple ) 23:15, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I decided to bring these edits because I checked that you done mistakes which you reverted Vandalism to another edit of Vandalism, now I know that the user who reverted the vandalism was a sockpuppet.
 * My IP Range never had a block nor had people vandalizing in it.
 * I really hope you understands it 79.176.61.101 (talk) 23:36, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Before you do another reply, I can also say that if Carlos used my IP Address, you would have never seen me appealing my Sockpuppet Investigation 79.176.61.101 (talk) 12:18, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * I would like to say that I wasn't trying to help CarlostheJackal01. 79.176.61.101 (talk) 20:10, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I have seen that BlueNoise reverted his edits to someone else that vandalized them, I am not trying to support him as I never knew that person nor used his alts. 79.176.61.101 (talk) 20:10, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I was already accused of being an alt account of someone else on FANDOM back in 2019, please do not confirm that I am his sockpuppet 79.176.61.101 (talk) 19:41, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Along with that, I have never owned CarlostheJackal01 since I come from different background. If I was one, I would have done what he did. 79.176.61.101 (talk) 20:08, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
 * When I checked Wikipedia, I saw 2 articles vandalized which I saw in Revision History that BlueNoise reverted the other Vandal's Edit so I thought that it isn't alright. BlueNoise, I think you accidentally reverted the edits to the other unrelated vandal's edits 79.176.61.101 (talk) 20:08, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I believe that my investigation should be closed since I have no ownership of Carlos' Account nor have I used Open Proxy 79.176.61.101 (talk) 20:08, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * The IP hasn't edited in a few days. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 19:55, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This one is quacking loudly, with the typical drive-by edits to articles related to turkey, and the middle east. The username also falls under the scope of expected behavior by this sockmaster. BlueNoise ( Désorienté? It's just purple ) 17:27, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 19:40, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, glocks requested. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:41, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Constant disruptive edits to the same categories of articles the sockmaster has made on other sockpuppet accounts. BlueNoise  ( Désorienté? It's just purple ) 08:11, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Once again, falls within the expected range of behavior by CarlostheJackal01. Editing articles relating to war, Russia, Ukraine, and the Middle East, as well as templates and redirects. The username also falls under the expected behavior(Mandarin characters). BlueNoise ( Désorienté? It's just purple ) 08:27, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * Merged two filings. It's generally preferred for users to add onto existing ones if no action has been taken yet. --Blablubbs (talk) 12:04, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * . --Blablubbs (talk) 12:09, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Mohammed Ali Sirdari is ✅. for  because they look somewhat dissimilar behaviourally, didn't show up in the other check, and the mentioned characteristics don't strike me as sufficiently probative on their own. I'll set this to checked for a while in case  or someone else has additional evidence to present, but I'd recommend closing in a few days if none can be found.  --Blablubbs (talk) 12:15, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Google translate says 反共抗獨光復民國 is "Anti-communism, Anti-independence and Restoration of the Republic of China", which is possibly worth blocking under WP:USERNAME. In any case, that got me interested enough that I ran a check, which nominally came back as ❌ but there's a lot of proxy use in this case, so  would also be reasonable. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:20, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * was created two years before, and I doubt they've been holding out for this long. The proxy use is also to be expected for Chinese editors. Closing without further action. DatGuyTalkContribs 20:06, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Overlap from the last account banned as a sockpuppet of CarlostheJackal01 on Afghanistan conflict (1978-present), and Timeline of events in the Cold War. The username falls within the scope of expected behavior, and there is overlap via the editor interaction tool. BlueNoise  ( Désorienté? It's just purple ) 18:32, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * . --Blablubbs (talk) 18:39, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 18:44, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Spicy (talk) 14:43, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 18:44, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Spicy (talk) 14:43, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Spicy (talk) 14:43, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Mandarin username as previous confirmed socks. Category shuffling and removal on articles relating to eastern conflicts   Frogging101 (talk) 18:38, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Should a tag be placed? Frogging101 (talk) 20:25, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * , closing. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:03, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, plus
 * Blocked the sleepers, . --Blablubbs (talk) 19:09, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * . MarioGom (talk) 12:35, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Blocked the sleepers, . --Blablubbs (talk) 19:09, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * . MarioGom (talk) 12:35, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same name as other sock, slightly reworded (check a translator), making similar disruptive edits to same pages (check interaction utility between socks). 25stargeneral (talk) 03:49, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Looks like a duck. Please, check for sleepers, since they frequently appear in checks. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 07:50, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * See Sockpuppet investigations/CarlostheJackal01/Archive; 反共抗獨光復民國 is a different person, the username similarity is the result of CTJ101 creating a similarly-named account following the first report. . --Blablubbs (talk) 10:08, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Strong overlap with CarlostheJackal01 and socks. Rapid, unexplained removal/changes of categories and See also content. Related to CIA, guerrilla warfare, warfare. 12345678 Undid about 60 edits. Adakiko (talk) 21:24, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

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,, closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 21:33, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * . --Blablubbs (talk) 21:26, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, along with

Suspected sockpuppets
Changing / removing categories from war-related articles w/o explanation. Removed a few "See also" sections as well. 1 2 3 4 5 Adakiko (talk) 10:17, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * I had started checking before I saw this. ✅, no others for now. Reblocked, tagged,, closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 11:17, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The account was created just four hours after the last confirmed sock,, was blocked. Like with other socks, the account engages in the unexplained removal of categories:

Most notably, it has strong similarities with, making similar when not the same edits in articles such as Venezuelan presidential crisis , List of guerrillas , Colombian conflict and M23 offensive (2022). --NoonIcarus (talk) 22:53, 16 November 2022 (UTC) NoonIcarus (talk) 22:53, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * . --Blablubbs (talk) 16:31, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, along with
 * ,, closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 16:38, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * ,, closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 16:38, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * ,, closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 16:38, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

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Duck. Making virtually same edits as CtJ socks A few articles edited: Adakiko (talk) 08:51, 20 November 2022 (UTC) Adakiko (talk) 08:51, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked for disruption. I assume the above report is correct, although I didn't check the full context. Please don't edit-war with sox or vandals, especially in SPI-space. Thanks. Closing.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 09:19, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, no others for now. I'll request a lock. --Blablubbs (talk) 09:32, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Blablubbs, if you don't mind, plz look over my shoulder, and run CU on User:"Big" Mitch Baker; I also blocked User:Kyreinz. I think you know this person better than me. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 18:34, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
 * They're both definitely CarlostheJackal01, no others as far as I can tell. I've tacked them onto the lock request. --Blablubbs (talk) 22:00, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * pro forma. Ponyo bons mots 19:07, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and blocked. .-- Ponyo bons mots 19:07, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 00:27, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

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Similar edits and article overlap with previously blocked sock (see interaction timeline). Hemiauchenia (talk) 22:14, 14 December 2022 (UTC) Hemiauchenia (talk) 22:14, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * . --Blablubbs (talk) 22:18, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus, , , closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 22:21, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

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This account seemed very sockpuppet-like all along but the smoking gun that made me realise the probable sockmaster was the revision history of Category:Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party], in which this account reverts to a very specific set of categories added by Philip "Phil" Cassidy, a confirmed sock of CarlostheJackal01. The two accounts also share an obsession with HotCat and the sandboxes, along with many articles in common. As an admin I've blocked and tagged the sock (and will probably report it to Meta) and reverted many of their edits, but I'm requesting a checkuser in case of sleepers. Graham 87 18:16, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * Hello, RoySmith,
 * Before this is closed, can you check on newly active ? There has been a slow edit war over whether or not we should have a Category:Turkish Nationalist journalists with different editors adding or removing people from this category. Luigi Goterelli picked up after User:AlexBalder01 was blocked, doing similar edits and their work also focuses a lot on nationalism. Thanks! Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 22:01, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 22:49, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Yup, Luigi too. glock requested. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:21, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

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duck edits. editing mostly on categories and adding same back as last IPs One older ip was blocked in past for block evasion [] There are lot more older ips Shadow4dark (talk) 08:14, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

I've blocked 78.163.128.0/18 for a year, as an extension of previous blocks on this range. I found this sockpuppet investigation due to a revert notification. Graham 87 08:02, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Range in question has been blocked, nothing more to do here. Closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:31, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

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Return of same IP as last case and restoring his edits https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%C4%B0smail_T%C3%BCr%C3%BCt&action=history specific categories Shadow4dark (talk) 15:25, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * IP has not edited recently, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 16:04, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

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Return with new ip. Does not improve articles but does endless small category edits like post socks and no edit summarises here they restore back their edits wich I had deleted before his edits similar as last cases also they seens be obsessed with "Turkish nationalism" and "Idealism" categories [] [] []Shadow4dark (talk) 12:08, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * for two weeks. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 09:32, 14 July 2023 (UTC)