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07 February 2016

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This person has created a zillion socks to dump poorly written, hyperbolic ramblings into articles about the American Mafia and exaggerate their numbers. Since I'm feeling lazy, I'm just adding the most recent.

Besides the username here's an obligatory diff for evidence. Really, any of his edits would count. Lenin and McCarthy |  (Complain here) 06:07, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Per request, here's two of the four edits the sockmaster made before getting indef'd:. Since then the sockmaster has apparently learned when to capitalize, but the editing style is the same. --Lenin and McCarthy |  (Complain here) 19:09, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * Here are some diffs in which both editors talk about how powerful and dangerous certain mafiosi or families are:
 * Carmine:
 * American:.
 * GABHello! 00:47, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * You may also want to see : . Already blocked. GABHello! 20:18, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Also: : . : . There may be more. GABHello! 20:26, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  18:41, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
 * - Please, compare the two and check for sleepers.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  14:13, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * As you can see, I found one sleeper. It would certainly help if would identify some of the "zillion" socks they refer to. Sleeper checks are of limited value. The more targets, the more likely I can confirm not only the targets but possibly other accounts. I'm leaving this in checked status in case the filer wants to coooperate or if someone else wants to take a look. If not, this should be closed.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:09, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, . You're a prince.
 * The following accounts are ✅ from each other but ❌ to the other group of accounts:
 * I've blocked the new unblocked accounts without tags. My recommendation is to lump them all together based on behavior, but I'll leave that to a clerk.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:37, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I tagged them all as proven socks, based on edits and username similarities. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:37, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ from each other but ❌ to the other group of accounts:
 * I've blocked the new unblocked accounts without tags. My recommendation is to lump them all together based on behavior, but I'll leave that to a clerk.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:37, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I tagged them all as proven socks, based on edits and username similarities. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:37, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the new unblocked accounts without tags. My recommendation is to lump them all together based on behavior, but I'll leave that to a clerk.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:37, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I tagged them all as proven socks, based on edits and username similarities. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:37, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the new unblocked accounts without tags. My recommendation is to lump them all together based on behavior, but I'll leave that to a clerk.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:37, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I tagged them all as proven socks, based on edits and username similarities. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:37, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

19 February 2016

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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Block evasion on same article, using similar language:. GABHello! 17:12, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * IP range blocked for 24 hours. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:29, 20 February 2016 (UTC)