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The sockmaster engages in WP:REFSPAM for the works of "Yevhen Marynchak". After I instructed the editor to stop engaging in refspam, numerous other accounts were created that have subsequently added citations to works by "Yevhen Marynchak": Qencyooo, Nerommex, HoplessNo, Tttrampos Croooop,, Cmersee, Jbenoog, and Mtonke. This behavior shows clear intent on violating Wikipedia rules. It's so burdensome for other Wikipedia editors to fix that I'm wondering whether Wikipedia should autoblock any content that references the name of this individual. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 01:31, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * - I've blocked and tagged as obvious. However, because there are so many accounts, I think a check should be made for others. Bbb23 (talk) 03:04, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * - per above. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:34, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 15:42, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * All of those are confirmed, plus:
 * -- RoySmith (talk) 16:01, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * -- RoySmith (talk) 16:01, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * -- RoySmith (talk) 16:01, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * -- RoySmith (talk) 16:01, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * -- RoySmith (talk) 16:01, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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The sockmaster and their socks just refspam the works of Yevhen Marynchak: Reeeeeellllsss, 84.245.120.114. Is there nothing that can be done aside from blocking each new account in a Whac-A-Mole fashion? Snooganssnoogans (talk) 23:49, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * Reeeeeellllsss ✅ to ChicagoNext.   -- RoySmith (talk) 00:55, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked IP WP:DUCK for a week. The SandDoctor  Talk 17:40, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Closing. The SandDoctor  Talk 17:41, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

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The accounts just WP:REFSPAM publications by "Yevhen Marynchak". Snooganssnoogans (talk) 02:05, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Too many and based on the last check, we should look for more. Also, not all refspam Yevhen Marynchak, although I still think they're socks. Bbb23 (talk) 03:11, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * - Mz7 (talk) 05:42, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * The accounts listed above are ✅ to each other except for Maltesecross and Craftwerkdoom. Craftwerkdoom is to this group; CU  with respect to Maltesecross—they did not come up in the check of this group, and it doesn't look like their contributions mention "Yevhen Marynchak". No other accounts immediately visible. From a technical standpoint, these accounts are interestingly either  or  to ChicagoNext and the previous groups of socks identified back in December. However, behaviorally, it —the username "SnoogaSuuuucks" is clearly intended to attack Snooganssnoogans, the filer of these SPIs. The technical dissimilarities could be explained by the sockmaster relocating or coordinated activity by multiple people. All accounts except Maltesecross, closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:59, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

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The account refspams works by "Yevhen Marynchak". Snooganssnoogans (talk) 14:46, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:50, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

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The account just refspams publications by "Yevhen Marynchak" Snooganssnoogans (talk) 17:06, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 01:07, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

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Refspamming on Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, and odd wikitext formatting (incorrect nowiki-tag usage) like previous socks:
 * Legarme: Special:Diff/1067354312/1068608491
 * Merllinmer: Special:Diff/1064666875 – NJD-DE (talk) 11:13, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:07, 29 January 2022 (UTC)