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10 April 2015

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 * ComputingPower orginally added the link yachtharbour.com to 6 different articles:.
 * Encincorporated did the same (including reverting to one of ComputingPower's edits):.
 * Next came GeekyPleasure345:.
 * Then came MaharadjaPokemon which changed it up a bit, they added yachtshow.me and yachtshow.info, which both redirect to yachtharbour.com:.
 * ParodialMale came and also added the redirects: . Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 15:45, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Another with a different redirect to same site (yachtharbourgroup.com): Bgdu98724- Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 16:21, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Another, Ddog2345: Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 16:46, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Another, LightDinosaur: . Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 19:20, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Yet another, EmpoweredInc. This time, going about it better by taking it to talk pages, but still using a new account: . Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 19:38, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' The pattern that was identified here was of a group of people actually trying to repair broken pages with dead links, irrelevant spamy blog post references and missing data. Each time our account tried to fix those issues with actual relevant information, our contributions were instantly deleted without any consideration to whether they should be or not before we eventually gave up on the idea of helping out... — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaharadjaPokemon (talk • contribs)

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The following accounts are ✅:



The following account is highly :



All accounts have been blocked and tagged.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:42, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Closing. Mike V • Talk 21:44, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

11 April 2015

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Spammed the same link as all of the other socks:. Also, commenting at the same AfD that one other sock did:. The archive provides a lot of diffs of socks spamming the link, but here are diffs of a confirmed sock editing the AfD:. Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 14:04, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

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 * is ✅. Blocked and tagged.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:28, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  18:12, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

20 June 2015

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Sock farm may be starting up again. The same as previously, throwaway accounts are popping up to add the yachtharbour link. Dino1land: ,. Lookme99up:, (latter diff is different URL, but redirects to same site). Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 00:45, 20 June 2015 (UTC) Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 00:45, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Adding Looksyy. He created the article Dmitry Semenikhin, the owner of the website. His previous article, Dimitri Semenikhin was deleted via AfD. Sock diffs at the AfD: ,,. Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 02:02, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Requesting CU to ensure that these are the same (it's hard to establish patterns when all accounts make just 2-3 edits) and to see if there are other socks tied to this account. Dmitry Semenikhin was created less than a month after Dimitri Semenikhin was deleted, so the socks may not have stopped when I thought that they did. Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 02:28, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Various tidies and closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:10, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Various tidies and closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:10, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Various tidies and closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:10, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Various tidies and closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:10, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Various tidies and closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:10, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

15 December 2015

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I believe that the yachtharbour.com socks have come back. WholetthedogoutNow created Yacht Harbour about the site and added the link to Luxury yacht here. Rewindforeverhistory added the link to Yacht here, Roman Abramovich here, List of motor yachts by length here, and Octopus (yacht) here. This is the same site that the other socks were promoting. Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 17:06, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

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 * To compare the two and to look for sleepers.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:36, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * They don't appear to be related, I would not exclude meat puppetry though. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 09:23, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, same obsession with The Shapies. I tagged them as socks of ComputingPower. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:56, 22 December 2015 (UTC)