Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Country music category vandal from Tennessee/Archive

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 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B._J._Thomas&diff=1039255662&oldid=1039255305
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Dean&diff=prev&oldid=1039256102
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Les_Paul&diff=prev&oldid=1039256908 Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:50, 17 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Also with similar addition of cats.

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 * This /64 range has made thousands of mostly reverted edits since 2017 (see ). This non-communicative user has been challenging. Some edits have been appropriate, but that may just be from pure luck. Adding the "Living people" category to deceased individuals is either pure vandalism or is an example of WP:CIR, for example this . The LTA explains this situation quite well.-- ☾Loriendrew☽  ☏(ring-ring)  22:44, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Should we extend the block on to overlap? Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:33, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * Gave the /64 a nice long block. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 20:57, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

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LTA at Long-term abuse/Country music category vandal from Tennessee Continued addition of inappropriate cats to articles or linking to articles before their creation.
 * - «‎References»
 * - «‎2000s in music»
 * - «‎References» ☾Loriendrew☽   ☏(ring-ring)  22:44, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

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Some of the edits look similar but telltale signs that I have seen in the past such as adding singer-songwriter categories have not been done, but other category edits have been and the radio station edits do look similar to those I've seen from confirmed socks. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:11, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Not sure what went wrong with the diffs above. There were plenty of the singer-songwriter edits such as and .-- ☾Loriendrew☽   ☏(ring-ring)  10:54, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Here are some more behavioral examples:
 * and adding Living people cat to deceased individuals
 * adding cats to different individuals (subject is a professional wrestler with no musical history)
 * singer-songwriter cat added to steel guitarist without any article support of singer nor songwriter status
 * -- ☾Loriendrew☽  ☏(ring-ring)  21:30, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * IP has been blocked for a year by Daniel Case. Closing. Spicy (talk) 09:40, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

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IP off a 2-year block in September. Has same editing pattern as listed in the LTA. ☾Loriendrew☽  ☏(ring-ring)  01:00, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * New two-year block issued. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:08, 26 October 2021 (UTC)