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MARVY1784 just created B-Goss (musical artist), which was previously created by D3FAULTX8 as B-Goss (G11ed). Of MARVY1784's 7 undeleted edits, 3 are to Peter Torre created by D3FAULTX8. Looking at MARVY1784's commons talk page it is full of image uploads deletion notices that are related to D3FAULTX8 articles, for instance File:Mastik lickers.jpg is clearly related to Draft:Mastik Lickers Draft.

The usernames are also obviously similar (uppercase and numerals).

D3FAULTX8 ceased editing on 9 June 2021 after an ANI was started against them on creation of non-notable BLPs. They were previously blocked for spam in 2019.

I think the connection between the two accounts is clear. Creating B-Goss (under a different title, evading scrutiny) and editing the same articles is not legitimate use of multiple accounts.

CU is probably stale (at least based on mainspace enwiki edits that are still visible), might be worth a check if there are non-vis / login-wiki data or if this behavior matches up with an established case.  Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 14:23, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * It's quite obvious that MARVY1784 is the same person as D3FAULTX8, but I'm going to AGF and only block the master for a week.
 * The more interesting question is ; I don't actually think they're a sock, but the coincidence of their converging on Peter Torre is just too odd to ignore. I'm not going to do anything about them, just added them to the case for the sake of future clerks who might be investigating this.  Could well be worth a username block, but I'll leave that to somebody else. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:48, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * per below. Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:56, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅. As this is the second instance of socking by, I've blocked them indefinitely. I have no doubt that this is WP:UPE.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:56, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

All three SPAs show up to create and push Juris Graubergers aka Urbanstep - a paid for creation by a sock farm that's already been blocked. 2 of the newer accounts are just keep vote stacking with essentially the same rationale CUPIDICAE💕  16:04, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

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I don't see any edit pattern from Zapfrommars except from Not chickenNugget. Zapfrommars was created 4 day before the deletion discussion, so it might be a meatpuppet instead. Not chickenNugget was created after the deletion discussion started, so it might look suspicious. Kaseng55 (talk) 03:46, 25 March 2022 (UTC)


 * We were just invited to participate in the deletion discussion. This account is owned by myself and is not involved or accessed by Platznium1. I'd defend myself against this false sockpuppet claim Zapfrommars (talk) 17:16, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * - It also might be worth comparing against Sockpuppet investigations/D3FAULTX8, given that sockfarm's activity on Draft:Urbanstep (aka Juris Graubergers). Thanks, GABgab 15:23, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 17:43, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * All three account here are confirmed to each other and to D3FAULTX8. It looks like D3FAULTX8 is the older case, so this should get merged there.  Please ping me after the merge and I'll apply the appropriate cu-blocks.  I guess we're in WP:3X territory as well. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:51, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 18:21, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Merged,, closing. Ping In case you want to turn them into CU blocks, but I'm not sure there's any benefit in that.  --Blablubbs (talk) 17:22, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * That's fine, thanks. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:23, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Pro forma. GeneralNotability (talk) 17:28, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * Sam Pio is ✅ to D3FAULTX8 and a few others. . GeneralNotability (talk) 17:31, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:59, 9 April 2022 (UTC)