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D4rkeRR9 was blocked on 26 January, extended to indefinite with talkpage access revoked on 27 January. NSR97 made their first edits on 5 February, creating blank user and talk pages. NSR97's edits have focused around the subject of Gaddafi-era Libya, a topic D4rkeRR9 was interested in, including the Arab Republic of Egypt (1953–1958) article created by D4rkeRR9. Their edits to this page are unattributed copy-pastes, which is what D4rkeRR9 used to create the page and infobox tweaks, which is something D4rkeRR9 was blocked for. On History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi, this D4rkeRR9 edit was partially recreated by this NSR97 edit (note in particular the addition of image_flag2=Flag of Libya (1972–1977) in both, D4rkeRR9 was a flag obsessive ). D4rkeRR9 previously tried to split the History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi article into this article and this article. Both were reverted, and now NSR97 is trying to split again. CMD (talk) 13:32, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ = . Now blocked. - Mailer Diablo 21:22, 8 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Tagged. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:44, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

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Mhd240 is clearly not a new editor. Just after creating an account, they started moving articles (something the sockmaster loves to do) and editing articles that the sockmaster has edited before (ranging from Muscat and Oman, Aden Colony to List of wars involving Morocco). They even edit warred on an article that was created by the sockmaster (Sultanate of Morocco (1665–1912)). This is too much of a coincidence to be coincidence. M.Bitton (talk) 21:04, 25 March 2021 (UTC) M.Bitton (talk) 21:04, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock account. This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   21:21, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

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Ezayek (registered 3 days ago) is a "new" editor who is displaying the same obsession with infoboxes and the term "Sharif", including "Sharifian Empire" (a redirect that the sockmaster tried and failed to turn into an article). M.Bitton (talk) 15:22, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Their latest edits leave no doubt that they are another sock of D4rkeRR9., would you please have a look at this case before they disrupt the project even more? Thanks. M.Bitton (talk) 20:37, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for your trouble. M.Bitton (talk) 21:12, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tagged, along with the sleeper . Closing.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:10, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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Fleettask's account is new, but the editor is obviously not and they are exhibiting all the hallmarks of the sockmaster (obsession with infoboxes, wars and the Alaouites; addition of baseless WP:OR to infoboxes, creation of redirects, etc). M.Bitton (talk) 21:38, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tagged along with and the sleeper .--  Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:21, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

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BruhOfficial is "new editor" creating templates about wars (full of red links) and a sophisticated infobox, just like D4rkeRR9 is accustomed to doing. I suspect that Hilal092 is another sock of theirs (same obsession with templates, infoboxes and wars) that they abandoned (that's what they usually do when they feel the heat). It will also be nice to check for sleepers as they have a habit of using multiple SPs. M.Bitton (talk) 20:27, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

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Those are currently tagged as Mohammed12313893 socks. A clerk should look at their histories to confirm my evaluation and retag/block them as appropriate.
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 20:53, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
 * BruhOfficial ✅ to D4rkeRR9. I'm also calling all of these confirmed, based on good technical match plus (at least from a cursory inspection) interest in military history:

I also found a couple of other good technical matches, but their editing histories are very different; I noted those in cuwiki but not listing them here. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:32, 8 November 2021 (UTC) '''This case is being reviewed by Tamzin as part of her training as a clerk. Please allow her to process the entire case without interference. You may pose any questions or concerns either on her talk page or on this page.'''
 * Oh, I see Hilal092 got added while I was checking this. I just took a look at them.  I'll have to call that one  (and just barely at that)  -- RoySmith (talk) 21:37, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Please block BruhOfficial indefinitely per the CU results. Will re-tag the other sox after that. And I don't see grounds for action against Hilal092 at this time without CU evidence. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 03:50, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * for the other socks. clpo13(talk) 03:54, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, clpo., belatedly noting D4rkeRR9 as 3X-banned since 25 March. Closing. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 04:32, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * per below.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:31, 11 January 2022 (UTC)  Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:31, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to D4rkeRR9 socks and . Blocked and tagged; noting for the record.--  Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:31, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

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A supposedly "new" editor (registered on the 8th) who started editing on the 14th which the usual "Hi", just like the previous socks, before gaming the system by adding a series of dots to their talk page in order to quickly gain autoconfirmed status and start creating and targeting the usual war related articles with a proficiency of a veteran editor. M.Bitton (talk) 18:35, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 18:14, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree the behavior looks suspicious, but based on the technical data, Leen9490 is ❌ -- RoySmith (talk) 18:33, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

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A newly registered editor doing what the sock master has been known to be obsessed with: infoboxes, wars and the Alaouite dynasty (see the draft they have created about one of the kings).

They have also targetted List of wars involving Morocco (edited previously by the sock master "D4rkeRR9" and one of their socks, "Mhd240") as well as Maghrebi war (1699–1702), which was edited previously by "Fleettask" (another sock of theirs). M.Bitton (talk) 21:51, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Based on the technical evidence, this is .-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:01, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I certainly see some things that make me suspicious, but I also see some thing that suggest they're not a sock (or at least not a D4rkeRR9 sock). There's not enough to block given the "unlikely" CU finding.  Closing with no action, we can always come back and take another look later, if need be. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:21, 23 March 2022 (UTC)