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Short version: Minutes after DMGUSA received a 3RR warning for revert-warring on a BLP, two brand-new accounts (CloudGrown & FanofGrace) are created in quick succession, and head straight to articles recently edited by DMGUSA - and resume editing where the sockmaster left off. The quacking is so loud and brazen that I suspect proxies, multiple devices, or other inscrutable methods were employed - but I'm requesting that a CheckUser be performed anyway. Long version: After DMGUSA made several problematic edits to the Jane Fonda BLP article; I modified some of those edits and reverted others. (Some of the edits were cited to non-RS sources, some of the edits were non-encyclopedic trivia and gossip, some were contentious disparagement.) After my edits were reverted, I placed a note on the article Talk page explaining my concerns. Again my edits were reverted several more times over a few days, with no response on the Talk page. That is when I placed a warning template on DMGUSA's Talk page on (08:21, 17 May 2017), explaining that they were about to violate 3RR and encouraging them to respond to the concerns mentioned on the Talk page. Up to this point, this was a standard content dispute. 52 minutes after I posted the 3RR warning notice, DMGUSA deleted it from the Talk page at (09:13, 17 May 2017). Within the next few minutes, the CloudGrown account is created, heads straight to the Jane Fonda talk page and argues on behalf of DMGUSA. CloudGrown parrots the same arguments, uses Wikilinks, obviously isn't a newbie - then even places a WikiLove Tea sticker on the DMGUSA page. Before an hour had passed, the FanofGraceandFrankie account is created and immediately heads to the Fonda article and re-implements every single edit of DMGUSA's that I had previously changed or reverted. Both the Cloud and FanofGrace accounts disappeared as fast as they arrived. Why is DLGunner also listed as a possible sock? Only because CloudGrown deleted conflict of interest notices about DMGSUA and DLGunner, which were posted by User:Orangemike. Xenophrenic (talk) 05:25, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter, Yunshui. Unfortunately, the socking editor appears rather determined. See: .  Not sure what can be done about dynamic IPs, with the exception of semi-protecting the articles he's known to frequent. Xenophrenic (talk) 16:43, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * ...and now . Xenophrenic (talk) 21:02, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * ... Xenophrenic (talk) 22:51, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

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 * is on a different device and ISP, but is geographically very close. I'd say there's a connection there. Yunshui 雲 水  14:24, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the three confirmed accounts, leaving the decision on DLGunner up to the reviewing admin/closer. Yunshui 雲 水 14:28, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing with no action on DLGunner. Based on the evidence, I believe it's likely the sockmaster and DLGunner know each other but are not the same person. There's been no coordination, though, so I wouldn't say this rises to the level of meatpuppetry. ~ Rob 13 Talk 00:07, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing with no action on DLGunner. Based on the evidence, I believe it's likely the sockmaster and DLGunner know each other but are not the same person. There's been no coordination, though, so I wouldn't say this rises to the level of meatpuppetry. ~ Rob 13 Talk 00:07, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

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All on the same article, identical edits

1, 2, 3, 4 — Maile  (talk) 20:45, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked as socks. Binksternet (talk) 05:48, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Those accounts are already blocked. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:39, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * On May 8, DMGUSA added a section about Carly Fiorina to TV show article The View. This was removed as unimportant to the topic. The following single-purpose accounts restored the section: Vilerineter, Celiajots, Jinnsblack, Hewrmyron and Teasklena. Checkuser is requested to connect the accounts.


 * Meanwhile, at the Carly Fiorina biography, after the NPOV-violating DMGUSA text was rolled back on May 18, an IPs and a single-purpose accounts appeared to restore the material: Cairosend Other single-purpose accounts appeared to add more references or text to increase positive POV: Boostparks added a religion ref, KittyAmong removed details of controversy, and DollarMillion added more positive religious text.

As far as I can tell, the DMGUSA socks are part of a PR campaign with the goal of putting more mentions of Fiorina into Wikipedia. Binksternet (talk) 14:02, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * For the record, Sanahlyods was just blocked for the same kind of stuff, the account registered a few hours after this checkuser was completed. Binksternet (talk) 08:29, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked without tags per WP:DENY. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:53, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked without tags per WP:DENY. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:53, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked without tags per WP:DENY. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:53, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked without tags per WP:DENY. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:53, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked without tags per WP:DENY. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:53, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked without tags per WP:DENY. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:53, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked without tags per WP:DENY. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:53, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked without tags per WP:DENY. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:53, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked without tags per WP:DENY. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:53, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked without tags per WP:DENY. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:53, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked without tags per WP:DENY. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:53, 27 May 2017 (UTC)