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27 February 2011

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Clear vandalism/harassment account & mostly they have been indeffed but the way they interact (i.e. all editing each others pages) and the fact they were created within a few minutes of each other suggests other potential socks. The style seems to be to pick two opposing factions (emo/goth for example) and create accounts to abuse each other. Plus harassment of Favonian. Errant (chat!) 15:59, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

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 * - CU to determine the relationship. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:12, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * All ✅ matches:
 * TN X Man 16:35, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I've moved this to reflect Dantherocker1 as the master account. Everyone's blocked and tagged. As a side note, PeeOnFavonian is not an actual account. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:43, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 16:35, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I've moved this to reflect Dantherocker1 as the master account. Everyone's blocked and tagged. As a side note, PeeOnFavonian is not an actual account. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:43, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 16:35, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I've moved this to reflect Dantherocker1 as the master account. Everyone's blocked and tagged. As a side note, PeeOnFavonian is not an actual account. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:43, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 16:35, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I've moved this to reflect Dantherocker1 as the master account. Everyone's blocked and tagged. As a side note, PeeOnFavonian is not an actual account. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:43, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 16:35, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I've moved this to reflect Dantherocker1 as the master account. Everyone's blocked and tagged. As a side note, PeeOnFavonian is not an actual account. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:43, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 16:35, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I've moved this to reflect Dantherocker1 as the master account. Everyone's blocked and tagged. As a side note, PeeOnFavonian is not an actual account. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:43, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

09 March 2011

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Created talk page attacking editors who have blocked his other accounts The Interior  (Talk) 22:15, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

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 * Everyone's blocked. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:22, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

10 March 2011

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Number seven arrives The Interior  (Talk) 02:31, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:33, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

18 March 2011

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this user explicitly stated on his user talk page that he is a sock of Dantherocker1. the message he put on his page is, and I quote:

"I'm Dantherocker1 and this is my 29th account. I made a couple of vandals but they all got reverted. The mods on this site (Particularly Favonian and C.Fred) need to get a sense of humor and grow up. I'm just having some fun. I even have some of my friends in on this whole vandalism thing too lol (:"

He was blocked for vandalism, and tried to appeal twice using these messages, and I quote,

"I'm sorry for what has happened. I just really hate Dragon Tales and therefore I think it deserves to be vandalized. Besides, who would search for Dragon Tales anyway?"

and

"Please unblock me. It's just really fun to vandalize. I even have some of my friends in on it too lol. this is my 29th account. All the other ones got banned."

He was denied both times, and after the second appeal, his talk page access was revoked by Anthony Bradbury. Dalekusa (talk) 04:22, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

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✅. His underlying IP range is now hardblocked. –MuZemike 04:31, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

24 April 2011

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Appears to be another sock of Dantherocker1 based upon these edits which stay in the same genre of edits: and general vandalism edits like these:   ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 17:21, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Another sock (My_Life_on_Standby) appears to be linked with the LarryTheDolphin and Dantherocker1 sockpuppet based upon this edit:  and the general pattern of vandalism with edits such as these:    ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 03:15, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

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 * Case merged, only one needed. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  03:27, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Per WP:DUCK I've blocked LarryTheDolphin. As for My Life, I blocked it as a vandalism-only account. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 03:35, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

18 May 2011

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User:GrammyGang admits to being  another sock of Dantherocker1. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 06:51, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

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✅, no sleepers. TN X Man 13:04, 18 May 2011 (UTC) - Any more? Again... (already blocked, and tagged as blocked) + 1 article deleted. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  00:42, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:18, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Several more (new) sleepers blocked. Frank &#124;  talk  02:57, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

27 May 2011

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The first thing that catches my eye is the fact that the possible sock has made edits that are the same edits as the one the alleged sockmaster made, and in the exact same manner (as in, no explanation in the edit summary, multiple edits that actually accomplish very little, and edit warring). The second thing that catches my eye is that Picklesatwar made exactly 10 edits to his user page before editing anything, suggesting that the user did so to bypass the semi-protection on Nickelback (an article that Nickelbackrules commonly edits, and has edit warred on in the past). The third and final thing that got my attention was the similar editing times of both users. There is the possibility that this is all just one huge coincidence, but with Nickelbackrules's increasing noncooperation to over how to edit the Nickelback article, I'm concerned that sockpuppetry was his solution.  TheStickMan [✆Talk] 23:20, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

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 * Based on the confirmation, it's worth noting that "Picklesatwar" started editing article while Nickelbackrules1518 was on a 24 hour forced break for edit warring. - J Greb (talk) 19:00, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

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The two accounts are ✅ matches to each other. TN X</b> Man 13:20, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Both now blocked. - J Greb (talk) 19:06, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

This was merged from Sockpuppet investigations/Nickelbackrules1518/Archive, as Dantherocker1 is the sockmaster. –MuZemike 07:13, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

13 July 2011

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This never ends. I discovered a sock when he vandalized my page and it was clear that it was Dantherocker1 when he even signed himself as Dantherocker1. Not to mention that I first encountered him on YouTube when he started harassing me there (while admitting to having sockpuppets on Wikipedia). It would be appreciated if someone could do some further investigations and do a CheckUser if necessary. NHRHS2010 the student pilot  ✈  16:28, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

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✅ along with:



. However, at this point, I'm just playing whack-a-mole with CU blocks. There's nothing much else that can be done to prevent this abuse. –MuZemike 00:15, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

15 July 2011

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And another one. It is clear that PotatoChipLover is Dantherocker1 based on his harassment patterns on especially my user/talk pages. I know that this is a short time after the previous request, and I understand when CheckUser MuZemike (who blocked an IP address involved) said that there is nothing else we can do to stop the abuse (which I agree since I've seen other long term abuses here on Wikipedia and also on YouTube). However further investigations would still be able to reduce such abuse and it would be appreciated if someone do something about this. Maybe keeping a closer eye on this sock farm? NHRHS2010 the student pilot  ✈  20:00, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

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✅, plus another account I've blocked. The best thing to do is just keep reporting them as they appear. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 20:07, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

16 July 2011

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See recent previous requests. Although this one did not hit my userpage before being blocked, it's still worth reporting. Same attitude as other sockpuppet accounts. NHRHS2010 the student pilot  ✈  06:31, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

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 * Kww blocked this account. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 12:34, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I saw that but what about a checkuser? NHRHS2010 the student pilot   ✈  12:44, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * In the previous case it was said that we can't do any IP blocking here, and running a CU is marginally unhelpful here. A CU was run a day or two ago, and we'll probably have to run another one within the next week anyway. Just list the accounts as they show up. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:26, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Maybe stating the obvious here, but this account was created ~9 hours after the last CU and block. A week may be a bit too long. - J Greb (talk) 18:07, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

17 July 2011

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Similar style of the name as many previous incarnations (noun+number) of this sock and suspiciously similar interest in changing the sub-headings at Nickelback (without consensus), with the same erroneous format, plus other disruptive edits, as for sock Nickelbackrules1518. This diff one of the clearest for Nicklebackrules 1518 [] and this one for Goldeneyemaster101 []. ''' SabreBD  (talk ) 19:44, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

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 * - Maybe, though I would think this would've come up in the CU that was run yesterday. Anyway, confirmation, sleepers, IP block? —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:26, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

✅ and blocked. Original rangeblock (which was recently expired) has been extended and broadened. –MuZemike 22:30, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

09 August 2011

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Here we go again. I haven't been on my userpage for a while but I discovered that it has been vandalized again by that Dantherocker sock...even though I understand that it's impossible to do so, someone needs to shut him down. NHRHS2010 the student pilot  ✈  01:26, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

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 * Bsadowski blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:21, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

16 September 2011

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All three accounts created within a half hour period. Each has made vandalism edits Tckma (talk) 17:48, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

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These are all socks of banned user Dantherocker1. All accounts have been blocked and globally locked by a Steward. –MuZemike 17:54, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

15 January 2012

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Already blocked for obvious reasons. Claims to be sock of Dantherocker1. Requesting sleeper check and range block. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 20:46, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * - As far as I can see we don't have any nonstale socks for this master, but the CUs may know something I don't. Anyway, endorsing for sleepers. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 22:49, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅, but no other accounts at the moment. TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man  14:45, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

03 July 2013

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Here we go again. While it has been two years since I had to deal with the Dantherocker garbage (major sock farm causing disruption throughout the first half of 2011 before eventually harassing me on both YouTube and Wikipedia), a new sock seems to have appeared where it did vandalism on my talk page. Based on the weird username, it appears to be a very strange IP. While it is currently blocked for 31 hours since 02:20 UTC today, I think a further action/investigation should be done. NHRHS2010 the student pilot  ✈  19:13, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * Obvious sock is obvious. Already blocked.  Closing. Dennis Brown &#124; 2¢ &#124;  WER  19:18, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

21 July 2013

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I am not 100% positive but recently I have been suspecting that the sockpuppeteer User:Dantherocker1 has been causing disruption again after a two year hiatus, using the ipv6 ip addresses to vandalize talk pages of users that include me, GiantSnowman, Favonian and MuZemike. I would appreciate if something would be done to shut him down. I am not necessarily requesting a checkuser but a rangeblock of 2602:304 range should help. NHRHS2010 the student pilot  ✈  18:08, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Here is one more: . I just returned to my grandparents' house from the gym (I'm in South Korea now) to discover some more vandalism on my talk page from a new IP. NHRHS2010 the student pilot   ✈  06:13, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * Created Special:AbuseFilter/576, closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:42, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

11 November 2013

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Although I am not 100% positive that those accounts are sockpuppets of Dantherocker1, I am continuing to deal with this sock farm vandalizing my talk page, and sometimes the talk page of others. I had my talk page recently semi-protected for this reason but once the semi-protection expired, vandalism resumed. I am suspecting that they may be sockpuppets of Dantherocker1 as a similar pattern of vandalism from last summer mentions Dantherocker1. NHRHS2010 the student pilot  ✈  02:02, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

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I've blocked the remaining account. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 04:13, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

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A self admitted (see ) sockpuppet of Dantherocker1 which hasn't been blocked yet. TheGeneralUser (talk) 13:34, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

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 * No need to block an account that hasn't edited since 2014. Also, no need to have filed this. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 4 June 2017 (UTC)