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I originally noticed EditMeSOOOCrazy and WikiWithMe engaging in somewhat incoherent discussions on talk pages. I contacted about it in this thread. My general write-up was:


 * Hey NRP, I don't have time to look into this at present, but and  seem to be leaving weirdly non-specific and slightly incoherent posts on talk pages and it just sounds like one guy talking to himself.
 * EditMeSOOOCrazy
 * "Um.... Bee and Puppycat is a web series but it has no network? Another mess–up."
 * "As the state of Georgia has this place name too, this state cannot have the same name (Funkhouser) derived by Georgia." WTF does any of that mean?
 * Here's a comment from EditMeSOOOCrazy in response to one from WikiWithMe. "Exactly....what's the point of this series having many songs if it‘s NOT a musical? They're messing up now... "
 * There is a lot of focus on "messing up".
 * WikiWithMe
 * "This series is not devised as a musical, but it has many songs in most episodes? That's a mess–up...."
 * "The 1st season table said there would be 12 episodes, but there's only 6? That's a mess-up"
 * Anyway, there's a pattern here that should be scrutinized. I don't see a huge amount of interesection though. If you have time, I'd appreciate an adminly eye. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:36, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Needless to say, NinjaRobotPirate uncovered a host of other accounts, which I am memorializing here. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:42, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * Case closed. Sro23 (talk) 15:44, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

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-- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:16, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * All ✅. Courtesy ping so you are aware. --  Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:17, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * DeltaQuad - Thank you for the ping. I knew something was up with those users...... :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:18, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * The last account listed and not blocked (LyraTheLizard) is now indef'd and tagged. All other confirmed accounts are being tagged now. This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:21, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

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Reinstating a made-up pronunciation at Ypsilanti, Georgia. Nardog (talk) 00:39, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

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 * Current statuses of the accounts listed.
 * - locked by QuiteUnusual and locally blocked ("Persistent addition of unsourced content") by at 2019-10-07T19:41:46 (UTC)
 * - locked by QuiteUnusual and locally blocked ("Clearly not here to contribute to the encyclopedia") by at 2019-10-06T16:16:30 (UTC)
 * - locally blocked ("Clearly not here to contribute to the encyclopedia") by at 2018-04-22T14:33:55 (UTC)
 * - remains not locked and locally unblocked The SandDoctor  Talk 04:23, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
 * to compare ThePronunciationGuy to TAPCLAPgamefansince201[89], who were tagged as socks of this master by —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:26, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ to each other and almost certainly MakesTheWikiBetter. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 12:28, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, I suspect Sockpuppet investigations/DarwinandBrianEdits, Sockpuppet investigations/Gigi Hadide 2, and MakesTheWikiBetter are all the same person. It seems kind of obvious in retrospect when you look at the usernames (,, , etc.) and the overlap in interests of the various sock farms. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 12:53, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Is it worth merging the cases? —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:09, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah, if you think I'm right, I'd say it's worth merging. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:32, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Yea. Cases merged and tags updated. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 07:39, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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Added false information to the Just Dance 2021 page similar to a previous sock and when I left a uw-error message on their talk page they responded by harassing me and bringing up another sock who had previously sent me a death threat. They are also vandalizing the Lil Yachty discography page similar to the previously mentioned sock. CAMERAwMUSTACHE (talk) 17:32, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Closing per the 22 February case. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:48, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

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The IP address from yesterday’s report was blocked for 31 hours for harassment and vandalism. Now this IP is making identical edits as the previous sock. CAMERAwMUSTACHE (talk) 13:34, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * The IP range in question has been blocked by a checkuser, nothing else to do here. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:47, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

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They have already been blocked for reasons unrelated to socking and harassing me (edit warring and adding false information), but I am reporting them so they can be tagged as a sock. They have also been blocked globally for behavior similar to a previous sock, see below. They created their userpage and included a personal attack against me with no justification. I had no idea who this user was until I randomly stumbled upon their page after they edited one of the pages on my watchlist earlier today and that was weeks after they did this so I had no prior interaction with them that would cause such an attack if they weren't a sock. They later admitted they were harassing me due to me blocking their "friend" on FANDOM similar to a previous sock. See previous reports for more details. They have also been acting hostile and abusive, again similar to the previous socks. See this sock's global log, and compare it to this sock. CAMERAwMUSTACHE (talk) 00:52, 17 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Edit: It appears someone performed a CheckUser minutes after this request, confirming my suspicions, after globally blocking this sock. CAMERAwMUSTACHE (talk) 01:19, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked already. Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:00, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

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User's very first edit admitted to being rangeblocked and they use profanity in their edit summaries, similar to previous socks. They also created a language thing almost identical to a previous sock. They have also been reverting pages back to the last version published by a previous sock. CAMERAwMUSTACHE (talk) 17:06, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tagged.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:32, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Pro forma, informed by checkuser. -- zzuuzz (talk) 21:22, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

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Technical evidence, as well as some of the behaviour, says that these are socks of DarwinandBrianEdits. Blocked, locked, and tagged. -- zzuuzz (talk) 21:22, 12 January 2023 (UTC)