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24 January 2016

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David Adam Kess (DAK) is known for their edits on finance-related articles, but I think they've moved on to articles related to and. Below is my evidence:


 * February 2015 - DAK and IP editors (especially 190.10.199.189) from Ecuador (presumably the same individual) are editting on and similar pages.
 * February 3, 2015 - indef blocks DAK for copyright violations.
 * February 10, 2015 - After about 1 month of editing on the topic, 190.10.199.189 stops editing on finance-related articles. Length of editing by same IP on same topic suggests static or sticky IP.
 * February 11, 2015 - 190.10.199.189 begins editing on National Polytechnic School and Sam Berns
 * February 16, 2015 - 190.10.199.189 begins editing on art forgery, specifically adding info on Wolfgang Beltracchi.
 * February 17, 2015 - blocks 190.10.199.189 for 6 months for block evasion noting they are the same as DAK.
 * May 12, 2015 - User edits on High-frequency trading in manner similar to DAK. I undid this edit.
 * May 13, 2015 - 190.130.236.55 undoes reversion of mine on High-frequency trading noting that the page is "wikistalked". This IP address is from Ecuador.
 * October 13, 2015 - RolexRolexRolex makes the same edits as the IP editor on art forgery.
 * Behavioral evidence: 190.10.199.189 and DAK often copy-paste links into the edit summaries when editing on finance-related articles. This behavior is demonstrated by RolexRolexRolex and 190.10.199.189 when editing on art forgery-related articles.
 * October 14, 2015 - edits art forgery and adds info about Wolfgang Beltracchi and John Myatt.
 * This user also copy-pastes URLs into edit summaries
 * This user also edited on stalking, which DAK was accused of in the ANIs related to them.
 * October 21, 2015 - edits on art forgery adding info about Wolfgang Beltracchi.
 * Novermber 7, 2015 - blocks 190.10.199.189 with note that Revoking talk page access: inappropriate use of user talk page while blocked; trolling, personal attacks, disruption, presumed block evasion (User:David Adam Kess).
 * January 11, 2016 - Pattern of long, Spanish-language usernames related to art forgery begin with ..
 * January 22-23, 2016 - IP editors from Ecuador begin editing on art forgery. Edits are related to Wolfgang Beltracchi.
 * January 23, 2016 - User is blocked by  noting Probably yet another of the User:Genserico no puede ser bloqueado sockfarm. Referring to recent spate of accounts being made.

The recent Spanish-language names are similar to the two related to Art Forgery and created on the same day or two. Suspect they are related. Requesting CU given extent of socking and history.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 02:05, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * PS - if you need/want more diffs, let me know via ping or message. I can dig more up.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 02:09, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

I just added as a sock as well. This account was created 18 June 2015. The user has edited on similar pages, including pages related to Ecuador, and made the same comment about a $500 bet as other accounts ( compared to ). User also copy-pastes urls into edit summaries. Also edited on Rolex, linking them to the RolexRolexRolex account.
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- I am not terribly familiar with how CU works, but this new account has been active the entire time. Would that eliminate the "staleness" of the older accounts and enable a CU to be performed?  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 21:45, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * I've declined the CU request. The master and all the unblocked accounts are .--Bbb23 (talk) 05:19, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Generally, one non-stale account doesn't help because you have nothing to compare it against. The non-stale account has no impact on the staleness of the other accounts. It is possible to do a check of one account in isolation, but it only occasionally produces any helpful results. I personally (other CheckUsers may feel differently) would only run such a check if a clerk endorses it with relatively strong reasoning.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:02, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, I just noticed in the new section below that you've added yet another non-stale account. I wouldn't be able to it back to the master or the stale accounts technically, but I may be willing to compare the two.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:04, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:29, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

29 January 2016

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Same edits on art forgery and John Myatt as other suspected socks. IP address also edited in same manner on art forgery and geolocates to Ecuador like other IPs in previous report.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 21:33, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * I'm checking this one and the one in the section above.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:13, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * The following accounts are :
 * Wolfgang Beltracchi Art Forgery King created one page (deleted) about himself, supposedly a forger. (Painter) Carla Jones, who claims to be a real painter from Quito, made mostly self-promotional edits. However, if you compare her edit summaries to Flatiron Building NYC, they are very similar. Still, I'd like to have someone analyze (Painter) Carla Jones’s behavior.
 * I've blocked Flatiron Building NYC, Code king de art fraud man, and Wolfgang Beltracchi Art Forgery King without tags. I'll wait for the behavioral analysis of (Painter) Carla Jones. An administrator or SPI clerk is free to block her, though, without further input from me.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:30, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging blocked account as suspects. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:37, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Wolfgang Beltracchi Art Forgery King created one page (deleted) about himself, supposedly a forger. (Painter) Carla Jones, who claims to be a real painter from Quito, made mostly self-promotional edits. However, if you compare her edit summaries to Flatiron Building NYC, they are very similar. Still, I'd like to have someone analyze (Painter) Carla Jones’s behavior.
 * I've blocked Flatiron Building NYC, Code king de art fraud man, and Wolfgang Beltracchi Art Forgery King without tags. I'll wait for the behavioral analysis of (Painter) Carla Jones. An administrator or SPI clerk is free to block her, though, without further input from me.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:30, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging blocked account as suspects. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:37, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging blocked account as suspects. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:37, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

07 March 2016

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This sockmaster has had a sock called "Wolfgang Beltracchi 007" (previously reported but not blocked) in the past. He is active again with this new but very similarly named account. The editing consists of adding refspam to Wolfgang Beltracchi and John Myatt, both art forgers, which is consistent with past behaviour. DanielRigal (talk) 20:01, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * is very to . Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:21, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

12 March 2016

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Another account with the name "Wolfgang Beltracchi" and a number in its name. More edits presumably intended to big up Wolfgang Beltracchi as an infamous forger. DanielRigal (talk) 23:13, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

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Added John Myatt 01 to list.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 21:14, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Added IP per this edit.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 20:34, 15 March 2016 (UTC)


 * A previous sock has also targeted John Myatt and used the name "John Myatt" as part of their username so this is very plausibly related. John Myatt 01 also left an incoherent message on my talk page which is pretty much identical to the incoherent comment left by the above IP in the article and which refers to both Myatt and Beltracchi. --DanielRigal (talk) 20:42, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, plus --  Amanda  (aka DQ) 14:29, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:45, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

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I'm just reporting this here for the record: I have blocked this IP as an obvious sockpuppet of David Adam Kess. They were repeating the exact same edits as the recent previous socks - namely, attempting to add massive amounts of information about John Myatt and Wolfgang Beltracchi to the article Art forgery. I blocked them for a month per WP:DUCK. MelanieN (talk) 19:39, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

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Made suspicious edits/edit summaries on Art forgery (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Art_forgery&diff=725935889&oldid=725453991) (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Art_forgery&diff=next&oldid=725935889), which had previously been edited by ipsock Sro23 (talk) 04:06, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

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The account is. The behavior is a bit different. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:42, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

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201.218.11.43: Added info about John Myatt and Wolfgang Beltracchi on Art forgery. . IP geolocates to Ecuador.

Super Hornet did the same thing:. They mentioned the page being "wiki stalked" like past socks ([2800:370:a3:7bd0:9521:bc40:b25b:8a3d]).

190.12.18.222 edited on Cameron Douglas in a similar style:

These are same thing as past socks (e.g., )  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 20:00, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Adding some more. It appears David Adam Kess has also started to perseverate on Oxycodone. The link between the art forgery and these other accounts is Super Hornet (this diff on Purdue Pharma and these on [{Cameron Douglas]]). Of common thread is pasting the URL into the edit summary. Kess has done this in the past.

"Are you nuts this is private" edited on Purdue Pharma:.

Spitfire 77 did too.

87.218.11.176 and 87.218.31.207 both edited on Purdue Pharma as well in the same style. and.

"Banned in wiki truth on OXY and the billions in profits" - editing in the same way on Cameron Douglas

 Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 20:23, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Adding another IP who is editing on the same pages, added images of cars to user pages, etc. DUCK.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 03:05, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

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Adding Nantucket money, very similar edits/edit summaries to the same pages: etc. Sro23 (talk) 20:15, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Also note that Spitfire, Super Hornet, and Nantucket all have vehicle images on their user pages  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 20:23, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * Most are reasonably . I've blocked the unblocked sockpuppets. . Reaper Eternal (talk) 11:40, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

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DUCK. Compare to User:Banned in wiki truth on OXY and the billions in profits  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 18:10, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * . Let's see what CU can unearth. Favonian (talk) 18:22, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I've got the following accounts ✅ to each other:
 * Mike V • Talk 19:30, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Mike V • Talk 19:30, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Mike V • Talk 19:30, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Mike V • Talk 19:30, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK Sro23 (talk) 19:01, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * Comment Very obvious sock, making the same additions to the same article. I have semi-protected the article for the moment. --MelanieN (talk) 19:41, 8 November 2016 (UTC)


 * User:Anthony Oxy Bucco more joke pages with editors who STALK for money is another one but that is already blocked. Might be worth tagging. --DanielRigal (talk) 20:32, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * . Favonian (talk) 19:45, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

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Duck. Editing on oxycodone and art forgery. Ping me if you really need diffs. The quack is deafening though  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 18:46, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

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Blocked three months based on behavior. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:20, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK per username+ edits to Art forgery. Sro23 (talk) 19:04, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Account blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 02:13, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

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Clear WP:DUCK based on edit summaries as well as pages edited; Timeline of Salem, Massachusetts seems to be a favorite in particular Sro23 (talk) 22:42, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Added 201.218.11.43 because it's so stable. Sro23 (talk) 22:43, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

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I blocked the registered account indefinitely. 201.218.11.43 was blocked as a Kess sock several months ago. I blocked it again for six months since the last block was three months. Plus, there doesn't seem to be anyone else using it. I also range blocked 181.112.0.0/16 for a week. The majority of recent edits there look to be more Kess IP socks. This probably won't stop him, though. He looks to have access to quite a few IP ranges. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 00:54, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

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Adding same type of info with same edit summary styles as previously identified socks on Zagster, Salem, Massachusetts, and Timeline of Salem, Massachusetts.

Zagster:, , ,

Past socks:, , , , ,

Prolific and persistent socker. Requesting sleeper check.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 23:29, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Sleeper check seems warranted. Thanks, GABgab 00:58, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 21:39, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the check; closing. GABgab 22:50, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

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The usual talk about Wolfgang Beltracchi on Art forgery. Sro23 (talk) 23:36, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * Mz7 (talk) 00:32, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

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Account was blocked by, but this sockmaster has had an uptick in activity (see archives) this past month so requesting a CU for sleepers. Given the user's history of socking, the occasional success of sleeper checks for this SPI, and the uptick in activity, I thought a CU was warranted.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 20:51, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Lansky 007 just posted on 's user talk page (and was promptly blocked).  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 20:56, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for commenting. I didn't know what type of IP ranges they had access to.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 21:07, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * I also blocked as an obvious sock. Sleeper checks aren't helpful, they have enough dynamic ranges at their disposal that they can just create new accounts as needed without hitting autoblocks.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  20:58, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

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This SPA account, with only three edits, originally added the POV-pushing passages at South Station that recently-blocked-as-a-sock User:Art forgery pagina broma edit warred to force back in. Seems to me like it's a semi-sleeper, or some other sort of special-purpose sock. oknazevad (talk) 00:17, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked . GABgab 00:18, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

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DUCK. Naming of account is DUCK per archives and Purdue Pharma article's history. Compare to sock User:Its the wiki list of big pharma who edited the same page. Named account added same URL as past sock (past sock, current sock). IP restored accounts edits.

Requesting CU for sleepers.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 22:08, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * I find it comical that he keeps on claiming that he is being "stalked" by us when we really have absolutely no interest at all in him beyond wanting him to just stop bollocksing up our articles. If he wishes for less attention from us all he has to do is go away. Anyway, it is definitely him. That misunderstanding of the concept of "stalking" (diff) is distinctive and peculiar to him alone. --DanielRigal (talk) 22:38, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * - has commented that "Sleeper checks aren't helpful," so closing. GABgab 23:32, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

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DUCK to me... editing on Oxycodone. Compare to past sock edits

Compare to past sock  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 20:27, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

IP editor: Pingu: Same types of edits as cannoli  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 20:30, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

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Yeah, that's him. All accounts are already blocked, though. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:07, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

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Posting ASCII art "stop" messages to the same admins involved in cleanup after the other socks. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 21:20, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

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Yeah, that's him, too. Already blocked. Oshwah's talk page sure is a lot more exciting than mine. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:14, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

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DUCK. Typical stuff on Oxycodone. Compare edit summaries  to past socks:,   Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 23:09, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * . GABgab 23:42, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

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DUCK. Ping me if you need diffs. Same anti-oxycodone naming pattern. Same editing on Oxycodone  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 17:50, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * . Favonian (talk) 17:52, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Favonian, CU on that last one revealed nothing. Drmies (talk) 18:12, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

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see below NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 07:25, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

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I just ran a series of CU sleeper checks based on some obvious sock puppetry. It didn't turn up much I didn't already suspect, and some of the technical data wasn't as easy to interpret as I'd like. These are the technical results as best as I can tell:

The three groups are more-or-less to each other. This is probably not the best way to lay this out, but the way my notes are written, it's easier to separate them like this. The combination of technical data and behavioral evidence makes them all very compelling, but there's a little too much variance in the technical data (between the groups and sometimes even inside them) to call most of these "confirmed".
 * Group 1:
 * and are ✅ to each other
 * and are ✅ to each other
 * and both of the above sets are
 * Group 2:
 * ,, , , , , and are all  to each other
 * Group 3:
 * ,, are all  to each other

the most interesting account here is Artist Roberto Jones, who is older than David Adam Kess. Again, the combination of technical and behavioral evidence makes this obviously him; please determine whether this case should be renamed. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 07:25, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Agree that Artist Roberto Jones is unmistakably the same person, and yes it is older than David Adam Kess, but I don't think a rename would be necessary. In my opinion, when a sockmaster has been known under a certain name for a long time, it's unhelpful to move the SPI when an older sleeper is discovered, even though technically that's what we are supposed to do. Sro23 (talk) 16:58, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree we don't necessarily have to rename the case. Nobody else seems to care enough to comment, so I guess it's settled. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 07:47, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * No tags for these socks per WP:DENY. I'll archive this now. Sro23 (talk) 16:56, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

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Similar disruptive editing at Oxycodone. — Paleo Neonate  – 22:03, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * No CheckUser needed - this is an obvious no-brainer. See relations to user Unprecedented problema OXY muy malo; sock puppet is indefinitely blocked and tagged and this can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:07, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

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See edit to Art forgery - major quacking. Home Lander (talk) 20:24, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * Account now blocked. No need for a CU. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 21:01, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

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At Timeline of Salem, Massachusetts Jonnie o123 red sox is making the same edits as User:Salemtrainsgogogotobostonman who was blocked as a sock of David Adam Kess. John henry 1st duke of red sox Yawkey Foundation is obviously the same person as Jonnie o123 red sox based on recent edits atFenway Park (and the obvious username similarity). Peacock (talk) 12:15, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:00, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ to each other and the master via the CU logs..
 * Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:57, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

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DUCK edits on Oxycodone  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 21:50, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

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 * Both accounts blocked already. Closing case. Sro23 (talk) 21:51, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

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Same edits to Wolfgang Beltracchi that previous socks have made, with a username mentioning bitcoin. This sock's edits happened at the same time that blocked sock vandalized my talk page. I'm asking for CU to reveal any other sleepers. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 22:43, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to, , and , all of whom are already blocked. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:18, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

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Duck. Compare to User:Alfa123whatsupman politicans no code  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 17:30, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * . Favonian (talk) 17:34, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

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He's starting to sock all over my page, and this account is inserting the same incomprehensible nonsense that the last account did. Could a CU run a check for sleepers? <b style="color:#060">💵Money💵emoji💵</b> 💸 16:17, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * Yeah, that's him., but he'll probably be back with more soon. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:26, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

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Silly name, incomprehensible edits. lotsa quacking Praxidicae (talk) 19:13, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

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 * Blocked; closing. Favonian (talk) 19:16, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

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Today I blocked 190.155.14.60 as likely being an IP sock of David Adam Kess. As it appears this case as been somewhat neglected for a bit (though blocked  and the one account listed in this filing), I am filing this to add to the record of recent activity.

The IPs geolocate to Ecuador. They have WP:DUCK editing style (copy-pasting links in edit summaries; perseverating on art forgery and Salem, Mass.). Leaving stale IPs alone but listing for the record.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 21:27, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

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Self closing  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 21:27, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The user under three guises has been spamming a set of photos of tombstones, apparently those of family members, to multiple pages, including Sharon Memorial Park, Massachusetts, Cemetery, World War II, Talk:Jews, Talk:Veteran, and Talk:World War II. The IP address has been blocked for this behavior, whereupon User:444worldwartwotribute888 was created and proceeded to rant at me on my talk page and to repost the photos to the Sharon Memorial Park article yet again. For what it's worth, aside from this, the original account added this to Seybold Building today after similar material posted by that user had already been removed. Largoplazo (talk) 19:04, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged the named accounts. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:37, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * ( originally filed under this user)

I know that checkuser isn't for associating IPs - note that I have not ticked the box to request that. These IPs are purely being used to add images uploaded by 2210777dak at commons to Wikipedia articles. This is block evasion. MrOllie (talk) 23:36, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * Along with the same focus on the Seybold Building and self-justifying edit summaries repeating "i can say for sure u do not have a family member who served in world war two". Largoplazo (talk) 23:58, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * Moved case section from Sockpuppet investigations/2210777dak (apparently this is the correct master). Spicy (talk) 00:48, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
 * - please block for two weeks (anon-only, account creation blocked) - he's been very active on that range recently. No action with respect to the other IP - it hasn't edited since mid-January, and as it's on a different continent from his current IP, it's unlikely he'll be using it again in the near future. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:32, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. 2210777dak is totally him.  Those edit summaries practically scream DAK.  I don't know how I missed that.  I've had all his favorite articles on my watchlist for years. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:50, 5 February 2023 (UTC)