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20 January 2016

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Same focus on the single article Zootopia and whether the film is about mammals or other species (eg. 1, 2), same naive writing style. McGeddon (talk) 13:56, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * The behavioural evidence was quite strong. In addition to the fixation on Zootopia, they commonly used the ampersand (&) in lieu of "and". Additionally both accounts misused the semi protection template along with the other behavioural evidence submitted again. Blocked and closing. Mkdw talk 18:47, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

05 February 2016

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Making the same vague/null edit requests at Talk:Zootopia as blocked sock User:WikiContributy (eg. 1, 2, both with an edit request of "Very nice"). No other edits. McGeddon (talk) 09:24, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅ along with:
 * I've blocked/tagged the new account and adjusted the tags on the master and the previously blocked puppets. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:28, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I've blocked/tagged the new account and adjusted the tags on the master and the previously blocked puppets. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:28, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I've blocked/tagged the new account and adjusted the tags on the master and the previously blocked puppets. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:28, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

08 February 2016

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Adding the same answered=yes null edit requests to Talk:Zootopia as previous socks, and making the exact same fake-referenced cast assertions that Jim Broadbent is playing a panda, etc. (eg. 1, 2) McGeddon (talk) 10:52, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:48, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

15 February 2016

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Making the same edits to the Zootopia article that, contrary to any sources, the film will feature insects, dinosaurs, etc. (1, 2) and making immediate requests for admin rights as a new user (1, 2). McGeddon (talk) 08:55, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * Puppet blocked shortly after this SPI was filed. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:34, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

22 February 2016

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Restoring the same fictional cast details and rambling lists of species to the Zootopia article as previous socks (eg. 1, 2) and adding a sockpuppet-of-Diamese template to another editor's userpage. McGeddon (talk) 15:13, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked as confirmed before I noticed the reopening of the SPI. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:59, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

23 February 2016

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Same null one-word Zootopia edit requests (1, 2) and endangered species infobox vandalism (1, 2) as past socks. McGeddon (talk) 12:56, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * tagged and blocked indef per behavioral evidence. Closing case for now. Mark Arsten (talk) 13:24, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

24 February 2016

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BigManchas Zootopia to Zootopia (2016 film). This user then created Zootopia (2016 film). This user also uses the same edit summaries that mimic Twinkle edit summaries:, , , etc. Really, it's a duck case. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:59, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
 * For context, Zootopia (2016 film) was deleted after the previous sock moved the article there - Nech63216 has created it again. And the content pasted there was a previous version of the article. --McGeddon (talk) 10:12, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

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Nech63216 is ✅, blocked, and tagged, along with. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:42, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

25 February 2016

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Same null edit request at Talk:Zootopia and false claim to have some kind of admin status as previous socks. Requesting checkuser as there was a second account wasting people's time elsewhere yesterday. McGeddon (talk) 09:35, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * I'm closing this without a CU. I just ran a CU and see no need to run another so quickly. I might reconsider if you'd tell me the name of the account who is "wasting people's time", along with some evidence to support its relationship to the master.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:50, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I was only referring to yesterday's User:NechBot - just wondered if "create a second account to make some fake credential edits to unrelated articles" was their new thing. I appreciate that it's probably too speculative for a CU, in retrospect, though. --McGeddon (talk) 17:09, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

27 February 2016

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Same behaviour as past sock User:BigManchas - moving Zootopia to Zootopia (2016 film), editing the Giant anteater infobox to declare it extinct. McGeddon (talk) 19:08, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 21:19, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing. Mike V • Talk 00:03, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

29 February 2016

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Restoring their preferred old version of Zootopia at User:Noah39944949/sandbox and making another hoax Disney film draft at User:Noah39944949/sandbox/Tea World with the same "TBA as (name), a (creature)" castlist style as past socks. McGeddon (talk) 12:01, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 12:08, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:57, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

29 February 2016

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A new user making the same draft edits of Diamese's favoured hoax version of the Zootopia article (User:King93994949/sandbox) and some fake "your draft has been approved" user talk page messages. Similar keyboard-mashed 3/4/9 username, registered twenty minutes after the previous sock's block. McGeddon (talk) 12:43, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked and tagged. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:44, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

27 March 2016

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Diamese has an interest in vandalism to articles on endangered species and children's films, as does J78ww and Big8388desa.
 * Endangered species
 * Diamese socks: ,
 * J78ww: ,
 * Adding hoax casting to children's animated films
 * Diamese socks: ,
 * J78ww:
 * Big8388desa: ,
 * Illumination Entertainment:
 * Big8388desa: created Egg (Illumination Entertainment) and
 * J78ww: created Draft:Egg (Illumination Entertainment) with the same content

In the case of the hoax casting, the citations provided fail verification. J78ww also makes nuisance edits like previous Diamese socks:, ,.

Note that Big8388desa is already blocked. This is mostly for historical purposes and to strengthen the case against J78ww. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:08, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * J78ww and Big8388desa are ✅ to each other and to Diamese. Materialscientist (talk) 10:38, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I've tagged, which was created by Diamese a minute before confirmed sock User:Aktent was also created by Diamese. The account has already been blocked by  as a sock.   is also likely related due to this edit, but is stale.  Closing.  TDL (talk) 15:23, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

01 April 2016

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Adding Diamese's old "Pinnipeds, Cetaceans & Dinosaurs" nonsense to Zootopia, barnstar trolling and calling out editors who've reverted Diamese's edits in the past. McGeddon (talk) 09:36, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅ Txjka. Materialscientist (talk) 10:01, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:40, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

02 April 2016

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See user's contributions (especially this page creation). User immediately went to two user pages and added sock puppet templates (here and here). User's first contribution made was to the user space of an IP, replacing an ipsock template suspecting that the IP is a sock puppet of Diamese (see here). I'm feeling like this account may also be a sock puppet of Diamese, but I'll leave it to the checkusers and admins to determine if my evidence holds enough weight.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   14:41, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 22:57, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:40, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

29 April 2016

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Same behaviour as recent Diamese socks - messing around with sock templates on their old user pages, faking sock templates about editors who've reverted or reported them and lying about being an admin on their userpage. McGeddon (talk) 08:37, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 08:46, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:37, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

08 May 2016

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Making same sort of edits to user talk pages to request adminship etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Addshore&diff=prev&oldid=718616801

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Xeno&diff=prev&oldid=718606031

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Addshore&diff=prev&oldid=718728113

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=prev&oldid=719197251

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Addshore&diff=prev&oldid=719208100

I am requesting CheckUser as there have been a number of socks recently. 5 albert square (talk) 08:56, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

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✅ and tagged. . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:50, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

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Pestering for admin rights: past sock Okc3993 posted to Addshore's talk page saying "I'm going to be a bureaucrat, administrator and template editor by Addshore" last month. User:112.134.80.13, User:112.134.82.66 and now User:GTo202033 have followed up with increasingly specific demands on that same talk page, GTo202033 posting a list of requested steps for Addshore to create User:Bun29 as a new account with a given login, ending with "Bun29 wants to be a bureaucrat, administrator and edit filter manager by Addshore". McGeddon (talk) 10:21, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Adding User:112.134.81.232 for what it's worth - within ten minutes of this SPI being raised, GTo202033 stopped editing and 112.134.81.232 added the same request to other users' talk pages. --McGeddon (talk) 18:30, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Sock indeffed and tagged, IP blocked for 24 hours. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:47, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

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Making same edits regarding "Bun29" becoming a bureaucrat. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:13, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

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Admin assistance needed: please block the IP 48 hours. Compare previously reported IP's with this IP's. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 12:17, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Nakon 22:33, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

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Wants Zootopia to become unprotected, wants "PainOfTheSoul" account to be created, etc Sro23 (talk) 16:13, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Diamese is primarily a Zootopia-oriented vandal, but he also makes nonsense edits to various Project-space pages, often demanding user rights.
 * This IP editor: In, he requests that the protection be removed from the article and suggests moving it.  has a similar request to move Zootopia.  In , he makes a request of bureaucrats to grant additional user rights.
 * Diamese socks: In, a Diamese sock specifically requests an account be created with the same stats. Other socks have made similar requests or claimed to be an admin, such as  at the Bureaucrats Noticeboard, , and .  Diamese socks are responsible for re-creating Zootopia (2016 film) and related move-vandalism to that title, such as  and , which created a duplicate target.  Diamese wants Zootopia's move protection lifted so he can go back to doing this. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:17, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I've added 112.134.80.25, who isn't editing on Zootopia, but is asking for bureaucratship of Bun29 again. Chickadee46 (talk&#124;contribs) 19:32, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * The IPs are now stale. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 19:43, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

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Here a Diamese IP sock made this edit that mentions User:Rack3515 Sro23 (talk) 02:33, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Reopen if the account ever does anything. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:48, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

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Has been bouncing around for a while - Socks of both accounts have edited the Zootopia page, attempting to change it to another name, also both demand to have admin priveleges, usually forcing a user to do it for them. Both also have the same, often inconprehensible standard of English. I know CU evidence mey not link the two together but behavioural evidence may do. Nordic  Dragon  06:50, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

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Must be a coincidence/overlap. Profile101 is from Singapore. Isn't Diamese from Sri Lanka? Sro23 (talk) 06:56, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

I raised this similarity at Profile101's original SPI back in February - although there are some minor two-way similarities, it may be as simple as an unrelated vandal copying some Diamese vandalism for fun, and Diamese then adopting a title used by that vandal (either for the same reason, or because Diamese's poor English meant that "Disney's Zootopia" hadn't previously occurred to them as a plausible title to start faking articles at). --McGeddon (talk) 08:41, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * The two masters are ❌. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:12, 8 July 2016 (UTC)