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Edits on multiple pages (Antagonist, 7flix, 9Go!, Nine Network, Network 10) in common with the blocked master; the same rambling about "bullies" and "predators" in Antagonist. Largoplazo (talk) 23:19, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

And Seven Network and 7mate. Largoplazo (talk) 23:34, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * The IP edits are too old. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:26, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

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The usual flawed edits to Antagonist as well as edits to articles on Australian TV channels with numbers in their names. Largoplazo (talk) 23:41, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * Sorry, your report was good but we didn't get to it until now, when the IPs are too old to take action. Let me know if there's any other administrative action to take (protections etc). Best, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 17:57, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I saw there was a backlog at the time, no worries.
 * The down side of blocking Antagonist is that now I don't have any way to know which of the IP users editing the articles on all those Australian television channels are this user! Largoplazo (talk) 19:17, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

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The same focus on Australian TV channels coupled with WP:OR edits involving "bullies" and "jerks" at Antagonist. Also, the account names start with Drew/Dre, respectively, followed by a last name beginning with "Pala". Largoplazo (talk) 03:36, 31 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Undoing this user's edits on TV articles is going to be complicated if it's endeavored, in light of interspersed edits by other users. Largoplazo (talk) 12:08, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * , GeneralNotability (talk) 23:07, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

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The same focus on Australian TV articles plus Antagonist. Largoplazo (talk) 03:32, 1 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Comment: Those IPs edits are on Network 10, 10 Bold, 10 Peach, 9Go!, and Antagonist... easily passes DUCK, possible a range block at 202.174.0.0/16 would be best? And at least one IP previously blocked for a month resumed recently... Magitroopa (talk) 04:58, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * I agree that this is Drewpalazzolo behavior, IPs are from the same area as IPs in the archives (including one on the same range). has blocked 202.174.176.0/23, so nothing else to do here. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:35, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Given that we now have DrePalamob as a sock (see 31 August 2020), I'm reblocking/tagging Drewpalazzolo as master. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:25, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

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The master's signature combination of edits to articles on Australian children's television coupled with edits to Antagonist focused on "bullies" and "non-villainous intentions" Largoplazo (talk) 11:14, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * Not this again (nice of them to have the same IPs as last time). Reapplied the rangeblock for three months. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:56, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

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Same focus of articles as sockmaster and already-blocked IP including List of The Loud House characters, 9Go!, and List of programs broadcast by Nine Network. Likely block evasion. Editor Interaction Analyser from previous IPs and user accounts should be telling enough. Magitroopa (talk) 04:13, 11 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Another IP added. Same disruptive editing style going on at List of The Loud House characters. A range block and/or page protection may be needed... Magitroopa (talk) 20:44, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * There is no ongoing disruption. The IPs are stale now. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  01:50, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

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Same exact editing style (see edit here for same type of villain/hero/evil edits) and focus of articles (including List of The Loud House characters, 10 Shake, 9Go!, Antagonist, List of programs broadcast by Nine Network, and Hero). Likely passes WP:DUCK, seems like another range block at 202.174.176.0/23 might be best. Hasn't edited since December, but seems to also be at 120.17.20.0/23- includes stale IPs from recently closed SPI investigation at Sockpuppet investigations/Drewpalazzolo/Archive. Magitroopa (talk) 22:36, 10 January 2021 (UTC)


 * The 202.174 IP/IP range is still at it. Magitroopa (talk) 02:20, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * While the edits to Antagonist were months ago and haven't been reprised (if memory serves, the article's been semi-protected) and this is an IP address, the resumed focus on Gumball and Ten Shake coupled with the IP address should suffice to establish this as the same user. Largoplazo (talk) 23:00, 10 January 2021 (UTC)


 * See the IP range though, they are clearly still there... 202.174.176.0/23. Magitroopa (talk) 22:57, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * It is unfortunate that the SPI queue is so backed up that we didn't get to this for over a month. That being said, the IP hasn't edited in three weeks, so there's nothing left to do there.  Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:33, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I've dug through the archive in more detail and see that 202.174.176.0/23 has been a chronic problem with multiple blocks. I've re-blocked that range for another 3 months.  I'm hesitant to block a range for longer than that.  I'm guessing we'll be back here in May,  The set of target articles seems pretty small, so possibly long term semi-protection might be a better plan, but we'll figure out what to do next at that time.  -- RoySmith (talk) 00:05, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
 * The offender is back. See below. Largoplazo (talk) 03:57, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

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The telltale combination of poor editing at Antagonist and edits to articles on television channels, primarily Australian ones. Largoplazo (talk) 03:51, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Though we keep having Antagonist protected, I feel as though it's better to live it unprotected because the combination of that article with the TV station articles positively identifies this blocked user, as distinct from random newcomers making edits to the TV articles, and makes reverting all of their edits on sight uncontroversial. Largoplazo (talk) 04:04, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , It's not clear what you're requesting here. If not protecting the pages, then the only alternative is blocking the IPs.  The've been all over 120.16.0.0/14.  That's way too large to consider blocking (I don't think the wikimedia software even allows blocking a /14). -- RoySmith (talk) 05:30, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , I'm requesting, in anticipation of anyone suggesting it, that Antagonist not be protected. Given that this abuse is via IP addresses that, as you note, can't be reasonably blocked (they cover a wide range also inhabited by many productive users), one response in the past has included protecting Antagonist. I felt moved to explain in anticipation why that might be counter-productive. Largoplazo (talk) 12:02, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Normally, I'd say that if the page is getting abused, protecting it is the right thing to do. However, I'll defer to Largoplazo on this.  Closing with no action taken. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:51, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

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All edits thus far are all on usual targeted articles of this person- List of The Loud House characters, 10 Shake, Nine Network, and Network 10. This edit is also part of a sentence originally added by them as well. Magitroopa (talk) 22:48, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
 * If you go in the archive/previous IPs brought up in this SPI, you can see the same targeted articles: List of The Loud House characters, 9Go!, 10 Shake, Nine Network, Network 10, etc. Seems rather odd that this user joins and starts editing these same articles as well. More similar edits (such as the example I had said above) can be seen in and  vs.  and . Magitroopa (talk) 02:38, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * . For someone less familiar with this case, could you please explain what about LinkBro's edits to these pages evinces sockpuppetry? It's not immediately obvious from checking their histories, and the one pair of diffs you've given doesn't say much on its own. Thanks.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 03:55, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Usually article overlap on its own isn't enough to block on, especially if they're closely related articles, and especially if those articles are in a topic area that tends to attract "special interest" editing. The diffs you're providing show similar conduct, enough that I think this is more likely than not a Drewpalazzolo sock, but it's not distinctive enough to me that I'm comfortable requesting a block here. If you're unable to provide something more concrete than that set of diffs, I'm afraid I'll have to close this for now, although without prejudice against a re-file if further evidence emerges. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 03:18, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
 * In addition to the evidence presented by Magitroopa, I've done my own investigation and identified additional similarities between LinkBro and other socks, e.g.,, including edit-warring with Magitroopa, the same bad English, not only editing the same articles but often the same sections and even spots of those articles, and sometimes using a mobile and sometimes not. I've therefore blocked and tagged LinkBro. Bbb23 (talk) 16:42, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
 * One more thing I forgot to include: I was about to block LinkBro indefinitely for disruptive editing when I spotted the notification of this case on LinkBro's Talk page.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:44, 24 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 00:27, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

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Previously blocked on this range last year, recently back again on this range, mainly on List of The Loud House characters. Looks like another block is needed... Magitroopa (talk) 01:55, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Also worth noting that the current IP edit warring over the 'accident-prone' phrase shows that LinkBro was indeed a sock, as seen here. Magitroopa (talk) 02:09, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * And seems to be at 49.187.104.209 now based off of this... Magitroopa (talk) 05:19, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Restoring content by a previous suspected sock on a previously-blocked range is solid enough for me. It's been eight months since the last rangeblock, but it looks like they've been flying under the radar in those 8 months. Basically every edit from this range since then is about television, especially Australian television. If this were a single IP I'd say block for two years at this point. For a /23, where a longer block draws a greater risk of discouraging people who aren't yet editors might want to become ones, I think six months is a good balance. .  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 02:38, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I did 1 year block but won't object if another admin shortens it.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 05:52, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Evergreen. again: .  If they stay on that IP after the block expires, please report to AIV with a link to this SPi. Thanks.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 07:33, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Done. Looks like we are done here now. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:24, 7 February 2022 (UTC)