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Pro forma report, basis for check was Articles for deletion/A. Sims. ST47 (talk) 05:47, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

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 * Filing an SPI since this is apparently ongoing. The three listed accounts are ✅ to each other. DrTazz was the primary account, however filing under Just Go Up as that is technically the oldest. ST47 (talk) 05:47, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

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XxMillerMacxX recreated A. Sims (deleted at AfD) as Asimsart. ST47 (talk) 00:58, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * ✅, . ST47 (talk) 00:58, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

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joined just after the last set of socks and first move once they get ac was to create Asimsart again. Praxidicae (talk) 15:35, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for blocking, I'd like to rescind my request for salting cause this might make a nice honeypot so they don't wind up taking it under another name and going unnoticed...Praxidicae (talk) 18:28, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * Obvious. I'll block, tag, G5, and spread some salt around.  -- RoySmith (talk) 18:23, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I get the honeypot idea, but I prefer to leave it salted. Hopefully WP:NPP will catch any recreations.  -- RoySmith (talk) 18:32, 3 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Vibecheck98 has been CU confirmed Special:Diff/933926679. Cabayi (talk) 20:50, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

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DaMonster997 requested undeletion of a page (WP:REFUND) created by Vibecheck98, sock of the above. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 10:37, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * You must use the form at Sockpuppet investigations to create a new investigation. This report was malformed and the bot did not detect it. Using the form (under "How to open an investigation") uses a pre-loaded template which includes all of the required templates. ST47 (talk) 14:44, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
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I noticed FadedOrange had been reviewing drafts without having the AFC right. Some of his acceptances were suspicious, like and, so I looked further into it.
 * FadedOrange has accepted 2 of ArtWorldEditor's drafts, and.
 * ArtWorldEditor's original username was Manufacturedstudios, which they changed after being advised to do so at COIN. FadedOrange's first edit, in April 2019, was to add Robert A. Sims to the Expressionism page.  Robert A. Sims is the founder of Manufactured Studios.
 * Both editors create talk pages for their articles/drafts (unusual for new editors) and rather than adding WikiProject banners, they use text to start the talk page.
 * Similar userpages (User:ArtWorldEditor and User:FadedOrange) containing the Wikipedian infobox, account age userbox, and a table listing their articles/drafts/reviews. In keeping with the theme of pretending to have user rights one doesn't have, ArtWorldEditor's infobox bizarrely states that they received the page mover right on January 21.
 * Both editors give a detailed explanation of the subject's notability in the edit summary when starting a new page or moving a draft.
 * Oh, and there's this:  Quack.

I think this evidence makes it clear that there is socking or meatpuppetry going on, but I'm requesting Checkuser to look for other accounts, especially since aspects of FadedOrange's editing suggest prior familiarity with Wikipedia. SpicyMilkBoy (talk) 15:54, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

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FadedOrange and ArtWorldEditor are ✅ to the master/socks in Sockpuppet investigations/Just Go Up. . Please merge the  case into this one and retag the Just Go Up accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:26, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Just Go Up case merged to FadedOrange and socks retagged —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 21:00, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

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More Asimsart garbage Praxidicae (talk) 16:55, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. Ducky behaviour. Close. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:01, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

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UndyingCarrot recreated Anthony Sims, the usual target of this sockfarm, which has been deleted several times under the names A. Sims and Asimsart. The account has also been engaged in promoting something called "Manufactured Museum Of Art" (see COIN thread), which sounds suspiciously similar to the "Manufactured Studios" stuff that the socks and  were promoting:. SpicyMilkBoy (talk) 01:06, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' I am very pleased to see this! Good work. That Manufactured Digital art Thingmajig was about two inches/5cm away from being a hoax.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 01:50, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅, ST47 (talk) 01:47, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

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Recreated Birds Aren't Real, previously G5'd as created by this sockmaster, at Draft:Birds Aren't Real; has also been editing things related to sockfarm targets A. Sims and Hannah Dimmitt over at Wikidata. SpicyMilkBoy (talk) 02:43, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * - This seems likely to be a sock from behavior, but the content of Draft:Birds Aren't Real is different enough from the G5'd Birds Aren't Real that confirmation would be a good thing, not to mention another look for sleepers. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:42, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
 * , ✅, . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 00:17, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged ChiefNelson, G5'd Draft:Birds Aren't Real, closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:05, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

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New account immediately recreated G5'd article Anthony Sims which has been a target of this master in the past, requesting CU to confirm Kb03 (talk) 14:11, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Looking at the most recently deleted version and the newly created one, it's clear they're both from the same script, but they're different enough that my hunch is more meat than sock. Still worth checking. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:23, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Ugh, it's stale. Sorry about that.  Removed the endorsement.  -- RoySmith (talk) 16:24, 20 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Not only recreated Anthony Sims (prior sock: UndyingCarrot), but also (edited) Draft:Jammie Holmes (prior sock: ArtWorldEditor). That's enough for me.  G5 Anthony Sims. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:52, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

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see Draft:Anthony Sims TAXIDICAE💰  16:07, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * , G5'd Draft:Anthony Sims -- RoySmith (talk) 18:15, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

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He's back. See User talk:RoySmith in which he sweet-talked me and I almost fell for it. There's AGF and then there's just being a sucker, and apparently I'm the latter.  Opening this just for the record. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:19, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

Adding: per Special:Diff/1031294083 -- RoySmith (talk) 20:56, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

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