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30 March 2016

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Suspected master and suspected sock #1 are blocked already. They are, it seems, involved in nationalistic POV-pushing (my favorite) by adding and removing various nationality categories to/from articles. Some examples:. From the second I saw the other account (Spacetime123), I knew they were a sock, because their editing was so suspicious. For example, look at Torpedo: master, sock, new suspect. Same on Parachute:. The usernames clinch it, too. Requesting CU to confirm and look for sleepers, due to the extremely broad areas these guys are editing in. GABHello! 23:28, 30 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Sorry if CU wasn't really needed, I was just a little unsure if any accounts had slipped out of my attention (very wide range of articles). I also thought there may be an older master, as the ethnicity and Balkans areas have been plagued by edit-warring and sockpuppetry. GABHello! 00:32, 5 April 2016 (UTC)


 * They were CU-blocked by, so I guess that's that. GABHello! 22:33, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * Wow, GAB, you sure file a lot of SPIs . Regarding all listed socks, . I'm not certain I would endorse a CU request, so I won't touch that for now. My thoughts and initial instinct were to decline the CU request because it seemed a bit like fishing, but I'll leave that for another clerk or CU to decide. (I'm a trainee; let me know if I did anything wrong.) Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 00:17, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagged and closing based on 's block. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 23:52, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

08 April 2016

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One-day-old user dubiously adding/removing nationality invention categories (especially Category:Croatian inventions which happen to be the same articles that previous Filipz123 socks have dubiously tagged in the same manner:
 * Double-entry bookkeeping system: Filipz123, Jwred
 * Torpedo: Filipz123, Spacetime123 , Jwred
 * Tamburica: Spacetime123, Jwred

There are others, but this quacking should suffice. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 21:46, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, all edits reverted. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:25, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

13 April 2016

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Pushing Croatian origin at double-entry bookkeeping system, same as previous socks. Compare this account's with confirmed sock Jwred's. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 18:28, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked by DMacks. Quack! -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 20:31, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

10 May 2016

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Entire contribution history is editing the same categories as previous socks, starting with, , -- ferret (talk) 00:38, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * Seems to have been CU-blocked now. GABHello! 02:02, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * Sock is already blocked and tagged. Closing. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 15:13, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

20 May 2016

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POV editing at double entry bookkeeping pushing Croatian origin, and pushing Croatian origin in general on other pages, same as all previous accounts. Compare Filipz123 with IP, and previous sock Jwred  with IP. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 13:00, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * Convincing duck. The IP has already changed, witness the now blocked . Guess we can close and await what may come. Favonian (talk) 13:07, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

27 May 2016

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Compare this account's with previous sock's. Note that several of the links added by the new account are to articles edited by previous socks to insert unsourced Croatian origin. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 20:35, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * the IP in the second diff was previously blocked as a sock (see the archive), but also shares an obsession with previous socks (e.g. ) with removing an image from the top of the list article, and adding links to other dubiously Croatian inventions (e.g. ). I believe it's a WP:DUCK and CU is unnecessary, but since I opened the case I assume it's better to have another clerk review before recommending action, and your questions I think show good reason for a second look. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 07:49, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * But, you are a clerk. Why don't you endorse a CheckUser or recommend blocking?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:04, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * The second diff appears to be a diff for an IP and not one of the accounts listed for this SPI. Is there anything else that you believe links Rev912 to the master or one of the previously tagged socks? Also, as Vanjagenije has pointed out in their question, SPI clerks are able to self-endorse their own cases. This practice presumably applies to trainees as well. Mkdw talk 05:01, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Admin assistance required: please block the named accounts indef and block the IP let's say 1 week. The new account and the IP are continuing to make the same changes as previous socks on List of Croatian inventions and discoveries. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 14:09, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Named accounts indeffed, IP blocked for 48 hours. This IP seems to be dynamic and might change the user soon, so a week would be too long.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:16, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

01 June 2016

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Another one. Same target articles, same push of Fausto Veranzio Andy Dingley (talk) 00:48, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * , unnecessary, this new account is continuing the last sockpuppet's obsession with Croatian engineers and is a WP:DUCK. Admin please block. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 01:14, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * unsurprisingly ✅, FWIW. . T. Canens (talk) 06:56, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

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restoring undone edits made by known sock User:786543can. Same characteristic interest in Fausto Veranzio. See   for example Meters (talk) 04:58, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

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both IPs quiet now, closing. I've been dealing with this IP-hopping POV warrior for a while now, best response seems to be WP:RBI and maybe also semiprotecting the articles while they're active. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 15:42, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

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see vs..  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:16, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Asking for someone else to restore their Veranzio edits through semiprotection is a dead giveaway. can you also mass-rollback their contribs? All the same edits as previous socks, switching around "invention" categories in articles to the point of vandalism. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 21:21, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:27, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * This is just for the record, I blocked and tagged the sock.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:17, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

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Fausto Veranzio fandom on the usual pages. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 12:16, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

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Admin assistance needed - please block both of these IPs 72 hours. It looks to me like a rangeblock may be possible here but I don't know the technical ins-and-outs, I'll leave that up to the admins' discretion. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 12:19, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Both blocked. Doesn't look like there's a basis for a range block at this point in time. Closing. Favonian (talk) 12:26, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

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Same ISP, same Fausto Veranzio edits Andy Dingley (talk) 13:25, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:56, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

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Same old, same old Andy Dingley (talk) 01:11, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:46, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

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Same again, unsourced Veranzio and Tesla pushing Andy Dingley (talk) 12:02, 22 June 2016 (UTC) Same old behaviour, same ISP Andy Dingley (talk) 18:09, 30 June 2016 (UTC) Yet another one Andy Dingley (talk) 01:52, 1 July 2016 (UTC) First 6-7 edits were removing the same categories that previous socks have removed, such as Ukrainian inventions at STALKER. At least 2 past socks have made the same edits. Entire contribution history appears to focus on "culture invention" categories in the same spaces of the master. See a recentish past sock Bondhead12 who made the same category changes. -- ferret (talk) 11:52, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * Please, do not open new investigations while the previous one is still open. Just add new accounts/IPs to the already open investigation.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:37, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

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Edit warring to reinstate edits from, a Filipz123 sock Andy Dingley (talk) 23:06, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

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Tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:19, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

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Same nationalistic and inaccurate POV pushing on communication satellite. Obvious sock of, if we ever agree who that is. Andy Dingley (talk) 08:08, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Nationalistic invention categories on trivial models of things that aren't a novel invention. Not the most glaring example, but we're seeing so much of this lately. Andy Dingley (talk) 08:11, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Yet more "Croat in Canada" POV pushing Andy Dingley (talk) 09:04, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

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Two here from me - claiming that IrfanView is a Bosnian Invention and that the Rimac Concept 1 - or specifically the electric super car - is a Croatian Invention.

I'm not familiar with the editor, but from reading above they seem to fit the (duck's) bill. Chaheel Riens (talk) 14:43, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Jason1777 and 174.89.65.236 have the very characteristic interest in Fausto Veranzio and restored an edit bu an already blocked sock. Compare and  with  by sock User:174.93.69.147 Meters (talk) 21:25, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

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The two accounts are ✅ to Filipz123 and retagged. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:17, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

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Yet another, same Tesla-pushing Andy Dingley (talk) 16:01, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

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IP was clearly a sock but is stale. and everyone: it will be helpful when dealing with this editor to add new IPs to existing open investigations, rather than starting new ones for each IP. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 21:55, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

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Exactly as expected Andy Dingley (talk) 14:31, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

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✅, already blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:20, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

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Same old stuff, then straight to a user's talk page. New editor?... Andy Dingley (talk) 19:38, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

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Already blocked. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:09, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

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More nationalistic invention recategorization a la previous socks. WP:DUCK  General Ization  Talk   22:54, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note common IP octets with IP reported on 05 July.  General Ization   Talk   22:55, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

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Personally, I prefer this, but each to their own.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:01, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

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It's ether Filipz123 or Europefan, I honestly don't know. Sro23 (talk) 12:18, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * If it's a sock, it's probably Filipz123, who likes using multiple nationalities; Europefan's focused on Germans. GABgab 14:26, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Picigin – It's Filipz123, nuke the lot. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:00, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:38, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

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See Aerial lift. Same push of Croatian inventions Andy Dingley (talk) 21:20, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

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but the IP is stale. Closing. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 21:56, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

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Obvious attacks Andy Dingley (talk) 23:18, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

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Same old POV push of Croatian inventions Andy Dingley (talk) 14:47, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

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And just made this edit. Confirmation? Sro23 (talk) 15:00, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:35, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

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The "Canadian Croat" returns (yet again) Andy Dingley (talk) 00:33, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

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Same old inaccurate Balkan invention pushing Andy Dingley (talk) 22:52, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

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I added 24.114.74.71, who is currently mass removing Category:Australian inventions from articles. Sro23 (talk) 02:30, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Looks like they have moved on to IP 24.114.64.161 now. Sro23 (talk) 02:45, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Added 24.114.77.91 as a loudly quacking WP:DUCK Sro23 (talk) 21:01, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I've been cleaning up 24.114.77.91's spillage for about 30 minutes, though I tend to agree with about 90% of his cat removals. Many of them are categorized as "inventions" when they're actually businesses, art, or theories. I don't appreciate the edit-warring at all, though. Jergling (talk) 21:05, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * The point is that they're a banned editor. They don't get to make any edits here. Long experience of this is that trying to reason with these prolific socks isn't viable, nor is trying to filter their edits and look for "good" ones. The handful of editors in this group are far from accurate: most of their edits, even when they look credible, turn out to be errors anyway. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:17, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, I completely agree. The user shouldn't be making these edits, and letting them stand would send the wrong message. What I'm saying is that I would probably have made the same edits if I had noticed those categories on those pages. I wouldn't have done it obsessively and en masse like this, however. Jergling (talk) 23:20, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Would you, for instance, have made this edit (deleting a significant section on radio control)? The problem with these editors, and  is just as bad, is that they are not here to improve things, they're here to push an agenda. When the two coincide, then they might "improve" things on a small scale. However they're not really interested in that, so every so often you get an edit like this which is sheer bias, done from a separate account to hide it, and then covered up later. Seeing "Tesla did this first" and then arguing over whether Tesla was Croatian, Siberian [sic]! or American, matters nothing, when some other previous invention has just been removed wholesale.  Edits from one of these single-purpose crusader socks just cannot be trusted at all.  Even if their minor change "looks good", another editor must review it right back to the sources and a check of the article history (which I admit, I got caught out by last night). Don't take anything on trust from these people, they are untrustworthy. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:58, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * To your first question, no. It's just the category "cleanup" that I agreed with. 91's edits were almost entirely category removals up until last night, and I was reviewing each one to make sure they weren't outright destructive or wrong. Not knowing about this sock case until yesterday, I didn't really understand the pattern of progressive abuse typical to this user/group. I'm interested in having a discussion with 91 on my talk page, however. Their editing seems emotionally driven, and I think a sit-down might resolve the issue long term since the technical/logical approach just breeds a persecution complex. Jergling (talk) 13:38, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Your talk: page should be linked, because it's the longest discussion I've seen with them.
 * Even if we let the racist abuse go past, I'm still against their behaviour as an editor. The problem we are unlikely to get past is their inaccuracy: they make nationalist claims as if they're gospel. A little investigation shows that they're false. Typically for these "first invention" issues it's not that their literal claim or added content is inaccurate, it's that it wasn't the first invention (but they then present it as if it was). See this useful addition by to hybrid computer, pre-dating their claims by a decade. As they have zero interest in sourcing, then their claims are always tenuous at best. They are also quite happy to just delete blocks of other sourced content, if it suits their agenda.
 * There is also the question of truthfulness: this editor, Filipz123, is a habitual liar. They make obvious socked edits, then deny the connection. They have "a brother" who is doing all the bad edits, not them. They denied the deletions on remote control, when the audit trail of the page history shows them doing it just hours earlier. An editor so abusive, so untruthful, just isn't acceptable. Andy Dingley (talk) 16:39, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * See, that's kind of the problem with a website that allows instantaneous, public, semi-anonymous editing. There are some people who will keep coming back to do harm, no matter how inconvenient or unpleasant we try make the process. I've been reading back through the reports and can see that this one has been absurdly aggressive - especially towards you - and it appears that many of their edits are made specifically to spite your own. It seems like they might have been speedy-blocked under the Europefan investigations without being spoken to, which set off a self-perpetuating cycle of bad behavior and "unexplained" blocks/reverts. My reasoning in having a talk was that there's really no way it could hurt. Worst case scenario is that I've wasted a little time and we're back to dealing with a category vandal just like always. Jergling (talk) 20:19, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I have to agree with User:Andy Dingley about this user's edits. I restored one of the user's reverted edits and took responsibility for it myself since it was a clear improvement, but a few good edits does not even come close to justifying all of the disruption this POV warrior causes. Meters (talk) 19:50, 24 July 2016 (UTC)


 * I have added User:Leich7shk. Suspicious edits: vs, vs , etc. Sro23 (talk) 01:34, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

I completely agree with the addition of Leich7shk. Edit warring to add references to Fausto Veranzio in bridge articles again Meters (talk) 01:59, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * The two CIDR ranges appears to be 24.114.0.0/16 & 24.114.0.0/17 which locates to Toronto, Canada. So perhaps a rangeblock would help if their isn't too much collateral damage. 172.58.40.174 ([}} was [User talk:172.58.40.174|talk]]) 02:14, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

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Admin assistance required:, are Filipz123 and are currently active, please block 72 hours , and then please change the case status to MoreInfo on my behalf. was used by Filipz123 earlier today but now seems to be in use by a different user. I think this revert may have been in error, I haven't seen Filipz123 edit Herman Potočnik related articles before, or do you think this is new behaviour? Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 22:07, 24 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Take a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Space_station&action=history for just one example. Filipz is pushing the false and unsourced claim that Herman Potočnik invented the communications satellite, across a number of articles. He did in fact put forward a concept for a geosynchronous manned satellite. He didn't extend this to communications, or to a geostationary position though. Andy Dingley (talk) 23:08, 24 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Alright, yes, I agree: IP hopping user pushing unsourced Balkan invention theories and hovering over the same set of articles as previously confirmed socks, that's definitely Filipz123. It seems he's expanding his area of interest. As an added bonus, just came off a 1-week block. Admin assistance: please block the 174 IP for 2 weeks, and please semiprotect space station, satellite, communications satellite and geosynchronous orbit for 2 weeks. Ivanvector  🍁  (talk) 00:45, 25 July 2016 (UTC)


 * I blocked the IP for 2 weeks and semi-protected two of the articles for one week; more than that wasn't justified in my view. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:34, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

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The same old "Croatian inventions" category pushing as the millions of his blocked sock puppets and anonymous IPs. He now keeps re-adding the Croation inventions category to MP3 player, which, by the way, is total nonsense. Users keep reverting his nonsense, but as he keeps rotating his IP addresses ad infinitum, we risk being unfairly blocked for violating the 3RR. The whole range should be blocked ASAP (or at least the article should be semi-protected).&mdash;J. M. (talk) 15:47, 27 July 2016 (UTC) J. M. (talk) 15:47, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

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This is a lie. I am simply attempting to add MP3 player which the first working was invented by Tomislav Uzelac — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.114.52.69 (talk) 16:06, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
 * No, it's not a lie. See the reply on my talk page for more details.&mdash;J. M. (talk) 16:28, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
 * You have already been given a good answer at User talk:J. M..
 * There are two problems here: firstly, you are a banned editor. You do not get to edit anything, anywhere.
 * Secondly, your addition was unsourced and so we cannot verify its accuracy. Many of the things you have added have had this problem, or have been clearly wrong according to sources we could see. So there is no "great wrong" here for anyone to defend, this is simply not an edit we can support.
 * As to the matter of becoming an unbanned editor, then that is possible, but would be most unlikely if you keep socking whilst banned. Although thankyou for posting here. This would be a good place to start if you did want to ask how you could go about becoming an unbanned editor. Andy Dingley (talk) 16:29, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
 * It's awfully rude to apologize for doing something, promise not to do it, and then immediately do it again, 24.114. You've just started back over at the beginning of your list here, doing the same thing as before. Why are you trying to destroy the reputation of Croatia and Serbia by acting like a child in their name? Jergling (talk) 17:53, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I would like to add, after seeing your talk page, that it is now irrelevant whether 24.x.x is Filipz123 or not. The behaviour of this IP hopper is so unacceptable that the whole IP range should be blocked anyway. The sooner, the better. A comment like this sends a very clear message that the user has no intention of changing anything and will continue their war against Wikipedia as long as they are allowed to do it.&mdash;J. M. (talk) 19:08, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the two active IPs. A 24.114.0.0/17 rangeblock is too large to be feasible, but if they keep hopping about we may be able to target a couple smaller ranges to help limit the disruption. In the meantime, I've semi-protected MP3 player.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:35, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
 * This is a broader issue than one sock (it certainly applies to Europefan though). I would like to see more use of whole-ISP rangeblocks. If an ISP has a customer who is causing damage here, then that customer should become that ISP's problem. A formal approach to an ISP would be a first step. If nothing is achieved by that, rangeblocks on that ISP. Make it their problem to sort out. Andy Dingley (talk) 23:13, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

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Less than a day after sock protection on Remote control expired, even before the page tag was auto-lifted, Filipz123 was back to work on it. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:31, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

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Posting this here since this seems to be ongoing. User:24.114.67.56 inserted Tesla PUSH'y edits at Radio diff, diff. Brand new account User:Electivo000 popped up right after that to insert more Tesla PUSH'yness diff. User:Andy Dingley identified User:24.114.67.56 as a sockpuppet of blocked user User:Filipz123 here (also part of above old SPI). User:Electivo000 takes credit for User:24.114.67.56's Radio edit here. Should be added to above list? Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 02:21, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's definitely Filipz123, I went ahead and added. Sro23 (talk) 02:26, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * FYI, User:Electivo000 admitted 24.114.67.56 is their IP here. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 02:40, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Added. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 02:51, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

What is wrong with my IP? I have never been blocked and I am not a sockpuppet. Stop harassing me. Wikipedia is a public editing site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Electivo000 (talk • contribs) 02:52, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

Allow me to use Wikipedia as I rightfully can. Not everybody that edits Tesla is a sockpuppet of somebody that once edited Tesla. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Electivo000 (talk • contribs) 02:54, 2 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Filipz123 never even did work on Tesla. What is going on? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Electivo000 (talk • contribs) 02:55, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked user Electivo000 is continuing to sock through IP 24.114.65.39, reverting back in this Electivo000 edit here.  "24.114.XX.XX" seems to be this editors range. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 14:51, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Ditto 24.114.65.42 diff. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 18:21, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Back at it with another "24.114.XX.XX" IP ---> 24.114.56.192 <-- 25 edits in 30 minutes. Same MO of removing other national Categories in some diff and inserting "Category:Croatian inventions" in others diff. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 19:50, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Adding 24.114.76.131, whose only edit so far is to remove the speedy deletion tag from Category:Macedonian inventions, a category created by an already blocked sock, User:Justinian12090912. Sro23 (talk) 01:24, 5 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Adding 24.114.56.52, only edits to date are incorrect claims to Croatian inventions. Burninthruthesky (talk) 09:17, 5 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Added . Burninthruthesky (talk) 12:18, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * Admin assistance needed: please block . Pushing the Croatian invention theory at Accounting is a dead giveaway for Filipz123, plus all of that account's other edits. The IPs are also obviously him, but all are stale. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 13:32, 5 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged per clerk's request. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:07, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

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Account created following block of User:Vampamp, category edits to countries of origin. &#9790;Loriendrew&#9789;  &#9743;(ring-ring)  14:46, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
 * May need to check and compare to Sockpuppet investigations/Europefan. Not sure if these are different or needs to be merged together.-- &#9790;Loriendrew&#9789;  &#9743;(ring-ring)  14:56, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked and tagged. Europefan and Filipz123 are two separate masters. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:27, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

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Earlier, I blocked and reverted as a WP:DUCK of this user, but accidentally added my comment to the last entry in the archive. Moving my comments to here to correct that. Thryduulf (talk) 20:30, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK their first (and only edit) was to revert back to the last sock's version of Schola Medica Salernitana, which I've now semied for a month. I've also blocked them, but unless someone can work out a small enough range it looks like it'll be whack-a-mole for a while. Thryduulf (talk) 22:10, 6 August 2016 (UTC) Thryduulf (talk) 22:10, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

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Blocking the IPs is, of course fine, but you don't have to reopen the SPI each time you do it. Thanks. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:20, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

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Restored copyright content on Atomic theory that an IPsock added. Sro23 (talk) 23:51, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:00, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

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Many questionable claims to nationality of inventions, some contradicting the article (e.g. [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piracetam&diff=prev&oldid=733322886].) Burninthruthesky (talk) 15:10, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

And another quack from 24.11.* [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Panthenol&diff=prev&oldid=733342414]. Burninthruthesky (talk) 15:18, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * I blocked earlier for the record. I've also requested an edit filter to try and limit what they can do. I'm not knowledgeable enough about filters to know if it will get approved or not though. Thryduulf (talk) 15:37, 7 August 2016 (UTC)


 * See also &  (per https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amusement_park&action=history). 81.141.41.74 (talk) 15:57, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

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tagged for the sake of completeness, and closed. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 15:44, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Follows the pattern. Both blocked. I'll leave anything else up to CUs/clerks but I'm not sure tagging is a useful exercise with prolific sockmasters. HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  15:31, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Both additional ones blocked. Those IPs have been blocked for the second time this month so maybe they don't have the whole range available to them? Thryduulf (talk) 17:20, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

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Another of the IPs Andy Dingley (talk) 08:19, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * blocked. Thryduulf (talk) 11:30, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * and closed. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 15:46, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

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...and another Andy Dingley (talk) 11:45, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

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- admin, please block the IP 24 hours. If any admins are interested/willing, a rangeblock on 24.114.48.0/20 and 24.114.64.0/20 ought to catch most of these IPs without a whole lot of collateral damage (~8000 addresses). That is, if I understand CIDR ranges, which I don't really. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 17:12, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked. I really don't grok IP ranges so I've not put in a range block. HJ Mitchell does and he looked the other day and said that there would be too much collateral damage to anon-block the /17 (unlrelated anonymous users) but I don't know about the /20s. The requested edit filter may be a better way to go but again it needs knowledgeable input that it isn't getting. Thryduulf (talk) 18:52, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

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Quacking at Azithromycin. Burninthruthesky (talk) 14:39, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * blocked, even if it is belatedly. Thryduulf (talk) 11:31, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

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Speedometer Andy Dingley (talk) 16:04, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

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Could you provide at least a little evidence for investigation?  NasssaNser 11:03, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Filipz123/Archive Andy Dingley (talk) 11:45, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

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Obvious WP:DUCK from the master's range previously editing Fausto Veranzio and now changing nationality invention categories, but the IP is stale. If there is nobody with the tools willing to put a block on the range or implement an edit filter, then there's little to be gained from repeatedly blocking individual IPs for hours at a time. Thus, closing with no action. it doesn't help to be flippant, not everyone is familiar with this case, and you are required to provide evidence in the form of diffs. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 12:22, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

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More of the same Veranzio fandom at Aerial lift, and another matching 24.114.48.0/20. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 21:58, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * Admins please block the duck for 24 hours. If this isn't acted on within 12 hours of my edit's timestamp then don't bother, just close the case. He'll have jumped to another IP inside 24.114.48.0/20 or 24.114.64.0/20 by then and a block will be moot. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 22:02, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

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Characteristic claims to world's oldest [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Furnace&diff=733936907&oldid=722940890] [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Axle&diff=733913697&oldid=733734307]. Burninthruthesky (talk) 07:44, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

And another [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skirt&diff=next&oldid=729976313]. Burninthruthesky (talk) 09:54, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

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Yep, all are Filipz123. Admins, please block the IPs 48 hours. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 22:44, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * You're not serious? Two of the IPs haven't edited since August 10-11, and one hasn't edited in over 24 hours, which Filipz123-wise means he won't continue to use it anyway.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:07, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for double-checking me. Nothing to do here, case closed. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 23:16, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

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All DUCK edits (e.g. [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buzz_cut&diff=prev&oldid=735993387]). Burninthruthesky (talk) 12:46, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

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I will just ask this right now. Is it even worth reporting Filipz123 ipsocks to SPI anymore? This person jumps ips at lightspeed, and there's such a backlog at SPI that by the time an admin gets to this case the ip(s) goes stale. AIV or ANI seem to be more appropriate for reporting Filipz123 ip disruption because we would get a more immediate response there. Sro23 (talk) 13:05, 24 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the update. I agree there is little to be gained by blocking his current IP (except perhaps a paper trail indicating that this is a known sock).


 * I've been studying the range contribs for August, and concur with 's earlier observation that rangeblocks of 24.114.48.0/20 and 24.114.64.0/20 (in other words, IPs with a third octet between 48 and 79 inclusive) should be sufficient. These blocks cover only one quarter the size of the previously rejected /17. A substantial majority of edits from this range appear to be from Filipz123. Burninthruthesky (talk) 09:03, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for your constructive advice on how to handle this. I will do as you suggest. Burninthruthesky (talk) 14:55, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks for trying to think of a solution, but I don't think either board makes sense. ANI is less equipped to deal with this than SPI, and the edits aren't really vandalism, so unless you happen to get an admin who's familiar with this case, it would probably be declined. For some masters, AIV works great, but not really for this one. Unfortunately, I don't think there is a solution. This IP's edits are only hours old but I don't think blocking it even this soon will help. If you notice, the three edits he made were within a couple of minutes of each other, and then he was done with that IP. I should close this, but I'll leave it open just so you and anyone else can see my comments more easily.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:32, 24 August 2016 (UTC) @ (and @ fwiw): I suggest for this sockmaster that if he edits from the usual range, just WP:RBI. We already know full well that matching edits from that range are his; there's no need to record any more to establish a pattern, we're just feeding the troll. I concur with Bbb23 that the two /20 ranges are too much collateral damage, there is too much active innocent activity from the range. Therefore there's little we can do here other than say "yep that's him, but there's nothing we can do", and so we're all wasting our time. Please report if he edits from outside the range, otherwise just revert and ignore. And if you take any flack for it, refer back to this SPI and/or ping me. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 14:47, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Both of the ranges you suggest have too much collateral damage. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:50, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

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QUACK at Musical instrument [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_instrument&diff=736377145&oldid=735693380]. Burninthruthesky (talk) 07:32, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

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please provide more details when making reports. This account's only edit is a revert to restore a previously matched IP's edit. That detail is required to establish a connection. Admins: please block this new sock. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 13:27, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

- I've reverted and added another sock restoring Veranzio fandom at Aerial lift (, vs by a range-matched IP). Please block that account as well. Requesting a sleeper check against any of the accounts confirmed earlier this month. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 13:35, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ + . Blocked, no tags, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:07, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

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Brand new account reverting to enforce unsourced assertions about double-entry bookkeeping and Fausto Veranzio. (e.g., and/or see contribs.) Note that the article they're adding these unsourced claims to just came off protection due to Filipz123 sockpuppetry yesterday. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 16:52, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

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- self endorsing for CU against most recent batch of CU-confirmed accounts based on my own evidence. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 16:58, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ + . Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:11, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

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Duck on Communications satellite: User:Johnstannis's mobile edit promoting Herman Potočnik seems to match various other sock edits to the same article:, and on the actual Herman Potočnik article, User:Orgutko restores ipsock edits immediately after I had reverted them. Sro23 (talk) 15:28, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:38, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:38, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:38, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:38, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:38, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
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New account making same quack as blocked sock, at Axle [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Axle&diff=736373880&oldid=735667037] [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Axle&diff=737754973&oldid=736381637]. Burninthruthesky (talk) 07:25, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:03, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

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Another obvious quacker Andy Dingley (talk) 13:11, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:44, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:44, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:44, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:44, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:44, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
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New account adding material pushing Nikola Tesla [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_people_considered_father_or_mother_of_a_scientific_field&curid=17816236&diff=739039979&oldid=739025302] and reinstating Herman Potočnik pushing from Filipz123's known IP range. [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_people_considered_father_or_mother_of_a_scientific_field&diff=prev&oldid=738976022]. Burninthruthesky (talk) 14:39, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

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✅ + . Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:47, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

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Looks like another Balkan invention pusher Andy Dingley (talk) 18:37, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:54, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:54, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
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Quacking with the removal of inventions categories: Sro23 (talk) 23:49, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

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New user continuing [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miniskirt&diff=740825775&oldid=740821540] attempts by 24.114.69.67 [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miniskirt&diff=740810898&oldid=740511479] to insert pictures from Vinča culture into Miniskirt (the latest picture is also a clear copyvio). Burninthruthesky (talk) 15:19, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

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I haven't seen Filipz123 go after miniskirt before, it's usually science and engineering articles. Is this a new thing? Jergling (talk) 15:29, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, it's not new. See [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skirt&type=revision&diff=735609606&oldid=729976313] at Skirt (which is now semi-protected). Burninthruthesky (talk) 15:40, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I should also clarify that science and engineering are not the only targets. Basically anything that POV pushes Baltic Firsts, e.g. [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vampire&diff=739877904&oldid=739218861 this edit by a blocked sock]. Anyone who stands in the way is [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Burninthruthesky&diff=740651973&oldid=740072684 allegedly practising "fascism"]. Burninthruthesky (talk) 16:01, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh man, you don't need to tell me about his personal philosophy. I didn't know about him when I started reverting his changes to Electric Motor a month ago and he had it out on my talk page. I tried to reason with him until Andy showed me his history, and then I was foolish enough to think I could ease his vendetta. Jergling (talk) 21:40, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Adding Seamus hag, only edit has been a restoring of another sock edit Sro23 (talk) 18:59, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

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Mass changes of and in some cases absurd additions of nationalities of inventions, per other socks of this master.  General Ization  Talk   01:52, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

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- did you know that CheckUser was actually invented by a Serbian monk? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:47, 25 September 2016 (UTC)


 * never mind CheckUser, the IP report below proves Filip is active. Just block this one. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:14, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:55, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

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The IPs return Andy Dingley (talk) 17:57, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * please block 'em. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:13, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Already too old. Closing with no action. Next time, though, please specify the duration of the block you're requesting.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:57, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

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Same old territory, enough to justify CU Andy Dingley (talk) 12:00, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:03, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
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Same POV pushing of nationalistic inventions. Created List of Serbian inventions and discoveries and is now claiming that Tesla invented the remote control. This article is a common target of Filipz123 and the edit was previously made by a known Filipz123 sock. Note the common pattern of an Ontario IP making the edit followed by new named sock. Meters (talk) 01:51, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * Adding 174.92.50.45 who is [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ribavirin&diff=741659018&oldid=736438176 repeating] edits [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ribavirin&diff=735077145&oldid=735068404 previously] coming from Filipz123's more common range of 24.114.*. Burninthruthesky (talk) 08:15, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Please, compare to previous socks.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  07:54, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
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 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:20, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:20, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:20, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
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Warring their previous edits Andy Dingley (talk) 20:29, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Added yet another user who just registered to edit war in List of Serbian inventions and discoveries. BTW, the page should be deleted ASAP, see Criteria for speedy deletion, G5 (the page was created by Robano 98 who is already blocked as Filipz123's sock), and creation-protected, too. Filipz123 is exceptionally persistent there and keeps removing the SD templates.&mdash;J. M. (talk) 21:05, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

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Welcome back to the party, Andy! Sorry for encouraging Filip/24 before, I had no idea how extensive his history was. Do you keep a master list of his favorite articles? I'd like to add them to my watchlist so I can catch him at odd hours. The frequency of reports here really bothers me now that this page is glued to my watchlist. Jergling (talk) 15:11, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChangesLinked&days=7&from=&namespace=0&target=Wikipedia%3ASockpuppet+investigations%2FFilipz123%2FArchive changes related to the SPI archive page] shows all recent edits on articles that have been mentioned here. Might be a useful starting point? Burninthruthesky (talk) 15:43, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I had no idea WM compiled those. Thanks! Jergling (talk) 16:16, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Adding User:Logir0000, mobile edits, introduces to articles. Sro23 (talk) 01:26, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
 * This link is somewhat more reflective (see my note below). Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 04:08, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * please block . Brand new account adding/removing nonsense nationality invention categorizations is definitely Filipz123. The IP is stale. that is a handy link, but it barely scratches the surface of this bizarre nationalist's disruption. The list of pages they've vandalized very likely numbers in the thousands, maybe the tens of thousands. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 02:18, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll let you do the tagging. Let me know if there's more to do here. Katietalk 15:16, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, all done here. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:46, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

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Brand new user editing invention categories, notably editing them on the LTA sandbox page I created yesterday. Requesting CheckUser to confirm, as it occurred to me that I had category links on that page that were likely to be breaking things, and it's possible this user's edit to that page was a good-faith attempt to fix the error. But the account's creation date and subsequent edits paint a different, more familiar picture. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 02:55, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Added another account created today restoring info that previous Filipz123 socks have been recently warring to add: socks    Terazaj:. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 03:00, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Added yet another WP:DUCK: Samuil bulgar's edit history looks like they're trying to win an award for best Filipz123 impersonator. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 03:06, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

He's back with a fresh one this morning. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:27, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

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as noted. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 02:55, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ + . Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:10, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

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Mobile edits, POV Croatian pushing. 174.92.50.45 is apparently static, because several days after the edits to Ribavirin, it edited the same article Desporato edited:. Both attempting to minimize the work of German Rudolf Göckel and push Croatian Marko Marulić. Sro23 (talk) 23:35, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged the named account. Blocked the IP for 72 hours. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:03, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

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More Milan Panic fandom:. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:47, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

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IP restoring the same edits on the same article after coming off block. Please block this IP for 8 days. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:48, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * IP blocked for 10 days. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:54, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

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First one for a while, reverting to old edits Andy Dingley (talk) 14:29, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * please block this WP:DUCK from Filip's usual IP range for 31 hours. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:28, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:33, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

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Another Andy Dingley (talk) 15:32, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked along with .-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:38, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

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174.89.61.118: [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_instrument&diff=prev&oldid=744660049 re-reverting] after block expiry, at Musical instrument. 74.12.58.7: [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_people_considered_father_or_mother_of_a_field&diff=prev&oldid=744186029 reverting] my [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_people_considered_father_or_mother_of_a_field&diff=740524797&oldid=740513069 previous revert], at List of people considered father or mother of a field. This seems to be from a new IP range. Burninthruthesky (talk) 08:45, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * The IPs are no longer being used. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:20, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK sock adding Category:Croatian/Serbian inventions to articles:. We really need to get an edit filter started that disallows these types of edits from new users. Sro23 (talk) 23:40, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * please block this WP:DUCK; note that the account is adding these categories to articles which previous CU-confirmed socks have added them to. please see Edit filter/Requested/Archive 8. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 03:19, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Ivanvector - ✅.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:20, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
 * And tagged. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 03:33, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK sock arbitrarily adding or removing Category:Iranian inventions and Category:Azerbaijani inventions. I thought there was an edit filter set up to stop this, I wonder why these edits keep slipping through. Sro23 (talk) 13:09, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

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✅ + . Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:51, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

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Fausto Veranzio also invented ducks. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:00, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

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- please block 10 days. If you have questions about this suggested block length please email me. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:03, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked for 31 hours after discussion with Ivan. ~ Rob 13 Talk 03:05, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

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restored sock edit to Suspension bridge:. After nearly 10 days the IP is still being used only by Filipz123 so please, it needs to be blocked for a long time. Sro23 (talk) 18:52, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

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and already blocked 72 hours by. Closing, but the case above still requires attention. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 23:57, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

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Removing German inventions category from Speedometer. [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Speedometer&diff=prev&oldid=746070791] Burninthruthesky (talk) 07:29, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

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I understand the edit filter was only set up to stop edits from 24.114.0.0/17. I'm not sure whether it is feasible to expand the filter, but I have put in a request. Burninthruthesky (talk) 11:19, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * it's clearly Filipz123, please block 31 hours. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:04, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Am I correct that the topic area here is inventions and inventors, broadly construed? I see a range I might be able to block. ~ Rob 13 Talk 16:25, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
 * the pattern is adding Serbian and Croatian categories, but removing any nationality category. It's inventions and inventors generally, but how Filipz123 defines "invention" is sometimes absurd; have a look at User:Ivanvector/LTA sandbox. Please also see . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:33, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the 2605:8d80:6a0::/45 range for a week. I saw very limited collateral damage and evidence that most or all of the recent edits on that range were this sockmaster. ~ Rob 13 Talk 16:40, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

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Quack. This IP returned from most recent (second) 3-day block evasion block and immediately made the same Fausto Veranzio related claim again that was previously blocked for. As User: Sro23 pointed out before the latest block, this IP has been in use for some time and warrants a longer block. Nearly identical edits   by other IPs resulted in protection of the article. Meters (talk) 21:10, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * same IP that was inquiring about Filipz123's block on my talk page which led to its just-expired 72 hour block. Please block for 1 month. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 22:50, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Ivanvector - ✅.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:51, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Fin. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 22:57, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

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DUCK repeating edits of blocked sock. [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Romanian_inventors_and_discoverers&diff=733326911&oldid=725135883] [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Romanian_inventors_and_discoverers&diff=746631721&oldid=741468288] Also, tripping some filters. Burninthruthesky (talk) 16:07, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
 * This needs to go to checkuser, because those are neither inherently bad edits, nor are they restoring a previous sock's edits. It is not sufficient evidence of socking for an editor to add "list of inventors" to a category on the inventions of that country. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:30, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

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The account is ❌. Closing with no action.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:22, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

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[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Remote_control&diff=747774045&oldid=747028053 Repeating] previous [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Remote_control&diff=prev&oldid=741680591 IP edit] claiming Tesla invented the Remote control. The latest edit also adds copyright content from the source, as per. Burninthruthesky (talk) 09:23, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * - mass sprees of Croatian/Serbian inventor fanboiism across many articles is Filipz123's thing. One-off copyvios would be a new behaviour, but he has switched things up in the past to try and throw us off. Check is warranted. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:29, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus:
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:19, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:19, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:19, 4 November 2016 (UTC)


 * - please block all of the accounts, and then mark status closed. I will take care of tagging and reverting. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:54, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
 * All blocked. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:58, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

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Yet another on the same old turf Andy Dingley (talk) 00:47, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * - it's Filipz123's IP range, geolocation match and editing categories related to Serbian inventions. Please block for 1 week. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 03:50, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Katietalk 17:22, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

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He clearly didn't like being listed at SPI again! Andy Dingley (talk) 02:00, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * not a match from what I can see. Not the same IP range, not a behavioural match based on the single edit, and editing from a different city. Closing, but if there's something here I missed, drop me a note. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 03:52, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

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Brand new account's very first edit is reverting to restore a previous sock's edits that I had reverted several weeks ago. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:02, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * as filer. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:04, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * - Katietalk 13:19, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅, plus and . Blocked and tagged and closed. Katietalk 13:29, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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First edit was to [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Serbia&diff=749635129&oldid=747255666 re-revert] my previous revert of Vinča [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Serbia&diff=734394463&oldid=733847943 pushing] from Filipz's known IP range. Burninthruthesky (talk) 13:48, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * - that's him too, but there are several distinct IP ranges he's known to use, so a sleeper check is warranted here as well. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:41, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:18, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:18, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:18, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
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Restoring the edit added by Red eggs and green bacon. J. M. (talk) 14:55, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * - please block the IP for 72 hours. I don't see a range worth blocking here. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:44, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked as requested by Ivanvector. Marking as closed. Mkdw talk 04:34, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

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Restoring their edits in List of Serbian innovations and discoveries once again, and deleting the speedy deletion template. By the way, could you please delete the page (it looks like the admins who work at the speedy deletions are not familiar with Filipz123 at all and therefore do not know how to proceed), and creation-protect it, too? I think Filipz123 will keep recreating it. J. M. (talk) 00:50, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * - definitely Filipz123. Please block the range 2605:8d80:6a0::/45 for 2 weeks. Pinging as the admin who enacted the most recent 1-week block on this range, but any admin should of course feel free to act on this request.


 * Please also delete the page (speedy criterion G5) and its talk page (G8), and create-protect the title. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 02:26, 21 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Range blocked, page also has been salted. Feel free to check my work of course. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:48, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
 * looks done Guerillero  &#124;  Parlez Moi  05:49, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

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Once again restoring their Serbian twist which he added several times before. The Writing article could perhaps be semi-protected... J. M. (talk) 13:23, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * - please add 2605:8D80:680::/44 to the existing 2-week rangeblock. The user appears to cover both IP ranges. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:29, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
 * closed due to inactivity. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 00:31, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

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The usual changes in the usual topics. See contribs. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 21:43, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * for sleepers. Also pinging regarding edit filters. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 21:43, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged, working on the filter &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  23:14, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Since you are more familiar with this case, please feel free to take another look regarding sleepers. Thanks &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  23:31, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
 * is ✅, blocked and tagged. I wouldn't expect you to connect this account technically (it has no edits, so is in fact a "sleeper") without digging deeply into past blocked accounts. It's also not a commonly used UA.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:50, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, all done then. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 00:32, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

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Created List of Slovene inventions and discoveries. The article is formated exactly the same way List of Serbian inventions and discoveries (created by another sock) was. Sro23 (talk) 01:21, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

My list is created by template of List of Croatian inventions and discoveries. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oskar shlomo (talk • contribs) 01:23, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

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Blocked, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:27, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

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Active while master active recently. Only edit added some of Filipz123's favourite targets to an eastern European list of inventors, as well as subjects which most rational users would recognize are not invented (like gold). Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:53, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * per me. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:54, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * What does "active while master active recently" mean? Why are you endorsing a CU?--Bbb23 (talk) 15:06, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I mean the account was active at the same time as Filipz123 (the master) was editing with other sock accounts (see unarchived investigations above). Requesting/endorsing CU to confirm and to check for sleepers as this user is known to create many accounts at a time and use each one for only a few edits, thus likelihood of undetected vandalism is high. I was thrown off by the unusual focus on Bulgaria (versus the usual attention to Serbian/Croatian individuals) but he's been targeting that nationality lately (Ukgh uhy).
 * Now that I'm looking at this again I see that there's also the complicating factor that the behaviour matches, but the sock that I had previously reverted as a Filipz123 sock at List of Bulgarian inventors and discoverers turned out to be a CU-confirmed sock, and I think we've already conclusively determined that Europefan and Filipz123 are not technically related.
 * In addition to sleepers, can you check the recent accounts against recent Europefan socks, for example or ? I think I know what you'll find, but let's be sure. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:03, 28 November 2016 (UTC)


 * ✅ + . Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:43, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

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Recreating the deleted List of Slovene inventions and discoveries created by Oskar shlomo (see the report from 28 November). If it's Filipz123, the page should be deleted again and salted. J. M. (talk) 17:04, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * leaving without tags per WP:DENY. I think the benefit of tagging this user has run out. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:06, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

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A single-purpose account created only for restoring the edit added by Filipz123 several times before. It's obviously Filipz123 again.&mdash;J. M. (talk) 15:56, 1 December 2016 (UTC) J. M. (talk) 15:56, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

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Blocked, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:53, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK Sro23 (talk) 01:57, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * - unlike the case I just listed below, this one is 100% obvious. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:49, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:11, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

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Adding all the same inventions back into List of Croatian inventions and discoveries again. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:07, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

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I have been observing. I notice you obsess over this list and revert anybody that adds inventions to it. Then you proceed to get them blocked by linking them to one of the few sock puppet names you use. This is very systematic way of preventing information to enter. Information I added is new and some which I found in the edit history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Devon tab (talk • contribs) 13:32, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

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✅ to Filipz123 +. Blocked, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:05, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * - please block the user and delete their sandbox WP:G5. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:14, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Changing this to - this account is an obvious sock, see their telltale first ten edits. However it's escaped my notice until now that Filipz123 has mostly left this article alone for a few months (he's busy elsewhere) and it's not his style to troll talk pages. Please check against this case and against Sockpuppet investigations/BrunoMed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:20, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

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New Ontario IP addresses repeating edits of blocked socks. [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_instrument&diff=prev&oldid=736377145][//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_instrument&diff=next&oldid=752417530], [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Astronautics&diff=749335096&oldid=746874468][//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Astronautics&diff=next&oldid=750014642] Burninthruthesky (talk) 09:29, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * closed with no action. The most recent of this pair are three days old, he'll have already moved on to others. SOP should be revert and ignore, per WP:DENY. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:14, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

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This morning I thought it might be a good idea to see if any of Filipz123's edits that we'd missed (because he sometimes reverts himself with a different IP so that we'll revert back to his preferred version, oops) were useful, and that included removing a number of his old categorization edits because their either borderline, not supported by the article, or utter nonsense. It took less than 30 minutes before this brand new user posted a defensive screed on my talk page defending Filipz123's categorizations. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:05, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * block please. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:05, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Ehh... check their block log ;) ​—DoRD (talk)​ 14:36, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Too quick for me! Just noting for the record you blocked as a CU action, yes? Case is closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:52, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Yep, I saw the edits to your talk and ran a check. This account is ✅ to the last few sock accounts in the archive. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 14:56, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

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Created List of Slovenian inventions and discoveries. Sro23 (talk) 00:42, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

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Obviously Filipz123, the page is identical to the previous deleted version (he probably keeps copies of his deleted pages). Please delete the page and salt it, too, Filipz is repeatedly recreating it. He is also trying little variations of the same title (List of Slovene/Slovenian or Serbian inventions and discoveries, innovations and discoveries), so this should be monitored, too.&mdash;J. M. (talk) 01:00, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

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Blocked, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:42, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

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Created List of Slovenian inventions and contributions &#9790;Loriendrew&#9789;   &#9743;(ring-ring)  03:45, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * I added who also recreated List of Slovenian inventions and discoveries.  both for sleepers. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:18, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Both accounts are ✅, but . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:44, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I usually leave this user's socks without tags, but no matter. I would prefer if his various page creations were not salted. Case closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:08, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

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A new account created to remove the speedy deletion template from List of Slovenian inventions and contributions made by Filipz123. Please delete the article, too. J. M. (talk) 16:28, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Added Sam sutra, as the creator of List of Slovenian inventions and innovations. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 17:25, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Added Axle cantle as the creator of List of Slovenian inventions and discoveries. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 17:27, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

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Could you please delete List of Slovenian inventions and contributions, too? Thanks.&mdash;J. M. (talk) 17:45, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:49, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * I removed as that account was CU-confirmed earlier. Please block the other two and delete the lists. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:31, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Sam sutra, Dyanomatic, and  are all ✅. Blocked and deleted. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:34, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

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Quack. Quack! QUACK! Sro23 (talk) 00:45, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Is the edit filter not turned on right now? Sro23 (talk) 00:46, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * - looks like Filipz123 but behaviour is just a bit off. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 02:25, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * - Katietalk 13:51, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ along with . Blocked without tags, closing. Katietalk 13:55, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

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See below. GABgab 15:26, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * I have blocked user:Goddard 88uu for re-creating List of Slovenian inventions which is very similar to List of Slovene inventions and discoveries also made by another sock. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:01, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing. GABgab 15:26, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

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Recreated List of Slovenian inventions. Requesting CU for sleepers. GABgab 15:45, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Endorsing my own request. Thanks, GABgab 15:46, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅, blocked, page deleted, but . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:12, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that's a relief. Closing. GABgab 16:14, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

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Created List of inventions and discoveries from the Republic of Macedonia, basically a handy list of articles targeted by Filipz123 before (in particular, Convenience store, Corpus Juris Civilis, and Cyrillic script). Sro23 (talk) 22:54, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * Adding another, created Inventions from Slovenia.

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 * - a new area of attention for Filipz123, but this account's only edit was creating an article very soon after edited by an IP in one of his ranges. Endorsing for check against history and for sleepers. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 23:02, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ and blocked without tags per WP:DENY. No other accounts seen. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:51, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

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Once again Filipz123's favourite Vinča culture.&mdash;J. M. (talk) 16:06, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * The IP hasn't edited since yesterday and it's a waste of time anyway to block these single very dynamic IPs. He has many to choose from. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:38, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

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First edit repeats edit of blocked sock [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herman_Poto%C4%8Dnik&curid=86634&diff=766847022&oldid=755044329 quack] [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herman_Poto%C4%8Dnik&diff=749334821&oldid=746903978 quack]. Burninthruthesky (talk) 16:48, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked without tags, as per usual. Same relentless drive to promote Slovene and other eastern European scientists, using the same sources that don't support Filipz123's point of view. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:17, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

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Same old unsourced push of Fausto Veranzio Andy Dingley (talk) 10:46, 26 February 2017 (UTC)


 * is also active today. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:54, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Sock blocked without tags. for sleepers. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:58, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Checked, -- Euryalus (talk) 11:08, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Done for now, then. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:52, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

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Edit warring to restore past socks' edits at List of Croatian inventions and discoveries, particularly necktie and speedometer. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:40, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

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This is ridiculous. I didn't even add speedometer. I added completely novel information. Necktie is a Croatian icon. We have a national day for celebrating its invention in Croatia. These are large accusations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hrvatisa (talk • contribs) 13:44, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * - this account has some slightly different interests. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:41, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Exceedingly - in fact, I'd go so far as to say Hrvatisa is a ✅ sock of Filipz123 and have blocked accordingly. Yunshui 雲 水  14:12, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. The page, on which Hrvatisa landed the same day it came off 6 months semiprotection, is now semiprotected for one year. Closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:58, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

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The same edit at Writing as always (,, , , ,  etc.) J. M. (talk) 12:24, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

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 * ❌. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:00, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

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More or less the usual at Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky&diff=740495499&oldid=739025256] [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky&diff=774428704&oldid=768907023] Burninthruthesky (talk) 14:11, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

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 * ❌. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:18, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

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New account quacking again on Herman Potočnik. [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herman_Poto%C4%8Dnik&diff=766847022&oldid=755044329] [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herman_Poto%C4%8Dnik&diff=776908211&oldid=774757182] Burninthruthesky (talk) 07:10, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

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 * Already CU-blocked by . No tags. Closing. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 10:57, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

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Repeating edits of blocked sock [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Remote_control&diff=780114295&oldid=780114158][//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Remote_control&diff=730958836&oldid=730947282], plus obvious username. Burninthruthesky (talk) 13:17, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus . Both blocked. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 14:11, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
 * No tags, but watch for IPs from Toronto and southern Ontario to be restoring these edits over the next few days. Closing. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:13, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

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[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Communications_satellite&diff=781747041&oldid=780785412 first edit] quacks like. Burninthruthesky (talk) 15:22, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * to check against recent socks in the archive. Rangeblock? Sleepers? Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 01:17, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * What can be done, has been done. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 16:14, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

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In retrospect this account seems obvious, although they've been around for a while they just today made a flurry of edits at List of Croatian inventions and discoveries which have restored many of the entries previously added by Filipz123 socks, such as:


 * Necktie and/or cravat: sock sock sock Sheldonium


 * Christmas tree oil well/Texas oil boom: sock Sheldonium


 * Various specific designs of bridge supposedly invented by Fausto Veranzio: sock sock sock Sheldonium


 * "First steerable airship with a metal frame": sock Sheldonium


 * Vegeta (also insisting Vegeta is an invention): sock Sheldonium


 * Rice with chocolate: sock Sheldonium

The additions range from dubious to demonstrably incorrect to things that are not inventions at all. The socks have attempted to solve that by expanding the scope of the list so that more things can be included, and oh so has Sheldonium. In addition Sheldonium shares preferences with a couple socks over what size various images should be.

While several of these entries could reasonably be defined as Croatian [co-]inventions if given proper neutral treatment in an encyclopedic manner, these changes match Filipz123's pattern of presenting a narrative that these things ought to be defined as exclusively Croatian inventions. Others are iterative developments on other preexisting inventions which would warrant encyclopedic treatment if done properly, but Filipz123 insists they are inventions in their own right (in the past these have included Veranzio's specific bridge and airship designs, and things like specific models of machine gun). And then there's things like Vegeta (a food seasoning) and "rice with chocolate" (apparently a candy bar?) which are simply commercial products, a long way off from inventions. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:16, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

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I'm a Croat, apparently, Filipz123 is too, so I will obviously edit Croatia-related topics. It seems both of us are a one person because we have similar patterns in connection with the concerned article. That's because as a Croat, I know that Cravat, Vegeta or rice chocolate are Croatian inventions. Secondly, before I edit articles, I like to watch "View history". And when I inspected it, I couldn't believe how many edit wars have been about inventions that irrefutably are Croatian. My argument against yours is that I provided tens of independent, reliable sources which you can't deny so easily unlike tens of Filipz123 sockpuppet edits. I resized images to fill the space and especially to be aligned to the upper Croatian template, simply that. I think you are doing this because you are simply jealous. Just look at the history of editing. You and especially TheLongTone have no real arguments against most of the Croatian inventions: "speculative bollocks", "Parachute; clear bollocks.", "unreliably sourced nonsense", "remove nonsensical claim". And the talk page of the article, list to be exact, is completely empty. You are clearly abusing your authority on Wikipedia and thus distorting the quality of the article which only truly matters. Thank you. --Sheldonium (talk) 10:43, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * per this case's history. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:16, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
 * - Katietalk 19:22, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
 * ❌. Katietalk 19:25, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing with no action. Bbb23 (talk) 12:25, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

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New account pushing Serbian inventions. [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HRS-100&diff=738959285&oldid=735558392 sock] [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HRS-100&diff=790706458&oldid=764633502 quack]. Burninthruthesky (talk) 15:44, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

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Post-close comment: Europefan's latest report resulted in blocking  as a Europefan sock, "based on behavioural evidence", and checkuser evidence linking Dabarda. Looking at the contributions list for (whose first three edits were exactly the same content/article as all of Hojek's), the behavioural evidence suggests to me that Filipz123 is the master.

I raise this only because such a mix up will inevitably provide incorrect data for checkuser investigations. Burninthruthesky (talk) 06:36, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

I should also mention that the history of is littered with IP edits from 24.114.*, a known range of Filipz123, which also carry, "Tags: Mobile edit, Mobile web edit", a frequent Filipz123 characteristic, also seen in every edit by the accounts in question. Burninthruthesky (talk) 07:12, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked as a sock of User:Europefan. GABgab 00:21, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

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A newly registered account plastering nonsensical "Croation invention" categories everywhere, exactly like Filipz123. J. M. (talk) 15:50, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * Same as above. GABgab 00:22, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

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Re-opening the archived case.

See, edit-warring to re-add the unsourced and incorrect claims for (guess who!) Fausto Veranzio

Also claiming the Texas oil boom as a Croatian invention, Tesla as Croatian (ethnically he was Serbian) and an Australian as a Croat. Whatever our criteria are for these perennially problematic nationalist invention criteria, this is trying to have both at once. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:49, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * Technically unrelated to the accounts above. Courcelles (talk) 17:57, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * This account was previously checked and found to be unrelated. Moreover, I think that behaviorally, there are distinctive differences. Closing. GABgab 22:14, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

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[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herman_Poto%C4%8Dnik&diff=791397320&oldid=781790413 quack] [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herman_Poto%C4%8Dnik&diff=776908211&oldid=774757182 quack] Burninthruthesky (talk) 12:20, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * . GABgab 15:10, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

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The same "Vinča symbols" and "Vinča culture" edit that Filipz123 made about a thousand times before in this article, with the same fake edit summary ("fixed information", "Edited wrong information" etc.) (Edit: Oops, yes, I meant Aendroos, thanks Sro23. Blanketface was one of the socks I was comparing the edit to, see . J. M. (talk) 23:48, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * . GABgab 01:23, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

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[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_instrument&diff=736377145&oldid=735693380 quack] [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_instrument&diff=prev&oldid=792280427 quack] Burninthruthesky (talk) 16:36, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * - I added another account also focused on inventions by nationality . Please compare these two. Sro23 (talk) 18:30, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus:
 * Blocked and closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:45, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:45, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:45, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

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Quack. Vinča culture for the 1000000th time (including a deceptive edit summary and a fraudulent minor edit. Shouldn't the article be semi-protected just because of Filipz123?)&mdash;J. M. (talk) 23:59, 29 July 2017 (UTC) J. M. (talk) 23:59, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * I have added Snaga 87, who has been trying to re-add past sockpuppet (Carlo0)'s edits to List of Serbian discoveries and inventions . Please block the sockpuppets. Sro23 (talk) 00:26, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

I have not tried to re add any sock puppets work. I am contributing to the talk page problem. This layout seems like a solution to the issue discussed. That is all — Preceding unsigned comment added by Snaga 87 (talk • contribs) 00:28, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  01:37, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

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A newly registered account used solely for restoring edits made by Filipz123 (Rabotoj and 2605:8D80:622:742A:C8D7:CC06:1BFC:8C52).&mdash;J. M. (talk) 12:16, 3 August 2017 (UTC) J. M. (talk) 12:16, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * , . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:23, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

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Repeated quacking. See previous IP sock [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Communications_satellite&diff=791393588&oldid=791016289]. Burninthruthesky (talk) 15:53, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

I am not sock puppet! I am well aware of Potočnik contribution and have sourced my edits very well. I am Slovene. We are taught contribution by Potočnik from young school. This is common understand


 * Obvious sock is obvious (and still incorrect, just like last time). Andy Dingley (talk) 17:08, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Of course it is Filipz123. Just the way he always finds this page (without anyone notifying him of its existence), defending himself in exactly the same fashion all the time is enough to be 100% sure. (I don't know why he's even trying.)&mdash;J. M. (talk) 17:50, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

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Blocked without tags, since that seems to be what we're doing now in the archive. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:52, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

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Created Timeline of Serbian science, technology and innovation, yet another attempt at making an "inventions and discoveries list" which casts as wide a net as possible to define things as Serbian, with Vinča culture and Nikola Tesla prominently featured again. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:54, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:54, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:02, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
 * by Graeme Bartlett. DoRD has also blocked an IP range which was co-editing the new article at the same time. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:25, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

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Another new account restoring edits of previous confirmed sockpuppets. Compare confirmed account versus this account. Also, Justiceseven's 11th edit is to semiprotected List of Croatian inventions and discoveries. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:58, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

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I was already almost sure it was Filipz123 when he made the edits in List of Bulgarian inventors and discoverers ten days ago. The first edit was typical Filipz123—re-adding "Bulgarian inventors" that were not Bulgarian at all, with his typical nonsensical explanation, and then immediately claiming that he was not a single-purpose account when it was very obviously a single-purpose account registered just for that edit. His constant lying about everything is unmistakable (constantly denying even the most obvious things), I've never seen a more recognizable pathological liar on Wikipedia. And now with his recent Croatian & Serbian related edits... Yes, it's him.—J. M. (talk) 23:30, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * per diffs and for sleepers. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:58, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ and blocked. . It looks like we're not tagging these, so I'm closing the report.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:33, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

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Once again restoring the same edit that he made many times before, as always claiming that the website says things that it does not say.&mdash;J. M. (talk) 05:46, 14 October 2017 (UTC) J. M. (talk) 05:46, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * -, but please check for sleepers. Thanks, GABgab 15:37, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Salvio Let's talk about it! 17:07, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you - closing. GABgab 17:41, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

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I know we're discouraged from reporting his IP addresses here, but the current one he's using in List of Serbian inventions and discoveries is getting unbearable. WP:RFPP takes too long to take action and everyone who keeps reverting his edits on that page risks being mistakenly warned or blocked for 3RR violation by someone who has no clue what is really going on. Which is what sometimes happens. (And yes, of course it's Filipz123. As always, everything he ever says is a lie, including his typical "I just cleaned it added tags and bullet points" summaries. Of course he did more than that, added content. His constant, pathological lying about everything is unmistakeable.) It is important for us regular editors at least to have his IP addresses officially confirmed here.&mdash;J. M. (talk) 02:27, 30 October 2017 (UTC) J. M. (talk) 02:27, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Please block for 24 hr and reprotect List of Serbian inventions and discoveries for a long duration. Sro23 (talk) 02:36, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Page is now protected. Closing. Sro23 (talk) 05:42, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

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Canadian editing about Croatian inventions or some such, as explained. Certainly an angry user pretending to be new and inexperienced. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 20:35, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

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It's been a long time, but I think Filipz123 is still here. My reasons why I'm pretty sure this is WP:DUCK:
 * The same kind of edits in List of Croatian inventions and discoveries—repeatedly adding nationalistic inventions that other people don't agree with, using questionable arguments
 * An IP address from Ontario, just like Filipz123—ThenameisMary already admitted (s)he is 70.48.43.247, which was very obvious
 * Block evasion—ThenameisMary started using this username again to bypass the block for 70.48.43.247 (nine minutes after 70.48.43.247 got blocked from editing)
 * The same aggressive behaviour—repeated additions, foul language and personal attacks in Filipz123's style (e.g., )
 * Pretending innoncence—"Hey, I don't use any other name other than "ThenameisMary", and the IP address there. I don't know who this Filip person is." An innocent person does not talk like that. Filipz123 often does.
 * Faking inexperience—The "Is this how I leave a message?" post was a very naive attempt to fool an admin into believing (s)he was a newbie who doesn't know how Wikipedia works. But firstly, (s)he already left many messages on talk pages before, so (s)he knew very well how to leave a message, and this was just an obvious cheap trick. Secondly, just like Filipz123, (s)he was watching people's contributions to be able to quickly reply to their accusations anywhere (and deny everything). Just like Filipz123 was often ready to defend himself here or anywhere else (without anyone notifying him). Again, an inexperienced Wikipedian does not do that. J. M. (talk) 20:35, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

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. . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:21, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

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This is obviously Filipz123, as you can see in the previous report. The same edits again, the same pathological lying (as always, he is intentionally lying in his his edit summary saying "I've re-added the necktie and the mp3 player as Croatian inventions. Both of these were removed for reasons that would be unacceptable under today's Wikipedia standards." He knows very well why these edits were removed, I personally and thoroughly explained to him why the "MP3 player invention" is total nonsense a long time ago, and he knows it very well. He also knows very well that "today's Wikipedia standards" are no different from the previous years). He just keeps trying, year after year, intentionally misleading people, hoping that perhaps new Wikipedians will not remember who Filipz123 is.

Again, I know we're discouraged from reporting IP addresses here, but this one is different. Filipz123 has been using it for 3 weeks now, so it's not one of those dynamic addresses that he keeps changing all the time. This address was already blocked in October for his disruptive edits mentioned in the previous report. And it is used exclusively by Filipz123. That's why I suggest a long-term block for this IP address.

P.S.: His latest threats strongly suggest that this IP address should be blocked ASAP, and the articles he keeps editing should be closely monitored.—J. M. (talk) 20:07, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

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IP is blocked and article on ECP for a year after reading the IPs threats. Closing. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  20:43, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

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Look who's back. New account immediately goes on a rash of adding national invention categories to disparate articles under Filipz123's unusually broad definition of an invention, generally including any product or minor technological development with any connection at all to the nation in question, including at least a few which are previous targets. I have already blocked; it's been a while so filing for the record. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 23:13, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * as noted. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 23:13, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

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Those two IP addresses are undoubtedly Filipz213. I don't think it needs long explanation—IP address from Ontario, the same greetings he sends me on my talk page from time to time, his long-standing Anglophobia (compare e.g. with ).

There are two reasons I'm posting this here. First, is there an IP range that could be blocked?

Second, I have to reraise the User:Sheldonium suspicion. The user was already reported twice here (see the archive)—by Ivanvector, and by Andy Dingley. These were closed as technically unrelated, but the second one was closed with the following explanation: "I think that behaviorally, there are distinctive differences". I have to disagree with this, and I think history shows that there are striking similarities (after all, those reports are old). The user, just like Filipz123, keeps edit warring in List of Croatian inventions and discoveries, and, just like Filipz123, was blocked several times for it. The user keeps adding exactly the same stuff (non-inventions, unverifiable, non-notable stuff, using dirty tricks such as "Croatian descent" etc.) The user keeps using the same arguments and nationalist demagogy (marking other people's edits as vandalism, saying that the reason why they revert his edits is because they have personal issues with Croats—one of Filipz123's favourite "arguments"). He also, just like Filipz123, likes to dispute British inventions and call them Croatian inventions (see his editing in List of English inventions and discoveries and tell me it's not Filipz123). Indeed, one of Filipz123's most typical mantras was "ideas the British have stolen from us" (including the Boscovich atomic theory). But what really convinced me that it's Filipz123 was his attempt to add the "MP3 player" nonsense again (, : please see the archives; the ridiculous "MP3 player invention" was one of Filipz123's favourite additions—he kept adding the MP3 nonsense over and over for several years, pretending that the error was not explained to him many times). Sheldonium even says Tomislav Uzelac is the inventor of MP3, which is even more absurd (and of course verifiably wrong). I sent him a couple of warnings, and explained the issue on the article talk page. And when I wrote it, I was intuitively expecting the usual warm message from Filipz123 on my talk page—and indeed, I got it. And not only one. Coincidence? I don't think so. It's quite clear why Filipz123 sent me those friendly words, and I think it's also quite clear why he used IP addresses, as he usually does when he sends similar messages. It would mean an immediate block, and the Sheldonium account is too precious for him. One of his few remaining accounts (I don't think it's the only one, but I'll keep the other suspicions to myself for now) with a sufficient number of edits that he can use for editing pages with pending changes protection, especially those pages that have been protected because of him. That's also why he immediately stopped after I sent him the last warning, saying that I would ask for an indefinite block for him if he doesn't stop. J. M. (talk) 16:31, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

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Is there a particular reason, apart from those superficial two investigations (and the second one mainly closed as a duplicate of the first one) that are over two years old and now, because of the user's edits since then, largely irrelevant? I think it's an obvious mistake and I will definitely list him again if there is reason for it. No offense, but since you were the one who closed the previous report (and with no convincing reason), I want another admin to have a look at this. I really think I have a strong case here.—J. M. (talk) 17:16, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

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I've removed Sheldonium from the list. We are not revisiting that user. Please don't list them again.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:39, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
 * No edits by IPs in two days. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 16:24, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

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Leela Roha created their account 13 hours after PeaceLoverStephenTrue1111's unblock request was declined by Yamla.

One of PeaceLoverStephenTrue1111's first edits was sending me a (retarded) kitten, without any apparent reason. One of Leela Roha's first edits after registering was sending me a kitten, again without any stated reason (no interaction between us).

PeaceLoverStephenTrue1111 asked me how to follow people's edits on Wikipedia. One of Leela Roha's first edits was, again, asking how to follow others' edits on Wikipedia. One of the reasons why PeaceLoverStephenTrue1111 got blocked from editing was trolling selected editors, sending them obscene messages, insults, vandalising their user pages etc. They obviously seek the advice to troll more efficiently.

Both users also share identical typographical peculiarities.

I also think that PeaceLoverStephenTrue1111 himself is a sock puppet of a blocked user, and I even have a very specific idea who that might be, but my evidence for that is weaker, so I'll have to keep that to myself. J. M. (talk) 03:24, 31 March 2021 (UTC)


 * OK, I wasn't really sure where to post my replies. I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused. And yes, of course, Sheldonium is not relevant anymore, I'm not really asking for reopening the case. And thanks for the support and advice. But as for the threats, I really think it's just verbal aggression—talk is cheap, as they say.—J. M. (talk) 17:58, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * – Both are already sock-blocked; however, this looks LTAish to me – I strongly doubt PeaceLover was the first account this person controlled., I'm inclined to endorse a CU sleeper check here, but it would be very helpful if you could tell us who you suspect the actual master might be. Even if the specific evidence you have is weak, it helps us with regard to the technical data and someone else may find stronger behavioural ties between the accounts. Thanks and best, Blablubbs&#124;talk 20:19, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Blablubbs, well… I probably shouldn't have written the last paragraph. :-) The evidence is really weak, and I'm not sure it's appropriate or fair… Anyway, two tips.
 * A conservative guess: Thedued. This, much like PeaceLoverStephenTrue1111, was an account dedicated to trolling (I also didn't think Thedued was their first account). They also sent me a dishonestly friendly picture (albeit not a kitten). I was the person who reported them at ANI on 26 February 2021, and Thedued knew it (and kept lying in that discussion). RickinBaltimore blocked them from editing on 26 February 2021. PeaceLoverStephenTrue1111 registered on 26 February 2021. A coincidence? Maybe. And then, shortly after that, PeaceLoverStephenTrue1111 sent me a couple of ironic messages, even though we had never met before.
 * A very wild guess: Filipz123. Now, this is almost crazy, Filipz123 is one of the most prolific and persistent sock masters in the history of Wikipedia, but three red flags for me: First, the person appears to be living in Canada, specifically in Ontario . Filipz123 used to write from Ontario, their numerous IP addresses came from Ontario. Second, the user was writing about Croatia, too. Croatia and generally Balkan-related topics was Filipz123's primary area of interest. Third, again, PeaceLoverStephenTrue1111's ironic messages not only on my talk page, but also the insults and obscenity on other user (talk) pages. Filipz123 was no stranger to vulgar outbursts and even threats, and he frequented my talk page with colourful messages that not always survived the censorship (the most recent one that was not deleted by admins was on 29 November 2019‎). As you can see, he used to send these messages unsigned, just like PeaceLoverStephenTrue1111.Now, logically, one might assume an option No. 3: Thedued=Filipz123. But as I said, I am not even sure about No. 1 and 2. :-)—J. M. (talk) 22:55, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I don't see any smoking gun diffs here, but it may still come in handy. It's clear that both of the users in the initial report are not new (and neither was Thedued), so I think there's enough for a check here. – please check for sleepers and potential masters. Thanks and best,  Blablubbs&#124;talk 11:40, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Unsurprisingly, both accounts are ✅, along with, who is also indefinitely blocked. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:43, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Blablubbs, Reaper Eternal: TrueParf—this really strengthens my Filipz123 suspicion. Typical deceitful pro-Croatian propaganda in articles, threatening to kill me (Filipz123 really hates me and has been threatening and insulting me for years), etc.—J. M. (talk) 17:00, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * By the way, after re-reading Filip123's edits for this report, it is now increasingly clear to me that Filipz123 and Sheldonium are the same person, too. As you can see on the SPI page, Sheldonium was repeatedly reported and the reports were repeatedly dismissed. The last report was added by me in 2019, and completely dismissed by Bbb23 without any explanation, despite my repeated request. I still maintain that I was right and Bbb23 clearly made a huge mistake there. The evidence is really strong—when I look back at the anonymous Ontario-based IP edits in 2019 (like the one I mentioned above), then there are only two options. Either Sheldonium is Filipz123 (they were editing at the same time with the same arguments and the same style on the same pages), or Filipz123 and Sheldonium are very close to each other and their editing basically constituted meatpuppetry, which doesn't really change anything. Sheldonium eventually got blocked from editing, too, but as a separate entity.—J. M. (talk) 17:30, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks – can you say if the data for this group is roughly compatible with the old log data for Filipz123? I think this might well be them, given that TrueParf was really adamant that Nikola Tesla was in fact a Croat, a trait he shares with that master. If the data does line up (to the extent that it can), a merge probably makes sense., I'm sorry this is happening to you; if you feel unsafe, please contact Trust and Safety for help. Two minor things: First, I'm unwilling to re-litigate whether Sheldonium is a sock or not; I really don't think it matters at this point. Second, could I ask you to place any future comments in the filing section? It's no biggie, but the "Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments" should only be used by people in one of those groups.  Blablubbs&#124;talk 17:43, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * It's certainly . Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:08, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. That's good enough for me given the Tesla fixation, personal attacks, feud with J. M. and similar writing style. Could an admin clerk please merge this into WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Filipz123? Thanks and best, Blablubbs&#124;talk 18:12, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ per your request. Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:16, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Retagging accordingly and closing. Blablubbs&#124;talk 21:02, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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Sigh… I mean, is it even worth reporting? Right after RoySmith archived the previous report that was handled by Reaper Eternal and Blablubbs, there is this new user who claims to be a French speaking person coming from Sri Lanka using a Norwegian keyboard with a username suggesting they're English Desi, adding a "grammar correction" to List of Croatian inventions and discoveries saying that Nikola Tesla invented water, and later changing "Nikola Tesla" to "Croats", saying that they did not mean it and that they don't know how to undo it, and then contacting me (apparently the first person they've met on Wikipedia) on my talk page again. This all looks very plausible indeed, but… I don't now, I'm running out of ideas.—J. M. (talk) 00:45, 2 April 2021 (UTC) J. M. (talk) 00:45, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, and tagged. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 02:57, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

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Account created one day after the previous sock puppets got blocked from editing. The same pro-Croatian disruptive edit in Nicola Tesla as always, exactly the same typographical quirk that identifies him (I won't reveal it here, because he is reading the SPI page, but I'm sure you can figure it out, and I can also mention it privately). His user page also confirms the Canadian-Croatian link (and Bulgarian—he has a history of disruptive pro-Bulgarian edits, too) that typifies him—writing from Ontario, persistent disruptive nationalistic edits promoting Croatia and other Balkan countries at all costs, regardless of facts and consensus.

Again, as this is one of the most persistent sock puppets in the history of Wikipedia and he still keeps creating new accounts and damaging the project, I think a long-term rangeblock could be in order.—J. M. (talk) 13:14, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * I see the very ducky typographical quirk, and there are a number of other shared behaviours, especially edit summaries. – long-running LTA, so a sleeper check makes sense. Thanks and best,  Blablubbs&#124;talk 13:26, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock account. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   13:38, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

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CU-confirmed sock on login/meta. Enwiki will have significantly more data. Vermont (talk) 19:13, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * - for a sleeper check and local IP block if warranted. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 19:51, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Confirmed to a some already-blocked socks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:11, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

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This one doesn't require checkuser evidence because the user actually reported himself:


 * 1) The IP address (after sending me his usual greeting—this is a really long tradition) tried to edit the archive (but the filter stopped him) and admitted he's TrueParf, Abider445, PeaceLoverStephenTrue, Leela Roha and EnglishDesi (among others). In other words, the IP address is a sock puppet of indefinitely blocked users, again pushing the same Croatian agenda (Tesla, Uzelac etc.) as always in his edits. Note: As for his filtered comments, it doesn't really matter at the moment whether the TrueParf family is a separate branch (I wasn't sure about it either, and the final decision to merge this family with Filipz123 was not mine) or if it's really Filipz123 (but there are many distinct traits shared by both groups, so it's at least likely), because the TrueParf-related accounts by themselves have done enough to earn an indefinite community ban anyway. So it doesn't really change anything for this report.
 * 2) ForestFireStarter admitted he's 209.52.88.116 in his edit summary, restoring the nonsensical edit made by 209.52.88.116, the very same edit that Filipz123 and his countless socks have been making for years, despite countless explanations (I call it the GNOAT—greatest nonsense of all time on Wikipedia, claiming that because Uzelac wrote a software MP3 decoder, it means that he invented a hardware MP3 player, and therefore a hardware MP3 player is a Croatian invention, even linking to the hardware MP3 player article, and of course adding the same nonsense to that article, too).

This means that ForestFireStarter is, by his own admission, a sock puppet of all those blocked users.

Please block ForestFireStarter immediately, without waiting for a checkuser. After all, the user explained that he moved to B.C., so the checkuser may not give meaningful results anyway (yes, it's an IP address from BC, not from Ontario). But a checkuser may search for other socks. And please prolong the block for the IP address if possible. J. M. (talk) 06:09, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:10, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

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The same pattern as always. A newly registered user who identifies himself as a Canadian resident and is interested in Serbo-Croatian issues. His original username (IdontLikeMormons223) was attacking a group of people—compare it with the previous sock's deleted "List of Annoying Jews" or "List of People Who Will Die Soon", for example. His first edits were disruptive and reverted as always (his first edits are typically trolling), and one of his first edits after registering was again, as usual, attacking me on my talk page, even though we have never met anywhere. Nobody but him does this.

Please note that while he used to edit from Ontario before, his last (and self-admitted) sock was from British Columbia (he said he moved to BC). I'm not sure how much you can rely on his geographical location anymore.

P.S. I don't have strong evidence to support this, so this is not an official part of the report, but AHistoryBlogger, an older and currently inactive account, looks a bit suspicious to me. The username pattern (ThreePartUsername in camel case) is similar to the previous sock ForestFireStarter (OK, many users use this username pattern), again probably a Canadian user interested in Ontario-related topics (for example, GECO), and his most active day was March 30 2021. This is the day when a confirmed sockpuppet—PeaceLoverStephenTrue1111—created AHistoryBlogger's user page with the text "I like men. ;) sexy men. yum!". The page was quickly deleted as vandalism. Did he just forget to log out/in?

Edit: Shortly after this report, AHistoryBlogger created their user page after 8 weeks of inactivity. If it's a coincidence, it's a very curious one. The sockmaster is known to read this SPI page.—J. M. (talk) 17:54, 3 August 2021 (UTC) J. M. (talk) 17:54, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks TheresNoTime for the findings. I've been a Wikipedian for 16 years and when someone goes insulting me on my talk page for no reason shortly after creating their account, I am 99% sure it's him, as nobody else does this. He's been doing this for years, as you can also see in the archives (actually, the only reason he keeps attacking me, threatening to kill me etc. is that I keep reporting him here and reverting his edits). And since a checkuser says it's likely him, you can be 99.999% sure it's him. I cannot see any reason for delaying the block anymore.

AvidFarmerAgriculture was someone I was also quite sure was him, based on his comment in Talk:Nikola Tesla. Again, he has been posting this stuff on that page and elsewhere for years. But since he was quickly blocked for disruptive editing, it didn't make much sense to me to report him here.

As for the other two accounts, one of them is also blocked, and HrvatWhoLovesIceCream doesn't have any edits, but since the username is similar (basically identical) to the blocked user ("HrvatWhoLovesIceCream" means "CroatWhoLovesIceCream", compare it with the blocked IceCreamLovingCroat), and checkuser says it's him, I definitely think the account should be blocked, too. And like I said, AHistoryBlogger looks increasingly suspicious to me, too.—J. M. (talk) 23:31, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * - I wouldn't call J. M.'s evidence compelling proof that this is Filipz, but I think Canada + interest in Croatia + the comment on J. M.'s talk page is enough to justify CU. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:31, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
 * - ~TNT (she/they • talk) 21:28, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
 * is very to, a previously blocked sock of . ~TNT (she/they • talk) 21:33, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I note also the following accounts as ✅ to :


 * For the record, no blocks or tags. ~TNT (she/they • talk) 21:35, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:16, 8 September 2021 (UTC)