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history of editing Status Quo & Bruce Springsteen articles, of changing redirects back into articles  and unsourced genre additions. Franz310k97 is currently serving a block. Doctorhawkes (talk) 00:18, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

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 * , master's block reset. GABgab 16:50, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

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Franz is very upset that several Bruce Springsteen songs are pop songs (e.g., "Please don't write it's a pop album! I can't read it, what an error! Born in the USA is not a pop album at all!"). While a sock case does little for IPs being used, this is to document their on-going socking and request that the master's block be increased to indefinite.

93.67.10.45: "A more pop oriented sound doesn't mean it's a pop album. Please don't write pop anymore. I can't hear the word pop if we talk about Bruce!!! It's blasphemy!"

5.90.116.71:

5.90.111.127:

All four IPs have recently GWARed at Magic (The Cars song) and geolocate to central Italy (as does prior IP sock 188.153.45.250.)

Sum mer PhD v2.0 19:21, 23 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Just added 5.90.238.125 and 5.90.236.100, following up prior master/sock edits at Rock 'n' Roll (Status Quo song), Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand, etc. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 19:39, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * all pretty obvious socks, but the 5.90.x.x IPs are dynamic and rapidly changing, and the user has moved on since the report. is apparently static and is blocked for one month, and I am upgrading the master's block to indefinite. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:38, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

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this edit by the ip and this edit by the master are similar. As is this edit by the ip matches the master's edit to it here. Another editor (SummerPHD2) said they may be the same. I know you can't name IPs but another IP made this edit to one of the targets of the master and the first ip. Also see for more JC7V -constructive zone  23:02, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * I blocked the active one based on the behavioral evidence. The other IP hasn't edited in a while. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:17, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

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Quack.
 * Franz310k97 -> Pippofranz -> Pippetto31
 * The Best of Everything (Tom Petty song) was created by Pippofranz, redirected by another editor and recreated by Pippetto31.
 * GWAR by master, GWAR by Pippofranz Sum mer PhD v2.0 18:03, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

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Pippofranz and Pippetto31 are ✅ to each other and, based on the CU logs, to the master. . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:32, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

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Messing with Tom Petty redirects just like, see overlap Praxidicae (talk) 13:07, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * TonyBallioni (talk) 22:14, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ and . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 23:35, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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Similarity of user names and editing patterns of master and other socks. While Franki3971 has not edited since November 2020, the timing of the edits indicates the path of continual contributions since the master was blocked. Like in the previous investigations, the editor recreates articles that had been redirected or changes genres, typically for rock acts like Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, ZZ Top, Dire Straits, U2.
 * Pippofranz – May to July 2019
 * Pippetto31 – July to September 2019
 * Mynamesfranky – September 2019
 * Franki3971 – December 2019 to November 2020
 * Frankiethefreak – December 2020 to present
 * Here is Master's edit to You Don't Know How It Feels and Sock's edits
 * Here's Master's edit to Vertigo (U2 song) and Sock's edits
 * Both Master and Sock have attempted to create an article from a redirect for the song "Gerdundula". -- Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 01:29, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocking both as suspected based on the evidence presented, plus some hints from the CU logs which tend to support the connection. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:44, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

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Franz310k97 sockpuppet Franki3971 from Italy was known for making lots of song redirects. Neccomania followed two years later on some of the same articles, trying to make an article from the redirect. For instance, at Love Is a Long Road (Tom Petty song), Franki3971 created the redirect, then Italian IP 109.117.170.134 developed it further, followed by Italian IP 2.44.228.198. Last month, Neccomania re-made the article from the redirect. The same action happened at several other articles. Switching roles, Franki3971 created some articles, and Neccomania revisited them 2 years later.

Checkuser requested to make certain... I hope there is some CU info accessible in the archives. Binksternet (talk) 17:18, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * There's not a whole lot to go on in the CU logs - all I can say is that they appear to be in the same location as previous accounts. Looking at the editing though, I see the pattern of behaviour described, and there are some other BEANS factors that persuade me. Blocking, tagging as suspected. Closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:44, 25 March 2023 (UTC)