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28 March 2016

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Restoring edits made by now-blocked master:
 * apparently hoax emerald repeatedly added to Emerald, initially with no sources and then with bogus sources:
 * master
 * Freecomwireless (softblocked on username, but twice refused unblock for rename due to edits)
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 * very odd attack edits to Smiling Buddha:
 * master
 * Freecomwireless   Meters (talk) 04:10, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * Second IP blocked for three days. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:18, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

29 March 2016

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Restoring probable hoax edit to Ionospheric heater that was originally made by now-blocked sock  Note that the external link in the restored edit http://www.freecomwireless.com/Ionospheric_Ionization_Temperat  is a non-existent page. In the original edit the link was http://www.freecomwireless.com/Ionospheric_Ionization_Temperature/ which is a mirror of a draft article Draft:Ionospheric_Ionization_Temperature created by the blocked sock IP. After this draft was rejected the now-deleted article Ionospheric Ionization Temperature was created by the master User:Freecomwireless with the same content. Meters (talk) 01:58, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Subsequent restorations    use the original url and include attempted outing and legal threats in the edit summaries. Meters (talk) 03:09, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Adding 63.237.92.190 since IP restored the edit again after the 216. IP was informed of this SPI

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 * IPs blocked for two days each. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:38, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

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Yet another attempt to create Ionospheric_Ionization_Temperature (draft rejected at least twice, and identical article deleted at least once) previously created by master and socks. Requested full protection of the page as soon as other editors found the new article and started cleaning it up. The IP restored a reference to this company and link to this article in Ionospheric heater that was previously added by various socks

For general interest, the complicated description of an "electromechanical apparatus with primary purpose of interior climate control meeting W.H. Carrier's 1924 psychrometric specifications" is simply an air conditioner (see Willis Carrier). If there is any doubt about the bogusness of the claims for the supposed Atwood Ionospheric heater & Ionizer I suggest a close reading of. Nice to know who we have to thank for "all global climate correction since May 2014." Meters (talk) 18:35, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:58, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

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Chamber.99F restored an apparent hoax edit that references www.freecomwireless.com. This edit was previously made by known socks:
 * 69.165.169.25
 * 63.237.92.190
 * 206.248.171.204

EliteGems restored a hoax edit sourced to a bogus page hosted on www.freecomwireless.com This edit was previously made by master and known socks:
 * Freecomwireless
 * 67.68.40.133
 * 206.248.171.204     and several more but you get the idea Meters (talk) 04:29, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

VotBot restored the above hoax edit Meters (talk) 20:18, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, and I'll add, , , , and . Courcelles (talk) 07:29, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

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Repeatedly restores sock edits to Ionospheric heater and Emerald: &,  &  Sro23 (talk) 17:58, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Definitely Freecomwireless again. Very characteristic edits linking to a subpage of the Freecom wireless site. Meters (talk) 23:20, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note that one of these IPs (69.165.169.25) was previously reported for being a Freecom sock on June 20, but was never blocked. Meters (talk) 23:35, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * Admin action needed - : In addition to diffs provided, and . Please match the current 3-month block on 69.165.169.25 for the other two IPs. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 02:07, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
 * . The blocked IP was more active at the time it was blocked and had a one-month previous block. The two unblocked IPs haven't edited since August 16 and have no previous blocks. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:26, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

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Removing the templates on Talk:Ruby and Talk:Emerald (quack). Liliana UwU (talk / contribs) 00:44, 13 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Adding three more IPs, at least one of them already blocked by . Liliana UwU  (talk / contribs) 01:58, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * I added 142.165.85.91 to the list. Same range, same edits, evidently same user. Blocked both IPs as this is pretty obvious disruption. — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 01:30, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I've blocked both /24s for 72h in the hope that our "King of Canada" will get bored and go away. If the nonsense resumes, we might want to look at longer blocks. firefly  ( t · c ) 08:22, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

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Quack. King of Canada back removing the talk page socking/hoax templates and related thread on Talk:Ruby and Talk:Emerald:. Made the same edits on this /24 IP range from Dec 13, 2022 to Jan 7, 2023 (see Special:Contributions/207.195.86.73/24). Meters (talk) 07:27, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * There are a few other IPs within the /24 that I think are probably the same person; I've anonblocked the range for a year. Closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  09:50, 20 September 2023 (UTC)