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I've recently blocked these four accounts as obvious sockpuppets – all were engaged in promoting the artist Gani Gashi. A Wikipedia search indicates that the sockmaster was already using other accounts around the time they were indefinitely spam-blocked, all of which are now dormant.

Now they seem to have started a second campaign of self-promotion. Is there any underlying IP range that can be blocked here and do they have any recently-created, unused sleeper accounts? SuperMarioMan (Talk) 22:00, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Mz7 (talk) 00:17, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus the following accounts (except the master, Gani Gashi piktor, which is ):
 * . The underlying range is too wide to hard-block, but it has already been soft-blocked. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 00:22, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * . The underlying range is too wide to hard-block, but it has already been soft-blocked. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 00:22, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * . The underlying range is too wide to hard-block, but it has already been soft-blocked. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 00:22, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
-- User:Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 09:20, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * The report format is botched. Would you mind fixing the report? The first parameter to the sock list template should be the account name of the sock you're reporting. Evidence should go outside of that template, in a comment. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 10:02, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
 * re-formatted. I assume the original report was meant to suggest comparison of logs. MarioGom (talk) 15:44, 4 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Blatant sockpuppetry based on deleted page creations. I've blocked both ...1942 and "Gani Gashi GG44", another account posting the same content. Due to the large number of past sockpuppets I'm not sure there's much point in tagging. It may be worth noting that the sockmaster puppets on Commons as well. SuperMarioMan (Talk) 16:21, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, these are ✅ to each other, along with the sleeper . I'll block that one. --Blablubbs (talk) 16:33, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
 * as suspected. Closing. MarioGom (talk) 10:17, 5 December 2022 (UTC)