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14 June 2014

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Sir Mycroft Holmes was hit by an autoblock after Glorious Japan Forever was blocked, so they share an IP address. Glorious Japan Forever signed his edit as "a.k.a. Mycroft Holmes". They also share an interest in recent Japanese history. The IP seems to be both of them before they created accounts. Given that we already have good hand/bad hand accounts and Sir Mycroft Holmes is surprisingly familiar with sockpuppetry for a brand-new editor, they may be someone else whom I did not recognize, and further sleepers might exist. Huon (talk) 12:20, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

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I am a newbie to Wikipedia, and the reason I know so much about what sock puppetry is is because I read all the "Wikiconduct" pages before I just dove in and started editing (e.g. no angry mastodons, stay cool when the editing gets hot, and the page on sock puppetry) in order to be familiar with the wiki and to not blunder into unintentional vandalism. I used to edit merely as an IP. On Wednesday, however, I saw that my IP address was auto blocked because of the Glorious Japan Forever guy. So I submitted an unblock appeal, resulting in the administrator "King of Hearts" modifying the block so it would only affect the vandal. I didn't believe in coincidences until last night, when the user Huon gave me a thinly veiled accusation of being a sock puppet. I looked at Glorious Japan Forever's edit history and was appalled to find that he had signed as Mycroft Holmes. Right now I'm considering making a new account in order to drop confusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sir Mycroft Holmes (talk • contribs) 16:05, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * Disabling autoblock was counterproductive here - these two accounts plus are ✅ matches to each other. . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:27, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged (IP for 3 days) with autoblock enabled per DoRD's comment. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:05, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

02 July 2014

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O Great Britannia restored a blocked sock's "Rule, Britannia" lyrics: (73.182.225.223 is a confirmed sock of Glorious Japan Forever). These lyrics are a favorite of Sir Mycroft Holmes, another confirmed sock. O Great Britannia was created four hours after a sockpuppet investigation was opened for Glorious Japan Forever. Both refer to themselves as "a newbie" and both have an interest in Japanese and British imperialism. And in a refreshing, brazen twist, O Great Britannia thanked User:JamesBWatson and User:Callanecc for blocking him. Blackguard 20:18, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * and are ✅ socks of Glorious Japan Forever.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  22:40, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 15:57, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

You know, this would be really funny if I wasn't being accused of offenses I did not commit. The part where Blackguard called the twists "refreshing" and "brazen" made me laugh out loud. This whole Glorious Japan Forever thing is starting to unfold like a comedy of errors. Maybe it should go on Cartoon Network. Mail Seird (talk) 15:19, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

06 July 2014

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IP admits as such:  Blackguard  03:50, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' IP requires no CU, it is evident that it is him, check. I have added 70.215.17.156.  Occult Zone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 13:04, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * Both already blocked. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:31, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

31 July 2014

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Tagged own userpage identifying themselves as a sock. Don't know if its really a sock of this puppeteer, but I don't see a reason someone else would fake it. Already blocked, so reporting here to document, and in case anyone wants to investigate further. Monty 845  00:54, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note also the older history of socking from Tojo, so this socking may go back well before the currently identified puppeteer. Monty  845  00:59, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * I've tagged both and  as ✅ socks of . With any sockpuppeteer there's always the chance that there is an older unidentified master account, but there are also master accounts that just like to mess around with tags in order to cause further disruption. In this case the most important thing is to lock down the new accounts in short order, which is what was accomplished here.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  18:04, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

04 August 2014

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Blocked as an Obvious sock based on spamming sock templates on admin talk pages. Reporting to add to the list, and in case anyone feels like checking for sleepers. Monty 845  02:38, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

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One more:. User is spamming sockblock templates on talk pages. Blackguard 17:20, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

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Account blocked & IP ranges blocked. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 09:14, 6 August 2014 (UTC)