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All these users have been adding either, improbable birth dates, or directly killing people. Requesting a checkuser in case there are sleepers or more accounts out there. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 08:20, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * ❌ as far as technical evidence goes.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:56, 9 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Closing per the above finding. The SandDoctor  Talk 18:15, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

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Username is essentially a dead giveaway, but editing pattern appears to be the same. Amaury • 20:40, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Editing behavior is exactly the same – removal of list_of_episodes infobox parameter as per MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE, and removing hidden "increment" notes from infoboxes of finished TV series, both with no edit summaries. Even if the general thrust of the edits is OK, socking is not OK. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 20:59, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * They sure look the same to me, and they also look like GoatMans, so merged the cases. . GeneralNotability (talk) 03:45, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

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Same editing pattern. Amaury • 04:21, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * , please also block and tag User:Modern Family Fan2021. German Shepherd, MusicFan, Better, and Modern Family are all CU-confirmed, in case you want to change to tag to "confirmed". Thanks, Drmies (talk) 03:48, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , double-checking: they are CU-confirmed to the master in addition to CU-confirmed to each other? GeneralNotability (talk) 03:52, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * GeneralNotability, sorry--to each other. I could check more but that seems like a lot of work for nothing. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 15:24, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * . GeneralNotability (talk) 03:45, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , Should Modern Family be blocked/tagged? -- RoySmith (talk) 00:57, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , yup, I was just waiting for Drmies to weigh in to check whether I should re-tag. I'll just leave everyone as suspected. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:48, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , OK, thanks. I just wasn't sure if this was ready to archive or not.  Doing that now. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:55, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , OK, thanks. I just wasn't sure if this was ready to archive or not.  Doing that now. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:55, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

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Same editing pattern. Amaury • 04:21, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * , please also block and tag User:Modern Family Fan2021. German Shepherd, MusicFan, Better, and Modern Family are all CU-confirmed, in case you want to change to tag to "confirmed". Thanks, Drmies (talk) 03:48, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , double-checking: they are CU-confirmed to the master in addition to CU-confirmed to each other? GeneralNotability (talk) 03:52, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * GeneralNotability, sorry--to each other. I could check more but that seems like a lot of work for nothing. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 15:24, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * . GeneralNotability (talk) 03:45, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , Should Modern Family be blocked/tagged? -- RoySmith (talk) 00:57, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , yup, I was just waiting for Drmies to weigh in to check whether I should re-tag. I'll just leave everyone as suspected. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:48, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , OK, thanks. I just wasn't sure if this was ready to archive or not.  Doing that now. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:55, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , OK, thanks. I just wasn't sure if this was ready to archive or not.  Doing that now. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:55, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

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Appears to be a case of WP:DUCK here. Editing pattern is virtually the same. Amaury • 03:26, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * The account Jackson Lumby Rocks! appeard a few hours after Jackson Is 2021 and has proceeded to make similar edits on the same pages. Examples (Jackson Is 2021 diff | Jackson Lumby Rocks! diff | page): "1|2|P", "1|2|P", "1|2|P", "1|2|P", "1|2|P". There are more pages where edit paterns between these two accounts have similar disruptive edits, however I can't comment on the connection between these accounts and User:GoatMans. Terasail &#91;✉&#93; 16:01, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
 * The main editing pattern here is either removing the list_episodes parameter from the Infobox in accordance with MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE, or in earlier edits (pre-SPI case) doing the opposite and adding that parameter in contravention of MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. In any case, here is an edit from Jackson Is 2021:, here is an edit from GoatMans: at the same article – it's the exact same edit. Also, I agree with Terasail that Jackson_Lumby_Rocks! is certainly another sock of this same sock farm. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 19:53, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
 * The socking is obvious, but even putting that aside, their latest attack on my talk page which I reverted is instant grounds for an indefinite block. The attack doesn't bother me, as I don't give a shit—excuse the language—but it's unacceptable. Amaury • 21:36, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * I need more information than just their "editing pattern is virtually the same". Diffs? Specific articles? What's going on? How exactly are they editing the same? Why do you believe these two accounts are operated by the same person?  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   07:57, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅:
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:15, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:15, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:15, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:15, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:15, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:15, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:15, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:15, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

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This person has a few different habits, one of which is adding very poorly composed alt text to images in music articles.

This case was discussed a month ago at Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1058. A rangeblock on the Manteca, California, IP range Special:Contributions/67.218.119.0/21 was requested but not acted upon. Later, the Manteca range Special:Contributions/2601:201:280:1020:0:0:0:0/64 was blocked by checkuser Oshwah, because of this person's disruptive editing in television articles. I still think we need to block the /21, and it appears that GoatMans himself agrees, writing "Can you please ask an administrator to block me from editing this wiki, Binksternet?" Binksternet (talk) 20:51, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * I blocked the current IP, but I'll defer to someone with more experience in range blocks to address that part of the request. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:28, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , I'm hesitant to block a /21. The three IPs listed here would be covered by 67.218.119.128/26, which  has already blocked.  So, I'm going to just close this.   Please ping me if it looks like the range isn't wide enough and I'll take another look. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:30, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

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as if the username isn't enough to be suspect, their obsession with removing episode# from infoboxes is pretty telling. As an example, see this edit by RTTW and this to the same article by Jackson Lumby Rocks! and this continues with a ton of other socks and their only purpose here is to remove this from infoboxes. VAXIDICAE💉 17:00, 18 March 2021 (UTC)


 * I'm guessing they're also the same as special:Contribs/73.235.14.165 based on the IPs above but figure it's not even worth filing all the ips. VAXIDICAE💉  17:01, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * Self endorsing based on the extensive sock farms found last time.  VAXIDICAE💉  17:03, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock. . This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:21, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

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Checkuser requested to make certain.

The first-ever edit by Amazing Boy of Life was talking to Yeepsi about past removals of alt text at a bunch of album articles. GoatMans had been adding poorly composed alt text while using IPs from Manteca, California. In his talk page request of Yeepsi, he refers to this edit by IP and this reversion by me.

Another pattern of GoatMans was to remove the internal link to episodes in television show infoboxes. Here's a case in which a GoatMans sockpuppet removes the episodes link, followed by Amazing Boy of Life doing the same thing. And another case of two socks followed by Amazing Boy of Life. Amazing Boy of Life has been removing lots of these. (Note that this behavior is helpful and correct according to WP:INFOBOXPURPOSE deprecating internal links pointing to article sections. That's the job of the table of contents.) Binksternet (talk) 16:45, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * . . There's enough evidence to bag and tag the account as a sock. Doing so, then closing this SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:52, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

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Super-freekin' obvious case, no need for checkuser. IP from Manteca like last time, removing "#Episodes" from TV shows like last time, and adding poorly worded/unhelpful alt text to album articles like last time. Even more explicit is the statement on my talk page shifting from self-admission to someone from Manteca to sockpuppet of GoatMans. Binksternet (talk) 21:47, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked the IP for 6 months. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:21, 21 September 2021 (UTC)