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Created an article on "Google Boys Arimalam". Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:47, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * True, Beeblebrox, although it doesn't look like the username that they chose was any better than the last one... 73.96.114.248 (talk) 06:52, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

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It is not socking if you are soft blocked for a username issue, the template actually encourages the user try again with a new name. Beeblebrox (talk) 04:54, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Close per Beeblebrox. Bbb23 (talk) 15:35, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

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While this is probably more likely to be a case of meatpuppetry rather than sockpuppetry, I've noticed that for the past few weeks or so several articles being written about a "Google Boys Arimalam" by different users; each being deleted for various reasons. This account created a page on Google Boys Arimalam Studio and may or may not be related to the previous accounts which created articles on "Google Boys Arimalam" Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 06:22, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked for spamming and deleted all their garbage, will add a note about socking as well. Beeblebrox (talk) 08:50, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Account blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:08, 13 December 2016 (UTC)


 * I blocked one of these accounts a day or two ago: and I just noticed a minute ago that this account had also created a spin-off account, . I can't even tell WTF this Google Boys Arimalam thing is. Some kind of internet social group? A gang? If it's a gang, I gotta say, that name is wack. Their off-site presence is virtually nil except for a flimsy Facebook presence. Anyway... Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:07, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

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Per the user name, and they have created another article about the group, Google Boys Arimalam Social Service (now claiming there is a movie, but that is an obvious hoax). bonadea contributions talk 07:15, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Account blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:51, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

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Both acounts have created the Google Boys article. Killadi King created it today as Arimalam Google Boys Arimalam today, and Dhoom 5 created Arimalam Google Boys a week ago - that was deleted as A7 and I don't know exactly what it said, but the title is enough to strongly suspect socking. bonadea contributions talk 08:13, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

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I already blocked one based on a UAA report, now blocked the other, this is obviously sock/meat promoting the same made up garbage.Beeblebrox (talk) 09:09, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * It looks like Dhiku Dhiku Sir tried to get an article going here at the talk page for 24 Decoded. He's working on a sequel hoax, I believe.
 * Similarly, Dhuruvanatchathiram, a guy Beeblebrox felt was a duck of Google Boys (no doubt because of this obvious crap) was also trying to get an unsubstantiated 24 Decoded article article going. (The claim is that it is an alleged sequel of the Indian film 24 (2016 film))
 * The Google Boys Arimalam guy/group was responsible for submitting hoax content, typically involving their rinkydink social club. But the hoax aspect is what's important.
 * Dhiku Dhiku worked on this article Ayan 2, an unsourced, purported Indian film sequel (read, hoax.)
 * The Ayan 2 article was created by Kaashmora Kaashmora, and has been edited almost exclusively by suspected socks and questionable IPs, like this editor who removed the PROD template and this guy who removed the AfD template and this guy (oh wait, that's Dhiku Dhiku) who also removed the AfD template. It would stand to reason that they're almost certainly the same dude/people.
 * Oh, and Ayan 2 was previously created by a sock of Google Boys.
 * Kaashmora Kaashmora was indeffed on 29 December. Dhiku Dhiku Sir was created a few hours later.
 * The repetitive nature of the names Kaashmora Kaashmora / Dhiku Dhiku is suspicious.
 * As further evidence of the Dhiku Dhiku hoaxishness, see the deleted contribs where he attempts to create articles (incompetently, mind you) at disambiguation pages. He's also tried to get something a 24 Decoded hoax article cooking on his talk page.

Most of these actors have been blocked, but they seemed to have a few socks going simultaneously the last time they flared up, hence my CU request. I'm also interested in a CU because if Kaashmora is definitively a Google Boys sock, then he created Ayan 2 in violation of his block, and if Dhiku Dhiku Sir is definitively a sock, then we can speedy delete that article instead of wasting other editors' time debating it or worrying that we're stomping on legitimate contributions. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 08:18, 30 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Adding User:Ayushmaan Bhava 24 for the creation of Google Boys Arimalam (disambiguation) and Google Boys Arimalam Google Boys. Quack! Obvious other socks (blocked but not tagged) can be found at Special:WhatLinksHere/Google Boys Arimalam. Cabayi (talk) 10:19, 31 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Adding User:Anjaan (2014 film) - see User:Anjaan (2014 film)/sandbox. Quack, quack! --bonadea contributions talk 10:56, 31 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Adding User:Actchamintri - the odd redirects & overlapping interests with Anjaan (2014 film) quack loud & clear - Anjaan 2 (2018 film)(disambiguation) & Anjaan 2 (2018 film). Cabayi (talk) 12:46, 31 December 2016 (UTC)


 * I also molewhacked, who'd created The Google Boys Arimalam, Highest grossing Surya Films, OTHERPAGE, 24 II Decoded, Template:Marge to, and Surya Filmography. The Surya Filmography article was almost an attempt at a legitimate article (minus the insufferable "Blockbuster" puffery) so it might be a good one to watchlist. As an additional behavioral clue, they are not strong spellers. Here, we find "wikitabel", "unsortabel", and "Bugdet", demonstrating letter juxtaposition propensities. "Extranal links" is funny to me, because I'm 12. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:13, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * - - Quack - Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:22, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * - - Quack - Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:22, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * - - The creation of disambiguation pages for their topics of interest, like Anjaan 2 (2018 film)(disambiguation) and Anjaan 2 (disambiguation) as a way to avoid scrutiny, seems consistent with the newer behavior. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:16, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * - - Quack. Both Dangal and Raees are popular Indian films and that's consistent with other film names like Anjaan. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:42, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
 * All accounts are already blocked. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:04, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

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Created a bunch of articles including Ghost Forest, about a movie produced by Google Boys Arimalam Studio (per the infobox). The other articles are apparently about the members of his club - I recognise the names from earlier articles, and at least Chellapandi has been created by an earlier sock (User:Dhuruvanatchathiram). bonadea contributions talk 08:43, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * , closing. GABgab 15:18, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

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Per User:Com_body_wala/sandbox: Quack. bonadea contributions talk 12:56, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  14:10, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * Khaidi No. 150 (which is the title of a recently-released Indian Telugu-language film, FYI) is a duck per recreation of Ayan 2, where the only parties interested in creating this article (or in this case, a redirect) has been socks of the Google Toys (typo intended).
 * Part of the vandal's behavior has been to set up sequel hoaxes. Ayan 2 was one such hoax.
 * Disney English has created 7aum Arivu 2, a faux sequel of the Indian film 7aum Arivu.
 * GBA's archive contains examples of his/their really awful spelling skills. Here the user writes "feacured" instead of "featured". Then here "fucered".
 * One of Disney English's first edits was here to create a useless user-page. Note the page protection template. As we all know, avoiding the redlink is a typical sock behavior. The PP template suggests familiarity with Wikipedia.
 * IP 42.111.200.114 appeared at List of highest-grossing Suriya films to drop some useless templates off here. This article was created by Disney English. IP Geolocates to Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ISP: Vodafone. Obviously this isn't part of the CU request. Just including to help with future identification.
 * IP 42.111.200.114 intersects with Disney English again at Singam II, within a span of 30 mins or so. First Disney English blanks content, then Disney English logs out, returns as the IP and blanks even more content. The user then hops IPs to 42.111.207.150 and blanks content again.

They seem to like creating multiple socks at once, so I'm requesting a CU to look into that, please. (Minus the IPs) I'll be blocking both of the named accounts as suspects. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:21, 18 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Adding GBA GBA GBA - Quack - Interesction with Disney English here. Looks like admin Nick already nailed this account. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:46, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * I'll run a check for any missed accounts. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:24, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Socks in this group that have not yet been blocked (but should be) are:


 * Sleeper accounts are:


 * The following accounts are part of this sockfarm and should be tagged/retagged as such:


 * Note that all of the named accounts at Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of GBA Google Boys Arimalam GBA are ✅ to this group.
 * The oldest account listed is, so this SPI should be moved to that name and the accounts tagged accordingly. There are likely many more accounts, however the ranges are so large and varied that I can't drill down sufficiently to find all of them.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 23:07, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I have blocked and tagged all of the most recent accounts discovered by Ponyo as socks of the oldest account Google Boys Arimalam GBA. Clerk assistance is still kindly requested for proper tagging of the earlier accounts. I have also cleaned up most of the edits from most of these socks. Many of the newer ones hadn't edited yet. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:48, 18 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Here's a list of their email addresses in case anyone cares:
 * Googleboysarimalam0001@gmail.com
 * Suryaarun9861@gmail.com
 * Anbuselvan9585@gmail.com
 * Suryaarungb1@gmail.com
 * AAnbuselvan25@gmail.com
 * Suryaarungba@gmail.com
 * schellapandi9000@gmail.com
 * googleboysarimalamgba@gmail.com
 * Thanks -- Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:36, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I doubt it would work, but it might be worth at least trying sending them all a politely worded email about how ridiculous this is and asking them to stop. But there's no way I'm sending it from my email address... Beeblebrox (talk) 23:47, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Or reporting to Gmail as almost certain TOS violations? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:49, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I've retagged the suspected socks that were in the cat before Ponyo's note above as confirmed. The rest are still tagged as suspected. Closing now. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  07:05, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

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Cingam 3 created Ghost Forest which has been created before by these socks, and the user name is also typical for the group. An admin might want to take a look at Ghost Forest (2017 short film) which Ghost Forest redirected to - I did not see it before it was deleted so I don't know if it's more evidence or not. Arjunkp12 created Durai Singam which appears to be a nn but existing movie character played by Suriya (a favourite of these socks ever since they started editing); Cingam 3 added a (misplaced) protection template on that article as one of their first edits. There has also been some odd redirect creations, e.g. which is maybe a reasonable redirect but includes afc code. bonadea contributions talk 12:36, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Oh look, Cingam 3 just created Ayan II; Ayan 2 has been repeatedly created by GBA socks. --bonadea contributions talk 12:41, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

...aaand we have a duck! Ghost Forest (2017 film), created by Cingam 3, contains only a Wikilink to Google Boys Arimalam. --bonadea contributions talk 13:03, 23 January 2017 (UTC)


 * I came here to report Cingam 3 as well but glad to see someone else did. They recreated the "S3" redirect/article as C3 (Cingam) again. Same as previous socks. Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  16:15, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * The two above accounts Cingam 3 and Arjunkp12 have been blocked and tagged with basic collateral damage control done (redirects deleted, etc). Based on the way these yahoos work, we may need to Checkuser every few days... Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:43, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ new accounts since January 18th are:


 * The following are ✅ to each other and to GBA Google Boys Arimalam GBA:

-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:27, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the confirmed accounts as confirmed, I've blocked Arjunkp123 referring this SPI and tagged as suspected. Closing. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  14:10, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

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Recreation of similar material related to Singam II (also S3), 24:Athreya Run with silly/ridiculous redirects and similar editing style. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  13:01, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked per the loud quacking, closing. If a clerk thinks there's a need to run a CU to check on others, then feel free to reopen.&mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  13:12, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

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Ninja Hattori Nenja created Anjaan 2 which looked like another hoax sequel article featuring actor Suriya, and Aamuli Dumili da created Anjaan II as a redirect to Anjaan 2. Aamuli Dumili da also created 24 decoded, cf 24 Decoded which was created by a previous GBA sockpuppet, and was also a hoax sequel article before it was turned into a redirect. bonadea contributions talk 14:41, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * - New socks are popping up almost daily at this point. Thanks, GABgab 00:04, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Both accounts are ✅ and blocked.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 00:19, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. GABgab 00:48, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

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More of GBA's 24 nonsense, now under 24 II:Decoded. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  12:15, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * Account blocked as a sock by . I've tagged as a proven sock (the deleted contribs are telling). Closing. If a clerk/CU thinks that a check for other accounts is required, feel free to reopen. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  13:22, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

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More 24 Decoded recreations, fairly obvious quacking... Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  16:33, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * so I've shown them the door -- Samtar talk &middot; contribs 17:46, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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Recreation of hoax articles/same article editing pattern (particularly with Singam II. Creation of articles/user page with same pp-template as well. Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  12:16, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * -- Samtar talk &middot; contribs 14:21, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. GABgab 00:01, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

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Same as usual - creating Ayaan II and Ayaan 2, adding protection templates, etc. bonadea contributions talk 12:03, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * x2 -- Samtar talk &middot; contribs 12:15, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Tagged as proven socks, closing. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  13:28, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

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Ayan 2 (film) recreation. Quackity quack. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  12:22, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Quark -- Samtar talk &middot; contribs 12:24, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:06, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

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Recreation of GBA favorites Ayan 2 (Ayan 2 (film)), various Singam creations Si3 (film) Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  12:35, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Comment - I have a handful of stuff I can send t o a CU but would prefer to do by email because of the sheer size and other potential issues. Would that be helpful? Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  12:54, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Pinging to see if a rangeblock is an option, from a non-CU look I found a couple of small ranges, but I don't know if that is enough or not. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  12:47, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
 * , not a CU here, so can't answer that question. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  12:56, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
 * No range block possible. Their edits stick out like a sore thumb on the range though, so they're easy to spot and block.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:27, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * "24 Decoded" was one of the presumed hoax articles the sockjobber was trying to proliferate.
 * Intersections at Thaana Serndha Kootam with a number of GBA socks, like and.

Requesting CU, since this tends to be the best way to ID all of the open sock accounts. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:23, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Please, check whether this case should be merged with Sockpuppet investigations/GBA Google Boys Arimalam GBA.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:25, 7 February 2017 (UTC)  Vanjagenije   (talk)  19:25, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I believe determined that "Google Boys Arimalam GBA" was the oldest account. Please see this. So I think GBA Google Boys Arimalam GBA should be merged into this archive. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:05, 7 February 2017 (UTC)


 * ✅ and closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:29, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

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Clear duck of GBA. Recreation of various List of highest-grossing Suriya films among other similar behavioral patterns (like adding PP templates to new page) Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  11:57, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * - I think these clowns are just mashing buttons. Created Articles for deletion/List of high-grossing Suriya films with a GA template. What? What was the goal? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:06, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

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Loud quacking in contribs. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  06:22, 26 February 2017 (UTC)


 * And in case it wasn't .... Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  06:33, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

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The sock did 3 reverts in a 24-hour period. I've added after the G5 template in the article and warned the user of the speedy deletion and of the edit warring. Luis150902 (talk | contribs) 10:50, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * -- Samtar talk &middot; contribs 11:00, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

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Seems to have a shared interest with several previous socks... Or things like this which is a recreation of this (and several dozen other attempts.) Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  11:49, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

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Also this addition of the Google Boys group to Arimalam. --bonadea contributions talk 12:09, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Redirects/categories deleted. Thanks all. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 13:32, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

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Yet another attempt at creating an article in the '24' series (video game/whatever it is) 24 Athreya Run (video game) - though slightly different, still same behavior, including adding pp templates to creation. CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  11:33, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * -- There'sNoTime (to explain) 11:35, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

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Recreated 24: Athreya Run (video game), so Stylez995 (talk) 08:24, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

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. Article is very similar to previous creations in the archive. Also, article deleted. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:43, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

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Removed speedy tag on that page Stylez995 (talk) 08:28, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

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Same IP range and behavior as previous IP socks. Blocked. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 10:46, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

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Quacking with more 24 game garbage. CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  10:03, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

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... Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 11:06, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note that this list is not exhaustive; the range is stupid busy and I had to limit my CU results to the last 30 days to stay under the CheckUser tool's 5000 result cap. I recommend that CU be requested and endorsed for this master in the future, as their socks are blatantly obvious to spot with CU and from what I found they tend to have some technically indistinguishable sleepers. FYI, I also found they have a strong propensity to sock with IPs, so keep an eye out for those, but given how busy the range is I can't justify a block at this time, and per privacy reasons I can't disclose the IPs/range. However, if abuse continues it may be worth considering an anon-only, account creation block.  Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 11:27, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Ks0stm - All accounts have been blocked, as requested.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:34, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * All have been tagged and bagged. This can now be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:39, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note that this list is not exhaustive; the range is stupid busy and I had to limit my CU results to the last 30 days to stay under the CheckUser tool's 5000 result cap. I recommend that CU be requested and endorsed for this master in the future, as their socks are blatantly obvious to spot with CU and from what I found they tend to have some technically indistinguishable sleepers. FYI, I also found they have a strong propensity to sock with IPs, so keep an eye out for those, but given how busy the range is I can't justify a block at this time, and per privacy reasons I can't disclose the IPs/range. However, if abuse continues it may be worth considering an anon-only, account creation block.  Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 11:27, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Ks0stm - All accounts have been blocked, as requested.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:34, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * All have been tagged and bagged. This can now be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:39, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note that this list is not exhaustive; the range is stupid busy and I had to limit my CU results to the last 30 days to stay under the CheckUser tool's 5000 result cap. I recommend that CU be requested and endorsed for this master in the future, as their socks are blatantly obvious to spot with CU and from what I found they tend to have some technically indistinguishable sleepers. FYI, I also found they have a strong propensity to sock with IPs, so keep an eye out for those, but given how busy the range is I can't justify a block at this time, and per privacy reasons I can't disclose the IPs/range. However, if abuse continues it may be worth considering an anon-only, account creation block.  Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 11:27, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Ks0stm - All accounts have been blocked, as requested.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:34, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * All have been tagged and bagged. This can now be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:39, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note that this list is not exhaustive; the range is stupid busy and I had to limit my CU results to the last 30 days to stay under the CheckUser tool's 5000 result cap. I recommend that CU be requested and endorsed for this master in the future, as their socks are blatantly obvious to spot with CU and from what I found they tend to have some technically indistinguishable sleepers. FYI, I also found they have a strong propensity to sock with IPs, so keep an eye out for those, but given how busy the range is I can't justify a block at this time, and per privacy reasons I can't disclose the IPs/range. However, if abuse continues it may be worth considering an anon-only, account creation block.  Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 11:27, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Ks0stm - All accounts have been blocked, as requested.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:34, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * All have been tagged and bagged. This can now be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:39, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note that this list is not exhaustive; the range is stupid busy and I had to limit my CU results to the last 30 days to stay under the CheckUser tool's 5000 result cap. I recommend that CU be requested and endorsed for this master in the future, as their socks are blatantly obvious to spot with CU and from what I found they tend to have some technically indistinguishable sleepers. FYI, I also found they have a strong propensity to sock with IPs, so keep an eye out for those, but given how busy the range is I can't justify a block at this time, and per privacy reasons I can't disclose the IPs/range. However, if abuse continues it may be worth considering an anon-only, account creation block.  Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 11:27, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Ks0stm - All accounts have been blocked, as requested.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:34, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * All have been tagged and bagged. This can now be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:39, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Ks0stm - All accounts have been blocked, as requested.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:34, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * All have been tagged and bagged. This can now be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:39, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Normal edits related to Suriya and adding the PP template to everything. See also this recreation of Thaanaa Serndha Kootam which was a creation by GBA sock Mudhal Murai. CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  15:43, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged (suspected) this one, also tagged (suspected) another already blocked one: -- 2dentertainment, blocked and tagged (suspected) -- Maaatttrrraaan, Kombuvacha. Given all this, I think a sweep will be beneficial. I also came across a couple of large IP ranges but haven't take any action on those. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  01:58, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
 * The only unblocked accounts I see are and  (now blocked and tagged).  appears to be a sleeper so I've blocked it as well. As noted, there is a ton of logged-out block evasion; liberal use of semi-protection should be used on the target articles.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  20:39, 6 June 2017 (UTC)