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Lasange, Beevor, and Speaker are confirmed to AmSam. ( blocked Speaker.) PlasmaBolt matches AmSam in various ways (besides the rather obvious ducking), and I'mgonnagetyou matches PlasmaBolt in the same ways (geolocation, UA) and their reverts are an obvious giveaway. I'm filing this because, despite saying "If I was to get another chance in future, I would certainly avoid using multiple accounts", clearly couldn't wait for more than a day to start socking again, as if it's compulsive. Moreover, it may be that someone recognizes these edits (war, disasters, lesbian athletes--yeah it's a juicy if juvenile mix) and knows of an earlier incarnation. Also pinging, for the sake of formality, and , because they have such a cool name. Drmies (talk) 00:05, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I added an IP, which I blocked as an obvious block-evading IP sock (see their edit); I did not run CU on that IP. Drmies (talk) 15:11, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

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Added Comelistentothetruth and Gordimalo. Comelistentothetruth is already blocked as a sockpuppet for, amongst other common edits to AmSam13, edits to List of terrorist incidents in Great Britain, but listing for ease of comparison. Gordimalo is carrying on the same edit war on that article. FDW777 (talk) 07:17, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * I can confirm these ones:
 * The other accounts are . ST47 (talk) 07:32, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , I'd like you to meet User:Soundofthedrums. ;) And ! Drmies (talk) 21:29, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
 * - bouncing back to relist, please check Gordimalo (they're quacking, but would like the connection verified before I rename the case since they're by far the oldest sock). GeneralNotability (talk) 02:29, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh, wait, reading is hard., confirming - was Gordimalo one of the "possible" accounts in your check? GeneralNotability (talk) 12:43, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, they're possible but there's no direct connection from them to any other account. ST47 (talk) 12:56, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Renamed case to Gordimalo, since they're the oldest account and are quacking behaviorally. Blocked Gordimalo, tagged everyone, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 13:02, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * - bouncing back to relist, please check Gordimalo (they're quacking, but would like the connection verified before I rename the case since they're by far the oldest sock). GeneralNotability (talk) 02:29, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh, wait, reading is hard., confirming - was Gordimalo one of the "possible" accounts in your check? GeneralNotability (talk) 12:43, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, they're possible but there's no direct connection from them to any other account. ST47 (talk) 12:56, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Renamed case to Gordimalo, since they're the oldest account and are quacking behaviorally. Blocked Gordimalo, tagged everyone, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 13:02, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

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Two SPAs in the last two days have turned up to return previous sock AmSam13's disputed content at List of terrorist incidents in London, they are quacking very loudly. FDW777 (talk) 14:03, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * Users are already blocked. This can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   16:15, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

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CU evidence, and the quacking is loud here. Also pinging User:Ohnoitsjamie, who blocked Twin pillars a month ago. I've already blocked these accounts, and an IP. Please tag them--I noted "AmSam 13" in the log, which is incorrect: there's no space, and I didn't know this had been moved to Gordilamo: thank you clerks. Drmies (talk) 16:56, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

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Pro forma: CU-confirmed with User:Delayed Laugh. Drmies (talk) 18:13, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

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Wrinkly Ceiling's first edit was this. This shows familiarity with Wikipedia editing unusual for a first edit by a genuine new user. The edit reinstates most of these edits by User:AmSam13, who is already blocked as a sockpuppet of Gordimalo, so I assume that we are probably dealing with the same person here. DanielRigal (talk) 17:00, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * Wrinkly Ceiling is already Globally Locked, so I don't think there's any need to trouble a checkuser. Tagging and closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  14:56, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

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The DUCK quacks loudly; technical evidence confirms. I started an entry on the CU wiki. Drmies (talk) 15:31, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * Nothing further to do here, closing. The SandDoctor  Talk 18:38, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

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Beanom was blocked on 11 February on suspicions that they were a sockpuppet. They claimed they had nothing to do with the user LauraWilliamson, who was blocked for being a sockpuppet of Gordimalo. Beanom was unblocked on 17 February and given another chance. Despite this, they did not make any edits for the next couple weeks until today, right after another sockpuppet of Gordimalo, Caretaker John, was blocked. Beanom right after CJ was blocked then cleared their talk page and began making edits that were nothing other than restoring the edits of Caretaker John that were reverted by Drmies. Beanom restored the edits on pages he never edited before, only restoring edits by the blocked sockpuppet Caretaker John.

1 - making their first edit since 17 Feb right after Caretaker John was blocked, clearing the block messages on their talk page

2 - restoring the edits by Caretaker John that were reverted by Drmies

3 - restoring the edits by Caretaker John that were reverted by Drmies on another page

4 - restoring the edits by Caretaker John that were reverted by Drmies on another page

5 - restoring the edits by Caretaker John that were reverted by Drmies on another page

6 - restoring the edits by Caretaker John that were reverted by Drmies on another page

7 - restoring the edits by Caretaker John that were reverted by Drmies on another page Mellk (talk) 18:48, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Okay, now the user is just straight up vandalizing articles like here, here and here.

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After being detected, this user was apparently disappointed and started just vandalizing the pages. The behavior is also unusual in another aspect: they did not really try to hide the usage of alternative accounts, but rather acted as if they wanted to be detected. Looks like a plot. Noticing that the same user appeared on my talk page to invite editing pages about Navalny. My very best wishes (talk) 23:12, 3 March 2021 (UTC) ''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

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 * Beamon is enough to be confirmed to Caretaker John, and the behavioral evidence is overwhelming. In addition, we can throw doxxing into the mix, of course, which is particularly tasteless. Drmies (talk) 22:16, 2 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Nothing further to do here, closing. The SandDoctor  Talk 18:39, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * (Already blocked)

I spoke with Drmies about these two suspected puppet accounts, and they in turn banned them both. If you look at Coats Indoors's edit history, it starts in March of this year, almost exactly one month before One Way System was banned, and the articles, content, and focus of the edits are nearly identical between the two. Another clear correlation is that One Way System began editing on 6 April 2021 and was banned on 30 April 2021 (see link above). If you look at Coats Indoors's edit history, there is a gap in which they make no edits at all between those exact dates. They make edits from 22 March 2021 to 6 April 2021, the day One Way System started making identical edits, and then stop altogether until 1 May 2021, one day after One Way System was banned. That on on top of the obvious connection between the types of edits and articles between the two accounts makes it pretty obvious they are sockpuppets. Anwegmann (talk) 22:17, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

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No need to check anything--Coats is confirmed. Just tag em. Drmies (talk) 00:20, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yessssss, massterrrrr. Tagged. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:45, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

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I am slightly suspicious about an edit made today (this one) where the user account reinstated the lesbian content and I predict an IP will remove that later. I may be wrong that this mentioned user is the same person as the master so I was requesting checkuser for using multiple accounts for the wrong reasons. Iggy ( Swan ) (Contribs) 20:41, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * Chicken in a bun is quite to past socks of Gordimalo. The following account is ✅ to Chicken in a bun: . I think a number of factors here are suspicious enough to pass the WP:DUCK test, such as that edit to the Karen Bardsley article given this master's previous interest in that article, as well as the interests in serial killer-related articles . , closing. Mz7 (talk) 07:06, 1 June 2021 (UTC)


 * , archiving. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 12:02, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

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Largely for record-keeping purposes and potential CU data, since they are already blocked indefinitely. A quick look at RememberYourSPAG's edits from 17:59 to 18:01 on 14 June 2021, followed by a quick look at the edits from confirmed sockpuppet Special:Contributions/Beanom from 19:43 to 19:51 2 March 2021 will show they are either the same person, or doing a very good impression. FDW777 (talk) 21:50, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * . Bagging and tagging, closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:53, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

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Created right after previous sockpuppet was blocked, carries on editing John Cannan and Peter Tobin like the previous sockpuppet. FDW777 (talk) 13:18, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * . Bagging and tagging, closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:53, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

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On the 19th of July this suspect reverted my edit on Love Island (2015 TV series) without a valid explanation (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love_Island_(2015_TV_series)&diff=prev&oldid=1034382350). Did the same thing on 2nd of August when I reinstated my edit (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love_Island_(2015_TV_series)&diff=prev&oldid=1036765056). The user made an explanation on my talk page, but not one I agreed with. I reinstated my own edit as per my own reasoning.

Literally minutes after this, I noticed that Done Us All Good was blocked for being a suspected sockpuppet. That confirmed to me that that user was likely a disruptive user. But almost immediately after, a brand new user account appeared called User:Go outside or go to the hall, which reverted my edit again (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love_Island_(2015_TV_series)&diff=prev&oldid=1036770869). A third Wikipedian (User:DarkGlow) then reverted Go outside or go to the hall's action (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love_Island_(2015_TV_series)&oldid=1036784368). The suspect made 2 more edits after, which were reverted by a fourth user (User:ThisIsDanny) (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love_Island_(2015_TV_series)&diff=1036802782&oldid=1036786665).

Surely it can't be a coincidence. It is clear that User:Go outside or go to the hall was created as a sock for User:Done Us All Good minutes after the latter was blocked for another sockpuppet incident (which I cannot seem to find), reverting my edit on that article with the same reasoning. Jf81 (talk) 12:05, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Please move to Sockpuppet investigations/Gordimalo. Bbb23 (talk) 12:40, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Merged as requested. --Blablubbs (talk) 15:26, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * - Pretty sure Go outside or go to the hall is them based on their reinstatement of sock edits and the odd combination of interests in British dating shows and serial killers. However, that account hasn't edited since early September and I suspect they've moved on to a new one by now, so I'd like CU to check for any other accounts. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:26, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 00:51, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
 * is to confirmed sock  based on several-month old notes in checkwiki.  The best I can do with  is, again based on checkwiki notes.  There's some IP range overlap, but different agents.  .  Given the number of IP ranges in use, the age of the data, and the common agents in use, I didn't go digging for sleepers. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:20, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'm convinced Go outside or go to the hall is them on behaviour. - please indef the sock.  Spicy (talk) 10:15, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
 * , closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 21:09, 25 October 2021 (UTC)