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16 November 2014

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Possibly one of blocked users; just a hunch. Here are the diffs from World's busiest airports by passenger traffic: ,,,. Diffs from 2014 Hong Kong protests: (unlikely?),  George Ho (talk) 17:39, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

I think I made a mistake on accusing the primary person of sockpuppetry. I saw one credited for DYK. However, I am still suspicious about the above two usernames. --George Ho (talk) 17:56, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

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 * None of these accounts are related. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:31, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

19 September 2015

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Very interesting case. , the master here, his editing pattern shows edit warring nature. Case in point the 2014 Hong Kong protests article, where he/she edit warred and ultimately was blocked for 3 days by Bbb23. Now since this was for three days, on November 23, 2014, registers in Wikipedia and continues editing the same articles in tandem with the sockmaster. . Selected common articles and same editing are as follows: Joshua Wong (activist), 2015 Bangkok bombing, List of future tallest buildings in the world and List of tallest buildings in the world among others. Suspicions arose regarding the edit warring taking place at Rebel Heart Tour, where Gpcv77 started edit warring with others over adding Hong Kong and Macau as country name over China. Once he was template warned here, Gpcv77 stopped edit-warring on September 17. However on the same day itself, 楊千呱 started edit warring over the same pages, Rebel Heart Tour and Born This Way Ball. 楊千呱 was blocked for 24 hours and could not edit the page further since Rebel Heart Tour was semi-protected. However on Born This Way Ball I found two IPs from 121.*.*.* range making the same edit and reverting it. They are here and here. Now it is perfectly clear that Gpcv is the sockmaster and has been using the other account for a long time to evade scrutiny and edit war, for what reasons no idea. But yeah has been causing disruptions for sure. 楊千呱 returned from the block resorting to the same edit pattern. —Indian:BIO  [  ChitChat  ] 13:31, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
 * What supports your view or let you think the IP 121.*.*.* is me again? For the Rebel Heart Tour and Born This Way Ball disputes please refer to the talk. Thank you. - User:楊千呱 22:07 20 September 2015 (UTC+8)
 * Both the IPs are from Hong Kong (lat. 22.2833	long. 114.15), what do you know, same as your account. What are the extraordinary chances Gpcv77? —Indian:BIO  [ ChitChat ] 14:13, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Admission (kinda) of having two accounts. —Indian:BIO  [ ChitChat ] 14:22, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

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 * Comment — Both accounts seem to relate to each other in their editing patterns, as well as the noted admission above. As well as both users' slight conflict with IndianBio and other editors where their changes are concerned.  livelikemusic  my talk page! 16:06, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

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 * Both accounts are ✅. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 04:45, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

21 March 2016

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Both user goes on changing the country names in tour articles, including ad verbatim same edit summary. Gpcv77 has previously admitted of having more than one socks, which makes me think, is this one escaping the CU? Also, another proof is that 楊千呱, one of the socks of Gpcv77 is the same name in Chinese of this one accused, Xinyang. Moving towards WP:DUCK territory now. —IB  [ Poke ] 19:43, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Please see this edit by the master, the first sock and the user accused. All are same edits for changing the city states. —IB   [ Poke ] 11:06, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * sorry forgot to ping you. —I<font color="#FF033E">B  [ <font face="Tempus Sans ITC" color="#1C1CF0">Poke ] 09:51, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  22:31, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
 * - Those diffs that you provided do not show any similarity. The edits by Xinyang Aliciabritney are often exactly opposite to those made by Gpcv77 ( vs.,  vs. ). Am I missing something?  Vanjagenije   (talk)  22:18, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes you are. I gave clear indication of the same edits by the user, coupled with the fact that if its not the same sock, then why hasn't Xinyang even added his/her comments here? —<font size="2" face="Courier New" color="#6F00FF">I<font color="#FF033E">B  [ <font face="Tempus Sans ITC" color="#1C1CF0">Poke ] 08:51, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Those "same edits" are not same at all. I'm closing this.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:36, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Please do not close this case yet as I am unaware with the process to respond to the investigation until now as I am still trying to familiarise with this procedure.. I can assure you that Gpcv77 clearly does not belong to me at all, and neither do I recognise who 楊千呱 is. I did create new accounts (Alan Li & DanceMusicLover13) before but that is due to my inability to log into my account (most likely due to password) in which I had no choice but to open a new one so that I can continue to edit constructively. This probably means I have nothing to do with Gpcv and 楊千呱 that you have mentioned. I guess it could just possibly be a misunderstanding in this case. Please do not hesitate to ask me any questions that you may have in the meantime, thank you. - Xinyang Aliciabritney (talk) 11:53, 15 April 2016 (UTC)