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03 August 2015

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HHV was blocked July 30 @ 10:53. ILM was created July 30 @ 7:42, while HHV was building up to a block for edit warring, then edited until 8:31. HHV returned to editing 2 minutes after ILM's last edit. ILM next edits on August 3, stopping at 8:33. HHV returns 11 minutes later.

Both are heavily involved in the Drake/Meek Mill publicity series. (ILM is a WP:SPA.) Both have remarkably similar opinions on the "issue". Sum mer PhD v2.0 13:17, 3 August 2015 (UTC)



This user also seems to edit the same article pages, and use strikingly similar commentary on edits and agree on same edit arguments as HHV and user Ilovemexico99. Specifically, the Drake/Meek Mill publicity series, as well as previously arguements.
 * Good catch. This user's edits also nest quite nicely with the previously identified user names. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 15:30, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * - per provided diffs.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  14:25, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
 * - This is a mess, give me some time. Courcelles (talk) 21:44, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * The scale of the sockpuppetry here is massive throughout a circle of music articles. The following accounts are the ones I can fully call ✅. I will be indeffing all of them. Courcelles (talk) 21:57, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I've tagged them. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I've tagged them. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I've tagged them. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I've tagged them. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I've tagged them. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I've tagged them. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I've tagged them. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

18 August 2015

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 * Account was created 4 days after previous SPI was closed and socks blocked.
 * Past sock had similar name (RomanyGypsyQueen)
 * User is editing on Romani people just like blocked sock RomanyGypsyQueen (e.g., ) and sock master (e.g., ).
 * User is editing on Swagg Man just like other socks (e.g., ) and sock master (e.g., ).
 * User is editing on List of Hispanic and Latino Americans, and sockmaster has edited on a similar page, Mexicans (e.g., ). Also past sock was named User:Ilovemexico99 ‎
 * User has edited on hip hop related pages (e.g., ), the topic of the sockmaster's user name.

Requesting a CU because this user has used multiple accounts simultaneously in the past.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 05:26, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other and to the master:
 * With the exception of Guatemalan555, who is already VOA-blocked, I've CU-blocked the accounts without tags. A clerk may tag them as socks of the master or simply close the case.--Bbb23 (talk) 08:03, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Tagged as proven socks based on the combination of technical and behavioral evidence (see this example: ). Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:17, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * With the exception of Guatemalan555, who is already VOA-blocked, I've CU-blocked the accounts without tags. A clerk may tag them as socks of the master or simply close the case.--Bbb23 (talk) 08:03, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Tagged as proven socks based on the combination of technical and behavioral evidence (see this example: ). Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:17, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * With the exception of Guatemalan555, who is already VOA-blocked, I've CU-blocked the accounts without tags. A clerk may tag them as socks of the master or simply close the case.--Bbb23 (talk) 08:03, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Tagged as proven socks based on the combination of technical and behavioral evidence (see this example: ). Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:17, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * With the exception of Guatemalan555, who is already VOA-blocked, I've CU-blocked the accounts without tags. A clerk may tag them as socks of the master or simply close the case.--Bbb23 (talk) 08:03, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Tagged as proven socks based on the combination of technical and behavioral evidence (see this example: ). Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:17, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

24 August 2015

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WP:DUCK - Editing on same pages. Reverting WP:BANREVERTs of previous socks. Requesting on CU as user shows that they create many accounts at once.

Actual diffs upon request, but I think behavior is clear. Just ping me.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 22:13, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * is ✅ to the last round of puppets in the archives, e.g., . . Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 04:24, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

17 January 2016

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(Noting substantial similarities to CherLloydfan4life, aprior sock of HipHopVisionary.)

This account was created after the block of CherLloydfan4life.

Both show considerable interest in Romani people, Rick Ross and Cher Lloyd.

Loud quacking: Both have made extensive off-topic additions of material about demons to Cher Lloyd.

Requesting CU based on HipHopVisionary extensive history and the gap between this account's creation and the blocking of the last known sock. Sum mer PhD v2.0 17:11, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:10, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:10, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:10, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:10, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:10, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:10, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:10, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

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Noticed odd similarities among these accounts: POV pushing on African Americans, and a very specific interest in Drake (musician). टीम निकी मिनाज adds a negative statistic in August, and in September Team Nicki Minaj II makes this edit, and this month, American Wikipedian has these statistics to add. Everyone shares a particular interest in Drake (musician), and they always use bare urls when citing web sources. Suspected sock American Wikipedian also removed the same information the master removed: ). Sro23 (talk) 03:50, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * I believe, based on technical evidence, behavior and the focus on Drake and music articles, that this is HipHopVisionary. These accounts are ✅ to each other:


 * टीम निकी मिनाज is stale. All blocked pending tags except for टीम निकी मिनाज – I'm not saying that one doesn't need a block, just that I can't technically tie it to the others. from someone familiar with HipHopVisionary. Katietalk 15:58, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Merged and tagged all except टीम निकी मिनाज who is blocked anyway for other reasons. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:26, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

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The same POV pushing on African Americans, and a kind of odd fixation on Drake (musician). I believe this is the latest HipHopVisionary sock. Compare Illuminati89's drive-by tagging to Team Nicki Minaj II. Illuminati89 also continues the tradition of updating Drake (musician), always using bare urls when citing web sources:. It's this unique combination of African Americans + Drake that makes me think this is HipHopVisionary; they always come back to the same pages. Sro23 (talk) 18:59, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked on other grounds. Closing. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 03:32, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Not disputing this close, but I have tagged this account as a suspected sock since the evidence presented is compelling. Case remains closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:06, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

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Same POV pushing on African Americans using (mostly) bare urls when citing web:, restoring sock edits: , plus the recognizable Drake obsession:. Created a day after the last sock was blocked. WP:DUCK. Sro23 (talk) 00:24, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Please, compare to previous socks.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:04, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ based on archive. Blocked, tagged, closed. Katietalk 14:44, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

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Here's an account several years older than the master, but didn't become active again until recently. Given the timing of their edits, moving Jhené Aiko a few days before another HipHopVisionary moved the same article, an apparent preference for using bare urls when citing web sources:, restoring sock edits on Drake (musician): , linking Toronto which is such a HipHopVisionary thing to do, I can't help but be suspicious. Sro23 (talk) 19:29, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * ✅. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:16, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
 * - Please block this sock. Thanks, GABgab 23:07, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:05, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

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Vandalism to a person in the hip hop industry's article. Compare username to past socks User:CanadaToronto1986, User:CanadianToronto1986. Sro23 (talk) 02:59, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * CU ✅. All blocked; closing. Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 04:20, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

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Intersection on Kim Kardashian:, similar drive-by tagging tactics  as before. Sro23 (talk) 02:22, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

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 * - there should be accounts in the archive this can be checked against. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 01:42, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * is a sock of HipHopVisionary based on userdata and location. They also share IPs with known socks of both Unknownzero and Pittbook, so it may be a good idea for administrators to compare the behavioural evidence with these other two investigations as well.
 * is a ✅ as a sock of HipHopVisionary and has been blocked and tagged. Yunshui 雲 水 11:51, 2 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Kylie Jenner fan is . I reviewed the other cases but I don't think they're related. Each has a very specific and narrow interest, and the topics do not overlap. Case closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:12, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

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There's the username (compare to User:CanadaToronto1986, User:CanadianToronto1986), the overlap with multiple socks, and of course the Drake (musician) obsession. Sro23 (talk) 05:10, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

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 * I ran this before I realized the archive is stale. My bad. :-/ I can tell you this account is using Linode and other webhosts to edit, so that raises suspicions. . Katietalk 15:25, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * + . Blocked the unblocked account and tagged both. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:02, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * With respect, I nocatted the tag on that last one so that bit of racist garbage won't show up in the tracking category. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:06, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Good idea, sorry for the tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:57, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

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Drive-by tagging on African Americans, Drake (musician) & related pages in a similar fashion to blocked puppets  - note almost identical edits here:. CU requested to find possible additional accounts. Sro23 (talk) 00:22, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Endorsing own request Sro23 (talk) 00:22, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ to each other and to socks in the archive plus:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:22, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:22, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:22, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

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This account tag-bombs articles in a similar manner to previous sockpuppets and there's a similar focus on celebrity ethnicity as well  Sro23 (talk) 08:07, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Endorsing own request. Sro23 (talk) 08:07, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:18, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:18, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:18, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:18, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:18, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:18, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

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I noticed this suspiciously named account in a filter log, and a check turned up several more accounts and a link to this master. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:20, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

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 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:20, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:20, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:20, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:20, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:20, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:20, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:20, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:20, 9 January 2018 (UTC)


 * - Please block the remaining unblocked accounts. Sro23 (talk) 17:54, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅. I haven't tagged the user pages; I'll leave it up to you to decide whether that's necessary. Mz7 (talk) 23:34, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

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Similar username ("X1986/1987", see Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of HipHopVisionary), drive-by tagging, and insistence on disrupting the African Americans article just as previous socks. Requesting CU because nearly every time additional accounts are discovered. Sro23 (talk) 15:19, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * - Endorsing my own request. Sro23 (talk) 15:20, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ + . . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:10, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

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DUCK. Name follows pattern of fandom or praise for music artists. Edits are on race-related pages, just like past socks. See, for example, edits by recent sock.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 16:20, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

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These accounts are ✅ to the master via the checkuser log:
 * , case closed. Sro23 (talk) 16:38, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  16:44, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

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Editing in the same area and recreated Matt Ox under Matt OX. GSS (talk |c|em ) 10:35, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure and will keep in mind. The reason for the CU request was to see if they have any sleepers becasue the last check which happened 2 months ago found 4 additional accounts and all were registered the same day. Thank you – GSS (talk |c|em ) 14:33, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

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From now on, when you request a CU, you must explain why. CU declined.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:23, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you, . The user is ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 21 December 2018 (UTC)


 * In light of the CU result and the fact that HipHopVisionary's previous creation of Matt Ox was a redirect, this looks like a new editor. Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:28, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

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All accounts were created within a very close time period (with Cyn Santana, Swae Lee lover, and Playboi Carti Atlanta all being created within one hour of one another). All editors made similar changes to the List of African-American neighborhoods article and within the same relative time period. I'm requesting a checkuser to pull the IP information from these accounts in order to determine if this is a string of accounts connected to LTA users or other accounts that are causing abuse, to see if there are any sleeper accounts or not, as well as to also find out whether or not there's more to this than what I found. The log timeline and the similar edits are more than enough behavioral evidence for me to establish that these accounts are operated by the same person, but I'm still in between deciding whether or not to proceed to block them for sock puppetry or to assume good faith and wait until unambiguous disruption occurs from one of these users...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:37, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

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 * Self-endorsing the CU check request per the information and reasons I stated above.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:38, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * . Please move case to Palmdale Mexican, which is the oldest account with contributions.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Bbb23 - ✅. Setting SPI report status to 'closed'.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:57, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks as though Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali should be merged into this SPI as well; there are considerable similarities. Yunshui 雲 水 13:27, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move case to Palmdale Mexican, which is the oldest account with contributions.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Bbb23 - ✅. Setting SPI report status to 'closed'.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:57, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks as though Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali should be merged into this SPI as well; there are considerable similarities. Yunshui 雲 水 13:27, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move case to Palmdale Mexican, which is the oldest account with contributions.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Bbb23 - ✅. Setting SPI report status to 'closed'.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:57, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks as though Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali should be merged into this SPI as well; there are considerable similarities. Yunshui 雲 水 13:27, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move case to Palmdale Mexican, which is the oldest account with contributions.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Bbb23 - ✅. Setting SPI report status to 'closed'.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:57, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks as though Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali should be merged into this SPI as well; there are considerable similarities. Yunshui 雲 水 13:27, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move case to Palmdale Mexican, which is the oldest account with contributions.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Bbb23 - ✅. Setting SPI report status to 'closed'.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:57, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks as though Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali should be merged into this SPI as well; there are considerable similarities. Yunshui 雲 水 13:27, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move case to Palmdale Mexican, which is the oldest account with contributions.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Bbb23 - ✅. Setting SPI report status to 'closed'.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:57, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks as though Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali should be merged into this SPI as well; there are considerable similarities. Yunshui 雲 水 13:27, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move case to Palmdale Mexican, which is the oldest account with contributions.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Bbb23 - ✅. Setting SPI report status to 'closed'.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:57, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks as though Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali should be merged into this SPI as well; there are considerable similarities. Yunshui <sup style="font-size:90%">雲 <sub style="font-size:90%">水 13:27, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move case to Palmdale Mexican, which is the oldest account with contributions.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Bbb23 - ✅. Setting SPI report status to 'closed'.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:57, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks as though Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali should be merged into this SPI as well; there are considerable similarities. Yunshui <sup style="font-size:90%">雲 <sub style="font-size:90%">水 13:27, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move case to Palmdale Mexican, which is the oldest account with contributions.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Bbb23 - ✅. Setting SPI report status to 'closed'.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:57, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks as though Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali should be merged into this SPI as well; there are considerable similarities. Yunshui <sup style="font-size:90%">雲 <sub style="font-size:90%">水 13:27, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please move case to Palmdale Mexican, which is the oldest account with contributions.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Bbb23 - ✅. Setting SPI report status to 'closed'.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:57, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks as though Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali should be merged into this SPI as well; there are considerable similarities. Yunshui <sup style="font-size:90%">雲 <sub style="font-size:90%">水 13:27, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks as though Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali should be merged into this SPI as well; there are considerable similarities. Yunshui <sup style="font-size:90%">雲 <sub style="font-size:90%">水 13:27, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

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CU confirmed, similar usernames, deeply racist edits. Yunshui <sup style="font-size:90%">雲 <sub style="font-size:90%">水 07:24, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

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All the listed accounts are ✅,, listing here for the record. Yunshui <sup style="font-size:90%">雲 <sub style="font-size:90%">水 07:24, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

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See below. Bbb23 (talk) 10:59, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * This case is ✅ to Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali. Please merge that case into this one. In addition, there is another group of socks without a case. The master is . Please retag all of those socks to point to Palmdale Mexican as the master.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:00, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I am certain this is actually Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary. Behavior is identical. Sro23 (talk) 23:53, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * This case is ✅ to Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali. Please merge that case into this one. In addition, there is another group of socks without a case. The master is . Please retag all of those socks to point to Palmdale Mexican as the master.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:00, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I am certain this is actually Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary. Behavior is identical. Sro23 (talk) 23:53, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * This case is ✅ to Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali. Please merge that case into this one. In addition, there is another group of socks without a case. The master is . Please retag all of those socks to point to Palmdale Mexican as the master.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:00, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I am certain this is actually Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary. Behavior is identical. Sro23 (talk) 23:53, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I am certain this is actually Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary. Behavior is identical. Sro23 (talk) 23:53, 13 September 2019 (UTC)


 * And here I thought I was being so clever figuring out how three farms were in fact one. Although the technical data in the HHV case is fairly old, there's enough for me to confirm that all of these accounts belong to HHV. For your outstanding ability to remember behavior, you get to merge all this stuff, however that works, into one case and retag. Thanks! --Bbb23 (talk) 00:10, 14 September 2019 (UTC)


 * ✅. Sro23 (talk) 05:31, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

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See below. Bbb23 (talk) 23:17, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:20, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:20, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:20, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:20, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:20, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:20, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:20, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:20, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:20, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:20, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

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Same kind of edits (repeatedly adding cn template to apparently random articles) and blatantly similar username. DoebLoggs (talk) 09:58, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

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The following accounts are ✅ to Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary:
 * , the sock you reported (Gipsy Palmadale Californian) doesn't exist, the oldest account is the master, and there doesn't appear to be any overlap, block evasion, or WP:ILLEGIT behaviour to support an accusation of sock puppetry. This isn't the place to resolve other problems. I've tagged both accounts with uw-agf-sock. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 10:49, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
 * – please don't archive this just yet Mz7 (talk) 11:00, 2 December 2019 (UTC)



All accounts should either be or globally locked. Please move this case to Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 11:35, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:22, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

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Article editing patterns and name matching other Gypsy series articles. This uncaught sock was found editing Mexico topics articles on Dec. 1. Raymie (t • c) 04:31, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. Sro23 (talk) 04:49, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

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Obvious sock. Similar username, editing hip hop and race-related articles like other socks of this user. Same behaviour as previously reported sock Gypsy Cher Lloyd: repeated addition of citation needed tags. Requesting Checkuser due to history of sleeper accounts. SpicyMilkBoy (talk) 03:59, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * ✅ + . . Locks requested on meta. Mz7 (talk) 07:12, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

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Quite obvious editing pattern Muhandes (talk) 08:44, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * - Mz7 (talk) 08:57, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Global locks requested on Meta, all blocked on enwiki. Mz7 (talk) 09:06, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Global locks requested on Meta, all blocked on enwiki. Mz7 (talk) 09:06, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Global locks requested on Meta, all blocked on enwiki. Mz7 (talk) 09:06, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Global locks requested on Meta, all blocked on enwiki. Mz7 (talk) 09:06, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Global locks requested on Meta, all blocked on enwiki. Mz7 (talk) 09:06, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Global locks requested on Meta, all blocked on enwiki. Mz7 (talk) 09:06, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Global locks requested on Meta, all blocked on enwiki. Mz7 (talk) 09:06, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Global locks requested on Meta, all blocked on enwiki. Mz7 (talk) 09:06, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

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Obvious editing patterns, continues editing on Wicked Lips for instance. Requesting CU since pattern includes many multiple account creation. Muhandes (talk) 14:00, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus the following unblocked/globally locked accounts:
 * . Please globally lock these accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:00, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Locks requested on Meta. Mz7 (talk) 06:45, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please globally lock these accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:00, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Locks requested on Meta. Mz7 (talk) 06:45, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please globally lock these accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:00, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Locks requested on Meta. Mz7 (talk) 06:45, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please globally lock these accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:00, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Locks requested on Meta. Mz7 (talk) 06:45, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . Please globally lock these accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:00, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Locks requested on Meta. Mz7 (talk) 06:45, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

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Similar username, editing hip hop and race-related articles like other socks. Repeated addition of citation needed tags ~ riley  ( talk  ) 00:15, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * Accounts now locked, request for sleepers requested. ~ riley  ( talk  ) 01:26, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * No sleeper check necessary. Closing. Sro23 (talk) 02:48, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

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Creations of copyright-infringing "African Americans in [state]" articles (see User talk:Just a Wikipedian 2021 for G12 notices) and interest in the Playboi Carti article. Compare with, who had similar copyright warnings, including copying the same source for the Arkansas article. DanCherek (talk) 14:15, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * African Americans in Arkansas G12ed with the same source is a strong piece of evidence. There does not appear to be a non-stale case here, though maybe given the length of this case there are notes elsewhere?-- Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 19:00, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * because of the use of proxies. . ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 04:56, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

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No need to run CU or anything--this is purely pro forma, for a paper trail. Pinging, and (who blocked the IPv6 range). Drmies (talk) 13:37, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * HipHopVisionary usually contributes from desert communities of Southern California. IP 211.212.237.197 is from South Korea, but may be a proxy. IP 162.19.75.28 is from the France–Belgium border, and may also be a proxy. The style of their contributions is identical to that of Palm Desert IP range Special:Contributions/2605:E000:100D:C571:0:0:0:0/64, making lots of small, incremental changes. IP 211.212.237.197 shared the same interest in the article List of African-American neighborhoods, a frequent target of HipHopVisionary. Note that the SoCal range Special:Contributions/2603:8001:2601:F351:0:0:0:0/64 has also been active lately in the same fashion. Binksternet (talk) 14:00, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Another username worth investigating is who has the same contribution style and the same fingerprint of topic interests. Binksternet (talk) 14:22, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks ; I'm having a look. Yes, 211 is a proxy, judging from a block placed earlier by, and placed a proxy block on the other. I see now that  indicates the same--thanks for that! Drmies (talk) 15:27, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * These are proxies. I hardened the block on the 211.X IP and dropped a hardblock on 162.19.0.0/17. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 13:47, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)

Similar editing patterns and interests, including the creation of a number of redirects that were previously deleted (Romani people in x). There was also this ANI thread from February, 2022, for the suggested puppeteer. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:38, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * This is WP:Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary - compare e.g. . I'll move the case there. Spicy (talk) 19:30, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * , . I'm not endorsing CU as the accounts in the archive are stale, but if a CU is bored it might not be a bad idea to run a sleeper check. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:34, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)

Not trying to hide in anyway. Editor Interaction Analyser

This includes the addition of copyright conten again here from here


 * (original involved admin) Moxy -Maple Leaf (Pantone).svg 05:40, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Don't have time to look at this right now, but noting after I blocked WA2023, another clerk suggested Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary as the master, which looked right at a glance. -- Tamzin  &#91;<i style="color:#E6007A">cetacean needed</i>&#93; (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 06:00, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * All of these are ✅ to each other
 * Based on some notes, to Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary, but it's a relatively weak correlation.  There's some behavioral notes that I can share with a clerk or patrolling admin off-wiki. RoySmith (talk) 15:22, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm CU-blocking all of the above accounts. No tags yet, pending further investigation. RoySmith (talk) 15:23, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * This is HHV, note the usernames for example. I also noticed that many of these were locked as a LTA, no doubt this one, by . I'll merge the cases. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:16, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Merged, dual tagged, requested locks where necessary, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:19, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

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Restored edits by now-blocked sock as their very first edit. Requesting CU to confirm and check for more adorbs  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 04:46, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Lots quacking in Special:Contributions/2600:6C50:7EF0:4A70:0:0:0:0/64 as well  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 04:51, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ RoySmith (talk) 13:31, 16 August 2023 (UTC)