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The day after Honduras200010 was blocked, the Lasolitudineitaly account was created on Spanish Wikipedia, where Honduras200010 was also active. Shortly after, they continued their May-June edit-war here in Honduras:
 * Blanking sections about poverty and income inequality:
 * Honduras200010:, , etc.; Lasolitudineitaly: , ,
 * Copy-pasting large amounts of content from other Wikipedia articles without attribution, a couple of specific examples:
 * Honduras200010 - from Geography of Honduras:, and climate:
 * Lasolitudineitaly - geography:, climate:
 * Some diffs of the overall large changes made in multiple edits, including changing many images. All added text is copied from various other articles:
 * Honduras200010: (and repeatedly restoring when reverted:, , etc.) - there were more edits in June but most have been rev-deleted because of copyright.
 * Lasolitudineitaly: and others.

The IPs in the range 190.92.62.192/26 have not edited the Honduras article in English because it requires autoconfirmed status, but they have edited es:Honduras, and share several other habits with both accounts, and with earlier ranges including 190.92.28.64/26, 190.92.33.0/26, and others going back several years:
 * Editing in Tegucigalpa, and disruptively listing it as a "sister city" of Berlin and other cities, when evidence shows it's not:
 * Honduras200010:
 * Lasolitudineitaly (in Danish Wikipedia):
 * IPs:, , , , , , , etc.
 * Putting sources in edit summaries with "the reference is":
 * Honduras200010 (no diffs, all were redacted, see their edit history):
 * new paragraph for Geography in Honduras, the reference is the page : http://countrystudies.us/honduras/32.htm
 * More information about the discovery and origin of the name of Honduras was added: the reference is on the page: http://elregio.com/Noticia/a86df271...
 * Information on the independence of Honduras was included, page reference: https://sites.google.com/site/hondurasibhistory/home/independence
 * Lasolitudineitaly:
 * tegucigalpa the new sister citie for rio de janeiro, the reference is https://ciudadesiberoamericanas.org/
 * the orginal name of comayagua the reference is in wikipedia in spanish
 * IPs:
 * paragraph for climate in Honduras, and box of climate, mape and pick , reference : https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/honduras
 * Also shared interests in editing Köppen climate classification, Oceanic climate, and List of countries by Human Development Index.

There are several other indicators, if more is needed. -- IamNotU (talk) 01:41, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Adding more evidence about the IPs, since it seems it wasn't clear enough to the clerk?

The edit summary listed above from the IP, on 10 July in La Esperanza, Honduras:

paragraph for climate in Honduras, and box of climate, mape and pick , reference : https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/honduras

duplicates the exact same edit summary of the master, from 23:12, 17 June 2020, in Honduras. That edit was redacted the next day, and it seems highly unlikely that an unconnected editor would copy the edit summary of a redacted edit from three weeks earlier in a different article.

The timeline/compare tools don't seem to work with an IP ranges, so I'll do this manually: One of the IP range's most frequent activities is adding copyright-violating pictures to Tegucigalpa and, especially, attempting to change the "skyline" image in the infobox, often to a self-made single-image collage. For example in April: /,  / , , and earlier. On 20 May, Honduras200010 also added a copyright-violating "skyline" pic: /, and again 10 June:  / , then the IP on 12 June:  and 16 June:. On 5 August, Lasolitudineitaly arrived with yet another skyline photo:, tweaked by the IP: , then deleted as a copyvio:. Another the next day: /, IP:  /. On 12 August, the IP:, then 18 minutes later Lasolitudineitaly: / , then the next day the IP again:.

In List of countries by Human Development Index, falsely swapping Honduras with other country names in the table without changing the corresponding data, and undoing reverts: Honduras200010:, , IP range: , , , , etc.

In Köppen climate classification, repeating the same edits: IP in April:, Honduras200010 in May: , IP again in August:

There's still more, if needed... --IamNotU (talk) 03:14, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Closing with no action taken. Whatever else may be going on here, the IP range appears to be long-term static, and began editing on these topics in early April, 6-7 weeks before Honduras200010's first edit on enwiki.  Given that, it's hard to say the IPs are socking or even block evading.  If there are disruptive edits coming from this IP range, maybe semi-protection of specific articles would be a better tool, but I don't think we can pin a sock label on this. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:08, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , sorry, and I know that I shouldn't comment on a closed case, but this just can't be right. The block applies to the person editing. I've given strong behavioral evidence that the IPs are the same person as behind the accounts, and I can give more. If it's true, any logged-out editing they've done or will do since 18 June is block evasion. They haven't edited for a few days, so it's up to you if you don't want to block the range unless they sock again. But I don't understand how you come to the conclusion that it's not sockpuppetry. --IamNotU (talk) 02:10, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
 * PS, it should also be noted here that Lasolitudineitaly was blocked as a sock on this behavioral evidence, by ... --IamNotU (talk) 02:38, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
 * You may be right. I've reopened this so somebody else can take a look.  -- RoySmith (talk) 02:57, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks... I added some more evidence about the IP range, in case it helps. I guess we'll see if they come back or not. --IamNotU (talk) 03:15, 22 August 2020 (UTC)


 * , no further, no need for a rangeblock at this time. ST47 (talk) 02:41, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

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Making a new report as the above is already kind of long... Similar username to now-blocked sock. Account was created 11 minutes after Lasolitudineitaly was blocked. Same behavior as the master and long-term IPs in the range 190.92.62.192/26 reported above, of disruptively swapping country names in List of countries by Human Development Index, compare:, ,. Made a request to remove the page protection from Honduras:, where the blocked accounts were edit-warring, two minutes after the same request by an IP in the range:.

It would be good if someone could indef Noncheitaly, and also block the IP range for an appropriate time and close the other report. Noncheitaly, Lasolitudineitaly, and the IP range are also currently editing disruptively in Spanish Wikipedia, in a similar set of articles, not sure if anything is to be done about that... -- IamNotU (talk) 01:56, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

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As I expected, and as noted by others, as soon as Noncheitaly got autoconfirmed, they started the same disruption and edit-warring again in Honduras, making massive changes to text and images, blanking the "poverty" section, etc., e.g. when doing it the third time:
 * my goal is not to make other wikipedia writers angry, but to improve the image of this country

(They've also recently made more logged-out unsourced/disruptive edits to Tegucigalpa from 190.92.62.192/26). --IamNotU (talk) 13:25, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

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Besides daily continuing the edit war in Honduras, Noncheitaly has created the article Comayagua International Airport, with the same content as this edit by sock Lasolitudineitaly, where they blanked and replaced the content of Soto Cano Air Base:. The content is an unattributed Google Translate copypaste of es:Aeropuerto Internacional de Comayagua. I requested a G5 speedy delete. , you added a CU request, do you think we really need that? The behavior is extremely obvious, and there's a fair amount of disruption. It seems to be taking a long time for someone to deal with this report... --IamNotU (talk) 00:03, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * - I was just about to report this, so... CU for confirmation and sleepers, please (for the master and above-listed socks). —&#8205;Mdaniels5757 (talk &bull; contribs) 00:28, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * In addition, this account began editing Honduras within an hour of reaching the number of edits (10) needed to become autoconfirmed, just as Lasolitudineitalia did (within two minutes), so that was clearly the goal. (Actually, Lasolitudineitalia had made only 9 edits. What was up with that? Was the tenth edit the creation of a page that was later deleted?) Largoplazo (talk) 01:10, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * : I've blocked Noncheitaly based on behavioral evidence. CU is probably still a good idea. Favonian (talk) 15:16, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

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Braziliann1996 is a sleeper, not sure why it wasn't found by yesterday? It was created 21 June (two days after sock Lasolitudineitaly) but no edits until today. Made ten edits, then jumped right into the same edit warring in Honduras:.

The IP range is active again since yesterday. See the previous two reports for evidence. All the edits in this range, going back to April, are clearly theirs. Similar edits about climate classifications, interests in Tegucigalpa and Berlin, and similar "the reference is the page" edit summaries, as in previous reports; see their edit histories for more of the same.

IP edit reinstated three minutes later:
 * 190.92.62.215: the origin of chocolate (cacao) is honduras, the reference is the page : https://hondurasisgreat.org/chocolate-national-geographic-honduras-origen/
 * Braziliann1996: the origin of chocolate (cacao) is honduras, the reference is the page : https://hondurasisgreat.org/chocolate-national-geographic-honduras-origen/

-- IamNotU (talk) 22:09, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * It is not uncommon for an individual user to have access to more than one ISP or IP range, or for that IP range to be shared amongst many users. I do not list accounts that are simply present on the same range, there needs to be either some behavioral evidence to consider, or at least, the technical match needs to be distinctive enough to convince me that they aren't just two people who happened to visit the same Starbucks.
 * With this account, I am now confident that these are ✅:
 * . ST47 (talk) 05:29, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 05:29, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 05:29, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 05:29, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 05:29, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

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Clear concordance of the combination of the user name and activities (Honduras, addition of photos, Koppen climate categories). Largoplazo (talk) 21:07, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * Also Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:16, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * . Account . IP blocked 2 weeks. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:19, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Based largely on the 04 September 2020 archive data, I've reblocked and tagged Honduras200010 as CU-Confirmed master. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:55, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

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More posting and changing of photos, more activity in the same articles (mostly Honduras, plus Berlin), more fixation on Köppen climate zones. Largoplazo (talk) 13:03, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

The level of formal detail you're asking for surprises me because, well, a "DUCK" response came swiftly in response to a similar report at Sockpuppet investigations/Honduras200010/Archive. I figure investigators usually just run down the list of the editor's contributions, look at the diffs in the popups, and note that they match both the patterns claimed and the patterns previously reported for other sockpuppets that have led to positive findings. But, anyway:


 * Obsession with climate and, in particular, Köppen climate classifications:
 * Honduras200010:
 * Braziliann1996:
 * Susonrisadefabula:


 * Adding and, in particular, changing existing images:
 * Paris199900:
 * Braziliann1996:
 * Lasolitudineitaly:
 * Susonrisadefabula:


 * The articles selected for editing:
 * Paraguay, also by Braziliann1996
 * Guatemala, also by Braziliann1996; Immigration to Guatemala is a new addition to the repertoire, but obviously related
 * Valle de Ángeles, also by Paris199900, Braziliann1996, and 190.92.62.195
 * Berlin, also by Braziliann1996, Lasolitudineitaly, and the original account Honduras200010

Largoplazo (talk) 14:49, 10 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Also, there's a naming match: Italian singer Laura Pausini has sung both "Se fue", which includes the lyrics "Su sonrisa de fabula se fue", and "La solitudine". Besides this name, "Susonrisadefabula", an earlier confirmed sockpuppet was Lasolitudineitaly. Largoplazo (talk) 14:56, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Another Laura Pausini song, "Non C'è", corresponds to the account name Noncheitaly. Largoplazo (talk) 15:38, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Whaaaaa??? Is it coincidence that the very latest edit at Laura Pausini, made yesterday, was by you? (I'd never head of Pausini, and I only even wound up looking into her because it occurred to me that the account name currently at hand sounded like they might be from somewhere, and I looked them up out of curiosity. Just now I thought to look at the article on her herecurious to see whether any of these socks had edited thereand was surprised by the synchronicity of your contribution to it.) Largoplazo (talk) 15:52, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * ,  Cabayi (talk) 13:59, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , some coincidence! We'll just have to hope that Laura Pausini is just so popular that the overlap between this SPI and Pcgmsrich is coincidental. There doesn't appear to be any other overlap between the two cases.
 * Sometimes pointing to the history is enough, especially if the SPI clerk is familiar with the case. I'm not, and pairing up the edit histories of 1 new sock, 1 master, and several previous socks to find an overlap is a waste of time if you've already spotted that overlap.


 * Cabayi (talk) 16:28, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

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The latest identity with the name of a country in its account name, to be particularly interested in geographical, and especially Latin American geographical, and even more especially Honduran topics (including an edit on one article in common with other puppets, Valle de Ángeles, in which they reversed a reversion of another puppet's edit), in adding and especially replacing images, and in Köppen climate classifications. Largoplazo (talk) 03:30, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

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I added Panamax1, created a couple of hours before Panamax2, making the same kind of image edits in San Pedro Sula - master:, sock:. Then 20 minutes later, wireless IP 186.2.146.95 tries (and fails) to correct the caption:, making the same spelling mistake as the master did. There have been a few other IPs in the 186.2.146.0/24 range that appear to be theirs, e.g. making incomprehensible protected edit requests in Honduras: and Tegucigalpa:, restoring the same edit as Panamax2 and several older socks in Valle de Ángeles:   etc. The IP changes quickly and a range block is probably doubtful due to other editors in the range, I'm just reporting the evidence for the record.

Editing also continues from broadband IP range 190.92.62.192/26 (see previous reports), e.g. restoring the same edit in Valle de Ángeles:. In San Pedro Sula, adding another image a few hours after the above:, as well as changes to climate with typical edit summary: , repeatedly restoring sock Paris199900's edit: , , adding unattributed copypastes of Google translations e.g. from es:San Pedro Sula: , etc. Also making the same spelling mistake here:. In this case it looks to me like pretty much all of the edits in the range this year are theirs, certainly in the past month. --IamNotU (talk) 16:13, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * I've both accounts and blocked the 190 IP range for 2 weeks. The 186 IP addresses, as IamNotU points out, change quickly and a range block looks to have collateral, so I'll leave that range unblocked for now. Closing. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:06, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

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The same hyperfocus on adding images; focus on Honduras-related topics and on climate, including empty or nonspecific edit requests on talk pages, and San Pedro Sula. This time, copyright violation has been thrown in, with material taken from Britannica. Also, another in a series of user names containing names of countries (Corea del Sur = South Korea). Largoplazo (talk) 00:22, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

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I've (re-)added the IP range 190.92.62.192/26, see previous reports and the block log. A few hours after the block expired, they were back at it, adding an image to the same article an hour or so before the above-reported new sock account:,. PS, regarding the comment above about copyright infringement, that is a well-known habit of this user. --IamNotU (talk) 03:22, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * Coreadelsurhoy. The IP range looks static and exclusively used by this sock back to April 2020, so reblocked that range for another 6 months. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:40, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

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The trademark characteristics: a country/nationality in the account name; a particular focus on (from most detailed to least) San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and Central America; adding/replacing images; altering climate information. Largoplazo (talk) 03:37, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

And, now, the latest vague protected page edit request at Talk:Honduras, and one at Talk:Taiwan. Largoplazo (talk) 12:37, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Under this account, the user has most recently taken to simply deleting huge portions of Honduras, repeatedly. Largoplazo (talk) 22:47, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * I knew it was a vandal. Wow, I am shocked to see this. Maybe I shouldn't warn vandals who appear to be socks. --67.85.37.186 (talk) 01:01, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

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✅ to Panamax2. Blocked and tagged. GorillaWarfare (talk) 00:04, 12 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Don't see anything else to do here. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:34, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

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The hallmark: removing of material from Honduras seen by the master and puppets as unfair, particularly this removal of the entire section on crime (which C.Fred reverted) and removal of the heading "Poverty". Also, the usual focuses on the climate (as also here at La Esperanza, Honduras) and shuffling around images. Also, as usual: making 10 edits and waiting for autoconfirmation to kick in before leaping straight to semi-protected articles Tegucigalpa and Honduras. Largoplazo (talk) 00:43, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * The edits here and here involve the same files, removal of content, and similar operations (replacing images, moving images, etc). I've indef'd the account and tagged it; closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   08:55, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

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Same as usual (see previous reports), just after getting autoconfirmed blanking sections about crime and poverty in Honduras:, , ; edits to San Pedro Sula about the climate classification: , and adding "panoramic" photos: , ; and photos in Tegucigalpa , ; editing the Berlin and Paris articles, etc. -- IamNotU (talk) 01:03, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked this account based on behavioral evidence. Requesting checkuser to look for sleepers based on other investigations in the archive. I'll leave the tagging to those that have more experience with the nuances.  Tide  rolls  13:09, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Adding the CU request into the status as it was missed by Tide rolls. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:48, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Sock account is ✅. No sleepers that I could find.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:35, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
 * . Tagged. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:12, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

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Another new account, created a few hours after the last one was blocked. Account created on Spanish Wikipedia like several earlier socks. Removing material (in this case images) they don't like from the Poverty section of Honduras:, ; repeatedly changing the skyline image in Tegucigalpa: , vs. , , etc., as well as the climate classification:  vs , , and more. -- IamNotU (talk) 16:28, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

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In addition, we have a new behavior by which to identify this user: insertion of spurious punctuation marks or spaces in front of them and/or replacing them with semicolons. Under this account, the user did this in over a dozen articles. Largoplazo (talk) 17:26, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * indef, tagged, glock requested. I'll also upgrade the protection on Honduras from semi to ECP.  Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:15, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

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The usual combined focuses on climate, changing/adding images, and Honduras (including Tegucigalpla, La Esperanza, and San Pedro Sula) and the vicinity. At least one IP is also involved, so I'm adding a checkuser request. Largoplazo (talk) 01:30, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Indef, tagged, closing. I'll throw some page protection around too. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:58, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

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Various IPs in the same range have been reported previously, see 15 September 2020. Same old thing, edits to climate classifications of San Pedro Sula etc.:, , ; incomprehensible protected edit requests: , ,. It looks to me like Special:Contributions/186.2.144.0/22 covers all their edits, and nearly everything since June is theirs. The few others are mostly vandalism. Might be worth a block? --IamNotU (talk) 13:26, 7 December 2020 (UTC) IamNotU (talk) 13:26, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * I previously blocked 190.92.62.192/26 for 6 months. Now they've apparently moved to 186.2.144.0/22 (both geolocate to San Pedro Sula, Honduras).  I'm really hesitant to block a /22 for that long, despite the fact that it looks like it's dedicated to this sock.  I've blocked 186.2.144.0/22 for 1 month. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:34, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

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Except for the edits reverted by bot or for bad grammar, all this user's edits are the same variety as the master's: climate info and image file changes primarily associated with Honduras and spreading out from there. Also, the account name is typical for this user. Largoplazo (talk) 22:57, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Additionally, both editors wish to remove an image on the article Honduras because "it is ugly" . – Thjarkur (talk) 11:03, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Not so much to confirm Latinamericancities, because that's obvious, but to check for sleepers and see if there's any kind of rangeblock that might be useful here. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:49, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * . No sleepers, and the range is already blocked.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   16:03, 10 December 2020 (UTC)


 * -- RoySmith (talk) 18:31, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

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The usual focus on replacing and adding images at San Pedro Sula and then other places in Honduras, though the targets have been farther flung this time. Also, only one pair of edits involving the weather this time, but this one was par for the course:. We could just say it's someone who has a lot of images to post, but the combination of San Pedro Sula and weather is a key identifier. Largoplazo (talk) 23:24, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Oh, also, the name, Monterreymx, comparable to previous names like Braziliann, Panamax1, Panamax2, Meridavenezuela. Not to omit Latinamericancities. Largoplazo (talk) 23:26, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * . Also indef ECP for San Pedro Sula. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:34, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
 * User:Monterreymx is ✅ to User:Latinamericancities. I have also blocked as a sleeper. EdJohnston (talk) 02:47, 9 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Per some off-wiki communication, there doesn't seem to be significant collateral, so I've blocked 186.2.144.0/22 for another 3 months, account creation blocked. On 7 December, I blocked that range for 1 month, which had the effect of keeping new socks from appearing for exactly 1 month.  So, I imagine we'll be back here on April 8th. -- RoySmith (talk) 03:18, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

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Repeated typical edit about climate classifcation, by old sock Vilmapalmabuenosaires:, ; also edited the similarly-named Vilma Palma e Vampiros article:. Barely comprehensible protected edit requests about "add information" on the Honduras talk page like many previously:, etc. Also compare edit summaries to Special:Contributions/Monterreymx. Requested CU due to previous sleepers. -- IamNotU (talk) 22:49, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Yeah, whatever. No tags. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:18, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * GeneralNotability (talk) 01:46, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

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Added content to Paraguay, as have other socks (also an image) and, after having added weather information and images, as is typical, to Honduran localities Intibucá, Intibucá, previously edited by sock , and Valle de Ángeles as socks Brazilian1996 and  and Susonrisadefabula and  and. Since I see another account was just dealt with, there could be more lurkers in waiting, so I'm requesting CheckUser. Largoplazo (talk) 02:51, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to Lanocgeduramas.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:13, 28 January 2021 (UTC)


 * The SandDoctor Talk 18:11, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Focus on Latin America.
 * One typical behavior: insertion of a graphic as here, in this case at Mérida, Mérida, about Mérida, Venezuela. One of the sockpuppet accounts was.
 * Another typical behavior: focus on climate, with this edit and this edit. The first edit is to Caracas, also in Venezuela. The second is to Monterrey; one of the socks was.
 * The first two edits under this account are about someone from Venezuela (see above) and someone from Honduras (see the master's user name).
 * This account's name has the same general flavor of many of the others. Largoplazo (talk) 02:58, 1 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Follow-up: The user has gone full bore with the characteristic Köppen climate classifications and left an (empty) edit request on the talk page of one of the articles that's been protected because of their edits, Honduras. Largoplazo (talk) 04:56, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * At least five of the pages edited by this account so far were previously edited by the master or another confirmed sock. Largoplazo (talk) 11:28, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The above reporting was about Nightinmerida. Adding 190.92.62.215, who just made edits of the same sort to three pages already hit by Nightinmerida. The edit to Talk:Honduras was yet another protected page edit request, followed by one by Tanenamorados, reported by Chipmunkdavis below. Edits on 3 September 2020 from the same IP were made to Tegucigalpa, also targets of the master and several sockpuppets of the master (including Meridavenezuela), and Theobroma cacao, also a target of sockpuppet Braziliann1996. Largoplazo (talk) 07:58, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I received an email from Spanish Wikipedia informing me that somebody at this very IP address requested "un recordatorio de los datos de tu cuenta", and providing me with a temporary password for that purpose. (I didn't follow up, of course.) Is there an avenue for dealing with this sort of attack by this user? Largoplazo (talk) 08:42, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * So I went looking on Spanish Wikipedia, and all this is playing out there as well. In particular, all Nightinmerida's edits there have been reverted. There should be global locks on all these accounts. Largoplazo (talk) 09:02, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

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Adding Tanenamorados, massive duck of Nightinmerida. CMD (talk) 05:28, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * "Tan enamorados" is the title of a song, similar to two or three of the other sock accounts. Largoplazo (talk) 08:32, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * (Answer to ) Hello. It seems like a duck case, however, I also want to put on record my support for the verification request for Spanish Wikipedia purposes. LuchoCR (talk) 18:28, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Master appears stale, please check the non-stale socks. Please confirm & check for sleepers.
 * Ping who blocked Nightinmerida on eswiki. Tanenamorados is 70x more active there than here. Cabayi (talk) 18:22, 26 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Both accounts are ✅ to Vengodevalencita.
 * Also found and ✅:
 * All socks will be bagged and tagged. . This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:55, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
 * All socks will be bagged and tagged. . This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:55, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
 * All socks will be bagged and tagged. . This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:55, 26 April 2021 (UTC)


 * The SandDoctor Talk 03:23, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

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IP address came alive and immediately targeted two articles common to earlier socks with the two characteristic types of edit: climate and photos.

Can we get a range block, maybe six months, on 190.92.62.128/25 or maybe 190.92.62.192/26? It looks like all edits from that range in the past 12 months have been of the same nature. While there was a gap from the beginning of October until the end of March, we've now had a solid month of activity from them, in addition to the registered sock accounts that were just blocked. Largoplazo (talk) 23:29, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , The October-March gap was the last time I blocked that range. This guy's nothing but persistent. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:07, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * Special:AbuseLog/29784057. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:36, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked the /26 for another year. Latest in a long line of progressively longer blocks. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:05, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

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Matches on climate, inserting/replacing images, Honduras, and Venezuela. Matches on Siguatepeque, Comayagua, recently edited from an address in the just-reblocked IP block. Largoplazo (talk) 11:19, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * - I've already blocked Kassandrarctv.ven to stop the damage, but left untagged pending CU results. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:28, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ to . Bagging and tagging sock. . This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   14:58, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

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Among these IPs and the registered account over the last few days, it's the usual pattern of Honduras, Venezuela, weather (focus on Köppen classifications), and inserting or changing images. The account name reprises previous use of names of women in the entertainment field (Vilmapalmabuenosaires) and mentions of Venezuela (most recently Kassandrarctv.ven). Finally, the taunt in the edit summary here seems to confirm that this is the person with whom I have a history in regard to these edits. Largoplazo (talk) 04:07, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

In addition: the one edit made so far by Lolysanchezven is to the article Coraima Torres, about an actress whose first leading role was in the RCTV telenovela Kassandrawhich matches the previous account name Kassandrarctv.ven, under which edits were also made to that article. Largoplazo (talk) 04:41, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * - No so much to verify identify of Lolysanchezven (however, do that too), but to take a look at the collateral consequences of a long block for 190.92.32.0/19. Previously, I've blocked 190.92.62.192/26, but now they've moved around and I'm really hesitant to block a /19 without additional confirmation.  In any case, I've semi-protected Köppen climate classification and Oceanic climate for a year. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:33, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll give you a on Lolysanchezven, . The IP range you inquired about can safely be blocked, including a hardblock if you wish. ST47 (talk) 04:48, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * ping so you see the answer about the /19. ST47 (talk) 04:50, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * 190.92.32.0/19 blocked for a year -- RoySmith (talk) 15:57, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * for Lolysanchezven, closing. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 16:05, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

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And again. It's always like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. In this case, the IP user made unhelpful edits to two articles involving Washingtons, Washington (state) and Lincoln Memorial (in Washington, D.C.), in addition to two characteristic weather-related edits to Tegucigalpa, the old pattern of articles on topics radiating from cities in Honduras outward. Then the Washingtondccityy user appears, adding unhelpful words to a few articles in addition to edits of the usual two types (weather and images) to articles previously edited by previous socks.

I looked at Special:Contributions/186.2.146.0/25. All edits during the past year were by this person, with the possible exception of some edits that were vandalism anyway in July 2020. So there's another range I'd suggest blocking, following up on the one from a few days ago. Maybe even the /24 but that's less clear-cut. Largoplazo (talk) 22:23, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

I see User:Ponyo already did a checkuserblock on the registered user. Largoplazo (talk) 22:26, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * already checked, ✅ and blocked along with . -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:28, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I've blocked 186.2.146.0/24 for a year. Looking through the history, /22 might make sense, but I'll go with the smaller range for now.  Also semi-protected La Esperanza, Honduras for a year. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:12, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * . --Blablubbs&#124;talk 13:37, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * And, what the heck,
 * And, what the heck,
 * And, what the heck,


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In an earlier episode, User:RoySmith wrote, "I've blocked 186.2.146.0/24 for a year. Looking through the history, /22 might make sense, but I'll go with the smaller range for now." Time to reconsider the /22, as the first IP above made two characteristic edits at Tegucigalpa today (images), following one by the second IP on 11 June (an image). Except for two edits that were improper anyway, all edits shown for Special:Contributions/186.2.144.0/22 since 9 September 2020 were indisputably by this user based on pages edited and the nature of the edits. Largoplazo (talk) 02:44, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , I tend to think of H2k as concentrating on climate classifications. I'm not convinced that these edits fit that pattern.  It's not surprising that an IP that geolocates to Honduras is editing Honduras-related topics.  Could you point out some more specific diffs of known H2k socks that overlap with these IP edits? -- RoySmith (talk) 14:25, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , H2k has dual focuses: climate and photos (adding and replacing). Under this range, for climate, we have . These cover the period from 13 September through 3 June, and come from both 144s and 146s. Most of the remaining edits from this range since September have been of the image variety. Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, Intibucá, and La Esperanza in Honduras are all long-time favorites of H2k socks, as is Caracas, which has also figured in some of the sock account names. There may be other Hondurans editing, and some of them may edit Honduras-related articles in particular, but doesn't it seem we have here a clear intersection of specific articles chosen and specific edit focuses? Largoplazo (talk) 22:52, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , Thanks, that's what I needed. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:19, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * -, in 25 May 2021, you advised me on the wisdom of a year-long hardblock for 190.92.32.0/19. Same question now, regarding 186.2.144.0/22. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:24, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Wait, I'm confused. Why are we endorsing a check of an account to confirm it with IP addresses? We can't do that...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:21, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Roy is asking for a collateral check to see if the range can be hardblocked. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 09:45, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * That's correct. My apologies for being vague. RoySmith-Mobile (talk) 10:42, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * If you are blocking the /22 range, at this time I would use an anon-only setting (i.e. softblock) instead of a hardblock because of possible collateral damage. regarding whether this range is actually related to this master. Mz7 (talk) 02:07, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I took another look at the recent IP history. What I saw was mostly traffic that's almost certainly Honduras200010, a certain amount of random vandalism, and a little bit of traffic that appears to be legitimate edits.  I've gone ahead and soft-blocked the /22 for a year. -- RoySmith (talk) 12:34, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

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Evidence: All we need to wrap things up are some climate-related edits, surprisingly missing so far (other than the inclusion of "Climate" in the edit request mentioned just above).
 * The user name is a song lyric, "Desesperado casi hecho leño", similar to other sock names "Lasolitudineitaly", after Laura Pausini's song "La solitudine", and "Susonrisadefabula", after "Su sonrisa de fabula" in "Se fue", also by Laura Pausini.
 * An edit tosuch a coincidence!Laura Pausini.
 * An edit to Jenk Oz, with five recent edits by sock Kassandrarctv.ven including, for example, and.
 * Yet another semi-protected edit request at Talk:Honduras, asking for photos to be added to the usual sections, "Economy, Climate, Geography, Culture". Adding and replacing images is one of this user's most common activities.

Requesting CheckUser to check for sleepers. Largoplazo (talk) 11:06, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. No sleepers immediately visible. Blocked, tagged, closing. – bradv 🍁  02:02, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

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To start with, there's the name Japan1999, evoking earlier socks Argentinian1999, Honduras1999, Paris199900, and Braziliann1996

There's the usual deep concern for Köppen climate classifications and Honduras, with edits to old haunts
 * Köppen climate classification (also edited by Kassandrarctv.ven and by IPs in the now-blocked 190.92.32.0/19 and 190.92.62.192/26 blocks), now with the addition of an edit to Wladimir Köppen
 * Siguatepeque (similar edits by Kassandrarctv.ven, Latinamericancities, Braziliann1996, and Noncheitaly)
 * Tropical savanna climate (also edited by blocked IP 190.92.62.207), with an edit that involves Tegucigalpa, keeping with the Honduras theme

The edits to Köppen climate classification include edits involving Tegucigalpa and Siguatepeque as well as La Esperanza, Honduras (also a target of Washingtondccityy, Vilmapalmabuenosaires, Coreadelsurhoy, and Panamax2).

Finally, most of this user's edits prior to the edits to Köppen climate classification have been similar to a few made by other socks, involving the incorrect or unnecessary addition or replacement of articles or punctuation marks (especially adding incorrect commas and replacing commas incorrectly with semicolons, a newer trait that I'll add to my identification repertoire). Similar edits are Largoplazo (talk) 11:43, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
 * by Kassandrarctv.ven
 * by Monterreymx
 * by Lanogdeduramas
 * by Vengodevalencitas
 * by Desesperadocasihecholeño

Update: the user has been blocked. Largoplazo (talk) 19:03, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

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Confirmed to previous socks. One to consider tagging: One to consider locking: . -- zzuuzz (talk) 18:44, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
 * - Looks like them. Confirmation and sleeper check, please. Holding on lock request pending CU. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:40, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Considered,, , archiving. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:52, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

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Compare especially my comments at the sockpuppet archive entry for 15 June 2021: the combination of
 * edits about climate (most of the edits from this IP)
 * edits to articles about Honduras: Comayagua, Siguatepeque, Nasry Asfura, 2021 Honduran general election, the first two of these being on my watchlist because of this person's edits
 * edits to Caracas
 * edits involving images:

The user seems finally to have landed on an IP that isn't in one of the ranges with a long-term block, so I checked the 190.92.19.0/24 block, but so far it's just this one IP in that range. Largoplazo (talk) 08:08, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Follow-up addition:

I've resisted the temptation till now as possibly premature, but after three new edits by User:Vouasim, I'm adding that user to this report, despite most of the edits involving South America and a non-characteristic interest in linking of the names of countries in infoboxes. Reasons:
 * edits to the combination of Caracas and Tegucigalpa
 * edits about climate (in which, strangely, the user keeps reverting their own changes) and others
 * edits to images
 * restoration of an image to Tegucigalpa that was reverted after it was added a week earlier by previous sockpuppet Descubriasintiniaparaserfelix]

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I've blocked the account and one sleeper - which are pretty much confirmed. You wouldn't expect me to comment on the IP, which is currently /26 blocked. -- zzuuzz (talk) 11:41, 3 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Given the nature of this case, I've been aggressive with ECP on pretty much any page they edit. Caracas and Siguatepeque for 1 year. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:39, 3 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Tagged accounts. Locks already requested. Archiving. Spicy (talk) 19:05, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

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Evidence: Requesting CheckUser as it's common for this user to have multiple concurrent active accounts. Largoplazo (talk) 02:29, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * The name, reminiscent of other sock names like Nightinmerida, Polishismyhearth, Vengodevalencita
 * Tegucigalpa and Honduras at the core of this user's edits
 * Edits on climate
 * Edits to change images
 * An edit to Laura Pausini, previously edited by sock Desesperadocasihecholeño, and singer of two songs whose lyrics were the source of two other sock names, Susonrisadefabula and Lasolitudineitaly.
 * All of this preceded by what have become common sorts of early edits (trying to achieve autoconfirmed status?) including linking and unlinking country names and other things, and adding single words that may or may not actually belong where they're put.

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 * - apparent gaming of autoconfirmed and also similar edits after gaming suggests sockpuppetry. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:23, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to . . . Dreamy Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:48, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

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Can we talk about Special:Contributions/190.92.19.0/24 again? The last time was 15 October. Seven weeks later, there's a trove of climate-related edits from this block, especially focused on Honduras but also elsewhere, including the replacement of one city in Bangladesh in Humid subtropical climate with the city of Siguatepeque in Honduras.

There are a couple of edits of other types from single-edit IPs in this range, but those were reverted as well. One was from .103 and one was from .155, so I guess making it a /25 block lets one of those off the hook. I'll leave the remaining math to another. Largoplazo (talk) 23:17, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * /24 blocked -- RoySmith (talk) 17:11, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

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Multiple reasons of the usual types:
 * 1) User name is the name of a woman in the entertainment field. See the 25 May 2021 entry in the archive for further discussion of this, with examples.
 * 2) Focus on Honduras, (Manuel Zelaya, First Ladies and Gentlemen of Honduras, new article El Socorro, Comayagua); spreading out as typical to Venezuela and Brazil, before diverging into the rest of the world.
 * 3)  Edit to Coraima Torres, previously the target of at least two other socks (again, see the 25 May 2021 entry).
 * 4) Focus on images.
 * 5) Focus on climate, particularly self-reversion at Köppen climate classification (which sock Vouasim also did there once), which has been edited by a number of Honduras200010 socks. Largoplazo (talk) 04:32, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  19:05, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Going purely on the technical data, I'd say, but factoring in the behaviour I'm willing to call this confirmed, along with . looks a lot like a sleeper. There are some other unused accounts on the same range, but I'm less confident about them so will leave them for now.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  19:18, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

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I've been biding my time on this one: dual focus on Honduras and climate, but that wasn't sufficient. Now we have an edit on Kassandra (TV series), about the Venezuelan RCTV series, where one of the previous sock accounts was Kassandrarctv.ven. Largoplazo (talk) 22:09, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, I missed it, another primary ingredient is there: fiddling with photos.

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 * Everything is stale, but there's enough behavioral evidence (including some beans Largoplazo didn't mention) to block. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:45, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * , archiving. Spicy (talk) 15:21, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

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Combination of the usual (coverage of topics around the world but always with the center in Honduras; climate; though, so far, no edits involving images) and a couple I'm not sure I've raised:
 * Whole phrases as user names, without capitalization, such as Myhometowninguadalajara, Desesperadocasihecholeño, Lanogdeduramas, Nightinmerida, Vengodevalencita, Latinamericancities, and Polishismyhearth.
 * A penchant for self-reverting over minor edits:, , , , , , , Largoplazo (talk) 00:04, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to, and also to:
 * Will block etc, request locks, etc.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  01:33, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Will block etc, request locks, etc.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  01:33, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

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Special:Contributions/190.92.19.0/24 is back, a month after the end of the last block, with more of the same: climate, Honduras, Maracaibo. Started editing from this IP on 11 April, and has returned now that the last couple of registered accounts have been blocked. Largoplazo (talk) 07:15, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * /23 blocked 6 months by Daniel Case. Closing. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 23:48, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

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Usual patterns from a 190.92.*.* address: Honduras, climate, inserting images (in one case, in a template's nickname field), making bad edits (a bunch of them had been reverted already when I came upon this IP's contributions). Largoplazo (talk) 19:22, 9 May 2022 (UTC)


 * The IPv4 range is 190.92.0.0/16. Krantler (talk) 05:42, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * That's much too large. None of the edits made over the last couple of months from that range without 19 in the third position appear to be from this person, though earlier edits in perhaps the /23 or /22 superset of this range have tended to be. Largoplazo (talk) 09:36, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I think we should block the /22 IP range. Krantler (talk) 10:38, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Set  to   in the sockmaster's userpage as they are globally locked. Krantler (talk) 10:44, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Activity in the last few hours from Special:Contributions/190.92.19.87, adding above. Largoplazo (talk) 11:17, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

I hate to be a nag, but this long-time, supposedly globally locked and blocked user has been editing regularly on here since March 20, with mostly me dealing with it. Can I get a well deserved respite, please? A long block (6 months? a year?) of 190.92.18.0/23 seems highly reasonable. Largoplazo (talk) 00:15, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Never mind, took care of it after my submission to AIV. Six-month block on the /23. Largoplazo (talk) 04:45, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * /23 blocked 6 months by Daniel Case. Closing. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 01:54, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

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Proposing a block on the /25, which nobody else has used in nearly a year and a half. The same sort of edits as the other blocked 190.92.*.* IP blocks--focused on climate, particularly in Honduras and on general climate articles, and insertion of unhelpful graphics. Witness in addition the taunt in this edit connected with my history of fending off this user. Largoplazo (talk) 02:12, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * 1 week. Regarding your request, looking at the /25 they've only used two IPs in six months, so it isn't too much of a whack-a-mole. Any other possible rangeblocks are too wide. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 14:29, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

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Account came up in a checkuser for other purposes. Logging here for future CUs and for reference at SRG Guerillero  Parlez Moi 11:37, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * FWIW I'd just started eyeing that account in the last couple of days. Largoplazo (talk) 12:52, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * So is Paulistafan confirmed? MarioGom (talk) 23:13, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, they are -- Guerillero  Parlez Moi 23:17, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. . MarioGom (talk) 23:23, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

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Created October 28, went right to climate-related edits at Köppen climate classification (including self-reversions, which are a recurring characteristic), Maracaibo, and Siguatepeque (including addition of a photo, yet another correlation), all old haunts of various socks including 190.92.*.*, Vouasim, Japan1999, Kassandrarctv.ven, and, most recently, Paulistafan, an account under which the user managed to edit extensively until being blocked three days before the creation of this new account. Largoplazo (talk) 03:46, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

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I don't know, but their self-reversions remind me of a British sockmaster known as, even though they're completely unrelated. Magnatyrannus (talk &#124; contribs) 04:32, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to . Blocked, lock requested, closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  09:52, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

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Same IP as I reported last week went right back to the same territory immediately after the one-week block was over. Largoplazo (talk) 04:42, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 09:09, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

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It's taken me much longer than usual to decide this has to be a sockpuppet because it's taken longer for a couple of the usual telltale factors to kick in and because the user has been unusually non-prolific under this acccount, but here goes:
 * Focus on Honduras as well as new draft Draft:Rolando Argueta, and then diversifying into other Latin American countries before their interesting diversifies more thinly into other places.
 * Focus on climate, especially at Köppen climate classification, where the user's edits over a period of months have been almost consistently reverted by User:G. Capo and User:Scheridon on substantive grounds
 * Infobox pictures for places in Honduras
 * The name Politicsandmorebiography calls to mind other run-on names like Juntadirecticadeldrchirinos and Desesperadocasihecholeño and Latinamericancities.

Finally, the account was registered just three days after the next most recent sockpuppet, Gwiztiktok, was blocked, and on the same day that an IP in the usual range, 190.92.42.2, edited the Köppen article. Largoplazo (talk) 23:56, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 03:10, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

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Quickly gave off the following signature signs:
 * Geographic focus on Honduras.
 * Climate, this time directly to Köppen climate classification.
 * Run-on account name, possibly popular-media related (I'm thinking of the TV series The Crown). Largoplazo (talk) 11:03, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * are ✅. There's one more account which is ✅, but the behavior doesn't match so I left it alone and put some notes in cuwiki; it might be worth somebody else taking a look. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:30, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked and glock requested. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:31, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

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The Honduras weather person again. Multiple edits to Köppen climate classification as usual, particularly about one of their usual focuses, La Esperanza, Honduras; and an edit to the article about the Honduran locality Choluteca, Choluteca. Largoplazo (talk) 20:16, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * The range is now blocked, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:42, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

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New account, picked right up where the IP user still listed here as of this writing left off, with the now age-old pursuit of trying to get La Esperanza, Honduras, listed at Köppen climate classification (compare and ), and with the sort of run-on account name common to sock accounts created by this user. Largoplazo (talk) 15:01, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Don't see any others. Closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:18, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

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Time for a renewed block, this time not only on 186.2.144.0/22 but, based on a more extended range of abusive IP addresses, 186.2.144.0/20, as this user, in addition to the latest named account, Miniñaalemanade14, has been making edits to the usual Köppen climate classification, with focuses on La Esperanza and Intibucá, at IP addresses that vary throughout that range. Also,
 * 186.2.144.232 made this climate-related edit to Barquisimeto and this one to Taipei.
 * 186.2.144.143 made this one to Cobán.
 * 186.2.146.122 made this one to List of locations with a subtropical climate.

Regarding the IP addresses, there may be edits in the past year that were by other people (though many of those have been unconstructive or even vandalism as well), so I realize there may be concern about imposing a range-wide block. There's been reasonable hesitation before, but, even so, a three-month block was imposed on the 22 in January 2021. This was followed by a one-year block on 186.2.146.0/24 in June 2021 that was directly thereafter expanded to the /22, ending in June 2022. Well, the 186.2s picked up again the very next month, July 2022, and have continued ever since. If we can't get a block, hopefully much longer, this time, I'll at least have to petition for semi-protection at Köppen climate classification, but that would also be an unhappy situation.

Regarding the named account, it's another song-and-dance run-on-phrase typical of this user: "My German girl of 14". Largoplazo (talk) 21:20, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * Named account blocked and tagged. Article semi'ed for a year, and the IPs are all at least a little stale as long as this has sat.  Closing. Courcelles (talk) 13:11, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

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With only five edits, this user already triggered my sensors two edits ago, with the Siguatepeque climate edit, and now there are two Venezuela climate zone edits, with Venezuela being perhaps #2 of the master's and other socks' targets after Honduras. So, can we run a checkuser? Largoplazo (talk) 22:42, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:39, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:40, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

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The usual problematic climate edits (which apparently continue to get reverted on substantive grounds) to the same articles, and in the 190.92 range, though not in one of the subranges that are already blocked. Largoplazo (talk) 23:29, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * IP already blocked. Closing. Courcelles (talk) 23:45, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

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Similar edits to those of the master and all the socks including the IPs. In recent months they've been coming from a number of IPs spread out in the range 186.2.144.0/20. The 186.2.144.0/22 range has been blocked before, for six months at Sockpuppet investigations/Honduras200010/Archive and then, six months later, for a year at Sockpuppet investigations/Honduras200010/Archive). I nominated this range again two months ago, Sockpuppet investigations/Honduras200010/Archive, along with one named account, but Courcelles found, eight days later, that "the IPs are all at least a little stale as long as this has sat." But, come on: this started up in July 2022 within a couple of weeks of the end of the previous one-year-block and it's persisted ever since.

There might be just enough other edits not following the abuser's pattern and that haven't been reverted for other reasons to prevent a range block of the /20, or a long one. But most of them are clearly from the same user: climate, insisting on changing climate classifications, covering a range of locations centered on Honduras and Venezuela.

Also, I haven't mentioned this before, I don't think, but many edit summaries are in the same vein, with arguments and sources in the summary but no source in the article, which the sock has adopted over the years. Compare such edit summaries as with summaries by Braziliann1996, Paulistafan, Gwiztiktok, Politicsbiographyandmore, IsabelCarlotaPalatinado, etc. Largoplazo (talk) 01:40, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked. Closing. Courcelles (talk) 23:46, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Patterns include edits on climate (revertable in their own right), giving sources in edit summaries but not adding them to articles, secondary focus on Venezuela. A report from April 2023 on the nearby IP 168.228.194.127 led to the conclusion by User:Spicy that "The range is now blocked" but Spice didn't say which range, and I'm not finding that there's been a block on 168.228.194.0/24. However, shows a long series of 28-day blocks by ST47ProxyBot for both 162.228.194.127 and 168.228.194.123. Can we block the /24 for a year, as has been resorted to recently for 186.2.144.0/20 and 190.92.?.? (I'm not sure which subrange is currently blocked it isn't clear from the SPI archive)? Largoplazo (talk) 01:39, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Still active on 13 July, just edited Tegucigalpa again. Largoplazo (talk) 10:11, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked by Callanecc. Closing. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:32, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the /24 as well. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:36, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

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Names of several other socks (Susonrisadefabula, Lasolitudineitaly, Noncheitaly) can be traced (see the archive) to songs sung by Laura Pausini, as this one is ("Angeles en el Cielo"), and the user went straight for edits on climate in Honduras. Largoplazo (talk) 02:00, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:05, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

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Combination of the favorite topic of climate at two of this user's common haunts, Tegucigalpa and Cobán, both of them frequented by many of the user's accounts and IPs, and the style of giving assertions and sources in the edit summaries. Largoplazo (talk) 18:14, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:05, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

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Wrote a Draft:List of locations with a oceanic climate (socks, including one currently under investigation here, 168.228.194.123, have a history at Oceanic climate) and then went straight for Tegucigalpa. Largoplazo (talk) 02:19, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:05, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

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Within a day of the end of a three-month block on 168.228.194.0/24, this IP started in on Oceanic climate with the characteristic style of edit summary, with the source embedded in it rather than putting it in the article. Compare edit summaries, for example, for, with those from , ,  from earlier this year.

A one-year block on the range this time? And maybe extend the blocks on all the other ranges that have outstanding blocks on account of this user? Largoplazo (talk) 01:54, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * The ip range is already blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:03, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

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It's been a while since this user found a way around all the IP range blocks, but: they went right for Siguatepeque, one of the traditional stomping grounds, with both an image file and climate-related edits attributed to sources spelled out in the edit summary rather than cited in the article. Ducks can't quack any louder. Largoplazo (talk) 20:38, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * This didn't get any attention quickly enough, but closing as the IP hasn't edited now in nearly a month. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:56, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

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Several IP ranges used by this editor have been blocked for some time, including 168.228.194.0/24, but that must be over because the user has made some recent edits from there, as well as from 181.115.59.67. With these IPs now available, the editor (who must be attempting to edit around the numerous existing blocks daily, because they pop up again as soon as it becomes possible) has created Birthdaykatyperry.

It's a WP:DUCK, given the account name style (run-on with no capital letters, the name of a singing star), the immediate jump to edit climate information at Siguatepeque and monkey with image files there, and the citations placed in the edit summaries instead of in the articles. See the archive and LTA page for background.

Would it be acceptable to extend the existing blocks on all IP ranges that are now blocked on account of this user?Largoplazo (talk) 16:44, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * , we don't connect IPs to accounts, and it seems that everything needed for this is public info anyway. Sock indeffed, and from history it looks like the range is both narrower than indicated and not ever used by anyone else so I've hardblocked what I think it is for 3 years. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:07, 30 April 2024 (UTC)