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07 April 2011

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Additional accounts, appearing to be from this user. Requesting CU to check for more sleepers. VQuakr (talk) 02:10, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Not 100% sure whether this applies or not, but CheckUser is not for fishing. Regards, MacMedtalk stalk  02:14, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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These don't match the information I have for Plastic Beach. However, they are clearly sockpuppets. The following are ✅ sockpuppets of one another: The following set is also ✅ sockpuppets: These two groups are all related to one another. Dominic·t 03:43, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
 * For Blocks. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  11:21, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. TN X Man  15:02, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

17 April 2011

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Not previously familiar with this contributor in any form that I know of, my suspicions are raised by the fact that his first article was La Taberna Lúpulo (Old San Juan), a duplicate of La Taberna Lúpulo which was created by one of the CU identified socks (User:Spacestoned, ) and subsequently tagged as a copyright problem by the sockmaster (User:Horizontal Law, ). Games persisted with the deletion tag here, protested by yet another sock (User:Taberna Lupulo), who placed the content in his user and user talk spaces, as did another sock User:Taberna Lúpulo. Add to that certain similarities in userspace design and the obvious fact that this is an experienced user, and I think there's strong enough quacking to justify examination. Checkuser could be useful to examine the sock drawer, as the check 10 days ago was quite informative. Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:34, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

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 * - CU for confirmation and sleepers. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 14:46, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅, along with . TN X Man  18:14, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Both confirmed accounts have been blocked and tagged. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 20:33, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

15 June 2011

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created the article on Adrian.Visby which referenced an article in the non-existent magazine Cabalaza Magazine, and a YouTube channel named "SPACESTONED". A prior sock of Horizonatal Law,, had also created an article (La Taberna Lúpulo) that referenced the same non-existent magazine, using a purported article written by Visby! The same non-existent magazine was used in a citation to Cabalaza Records, a company which does not appear to actually exist. A lot of hoaxing going on by these socks. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:48, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

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The following are all matches:
 * TN X Man 17:30, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
 * B/T'd -- DQ  (t)   (e)  16:06, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 17:30, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
 * B/T'd -- DQ  (t)   (e)  16:06, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * B/T'd -- DQ  (t)   (e)  16:06, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

18 June 2011

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Continued editing of Adrian.Visby article created by, a prior confirmed and blocked sock of this master. Creation of an article on The Merhoff Post, a bogus website created specifically for the purpose of legitimizing this sock farm's articles (see WP:Articles for deletion/Merhoff Post). (Prior articles by socks of Plastic Beach were known to reference the same bogus source, leading me to believe these sock farms are linked.) WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 12:05, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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WMCBBCNNUR and Silverbank are ✅ as the same account and highly to be Horizontal Law. Frank &#124;  talk  02:51, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I've blocked and tagged WMCB per WP:DUCK, but I'm not too sure about Silverbank. Endorsing for confirmation and sleepers. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:16, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright then - blocked and tagged both socks. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 03:05, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

25 June 2011

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This series of edits all to the same article by the three different users. Similarity of user names (see WP:DUCK). Questionable nature of the edits of this group of users, such as this edit by Oranges to Brooke Baldwin (which was undone with the comment "not the right way to do an afd") followed by this edit by Rocks. Note that since the Cabalaza Records article was started by, a confirmed sock of Horizontal Law, this new sock group might be part of that farm. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 12:29, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked all three accounts per behavioral evidence, but I'm endorsing for a check against . And I guess to confirm that they're all the same? —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:10, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, well, what have we here? ✅ the following are the same:
 * TN X Man 13:19, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I've merged this case to reflect Horizontal Law as the master, and I've blocked and tagged everyone per the findings. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:54, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 13:19, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I've merged this case to reflect Horizontal Law as the master, and I've blocked and tagged everyone per the findings. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:54, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * TN <b style="color:midnightblue; font-size:larger;">X</b> Man 13:19, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I've merged this case to reflect Horizontal Law as the master, and I've blocked and tagged everyone per the findings. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:54, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I've merged this case to reflect Horizontal Law as the master, and I've blocked and tagged everyone per the findings. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:54, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

04 July 2011

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WP:DUCK based on recent editing of Cabalaza and Cabalaza Records. I would ask an admin to look at who created the other Cabalaza Records articles to find additional socks. Asking for CheckUser to look for any I missed. Singularity42 (talk) 11:37, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Update - I've added 70.45.176.49 to the list, an IP who is removing the CSD tags without reason. Singularity42 (talk) 12:06, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

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 * I don't think a CU is needed here; the deleted version of the article Urkyz worked on is the same as the one created by the master. As such I've blocked and tagged Urkyz. And what do you know, the autoblock kicked in for the IP. We're done here. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:02, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: interest in Cabalaza Records suggests there may be a link between this and Sockpuppet investigations/Horizontal Law/Archive, one of whose confirmed socks,, first started that article. JohnCD (talk) 16:29, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
 * . Let's find out. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 16:32, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Cabalaza records has also been created by, (already blocked as a Horizontal Law sock, though I don't see him listed in that SPI) and by , blocked as a sock but with no master stated. JohnCD (talk) 17:50, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

All ✅ as Horizontal Law:



–MuZemike 21:48, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

14 November 2011

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Two new WP:SPA accounts, both creating near identical articles for an apparent non-notable group - see Cache Sapphire, CacheSapphire, and Cache Sapphire (band). MikeWazowski (talk) 19:11, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

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 * given the recent flurry of hoax sock rings in the last couple of weeks, I think this deserves a look at by a CU Alexandria   (talk)  19:17, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note on my comment above, band "site" timed out, none of the refs were valid as well. Alexandria   (talk)  19:17, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

The following are ✅ matches to each other: The following are ✅ matches to each other: The two groups are highly to be related to each other. Also,. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 21:47, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged all of them under Flowers, closing Alexandria   (talk)  21:49, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

09 April 2012

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Latest sockpuppet, created Adrian Visby, Cabalaza Music, The Fragile v4. Scopecreep (talk) 17:59, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * There seems to be some overlap with WP:Suspected sock puppets/Its Pytch.. Hon. For example, blocked socks User:Mother of creation and User:Clinton Gore created Sex Ant Toys, another Adrian Voyd/Boyd/Visby-related article: see WP:Articles for deletion/Sex Ant Toys. Possibly the same puppeteer. Scopecreep (talk) 18:06, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

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After doing some digging, I think this actually might be. The case is at Sockpuppet investigations/Horizontal Law.

Anyways, given this user's history of creating large amount of accounts, I ran a check to determine if there's any other accounts missing. The data is, but from what I remember and the evidence at hand, Catembe is very likely a sock. The following are technically ✅ as Catembe, but I'd take some caution on them/perhaps keep for future reference: <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 20:43, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Asking for clarification on on where HL. Catembe, and FoR fit into the picture, and how sure we are. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  00:37, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Catambe and the group of socks I listed together are technical ✅ matches to each other (I'd take caution with them though). Based on the data I remember and I have at hand, Catembe is likely sock of Flowers of Romance. Looking at Horizontal Law's case, it looks like Flowers of Romance and Horizontal Law are related. I hope that clarifies things up. Please let me know if you need any more clarification. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 01:20, 17 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Blocked and tagged FoR and Catémbe. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  00:08, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

25 February 2013

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Recreation of Cabalaza Republic article (see prior SPIs for editing behavior on Cabalaza Records) WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:48, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

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Blocked, tagged, created article G5'ed.&mdash;Kww(talk) 16:06, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

06 March 2013

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Hoax article Adrian Visby (artist) was recently created. This article has appeared in the past as Adrian.Visby and Adrian Visby, both of which were created by Horizontal Law's sock puppets. Bgwhite (talk) 07:30, 6 March 2013 (UTC) Bgwhite (talk) 07:30, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

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 * - - Blocked and tagged. Request CU to look for sleepers  Basa lisk  inspect damage⁄berate 12:15, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ the following are related:


 * to the above, ✅ to each other:
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  15:25, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  15:25, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  15:25, 9 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Sleepers have all be found, blocked, tagged. Someguy1221 (talk) 08:25, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

18 September 2013

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Created deleted articles LadyDelay and Mind Blown (feat. Timbaland & Adrian Visby). From the LadyDelay article: "LadyDelay is a music label founded by musician, record producer and multi-instrumentalist Adrian Visby". Subject matter and editing habits similar to past socks. Drm310 (talk) 21:58, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * ✅ LadyDelayMusic = AV2050, but is ❌ to Alessandra Moonsway. Alessandra Moonsway is to any other user. --  DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  04:53, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked confirmed accounts and tagged. --Rschen7754 08:06, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

19 September 2013

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Recreation of Mind Blown (feat. Timbaland & Adrian Visby) after it was previously deleted, thus attempting to continue the great Adrian Visby hoax. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 11:15, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Also, creation of new Adrian Visby (producer/musician). WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:47, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. --Rschen7754 08:04, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

25 September 2013

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Adrian Visby (LadyDelay) duffbeerforme (talk) 07:40, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. --Rschen7754 08:04, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

04 November 2013

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Created an article Adrian Visby (adr). —Largo Plazo (talk) 03:03, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * Deleted article, blocked/tagged. Closing case. Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:24, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

06 November 2013

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For the record. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 00:06, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * Named accounts are ✅. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 00:06, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Same for ​—DoRD (talk)​ 19:27, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
 * All blocked indef, closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 21:10, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

21 January 2016

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Duck: first and only edit was to create Adrian Visby (LLP). NeemNarduni2 (talk) 15:08, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * and blocked. in the future if you file any cases, it would be helpful if you provided us with the article or another user for comparison. In this particular case, the master had never created an Adrian Visby article, and the article this sock created was not a recreation of one by a previous sock. This meant going into the archive to compare against another sock and a different article which would be great if you mention in the evidence section if you're aware of these details. Thanks,  Mkdw talk 18:41, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah OK, I'll remember that for next time, thanks. NeemNarduni2 (talk) 19:47, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

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Writing about Adrian Visby. Adrian Visby Law FLom The Devil You Know (film) Ally Hertell. duffbeerforme (talk) 03:26, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged based upon behavior. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 19:09, 13 October 2016 (UTC)