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07 January 2015

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, previously blocked for socking, repeatedly warned for edit warring, appears to be a troll, stoking controversy for it's own sake. I first noticed their edits on Tire, picking an spelling/national English fight. The two IPs, both located in Spain, seem to have picked up when the registered account was blocked. This argument at a page that IHateYouTyrannousAddies is unlikely to have been watching suggests they are searching for fights, or else was in fact posting from that IP address. Checkuser should clear it up. Dennis Bratland (talk) 00:09, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

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Neither of the IPs has edited in several days. One has only one edit, although the other has been significantly more active. They are probably the same person as the master, but the master has a history of using many, many IPs. For the moment I'm taking no action and closing. However, if these IPs or others tied to the master become disruptive, please feel free to reopen here or leave a message on my Talk page for a quicker response if I'm around. In the future, though, please don't request a CU when the socking involves only IPs. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:23, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
 * CheckUsers will most never connect and IP address with an account. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:53, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

10 January 2015

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Andy Dingley (talk) 22:45, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

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Already blocked. Note the different geolocation. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:29, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

10 January 2015

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Andy Dingley (talk) 23:10, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

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We now have two IPs that geolocate to Utah and others that geolocate to Spain. The guy gets around. Probably a waste of time, but blocked for two weeks, if nothing else for the use of the word "asshole" three times in one edit summary (is that a record?).--Bbb23 (talk) 23:34, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
 * None of them geo to Spain, it's just a whois to Telefonica, who operate mobile services around the world. Ownership, not location. Andy Dingley (talk) 00:35, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but my comment was tongue-in-cheek. I didn't really think the individual was in Spain one minute and Utah the next.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:07, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

25 February 2015

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Performed disputed edit to One Magnificent Morning common to other socks of this user. ViperSnake151  Talk  19:48, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

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Very likely the master, but the edit was a month ago and is not worth blocking.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:26, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

25 February 2015

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Edit on One Magnificent Morning show continued fixation with abbreviations common to other socks of this user. ViperSnake151  Talk  19:52, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Uh, NO, that's user: King Shadeed who puts that back. This guy (or at least those IPs, as far as what I've seen) doesn't do that. Go study the history a little closely before you just jump in and say stuff.

174.52.133.48 (talk) 13:01, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

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The edits were a month ago and it's not worth blocking. These three IPs (see above case) are obviously the same person and based on the geolocation to Utah are likely the master (see archives).--Bbb23 (talk) 02:26, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

25 March 2015

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Add: JoeSperrazza (talk) 09:10, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Block-evasion per discussion at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Personal_attack_from_admin-impersonator_user:Beyond_My_Ken Amaury (talk) 07:20, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

User admits to creating multiple accounts and then being blocked. Suggest check for sleepers:
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JoeSperrazza (talk) 09:10, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Add: JoeSperrazza (talk) 14:35, 25 March 2015 (UTC) Add: JoeSperrazza (talk) 14:38, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

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The master rarely uses named accounts as puppets. However, he uses IPs repeatedly. has been templating the IPs so that we have a fairly long list under suspected puppets. They fall into different series, the largest of which starts with 75. By using the ones listed, this is the calculated rangeblock: 75.160.0.0/12 (up to 1048576 users would be blocked). That, of course, doesn't block the other ranges. As I recall, the IPs the master has used don't seem to be used for any legitimate purpose, but I don't know if I can say the same for the other IPs that would be blocked if we did a rangeblock. As an aside, I don't see much point in a sleeper check because of my earlier comment about named accounts. All that said, I'd like the opinions of some CUs on these issues given the level of disruption this master causes:   --Bbb23 (talk) 11:07, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I just blocked for a month per two reports the master filed at WP:AN3.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:25, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The following range was blocked by on March 18, 2015:  75.169.16.0/20.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:28, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * To completely stop this, we would have to block multiple /16s, and for the ranges I've looked at, that would cause a lot of collateral damage. 's rangeblock is relatively safe, but it is way too narrow to be effective. In other words, I don't think that rangeblocks are going to be as useful as other methods, as frustrating as that may be. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:09, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I know it won't be very effective, DoRD, but placing it was sort of satisfying. :-) I don't think we could do a /12 rangeblock — not ever, most likely. I did check for useful contributions on the /20 range and found none. Bishonen &#124; talk 13:19, 25 March 2015 (UTC).


 * I blocked the two IPs Joe just added, each for a month. I also semi-protected yet another article. Thanks to all for the comments. I don't think there's anything more to do here for the time being and am closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:07, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

16 April 2015

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IP Socks resting in their favorite drawer: deleting acronym OMM from One Magnificent Morning,, , ,. , and continuing. JoeSperrazza (talk) 18:54, 16 April 2015 (UTC) JoeSperrazza (talk) 18:54, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Continuing disruption:, , , singing the same old song. JoeSperrazza (talk) 21:48, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

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 * First IP blocked one week, the second two. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:55, 16 April 2015 (UTC)