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see Trace Cureton Praxidicae (talk) 11:02, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:17, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
WP:DUCK related to User:Ausbasketvic and User:Youngjtdyt, both of whom were blocked as suspected sockpuppets of Inspiralens.

This user edits in a very similar style to the blocked users above when comparing to the contributions at Draft:Trace Cureton and the articles created by NiklausGerard. DaHuzyBru (talk) 02:25, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

The articles created by NiklausGerard and the previous socks all feature lots of small edits, mostly visual editor, and the relation to Draft articles and the movement of articles from draft space to main space is consistent.
 * The use of "ppg", "rpg" etc Ausbasketvic Ausbasketvic NiklausGerard NiklausGerard.
 * Identical ref style Ausbasketvic Ausbasketvic NiklausGerard NiklausGerard.
 * Often introduces content then adds sources straight after Ausbasketvic content Ausbasketvic source NiklausGerard content NiklausGerard source NiklausGerard content NiklausGerard source.
 * There is consistent regular dash (-) usage rather than en dash (–) when related to years and it's consistently in the "yyyy-yyyy" format Ausbasketvic NiklausGerard.

Let me know if more is required. DaHuzyBru (talk) 12:52, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * -, please provide diffs showing specific behavioural similarities between these accounts. Saying that they "edit in a very similar style" isn't really enough to go on. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:43, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll set this back to open now that additional evidence has been provided (haven't had time to look in depth yet). Spicy (talk) 22:41, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
 * - The case is long stale, so there's nothing for CU to compare against. Also, ppg and rpg are common abbreviations; using them doesn't say much towards socking.  The other evidence doesn't say much either.  For example, lots of people (I suspect most) use the wrong kind of dash. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:15, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * - see below. Spicy (talk) 17:56, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 18:05, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Reported at my user talk for a look. Decided to run a check given similarities in editing areas by DameGilbert14. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:07, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to each other:


 * Previous socks are . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:14, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The overlap on Draft:Trace Cureton clearly links Pamelagoo and DameGilbert14 to the master. The other accounts edit more diverse topics but share the same interests in Puerto Rican & college basketball. Additional behavioural similarities have been mentioned in the above filing; there's one other thing that I don't want to mention in public but which convinces me that all of these accounts are related. This is especially concerning because the master was blocked for UPE/promo concerns and NiklausGerard has managed to obtain NPR and AfC rights. - please indef all confirmed accounts as suspected socks of Inspiralens. Thanks,  Spicy (talk) 17:55, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
 * firefly ( t · c ) 18:01, 12 June 2022 (UTC)