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18 February 2015

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Same behavior, "I'm not like Instalok. i'm Interested in tropical cyclones. Typhoon Nuri and peak intensity

Since early 2015, a trying to sign up as my account. but it never been allowed, so it planned to created today, so it works. i'm part of Youtube's NOAA Satellite Services Division."

Also like Instalok, creating various userspace "seasons". Jasper Deng (talk) 00:52, 18 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Hmm, me was not suspected to be sockpuppet, so i don't known what was the sockpuppet. Typhoon2015 talk 10:16, 18 February 2015 (UTC)


 * I know this is really hard for us and dealing with a user like few weeks ago (Instalok), we are now on another situation (Typhoon2015). I have left him some questions in his talk page just in case there are evidence he is Instalok, if OK for you as well. Should I tell the other users like Jason Rees, Meow etc.? Typhoon2013  (talk) 04:53, 18 February 2015 (UTC)


 * I don't need CU rights to tell you that Typhoon2015 is Instalok, but as validated below by an actual CU, Instalok may or may not be a sock of Fairyspit and in my honest opinion, he is not. He should not have been blocked in the first place for socking and he was forced to create another account cause his previous one was unjustifiably blocked. As mentioned by Tiptoety, their IP's may have crossed paths but they are not the one and the same. Their range is pretty large with over a few hundred IP's used to edit wikipedia, My personal opinion is that Instalok should be unblocked as a sock of Fairyspit and this SPI locked..anyone that follows the real Fairyspit will know that there is no relation between both accounts, if we compare it to the last blocked sock of Fairyspit, there is no interaction whatsoever. Please unblock the account as a sock of Fairyspit ONLY. He may or can be blocked for other offenses (if there are any)..-- Stemoc 06:30, 18 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Actually most who I know here is irritated of Instalok and must be blocked. You don't understand! He had put bad grammar and false information in our WikiProject's articles. You don't want that to happen in other pages, right? I just don't want users like this. Typhoon2013  (talk) 08:23, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem, My aim was to ensure that socks were tagged correctly or a few months from now, an Instalok sock would be wrongfully tagged as a Fairyspit one. His english is quite poor and he shouldn't be editing this wiki, maybe he should be directed to a wiki he is more comfortable in instead..-- Stemoc 10:27, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Ok, then. Well I am the same like him but I should say that I am more "better" than him in English. Me and Jasper Deng are trying to investigate. Please look at Typhoon2015's talk page since I left him 5 questions for additional reference. Thanks. Typhoon2013  (talk) 02:59, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * Given the behavioral evidence, I think Typhoon2015 is definitely Instalok and hence is evading his original block for the reasons given on his talk page, but not the socking one - I filed the SPI here rather than at Fairyspit for that reason.--Jasper Deng (talk) 06:35, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * The ISP and range that these accounts are editing from are very busy. The majority of the ranges I checked returned with a query limit because the results were too large. Because of this and the rather generic useragent that these accounts use, it is difficult for me to say with confidence that the are 100% the same. That said, I can say that it is highly that Typhoon2015 = Instalok. Also, from looking over the data I believe it is pretty likely that Instalok is a sock of . The troubling part is there are a lot of users that are technically  as being the same as Fairyspit, but very clearly are not once you examine their contributions. In summary, .  Tiptoety  talk 02:17, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I've changed the Instalok user page tag to the sockpuppeteer tag. However, I really think that whether the account is a sock of Fairyspit isn't so important. Before the sockpuppet investigation, Instalok was blocked indefinitely by Floquenbeam for being unwilling to accept help in correcting his or her editing. Now the user has engaged in socking which has essentially confirmed by the technical evidence and behavior. The more important aspect how the user is conducting him or herself rather than the paperwork end of things. Thus Stemoc, I don't think it would be proper to unblock the account. I don't understand how you feel the block was unjust, perhaps you didn't see Floq's block? Even if the user felt one of the blocks was unjust the proper course is to make an unblock request, not create another account. Mike V • Talk 18:14, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

22 February 2015

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Same speech pattern, same likeness to edits done by Instalok by replacing images with scaled down duplicates that were already present, and replicating names with other unrelated users. The suspected sockpuppets have also edited each others' user spaces with similar text as shown here:. Seeing as Instalok has tried previously to get around his ban with sockpuppets, as recent as four days previously, I have higher reason to believe that these users are indeed sockpuppets of Instalok. Supportstorm (talk) 21:31, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * - There is enough evidence that those two users are connected to each other to endorse a CU check. Especially is interesting that they edited one another's user pages: and  shows  removing text from the  user page. All three are from Philippines and display low level of English langauge knowledge (compare this, this and this). Instalok and Hurricane 2015 are interested solely in article about Pacific storms and hurricanes, while Support the Storm only edited his user page, although his username indicates that he is also interested in storms. Just one look to their contributions shows this (see  and ).  Vanjagenije   (talk)  01:18, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ that and  belong to Instalok. - Mailer Diablo 19:41, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Both socks are blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:48, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

24 February 2015

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Same user space setup and name as was in Hurricane 2015. DamianLillard: Hurricane 2015: Supportstorm (talk) 21:16, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * Identical userpages, and both interested in Pacific hurricanes.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:59, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ that = . Blocked and tagged. -- Euryalus (talk) 22:32, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

26 February 2015

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[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2014%E2%80%9315_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season&diff=prev&oldid=648892047 Poor English], [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1995%E2%80%9396_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season&diff=prev&oldid=648893181 wrong information], seems like WP:DUCK to me. Do note that the autoblock of the previous socks will have expired by now. Jasper Deng (talk) 05:33, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * - User made just four edits. Although it looks like an obvious case, we cannot be sure. Worth checking.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:37, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
 * ❌ to any previous known Instalok socks. Yunshui 雲 水 13:50, 27 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Closing with no action taken. Mike V • Talk 15:20, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

13 March 2015

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[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2014%E2%80%9315_Australian_region_cyclone_season&diff=prev&oldid=650983112 Poor grammar], same subject area (tropical cyclones, specifically typhoons), and mentions "Instalok" in the comment on his user talk page. Jasper Deng (talk) 05:42, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Disco_Cisco&diff=prev&oldid=651149878 This] - true, it was in response to a question, but it's characteristic of this user to mention the username Instalok when questioned about socking.--Jasper Deng (talk) 15:39, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

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 * -, please provide diff of user "mentioning Instalok in the comment on his user talk page".  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:55, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * - Yes it is suspicious, I agree. How would a brand new user know about Nino Marakot ?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:58, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * is a sock of .-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  20:12, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Behaviorally and technically it looks likely. I've blocked and tagged the account. Mike V • Talk 20:36, 13 March 2015 (UTC)