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"Good-faith" sockpuppetry suspected. Both new users, making largely spacing changes, with the only difference being the brand of car edited. User:力 (power~enwiki, π,  ν ) 03:11, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

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I first noticed the Daewoo.g2x account making those pointless whitespace-removal edits and thought it suspicious - like someone trying to get autoconfirmed for nefarious purposes. The account has now created at least one hoax redirect. I can't help but notice that the Isuzu.tf account has begun editing Indonesia-related articles - there has been ever-increasing vandalism from Indonesian IPs over the past year or so on automotive-related articles. This all smacks of bad-faith editing; I think it's almost certain that these accounts are intended for disruption. --Sable232 (talk) 17:49, 11 April 2021 (UTC)


 * I also noticed FleuretteChauffeuse making whitespace-removal edits. I initially warned the user about edit summaries, and he or she promptly removed whitespace from my warning. I later left him or her a note about the suspicious edits, but never received a reply. It's good to see that we've figured out what was happening. In the future, is there anything I should do if someone seems to be trying to game permissions? Would AN be appropriate? Tol &#124; Talk &#124; Contribs 06:02, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Isuzu.tf has imported two videos to Commons: File:Jefferson Davis High School band 2020.ogv and File:Millie Bobby Brown Pandora 2020.webm. He didn't add c:Template:LicenseReview to either one of them. now has a nonexistent "Category ordered by date" template and shouldn't have been imported before muting the sound. (fixing that for the local copy now) Besides the missing LicenseReview template, being uncategorized and the broken Image extracted templates because those files weren't imported, seems clean. What I'm saying is, these seem like lazy imports which could have been done to increase edit count. (I have to AGF, but the possibility can't be ruled out) I actually have seen a socking user do lazy imports before, but it's probably too much of a stretch. (if anyone wants to know I'll try to remember/search for it) Now that I think about it, just two hours before these uploads I informed a user about FileImporter on dewiki: w:de:Benutzer Diskussion:Frank Murmann. There is a small chance the sockmaster checked my contributions. — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 14:43, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
 * No comments on the merits of the report, but I note that there is now both a File:Jefferson Davis High School band 2020.ogv file and a File:Jefferson Davis High School band 2020-en.ogv file. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:26, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * – This is very weird. There is little overlap and this technically is far from an egregious WP:SOCK violation, but the behaviour is very strange and game-y and there's extensive x-wiki activity . I doubt that this is their first time around and the hoax redirect makes me highly suspicious – this might be completely innocent, but it is concerning enough to warrant a check. CU, please look for others. Blablubbs&#124;talk 17:33, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ the following to each other:
 * The socks are often active on Commons and on other Wikipedias, so I'd suggest indef SPI blocks for all the accounts and global locks. For example. FleuretteChauffeuse is busy editing the French Wikipedia, removing white space for no reason and marking all their edits as minor. Same behavior as Daewoo.g2x and Isuzu.tf. I can't see any good faith explanation for doing the same silly editing with newly-created socks on multiple Wikipedias. Except to prove it can be done? EdJohnston (talk) 18:31, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks. In that case, per EdJohnston, and because this does have an LTAish vibe: – please block the lot. . --Blablubbs&#124;talk 19:00, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. Back to .  Cabayi (talk) 05:22, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Isuzu.tf's edit filter log shows an unhealthy interest in a couple of other SPIs. Cabayi (talk) 07:43, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Everybody is already tagged correctly, closing. Blablubbs&#124;talk 13:25, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks. In that case, per EdJohnston, and because this does have an LTAish vibe: – please block the lot. . --Blablubbs&#124;talk 19:00, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. Back to .  Cabayi (talk) 05:22, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Isuzu.tf's edit filter log shows an unhealthy interest in a couple of other SPIs. Cabayi (talk) 07:43, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Everybody is already tagged correctly, closing. Blablubbs&#124;talk 13:25, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

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Same pointless whitespace-removal edits as the sockmaster and previously identified sockpuppets, in a similar topic area, almost immediately upon the previous accounts being blocked. Sable232 (talk) 01:30, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * The following are all ✅ to
 * All these accounts have been blocked indef. I recommend tagging them all as Isuzu.tf. EdJohnston (talk) 02:16, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * All these accounts have been blocked indef. I recommend tagging them all as Isuzu.tf. EdJohnston (talk) 02:16, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * All these accounts have been blocked indef. I recommend tagging them all as Isuzu.tf. EdJohnston (talk) 02:16, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * All these accounts have been blocked indef. I recommend tagging them all as Isuzu.tf. EdJohnston (talk) 02:16, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * All these accounts have been blocked indef. I recommend tagging them all as Isuzu.tf. EdJohnston (talk) 02:16, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * All these accounts have been blocked indef. I recommend tagging them all as Isuzu.tf. EdJohnston (talk) 02:16, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * All these accounts have been blocked indef. I recommend tagging them all as Isuzu.tf. EdJohnston (talk) 02:16, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * All these accounts have been blocked indef. I recommend tagging them all as Isuzu.tf. EdJohnston (talk) 02:16, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * All these accounts have been blocked indef. I recommend tagging them all as Isuzu.tf. EdJohnston (talk) 02:16, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * All these accounts have been blocked indef. I recommend tagging them all as Isuzu.tf. EdJohnston (talk) 02:16, 3 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Throw in User talk:FleuretteChauffeuse2010 as well, and FleuretteChauffeuse. Drmies (talk) 02:23, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Since I'm lazy:
 * GeneralNotability (talk) 02:29, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * GeneralNotability (talk) 02:29, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * GeneralNotability (talk) 02:29, 3 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Tagged all, locks requested. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:29, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

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Same space removal edits, including on the talk pages of three previous socks:. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 09:16, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * - per above – there were a bunch of sleepers last time, another sweep seems warranted. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 09:17, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * for CU training. Mz7 (talk) 21:54, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus
 * , closing. Barkeep49 (talk) 03:26, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , closing. Barkeep49 (talk) 03:26, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

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Same pointless whitespace-removal edits as the sockmaster and previously identified sockpuppets, in similar topic areas. Also similar username (see User:Suzuki.sx4 for instance).  Mr.choppers &#124;  ✎  18:26, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * Very ducky. since there are usually sleepers to be found here. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 19:18, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅, along with 1 sleeper. Blocked and tagged. Closing. – bradv  🍁  01:59, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Edits such as this one are making me think that this is a bot of some sort. Not sure if that would make a difference.  Mr.choppers &#124;   ✎  03:08, 13 June 2021 (UTC)


 * . --Blablubbs&#124;talk 08:53, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

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Same weird botlike edits (often to Opel articles), same deletions of spaces including on their own talkpages. This still feels like some sort of robot edits to me.  Mr.choppers &#124;  ✎  03:22, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * Highly plausible. – please look for others. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 11:22, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and confirmed:
 * All will be bagged and tagged. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:08, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and confirmed:
 * All will be bagged and tagged. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:08, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * All will be bagged and tagged. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:08, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * All will be bagged and tagged. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:08, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * All will be bagged and tagged. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:08, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * All will be bagged and tagged. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:08, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * All will be bagged and tagged. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:08, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * All will be bagged and tagged. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:08, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * All will be bagged and tagged. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:08, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * per below. Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 19:12, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tagged. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 19:12, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

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Recreating Hai Marjawaan! previously created by D7256 sockpuppet. Similar editing profile and Commons participation when compared to D7256.  Eostrix  (&#x1F989; hoot hoot&#x1F989;) 15:40, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * I was also going to file this report; CU confirmation would be nice, however. signed,Rosguill talk 15:42, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I see they've moved from pointless spaces to dash tweaks. - this one usually has sleepers.  --Blablubbs (talk) 17:23, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * - ~TNT (she/they • talk) 18:41, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to . &  ~TNT (she/they • talk) 18:47, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Tags tweaked and for both, closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 19:00, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

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Same editing patterns as previous socks (correcting diacritics), for example at Picture of the day/July 7, 2005 where two previous socks did the same thing. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 09:58, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * - ~TNT (she/they • talk) 01:26, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to . and  ~TNT (she/they • talk) 01:31, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * - I note is tagged differently... is this two separate SPIs/sockmasters? ~TNT (she/they • talk) 01:32, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * My recollection is that you blocked those three as Isuzu without tags, per DENY? The behavioral evidence matches too, per Elli, as does the recurrence of "Fleurette" in the usernames (see ). -- Tamzin  [cetacean needed] (she/they) 15:49, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll retag them all as proven to Isuzu, no reason to split hairs here. --Blablubbs (talk) 11:58, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

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Another diacritic-fixing new account, going to the same articles (example) shortly after the previous one was blocked. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 04:40, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Already . for a sleeper check if practical. --Blablubbs (talk) 12:00, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Everything else already blocked/locked. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:00, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

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Same diacritic fixing behaviour (e.g. 1, 2) as previous accounts. Also recreated redirects Common_cattle, Opel_Movano_C, Hai_Marjawaan!, and Kleinrosseln previously created by CU-confirmed sock Roadster243. Requesting CheckUser as sleepers are common. firefly ( t · c ) 13:37, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * . to look for sleepers.  --Blablubbs (talk) 14:00, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 * The following account is ✅ to Rayondelune:
 * Weirdly these 2 are ❌ to Isuzu.tf. I guess it is possible that he relocated. Blocked without tags. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 16:02, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Weirdly these 2 are ❌ to Isuzu.tf. I guess it is possible that he relocated. Blocked without tags. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 16:02, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

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Account has made pretty much nothing but minor copyedits, including diacritic fixing - such behaviour is identical to previous socks (e.g. Rayondelune). Also recreated Renault Jogger, a redirect previously created by Rayondelune and since G5'd.

Requesting CheckUser as the last round found another account being operated concurrently. firefly ( t · c ) 16:15, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Concur that this is either Isuzu.tf or whoever was impersonating them here; . to figure out which of these is the case and for a sleeper check. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:54, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to and . . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:29, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Tagging Beauherisson678 as a sock of Rayondelune. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:57, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * . Archiving. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 03:46, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

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I originally ran into this account while patrolling recent changes through SWViewer. First, it appeared like they were attempting to remove the proposed deletion of an article, which is rather atypical for a new user. After digging a bit further into their edits, I noticed that they often made small edits (such as removing/adding whitespace - &  and here on an article previously edited by their socks), which corresponds to some of the previously noted behaviour. Additionally, the overlap with some of the previous socks (see previous link and triggered my sockpuppet alarms). Could the checkusers review whether this account belongs to the farm of Isuzu.tf and/or whether any sleepers would be present? Daniuu (talk) 12:08, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * The editing pattern is unusual, and the overlap in editing is indeed suspicious; technically though, there isn't anything to connect this account the previous non-stale socks other than they geolocate to the same country as the original Isuzu.tf socks (but not to the 12 October onwards group).  Girth Summit  (blether)  13:16, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I doubt that this is a new user, and "sock of someone" rings more likely than CLEANSTART or experienced IP editor, but, having reviewed all of their edits, I don't see enough evidence to tie this back to Isuzu in particular. They overlap with Isuzu sox, but they also overlap with other sox, and throw a stone in draftspace and you'll hit an LTA. The whitespace edits are a significant connection, but not distinctive enough to block on. There's also no Commons edits, nor even attachment on Commons, which I think would be unprecedented for an Isuzu sock. Closing, but Feel free to re-file (under Isuzu or any other master you suspect) if more evidence emerges.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 17:49, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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Making the same sort of minor typographical changes to articles as previous accounts. Similar username pattern (cf., .) Similar xwiki activity on Commons. Spicy (talk) 14:43, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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-- RoySmith (talk) 15:22, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * - I'm sure it's them, but please check for other accounts given the history. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 14:44, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 15:04, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * These look :
 * Coquillette444 is ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 15:24, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. The two accounts found by CU do not seem behaviourally related. for Coquilette444, closing.  Spicy (talk) 15:28, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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Logging for the record, ✅ -- TNT (talk • she/they) 19:46, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * is ✅ to, -- TNT (talk • she/they) 19:47, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Sammy., ready for archival. (I swear, I try to go on a partial WikiBreak, just stick to mainspace and boring technical stuff, and it's like every article I look at has a sock in its recent history.) --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 19:56, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
 * @Tamzin if you're looking for things to distract you from SPI, WP:GAN has a pretty big backlog :-) -- RoySmith (talk) 03:40, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

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Account created within hours of User:Truffele et frissonne being blocked. Making identical edits as all the rest of the similarly-named accounts. --Sable232 (talk) 00:36, 27 December 2021 (UTC) Sable232 (talk) 00:36, 27 December 2021 (UTC)


 * @Sable232 help me out here with some diffs showing the identical edits. Thanks. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:25, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * - yeah, that's them, but it's worth a check for sleepers. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 02:29, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * in the meantime. --Blablubbs (talk) 17:17, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 19:21, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ to and  in the archives.  I've reblocked them as a cu-block.  I also spotted:
 * who looks like a sleeper to me, so I'll block them as suspected. I don't see anything else left to do, so I'm going to close this.
 * who looks like a sleeper to me, so I'll block them as suspected. I don't see anything else left to do, so I'm going to close this.

-- RoySmith (talk) 19:35, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

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Same as the last two - the name is similar to some of the other French ones, the topic areas are the same, and the edits are the same: whitespace changes and adding conversion templates. For what it's worth, the preceding two socks have both placed naïve-sounding unblock requests on their talk pages upon being blocked. The editing is currently productive but the repeated hoax redirects and the technical evidence going back to the original(?) sockmaster prove bad faith; is this an older LTA? Is there more going on here? Sable232 (talk) 02:01, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * - behavioural evidence is clear, endorsing for sleepers as usual since CU often pulls out a few. As for what's really going on here, only God can know. I noticed that some of these accounts are blocked on itwiki as socks of Giubbotto ortodosso - that sounds like a reference to WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Giubbotto non ortodosso, which is a LTA case. I don't think these accounts are part of that case, but paying homage to a LTA indicates that whatever they're doing probably isn't above board... Spicy (talk) 02:43, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- TNT (talk • she/her) 04:23, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to ∴, ,  -- TNT (talk • she/her) 04:30, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

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Account created within hours of the previous sock being blocked. Same topic areas and same edits as always: whitespace changes and adding conversion templates. Sable232 (talk) 00:07, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Yep, that's them, characteristic edits on Commons too: . - please indef the sock. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:09, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * . Back to you, . --Blablubbs (talk) 20:05, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Tagged,, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:50, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

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Same as all the rest. Account created within hours of the previous sock being blocked, same topic areas, same usually-pointless edits:, , etc. Note the similar theme with the previous sock account name. Sable232 (talk) 15:22, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to previous sock :
 * . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:10, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:10, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:10, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:10, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

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The usual pointless edits, including convert-templating numbers: Special:Diff/1069918102 – NJD-DE (talk) 12:20, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to . Checking for other accounts... Girth Summit  (blether)  13:42, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Looks like that was the only one. Blocked, lock requested, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  13:45, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

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The usual edits – even continuing on same article like previous socks e.g. at Audi Q5: PorscheMacan224 and Rüsselsheim Main. – NJD-DE (talk) 00:07, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * - obvious; please indef the sock. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 08:55, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * @Spicy, recently told me that he badgers hid trainees to always make sure that there are enough diffs present that patrolling admins can easily verify the reason for the requested block.  Might I also politely badger you for a diff? -- RoySmith (talk) 15:37, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I think with an LTA case this simple and repetitive, there isn't really much you could link to that would be any more instructive than just linking to any two contribs pages., closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 15:48, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

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Just like all the rest. Same edits ( for example), similar username to some past socks. Sable232 (talk) 00:59, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * , closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 11:14, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

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Like clockwork - another one. Same editing pattern, including the pointless relocation of italics that's starting to become a hallmark of this LTA. Sable232 (talk) 02:04, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 13:52, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

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The game of whack-a-mole continues. Same usually-pointless edits (although adding italics to the names of magazines is now part of this LTA's repertoire), same topic areas, French-sounding username, created the day after the last sock was blocked. Sable232 (talk) 21:53, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * . as suspected. No global edits so I won't request a lock for now. Closing.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 21:18, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

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Same behavior, same topic areas. New kind of username - must've run out of ideas with the other tropes. Sable232 (talk) 21:10, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅. No other unblocked accounts immediately visible., closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:46, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
 * The SandDoctor Talk 16:44, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

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Thought they'd left, but seemingly not. Identical editing pattern to all the rest - pointless whitespace edits like this. Sable232 (talk) 21:31, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Seems very likely. for sleepers, given that it's been a minute.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 00:13, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 12:19, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 * All of these are ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 12:32, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

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Same as all the others. Pointless whitespace edits and the occasional productive punctuation fix. Sable232 (talk) 14:44, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  22:01, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅. Also confirmed is:
 * Will block and request locks. Girth Summit  (blether)  22:02, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Will block and request locks. Girth Summit  (blether)  22:02, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

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Another day, another sock with identical behavior. Sable232 (talk) 21:19, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * to confirm and check for sleepers. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 05:30, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
 * -  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  08:31, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
 * This account is ✅ to previous socks. There are some other accounts on one of the ranges they're using that I couldn't rule out, but they're not obvious enough to block - please report if you see any other accounts acting similarly once this one is blocked. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  08:33, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

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Sockmaster known to create accounts with names inspired by car models (see oldest reports in the archive). Usual spacing and formatting changes. – NJD-DE (talk) 10:03, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:59, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, along with the following accounts, which are already blocked - I will request locks for all.
 * That's all I see at present. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  12:04, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
 * That's all I see at present. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  12:04, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
 * That's all I see at present. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  12:04, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

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Same edits, username fits the pattern. Sable232 (talk) 21:55, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * It's either them or an impersonator., to look for others. --Blablubbs (talk) 23:33, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
 * -  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  12:22, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅. I don't see any others.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  12:26, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

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Similar editing patterns, such as some minor edits regarding punctuations. 101.128.126.117 (talk) 02:38, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tagged.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 19:51, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

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Identical behavior to all the other socks. Sable232 (talk) 14:31, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:59, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:59, 17 September 2022 (UTC)


 * . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:00, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

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Self-admitted on their talk page at User talk:Derwydd74 in which they mentioned some accounts of this sock that have been blcoked ― <b style="background:#0d1125;color:#51aeff;padding:1q;border-radius:5q;">Blaze Wolf</b>Talk<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze Wolf#6545 19:47, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅, also . Both blocked and tagged, locks requested.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:40, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

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I first came across Nobel X300 in a draft (Draft:Alsancak Yeşilova SK) where the previous edit was by another Isuzu.tf sock, Bompanigcc (now blocked), and noticed that Nobel X300 was registered the day after was blocked, which made me curious. Turns out they have very similar editing pattern, consisting mainly of insignificant minor edits (usually with 'Fixing style/layout errors' edit note), welcoming new users, and resubmitting other editors' AfC drafts. (BTW, when I looked at some of those drafts they'd been submitting, the edit histories looked like there could be connections with the original/earlier editors, but I don't have time to dig into it now, sorry.) -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 14:54, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged Nobel. Requested global locks for Bompanigcc and Nobel. Closing, although a CU might wish to run a check for other accounts given how long Nobel has lasted undiscovered. Bbb23 (talk) 15:18, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Noting for the record that nothing of particular interest popped up. Courcelles (talk) 17:55, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

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I first came across Nobel X300 in a draft (Draft:Alsancak Yeşilova SK) where the previous edit was by another Isuzu.tf sock, Bompanigcc (now blocked), and noticed that Nobel X300 was registered the day after was blocked, which made me curious. Turns out they have very similar editing pattern, consisting mainly of insignificant minor edits (usually with 'Fixing style/layout errors' edit note), welcoming new users, and resubmitting other editors' AfC drafts. (BTW, when I looked at some of those drafts they'd been submitting, the edit histories looked like there could be connections with the original/earlier editors, but I don't have time to dig into it now, sorry.) -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 14:54, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged Nobel. Requested global locks for Bompanigcc and Nobel. Closing, although a CU might wish to run a check for other accounts given how long Nobel has lasted undiscovered. Bbb23 (talk) 15:18, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Noting for the record that nothing of particular interest popped up. Courcelles (talk) 17:55, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * ( originally filed under this user)

Submitted draft Draft:Salma_Okonkwo, originally created and submitted by Flack.inspired. User has a long history of abusing multiple accounts.  Qcne  (talk)  10:38, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * They're ✅ to, a blocked account of the case. Moving over there, will block and tag.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:49, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

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Account created on October 3rd after the most recent blocks and has same editing pattern of recent socks such as and. See also Editor Interaction Analyser between Nobel and Hijri and some crossover with Derwydd74. Draft:Al Mashhad Channel seems to be a sock honeypot. S0091 (talk) 16:11, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * I just noticed the similarities of their edits to that of User:Nobel X300 (repetitive "Fixing style/layout errors" edits) and came here to report them as well. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 03:54, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to Nobel X300/Mawlid in UAE. --Blablubbs (talk) 10:00, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

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Was alerted to this editor as they swooped in to postpone some CSD G13 deletions of drafts which is unusual for a 2 day old account except if they created the articles with a different account. Then I saw their contribution history, all with the same edit summary, "Fixing style/layout errors", and thought it was probably a quick return of Isuzu.tf. Please check for sleepers if that has been their pattern in the past. Thank you. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 16:47, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, global lock requested, leaving CU request. Bbb23 (talk) 16:52, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ that = . Both already blocked. No sleepers for now. - Mailer Diablo 16:56, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 16:58, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

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The only substantive edit is to submit Draft:Yeh Shuhua with no improvement after submission by Nobel X300, who is now blocked as a sock of Isuzu. This account popped up after Nobel X300 was blocked as a sock. Please check for other socks of this sockpuppeteer also. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:50, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Per provided evidence, please check this account. Thanks, GABgab 17:30, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
 * CU isn't giving me much -, . Don't see any other accounts on the IP they have been using. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  17:41, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Weird. The user's sandbox isn't what I'd expect from this case. Maybe they were just messing around. Closing with no further action. Spicy (talk) 22:42, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

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I think there's something a bit off about Serrwinner. Some background first: they registered nearly a year ago, did some uncontroversial sports-related edits, and then took a long break. When they came back last month, they edited their UP to say they are a medical expert and will be editing accordingly. Instead, they edited a few articles mostly to do with Kenya (the subjects are typical COI/PAID ones, ie. businesses and people, but nothing too obvious). They then redefined their mission as helping the many who don't know how to correctly create Wikipedia articles (which I thought seemed grandiose, given they had barely 100 edits under their belt at this point).

Anyhow, today they turned up at the AfC HD declaring that a draft which had already been rejected didn't deserve to be so, and should be reverted to decline. When I asked how they found this draft, they apparently were going through draft categories, which seems an odd thing for a relatively new user to do.

The draft in question is Draft:Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, which looks like a prime paid-editing target in many ways. This has been previously edited by at least three socks of Isuzu.tf,, , and. It has also been edited by.

This smells like UPE to me, but I don't know if it's the Isuzu farm returning with a new sock, or one of Dubaiinfo's, or an entirely new UPE going after the bounty. Or I'm just seeing things... --DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:10, 21 December 2023 (UTC) DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:10, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

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They also resubmitted previously declined Draft:Dani Reiss whose creator had a COI. Submitting previously declined drafts is a common theme with these socks. S0091 (talk) 19:50, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * Negative to the past half-yearish of socks, . It looks like UPE to me also and that might be sufficient to issue a block on its own. Izno (talk) 03:35, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 * If it looks like UPE, it's very unlikely to be Isuzu; and it doesn't really fit in most other ways either. The Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor overlap is likely spurious – Isuzu was messing around on tonnes of drafts a few months ago. Closing without action; that isn't to say I don't think there's a potential COI angle here, just that SPI isn't the best venue to pursue it at this point. --Blablubbs (talk) 15:29, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

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This user showed up on my watch list as "automatically updated from (none) to extended confirmed", and as I couldn't remember why I was even watching them, went to have a look. Their edit history consists of pointless edits (adding or removing spaces, combining paragraphs, changing punctuation, etc.), often with the tell-tale "Fixing style/layout errors" edit summary, as well as resubmitting other users' drafts. Which is exactly what I seem to have said in one of my earlier Isuzu.tf sock reports here, so I can only assume it's the same user. Could we have CU to look for sleepers, please, as it's been six months since the last report? Ta, DoubleGrazing (talk) 17:18, 29 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Pinging for info. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 17:19, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * These are to each other and weakly  to historical data for this case (but behaviourally ducky):
 * Spicy (talk) 07:28, 31 May 2024 (UTC)


 * ,, closing. Spicy (talk) 07:29, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

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Newish user, gamed EC status with hundreds of pointless edits, usually leaving their signature "Fixing style/layout errors" edit comment. Also submitting other users' AfC drafts. All of which amounts to precisely the same MO as a few other socks from this farm. It looks like it's been ~6 wks since the last CU, so requesting check for sleepers etc. DoubleGrazing (talk) 07:23, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅  –  bradv  16:23, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

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Same edits. Confirmed by CU. – bradv  18:36, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

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 * . – bradv  18:37, 18 July 2024 (UTC)