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09 April 2015

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Obvious similarity of usernames, all of which were created within a seven day period between 3 April and 8 April 2015 (the 900 series were all created within two days, 8 and 9 April). All accounts have been involved in copying one-line machine translations of he.wiki articles to en.wiki. (In general, only the first sentence or two of the he.wiki article is translated, regardless of the depth of coverage at he.wiki.) WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 11:08, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

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 * Nuvola apps important green.svg New accounts. Itailevi10, Itailevi12, and Itailevi900. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 00:32, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
 * 11 accounts now. Pining, who warned Itailevi901 to stop sock farming 4 days ago. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 18:13, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
 *  12  accounts now. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 02:32, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 *  13   accounts now.  I will take this opportunity to ping, the last administrator who has blocked a user as of 21:06, 16 April 2015 (UTC). Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 21:06, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't know if you're either losing the password to the accounts (and 12 times in a row) or having an unusual schedule where you have a new account for every day, but if you don't choose one account to settle on, all 13 (and counting?) of your accounts may be blocked. Please take the time to read this. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 21:14, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * And then there were 14:  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:25, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
 *   16    accounts now, and    2    in violation of Itailevi00's block;
 * Looks like we indeed MIGHT need a filter/rangeblock... Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 00:10, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * One more. Since the master is already blocked for 72 hours, this must be some other IP, so I did a hard block. Not sure how this will be handled now that more accounts were created with the master blocked, but please feel free to revert to a soft block if merited. § FreeRangeFrog croak 09:58, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 *   16    accounts now, and    2    in violation of Itailevi00's block;
 * Looks like we indeed MIGHT need a filter/rangeblock... Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 00:10, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * One more. Since the master is already blocked for 72 hours, this must be some other IP, so I did a hard block. Not sure how this will be handled now that more accounts were created with the master blocked, but please feel free to revert to a soft block if merited. § FreeRangeFrog croak 09:58, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks like we indeed MIGHT need a filter/rangeblock... Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 00:10, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * One more. Since the master is already blocked for 72 hours, this must be some other IP, so I did a hard block. Not sure how this will be handled now that more accounts were created with the master blocked, but please feel free to revert to a soft block if merited. § FreeRangeFrog croak 09:58, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * One more. Since the master is already blocked for 72 hours, this must be some other IP, so I did a hard block. Not sure how this will be handled now that more accounts were created with the master blocked, but please feel free to revert to a soft block if merited. § FreeRangeFrog croak 09:58, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

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Hmm, none of the accounts were used concurrently. Seams like he has a new account for every new day. But, he does use them to edit same articles, which is WP:ILLEGIT. I'll try to discuss this issue with him. I posted a meesage on the talk page of the mot recently used account (here).  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:07, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I posted a message at User talk:Itailevi901. The user edited after that, but did not answer to my message. I'm calling an admin to indefinitely block all accounts except (that one is currently active).  Vanjagenije   (talk)  14:10, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  18:04, 17 April 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  00:21, 20 April 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  00:37, 20 April 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  00:48, 20 April 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  01:01, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * He is using multiple accounts to edit same articles. He was warned against that, but continued. Now, I believe all those accounts should be blocked.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:10, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocking master, Itailevi00, for 72 hours and indeffing all the others with tags and talk page notices. Leaving this case open to see if he persists...we may need to set a filter to curtail him.
 * -  Vanjagenije   (talk)  18:24, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
 * - to determine and carry out rangeblocking if effective. If not, we need someone to evaluate this for filtering.
 * My recommendation would be to set up a rangeblock that prevents account creation, but still enables logged in users to edit. So that way, Itailevi00 would be sure-fire limited to ONLY one account (unless he uses a public library). He's doing nothing wrong aside from creating multiple accounts for some unidentifiable reason. If he's losing the passwords to his accounts, he should place his next password in a swipe .txt file (and hopefully no one besides himself sees it). In any event, he should at least clarify why he's making multiple accounts. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 00:26, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * His use is illegitimate and it amounts to refusing to communicate with other editors. A quick check of the article history shows multiple editors having to continually repair his edits. I've semi-protected the primary article but we need to get him to stop. Those IPs are him, too.
 * Should I nominate IDF Orchestra for deletion? It may qualify under A7, G5, and G11. It's also unsourced. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 00:39, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Er... I'm sorry? Itailevi11 doesn't seem to be a real account? Is there a typo? Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 00:43, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Typo fixed. AfD is your call, you may see some communication out of him, finally...not a reason to do it just an observation.
 * This may be NoCal100. His sock, I invented "it's not you, it's me", overlaps in this article on March 8...less than a month before the appearance of this set of socks on April 17 in same article.
 * To say that the Itailevi's are doing nothing wrong is perhaps a bit kind. One of this user's favorite activities is to run the first sentence or two of a he.wiki article through Google translate and drop the result at en.wiki. Given that WP:Translation strongly discourages this type of activity ("machine translations are worse than nothing"), especially for Hebrew, which Google sucks at translating, and given that this user has been warned about this on several occasions to no avail, I'd say that his editing is problematic at best. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 01:05, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I mean, like, as in, the "machine translations are worse than nothing" thing doesn't quite merit creating multiple accounts. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 01:39, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * all relevant action has been taken by Callanecc. Nothing more here. Keegan (talk) 07:07, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

20 April 2015

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Continuing from last time, the IP block isn't working. There are now    18     accounts. I think a rangeblock is needed. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 21:10, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged. Extended master block for one week and asked again for them to communicate with us. § FreeRangeFrog croak 22:10, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm requesting if there's any rangeblock we could use to thwart the master and perhaps force them to communicate. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 22:37, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

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Because the last report was processed by a checkuser, the rangeblock was already calculated and taken care of. It is implied in the conclusion of the last report. As checkusers may not make correlations between IPs and named accounts publicly that information is not recorded here...but it is being done. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  00:24, 21 April 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  00:44, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Er...I don't think there's any rangeblocks in place, only 3 possibly non-static IPs. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 00:27, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Perhaps will expound on his closing and my general statement above. Perhaps I am in error. :)


 * Suffice it to say that everything that can be done at this point has been done. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 02:01, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

22 April 2015

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created Mesiba Baya'ar Im Saba Tuvia, yet another one line Google translation of an he.wiki article. Itailevi9010 is just a WP:DUCK. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:02, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Added based on Shalom Ronli-Riklis. Added other users based on names listed at Special:Userlist.

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There are now 25 accounts, and 6 in violation of Itailevi00's block. Requesting checkuser to block an IP range or whatever new IP this user with a mysterious agenda is using. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 23:25, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  23:46, 22 April 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  00:06, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
 * please stop with the exaggerated font size...that is enough of that.
 * could an edit filter stop this one? His act is getting old fast. Thank you for looking.
 * Comment; Could "Italevi" also be blacklisted just in case? Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 23:49, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
 * . Account creation is also blacklisted. However, it's trivial to evade and I'll remove it if he does. Reaper Eternal (talk) 23:59, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. Closing.

28 April 2015

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Sigh. 31 accounts now, and 6 more in violation of Itailevi00's block, as I keep checking in with this link. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AListUsers&username=Itailevi&group=&limit=50



The filter isn't working, it seems. At this point, maybe we should just disallow 'Itailevi' altogether because it's obvious anyone who has 'Itailevi' in their name followed by numbers is going to be considered a sock. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 16:53, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:01, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I've indeffed the named accounts and hardblocked the IP for one month. I've semi-protected one article. Let's leave this open for a day or two to see if he's done for a while.
 * Closing the case now. If more of them appear, reopen the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:42, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

07 May 2015

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Again, like previous socks, posted a google translated article from Hebrew Wikipedia: Datia Ben-Dor (Google translate of ). posted google translate of this as Yuval Shem-Tov. posted google translation of this here: Hashuda.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:55, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * All four a re now blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  18:43, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

15 May 2015

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You know the drill. Zeke Essiestudy (talk) 02:13, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  17:29, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

30 May 2015

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4 more socks, same scheme. Esquivalience t 14:36, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * Everybody is blocked, so there's nothing left to do. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 15:08, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * A reasonable inference, but I did this in reverse order. All of the puppets are ✅. I'll retag, including the master, as well as some previous puppets that have been tagged as suspected.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:13, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

23 June 2015

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Itai60000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 created Itay Levi (quickly deleted). Itai0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 just based on similarity of username pattern. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:08, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

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 * An admin is needed to history-merge this page into Sockpuppet investigations/Itailevi00.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:00, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * For the record I've blocked the following accounts as obvious socks:

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  00:51, 25 June 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  00:55, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately history merges are my Kryptonite, so I'll leave that for another admin.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:48, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Moved case to correct master. Indeffing ItaiLevi00 and to round these out and applying suspect tags on the those while tagging CU confirmed on others. Closing.
 * Moved case to correct master. Indeffing ItaiLevi00 and to round these out and applying suspect tags on the those while tagging CU confirmed on others. Closing.
 * ItaiLevi00 is not a registered username so no block for that one.

30 June 2015

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Username similarities, similar interests (single line railroad cars articles at the moment). WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:55, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:02, 30 June 2015 (UTC) Also blocked. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:04, 30 June 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:09, 30 June 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  18:58, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Indeffing and closing.
 * Changed to endorse checkuser. Is there an IP range that may be hardblocked to stop this editor...if so, please facilitate said block.
 * no go on the range block as there are multiple large ranges at play. Perhaps an edit filter?-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:59, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * would it be possible to prevent him with an edit filter?
 * No, not without wasting an excessive amount of server resources. Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:01, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

07 July 2015

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Same behavior of adding unsourced information to children shows episodes. Wildthing61476 (talk) 15:56, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:07, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Indeffing and closing. Checkuser wouldn't be able to assist here; I've checked for other similar recently registered accounts and don't see any.

03 February 2016

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WP:DUCKish name similarity aside, the sock has created List of marching bands containing a single entry: the IDF Orchestra, a topic about which this sock farm has often written. The other socks have not yet contributed, but this sockmaster is noted for creating multiple accounts and then switching between them as the accounts are blocked. He is also not terribly clever in choosing user names. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:35, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * ,, and  are all ✅ to each other and blocked.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  17:37, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

26 February 2016

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Similarity of username and edits. I've blocked Itailevi332 (the latest) and deleted the articles it re-created, but done nothing with the others. —S MALL JIM   11:08, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked and tagged the rest, who are ✅ socks.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:48, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

24 May 2016

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Duckish similarity of names, and similar interest in the most trivial details of life in Israel. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 17:01, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * All blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:59, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

8 August 2016

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After the creation of Kfar Yona Railway Station, in Israel, edited by both users, I opened this AFD (no thraces anywhere). Suspecting the hoax, I found this page. Evident WP:DUCK and, for what I read in the article, an Israel-related vandal. --Dэя-Бøяg 19:20, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Just a note: users created also SYM Joyride 125 Evo and Haifa Symphony Orchestra. Both article look like valid. --Dэя-Бøяg 19:27, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * Socks blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:33, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

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Per WP:DUCK. Creating Noam Inbar (IDF Orchestra conductor) to avoid topic ban at IDF Orchestra  Velella  Velella Talk 15:37, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged based on behavior. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:00, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

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Per Duck. Creating Noam Inbar (IDF Orchestra conductor) as did another recent sock Itailevi3333331. Same user naming convention  Velella  Velella Talk 18:23, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * Obvious sock blocked and tagged.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:42, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

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Creating Israel-related hoaxes, per past socks - Top Gear Race to the South has the same Israeli-train focus as past hoax article Kfar Yona Railway Station. User:Itailevi22212 has edited the IDF Orchestra article, a target of past Itailevi00 socks. Plus obvious username similarity. McGeddon (talk) 14:34, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * It doesn't get any more obvious. Compare the archive for the editor's custom of creating socks with the very same type of name. No need for CU. Blocked and tagged. Bishonen &#124; talk 16:56, 25 September 2016 (UTC).

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Similar usernames as past socks and edits to Israeli related articles. Sro23 (talk) 13:40, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged based on behavior. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:49, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

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Another Israeli railway article. Quack. McGeddon (talk) 08:36, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged based on obvious behavior and username. Closing. Katietalk 14:36, 26 October 2016 (UTC)