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I've been informally blocking these folks for block evasion without an SPI, but this is ongoing so I'm noting this in a formal SPI. This editor's been making ongoing disruptive edits to horror film articles (particularly involving the decades in Horror film, originally as and IP-hopping elsewhere, recently moving on to named accounts. I am dead certain that Drewfrench, Judyhopkins, and Tinamcgarll are the same, less sure about Jinnifer. GeneralNotability (talk) 16:47, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * - in this case I don't think CU is especially necessary (this is in DUCK territory and I don't see much sleeper behavior) but since Jinnifer is CU-blocked already by I'd like to double-check whether they are in fact the same user. If so, I'll rename the case. Judyhopkins is  as a duck, will tag everyone when we've decided on the correct master. GeneralNotability (talk) 16:52, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * The registered accounts are all ✅ to each other. Jinnifer is the master, as far as I know.  . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:14, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks much. Case moved, tags applied, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 17:20, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

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This account appears to be a recreation of User:Judyhopkins, User:Drewfrench, and User:Tinamcgarll, which have been blocked by. This problem goes back farther, but these are the three most recent.  // Timothy ::  talk  05:14, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * Moved to the oldest known master (ping - future socks should go under this case). Behavioral match, . GeneralNotability (talk) 12:47, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

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Diff: Jermyhikins

, I think this report is setup correctly, let me know if anything should be different. Thank you for the note above (and your work on this).  // Timothy ::  talk  15:40, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * Added to this report. Previously reported sock blocked, but I added it here because the report was not closed.   // Timothy ::  talk  17:25, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * - blocked as a duck. I seem to remember from when they were editing as an IP that they were either on a wide range or several ISPs, but just in case - self-endorsing CU, request you check whether a rangeblock is possible here. GeneralNotability (talk) 16:32, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ and blocked. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:57, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

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IP address used in May to restore edits made by various socks, now "awake" again and restoring same edits. Edit summaries are a match, too. Grandpallama (talk) 19:17, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I just noticed this same IP also edit warred in material that was tied to another set of sockpuppet accounts . Looks like the Jinnifer investigations may actually be a subset of the REVOSMITTY stuff. Grandpallama (talk) 19:23, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * The IP range is already range blocked by Ponyo. I see no evidence that the two socks are connected – two people randomly assigned the same dynamic IP address happens pretty often on mobile networks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:22, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

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All edits are simply reinstating prior edits by socks, on the same articles targeted by the sockmaster. Same edit summary types, same reasoning, same nonsense excuses on the userpage (of the named sock account). Diffs can be provided, but the overlap is pretty clear. Grandpallama (talk) 01:49, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Drmies, please take a look at newly-registered User:Jessicakacorchjr., too. I'm hoping this isn't about to become whackamole. Thanks. Grandpallama (talk) 02:05, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * Well, that was fun. This one is confirmed to and, and now blocked. Drmies (talk) 01:56, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , blocked and tagged. Thank you. Yes, this is getting stupid, isn't it. Drmies (talk) 02:17, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Nothing left to do, closing. Blablubbs&#124;talk 11:33, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK. Another sock, picking up where the ones blocked last week by Drmies left off. Diffs and language match those of the previous socks, and messages left on my talkpage look pretty familiar, too, worrying about "crooked" lines. Grandpallama (talk) 19:03, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked by Daniel Case. Keep an eye on User:Gdtsgdbdhd -- if they start doing the same thing, block em. Drmies (talk) 20:17, 20 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Looks like we're already done here, closing., looks like Gdtsgdbdhd doesn't exist – typo, maybe? Blablubbs&#124;talk 09:12, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
 * No, Blablubbs, they came up in the check--I guess their account creation was denied. Drmies (talk) 14:30, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah, that makes sense, thanks. Blablubbs&#124;talk 14:36, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

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Same behavior and subjects of interest (mainly Horror film, but Thriller film as well) and bothering Grandpallama as the other Jinnifer Puppets have done. Zinnober9 (talk) 02:08, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Suspected sock made death threats to both my and Grandpallama's userpages. my talk page Grandpallama Zinnober9 (talk) 03:29, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

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Given the sheer number of IPs and socks at this point (most of the latter of which have been blocked without being logged here), the persistence of the sockmaster, and the increased harassment of users at their talkpages (escalating to death threats), I would advocate for the creation of a related LTA page. This editor has become an obnoxious timesink. Grandpallama (talk) 03:07, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and blocked. Creating an LTA page doesn't make anyone less of a time sink. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:29, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

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Exact behavior and edits as previous socks seen on articles such as Halloween (1978 film), A Nightmare on Elm Street‎, and Friday the 13th Part 2 as well as repeated harassment of users' talk pages in order to make an edit they want made on Horror film. NJZombie (talk) 02:50, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅, for what it's worth. Already blocked, and it looks like another CU already did some range blocks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:12, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

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Exact same edits made by every User:Jinnifer sock account to Friday the 13th Part 2, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween (1978 film), and List of Scooby-Doo media. These edits are happening less than 24 hours after the most recent block of their most recent registered sock account. NJZombie (talk) 15:02, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked the IP for a month. Also semi-protected Halloween (1978 film), A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Friday the 13th Part 2 for a month as the most common targets. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:20, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * And while we're at it, indef/tag Poaksyeydyjsmsk. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:13, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note this diff.  Poaksyeydyjsmsk was spamming various users with protected-edit requests, and amazingly enough, they spammed SineBot.  It's hard to imagine a human would miss the big "STOP: This is not a human" banner.  Oh, wait.  Mobile. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:55, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, they're also known to fight or insult those of us going against their edits and then, moments later, ask us to help them make those exact changes again like nothing ever happened. NJZombie (talk) 22:41, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

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The latest sock of User:Jinnifer. Same harassment of User:TigerScientist‎ to make their desired change to Horror film. NJZombie While writing this, they did the same to my talk page. NJZombie (talk) 03:07, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and blocked. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:47, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

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Same exact edits to Friday the 13th (1980 film), Friday the 13th Part 2 along with the same repeated requests on users' talk pages to make their desired edits involving the listing of decades on Horror film. Since the initial filing of this report, said user has made a threat of physical violence on my talk page. Threat has been reported. NJZombie (talk) 04:47, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * Account now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:05, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

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Identical edits from past Jinnifer socks to Friday the 13th (1980 film) and Friday the 13th Part 2. Also an edit to Vincent Tong (voice actor) concerning Courage the Cowardly Dog, Courage being a common subject for Jinnifer socks to focus on. NJZombie (talk) 18:32, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * I honestly don't remember any of the CU data. But that looks pretty suspicious, so blocked 72 hours. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:06, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

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Same talk page requests as previous socks  Notfrompedro (talk) 16:25, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * Now blocked, closing. GABgab 17:53, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

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Making the same edits at Friday the 13th (1980 film) in the same time-span. –– FormalDude  talk  22:32, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Please merge to Sockpuppet investigations/Jinnifer. Bbb23 (talk) 23:05, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Cases merged; both new socks blocked and tagged, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  12:44, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Fixed the tags. --Blablubbs (talk) 21:22, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

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Three new socks all making typical Jinnifer edits to Friday the 13th related articles and asking for elements of Horror film history to be changed to their liking. NJZombie (talk) 09:26, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * I've added another username, which popped up this morning. First time I've seen the master switch socks before the previous one is even blocked. Grandpallama (talk) 13:52, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Has been dealt with by Widr and Favonian, including tags. Therefore closing as everything seems to be done here. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:32, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

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Same usual edits to Paranormal Activity and Friday the 13th (1980 film) as previous Jinnifer socks and IP socks. NJZombie (talk) 17:34, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Semi-protected Friday the 13th (1980 film), Friday the 13th Part 2, and Friday the 13th Part III for a year. Please ping me if semi-protection turns out to be insufficiently useful.  Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:51, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

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Asking about decade sections on Horror film again.
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MatthewHoobin&diff=prev&oldid=1048040066
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MatthewHoobin&diff=prev&oldid=1048049795
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jonesey95&diff=prev&oldid=1048027786
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Be_bold&diff=prev&oldid=1048025726 – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:09, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * -- RoySmith (talk) 01:44, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

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Same old story with requests left on my talk page to change the decades on horror film. NJZombie (talk) 14:04, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

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It would be great if a range block could be applied to whatever the underlying IP ranges are. - MrOllie (talk) 15:12, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

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Account is now blocked. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:27, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

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Both accounts make the same genre change to Child's Play (1988 film) that Jinnifer is known for on the same day. The first account also edits a Scooby-Doo article, another subject Jinnifer accounts focus on. NJZombie (talk) 03:44, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Both ranges blocked for a month. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:32, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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So these are all CU-confirmed with each other. and suggested Jinnifer, and my only hesitation is the geolocation, which is why I'm filing this. They edit like User:Penhaot10028, who was CU-blocked by. Thanks for your help. Drmies (talk) 21:18, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Jinnifer (and socks) and Penhaot10028 (and socks) have similar editing patterns and edit summaries, and some of the same preoccupations to the degree that I think they are likely the same editor, unless the geolocation somehow completely rules that out. The edit summaries at Nightbreed read completely like Jinnifer. Grandpallama (talk) 14:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC)


 * and, active this morning, are definitely Jinnifer (the 'protagonist' vandalism is a favorite of theirs) if that helps in getting a match. - MrOllie (talk)
 * Busy again today. More recent socks:, , range blocks on 107.117.160.0/19 and 166.205.192.0/19. - MrOllie (talk) 01:48, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Tagged initial socks as CU confirmed to and suspected to Jinnifer. Other accounts already tagged. Closing. --Jack Frost (talk) 12:07, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

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Obvious Jinnifer edits at Superhero fiction about Spider-Man being Marvel's main protagonist. Twice already seven minutes apart. NJZombie (talk) 02:25, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * Already rangeblocked. Closing. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:53, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

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Being used to make edits say that Spider-Man and Batman are Marvel's DC's, respectively, main protagonists which is a primary agenda of previous Jinnifer accounts. See Superhero fiction, Marvel Universe & DC Universe histories. NJZombie (talk) 02:34, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

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-- Euryalus (talk) 09:10, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Already blocked and tagged. Closing. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:52, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

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Jinnifer's latest sock is using an account name similar to mine in order to carry out their usual routine of asking other editors, including myself, to change the decades sections of the Horror film article, as usual. As tonight's edits have continued to be reverted, they have started to make threats, as Jinnifer has also done in the past. Eventually, they moved on to an IP address, 166.205.222.59, they had used earlier in the day to continue making their usual edits. Since then, another two IP addresses have taken up the cause of removing genres from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween (1978 film), which are the exact genre edits previous Jinnifer accounts consistently attempt to make. More of the same edits and harassment of user's accounts to make their decades changes coming from Doherclar since the previous lines were written. NJZombie (talk) 23:01, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * Accounts already blocked and tagged. IPs already rangeblocked. Closing. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:48, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

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Jinnifer has returned again tonight with multiple genre war edits on the usual pages, using an IP address on one of their usual ranges. Range block suggested if possible.

Quickly switched to new user account, RedBarSnoVan, in order to harass me about decade changes in horror film. NJZombie (talk) 01:15, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * Account already blocked and IP already rangeblocked. Closing. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:41, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

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Already blocked. These five are confirmed to each other; the last two were already CU-blocked and tagged as confirmed by, so I tagged all these as confirmed as well. , you blocked one of these, and I'm tagging you FYI. Fun! Drmies (talk) 01:01, 17 December 2021 (UTC) Drmies (talk) 01:01, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

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I feel as if an LTA report is needed for this user. wizzito &#124;  say hello!  10:20, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked and tagged. Closing. Jack Frost (talk) 11:38, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

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IP is a IP hopping editor avoid a ban under the user name User:Jinnifer. Making the same requests to edit the horror film article as the IP here who makes similar requests as here. They have been following me through several foreign language wikis asking me and other users to make the same changes here. Per the accounts on Jinnifer, they have been doing this for over two years. Andrzejbanas (talk) 02:12, 7 January 2022 (UTC) Andrzejbanas (talk) 02:12, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Moving case to Jinnifer. -- RoySmith (talk) 03:14, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I was just about to ask someone to block 107.119.69.0/24, but it looks like beat me to it. Thanks, Bishonen. :) Closing.  Spicy (talk) 03:33, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

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Per the three edits in their user history here, this user is canvassing to get editors to edit the Horror film article for them. Which has been put under lock because of their IP vandalism throughout several accounts. Sockpuppets of the user, suspected sock puppets. Andrzejbanas (talk) 23:50, 17 January 2022 (UTC) Andrzejbanas (talk) 23:50, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Has been locked, blocked and tagged. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:00, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

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Continued canvassing/harassment of users to make their decade changes to the horror film article. IP address being used is in one of the two ranges used by Jinnifer socks. NJZombie (talk) 02:10, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * IP has since been blocked. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:23, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

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More of the same, including the Protagonist nonsense:. Please apply whatever rangeblocks are appropriate. MrOllie (talk) 13:22, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * has been rangeblocked for one month. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:32, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

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Same style of username as other confirmed socks, [] and same edit warring over decade sections on articles about horror films. . This is block evasion. MrOllie (talk) 17:14, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

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The account is confirmed. No comment on the IP, though I will observe it happens to be /26 blocked. -- zzuuzz (talk) 17:42, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

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This account has just shown up to keep edit warring after the block of already confirmed sock User:Andrzejbanas2500. Please checkuser and block or rangeblock the underlying IP, history has shown that Jinnifer will keep this up until you do. MrOllie (talk) 19:39, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Article semi-protected. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:17, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

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More horror film edit requests on talk pages and user talk pages. DanCherek (talk) 14:18, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * , closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:55, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @Blablubbs I'm curious about the lack of tags. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:25, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @RoySmith: Repetitively bothering the same people with the same stuff over and over seems like pure trolling to me at this point, plus the accounts are extremely ducky; I think DENY outweighs the advantages of tagging at this point. No strong objections if you wish to tag, though. --Blablubbs (talk) 15:27, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. I'll archive this as is. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:29, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

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Posting the same comments to the same user talk page, about date sections from the horror film article (diff). -  wolf  16:50, 6 March 2022 (UTC)



Posting same comments about date sections on the article horror film, this time on the article's talk page ( diff). Same IP range as noted socks above. -  wolf  17:09, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
 * by request...and with my apologies for the error. - wolf  23:20, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * The account and IP have been globally locked/blocked. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:32, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

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More sectioning nonsense on Talk:Horror film and user talk pages, same writing style. Also the typical vandalism at Protagonist: MrOllie (talk) 23:48, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Account locked, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:33, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

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Similar harassment of users as previous sock. I am unfamiliar with this master, and am mostly filing to make sure I'm not missing anything and to see if a rangeblock or sleeper check by CU would be helpful here. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 07:10, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Please range block, IP hopping / talk page harrassment is ongoing. See and  - MrOllie (talk) 14:04, 30 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I've gone ahead and done those blocks, but I don't have any confidence it'll do much good. This is happening over a much wider range, but we'll see what happens. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:36, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 13:43, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
 * For what little it's worth, VonJarred is ✅.   I've started a cuwiki page on this so at least we can track this better in the future. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:54, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

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NightscreamJr is continuing the edit warring behavior of Jinnifer. The first edit was to continue a discussion which was moved to User:Nightscream's talk page, following IP 107.122.97.8 posting at Commons. NightscreamJr was clearly continuing their own conversation. Jinnifer's sockpuppets including the blocked IP range Special:Contributions/107.122.97.0/24, blocked socks User:Meihdsusisisu, User:Andrzejbanas2500, and now NightscreamJr have been bugging various people trying to get their attention. All the behavior is identical.

This person keeps coming back to the same talk pages, asking the same question but with different accounts. Checkuser requested to check for sleepers. Binksternet (talk) 18:37, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

An IP with a different geolocation showed up to resume the edit war at one of the affected articles. Special:Contributions/166.205.141.5 is not from the Greater Chicago area, but the behavior connects them. Could be travel-related, or phone-a-friend meatpuppetry, or whatever. Binksternet (talk) 19:36, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

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Jinnifer seems to also jump around in the range. See this and this from a few days ago and ongoing contribs of 166.205.141.44. - MrOllie (talk) 20:27, 2 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I added to this report. Similar behavior.  Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 03:14, 3 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I added. Pavlov2 (talk) 16:51, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * @RoySmith Could sir take a look of Pavlov2 (talk) 16:52, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * No such account on enwiki. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:12, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, thanks a lot. Pavlov2 (talk) 17:14, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 16:40, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * DeadMendisyssisisisys and NightscreamJr are ✅ (no tags).    -- RoySmith (talk) 16:48, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Accounts and IPs are now blocked, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:35, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

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Reverting to IP's version, including Jinnifer's typical 'most popular' claims cited to an irrelevant source. MrOllie (talk) 19:12, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * Now blocked, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:35, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

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Talk page harrassment and Talk:Horror film, as usual. Please block sleepers and update IP range blocks. MrOllie (talk) 18:39, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * I did a couple more range blocks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:11, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

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More attempts to recruit people to change sectioning at the horror film article. Please update the IP range blocks, one or more must have expired. MrOllie (talk) 17:40, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * Account is already blocked and tagged. No comment with respect to IPs. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 01:16, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Disruption at ‎History of horror films matches behavior, this account now trolling and harassing editors. Check for sleepers, please. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:06, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' It appears that Jinnifer just moved to AT&T mobile. ,, . Range seems quite big - is a rangeblock possible, or are we going to have to go back to semiprotecting a few dozen horror film and comic articles? = MrOllie (talk) 01:26, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I was just coming here to mention some or all of the above. Shearonink (talk) 02:28, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Based on CU data, I'd have to call this ❌, but the "switched to a new carrier" theory is certainly plausible. I'm not going to do anything for the moment.  I'm loathe to block such a wide range, but I do note that this block was placed by  so that may provide some relief.  I'm going to pass on any sleeper checks for now; if additional socks are found based on behavior, that may provide a better baseline for such a search, but I think it would result in too many false positives with the minimal data we have now.  I'm afraid that aggressive page protection may be the best tool in this case. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:39, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the ping, . I share your reluctance to block broad ranges but my block has captured all the IPs mentioned above and collateral damage seems minimal based on recent contribs. Note that I've left account creation open so you might need your magic pixie dust if they're a sudden spate of accounts making these edits. HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts? 16:10, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * ( originally filed under this user)

They regarding the history of horror films the master had been edit warring on. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 01:16, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Looks like this report is a duplicate of the one here: Sockpuppet investigations/Jinnifer (permalink), which has already been actioned. (Treker250 is a blocked sockpuppet of Jinnifer.) Please merge this case under Jinnifer. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 21:09, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Merged from Sockpuppet investigations/Treker250, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 18:59, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

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Usual spiderman stuff. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:26, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

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The usual unsourced 'Spiderman is most popular' stuff, compare with blocked sock , followed by talk page harrassment of whoever reverts them. MrOllie (talk) 00:48, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Now active as - MrOllie (talk) 02:07, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Now active as - MrOllie (talk) 12:04, 10 June 2022 (UTC)


 * now. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:48, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Now MrOllie (talk) 01:50, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

Now - we could really use a range block of the underlying IPs. - MrOllie (talk) 13:44, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

'nother one for you. Tony Fox (arf!) 19:34, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

A few more are listed at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, latest of which is. The latest IP blocks haven't done much. MrOllie (talk) 01:26, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Mz7 (talk) 22:15, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
 * This is a tough one to run CheckUser on. I may try to put in a short-term range block with account creation disabled to try to make this less of a whack-a-mole, but for the time being, I couldn't find any other accounts to block. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 22:30, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

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Filing for the record; blocking and tagging the accounts that haven't already been so. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 03:34, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to socks from the archive. . Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 03:38, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

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The usual ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:44, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

Kąrųįzxçį does the exact same edits as the Iw7 sock. Made more clear when K asks a random editor to "have a word" about the Horror film article. — SirDot (talk) 23:00, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * That's definitely them; they're already blocked, no tags per DENY, lock requested, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:15, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Ususal Jinnifer routine changing horror film decades, claiming Spider-Man is Marvel's most popular hero, and harassing other users to make their edits to protected pages. NJZombie (talk) 23:10, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Also making more death threats again --Mr Fink (talk) 23:36, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * (and ✅ via CU, for what it's worth). Blocking; closing. Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 23:46, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

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Traditional sock asking an editor to talk about the 2010/2020s section of Horror film. — SirDot (talk) 10:07, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * -- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 10:42, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

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More edit warring about decade sections in film genres. Also removals of the word 'independent' from horror movie articles. See KingBroskizakalo edit and blocked sock MrOllie (talk) 13:10, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
 * And now the spiderman stuff - MrOllie (talk) 13:21, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
 * …and now the death threats as well. NJZombie (talk) 13:54, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Indeffed by PhilKnight. I've reported the death threat to WP:EMERGENCY. Closing. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 18:25, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The usual, talk page nonsense, film article decade sections (continuing sock account KingBroskizakalo 's edits on Thriller film and Spiderman and Batman are most popular. MrOllie (talk) 17:19, 21 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Beat me to it! ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:27, 21 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I just added SobrokuDemetri, the usual style of talk page comments to the usual targets. - MrOllie (talk) 19:46, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Now indeffed. Spicy (talk) 22:31, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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More reverting back to sockmaster's decade sectioning. See edit from new account vs edit from blocked sock MrOllie (talk) 23:51, 21 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Threatening to do this forever - please run CU and update IP rangeblocks. We've had 8 IDed sock accounts this week. - MrOllie (talk) 00:25, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * . CU per Mz7's comment at .  In the future, you can probably just take these to WP:AIV, or directly to admins who know the case. If going to AIV, you can say something like, "New account making many user talkpage edits about horror films, MrOllie, and NJZombie, which is characteristic behavior for this LTA." You can link to this comment to support the premise that it's characteristic behavior.    --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she|they|xe) 00:56, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

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The usual decade changes at List of horror television programs and Spider-Man being the most popular hero at List of Spider-Man titles and List of Spider-Man enemies NJZombie (talk) 23:07, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

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I think I reverted then earlier at this IP, but looking at the host it seems to be a public WiFi hotspot, so I didn't bother bringing it to AIV. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:10, 1 July 2022 (UTC) ''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

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 * Quite plausibly a restaurant or coffee shop they go to intermittently. But since that intermittent usage goes back to 12 May and there's no other edits, 3 months. Closing.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 10:26, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

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Same behavior as other sockpuppets in article space (see this edit) and in user talk space asking for others to edit Horror film articles (see here). Isabelle 🏳‍🌈 00:27, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

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Several nearby IPV6 ranges have been blocked today:, , , , as well as account. We need wider range blocks. MrOllie (talk) 00:36, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked 1 week. Bit of guesswork on that CIDR range, but let's see how that goes.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 00:36, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Typical gibberish name used by previous Jinnifer accounts as well as the usual decade edits to Science fiction film List of horror television programs articles. NJZombie (talk) 11:42, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

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Blocked per WP:DUCK. --Hammersoft (talk) 16:11, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ to several previous socks. Already blocked; requesting lock. Closing. Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 23:47, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

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Usual and  alongside the typical out-of-nowhere harassment on user talk. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 20:47, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Now blocked. Requested lock, closing. CU isn't especially useful in this case. Spicy (talk) 03:07, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

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The usual nonsense regarding Spider-Man being Marvel's flagship or most popular character at List of Spider-Man titles. NJZombie (talk) 04:57, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * DUCK per prev. SPI. . List of Spider-Man titles Pictogram voting support.svg Semi-protected&#32;for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Closing. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 09:13, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Locked above 3 accounts. &mdash; regards, Revi 09:45, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

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Same edit to Scream queen as previous sock -- lomrjyo  talk 21:15, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

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More of the same WP:DUCK activities… era changes to horror articles, Spider-Man is the flagship character, canvassing other editors to make their changes for them. NJZombie (talk) 23:04, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. Same articles, same nonsense. Kuru   (talk)  23:11, 17 July 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅. Already blocked; requesting lock. Closing. Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 01:55, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

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Showed up on the day that protection expired at Horror film to edit war over Jinnifer's typical section changes. MrOllie (talk) 19:33, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ by Ponyo, by Ponyo.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 23:51, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

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Today’s edits making the usual horror genre, era, and Spider-Man edits as well as canvassing users to make their edits for them. NJZombie (talk) 16:50, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  17:05, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ to ; blocked, lock requested, closing. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  17:07, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

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Same focus on decades in horror and sci-fi movie articles. is about when I was sure. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:40, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Now blocked and locked, closing. Spicy (talk) 19:42, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

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The usual. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:37, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked by  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 21:03, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks Evergreen. Didn't see there was an SPI up. I think we're doing no-tag on these though? Unless you have a strong opinion the other way. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 21:08, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks, I didn't see the no-tag. I'll fix that.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 21:09, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

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Same genre changes on Child's Play (1988 film) and related articles as previous Jinnifer socks. Also hitting Science fiction film‎ era headings now too. NJZombie (talk) 00:26, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * . 1 mo semi. Closing.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 00:42, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

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Typical WP:DUCK activity. Spider-Man, horror genres, canvassing, etc. NJZombie (talk) 18:20, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

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Also blocked this morning. It is probably time to update the IP rangeblocks again. MrOllie (talk) 18:28, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

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Confirmed. . -- zzuuzz (talk) 19:28, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

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The usual. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:27, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Dealt with. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 06:00, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

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Canvassing editors to make changes to horror eras yet again. NJZombie (talk) 13:41, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Now locked, closing. Spicy (talk) 08:21, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

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Pro-forma -- RoySmith (talk) 15:15, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Just getting them tagged up and into the archive. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:16, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * The SandDoctor Talk 00:54, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

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Another active sockpuppet.--Mr Fink (talk) 00:34, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Now blocked. Requested lock, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 12:10, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

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The usual WP:DUCK activity. NJZombie (talk) 15:38, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

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It’s worth noting that their new tactic is to make a change, then almost immediately revert their own edit, I’m guessing in hopes that one of us will revert just the most recent of the two edits, making us make their edit for them.NJZombie (talk) 15:27, 7 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Could also just be to fuck with the automated anti-vandal tools, and waste our time checking edits manually. I don't think they actually care about getting the content in, because they stop editing of no one is around to chase them. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:29, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Now blocked. Requested lock, closing. Spicy (talk) 04:56, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

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The usual ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:11, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, locked, etc. Spicy (talk) 15:25, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

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The usual genre edits to A Nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween (1978 film). More to come, I'm sure. NJZombie (talk) 18:13, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Please just report these at AIV, there’s really no need to worry about an SPI report given they’re so obvious.  firefly  ( t · c ) 19:03, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK screwing with genres on the usual articles followed by death threats. As far as the request to report on the vandalism board, a notice pops up now specifically stating NOT to post sock puppets there. NJZombie (talk) 14:27, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * -, account also globally locked. --   LuK3      (Talk)   14:58, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

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Asking me to edit horror articles on their behalf which is the same thing a Jinnifer sock did. While I know it's not in the scope of the English Wikipedia, just for further evidence they've also left messages on my Simple English page that are near enough to these "dear friend please help me" style, so I'm not sure why they think I'm the one that's going to fall for whatever it is they're doing, especially when I'm wise to them across multiple Wikipedia projects. - Aoidh (talk) 16:35, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * /64 blocked 3 months. Will request global block. For future reference, these can go to AIV (with a link to the SPI for context).  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 16:47, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

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Edits focusing on removing the mention of Halloween (1978 film) being an independent production over the past 24 hours. This is a frequent target of Jinnifer sock accounts, a fraction of which can be seen at. Requesting a range block which has been applied previously to Jinnifer accounts. NJZombie (talk) 03:38, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * According to CU data, that's not Jinnifer. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:49, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

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Targeting character pages related to science-fiction and fantasy with protagonist/antagonist info and unsourced speculation, similar to previous suspected socks. Skywatcher68 (talk) 18:37, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * I ran a check despite the weak evidence. Wrong country for Jinnifer.  Jacedorion is still evading a block, but it's probably based on the same supposition that this is Jinnifer.  I'm inclined to just let it go. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:38, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The account was blocked on its own merits. Closing. MarioGom (talk) 17:57, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)

Similar disruptive edit pattern in the same articles. Xexerss (talk) 18:21, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Please move to Sockpuppet investigations/Jinnifer. Bbb23 (talk) 10:36, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * merged  The SandDoctor  Talk 06:08, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Blocked and closing, appears to be the same user as Lashykory. Izno (talk) 20:03, 2 June 2024 (UTC)