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02 April 2015

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This is a set of accounts (already blocked) by an IP editor who has been disruptively changing data in dog articles, making very recognizable edits with very recognizable edit summaries. and others have tried to discuss this with the person but to no avail, and what's left is blocks and semi-protection.

With a bit of time we could produce a long list of IPs that have been used, but there's little point to it--there's a fair amount of hopping. They use regular IPs and IPv6s; I have listed a few, but there are dozens. I haven't attempted geolocation for all of them but the ones I looked at point to Philadelphia. Recently, perhaps because I've semi-protected a number of articles, they started creating accounts; I do not know if John Kwiecinski is actually the earliest account and that is one of the reason I'm asking for CU. Another is that this recent habit of creating sock accounts is potentially more disruptive than the rather easily recognizable IP edits.

Editors who are in the know, to a greater or lesser extent, are, ,. Admins and editors who have recently blocked and reverted include, ,. Drmies (talk) 17:28, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Rottweiler3 seems to the latest ... and it looks as if then swapping back to an IP so I've added one of the latest IP addresses as well above. SagaciousPhil  - Chat 05:45, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I was just looking at some unusual edits made to mainly dog articles in the last couple of days by another new account Canary27; not the same type of edits or edit summaries but generally messing about and adding (unnecessary) subheadings. I have added it to the list above as when I checked the (odd) user sandbox it refers to Rottweiler3. So it may also warrant checking but please remove if I'm just getting paranoid ... or if I shouldn't have added this - sorry, I don't know the correct procedures. SagaciousPhil  - Chat 10:25, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I've added the latest (Tyga boy); the account has already been blocked. Another IP was also used but I haven't added it. SagaciousPhil  - Chat 05:14, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

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 * I blocked Canary; further investigation revealed not a dog but a duck. I've started putting the appropriate templates on various user pages, even while CU is pending. CU: thanks in advance for your help--I know y'all got a lot of work to do, and this isn't the most urgent case, though we still appreciate your attention. Drmies (talk) 14:40, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

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 * - To look for potential sleepers.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:20, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * The following are a ✅ match to one another:
 * The following are also a ✅ match to one another:
 * There's no direct technical relationship between these two groups that I can see, and no technical connection to Tyga boy - and of course, as regards the IP addresses. Yunshui 雲 水  14:07, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
 * The following are also a ✅ match to one another:
 * There's no direct technical relationship between these two groups that I can see, and no technical connection to Tyga boy - and of course, as regards the IP addresses. Yunshui 雲 水  14:07, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
 * There's no direct technical relationship between these two groups that I can see, and no technical connection to Tyga boy - and of course, as regards the IP addresses. Yunshui 雲 水  14:07, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
 * There's no direct technical relationship between these two groups that I can see, and no technical connection to Tyga boy - and of course, as regards the IP addresses. Yunshui 雲 水  14:07, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
 * There's no direct technical relationship between these two groups that I can see, and no technical connection to Tyga boy - and of course, as regards the IP addresses. Yunshui 雲 水  14:07, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
 * There's no direct technical relationship between these two groups that I can see, and no technical connection to Tyga boy - and of course, as regards the IP addresses. Yunshui 雲 水  14:07, 13 April 2015 (UTC)


 * The "please accept" edit summaries are enough of a behavioral connection for me. The IPs are either blocked or much to stale to consider a block. Mike V • Talk 16:01, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

02 May 2015

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uses same edit summary as previously of "Accept please" compare this to this and the edit summaries from the previous socks. Request CU to look for sleepers. -- GB fan 01:01, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * All the accounts I see are already blocked. .-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:48, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

25 January 2016

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Dogster is already blocked. Please check for other sleepers: they have been using at least a half a dozen very different IP addresses recently; I blocked a few of them. There may be a possible range block in here as well. Pinging the experts and former CUs on this case, and. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 18:40, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, it was suggested that User:Looneyboy6 seems to have been an earlier incarnation; I don't really have an opinion. Drmies (talk) 18:48, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * Everything I see is blocked, though that's not saying much since the archives are stale. I looked at a rangeblock, but the range was ginormous. You can email me the IPs you're aware of and I can see if a couple of smaller ranges may work if you'd like.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:33, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

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Based on behavioral evidence. See Long-term abuse/Dog and rapper vandal. You may also want to check for sleepers (again). -- Gestrid (talk) 22:07, 25 September 2016 (UTC)


 * I was under the impression that a CU would be able to find any current sleeper accounts. This LTA seems to have had quite a few in the past. -- Gestrid (talk) 23:26, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * Not sure what a CU can do unless you want to block a /13, which isn't likely. I blocked for a month (this seems to be a stable IP) after a one, then two week block didn't do the trick. Protected a page.  I have no doubt it is the same user. Dennis Brown - 2&cent; 23:21, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
 * A CU might be able to find accounts, but they couldn't publish them as that would link names to numbers. This individual has been using only IP addresses for this year. Of course, a CU has access to a lot more data than we do, so what they do (if anything) will be based on that.  I'm not a clerk, I don't accept or decline CU requests, I'm just another admin. Dennis Brown - 2&cent; 23:44, 25 September 2016 (UTC)


 * , closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:38, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

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Desertrose10968tu is blocked for genre warring and his block was 1 week as he was continuing with new account Desertrose42526 (was created on 11 January) Destiny Leo (talk) 12:45, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Katietalk 20:55, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ to each other. It is that this is Dog and rapper vandal, as the edits come from a range I blocked for abuse in December and the technical data is very, very close, but that's the best I can do. . Blocked without tags. Katietalk 21:08, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * After further checks, the technical data matches in another range with two socks of John Kwiecinski, so I'm now ready to confirm these two to Dog and rapper vandal. Please merge this into the John Kwiecinski case and tag accordingly. Thanks. :-) Katietalk 22:07, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 04:58, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

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Reported to AIV but was declined. This is obviously the Long-term abuse/Dog and rapper vandal, making the same edits as User:Timmy John. Sro23 (talk) 00:36, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  03:40, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * 172.56.29.0/24 rangeblocked a year.
 * Indeffing sock and closing.

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Vandalism on articles targeted by the infamous Dog and rapper vandal. Mr. Guye (talk) 20:50, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

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 * The IP's edits are too old. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 22:23, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

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Suspected sock made similar vandalizing and BLP policy violating edits to DMX (rapper). jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 18:50, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

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Oh dear-- and are just identical. The odd thing is that the Alvini account is more recent--but still, more than enough reason to block. Will check for sleepers. Drmies (talk) 15:07, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * OK--CU confirmed with the old dog and rapper vandal. This should be merged into Sockpuppet investigations/John Kwiecinski. User:Graham87, you blocked a range, and I'd like for you to look at more ranges, but I'm not going to drop that here--instead, I'll post some info on the CU wiki, on User:KrakatoaKatie's talk page. Katie, you've handled a bunch of these blocks; I'd like for you also to have a look and see what you can do. You'll see that there's a university or something like that among the IPs that CU delivered, and a few more accounts that I'm about to have a look at. BTW one of the links uncovered by CU is User:Mr. Krabs With Hair, who needs a tag, as does User:Eurofan86. Drmies (talk) 15:21, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Also just blocked User:Dr. Dog, who has been active in the same article as another sock--see Sockpuppet investigations/Xboxmanwar. It is possible that those have something to do with each other, but I'm done with this thing for now... Drmies (talk) 15:36, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅, merged.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:45, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

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Quack by the infamous Dog and Rapper vandal Request CU and merge it to the oldest account 38.96.9.224 (talk) 23:43, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * All users listed have been blocked by . jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 06:11, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

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I've CU confirmed User:Mr. Krabs Is A Robot1 as another sock. They were blocked earlier - WP:DUCK but I've now tagged as confirmed. Doug Weller talk 19:28, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Already blocked. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:27, 17 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Mr. Krabs Is A Robot2 also CU confirmed; found no others. Drmies (talk) 15:58, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

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Once again vandalizing Ja Rule and DMX (rapper). jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 00:59, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Replacing the user. I've tagged the wrong user. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 01:39, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * Sock and IP blocked. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:51, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

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Checkuser requested because this person often creates multiple accounts. Captain Lloyd Banks is doing the same things as previous dog-and-rapper vandal socks, for instance posting the height of a rapper, and performing the same edits as previous sock accounts or IPs. Binksternet (talk) 06:29, 14 July 2018 (UTC)]
 * Regarding the case being stale, it seems to me that has been quietly blocking a bunch of registered accounts via checkuser, accounts that have been doing similar things as this sockmaster. And Ponyo blocked  specifically naming this case. Below is a list of the user names I can find that have been blocked by Ponyo via checkuser but without a master specified, ones that have been editing rapper biographies. Binksternet (talk) 00:12, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

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The case is stale. CU declined.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:14, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Account is now blocked. Sro23 (talk) 23:36, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

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Blocked sock made the same edit as Search Party 2 at Gucci Mane, and they both added the same "associated acts" at T.I. Checkuser requested to look for sleepers. Binksternet (talk) 05:11, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

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 * from a technical perspective. .  AGK  &#9632;   15:42, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:59, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

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Edited Wikipedia talk:Long-term abuse/Dog and rapper vandal to complain about a range block. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 18:08, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

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 * IP is stale. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:45, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

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Some of this honestly seems constructive, but it fits the pattern. Diffs include https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gorilla_Zoe&diff=prev&oldid=879830516&diffmode=source https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Riff_Raff_(rapper)&diff=prev&oldid=879826880 cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 01:51, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

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 * Another one popped up to make the same edits as Iron Mastiff. Binksternet (talk) 17:10, 24 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Aaaand another one. Binksternet (talk) 17:15, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

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 * Yep. Blocked. Sro23 (talk) 02:45, 24 January 2019 (UTC)