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Similar vandalism of birth/death dates on young male actor articles NJD-DE (talk) 23:17, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * All five accounts were created 08/01/2021. They only cross over on one article: Anthony Ramos (actor), which is edited by Natalie, Griffern and John.

Chronology (8 January 2020):


 * 19:30 - Johnadamsdoesnthavearealjobanyway created
 * Immediately afterward, Johnadams makes their only two edits to Anthony Ramos (actor), changing his date of birth to 2011, immediately being reverted and warned. I also note Special:Contributions/2a02:c7d:160c:3100:edee:ebc4:a8aa:b7e, Special:Contributions/2A02:A315:A23F:CF00:D4A1:8270:E257:7C8C, Special:Contributions/2600:1017:B8D8:521F:85D5:82A7:6C1D:74A3, and Special:Contributions/2601:140:8d00:6ed:5554:602b:86c:c3cd whom made the same changes to Anthony Ramos as John.


 * 20:00 - Griffer30 created
 * Immediately changes the complete birth_date parameter of the infobox on Anthony Ramos (actor) to a different 2011 birthdate, also being reverted and warned.


 * 20:07 - Correcthamiltonfacts created
 * Immediately goes to Jonathan Groff and alters the dates of birth to 2016 & 2018 twice, then vandalises the occupation.
 * Notably, Special:Contributions/73.236.156.114 and Special:Contributions/82.41.43.77  made very similar edits to the same page in the same timeframe.


 * 20:39 - Correcthamiltonfacts blocked by for Vandalism.
 * 22:58 - Anonymousfish42 created
 * Immediately changes the DOB, and the height  on Matthew Gray Gubler, before vandalising Josh Herdman, Kevin James, and Castiel.


 * 23:07 - NatalieS 31 created
 * Immediately changes the DOB of Anthony Ramos to 2011. Notably, Natalie is created at 23:07, whilst Anonymous makes vandal edits 23:04 & 23:08, so that is a quick piece of work if they are the same person.


 * 23:15 - Anonymousfish42 blocked by for Vandalism

In summary, these are 5 accounts (and a range of IP addresses) whom make very similar vandal edits, in a very short timeframe. Noting the CU result, and the edit times, I wonder whether these are meatpuppets rather than socks. Regardless, all 5 accounts appear to have been created to carry on a short burst of vandalism to pages about young male actors / characters (which had been commenced shortly before by the IPs). Far be it from me to stipulate a course of action, particularly as this particular spate of shenanigans has ceased, but I doubt any of the accounts would be missed if they were blocked. In terms of the IPs, both the IPv4 and the IPv6 ranges are far too big to be blocked (/3 & /4 respectively), so I think the only way for that to be managed is by page protection as and where needed, and it seems that this has already been done on the key pages. I hope that this has been of some assistance, Jack Frost (talk) 10:00, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * . Some users are in the same area and country, while others are spread out across the world. This will need a behavioral investigation.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:40, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I have blocked and  indefinitely for vandalism (nonsensical change to a birthdate). This doesn't require drawing a conclusion about sockpuppetry, but it should be enough action to allow closing. Also I suggest that no tags are needed. I semiprotected Anthony Ramos (actor). Marking for close. EdJohnston (talk) 23:33, 6 February 2021 (UTC)