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Evading block to continue adding unsourced number changes for stadium seating POLITANVM talk 01:05, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Diffs (non-exhaustive): POLITANVM talk 01:18, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Ottawa Lynx:
 * Kaepertank:
 * BillSpaceman:
 * Ottawa Voyageurs:
 * Kaepertank:
 * BillSpaceman:
 * Skylands Stadium:
 * Kaepertank:
 * BillSpaceman:
 * New York Boulders:
 * Kaepertank:
 * BillSpaceman:
 * Palisades Credit Union Park:
 * Kaepertank:
 * BillSpaceman:

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 * Handling this alongside the 14 May filing, see there. Closing. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 09:28, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

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Editing the same pages to make same unsourced changes to crowd sizes and stadium capacities. POLITANVM talk 00:22, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked, closing. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 09:24, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

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Continuing rapid number vandalism on same set of articles. POLITANVM talk 23:58, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * - I'm fairly certain that this one and from the 3 May filing (see there (perma) for details) are the same person; please look for sleepers and see if an IP block is possible. Thanks. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 09:27, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I can tell you that BillSpaceman and Kaepertank are ✅. ElBeauPere is . Salvio 09:41, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. - please reblock the two confirmed ones for socking and upgrade BillSpaceman's block to indefinite.  --Blablubbs&#124;talk 09:53, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I extended BillSpaceman's block to indefinite and tagged BillSpaceman and Kaepertank. ElBeauPere is already blocked for vandalism. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 03:58, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

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Continuing numbers vandalism on same pages after last sock blocked POLITANVM talk 02:49, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked 1 week (in my capacity as an admin, not a CU). Closing. Mz7 (talk) 04:02, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

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Rapidly editing attendance and capacity numbers on same set of articles about the Can-Am league. POLITANVM talk 23:59, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

Same set of articles, same rapid number vandalism POLITANVM talk 23:27, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Added another IP making unsourced attendance/capacity edits with similar edit summaries ("Wrong information", "Information update"). POLITANVM talk 20:38, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

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Two rangeblocks placed--like, as an administrator, not a CU: I have not checked because I don't see a need for it. Drmies (talk) 20:44, 7 July 2021 (UTC)


 * @Drmies I was just doing the same thing, but you beat me to it. Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:47, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * RoySmith, I'll split the check with you. What this user is doing is pretty crappy, isn't it. Drmies (talk) 20:48, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I'd like mine in bitcoin, please. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:40, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

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Exact same pattern of falsely changing independent baseball league ballpark capacities. In fact, making identical false edits, right down to the same numbers. For example: here as NickTheGrape and here as Manon1948. And Nick and Manon. All of these figures are not only the same as each other, they're all completely false according to the already linked source. Both accounts should be indeffed as vandals. oknazevad (talk) 07:09, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Addendum: looking further into it, I think both of these are just the latest socks of, a serial sock master. This should probably be merged into that SPI, but I'm not sure how to do that. oknazevad (talk) 08:07, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * NickTheGrape is blocked on frwiki as a sock of, who's blocked here as a sock of Kaepertank, and this definitely matches that pattern of abuse to a tee. Both accounts can be blocked right now on behavioral evidence, but there hasn't been a (publicly-recorded) check on this case since May, so  to revive the trail and to check for sleepers (given the temporal overlap here). Will handle case merge once the rest has been sorted.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 08:48, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  09:38, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅: =  =  =  = .  Girth Summit  (blether)  09:44, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * CU links this back to BillSpaceman, a confirmed sock of Kaepertank, so I've merged the cases. All unblocked accounts now blocked and tagged. : this case appears to involve cross-wiki abuse, so I'll leave it to you to consider whether we should request locks at meta, and start doing that routinely for socks in this case.   Girth Summit  (blether)  09:48, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Girth. .In addition to that: perhaps this is another case where we can try to keep each others' wikis in the loop (actuel), since vandals work fast and sometimes lock requests less so. I mean that in both directions: If there's anything I can be doing to help out on frwiki on this or any other cases that affect both wikis—I know you and I have talked in the past about Noname JR—do please let me know.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 10:07, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi Tamzin Many thanks! We're just talking about it, and we already have this summary page : fr:Wikipédia:Faux-nez/BillSpaceman. --d-n-f (talk) 18:55, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, d-n-f.  Replied there. Closing.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 22:39, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

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Admits socking in every edit summary. Like, worst sock master ever. Account is globally locked, but that doesn't seem to be stopping their ability to continue their hoaxes and vandalism. Block log is empty. oknazevad (talk) 00:13, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * As noted by the filer, the user is globally locked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 02:08, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

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IP known to be used by previous socks like Manon1972. Retuned and resumed exact same edits. oknazevad (talk) 08:20, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Yep, . Compare to . Mostly enwiki and frwiki, with some it, es, and de mixed in, just like past sox, too. Will request global block.  . Thanks.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 08:25, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Done -- RoySmith (talk) 19:09, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

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Same edits making incorrect changes to ballpark capacities at Frontier League and Can-Am League as before. IP is near to previous block-evasion IPs. oknazevad (talk) 01:47, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Yep, that's our guy alright. See Special:PageHistory/Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball and Special:PageHistory/Frontier League and "correct". And there's the tell-tale frwiki overlap.  Please block for 72 hours.  If the IP returns to editing after that block, please either notify whichever admin actions this, or post to AIV with a link to this comment. Because the disruption is smaller-scale than in the past I'm going to hold off on requesting a global block for now, but  Pour vous.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 02:07, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * IP blocked per request, closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:06, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

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All sets have been reverts to edits by previous known socks making the same incorrect edits. oknazevad (talk) 17:55, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Yep:, . - please indef the sock. , reports like this will generally be dealt with more quickly if you include diffs. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:59, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged as suspected. Thanks, Spicy, for adding the diffs. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:21, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

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Editing of stadium sizes/colors consistent with previous socks. identical edits to previous socks/reverting people correcting the socks' edits. Painting17 (talk) 14:27, 28 April 2022 (UTC)


 * On Special:History/Canadian Tire Centre, Lewis LM attempts to cite the page and change the numbers in the stadium (Diff). Citing the page history to change the numbers was something done by three previous. 1-NickTheGrape. 2-Ale.xis1776. 3-an IP address mentioned previously in the investigation. Painting17 (talk) 18:54, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * This doesn't look exactly like the original sock to me, who rapidly changed dozens of pages to seemingly random numbers. This editing looks more good faith, with sources for many edits, or edit summaries that suggest they're trying to bring consistency to contradictory articles. It also seems like these are articles where multiple people might have an interest in changing numbers/colors. Wouldn't rule it out, but doesn't seem like duck-level sockpuppetry. Politanvm talk 14:45, 29 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the extra evidence. That does look identical to those 3. I was skeptical those 3 were related to Kaepertank, but I see they where confirmed by CU. Politanvm talk 19:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:28, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to . Also confirmed are:
 * Blocking; I'll leave it for someone else to consider tags, given that Cent-Vin Berg is only tagged as suspected, and I can't make a technical connection to any confirmed accounts. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:37, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Tagged,, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 16:32, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Blocking; I'll leave it for someone else to consider tags, given that Cent-Vin Berg is only tagged as suspected, and I can't make a technical connection to any confirmed accounts. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:37, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Tagged,, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 16:32, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

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Edit that changed a stadium's seating capacity on Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball. The same change was previously made by an IP currently blocked for sockpuppetry. Painting17 (talk) 22:10, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * - looks likely (and is already blocked as a sock on frwiki ); endorsing for a sleeper check since the last check found a few of them. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 06:13, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Salvio 10:34, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. The behavioural evidence (reinstating sock edits + crosswiki editing + username (the sockmaster's IPs geolocate to Ottawa)) is convincing enough. - please indef the sock.  Spicy (talk) 11:38, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Bagged & tagged, closing. firefly  ( t · c ) 13:28, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

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User:TNF1200 has made edits to Ottawa Titans and National Hockey League  that appear to be identical to previous sockpuppet edits. -- Pemilligan (talk) 04:13, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * Based on previous edits to Ottawa Titans, this edit by known IP 70.50.4.138, and the fact that the most recent previous sock was named OttawaTitans, gonna call this a duck. .  Pour vous encore.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 04:29, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

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Editing the usual pages with the usual obsessions for adding media, rearranging team colors, and changing arena capacities.
 * 20:50, 8 June 2022 Ottawa Titans
 * 20:47, 8 June 2022 Trois-Rivières Aigles (2013–)
 * 20:45, 8 June 2022 Québec Capitales
 * 20:25, 4 June 2022 Empire State Greys
 * 03:50, 22 May 2022 Canadian Tire Centre
 * -- Pemilligan (talk) 21:41, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Yep. Already blocked on frwiki. Blocked 1 month, mass-rollbacked, will request gblock. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 05:31, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

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Making identical edits to IPs previously (and currently) blocked as socks. See the recent history at Canadian Football League, where this edit by a known (and still blocked) IP sock and this one by This new editor (account less that a week old) with identical unsourced changes in capacity numbers (Kaepertank'a stock in trade) using a near-identical edit summary. Just very ducky to me. oknazevad (talk) 03:47, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * . No non-stale accounts in the archive to compare to, but share the same first octet. . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:09, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Evidence is convincing in addition to frwiki's own findings. DatGuyTalkContribs 20:33, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * . --Blablubbs (talk) 19:34, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

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Edits on stadium capacity numbers perfectly match previous socks. Examples include this statistic on Wild Things Park (1, 2, 3), as well as this on Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) Painting17 (talk) 03:56, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
 * edit: fixed wikilink error. Painting17 (talk) 03:57, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * Just came here to make the same report. Or go for the quick block at AIV. This is duck-quaking-into-a-megaphone territory. Exact same edits as prior socks. Same geolocation as prior IP socks (some of which are still blocked). In other words: same banned user. oknazevad (talk) 07:24, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * as CUs will not connect an IP to an account. But I've blocked for 3 days based on the behaviour. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:22, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

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Changing player pay and stadium capacity in the same ways as before in Frontier League and Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball   -- Pemilligan (talk) 17:17, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * Quack. Already reverted all the IP's edits, which were identical to past edits by the sock master and many puppets. oknazevad (talk) 17:33, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked for a while. Courcelles (talk) 02:14, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

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Same changes, same pages. (this user's edit) (identical edit 1,2) Painting17 (talk) 17:04, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * Likely stale. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 13:11, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

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I'm not 100% certain on this, but the changes seem too familiar.
 * Québec Capitales, 17:26, 8 July 2023‎ and 17:50, 8 July 2023

-- Pemilligan (talk) 22:44, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * Likely stale. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 13:11, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

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Updates to Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball and Frontier League  showing the same prior obsessions with altering league salary limits and stadium capacities. -- Pemilligan (talk) 01:27, 15 July 2023 (UTC) Pemilligan (talk) 01:27, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked for a week, Frontier League protected. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 13:11, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

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Returned after 1 week block with more of the same types of changes to Stade Canac, Ottawa Titans, Québec Capitales, CityFolk Festival and others -- Pemilligan (talk) 00:47, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * . 3 months. Courcelles (talk) 01:04, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

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Changing attendance figures in the same articles as before: Québec Capitales, Stade Canac, Ottawa Bluesfest, and others in the user's contributions. -- Pemilligan (talk) 13:30, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Every other IP has geolocated to Canada; this one is Peru. Regardless, it looks enough like them that I believe a block is warranted. - Please block 190.237.37.37 for 2 weeks (IP's been static for 1). --Jack Frost (talk) 09:47, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Case closed. Courcelles (talk) 13:42, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

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Identical edits -

edit by .34: / old sock

edit by .228 / .155 / old sock

edit by .216 / old sock

Painting17 (talk) 20:22, 16 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Added two more IPs Painting17 (talk) 22:22, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Seems pretty clearly to be the same person given the usual unsupported, or poorly supported, changes to attendance figures, seating capacities, and field dimensions made to some of the same sites as usual. -- Pemilligan (talk) 02:56, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * is fairly static, so blocked that for three months. Rest left alone as stale. As an aside, there's really a baseball team called the "New England Chowdahheads"? Seems like a mouthful to chant. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 22:40, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

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Unsupported and false edits like we've seen before to change salaries and stadium capacities in Frontier League. Plenty more changes to the usual sites in the user's contributions -- Pemilligan (talk) 00:03, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * IP is now blocked, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:01, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

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Consistent with last few IP socks, both in range and in behavior (false edits with false edit summaries on pages related to the Frontier League and other independent and minor league baseball articles, especially in eastern Canada). Very much a loudly quacking duck. oknazevad (talk) 22:39, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding another likely sock, . Created today, making identical edits to the the same pages. Thai one is a duck in a megaphone. oknazevad (talk) 21:47, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Spicy (talk) 15:18, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Someone is being shifty here. Blocked Delacroix. This IP is stale. Izno (talk) 20:07, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

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Disruptive edits to baseball topics, essentially identical to the previous ones 162 etc. (talk) 20:54, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * This IP is not particularly stale and has been stable for a few weeks. Blocked for a month. Izno (talk) 20:08, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

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Has restored an identical unsourced and disruptive edit to Ottawa Titans  162 etc. (talk) 01:12, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * . Blocked for 1 month, per behavioral evidence. Thanks for reporting this. —  Newslinger   talk   03:01, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

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Previously blocked for 1 month back in June. Has returned to make the same disruptive, uncited edits again. 162 etc. (talk) 02:11, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

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 * Blocked for 3 months. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:44, 6 July 2024 (UTC)