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Logging post-check of ~TheresNoTime (to explain!) 14:53, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * All listed accounts are ✅, . This may be related to Heres The Dealio and/or ~TheresNoTime (to explain!) 14:55, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I would call these or better to Dronebogus1 (via A64784574), who is one of two-ish sock groups interested in Oliver Emmanuel. Not sure where Heres The Dealio comes in here, .  - as far as I can tell D97...is the oldest involved account; please retag the Dronebogus socks to point to this case. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:23, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅, closing. For future reference, the socks are:
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 18:30, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * – now that I pasted this, the script tells me that is actually oldest. I'm inclined to move to, who is just a couple hours younger, instead, but then again it probably doesn't matter if we leave the case where it is either (and it makes the tagging situation a little less complicated). --Blablubbs (talk) 18:34, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Moved to the oldest account. Re-tagging and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:51, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 18:30, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * – now that I pasted this, the script tells me that is actually oldest. I'm inclined to move to, who is just a couple hours younger, instead, but then again it probably doesn't matter if we leave the case where it is either (and it makes the tagging situation a little less complicated). --Blablubbs (talk) 18:34, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Moved to the oldest account. Re-tagging and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:51, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Moved to the oldest account. Re-tagging and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:51, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * might be a part of this. They made 10 meaningless user talk page edits (like this) and then listed Oliver Emanuel for AfD. Firefangledfeathers (talk) 19:24, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * and, too, probably, given their behavior at Talk:Oliver Emanuel. clpo13(talk) 19:34, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * is ✅ to, and to the master. ~TheresNoTime (to explain!) 15:28, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Re-tagging and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:53, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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Pro forma. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:22, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * These accounts are ✅ to each other and to Dronebogus1, there is behavioral evidence here that makes me just about certain of the relationship.  all. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:24, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

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Curlybrown is systematically requesting the deletion of the user talk pages of previous Dronebogus1 socks. The deletion of User:Andy Patfield indicates that that was a previously overlooked sock. Cabayi (talk) 10:40, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅, plus whose deleted contributions provide supporting behavioral evidence. Confirmed to the non-stale socks  and . Cabayi (talk) 11:08, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Accounts blocked and tagged. Also blocked several IP addresses trolling on this page & elsewhere. JBW (talk) 13:44, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

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Both All accounts are vandalism-only accounts. Both All messed around in sandbox to gain AC status and then recreated Oliver Emanuel, despite that article being salted. See also Oliver Robert Emanuel.

Looking through this SPI, it appears that this user has an obsession with creating articles on this person. Given what happened at previous CUs, a sleeper check may be worthwhile. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 19:58, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * Loud quacking, good enough for me to block — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 20:53, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * (with respect to accounts) due to parallel usage. I've also blocked IP, which I'd listed as a sock of this SPI, based on / , but just realized neither of those two is listed here. They're ostensibly on the other side from these Db1 sox, but given the sig as "Dronebogus" I'm guessing they're the same person. --  Tamzin  &#91;cetacean needed&#93; (they&#124;xe&#124;she) 20:23, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh and on the talk there's also historically, who was confirmed to . And also , who geolocates generally similarly to IP 81. So... Is this 1, 2, or 3 sockfarms? -- Tamzin  &#91;cetacean needed&#93; (they&#124;xe&#124;she) 20:29, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Adding the following ✅:
 * Primefac (talk) 20:42, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Primefac (talk) 20:42, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Primefac (talk) 20:42, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Primefac (talk) 20:42, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Primefac (talk) 20:42, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Primefac (talk) 20:42, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Primefac (talk) 20:42, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Primefac (talk) 20:42, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Primefac (talk) 20:42, 12 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Everybody is blocked here. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:46, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @GeneralNotability: In you mentioned "two-ish sock groups interested in Oliver Emmanuel". I'm assuming the other was Kavex? To my eye, Special:Contributions/2A00:23C5:6127:7301::/64 provides the missing link between Kavex (GDPR nonsense) and Db1 (obsession with pornography/obscenity law). Is there any reason not to merge? --  Tamzin  &#91;cetacean needed&#93; (they&#124;xe&#124;she) 21:07, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * , yup, that's the other one. If you think they're the same, go ahead and merge. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:40, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅, all retagged. -- Tamzin  &#91;cetacean needed&#93; (they&#124;xe&#124;she) 01:50, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

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More of the same; obsession with getting the page deleted. Primefac (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

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All blocked, none tagged, though I will note I forgot about Dronebogus1 being the master so Clark is initially blocked as a NOTHERE. Primefac (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

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Please see the revision history of this article. Kissable54 is a new editor with little editing history outside of this article. It was submitted as a draft and declined by six different editors based on not meeting notability guidelines. Kissable54 leaves a message on my talkpage complaining about the decline. The following day, the account Not Even a Mother is created. The first edit this new user made is to the article Kissable54 complained about me rejecting. The user appears to have created several other accounts on the same day (see the user page with them listed) to appear as an experienced editor. Kissable54 immediately goes over to the talk page of the alleged Sock and asks them to help get it published. Without being granted AFC rights, Not Even a Mother than proceeds to move the draft into mainspace, over-riding my permanent rejection of the article without going to the AFC helpdesk. I firmly believe that Not Even a Mother has created the account Kissable54 for the sole purpose of over-riding my permanent rejection of their draft article and moving it to mainspace. — MaxnaCarta  ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:19, 6 December 2023 (UTC) —  MaxnaCarta  ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:19, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I believe user:The kind of face, user:spanglangered, user:Truth-Ugly-The and User:Nevis Louts were all created on the same day by the alleged Sock, and then the alleged Sock has placed these on their userpage with different labels as their 'alternative' accounts to appear as an experienced user and disguise their activity. — MaxnaCarta  ( 💬 • 📝 ) 01:11, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @TheSandDoctor @Izno I believe the same user is now logging from 86.142.216.132. This IP continues to leave requests for the article to be created and messaging my TP about this. I am exercising discretion per OWNTALK to remove the users notices to my page as I no longer with to engage with them or anyone about this draft. — MaxnaCarta  ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:07, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please, compare those two.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  01:03, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Both ✅ to Sockpuppet investigations/Kavex98162 as well as Izno (talk) 23:44, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Izno (talk) 23:46, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Moved here from Sockpuppet investigations/Kissable54. Tagging and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:41, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The SandDoctor Talk 18:47, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

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This user continuously keeps blanking the speedy deletion template after we put it on the Draft:Grae Cleugh page, and I have a feeling this IP is a likely sock of Kavex, along with User:86.167.216.44. No Checkuser is needed, but I would recommend putting a block on these IPs to stop them from blanking the speedy deletion template. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 20:44, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * IP has gone inactive for now, closing. Spicy (talk) 14:20, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

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The two IPs seem to be rapidly going around and removing a bunch of references to a "Benjamin Patfield" (1, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Brysonthescientist/sandbox&diff=prev&oldid=1195158314 2) and an "Andrew Patfield" (1, 2, 3), while adding a bunch of speedy deletion tags to related pages. I note that several of this user's previous socks have included the string "Patfield" in their usernames, including, , and. The two IPs also have the same ISP as, who was reported previously under this master. These two IPs reported here are also on the same /16, so it looks like this is a dynamic IP situation. — Red-tailed hawk  (nest) 16:42, 12 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I will note that the IP ending in 231.58 was already blocked by, so there might not be any further action to take, but I am reporting for the sake of logging this behavior here. — Red-tailed hawk  (nest) 16:43, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I agree that blocking the whole /16 is not the best move here. IIRC the CIDR range is a /12, and from my understanding British IPs tend to hop all over the place within very wide ranges. An edit filter might be the most narrowly-tailored approach here; I have some ideas for how that might work. — Red-tailed hawk  (nest) 17:19, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Indeed they do. And BT in particular is notorious for it. I'd recommend short blocks of individual IPs or narrow ranges. Long blocks and wide ranges are unlikely to stop our friend but likely to stop good-faith editors. HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts? 17:24, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

I am new to this and might get this wrong, but it seems like another IP,, was triggering edit filters by editing this page. They may be a sockpuppet. Again, I am very inexperienced and I could be completely wrong, but just saying. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 18:59, 12 January 2024 (UTC)


 * There is another one too, doing the exact same thing as the IP. – PharyngealImplosive7 (talk) 19:09, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * 230.248 blocked 1 week on clear behavioral evidence. for, who shows up suspiciously with 230.248 at Special:Undelete/User:Paul-Pierre Valli/sandbox. --  Tamzin  &#91;cetacean needed&#93; (they&#124;xe&#124;she) 16:51, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Just looking at the anon edits on 86.144.0.0/16, a block would cause a lot of collateral damage. Might have to be whack-a-mole. HJ Mitchell &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 17:03, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Will leave for another CU because Steelysongs pops up on another range that appears to be frequented by various socks and I don't have time for a complex investigation but Steelysongs is ✅ and as far as I can tell thete are aside from those already blocked. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  17:20, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are all ✅ to :

-- Ponyo bons mots 19:07, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Piggybacking here to say that I've blocked as a sock based on email. KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 19:10, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Ditto on email forwarded to OS VRTS queue & OS blocked. These usernames have a Fawlty Towers theme. Cabayi (talk) 19:18, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Users created in the same short timespan on the Fawlty Towers theme, and are confirmed to each other in two groups:
 * One


 * Two
 * - Cabayi (talk) 20:38, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
 * - Cabayi (talk) 20:38, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
 * - Cabayi (talk) 20:38, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
 * - Cabayi (talk) 20:38, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
 * - Cabayi (talk) 20:38, 13 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Don't see anything more to do here, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:57, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

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User:Brysonthescientist/sandbox has been repeatedly edited by an IP-jumping user, which was reported on 12 Jan (see above). The page was then semi-protected by User:Spicy. Yesterday Climewelch, a new account, made 10 edits to their own sandbox (which I then deleted), before continuing the same pattern (diff). I therefore blocked them as LTA (I wasn't aware of this sock-puppet report at the time). This morning, another new account, Cubecybil, has queried my actions on my talk page (diff) before also editing User:Brysonthescientist/sandbox (diff). Almost certainly the same user, but I'd prefer another admin to confirm my actions before I block them again. — Voice of Clam (talk) 07:54, 17 January 2024 (UTC) — Voice of Clam (talk) 07:54, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

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Adding three more to the list: ✅ to each other and the above two listed. Given the username similarities between the previous batch of socks, I suspect there are even more hiding, but with such a dynamic IP bouncing around I didn't want to get too broad in my search. Primefac (talk) 08:18, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

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More nonsense at the sandbox after becoming autoconfirmed. but paperwork in case there are more Star   Mississippi  13:18, 24 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I just blocked for disruption rather than waiting for this to close and then this landed. I'm about to step offline so would appreciate if someone can handle? cc @Explicit Star   Mississippi  13:52, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * may be of interest here. ✗  plicit  14:33, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * They are, plus about a dozen others which I've now blocked. Primefac (talk) 14:50, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * I think we can safely say ✅. I've blocked a few sleepers. Will look for any more but these are big ranges with dynamic allocation so no promises. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 13:52, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I think I picked up the spares. Primefac (talk) 14:43, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

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Another for the sock farm, as well as various IP edits from the same region. See. I've already blocked, but may be worth checking for more sleepers. — Voice of Clam (talk) 22:29, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * Blocked a few sleepers. Can't promise there aren't more. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 22:53, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)
 * ( original case name)

All three have voted at Articles for deletion/Skyeskyns with a similar voting style: 20Silkcut: Tiny Core:  86.136.70.190:

This is ducky enough to not require CU IMO.  NW1223 &lt; Howl at me &bull; My hunts &gt; 18:25, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I failed to notice that Tiny Core was created on 24 Jan, yet was not used until yesterday.  NW1223 &lt; Howl at me &bull; My hunts &gt; 19:10, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding Brokeback Range because that user orignally hijacked Injuns (band) to create Skyeskyns. The history here is messy and complicated. I will provide a timeline shortly.  NW1223 &lt; Howl at me &bull; My hunts &gt; 19:19, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @Spicy Thanks for your help.  NW1223 &lt; Howl at me &bull; My hunts &gt; 22:17, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

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I want to note that an ip belonging to a range that attempted to have Kavex98162's SPI investigation deleted has begun edit warring to try to keep content about the non-notable band at Injuns - an article that Brokeback Range created by overwriting a redirect. - MrOllie (talk) 14:21, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to each other:
 * An account with a highly abusive username that I'm not going to list here
 * An account with a highly abusive username that I'm not going to list here

I'd call the remaining accounts a weak ; very dynamic networks but they look similar overall. , . Spicy (talk) 21:41, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I thought this seemed a bit too weird to be standard COI socking and did some more digging. I believe these accounts may actually belong to WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Kavex98162. Another CU/clerk can merge this if they're similarly convinced, or not. Spicy (talk) 22:03, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Socks are blocked and tagged, case has been merged. Closing. <span style="font-family:Papyrus, Courier New">The Wordsmith Talk to me 19:09, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * ( originally filed under this user)

See recreation of deleted article at Injuns ThaddeusSholto (talk) 13:44, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * IP already blocked. <span style="font-family:Papyrus, Courier New">The Wordsmith Talk to me 02:47, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * ( originally filed under this user)

Recreating Injuns article ThaddeusSholto (talk) 15:34, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

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Based on this, may also be involved. And based on this, may be involved. That is judging from this page history, and this block log entry.

Not sure what the procedure is to add them to a list created by someone else, so I am putting this here. 2601:5CC:8300:A7F0:C9A6:5ECC:B332:ABD3 (talk) 17:48, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Yes, also
 * Spicy (talk) 22:54, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

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I'm filing this more for procedural matters but also to ask for a second set of eyes on this block; it is clearly in the Kavex98162 territory of editing interests so I duck-blocked. Primefac (talk) 12:26, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Looks good to me. Lock requested. Spicy (talk) 12:39, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)

SPA which attempted editing of master's userpage to restore content, see Special:AbuseLog/37632527. Also appears to be farming AC in userspace. Pahunkat (talk) 21:12, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * This is Sockpuppet investigations/Kavex98162, also
 * Spicy (talk) 04:04, 3 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Merged, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 04:06, 3 May 2024 (UTC)