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07 May 2011

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This IP is continuing the exact same behavior that User:KnowIG is taking part in.  maucho  eagle   ( c ) 23:57, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

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Very possible it is also this blocked editor User talk:194.66.216.40 as they have jumped in with the same edits when the account is only a few hours old. Mo ainm ~Talk  00:12, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
 * A case of oh dear I got reverted, must be someone who done it before. Grow up. I am not in anyway a relation to either of said accounts on here 2.103.0.227 (talk) 00:28, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

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I'm sorry, but checkuser does not generally disclose connections between IPs and named accounts. TN X Man 00:11, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Painfully obvious sock was blocked by Edgar181. Kuru   (talk)  20:19, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

23 May 2011

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New account created and began agressively editing tennis/sports related articles one day after I blocked his last IPsock and opened a rangeblock. User is familiar with editing and is edit warring with the same people as KnowIG. Significant overlap of articles, including an edit here which updates an old edit from KnowIG (here). Sweep for sleepers would be nice if this is him. Kuru  (talk)  18:27, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

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 * - It's likely, but I'll endorse for confirmation. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 18:46, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * - Highly ; no obvious sleepers found (with low confidence on the effectiveness of that sort of check in this case). Frank  &#124;  talk  11:48, 25 May 2011 (UTC)


 * The account was already blocked, but I tagged it. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 12:06, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

22 June 2011

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DerBorg suggested that 2.97.74.57 was very similar to 2.97.70.35 (by their contribs), who was blocked for evading the block on KnowIG. Crazymonkey1123 (Jacob) T or M/Sign mine 19:32, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

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 * It was certainly him. He was blocked and has long since rotated off that IP.  The IP has been tagged to assist in future range blocks; not sure there's anything else to do. Kamb (talk) 21:20, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

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 * It seems the autoblock has kicked in for the IP, so we're good for now. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 01:34, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

24 June 2011

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New user editing tennis articles, as blocked user User:KnowIG did, and one of the first things they did was post an unblock request at User:KnowIG -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:16, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

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 * While I was filing this, he went on to make it blatantly clear who he is, so I have indef blocked without Talk page access -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:21, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

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 * - Decline as unnecessary, behavioural evidence is more than enough here. Obvious sock. Steven Zhang  The clock is ticking....  13:19, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Sock blocked, KnowIG's userpage now full-protected. –MuZemike 22:55, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

05 July 2011

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same range of anon ips and disruption of several tennis articles. KnowIG has ravaged the tennis articles for quite awhile now so I was on the lookout. It would appear he is also using ip 2.98.199.130. See record at Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_KnowIG. Thanks Fyunck(click) (talk) 23:38, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

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 * - We generally don't do checkusers on IP's when it's obvious they're the same as the named account. Steven Zhang  The clock is ticking....  23:39, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
 * IP blocked one month by Courcelles as an obvious sockpuppet. Steven Zhang  The clock is ticking....  23:44, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

07 July 2011

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Tennis articles, switching between multiple anon IPs with 78.147.??.?? Fyunck(click) (talk) 16:44, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

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Moved from Sockpuppet investigations/78.147.29.55. Elockid  ( Talk ) 17:51, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

IP blocked 1 week. Elockid  ( Talk ) 17:54, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

08 July 2011

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editing same articles Fyunck(click) (talk) 20:59, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

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Also ✅ as KnowIG:



Account blocked as well as 78.147.0.0/16, all articles created deleted per WP:CSD. –MuZemike 21:17, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

14 July 2011

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pretty much everywhere right now Fyunck(click) (talk) 10:05, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

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The IP has been blocked, so I think we're done. TN X Man 13:16, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

04 October 2011

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I suspect Special:Contributions/78.147.29.130 this is user:KnowIG as it geolocates to the UK, is interested in tennis and British content. It is involved with editing high level articles on the first day. --LauraHale (talk) 23:07, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

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 * I know a lot of sleepers have been poping up the past few days so maybe it's time to flush this one out? Also should I be blocking bigger ranges with this? -- DQ  (t)   (e)  23:29, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked for a week. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  23:29, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

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Articles created through WP:AFC have been deleted per WP:CSD, plus an additional article that I missed from a recent previous sock. Several IP ranges have been re-blocked. –MuZemike 00:09, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

07 November 2011

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Edits in the wheelchair tennis area on articles that KnowIG has been sock blocked include:
 * Daniela Di Toro
 * Daniela Di Toro
 * Template:Wheelchair Tennis Masters Men's Singles

Filing for Laura Hale. Alexandria  (talk)  19:05, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

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 * Ducked. Courcelles 19:08, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Courcelles knocked out both accounts. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:18, 8 November 2011 (UTC)


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Edits in the tennis area on articles that KnowIG has been sock blocked include and where the above IP was just rolled back:
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 * 
 * 

--LauraHale (talk) 21:27, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

78.147.176.0/20 has been blocked 3 months, while 89.240.160.0/20 has been blocked 6 months. A few articles have also been semi-protected. –MuZemike 14:37, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

9 December 2011

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Special:Contributions/2.97.70.207 is contributing to articles that User:KnowIG has contributed to. The IP address is related to this account is in the same geographic area. There are several edits only to this area. --LauraHale (talk) 09:49, 9 December 2011 (UTC)


 * note: User:WilliamH_UK was contacted and he blocked the account under WP:DUCK for 24 hours. --LauraHale (talk) 09:52, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

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 * Closing malformed report. --Rschen7754 21:36, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

23 April 2013

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Same types of articles, same combative behavior (many towards the exact same editors in the past), same edit warring, and same WP:OWN problems as the banned user in question. Please compare with User:Dotdotdashdash, User:Game, frame, set. Also compare and  with, , edit summary, edit summary, edit summary, , , and edit summary.

Also please note the same exact behaviors has resumed not even two weeks after the indefinite block on and other related IPs. --MuZemike 00:29, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

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Sorry for the long delay. :/ I agree that your analysis showed a strong connection, and ✅ match with (good thing that you listed that account, information in archive and wiki is outdated). Amalthea 21:10, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * All done. Rschen7754 00:00, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

29 April 2013

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Continued disruption immediately after User:Socialhistorian2013's sock block. --MuZemike 11:24, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

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 * Reverted, and range soft blocked for a bit -- but you know how it is … Amalthea  12:15, 29 April 2013 (UTC)