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On August 8, 2017, user Larsconks was blocked for one week. On August 10, the account Basteperk was created and, the next day, a user page for the account was created, reading "This account will be deactivated when Larsconks is unblocked." (See .) The Basteperk account ceased editing on August 15, the day the block on Larsconks expired. On October 23, 2017, Larsconks was blocked again, this time indefinitely. On October 24, the Basteperk account resumed editing. The edit history for Basteperk is here. There is considerable overlap between the articles (and drafts) edited by both accounts. The Basteperk account appears to have been created, and currently being used, to evade the blocks on Larsconks. NewYorkActuary (talk) 22:33, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * - The comment on Basteperk's userpage is basically an admission. . Please block the sock indefinitely. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:11, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * . GABgab 01:41, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

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Immediately started editing some of the drafts that the master started. Requesting CU to check for sleepers. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk &bull;&#32;contribs) 04:24, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * ,, and are all ✅ to each other.  . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 11:28, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

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These two users have contributed to a set of obscure articles and drafts in keeping with known sockmaster Larsconks. There may be further accounts. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 17:21, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  23:41, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I think the editor interaction tool provides enough of a basis to show that these three editors are one and the same. It shows, for instance, that back in April and continued to edit it until 13 May. Then on 2 November, Matty Briggs (presumably also ) . Bear in mind that this is a draft and wouldn't appear in searches, so Briggs would need to know of it.


 * Larsconks was active between July and October 2017 before being blocked as a sock, repeatedly creating or contributing to articles about Youtubers, cartoons and children's television. Articles, some obscure, that both Larsconks and JohnnieMackRoney edited include List of The Amazing World of Gumball characters (8 edits by Larsconks in September 2017 and 11 by JohnnieMackRoney in March 2018). Other article that both editors contributed to are Thomas Sanders (entertainer), JoJo Siwa, DanTDM, TomSka, Jacob Hopkins and Vine (service).


 * Both Larsconks and Matty Briggs contributed to Randy Brown (politician), a politician from Evesham Township, which adjoins Voorhees in New Jersey where Briglia lives per the Draft:MattingCall infobox. The infobox also says that Briglia is an "internet personality, actor, puppeteer" and this corresponds with Larsconks' editing interests.


 * Lastly, Larsconks' edit history on wikimedia shows that they uploaded an image with 'Briglia' in the title, showing a clear connection between those two accounts.
 * Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 13:35, 28 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Are you going to be following up on this?--Bbb23 (talk) 17:50, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
 * SOcks blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:38, 11 January 2019 (UTC)