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Leofrancis355 was blocked Feb 10th for disruptive editing. On the List of Bhojpuri films article, they were the only editor adding to the Dubbed movies section. The section was removed before the block. On Feb 13, FrancisPD322 added the sections back. FrancisPD422 has similar name and both FrancisPD accounts have edited K Sera Sera Limited, along with the two IP editors. 42.109.129.51 also edited Manoranjan TV, commonly edited by Leofrancis355.

Also note that all three named accounts share "francis" in the name.  Ravensfire  (talk) 16:39, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * ...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   06:56, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ to one another:
 * All accounts will be appropriately blocked and tagged. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   07:09, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * All accounts will be appropriately blocked and tagged. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   07:09, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * All accounts will be appropriately blocked and tagged. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   07:09, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * All accounts will be appropriately blocked and tagged. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   07:09, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * All accounts will be appropriately blocked and tagged. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   07:09, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * All accounts will be appropriately blocked and tagged. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   07:09, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

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Adding list of movies as had master and prior sock. Also worked on Draft:Lovepantii, master had significant edits to Draft:Lovepanti (note the single i at the end).  Ravensfire  (talk) 14:16, 18 February 2022 (UTC)  Ravensfire  (talk) 14:16, 18 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Adding who was created after prior sock was blocked and edits  substantially match prior sock .  Ravensfire  (talk) 14:22, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I added Rk12345678 for obvious reasons. CUPIDICAE💕  16:23, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * is interesting. They AFC submitted several articles where Leofrancis355 was the creator or significant contributor -, , (see article deletion history).  They've edited Azaad (TV channel) a lot, as did Leofrancis355.  Feels like WP:MEAT at a minimum, possible a group of connected WP:UPE editors.  Ravensfire  (talk) 04:09, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * - I'm requesting CU for a few reasons. First, with three accounts, there may be others. Second, I see some differences that may or may not be signicant. And third, Rk12345678 is not new and yet did not pop up on the check made earlier this month. Bbb23 (talk) 01:12, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * - Per 's rationale. --Jack Frost (talk) 08:25, 19 February 2022 (UTC)


 * is to  to the above accounts (only similarity is same large country). Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:06, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * the confirmed accounts. The account may be related to this case, but it is . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:10, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Rk12345678 certainly has a lot of overlap, but lots of people edit in this area, so I can't see doing anything in the face of an possible-to-unlikely CU finding. Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:31, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

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Aside from the obvious name similarities, recreated Rang Jaun Tere Rang Mein which was originally created by a prior Leo sock (see ). The new Leo has also continued to move draft articles created by the master to article space.  Ravensfire  (talk) 13:54, 22 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Leo Francis 92 stopped editing in January 2021, shortly after Leofrancis355 started editing. Both added lists of movies to channel articles - see history of Filamchi_Bhojpuri . Only after the last set of socks were blocked did they start editing again. Ravensfire  (talk) 14:42, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * is ✅. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:00, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Leo Francis 92 is the oldest account, even if you go by the first edits. This case should probably be moved.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:05, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Case moved to oldest. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:10, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * - Please retag all the accounts. Bbb23 (talk) 13:25, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Retagged, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 14:27, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

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Restoring list of movies on articles where Leofrancis355 had been adding them. vs  Ravensfire  (talk) 14:37, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * /64 range is now blocked, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 21:06, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Significant editing on Lovepantii, Draft:Hari Mirch Lal Mirch - Ek Tikhi Ek Karari and especially Azaad (TV channel) which were heavily edited by prior socks (Leofrancis355, Leo Francis 92, Fighterpoint32, FrancisPD322). Their first edits were to submit draft articles created or heavily edited by prior accounts, then blocked,.

Tv serial wala recently moved a draft article to a mainspace but used a completely different name. This was something that Leofrancis355 did,  Ravensfire  (talk) 15:57, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

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Like previously identified sockpuppet User:Leofrancis355, a similar focus on Draft:Pavitraa — Bharose Ka Safar, Draft:Pavitra — Bharose Ka Safar, Draft:Lovepanti, Draft:Hari Mirch Lal Mirch - Ek Tikhi Ek Karari, Azaad (TV channel) and versions of the draft pages that have been moved in and out of main space. Some of these pages have been deleted along the way so they will need admin goggles to see the page histories. Account was created on March 11th which was the date of the last investigation into this sockmaster. Liz Read! Talk! 18:27, 14 April 2022 (UTC) Liz Read! Talk! 18:27, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I did a search for the SPI case of Leofrancis355, entered a case there. But before publishing I saw that Leo Francis 92 was the actual sockmaster so I pasted it here, not seeing that there was already a report open. I'm sorry for the duplication. Liz Read! Talk! 18:31, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Bbb23, for combining the reports into one. Liz Read! Talk! 18:47, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:29, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

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Significant overlap with including Draft:Hari Mirch Lal Mirch – Ek Tikhi Ek Karari. Given that there's some logged out edit happening, wonder if there are more editors we don't know about. Star  Mississippi  01:42, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * CU suggest something in the region of . Coupled with a couple of other factors, including the substantial overlap of editing interest, I am blocking and tagging as proven.    Girth Summit  (blether)  08:20, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Post-close addition - I'm also blocking and, which are ✅ to one another, and I am seeing them crop up at a lot of the pages Zedgehog created. More likely MEAT than sock, but tagging as suspected.  Girth Summit  (blether)  08:29, 11 April 2023 (UTC)