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11 February 2016

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Opening for tracking purposes only, as the master and puppets are already blocked. Editor frequently makes edits that only change transclusions of Birth date and age to change the capitalization of the called template, or removal of the mf=yes parameter, which has no impact because displaying the month first is the default anyways. User has acknowledged since 2013 that the edits are not needed, but continues such edits. Other traits of user are use of "&ndash" instead of just "–", and concentration on actors, musicians, Chicago transit stations, and some sports articles.

Block evasion has been on public IPs from libraries in Chicago area. —Bagumba (talk) 00:21, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

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Procedural report only. Mark for closing.—Bagumba (talk) 00:21, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

11 February 2016

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Listing the user account of User:Granville Anderson, a confirmed sock of Lindenhurst Liberty, and already blocked by User:Laser brain, for procedural purposes. This is my first foray into SPI, so feel free to refactor if I did anything incorrectly. Quinto Simmaco (talk) 09:22, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

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Procedural report only. In the future, please open a new investigation at WP:SPI instead of editing an archive file directly as you did in this case. Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 05:03, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
 * no problem. I just wasn't sure what to do in this case, as I've never personally encountered this situation before. I knew the identification and block had to be documented, but wasn't sure whether opening an SPI (after the fact) was the way to go. Noted, for future reference. Quinto Simmaco (talk) 06:16, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

23 March 2016

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Procedural report of DUCK. IP address is not from a Chicago area library like the earlier socks, but rather is a Chicago IP from AT&T UVerse.—Bagumba (talk) 10:34, 23 March 2016 (UTC) —Bagumba (talk) 10:34, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

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IP blocked. Lindenhurst Liberty was already blocked for disruptive editing, but tagged as sockmaster and added SPI to block log for future reference.—Bagumba (talk) 10:34, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

15 April 2016

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Another confirmed sockpuppet of Lindenhurst Liberty, blocked indefinitely by Bagumba.

22 May 2016

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This IP seems to be active again. Not sure whether or not it's the same user, but the IP began editing immediately after the initial blocking period. As the main blocking admin, you would probably be the most familiar with this case. 172.58.40.86 (talk) 18:00, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked for WP:EVASION.—Bagumba (talk) 21:53, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

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Procedural report of WP:DUCK. Like past IPs, this is also located in the Chicago area, in Oak Brook; however, it's not a library, but a Verizon Business account for Apple. —Bagumba (talk) 20:30, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * IP has been blocked.—Bagumba (talk) 20:30, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

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More WP:DUCKs. All Chicago area IPs. The first is another library, the others are Apple IPs. —Bagumba (talk) 22:13, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

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IPs have been blocked.—Bagumba (talk) 22:13, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I also added 172.12.81.237, an AT&T U-verse IP from Chicago which was blocked in 2015 for 3 years. Declined block request stated that it was a sock of 63.92.225.185, and behavior is consistent with Lindenhurst Liberty.—Bagumba (talk) 22:20, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
 * With this edit by 63.92.227.89 on 20:37, 10 June 2016, the following IPs—63.92.227.89, 63.92.228.217, 63.92.230.185, and 63.92.225.41—were added to this archive. 63.92.227.89 was blocked, and the others are stale ducks.—Bagumba (talk) 20:29, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

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Another confirmed sockpuppet of Lindenhurst Liberty also blocked indefinitely by Laser brain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.92.227.89 (talk) 20:36 10 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * This is a report by sock IP 63.92.227.89. As they commented, Hebron Alden was already blocked.—Bagumba (talk) 20:33, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

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Procedural report on WP:DUCKs. Of note are that the IPs are from Illinois Century Network for City of Evanston, Illinois.—Bagumba (talk) 20:40, 18 June 2016 (UTC) —Bagumba (talk) 20:40, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Holland Calumet blocked and tagged. Range block on 209.174.60.0/24.—Bagumba (talk) 20:40, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

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Making the same kinds of edits to Chicago related articles. Sro23 (talk) 21:13, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Quacking loudly and blocked.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:23, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

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Another duck. The IP shows as Illinois Century Network. Their webpage says they handle "K12 and Higher Education, Public Libraries and Museums, State and Local Government, and the Healthcare community" A query at whois.domaintools.com confirms this IP to be another Chicago-area library in Illinois.—Bagumba (talk) 23:04, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

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IP has been blocked.—Bagumba (talk) 23:04, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

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Making repeated unnecessary removals of the mf=yes paramter to birth date and age template...  WP:DUCK Sro23 (talk) 19:44, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * Account has been blocked by another admin for sock puppetry. Marking as closed. Mkdw talk 17:47, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

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Making unnecessary changes to birth date and age template:, as well as similar edit summaries: "added protection template":  Sro23 (talk) 19:10, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to from the archives. Blocked and tagged. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  20:58, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

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Procedural report of WP:DUCKs. For the IP range, a sample edit is this typical capitalization change. —Bagumba (talk) 08:32, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

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Registered user indef blocked and tagged, IP range blocked for one month.—Bagumba (talk) 08:32, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

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Procedural report to note use of another Apple IP in Chicago. Behavior includes the usual capitalization change and use of &ndash. There are more quirks which I can disclose privately if needed. —Bagumba (talk) 06:47, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

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IP blocked.—Bagumba (talk) 06:47, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

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See below Sro23 (talk) 16:51, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

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Already blocked, filing for the record that this user is still active. Same old messing around with the same parameters, same interest in the Chicago Transit Authority Sro23 (talk) 16:52, 5 May 2020 (UTC)