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Master was blocked (31 hrs) for persistent disruptive editing (creation of poorly written, poorly formatted and questionably sourced article related to various matters in South Africa). Sock has recently appeared to edit in the same articles or similarly titled articles. (E.g. master: Vaga - The Official; sock: Vaga - The Official (TV Series)). WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:48, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

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the overlap is extensive. I blocked the master for three days and the sock indefinitely. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:26, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

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Updates at Wesbank, Cape Town matching the master's habit of adding poorly formatted and broken links as references; and an attempt to recreate Lindokuhle Modi. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:57, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Increased the block on Shamique Mulder to indefinite and blocked all the others without tags. Please determine the oldest-created account, which I believe is Lindokuhle Modi, move the case, and tag/retag appropriately.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:04, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:19, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Increased the block on Shamique Mulder to indefinite and blocked all the others without tags. Please determine the oldest-created account, which I believe is Lindokuhle Modi, move the case, and tag/retag appropriately.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:04, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:19, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Increased the block on Shamique Mulder to indefinite and blocked all the others without tags. Please determine the oldest-created account, which I believe is Lindokuhle Modi, move the case, and tag/retag appropriately.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:04, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:19, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:19, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

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Continued interest in (and addition of false references to) Wesbank, Cape Town, plus new questionably sourced articles on SA entertainers. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:40, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and blocked. Courcelles (talk) 01:05, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

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Created an article about a political party allegedly led by the sock master. Class 455 ( talk |stand clear of the doors!)  15:50, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * User was blocked by User:Edgar181 for inappropriate username. RA 0808  talkcontribs 16:52, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

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Recreated the same page as the above sock. Class 455 ( talk |stand clear of the doors!)  13:56, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * User blocked by User:Orangemike for being WP:NOTHERE. RA 0808  talkcontribs 16:53, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

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Vince Clinton, more South Africa gibberish. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:51, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

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He has also created South African National Trade Union Party. MereTechnicality  ⚙  15:42, 13 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Closed as user was blocked. MereTechnicality   ⚙  21:36, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

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Created hoax article Joshua Seebi, same pattern of creating hoax articles about South African politicians. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:27, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

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First has same editing behaviour as previous socks, creating questionably sourced (at best) or hoax (at worst) articles about South African media/entertainers. Second repeatedly created articles for non-existent SA politicians, including several with the surname "Modi". RA 0808 talkcontribs 16:33, 15 February 2017 (UTC); edited 17:02, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Added Van Dee Mense -- extensive editing at Vaga - The Official. Trivial editing elsewhere. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:02, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * If it's at all possible, can there be a CU run for any sleeper accounts? RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:45, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I've tagged the case for a CheckUser. MereTechnicality   ⚙  22:57, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing, see below. GABgab 17:44, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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Recreation of LM favorite Vaga - The Official and Vaga - The Official (TV Series). Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  16:43, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

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If this turns out not to be a sockpuppet (though it looks like a duck to me), the username should be changed to something that isn't a pretty blatant violation of the username policy. MereTechnicality  ⚙  16:55, 19 February 2017 (UTC) Never mind. It is pretty obvious that it isn't a new user now, especially looking at the comment Chrissymad linked. MereTechnicality  ⚙  17:03, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Also in case it wasn't .... Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  17:00, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I've requested CU on this, and also to check if any sleeper accounts are operating. Class 455  ( talk |stand clear of the doors!)  17:23, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

User:Van Dee Mense has recreated The Modishians. If I remember correctly, Modi also made that page and it was deleted several times. The page is about a South African reality TV show (which is sourced by links that go nowhere) so I'd like to add that user to the list of users that should be checked. MereTechnicality  ⚙  18:54, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Never mind, he was blocked. MereTechnicality   ⚙  19:12, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

I closed some of the older cases where the users were blocked. MereTechnicality  ⚙  19:12, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

The user in question has been blocked; however, there is still a request for a sleeper check pending, so I won't close it. MereTechnicality  ⚙  00:38, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * All five accounts listed back to 14 Feb ✅. No new sleepers found since. - Mailer Diablo 14:20, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. GABgab 17:44, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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Duck recreation of The Modishians (show). Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  15:05, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked as an obvious sock. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:13, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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More LM spam (see quacking contribs) Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  18:45, 20 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Also see Draft:Kristin Degioia by ... Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  18:50, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked as yet another obvious sock. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:00, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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Re-creation of previously known article The Modishians (South Africa) and continued vandalism of other articles with IP address adding a variation of the Modishians or Lindokuhle Modi Jake Brockman (talk) 08:13, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Could we possibly have an IP rangeblock added for those Lindokuhle Modi uses so that it stops whoever it is from creating pointless socks or is the range too big? I'm not sure if calculating a range block requires CheckUser or not, so I won't request CU for now. Also, off topic, but some of the usernames this guy creates makes me laugh. Class 455  ( talk |stand clear of the doors!)  17:23, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * IPs inactive, account blocked. GABgab 01:09, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

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Creation of new articles well within LM's scope of usual work, Lindokuhle and Mfundi Vundla - which relates back to a normal target of LM, Generations (South African TV series). These, to my knowledge are not recreations but seem to follow the normal pattern of this user. Also the naming convention seems to follow previous socks as well. (ie. Creator at Facebook) Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  17:55, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

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I asked for Modishian to be added to the title blacklist. MereTechnicality  ⚙  20:33, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, closing. GABgab 18:38, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

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Removed CSD tag from Lindokuhle, a page created by another sock of this user. I also see the IP has come back into use since it was last reported. Class 455 ( talk |stand clear of the doors!)  11:49, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

has recreated an article that was previously Speedily Deleted under CSD:G5 because a suspected Sock of Lindokuhle Modi had created it. Exemplo347 (talk) 12:44, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, closing. GABgab 18:39, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

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Creation of hoax SA politician articles Jacob Gumede. Jacob Gumede existed (Archibald Jacob Gumede) but is not the same person. I can find no evidence this person holds any position in the article and seems like the standard MO for LM. Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  16:37, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, closing. GABgab 20:18, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

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Vaga - The Official (TV Series) ('nuf said) WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:52, 2 March 2017 (UTC) WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:52, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

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More quacking. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  16:15, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

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And blocked RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:30, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

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GABgab 03:08, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * , Lasizwe Dambuza deleted. GABgab 03:10, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

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More LM related vandalism and disruptive editing to South African celebrities and media, outright admits themselves to be LM at Teahouse. RA 0808 talkcontribs 17:52, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

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Page deleted, user blocked. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:24, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

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More SA hoax creations and a bit of editing overlap with previous socks. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  16:52, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * Primefac (talk) 19:06, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

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Quack. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  13:59, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Also added another one that's been around a while but has all the same elements of a hoax that other recent creations do - I can find a FB page for Phindile Gwala but absolutely nothing else that supports her "star" roles or "massive single". Considering her close friendship with so many celebrities, there is a total lack of coverage and sources which leads me to believe this is another LM hoax. Also recent socks seem to have an interest in editing this article as well. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  14:04, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * Could we please have a range block introduced so that this socking can stop? Class 455  ( talk |stand clear of the doors!)  14:46, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * Both blocked, article deleted. I agree with the above comment as well, a range block is highly needed at this time. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:12, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * If you want someone to look at the feasibility of a range block, you need to change the status of the SPI so it grabs a CheckUser's attention.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:12, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Done, have asked for a request above. RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:36, 13 March 2017 (UTC)


 * - A rangeblock would be great. Thanks, GABgab 14:08, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, an effective rangeblock would result in an unacceptable level of collateral damage. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 15:36, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for checking. Closing :/ GABgab 15:49, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

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I don't know if this is a new meat puppet but they've recreated the hoax Mfundi Vundla as a draft but now with self published fake sources. Additionally like LM, they've created tons of questionable SA actor/actress BLPs that are soured to ugen crap or unsourced and unverifiable. Praxidicae (talk) 13:18, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

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✅ to each other and to the master:

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  21:49, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I've nuked Adockraal's contributions. Due to copyright violations, liberal use of G5 should be applied when dealing with socks. Moneytrees🌴Talk🌲Help out at CCI! 21:58, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I nuked a bunch of Draft: by Mybelline and/or Adockraal (they often tag-teamed). DMacks (talk) 04:07, 11 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Closing per the above. -- The SandDoctor Talk 17:01, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

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Similar topic interest, with copyvio and GNG problems. My tip-off is that Draft:Jama Mbeki was created by this editor an then declined in draft-space, but Adockraal seemed to be able to jump right on it. DMacks (talk) 04:01, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * I'd say its likely, considering this account was made while the others were active and have similar edit histories (and have even 'worked together'). However, we should have a checkuser make sure it's not a meatpuppet instead. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 18:49, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

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Technically ❌ and in a different city. Meat is possible. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  01:09, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing per the above. -- The SandDoctor Talk 17:02, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

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I find it unlikely that an unrelated editor would recreate several of LM's past creations, specifically Soul Brothers (band) (under Draft:Soul Brothers (band)), Sun-El Musician, Blaq Diamond, plus overlap here, here and a very similar userpage to mybelline Praxidicae (talk) 12:37, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * Their versions of these articles are substantially different from past Modi socks and their command of English is substantially better. UPE is fairly likely, but I'd like someone else's opinion before blocking. GeneralNotability (talk) 23:03, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * South African music while re-creating 4 of the same pages made by previous socks with manipulation of the Draft process is what pushes this over for me. Add the overlap and 2 similar userboxes and it's beyond enough to block. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:21, 25 October 2020 (UTC)