Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lithuaniaball2/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

All deleting a list of gender identities from Talk:List of gender identities and adding "male" and "female". Very similar username "style". Not sure why three accounts were made. Bbbgsfhhhgrr did add a comment to Talk:Homosexuality and own talk page. Adakiko (talk) 10:43, 27 September 2022 (UTC)


 * 17:51, 26 September 2022
 * 17:52, 26 September 2022
 * 08:35, 27 September 2022
 * 10:32, 27 September 2022

User's talk page explanations have similar lack of punctuation and reasoning.
 * "Well i just wanted to say that its a mental disorder but i cant edit the article"
 * "well i did this because i cant edit the actual article"

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:28, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
 * - there are a few more accounts, and an older master here. Give me a minute...  Girth Summit  (blether)  15:23, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are all ✅ to each other:
 * In a separate group, also ✅ to one another, are:
 * On their own on a separate range is:
 * The IPs all geolocate to the same place, and I don't have any doubts that they're all the same person. Many of these accounts are already blocked as socks of ; that account is stale, but it looks like a good shout based on the editing. I will move, block all unblocked accounts, and retag. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:39, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The SandDoctor Talk 18:59, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * In a separate group, also ✅ to one another, are:
 * On their own on a separate range is:
 * The IPs all geolocate to the same place, and I don't have any doubts that they're all the same person. Many of these accounts are already blocked as socks of ; that account is stale, but it looks like a good shout based on the editing. I will move, block all unblocked accounts, and retag. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:39, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The SandDoctor Talk 18:59, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * In a separate group, also ✅ to one another, are:
 * On their own on a separate range is:
 * The IPs all geolocate to the same place, and I don't have any doubts that they're all the same person. Many of these accounts are already blocked as socks of ; that account is stale, but it looks like a good shout based on the editing. I will move, block all unblocked accounts, and retag. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:39, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The SandDoctor Talk 18:59, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * On their own on a separate range is:
 * The IPs all geolocate to the same place, and I don't have any doubts that they're all the same person. Many of these accounts are already blocked as socks of ; that account is stale, but it looks like a good shout based on the editing. I will move, block all unblocked accounts, and retag. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:39, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The SandDoctor Talk 18:59, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The SandDoctor Talk 18:59, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I was patrolling a custom abuse log that I created, and I noticed this edit made by to User talk:Ewfefefef. This immediately flagged my suspicions that Anormaluserfkoff was a sock puppet account of Ewfefefef.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:28, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * Also found and ✅:
 * Seeing the block of Rfrfwqewfd led me to this SPI. Upon looking into the evidence here, and after further digging, I also found and ✅:
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Seeing the block of Rfrfwqewfd led me to this SPI. Upon looking into the evidence here, and after further digging, I also found and ✅:
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Seeing the block of Rfrfwqewfd led me to this SPI. Upon looking into the evidence here, and after further digging, I also found and ✅:
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Seeing the block of Rfrfwqewfd led me to this SPI. Upon looking into the evidence here, and after further digging, I also found and ✅:
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅ to one another, to this SPI and master (vandalism, block evasion):
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * All listed accounts are blocked and tagged (with the exception of the last two, who were blocked but not tagged to this). This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)


 * The SandDoctor Talk 12:08, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Identical editing pattern to blocked accounts on Kia Carens, which was recently protected due to vandalism from sockpuppets. Likely a WP:DUCK. Complex / Rational 14:08, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * Now blocked. Spicy (talk) 18:20, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

New account just to revert again the same edit on Battle of Guler (1696) - both accounts have only edited this article KylieTastic (talk) 10:28, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * Now blocked, closing. Spicy (talk) 00:37, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

  

I recently became aware that widespread vandalism was occurring in Lithuania. When I looked at the edit history, I first suspected edit warring/content removal, but looking closer, it seems as if some of the users were trying to replace this English Wikipedia article with the Lithuanian Wikipedia article (not the translated version of it- Kafkablade and Mintbolas2 copy/pasted the original Lithuanian language version of the article onto the English Article and got rid of the original content written in English).

The two now indefinitely blocked accounts made the same types of edits. Both editors seem to be vandalizing Lithuania by changing the entire article into the version on Lithuanian Wikipedia (I do not know how to speak Lithuanian, but the text obviously looks quite similar to the ltwiki article ). Seems like a duck to me.

For now, I have asked the administrators to semi-protect the page so it doesn't get vandalized (the page is now semi protected for 1 year due to vandalism/disruptive editing). Shadow of the Starlit Sky  (talk)  04:33, 23 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Furthermore, due to the Mintbolas2 account being created after the Kafkabade account was blocked with account creation privileges blocked, I also suspect some IP block evasion. Shadow of the Starlit Sky   (talk)  12:59, 23 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Ok, understood. I will look closer into this case (and other related incidents) in the future, as I believe that this is strongly indicative of a sockfarm or maybe even an LTA. I will continue patrolling pages the socks edited to detect replacement of English text with Lithuanian, because that seems like the commonality in behavior among these socks. Also, ending a username with 2 seems to be a common feature among these sockpuppet accounts (as exemplified by Panzadiem2, Yankboone2 and Mintbolas2). Shadow of the Starlit Sky   (talk)  13:33, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * I just blocked a bunch of zero-edit accounts that are ✅ to the two above:, , and ; there are a bunch of other blocked accounts on their IP, including  and . There are some other accounts on the IP, but there are some big time gaps - they could easily be someone else. Blocking all, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  13:14, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Hadn't realised there was an existing investigation - will merge into Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bodyoaken2. Girth Summit  (blether)  14:11, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Proforma - found some more accounts, including the above, will list below. Suspect that this is. Girth Summit  (blether) 10:07, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * Have merged this into the Lithuaniaball2, all socks from the Bodyoaken2 case can be considered ✅ to that account. Listing here for he scripts:
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will block the unblocked accounts, and request locks on all. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:24, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)
 * ( original case name)

Duffykegs2 was removing the word "Mustang" repeatedly from the article Ford Mustang Mach-E. After receiving a level 4 vandalism warning, Linespant started doing the same edits. See here by Duffykegs2 and here by Linespant. Both accounts were created within two minutes of each other. Bahooka (talk) 14:42, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked, tagged, closing. MarioGom (talk) 19:30, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Removes the word “Mustang” from Ford Mustang Mach-E article just like their other socks earlier. Bahooka (talk) 15:43, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * - I've blocked the account as a duck, but I'm endorsing CU to see if there are any other accounts (as several have been blocked so far without CU) and to investigate whether this is linked to any other SPI cases. There are a number of prolific sockpuppeteers who disrupt car articles, and I note that the sockmaster shows up in the history of Ford Mustang Mach-E. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:52, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * - there are a few more accounts, just a minute...  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:09, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * This is ; I've just merged the cases. The accounts listed above are all ✅, as are the following:
 * Blocking all, requesting locks. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:18, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocking all, requesting locks. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:18, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocking all, requesting locks. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:18, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocking all, requesting locks. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:18, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocking all, requesting locks. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:18, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Exact same vandalism of List of Ford vehicles by Wrestherbs2, Lylemalt2, and Portsriggs2. Bahooka (talk) 15:06, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

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Yeah I think this is Lithuaniaball2 too based on usernames and behavior (I personally know the LTA's modus operandi quite well, having monitored Lithuaniaball2's SPI page after catching, as Lithuaniaball2 socks) and I also recommend CU use due to extensive sleeper use in the past. I would also recommend requesting global locks later on because Lithuaniaball2 often engages in cross wiki abuse in Lithuanian Wikipedia. Also, I just requested page protection on that Ford vehicles page so Lithuaniaball2 and their socks don't vandalize it again. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  22:13, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * - I think this is Sockpuppet_investigations/Lithuaniaball2 based on the similar username pattern and vandalism of car articles. Please compare to that case and check for other accounts. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:50, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
 * They're on new IPs. but geolocation. behaviour and username all check out. The above are ✅ to one another, plus:
 * Blocking and requesting locks. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:02, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocking and requesting locks. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:02, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocking and requesting locks. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:02, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I know this account has zero edits, but just look at the username- similar pattern to past Lithuaniaball2 socks. Duck. CU requested for a sleeper check. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  04:11, 26 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Just checked and seems like Stagsnoyes2 has attempted to edit before- but they've triggered an edit filter that disallowed their edits twice. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  04:12, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * The evidence is pretty tenuous. The only pattern that I see is that the username ends in the number 2, which isn't really that suspicious by itself; I'm not sure what "Stagsnoyes" means. Talk:GNU Free Documentation License doesn't seem like this sockmaster's typical target for vandalism, and the particular style of vandalism (random gibberish ) doesn't seem like this sockmaster's typical style. The only big red flag I see is that Special:CentralAuth/Stagsnoyes2 indicates the acccount was created on ltwiki, which past socks have also edited. Honestly, maybe that alone does push this over the line to justify a check... I'll sleep on it, but another CU can feel free to proceed at their discretion. Mz7 (talk) 07:20, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Eh, decided right after posting the above that the creation on ltwiki is in itself quite suspicious combined with the username, which Google Translate says could be a Lithuanian word (?). Stagsnoyes2 is ✅ to the previous Lithuaniaball2 sock plus the following accounts:
 * . . Closing. Mz7 (talk) 07:28, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * . . Closing. Mz7 (talk) 07:28, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * . . Closing. Mz7 (talk) 07:28, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * . . Closing. Mz7 (talk) 07:28, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * . . Closing. Mz7 (talk) 07:28, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
From this SRCU investigation (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Checkuser/2023-05) -, , , , and are ✅ to Lithuaniaball2 socks such as  and  and exist locally. I already requested global locks on these aforementioned socks earlier, but I'm just requesting CU on this to sniff out any sleepers as needed (the sockmaster has a habit of making TONS of socks at any given time.) -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sock  01:00, 18 May 2023 (UTC)


 * @Courcelles Global locks requested on SRG. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sock  01:05, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * Only ones I can add to the pile are and  Courcelles (talk) 18:37, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
 * All globally locked - nothing more to do here.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  15:31, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Username consisting of a seemingly CAPTCHA generated phrase and ending in the number 2? Check. Vandalism to car related articles ? Check. . -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sock  20:19, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Added another sock. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sock  20:20, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Added yet another sock… -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sock  17:59, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Add to the sock pile. --  Shadow  of the  Starlit Sock  16:09, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Found - yet another sock, similar username pattern and indeffed on ltwiki as VOA. Shows typical Lithuaniaball2 behavior on ltwiki - disruptive formatting changes and adding redlinks and templates that don't exist.  --  Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  15:42, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * All globally locked - nothing more to do here.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  15:31, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Both have similar usernames and have similarly changed (vandalized) all the content on the Toyota Supra (J29/DB) article in a matter of seconds. DreamRimmer (talk) 15:57, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * was created today. Peter James (talk) 16:33, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
 * @Courcelles can you merge this to Lithuaniaball2? This seems like Lithuaniaball2 to me given their usernames (Captcha phrase, ends in 2) and vandalism to car related articles. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sock  18:03, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * All were blocked. I can add the sleeper  to the pile, and all are ✅.  Courcelles (talk) 13:09, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Merged case from Sockpuppet investigations/Duetpreps2. I'll let someone else handle the locks as unfortunately marklocked and spihelper have not been working properly for me recently. Closing. Spicy (talk) 01:49, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Targeted Toyota Supra, which past socks have also vandalized. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  12:54, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * Sleeper found and blocked.  Closing. Courcelles (talk) 13:41, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

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Based on edits on Toyota Supra (J29/DB), --  Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  14:11, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked, seems obvious that it's them; no sleepers evident. Requesting lock on this, and the two accounts from the previous report. Closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  15:08, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

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Requesting CU to sniff out sleepers as usual. Prodraxis (talk) 12:59, 2 June 2023 (UTC)


 * FYI to anyone that's confused this is Shadow of the Starlit Sky with a new username. Prodraxis (talk) 13:00, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * already globally locked.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:15, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

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Lordscoked, Noelstraci, Tidebyrd and Capedbids have all been disrupting Gender transition lately by redirecting it to Castration without consensus. Judging from behavioral evidence (reverting with sockpuppets and targeting GENSEX stuff), this looks like Sockpuppet_investigations/Jodelepke, which Girth Summit says is highly likely to Lithuaniaball2. -- Prodraxis <sup style="color:blue;">talk <sub style="color:purple;">contribs  17:57, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * Capedbids, Tidebyrd, Noelstraci, and Lordscoked are all ✅. I also see  who is ✅, but the editing history doesn't match.  On the other hand, both  and  have itwiki ltwiki as their home wiki, so maybe?  I'll leave it to somebody else to do a deeper dive on that. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:15, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * In what I believe is a first for me, I found some useful information on the LTA page which enables me to call Knotsbaal2 ✅. Also,  -- RoySmith (talk) 20:43, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

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Duck, requesting CU to sniff out sleepers as usual. -- Prodraxis <sup style="color:blue;">talk <sub style="color:purple;">contribs  11:54, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅  -- RoySmith (talk) 15:10, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)

Jodelepke edited Gender-affirming surgery (the edits got revdeled later). Shortly after they were indeffed as a VOA. Bangsmetal, Lauranumb2, Weberhesse and Datedstar2 then returned and kept on reverting back to Jodelepke's version of the article, which led to the page being protected by ScottishFinnishRadish. I think this might be WP:LTA/LB2 based on the username pattern of some of the socks, but I'm not too sure on that - I do recognize that Lithuaniaball2 has vandalized gender related articles in the past before moving on to car-related articles, but the behavior shows that they might be someone impersonating Lithuaniaball2. That being said, having multiple socks revert back to the vandalized version is a common behavior for Lithuaniaball2 socks. Either way I am requesting CU on this to check for sleepers and to see if this is Lithuaniaball2 or not- again, I'm not too sure on whether this is Lithuaniaball2 or not, I just have a slight suspicion this might be Lithuaniaball2. -- Prodraxis <sup style="color:blue;">talk <sub style="color:purple;">contribs  17:40, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * - These accounts are all unambiguously ✅ to one another, and are so incredibly likely to Lithuaniaball2 that I'd just tag them as confirmed. They're all blocked already - please could a clerk merge the cases, tag and request locks?  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  12:54, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Cases merged, socks tagged and locks requested. Closing. Sro23 (talk) 05:04, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

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Duck based on edits on Gender-affirming surgery. -- Prodraxis <sup style="color:blue;">talk <sub style="color:purple;">contribs  14:08, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Added one more sock; duck based on username and edit to Battle of Guler (1696). -- Prodraxis <sup style="color:blue;">talk <sub style="color:purple;">contribs  15:43, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅  -- RoySmith (talk) 15:55, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

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Duck quacking into a megaphone amplified a million times based on edits on December 13 - Replacing text with Lithuanian (and edit warring with other socks), typical Lithuaniaball2 behavior. -- Prodraxis <sup style="color:blue;">talk <sub style="color:purple;">contribs  02:07, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅  -- RoySmith (talk) 16:05, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

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Replied to a case above (diff: Special:Diff/1159797528), exact same behaviour as previous reports. Fork99 (talk) 16:16, 12 June 2023 (UTC) Fork99 (talk) 16:16, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

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Oh well, I just reported them at AIV earlier. Thanks. -- Prodraxis <sup style="color:blue;">talk <sub style="color:purple;">contribs  16:20, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus -- RoySmith (talk) 16:23, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)

Continuously vandalising on December 13 page, after final (4 level) warning, they just change the account. See the history of the page. → Tanbiruzzaman &#128172; 14:49, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

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can you move this to WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Lithuaniaball2? Based on the usernames (CAPTCHA, ends in number 2) and the vandalism (replacing stuff with Lithuanian text) it looks like Lithuaniaball2 to me. (see WP:LTA/LB2 for more behavioral giveaways) -- Prodraxis <sup style="color:blue;">talk <sub style="color:purple;">contribs  02:10, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:53, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

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Duck based on username and edit to List of Toyota vehicles -- Prodraxis <sup style="color:blue;">talk <sub style="color:purple;">contribs  14:35, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Added more WP:DUCK socks based on behavior at List of Scion vehicles. -- Prodraxis <sup style="color:blue;">talk <sub style="color:purple;">contribs  14:44, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Added more socks based on edits at List of Acura vehicles. -- Prodraxis <sup style="color:blue;">talk <sub style="color:purple;">contribs  12:35, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

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It seems like these accounts are already blocked. The person who loves reading (talk) 04:02, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * A look didn't turn up anything unblock/locked. So I'm closing. Courcelles (talk) 00:05, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK, vandalized Ford Mustang -- Prodraxis <sup style="color:blue;">talk <sub style="color:purple;">contribs  (she/her) 14:10, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus   RoySmith (talk) 15:47, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

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I know I said earlier in the LTA case that Lithuaniaball2 socks should not be reported to SPI as it will be too slow to deal with the abuse, but this is an exception. Sure, the username for this account is definitely Lithuaniaball2 and some of their edits match the behavior but some of the edits made by this account seem very Piermark-like. I just wanted to know if this sock is Lithuaniaball2 impersonating Piermark or vice versa or another unrelated LTA. — Prodraxis {talk • contributions} (she/her) 15:05, 1 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Oh, and given this edit, I have a feeling it might also be Vandman1 impersonating Piermark and Lithuaniaball2. — Prodraxis {talk • contributions} (she/her) 15:08, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * I ran a quick check; they don't appear to be related to any of the cases mentioned here. Doesn't seem worth the effort to dig deeper, so closing. RoySmith (talk) 16:03, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Noting for the record they are blocked and locked, so this is not a "no action" case. Courcelles (talk) 21:50, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

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Gothsnovae and Posestrade were blocked as socks with the former tagged as a sock of Lithuaniaball2.

Their edits consisted of attacking the Kia Carens article and changing every instance of "Caren" to "Karen". 

On March 13, Urdugypsy arrived and made the same edits   and was promptly blocked.

Now two new accounts are carrying on the same edits.


 * Beatscarf


 * Spedendue

Possibly there are sleepers. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 17:21, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * These are now blocked, and have been checked. Locks requested, closing. Spicy (talk) 01:23, 20 March 2024 (UTC)