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12 August 2011

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LanbrinsonWorks edits in a very similar space to MarkMysoe, and their edits have never overlapped. On August 11, LW made an. After Drmies reverted it, MM, claiming "I can say that revision done by LanbrinsonWorks is Correct and Acceptable as I'm Affiliated with Roc Nation". Note also the idiosyncratic use of capitalization under both accounts. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:43, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

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The following are ✅ matches:
 * TN X Man 16:15, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Socks blocked and master 2 weeks. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  19:10, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * TN X Man 16:15, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Socks blocked and master 2 weeks. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  19:10, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

19 January 2013

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MarkMysoe was indefinitely blocked at the start of January after going on a crusade, changing mentions of Ghana to mentions of a fictional state of Akan. The discussion can be found here. Now this IP returns to the same articles Mark edited, making the same kind of edits. In particular, here he can be found changing an ethnicity in that article to Akan. This can only be him. This IP has been editing as him since May; it's obviously static and so I'd suggest a fairly lengthy block. Basa lisk inspect damage⁄berate 08:19, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * Blocked three months NW ( Talk ) 17:35, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

22 January 2013

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Addition of the same statistic tables to the biographies of Ghanian footballers like MarkMysoe's last IP sock 86.5.61.168. Sample diffs: and. Oleola (talk) 14:19, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * Obvious block evasion. IP blocked for 31 hours given that it is a mobile IP and likely to be reassigned. (Note: CheckUser was not used here). Tiptoety  talk 20:02, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

21 May 2013

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I spotted EnzoRivos sockpuppet on wikipedia commons (he is also blocked there), but I see that he is socking and evading block also there. EnzoRivos uploaded on commons the same files with exactly the same description like MarkMysoe uploaded on English wikipedia before he got blocked, for example:  and. If you look at the type of uploaded images (Ghanian people, Ghanian logos or AC Milan footballers) and exactly the same style of writing descriptions: MarkMysoe uploads EnzoRivos, you will be sure that it's he.--Oleola (talk) 01:36, 21 May 2013 (UTC) Oleola (talk) 01:36, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Another sockpuppet is Boranel, he added images to the articles on English wikipedia shortly after EnzoRivos uploaded them on commons, like there.--Oleola (talk) 01:51, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

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 * - - I'm hesitant to act here as I'm involved, but I've blocked the first account as the sockpuppetry is obvious. I've added a CU request to look for sleepers and confirm the second account.  Basa lisk  inspect damage⁄berate 21:31, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Very likely match to each other, everything else is stale, though. Courcelles 22:47, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing. Basa lisk  inspect damage⁄berate 22:59, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

16 October 2013

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Looks to be a case of WP:DUCK to me - based on strong similarities in edit summaries and editing behavior - but thought I would bring to SPI in spirit of AGF. GiantSnowman 19:53, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

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 * Everything in the archive is stale, but I can note the same similarities. The current suspected sock does come back ✅ as matching the zero-edit account User:Morleston, but that's all CU is giving up here. Courcelles 23:11, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Had to go a little back into the history because of behavioral changes, but going further back reveals identical editing patterns. Going to block and   Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 23:26, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

02 August 2014

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The same target of edits related to Ghana, Akan people and footballers. Strong similarities in edit summaries and editing behavior, also blanking talk page without archiving. Again he uploaded photos (probaly unfree from social media websites) on Wikipedia Commons (where he is albo blocked for copyright violations) using two accounts Caspel and Volbs and then inputted them in a short time into English Wikipedia using another account - Sintinon. Oleola (talk) 13:37, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * - Master and archived accounts are too stale to make any meaningful match. Yunshui 雲 水  12:09, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The two accounts that have edited here are definitely him. The commons account I haven't blocked as it hasn't edited here and I haven't investigated on the commons; indeed I'm not sure I have any mandate to in the context of SPI on en-wiki. Basa lisk  inspect damage⁄berate 19:29, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

20 September 2014

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Adding this on behalf of, who raised a legitimate concern on my talk page, please see his comments/evidence there. I am extremely familiar with MarkMysoe's history and style; having looked at Mesling's history, there are some elements which scream DUCK and some elements which don't fit at all. On this basis I'm not as convinced as Struway2, however his concerns are entirely in good faith and I think this needs to be checked once and for all so we can all move on. GiantSnowman 07:45, 20 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Please, I confirm that I'am in no way a sockpuppet of MarkMysoe. Thanks for notifying . Mesling (talk) 07:55, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

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 * or, could you please provide diffs which show how the two counts are related. I read the exchange on your talk page GiantSnowman, and it doesn't provide enough direct evidence for me to run a check.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:34, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I think the article in question which got Struway2's alarm bell's ringing was Kevin-Prince Boateng. I don't have any specific diffs; as I said I was merely bringing this here on behalf of Struway2. GiantSnowman 16:43, 26 September 2014 (UTC)


 * After doing a rather thorough behavioural check and seeing some common traits, I ran against the last blocked account . The accounts are  the same person. Mesling is editing from the same ISP and city as  (and shares the same UA as Sintinon). Regarding the behavioural similarities, it appears they are attempting to switch up their edit summaries in order to help avoid detection, however Mesling shares some odd phrasing with other socks. In order to avoid WP:BEANS I can go into more detail offline if the closing clerk/admin would like additional evidence when evaluating the findings. It's unfortunate that  isn't around lately, they seem to have a good read on this sockmaster.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  17:42, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I've looked at some of the behavioral evidence of the account and the past accounts and noticed some similarities as well. This combined with Ponyo's analysis and the technical evidence helps me reach the conclusion that it's more than likely Mesling is related to MarkMysoe. Mike V  •  Talk  02:47, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

16 October 2014

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User:Thesunshinesate has already made two reverts to my edits and is probably using this IP address to avoid the risk of being blocked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ghana&oldid=prev&diff=629875379

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ghana&oldid=629853994 —Sadat ( Masssly ) ❤Talk☮C☺Email☯ 17:38, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

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Just because you got busted for edit warring now you are trying to get me blocked. Make all the allegations you want to. 150.108.30.221 (talk) 18:33, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:06, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
 * The IP editor, repeating exactly Thesunshinesate's edit warring, and then posting the above message, is a WP:DUCK. I have blocked the IP address and Thesunshinesate for a week. Bantekas is already blocked as a sockpuppet of MarkMysoe. (See Sockpuppet investigations/MarkMysoe/Archive.) Comparing the editing history of Thesunshinesate with that of various MarkMysoe sockpuppets, there is enough similarity to make me highly suspicious, so very likely Thesunshinesate should be blocked indefinitely. I am asking for a CheckUser to see whether there is any technical evidence to support the behavioural evidence. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 08:27, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately the technical evidence is as the geolocation is off, though it should be noted that  is a technical match to . I also see a number of similarities in the edits of  and other MarkMysoe socks, so much so that I have a hard time believing the accounts are not connected. As I noted at Sockpuppet investigations/MarkMysoe/Archive, I think this sockmaster is deliberately attempting to mix up their editing style but they have some tells that are unique., and if the behavioural evidence is strong enough it nearly always trumps CU findings as technical data can be faked and obsfucated if one is knowledgeable enough to do so. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  20:48, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * 150.108.30.221 has been blocked for a week and Bantekas was blocked indefinitely. I've blocked TruHeir indefinitely and increased Thesunshinesate's block to indefinite. The behavioral evidence points to many similarities with MarkMysoe. Mike V  •  Talk  02:21, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thesunshinesate isn't blocked currently. Something must not have taken correctly when you went to block.
 * All fixed. I used the SPI script, but something must have went awry. Mike V  •  Talk  17:34, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

13 November 2014

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New user making edits related to Ghana and the Akan people. Here are edits Opelers made on articles created by MarkMysoe

These are diffs on articles that overlap with MarkMysoe's edit history:

Here's a diff Opelers made that overlaps with edits by user:Basalisk user:Bantekas, a confirmed sock of MarkMysoe:

Given the narrow range of subjects and a continuing habit of copyright violation this seems like more than a coincidence. Blackguard 20:00, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

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 * I notified even though he hasn't been around much recently; at the very least, he's certainly no "confirmed sock", but  doesn't look like a throwaway sock whatsoever either so that "allegation" might be a honest, irrelevant mistake; maybe you meant ?. ☺ ·   Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  20:22, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
 * This was absolutely my mistake, and I have struck the allegation; I was indeed confusing Basalisk with Bantekas. Blackguard  20:33, 13 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Per CU about a month ago, the user is deliberately making CU results inconclusive at best, and there seems to be significant enough evidence at the moment (given the particularly narrow topic area and the diffs presented). Opelers ☺ ·   Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  21:15, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
 * There are some additional socks here, I'm placing this on hold until I can post the results.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:37, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Reports of my death are almost as greatly exaggerated as reports of my metamorphosis into a prolific sock. FWIW Openers is definitely him and I await further CU results with interest. Basa lisk  inspect damage⁄berate 21:51, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to from the archives:


 * On a more positive note, nice to see you back Basalisk!-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:58, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
 * That'll teach me to assume! All socks already blocked, now tagged. ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  22:31, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

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Usage of Ashantiland or Ashanti over Ghana or Ghanaian. →Enock 4 seth (talk) 14:28, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

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A CU is pointless because the accounts are. The evidence is almost non-existent (not a single diff). The alleged puppet hasn't edited in three months. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:00, 3 August 2016 (UTC)