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Both accounts seem to be SPAs, which introduce made-up figures for Algerian diaspora populations (e.g. here and here). Both accounts have been active on French Wikipedia too, where Homer usa is now blocked. Cordless Larry (talk) 21:42, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Mz7 (talk) 00:25, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus the following accounts:
 * . Please move this case to Sockpuppet investigations/Moe szylak, the oldest account found. Mz7 (talk) 00:34, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Global locks requested on Meta . Data available on CU wiki . Mz7 (talk) 00:56, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved to Moe szylak. Closing.. &#8208;&#8208;1997kB (talk) 15:20, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * . Please move this case to Sockpuppet investigations/Moe szylak, the oldest account found. Mz7 (talk) 00:34, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Global locks requested on Meta . Data available on CU wiki . Mz7 (talk) 00:56, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved to Moe szylak. Closing.. &#8208;&#8208;1997kB (talk) 15:20, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * . Please move this case to Sockpuppet investigations/Moe szylak, the oldest account found. Mz7 (talk) 00:34, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Global locks requested on Meta . Data available on CU wiki . Mz7 (talk) 00:56, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved to Moe szylak. Closing.. &#8208;&#8208;1997kB (talk) 15:20, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Global locks requested on Meta . Data available on CU wiki . Mz7 (talk) 00:56, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved to Moe szylak. Closing.. &#8208;&#8208;1997kB (talk) 15:20, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

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see fr wiki block, + overlap in the usual spots. Praxidicae (talk) 20:14, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and . I'll ask a steward to lock. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:25, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

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Repeating edits of previous socks, for example falsely inflating Algerian population figures in Immigration to Norway: In Immigration to Canada: And several other articles. Editing Draft:Algerian diaspora (with major CIR issues) created by sock Homer usa. They're also active on French Wikipedia. IamNotU (talk) 15:28, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Macy jannah -
 * Diasporas in the World -
 * Lars rostanov -
 * Macy jannah -
 * Lars rostanov -

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 * Blocked by . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 06:22, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

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Similar behaviour of adding poorly sourced population figures for Arab populations. Compare this and this, adding the same 115,000 figure to Algerian Americans. Cordless Larry (talk) 07:03, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅ + the globally-locked . . ST47 (talk) 19:52, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing as nothing further to do here. The SandDoctor  Talk 03:52, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

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Account created the day after the last sock was blocked. Unsourced changes to population figures: compare with sock Macy jannah: ; and here:  compare with sock Ny bros:. Other falsely-inflated Algerian population figures that contradict the existing source, e.g.:, and on French Wikipedia: , etc. They're also active on Arabic Wikipedia. IamNotU (talk) 11:42, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

, could we get a global lock on the account, like the others? They're continuing to vandalize Arabic Wikipedia with unsourced/false numbers for example. --IamNotU (talk) 15:51, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

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Looks quacktastic to me, with all the timings lining up. Blocked based on behaviour; I think we're done here unless a CU is considered worthwhile. ~ mazca  talk 13:57, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

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I've just blocked Vikingstonü as an obvious sock. Could someone with the ability to, make this global? Cordless Larry (talk) 08:32, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * Reported at meta. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:14, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Request at meta dealt with. Account was locked. Nothing left to do, so close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:41, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

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Same behaviour, adding unsourced Algerian immigrant population figures. Also active on French Wikipedia, as previous socks. Cordless Larry (talk) 18:15, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Same behaviour. May as well check for any sleepers. The SandDoctor  Talk 18:54, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus and . . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:37, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

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Similar user name as the last one, Deutsche Machine. Unsourced edits adding/inflating Algerian population figures:,. Also active on French Wikipedia like the others. IamNotU (talk) 20:00, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅., closing. Mz7 (talk) 21:49, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

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Same characteristic behaviour of adding improperly sourced population figures for Algerians. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:30, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * That's him + . Salvio 09:10, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Both are active on French Wikipedia too. Cordless Larry (talk) 09:25, 25 July 2020 (UTC)


 * , global locks requested, closing. Cabayi (talk) 13:45, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK - compare this and this. Also active on French ad Italian Wikipedia. Requesting CU to find any other socks. Cordless Larry (talk) 05:13, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * That's him; however, . Salvio 07:09, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged and I've requested a lock on meta. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:21, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK per this. Seems to have branched out into new language versions of Wikipedia too. Cordless Larry (talk) 19:21, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * That's him.  Salvio 20:03, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Sock indeffed. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:56, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Global lock requested. Cordless Larry (talk) 17:03, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

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Same characteristic behaviour, trying to add Algerian ethnic group population figures sourced to French Wikipedia. Cordless Larry (talk) 06:25, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅. . Sock tag added, lock requested, closing. Mz7 (talk) 03:53, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

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More cross-wiki Algerian population inflation, such as this. Cordless Larry (talk) 12:11, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I've blocked per WP:DUCK based on this and the similarity in username with previou sock . A checkuser would be helpful in case there are any other socks lurking. Cordless Larry (talk) 12:28, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * - history of sleeper accounts. Endorsing for reasons stated by Cordless Larry. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:50, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅, no sleepers, global lock requested, sock tag added, closing. Mz7 (talk) 19:33, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

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Blocked as a WP:DUCK case per this. Already blocked on French Wikipedia. Can we check for sleepers? Cordless Larry (talk) 08:25, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * That's him + . Salvio 09:27, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Sock blocked & locked. Sleeper locked. Nothing more to do. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 06:55, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , Am I reading this wrong, or is Popskamiev also CU-confirmed, and thus needs blocking and tagging? -- RoySmith (talk) 14:11, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , Popskamiev's confirmed. The account's also locked, so no need to block it. Regarding the tags, I don't know if we're going with WP:DENY or not, so I'll let Cabayi answer. Salvio 14:21, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , I had shied away from touching Popskamiev as they hadn't edited here and were globally locked. Think I found the right blend of Sockpuppet parameters in the end. Hrrly was more of an omission on my part. Thanks for catching it. The case could do with a prominent link to fr:Wikipédia:Faux-nez/Moe szylak for future reference. Cabayi (talk) 09:49, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , Thanks for the clarification. Also see this thread. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:25, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

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Continued editing on Algerian diaspora , . - 4ing (talk) 09:21, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked the account per WP:DUCK and requested a global lock. Could a CU perform a sweep? Cordless Larry (talk) 09:55, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * - history of using sleepers (last check returned a sleeper). Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:10, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * This time, he's editing from a different range, but I'm reasonably persuaded it's him.  Salvio 11:11, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * In a departure from Moe's usual vandalism on fr:, 4everwk was blocked on no: by as a block-evading sock, but I can't see who the Norwegian master is. Cabayi (talk) 11:23, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

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Blocked per WP:DUCK. Could we have a checkuser to see if there are any sleepers? Cordless Larry (talk) 11:24, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅ +    (already globally locked).  Salvio 12:03, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Locks requested for those not yet locked. Closing, Cabayi (talk) 21:08, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

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I've just blocked Dz Dk sahbi per WP:DUCK. Could we have a checkuser in case there are any sleepers? Cordless Larry (talk) 16:49, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * Already Locked and Blocked:
 * Already Locked and Blocked:


 * Only locked:


 * Sleepers:
 * and of course Dz Dk sahbi. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 00:56, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * and of course Dz Dk sahbi. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 00:56, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * and of course Dz Dk sahbi. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 00:56, 4 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Closing per the above. The SandDoctor  Talk 14:42, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Tagged Bxland and Dz Dk sahbi. Also, since I'm here, reblocked both of them just to update the log message. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:58, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

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Seems to be our latest Algerian population inflator. Can we have a sweep for sleepers? Cordless Larry (talk) 14:03, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and . No sleepers seen. Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:59, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:09, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

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The usual inflation of Algerian migrant population figures here. SPI requested to check for sleepers. Cordless Larry (talk) 21:17, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock. . Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:24, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

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Same characteristic behaviour of inflating Algerian migrant population estimates. I've blocked per WP:DUCK, but could we have a checkuser in case there are sleepers? Cordless Larry (talk) 17:01, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * - for sleeper check. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:11, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ = . No sleepers. - Mailer Diablo 22:35, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Tagged (global lock request is in progress already). Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:50, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

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Already blocked as a sock on French Wikipedia. Can we have an checkuser in case there are sleepers? Cordless Larry (talk) 20:26, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * .  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:44, 29 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Closing. Mz7 (talk) 21:57, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Tagged Troplax. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:32, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

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New account restoring content to Algerians very similar to previous sock Ttddv. Cordless Larry (talk) 16:18, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 00:25, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, almost forgot: . Mz7 (talk) 00:27, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

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Similar addition of unsourced or poorly sourced population figures, with use of > character in attempted reference here, similar to here. Cordless Larry (talk) 14:43, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to . Bagging and tagging sock account. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   15:00, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

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Looks like the latest population statistics sock. Compare this and this. Cordless Larry (talk) 19:52, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock account. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:50, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

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Socks identified by on French Wikipedia here. Can we have an SPI to see if there are any others? Cordless Larry (talk) 07:23, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Both users, and also, confirmed to each other and to previous sock Griswoldfam. Blocking, tagging, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:20, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note - also requested lock on all accounts.  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:21, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Girth Summit. and : just FYI that I've seen you've recently reverted or tried to clean up after some of these socks' edits, so I wanted to make sure you're aware of this SPI. The individual concerned is very persistent, so it would be great if you could familiarise yourselves with their behavioural traits to try to cut off the disruption of future socks as early as possible. Cordless Larry (talk) 19:24, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for this research. --d-n-f (talk) 07:30, 29 October 2021 (UTC)