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Motivação (hereafter, "M") was blocked back in June for edit-warring over their word choice at Bipolar disorder. To quote, "Their Talk page is a string of complaints from other editors about random changes, test edits, not talking." These concerns had to do with linking, abbreviations, punctuation, and so on.

Now, Cynulliad3 (hereafter, "C") was created on January 3, 2017, and shares some very interesting behavioral similarities:


 * M and C overlap in no fewer than 163 articles.


 * Of these 163 articles, I see something of a focus on Vermont subjects: Bernie Sanders, University of Vermont Medical Center, Gun laws in Vermont, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, etc. Plus M's old userpage.


 * Overwhelmingly, both M and C make minor edits at great speed. 84% of C's edits are minor, compared to about 82% for M. Jytdog's observation is borne out by the fact that both have over 99% edits to articles.


 * Use of similar edit summaries (as per here and here: "period," "article(/s)," "Unnecessary (x) removed," "brief description," etc.


 * Very similar edits to Borderline personality disorder:.


 * Similar edits to United States, where both have a history of edit-warring:.


 * Heavy editing to disambiguation pages, some of them overlapping.


 * Also: Apparent pledge by C to sock if blocked: . GABgab 21:43, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

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It's worth noting that Cynulliad3 also used the and  accounts. You will notice that the editing pattern is the same. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 22:45, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

One more comment: From what I see, Cynulliad simply moves from account to account; I don't see that he uses multiple accounts to circumvent WP:Consensus or to WP:Edit war, which is evident by him choosing obvious followup accounts. "Obvious" in that, so far (with the exception of Motivação), they use the same name as his Cynulliad account. If an editor is not indefinitely blocked and is merely discarding accounts, especially in an obvious way, I don't see that as a WP:Sock violation. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 00:38, 16 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Hmm, never mind. Seeing the Borderline personality disorder article edits, it could be argued the he used a new account to make the same contested changes. Same goes for the United States article. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 00:45, 16 January 2017 (UTC) Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 00:53, 16 January 2017 (UTC)


 * In fact, he might have been trying to avoid scrutiny in a way, which is often a WP:Sock violation, even though using the same username is an extremely silly way to try to avoid scrutiny. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 00:58, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:39, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * As per similar usernames and areas of interest (University of Vermont, Bipolar disorder, Bernie Sanders, Burlington, Vermont), it's obvious that the two new accounts belong to the same person. Should they be blocked, as well? Thanks! (Also - thanks to for noticing this.) GABgab 23:30, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Cynulliad2 is ✅, blocked, and tagged. I agree that Cynulliad is obvious, but they also haven't edited since March 2016, so I wouldn't bother blocking. They would, of course, be the master. If you want to move the case, change the tagging (which is complicated), etc., that's up to you. Reclosing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:27, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I concur that it doesn't make sense to move the case to an unblocked, dormant account. GABgab 02:27, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

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Yet another sock. Fairly evident from incremental numeric increase at end of username. JustBerry (talk) 01:50, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * -, please block. Thanks, GABgab 02:21, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
 * GeneralizationsAreBad - ✅.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:40, 17 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Oshwah - tagged and closing. GABgab 02:41, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

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See SPI case for Cynulliad4. – Uanfala (talk) 21:23, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * . GABgab 21:50, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

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Same kind of gnomy, high-speed editing (1,400+ edits in 8 days!), with 100% edits to articles and about 90% minor edits. Similar edit summaries used, such as "Unnecessary content removed." Many overlaps with the master and a previous sock, with the usual focus on Vermont: University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, Vermont, South Hero, Vermont, and Brattleboro Retreat, as well as obscure pages such as Overlook Park (South Burlington, Vermont), Bossacucanova, Alsop en le Dale, Embassy of India, Brussels, etc. Their talkpage shows the same WP:IDHT behavior of the previous accounts, with many templates and no sign of response. As before, the concerns include linking, punctuation, formatting, etc. There's even the similar issue regarding "U.S." Requesting CU to confirm. GABgab 19:55, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Endorsing my own request. Thanks, GABgab 19:56, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * .-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:17, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * - Please block based on the behavioral and technical evidence. Thanks, GABgab 21:04, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked. --regentspark (comment) 01:18, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. GABgab 01:21, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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Started editing after previous incarnation as. Exact same M.O. DVdm (talk) 15:45, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * - This is very, very obvious. Please block. Thanks, GABgab 16:28, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * -- Samtar talk &middot; contribs 17:04, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing. GABgab 17:08, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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Duh.  General Ization  Talk   23:01, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Just added Sterilized by cupcake for the record. Sterilized by cupcake has made 281 edits. He edited 36 pages in common with the master. The 36 articles are very unrelated. This is too much to be a coincidence. Edit summary similarities (avail upon request) make this too much of a coincidence too. Blocked my me just now. I'm trying to get this master into dialogue at his talk. So far ignored. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:02, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

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Those accounts have been blocked, suggest to find sleeper. SA 13 Bro (talk) 23:23, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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A sleeper check is not warranted. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:47, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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Doing "recent changes", noticed same style of edits as for, sometimes on same articles as edited by Sheila Ki Jawani or Motivação or other socks. Diffs: The changes being made are on the surface pretty unobjectionable, adding articles on dab pages, moving punctuation around quotation marks, etc.  &#8212;jmcgnh  (talk) (contribs)  08:48, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * diff at Sex offender registries in the United States
 * diff at Domicile (law)
 * diff at God (disambiguation)

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 * Tagged the already blocked duck. For the record, I include these recently discovered specimens. Favonian (talk) 12:28, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

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New users making prolific gnome-like edits to disambiguation pages, often returning to the same ones as before. Sro23 (talk) 09:53, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Add and  to the listed two as ✅. Courcelles (talk) 00:42, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * . Favonian (talk) 18:46, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

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As per WP:DUCK: Iconic interest in Vermont (Burlington, Vermont, List of hospitals in Vermont, Brattleboro, Vermont), large amounts of gnomy copyediting (including the trademark fascination with "U.S." ), and overwhelmingly making minor edits. GABgab 03:43, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

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Just look at the edit history for No Fly List. Out of the sixty or so edits there made since June 28, 2016 over fifty were made by a half dozen different sock puppets of User:Motivação, including. — Neonorange (talk) 04:11, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

I agree. The behavioral evidence seemed strong to me as well, after looking at only a handful of edits.  jmcgnh  (talk) (contribs)  09:36, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * . Favonian (talk) 10:22, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

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All minor edits, including to sock target No Fly List, odd username, etc. GABgab 02:41, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * And... that's a wrap. Closing. GABgab 02:50, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Basically all minor edits
 * Vermont focus: Vermont gubernatorial election, 2012, Vermont gubernatorial election, 2010, United States Senate election in Vermont, 2018, University of Vermont, South Burlington, Vermont
 * Absurdly high editing speed: over 200 edits in a day
 * Obsession over "U.S." vs. "US" and "United States" vs. "American": . GABgab 02:04, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Obsession over "U.S." vs. "US" and "United States" vs. "American": . GABgab 02:04, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Quack, quack. GABgab 02:04, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked. ~ Rob 13 Talk 12:27, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

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Similarity in username to previously blocked sock "Vote again to coincide with the general election". Same pattern of gnomish edits such as. Most of these edits would be non-objectionable.  jmcgnh  (talk) (contribs)  13:21, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * . Favonian (talk) 13:33, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

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Username WP:DUCK. GABgab 14:30, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * - . GABgab 14:31, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
 * . Favonian (talk) 14:33, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK, back in action on sock targets Disposition Matrix, Justin, and Gun laws in Vermont. GABgab 22:26, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Please block the sock. Thanks, GABgab 22:26, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
 * , noting for the record that I blocked yesterday as an equally convincing duck. Favonian (talk) 22:30, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

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Same pages (Pornography in the United States, Sex offender registries in the United States, Disposition Matrix, Sports in Boston), (Social work), same minor edits, same obsession with countries, grammar, and links:. He's not subtle. Please also consider semi-protecting some common targets of his. GABgab 01:53, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * - GABgab 01:53, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Both blocked. I also semi-protected Social work, which looks like his most common target right now. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 07:07, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

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On Boston this user has continued editing as their last puppet did (User:Conservatorship, see this Garchy (talk) 19:24, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * FYI I added another WP:DUCK Sro23 (talk) 20:54, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * I blocked the account, but a clerk who's more familiar with the case might want to decide whether it's worthwhile to still run a CU. There seem to be quite a few of these socks popping up lately. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:45, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
 * - We have indeed seen sleepers created in the past. Worth a look. GABgab 20:20, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. No other accounts seen. Retagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:21, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

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On January 31, made an edit at New York City Subway. Day later he was blocked as a sock of Motivação. Day after that shows up and does the same thing, including edit warring when it was reverted (before being blocked for personal attacks and harassment elsewhere on February 4, 2017. Should've realized there was sockpuppetry involved at that time, registering the same day as the last sock being blocked, and repeating the same edits as the last sock is incredible WP:DUCK behavior. As for the IP, he showed up today making the same edit, seen here. While we can't checkuser an IP, we can block him and keep the evidence there as well, as he just started editing two days ago after the last sock was blocked. Maybe a block of that particular IP will help end the behavior of this obnoxious repeat offender. oknazevad (talk) 17:44, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * - . GABgab 20:56, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked for a week. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:33, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

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Obvious sock. Returned to New York City Subway making the exact same edits as the last blocked IP sock. See here. oknazevad (talk) 12:44, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * Quack. GABgab 14:07, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked for a week. Favonian (talk) 14:13, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

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again oknazevad (talk) 12:41, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * - . GABgab 13:51, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
 * IP blocked for 3 days. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:55, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

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Again. And again. Plainly doesn't get that he's not allowed to edit at all, let alone edit war. oknazevad (talk) 11:32, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * - It's him. Is a rangeblock feasible? Thanks, GABgab 14:07, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes. I was looking into this recently myself.  64.223.64.0/18 and 70.109.128.0/18 both range blocked for a month.  According to my notes, I suspect him of using other ranges, too.  If you guys see anything suspicious, feel free to ping me. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:56, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

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New account, editing like he's been here for years, pattern of behavior matches the topics and nature of previous socks, including this gem on a talk page (probably only there because the article is semi'd and the new username is not autoconfirmed yet. Needs to be stopped immediately before he can get further. oknazevad (talk) 14:23, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked; closing. Favonian (talk) 16:54, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

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User:Nations of Ninteen Eighty-four has made 64 edits in four hours, all minor, with edit summaries typical of the puppetmaster (The list of examples was way too long beforehand.), (→‎Replace the word "country" with the words "sovereign state"...), et centra. Nine of the sixty-four 'Nations' edits are to articles that overlap with Motivação, including at the articles Vermont and Vermont Department of Corrections. Neonorange (talk) 14:51, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

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 * Obviously we both recognized this sock immediately, though it's "Nations of Nineteen Eighty-Four". I misspelled it at first, too. oknazevad (talk) 15:33, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

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 * Same as above. Favonian (talk) 16:54, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

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Behavioral: the absurd name, editing style, and choice of articles to edit matches User:Vote again to coincide with the general election., see e.g. the recent history of the article Brandon del Pozo. JBL (talk) 16:20, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

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 * . Favonian (talk) 16:28, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

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All the usual signs: user name, editing style, focus areas. Will block and close, this report only meant to maintain the paper trail. Favonian (talk) 17:12, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked; closing. Favonian (talk) 17:14, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

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Obvious sock is obvious. Previous sock:. Above sock,. Consistent pattern of edit warring with multiple socks to force pointless (and often incorrect) grammar changes. oknazevad (talk) 16:44, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * . Favonian (talk) 16:55, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

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This user has just begun to edit today. User:one-state solution has a user name that is similar to most user names used by the puppet master—a phrase that is two to five words long and that expresses a concept that doesen't quite make sense. Already, in just 70 edits today, there is overlap with five articles edited by other socks of this master, and one of the socks was blocked for edit warring at Bipolar disorder. Diffs
 * 1) China May 22, 2017    l
 * 2) Vermont Department of Corrections May 22, 2017
 * 3) Talk:Bipolar disorder May 22, 2017
 * 4) United States presidential election in Vermont, 2016 May 22, 2017
 * 5) same as above May 22, 2017
 * 6) same as above May 22, 2017

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 * The overlap is now: articles edited by one-state solution and Motivação = 14; out of 115 total edits by one-state solution, 35 are to articles edited by Motivação. — Neonorange (talk) 12:01, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
 * The puppet master (Motivação) has had two dozen sock accounts blocked in 2017, and many more in 2016. Additional behavior similarities among all the socks, the master, and this active sock (one-state solution) are

— Neonorange (talk) 12:46, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) mostly minor edits with emphasis on points of word usage and punctuation (but the changes don't quite make sense, or are unnecessary)
 * 2) very ally uses talk pages (this incarnation has used an article talk page twice out of 115 edits, in both instances to suggest minor wording changes)
 * 3) edits Vermont related articles, including University of Vermont articles

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 * . Favonian (talk) 21:10, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

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This very new account (three hours old at the time of this filing) has about 110 edits at thi Similarities with the sock master and the other socks (25 blocks so far in 2017) include: Diffs (all from May 24, 2017)
 * the user name is usually of the same form—two to five words that express an idea that is somewhat strange—'On and off' for this account, 'one-state solution' for the just previous account blocked yesterday (May 23, 2017)
 * minor edits, usually to grammar or syntax, often unnecessary or slightly off
 * fascination with abbreviations for United States of America, usage of 'state' vs 'country', changing phrasing in idiosyncratic ways
 * many edits to articles on Vermont institutions
 * this particular sock has 24 edited article overlaps (out of ~ 120 total edits) with the master at the time of this filing
 * 1) East Burke, Vermont
 * 2) Brattleboro, Vermont
 * 3) same as above
 * 4) same as above
 * 5) same as above
 * 6) Chittenden County, Vermont

This editor, if not for the dozens of socks, by this time has perhaps 10,000 edits (see the original account, User:Cynulliad, which has ~ 4,500 edits), is becoming more competent and is now using edit summaries, could be considered a net plus. None of the sock accounts or the original have been used simultaneously; and account is blocked and abandoned and the editor later registers with a new user name (which is easily recognized—Cynulliad,mCynulliad2, Cynulliad3, Cynulliad4 have been used. — Neonorange (talk) 17:40, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * . Favonian (talk) 18:13, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

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Same sorts of patterns. Very U.S.-centric, with most edits devoted to U.S. places (this time, it seems to be airports), but there are the usual copyedits to disambiguation pages. Same obsession with adding articles to disambiguations:. Similar focus on states and subtle wording relating to the U.S.: GABgab 13:22, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Self-endorsing my own request. Thanks, GABgab 13:23, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
 * - behavioural is good enough for me, but will await CU for confirmation. Primefac (talk) 15:05, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
 * - Katietalk 17:05, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus . Blocked and tagged, closing. Katietalk 17:09, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

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Changing US to United States and a similar focus on very small/minor copyedits to disambiguation pages. Sro23 (talk) 18:26, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

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 * . Favonian (talk) 18:40, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

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Again, there's a strong focus on minor copyedits to mostly disambiguation pages, plus the high overlap with other sockpuppets. Sro23 (talk) 04:27, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Yes, it does look like him. Thanks, GABgab 22:27, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 09:28, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

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I'm not sure if this was just an oversight. Cynulliad3, Cynulliad4, and Cynulliad have all edited Peter Shumlin in highly similar ways. And of course, the master Motivação. Do we need to really go into this?

Mandatory diffs:
 * C 24 March 2016
 * M 25 May 2016
 * C3 5 Jan 2017
 * C4 16 Jan 2017

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 * Jane O'Meara Sanders	1 days
 * The Stoning of Soraya M.	1 days
 * Gun laws in Vermont	4 days
 * Domicile (law)	4 days
 * No Fly List	8 days
 * Santander Bank	10 days
 * Josh Duggar	11 days
 * The God Delusion	12 days

Per WP:DUCK or kinda  WP:FREIGHTTRAINAIRHORN... Bri (talk) 18:48, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' User:Cynulliad is the actual puppet master for this whole list of puppets. Cynulliad was not listed because User:Motivação blocked for edit warning and the serial puppet account violations ensued, thus was recorded as the initial puppet master in relation to later puppets (30 or so as of this date.) Cynulliad is clearly the de facto puppet master, indicated seniority, subject overlap, sparse use of talk pages, obsession with minor points of grammar and word usage (mostly wrong). Cynulliad remains unblocked, possibly because the work involved in changing puppet master for the chain is not worth the candle. Neonorange (talk) 21:03, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * Cynulliad is older than the master, but, more important, he hasn't edited in well over a year. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 21:26, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

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Same habit of minor edits, rapid editing speed, and some overlap with previous socks, particularly on Vermont topics. However, I'm requesting CU to confirm before I block. GABgab 22:39, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Thanks very much, GABgab 22:39, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
 * - Katietalk 01:00, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅, no obvious sleepers. Katietalk 01:04, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! . GABgab 01:10, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

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. Same junk edits that got prior socks blocked, such as with the IP here. Also most of the user's other edits are the same type of pointless and actually grammatically incorrect edits that are so common with this guy, including the obsession with disambiguation pages and now-against-the-MOS US-to-U.S. changes. Duck with a megaphone. oknazevad (talk) 18:25, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Please compare to the master, along with . Thanks, GABgab 00:19, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
 * is ✅.
 * is.
 * Both blocked and tagged. Yunshui 雲 水 07:49, 8 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:09, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

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Weird name, edit to a Vermont subject, minor edits and tweaks, editing on disambiguation pages, etc. Requesting CU for a sleeper check. GABgab 16:31, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Thanks, GABgab 16:31, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅, no obvious sleepers (and I looked). Indeffed, tagged, closed. Katietalk 19:11, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

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Attempts to redefine the word "sovereign" in line with previous comments -, compare with Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:23, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * User:Motivação should not be stale and he is a prolific sock master, so I think this is worth a CU. This user follow's M's pattern of marking lots of edits as minor, often for changes that are not minor. This edit (unlinking the word 'Brazil' in a DAB) is technically correct and shows good understanding of DAB rules, so the guy is obviously not new. EdJohnston (talk) 16:40, 29 August 2017 (UTC)


 * - Please check this account. Thanks, GABgab 01:31, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
 * . Not really enough to say more than that, sorry. Yunshui 雲 水 12:48, 30 August 2017 (UTC)


 * . Definitely the same as demonstrated by the example provided above and successive edits to El Paso County, Texas with identical edit summaries by I am the state and Good Wall of the Pyrenees. Favonian (talk) 13:13, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

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Looked suspiciously like User:Unzipped fly from exact same edit and summary at East Harlem, and imagine my surprise that user was blocked for using multiple accounts already.

Overlapping subject matter interests, such as geopolitical units, all these accounts edited states in New England, for instance. JesseRafe (talk) 19:22, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * The similar edits at East Harlem found by User:JesseRafe above are remarkable. They suggest that User:Hat Magic and the Bright Arts is a sock of Motivação based on behavior. As usual, he marks most of his edits as minor. This would probably be enough for a duck block, but to keep the data current it seems worthwhile to do a checkuser. He will be along soon with a new sock. EdJohnston (talk) 03:51, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
 * are all examples of a repeated pattern of insisting on wording on articles relating to heads of state/government that previous socks engaged in. -  Chrism  would like to hear from you 11:11, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * - Please compare those accounts. Thanks, GABgab 19:24, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
 * , and  are ✅ to  from the archive as well as a number of other confirmed and proven accounts. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  22:05, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Tagged and closing. GABgab 00:07, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

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Back making the exact same edits as before. Concentrating on minor edits to DAB pages and Vermont. Reporting here just for tracking purposes. ~ GB fan 10:22, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * ~ GB fan 10:22, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

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The types of edits seem to overlap, and many of their edits have the same kind of edit summary; the main piece of evidence is this edit summary where they pretty much admit to being Motivação (and to having been blocked previously). bonadea contributions talk 17:31, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * I believe there is enough to say it is the same person. I have tagged the account, already blocked for other reasons, did not change the block.  ~ GB fan 20:05, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Already blocked and tagged. Closing.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:16, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

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Insistence on specific wording in multiple similar articles on heads of state government e.g President of Isreal against previous confirmed sockpuppet [|Hat Magic and the Bright Arts], same with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom  v , as well as emphasis on local articles in the North East United States, particularly Vermont.  Chrism  would like to hear from you 14:25, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tagged. Closing.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:05, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

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This diff and this, as well as nearly identical editing patterns (types of edits, types of articles) are basically conclusive. I'm sure this is a banned user but I never keep track of which one is which. JBL (talk) 01:03, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * This is copied from Sockpuppet investigations/The Good Terrorist. Sro23 (talk) 01:49, 9 October 2017 (UTC)


 * I blocked as an obvious DUCK by edit- and editsummary-pattern match with  who is a previous sock.  I see you copied that SPI's content to here, but there the matches being discussed are TGT vs Nvs, whereas with that action you are saying TGT is itself a sock of a different master. Sure seems reasonable by behavior, but confusing that there's no comment here about them matching here. DMacks (talk) 06:23, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * This case was originally filed under The Good Terrorist, but I immediately recognized that account as Motivação despite them being blocked for an unrelated reason. See the Editor interaction report, Wendy Davis (politician) is a good example . Sorry for not making that clear. Sro23 (talk) 10:55, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * No worries. DMacks (talk) 15:15, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * - Katietalk 15:39, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ to Motivação. Closing. Katietalk 15:50, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

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Similar idiosyncratic edit summaries (seeking consistency) to the prior socks. I'm inclined to do a duck block but as there are usually multiples, I'm bringing here for a CU so that all can be blocked together. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  12:53, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

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Something going on here, but not the same old Motivação. — Neonorange (talk) 18:47, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Major differences vs. previous M reported socks I've seen:
 * 1) misspellings as in Brazil tp
 * 2) extensive posts on editors' talk pages
 * 3) gaming of auto confirmed with first ten edits of account made to accent tp adding 1, 2, 3.. in sequence by successive edits, 22 trivial edits in all to own talk page

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 * Kingofwoods is ❌ to the master, different continents, different UAs. is ✅ from the master but.
 * Both accounts do not look like Motivação. I'll leave this be for a couple more days for additional opinions, but I'm inclined to close without action. GABgab 00:18, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing without action. GABgab 18:11, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * add one ~ GB fan 00:48, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

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This guy is just going to keep coming and coming. Good thing a number of editors easily spot him. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 01:09, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged as a duck. ~ GB fan 01:08, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I found earlier. GABgab 02:55, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

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Behavioral evidence. Bizarre edit summaries such as Special:Diff/808041265 intermixed with minor changes. The structure of the username also matches previous socks here. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 21:47, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * . Favonian (talk) 21:49, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

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InterestingCircle is a new account that started editing Wikipedia in late December of 2017. Their recent contributions include posting to Talk:Canada to raise a wording dispute about whether Canada occupies the northern part or the northern half of North America, implying in their comment that they've raised this same dispute before — but the last time the same wording dispute was raised, it was by User:First past the post, who was blocked as a sockpuppet of Motivação in a previous go-around. Bearcat (talk) 22:12, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * InterestingCircle has made this edit https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canada&diff=822490973&oldid=822238679 and has followed-up on the talk page. It is the same M.O. as I am the state made here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canada&diff=796888965&oldid=796605355, with a discussion on the talk page. Very basic WP:QUACK. The actual puppetmaster, Motivação, has been known to ignore blocks and create alternate accounts. I'll let the admins determine if this is the same editor. Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:29, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Was the last sock "First past the post" or was it "I am the state"? In either case. It's a longstanding pattern. Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:35, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

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InterestingCircle has made this edit https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canada&diff=822490973&oldid=822238679 and has followed-up on the talk page. It is the same M.O. as I am the state made here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canada&diff=796888965&oldid=796605355, with a discussion on the talk page. Very basic WP:QUACK. The actual puppetmaster, Motivação, has been known to ignore blocks and create alternate accounts. I'll let the admins determine if this is the same editor. Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:29, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This is the same request as the one I made above about 15 minutes earlier, with the same edit as evidence. So I've merged the second request into the first one as a user comment, since we don't need to have two separate requests open simultaneously. Bearcat (talk) 22:32, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

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Part→half on Canada and Mexico again, this time not just as a talk page request but just as arbitrary edits to the articles. Bearcat (talk) 15:35, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * Duck block. Can't close the case at it was never technically open. Favonian (talk) 15:42, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

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Same fixations as earlier socks:
 * part -> half on Mexico
 * part -> half on Canada
 * , dislikes "sovereign" before "country" -  was particularly keen on removing this from multiple articles Begoon 15:31, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * The note on the editor's talk page imply that this is a temporary block. I thought block evasion for a permanently blocked editor results in a permanent block. The block appears to be indefinite. Was that template intentionally added? Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:14, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * . GABgab 18:28, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

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Edit history most notably stating Canada is northern half of North America and Mexico is the southern half. The WP:QUACK is so loud I can see nothing else. Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:26, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

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 * - Compare to  and  to . WP:DUCK. Please indef the sock. Sro23 (talk) 03:32, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Sro23 - - I cannot proceed becase j/k ✅ and closing, fooled you.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   03:53, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

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Two early edits were to claim Canada was the northern half of North American and Mexico was the southern half, something several confirmed socks have been claiming. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:59, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

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Oh, I've been commenting to a sock? And yes, socks First past the post Corticopia One-state solution The compulsives are really getting me down. Shenme (talk) 06:10, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

has some tells that match those in the first twenty or so serial socks of. The use of a phrase (that almost has meaning) as user name. Concentration on Vermont and New Hampshire related articles. Insistent on peculiar geographic location descriptions. Rapid but sporadic editing. The pattern will likely quack more often as edits accumulate. — Neonorange (Phil) 10:45, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

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is confirmed sock of Motivação, as are are, , , and. You can check Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Motivação/Archive for more. I am the state's "tell" is insisting that Canada is in the northern half of North America. A recurring theme is our need to know the facts and the truth.
 * The first of a series of two edits.
 * "focus on the real truth" while changing to "northern half"
 * wikilinking North America
 * "focus on the real truth" while changing to "northern half" and wikilinking North America
 * "I desire the full truth" while changing to "northern half" and wikilinking North America

Facts707
 * adding "northern half of North America" At least there was no wikilinking of North America
 * The editor's name includes "facts".

Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:10, 21 August 2021 (UTC) Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:10, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I am not requesting CU, simply duck and interaction. Motivação is the primary sockmaster. I am the state is one confirmed sock. I am using the behaviour of that sock to show evidence that Facts707 is a likely puppet. Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:47, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * While the username isn't exactly a great one, I am not willing to block an editor with 25k+ edits based on one diff's worth of overlap. I find it hard to believe that Motivacao is the only person out there who thinks of Canada as the northern "half" of North America. Further, edit summary styles are fairly distinct. Closed without action. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:09, 8 September 2021 (UTC)