Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MusicLover650/Archive

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Just before User:MusicLover650 was indeffed they were working on the Leather Project and Blake Morgan jobs. Some of Earflaps very first edits were the recreation of the The Sledge/Leather Project page. It was word for work the same as the deleted version by MusicLover650. They also upload pictures of Blake Morgan. Uploading a picture of Blake Morgan was the second last edit of Music before being blocked.

They have the exact same referencing style as described here. User:Robohearteipr also has the exact same referencing style. ANd was also involved in uploading pictures of Blake Morgan.

Looking at all these accounts first edits. None are new editors of Wikipedia. Rather than are all an experienced editor. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 04:55, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

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CesareAngelotti is obviously a paid editor and given their immediate interest in AFDs they are a sock of someone. This !vote back in 2014 was to support a sock of an editor linked to Sockpuppet_investigations/Sibtain_007/Archive although no CU evidence was found. SmartSE (talk) 10:03, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * While CesareAngelotti is pretty obviously a paid editor (at least for quite a few of his creations and expansions), I don't think he is part of this group. For one thing, his referencing style is different, e.g. CesareAngelotti vs. MusicLover650. Note also that a few overlaps with articles by the sockmaster or known socks may simply indicate that different "jobs" for the same article have been listed on sites like Fiverr, Upwork, etc. For example, three different editors (one, two, three) had been paid via Fiverr to edit Frederick Achom at various times . And while one of them was found to be a sock from a very large farm, none of the three were socks of each other. Voceditenore (talk) 10:51, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * It's hard to imagine Robohearteipr and Earflaps as the same user given the tight interleaving of edits. Someguy1221 (talk) 05:14, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * The timing of Earflaps' account creation, plus editing interest, plus behavior, leave in my mind no possibility except sockpuppetry. Someguy1221 (talk) 05:27, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * The case is currently listed as closed but the ANI thread also names and  as possible socks. Should it be reopened with their names added? — Preceding unsigned comment added by David Eppstein (talk • contribs)
 * I don't have time to look at them right now, but I've reopened the case so this doesn't get archived just yet. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:46, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks, I added them to the list. —David Eppstein (talk) 07:48, 22 December 2016 (UTC)


 * I'd like to see a CU run (from someone more familiar with the tools) against the accounts since only one account has been blocked on behavioural evidence. Mkdw talk 17:10, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
 * . The only accounts that can be checked are Earflaps and CesareAngelotti. I'm not convinced there's enough evidence to warrant a check, but in deference to our new CheckUser-because-he's-an-arbitrator, I'll suspend my better judgment.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:31, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Earflaps and CesareAngelotti are ❌. No other accounts seen.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:14, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you . As always, I trust your judgement on things, sometimes even more than myself, and would have supported your decision to decline. The CU tools are at the discretion of the person using them and they have every right to make their own determination. I do thank you though for performing this check on my behalf. With this, I am marking the case as closed. I've reviewed the behavioural evidence for the other accounts along the same lines as Voceditenore's investigation. I'm in agreement that there are too many dissimilarities between the reference styles and edit summaries to tie the remainder of the accounts together. I do feel that the CU did provide us with assurances that other accounts were not involved with Earflaps. With this SPI closed it in theory should allow the ANI to proceed. Mkdw talk 21:33, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

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User Emitdfatt appeared a few days ago claiming to be the subject of the article Emit (artist), which was deleted as WP:CSD in December. This isn't an obvious WP:DUCK, but because we often get new sockpuppets showing up trying to get their previous work undeleted, it's appropriate to have it checked here, particularly if it is a sock trying to impersonate the subject. Then again, it could be legit. ~Anachronist (talk) 01:31, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * User:Earflaps account has been active in the last three months. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 19:16, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * - King of  &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 04:51, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Who am I supposed to compare Emitdfatt against?--Bbb23 (talk) 12:51, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * As Doc James says. Earflaps is the original creator of Emit (artist). King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 01:51, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Earflaps and Emitdfatt are ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:22, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing with no action taken. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 18:34, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

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Recreation of Rick Boardman. The user was registered on 19 January 2017 and made only 2 edits so far but I notice the user has the habit of adding long edit summary same as the master and previous sock e.g. this. GSS (talk |c|em ) 16:40, 10 February 2017 (UTC)


 * This newly registered user recreated Andy Masi earlier created by the master and again the habit of adding long edit summary is very similar so do I need to open a new case for the CU? It looks like they are now using new account each time they recreate deleted articles. Thank you – GSS  (talk |c|em ) 09:30, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note that they have disclosed their COI and claim to be a new user: Talk:Andy_Masi. Given the content of the page, it seems unlikely that they have created that themself and they may be proxying for the master. SmartSE (talk) 10:41, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, I saw that but to be honest they don't look new users per their editing pattern. Jenna828 was registered today and he is well aware of WP:CITE, WP:NAMESORT, disclosure policies etc. and if I look at this it looks like created by an experienced user. GSS (talk |c|em ) 11:00, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Yep that's exactly what I meant. Those aren't the edits of a newbie. SmartSE (talk) 13:40, 24 February 2017 (UTC)


 * It's really hard to catch them behaviourly at the moment because of their smartness. I can only see the use of edit summary as a complete explanation same as the previous sock and the master which is very uncommon for a day old user e.g. this, this, this and this. GSS (talk |c|em ) 19:05, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * Last edit anywhere by the master was on 01:18, 03 Apr 2012, so that is stale. Best to deal with this account based on behavioural evidence. -- Ajraddatz (talk) 00:54, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, but the confirmed sockpuppets (Earflaps created Rick Boardman originally) have much more recent history, and serve as a reasonable basis for comparison.
 * Ooh, true. Forgot about the fancy archives here. -- Ajraddatz (talk) 08:58, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't think we can hope to be 100 % conclusive in cases like this, but what are the chances that brand new users know how to format tables correctly and use  ? The 'accessdates' in Rick Boardman are odd because they are the same as in the deleted version. The people behind this are obviously sophisticated and given how they were busted last time, they are likely not to repeat the same mistakes. I think it comes down to us deciding where the consensus lies as to whether these articles are realistic new contributions or whether they are proxying. SmartSE (talk) 17:29, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

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❌ Which doesn't mean impossible, but a block could only be made on a behavioral basis. Doug Weller talk 13:30, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * - As the requester correctly points out, it seems to match the MO (quite a bit). CU would be preferential, also check for sleeper is necessary.  QEDK ( 愛 ) 08:56, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * - While the behaviour was common enough for CU, it has turned up with no results. The burden is now on you to prove that there's a definite connection. I understand the points you're making but if you could present a diff-by-diff comparison (and/or links to logs) between the sock and sockmaster, that'd be great.  QEDK  ( 愛 ) 16:31, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, I understand the gist, the evidence you've given is to the effect that KP might be sockpuppet of ML650 but since the CU has failed to affirm that connection, there's nothing to go on at all. Closing presently.  QEDK ( 愛 ) 19:12, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

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Recreation of Shama Joseph under different title Sak Pase. The article was earlier created by a sock in this group. GSS (talk |c|em ) 16:06, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * The above accounts are to . I uncovered Clachinis in December 2016 but didn't report it because the evidence wasn't compelling. However, Clachinis is a technical match with . Complicated? That's why I hate checking accounts in this case.
 * Blocked and tagged the unblocked accounts. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:52, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * The above accounts are to . I uncovered Clachinis in December 2016 but didn't report it because the evidence wasn't compelling. However, Clachinis is a technical match with . Complicated? That's why I hate checking accounts in this case.
 * Blocked and tagged the unblocked accounts. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:52, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged the unblocked accounts. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:52, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

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Hkronk claimed here to "have been in the process of working on Kobi Arad's page" &mdash; but the only people who have been "working" on it lately are Earflaps sockpuppets and User:Operacontralto, which makes me wonder if this user is related somehow. ~Anachronist (talk) 07:47, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

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❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:51, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:45, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

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A bunch of accounts who's edits strongly connects them to sockfarms and undeclared paid editing. (Phekoo, Kobi Arad, Surya Jayaweera). Most closely matching to Bobby159753 who is a blocked sock of MusicLover650/Earflaps.

Phekoo
 * Background on Phekoo . BrettKrent (PlikoraT sock) created a mainspace article here . From that draft HaiderPoert (PlikoraT sock) created a mainspace article here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phekoo&oldid=739431688]. It was patroled by Doosedouyrs (PlikoraT sock) . Bobby159753 (MusicLover650/Earflaps sock) has also maintained a sanbox for Phekoo and for his band  Red Diamond Dogs (G5 deleted)


 * Knoxvi11e's sole edits are to Phekoo . Timeline, article is moved from main to draft, 6 April Bobby159753 puts it in sandbox and develops it . 6 April Knoxvi11e then posts that developed version into mainspace from Bobby159753's sandbox.


 * Кость Лінивець removed the COI tag.


 * Кость Лінивець Edited the sandbox of Bobby159753 (MusicLover650/Earflaps sock), then a draft for Phekoo.

Kobi Arad
 * Kobi Arad Band is created, probably by Bobby159753 (MusicLover650/Earflaps sock). It was deleted on 7 April.


 * Кость Лінивець early edit concerns Kobi Arad . An edit much like Earflaps and Bobby159753


 * Кость Лінивець On 5 March xe states here "I'm trying to create a page about him, .."


 * Hkronk, On 18 April xe states "I have been in the process of working on Kobi Arad's page."


 * Кость Лінивець Edited the sandbox of Bobby159753 (MusicLover650/Earflaps sock), then a draft for Kobi Arad Band.


 * Slewkow Created a version of Kobi Arad  and is now blocked as a sock of  MusicLover650/Earflaps

Surya Jayaweera
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Surya_Jayaweera&action=history
 * Olderdawnsd's contributions are the norm for a throughaway promo sock. User, Talk and Sandbox immediately. Develop the sandbox the post a promotional article into Mainspace. Do nothing else and dissapear. Article's other main editor is Bobby159753 (Earflaps sock). Surya Jayaweera is part of WolfeTech and GXB Interactive, both created by Bobby159753


 * Кость Лінивець Was working on a draft of WolfeTech . WolfeTech was created by Bobby159753 (Earflaps sock). (Also GXB Interactive . GXB Interactive was also created by Bobby159753

Additional
 * User:Кость Лінивець also editted Glen Carroll and Sticky Fingers (tribute band). Both are sock/spam magnets. duffbeerforme (talk) 11:43, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:34, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Кость Лінивець and Knoxvi11e are ❌ to previous socks but to each other.
 * Olderdawnsd is .--Bbb23 (talk) 22:36, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Closing. With the comment above, we can keep an eye on the couple of accounts...otherwise I believe they were throwaways.

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Almost every new editor that has significantly edited Draft:Kobi Arad or Kobi Arad is a sockpuppet or paid editor. For example, the first article Hkronk edited was DJ Disciple. They moved on to Draft:Kobi Arad. Most of the editors are in some way connected to User:Earflaps or User:MusicLover650. The web is very complicated. Mr. Guye (talk) 20:29, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

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I've been accused of being a sockpuppet, I'm not. I have edited other pages before. What can I do to prove that I am an independent user acting of my own volition? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hkronk (talk • contribs) 21:40, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

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I removed two very old named accounts. Hronk has already been dealt with before. The IP's edits are way too old. This report is a waste of time. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:45, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

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Checkuser requested to root out sleeper accounts. Binksternet (talk) 06:56, 4 June 2017 (UTC)


 * These suspected socks are continuing to add associated acts in the same fashion as confirmed sock . Formatit, Leathersosoft and Whoagkemosabe have been blocked several times each for ignoring multiple warnings about adding associated acts. The first edit of Leathersosoft was to add associated acts and to enclose this list in the hlist template, which isn't usually a newcomer's style. Leathersosoft was blocked four times, the first being April 10. On April 13, Whoagkemosabe was registered, with the very first edit a continuation of the work of Leathersosoft who had been reverted. Whoagkemosabe was blocked three times.


 * Ctmv2 added associated acts to Iamsu!, and so did Leathersosoft.


 * "Decluttered" was used in an edit summary by Wessantana, and Univalve also used "decluttered". Wessanta and Univalve both have used numerals in their edit summaries, and have placed URLs in the associated acts parameter.


 * Ctmv2 and Leathersosoft both changed "The Diplomats" to "Dipset".


 * Formatit and Wessantana added DJ Quik.


 * Ctmv2 and Whoagkemosabe both added Trinidad James.


 * Formatit mentioned ("according to Magnolia447"  [sic]), and both Ctmv2 and Wessantana left talk page messages.

The editor interaction tool shows lots of common articles. Binksternet (talk) 07:54, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

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✅ to and other previous socks. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:16, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

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Benarnold98 displays the same recent interest in "associated acts" as other recent socks, adding list entries without regard to the guideline restricting such entries to very extensive collaborations. The instructions were reverted, showing that the person is perfectly aware of the issue, yet the disruption continues. Benarnold98 has put the word "decluttered" in edit summaries, in the same manner as confirmed socks Wessantana and Univalve. No need for checkuser as behavior is the exact same as previous socks. Binksternet (talk) 23:25, 7 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Update: Adding Birdmann20 and changing checkuser to "CU" so as to ferret out any sleepers. Birdmann20 is doing the same stuff to associated acts and is putting "decluttered" in edit summaries.


 * Update 2: Adding Chinkyz because new account is immediately interested in associated acts, and edit summaries use the abbreviation "A.S." in the same fashion as Birdmann20.

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:21, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
 * - to confirm socking and flush sleepers.
 * Birdmann20 and Chinkyz are ✅ to each other and to previous socks. Blocked and tagged. No other accounts seen. Benarnold98 is ❌. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:34, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

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Both Juniormatsinabe and DIT39 have been edit warring over the "associated acts" parameter in the infobox of musical artist biographies. Both accounts were registered in late June after the last two socks were blocked on June 15. Both are putting URLs into their edit summaries, leading me to believe they are the same person. They are similar to earlier confirmed socks by the same edit summary usage of "qualify" – "I removed the ones that didn't qualify" vs. "Mariah doesn't qualify" vs. "Jhené Aiko and YG don't qualify for associated acts". I am requesting checkuser to flush out any sleepers. Binksternet (talk) 22:06, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Adding Hunnidpacant whose first edit was to add associated acts, and whose second edit was to revert me to restore the associated acts that had been put in place earlier by blocked socks Juvenile3001, Juniormatsinabe and DIT39.

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✅ to previous socks. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:13, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

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MusicLover650 appears to edit from the US state of Florida, as demonstrated by a couple of IP addresses doing the same things. Many recently created socks have been reacting angrily, especially Eurofan86 reverting seven times at Meek Mill, and Adamleggings blanking my userpage. More evidence to follow. Binksternet (talk) 16:57, 3 August 2017 (UTC)


 * NestIlEz started on July 14 by adding a few associated acts. At Belly (rapper), Florida IP 104.136.95.180 added some associated acts on May 10, which was reverted and the IP blocked by checkuser. Then NestIlEz added more acts on July 14. At The Weeknd, the suspected sock changed French Montana to Belly which was reverted. Then Florida IP 2602:30A:C03A:4470:2402:D2DA:F83C:8CD performed the exact same edit a few hours later.


 * St inga began on July 18 to add associated acts, for instance adding Future, Young Thug and Wiz Khalifa to Trae tha Truth. The same artists had previously been added by confirmed sock Leathersosoft.


 * Cazchise also began on July 18 to add associated acts. The next day, Cazchise added French Montana to Lil Durk, which had previously been added by confirmed sock Leathersosoft. Similarly, suspected sock St inga added ASAP Ferg and Skippa da Flippa to Lil Yachty on July 22, which was reverted, but Cazchise restored these and more on July 27.


 * Adamleggings began on July 25 to add associated acts, starting with the Donald Glover biography which had already been under the attention of confirmed socks Juvenile3001 and DIT39, as well as some Florida IPs. Juvenile3001 added a bunch of names including Ludwig Göransson, followed by DIT39 doing the same, then Adamleggings came along and added Ludwig Göransson. Florida IP added Machine Gun Kelly to Sean Combs, which was reverted, then Adamleggings made the same edit.


 * Donttellmewhattodo69 started editing on July 26, including adding Illmind to Joell Ortiz. Illmind had previously been added by checkuser blocked Florida IP 104.136.95.180.


 * I love sonny D also began editing on July 26, starting with Busta Rhymes which had already been of interest to confirmed socks Wessantana, Chinkyz, Birdmann20, Juvenile3001 and Juniormatsinabe. Suspected sock I love sonny D added Missy Elliott, Pharrell and DJ Khaled. Confirmed socks had previously added Missy Elliott, DJ Khaled, and Pharrell.


 * Eurofan86 began editing on July 29 by adding the Neptunes to Slim Thug. The same edit had already been made by one Florida IP, and also a second Florida IP. Eurofan86 also went to the T.I. biography to add a bunch of associated acts including Travis Scott, who had previously been added by suspected sock NestIlEz.


 * Dvko's first edit was to add associated acts to Playboi Carti, a biography that had previously seen confirmed socks and Florida IPs adding associated acts. After Dvko, suspected sock Adamleggings also changed the associated acts.


 * I don't endorse the addition of Eurofan88 to this report, as that account was registered four years ago and the person has contributed positively. Binksternet (talk) 20:32, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * Just to add I originally created an SPI at Sockpuppet investigations/Eurofan88 however Binksternet made aware of this so redirected that SPI here, Thanks, – Davey 2010 Talk 19:58, 3 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Also I don't want to interfere with the above but could someone check whether is related at all as I had only reported 86 and 88 at the above SPI, Thanks, – Davey 2010 Talk 20:00, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I've added it above. That's very duckish! SmartSE (talk) 20:08, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks :), – Davey 2010 Talk 20:10, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Early edits like this are pretty suspicious IMO. Where on earth did they get the date of birth of an obscure polish musician from? An image by the same filename (could be a different photo) was uploaded to commons by another user which is another redflag for me. Here's a more recent example of another unsourced DOB in an article that was previously deleted at AFD. This, the fact that their edits are almost exclusively music-related seems to merit a check. SmartSE (talk) 21:19, 3 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment has since been blocked as per Sockpuppet investigations/John Kwiecinski. – Davey 2010 Talk 15:52, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

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Checkuser Comments - since there is no accurate data for the original account in this chain, I will simply link the identified socks. The following are ✅ to each other, and to recently blocked socks in the same SPI:

Several of these accounts are already blocked, but not all of them. Risker (talk) 03:51, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

To clarify, the following are ❌: Risker (talk) 03:57, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
 * , what do you make of this? Drmies (talk) 11:46, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
 * All blocked and IPs are inactive. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:57, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

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This account has already been blocked as a sock, but based on the volume of accounts in the above case, I'm guessing you may wish to run a sleeper check. Home Lander (talk) 19:24, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * No need for sleepers check. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:58, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

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Endrias Kassa is very interested in the infobox parameter "associated acts", in the same manner as previous socks and IPs from Orlando, Florida, and on the same articles. The first edit by Endrias Kassa was this one on the Kendrick Lamar biography, where Orlando IP 172.58.174.243 had also changed the associated acts. At the Mike Will Made It biography, Endrias Kassa and confirmed sock Wessantana both changed the associated acts listings, while providing edit summaries with a similar style. Confirmed sock Maracambe put associated acts in alphabetical order, stating so in the edit summary, and likewise Endrias Kassa. Checkuser requested to verify the connection. Binksternet (talk) 18:53, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

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❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:03, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Enough behavioral differences that given the CU results, a block isn't justified. Closing with no action. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:32, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

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Chicksfromvenus is another username that is focused primarily on promoting rappers by adding associated acts to rapper biographies. Registered two days after Orlando, Florida, IP 104.136.65.134 was blocked, the user has made many of the same edits as confirmed MusicLover650 socks, for instance changing the infobox from musical artist to person at the Wiz Khalifa biography, while adding associated acts. Chicksfromvenus restored the edits of IP 104.136.65.134 at the article about Cash Money Records. Binksternet (talk) 06:19, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * ✅ the account, blocked. Courcelles (talk) 18:13, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Tagged sockpuppet. Sro23 (talk) 23:18, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

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To paraphrase the last SPI, Benarnold99 is another username that is focused primarily on promoting rappers by adding associated acts to rapper biographies. Registered soon after the last sock Chicksfromvenus was blocked, the user has edit some of the same articles as confirmed MusicLover650 socks, for instance expanding  Blac Youngsta which was started by the last sock Chicksfromvenus. duffbeerforme (talk) 12:13, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus:
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:35, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:35, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:35, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:35, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:35, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
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 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:35, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:35, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:35, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

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Same MO as the PM, superfluous additions to Associated Acts on Chris Brown and Ty$ for instance.

User Benarnold99 added names to AA list on Nas and was subsequently confirmed as a sock, blocked, and this user added them after the fact. JesseRafe (talk) 15:32, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

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❌. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:10, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

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Checkuser not needed, as behavior is obvious. MusicLover650 was very much concerned about the "associated acts" parameter in the infobox, leaving edit summaries arguing about how this and that artist should qualify. The IP6 range has been doing the same thing, with one of them blocked recently for disruption, and another coming to my talk page to deliver a personal attack. Here are the revealing edit summaries left by RedNinja567, and the ones left by previous socks. Binksternet (talk) 00:13, 30 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Dang, I have to reconsider my assessment about the IP range because of one edit summary, "view source", which is only used by the dog and rapper vandal. Binksternet (talk) 01:23, 31 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Changing CU status, to check out this connection. Binksternet (talk) 01:24, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

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 * - As the request for CU is based on connecting the IP to another LTA, and CU cannot connect IPs to accounts publicly. TonyBallioni (talk) 03:03, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus:
 * . I am unfamiliar with Sockpuppet investigations/John Kwiecinski. Briefly looking at it, it appears that the key difference between that case and this one is that this master targets rappers, whereas Kwiecinski targets rappers and dog articles. probably knows more details. In any event, in my check I came across several CU-blocked Kwiecinski socks, and they are ✅ from the MusicLover650 socks. I also didn't notice any of those socks editing dog articles. Finally, .--Bbb23 (talk) 04:00, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * All the listed accounts are blocked, and the IPs haven't edited since December, so it seems like there's nothing else left to do here. Closing. Deskana (talk) 21:40, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
 * . I am unfamiliar with Sockpuppet investigations/John Kwiecinski. Briefly looking at it, it appears that the key difference between that case and this one is that this master targets rappers, whereas Kwiecinski targets rappers and dog articles. probably knows more details. In any event, in my check I came across several CU-blocked Kwiecinski socks, and they are ✅ from the MusicLover650 socks. I also didn't notice any of those socks editing dog articles. Finally, .--Bbb23 (talk) 04:00, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * All the listed accounts are blocked, and the IPs haven't edited since December, so it seems like there's nothing else left to do here. Closing. Deskana (talk) 21:40, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
 * . I am unfamiliar with Sockpuppet investigations/John Kwiecinski. Briefly looking at it, it appears that the key difference between that case and this one is that this master targets rappers, whereas Kwiecinski targets rappers and dog articles. probably knows more details. In any event, in my check I came across several CU-blocked Kwiecinski socks, and they are ✅ from the MusicLover650 socks. I also didn't notice any of those socks editing dog articles. Finally, .--Bbb23 (talk) 04:00, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * All the listed accounts are blocked, and the IPs haven't edited since December, so it seems like there's nothing else left to do here. Closing. Deskana (talk) 21:40, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
 * . I am unfamiliar with Sockpuppet investigations/John Kwiecinski. Briefly looking at it, it appears that the key difference between that case and this one is that this master targets rappers, whereas Kwiecinski targets rappers and dog articles. probably knows more details. In any event, in my check I came across several CU-blocked Kwiecinski socks, and they are ✅ from the MusicLover650 socks. I also didn't notice any of those socks editing dog articles. Finally, .--Bbb23 (talk) 04:00, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * All the listed accounts are blocked, and the IPs haven't edited since December, so it seems like there's nothing else left to do here. Closing. Deskana (talk) 21:40, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

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IP has made four edits, two being blatant vandalism, two being to inquire about the dog and rapper vandal who is apparently MusicLover650. Someone editing from DRV's range posted on my talk page on Meta Wiki not to long ago regarding the DRV, probably DRV himself, sounds to me like this IP follows DRV's MO. Even if not, this could be a case of WP:NOTHERE. PCHS-NJROTC (Messages)Have a blessed day. 15:10, 22 March 2019 (UTC) PCHS-NJROTC  (Messages)Have a blessed day. 15:10, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

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 * IP edits too old. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 16:57, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

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See below. Bbb23 (talk) 01:00, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other and to previous socks:
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:01, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:01, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:01, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:01, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
 * . Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:01, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

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Similar behaviour as described on LTA page: MrClog (talk) 17:24, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

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 * No activity, the IP is .  Vanjagenije  (talk)  07:59, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

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Vandalizing rapper articles with associated acts. Found by Binksternet. Jip Orlando (talk) 16:12, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * It's bigger than just one IP6. The large /43 range is involved. Check out Special:Contributions/2601:583:600:3A90:0:0:0:0/43. Binksternet (talk) 18:48, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * It's a Comcast v6 range out of Florida, and it includes 2601:583:600:8368::/64, which has been previously blocked. I'm going to go with the /48, because I don't see any edits from that /43 that aren't also included in the /48. ST47 (talk) 21:37, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

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Another "music programmer" editor, just like all of MusicLover650's accounts. Makes a minimal change in one edit on electronic music producer articles by adding "music programmer" to the lead and changing the infobox occupations (such as by expanding "DJ" to "Disc jockey"), making the associated acts list vertical, changing the genres or replacing the stage name with the surname in the image caption. Similarly to the other accounts, most other edits are on rappers.

Electronic producer diffs from Jandon l:
 * Kygo

Electronic producer diffs from other MusicLover650 accounts:
 * Flume
 * DJ Snake
 * Gesaffelstein

Rapper diffs from Jandon l:
 * Bobby Shmurda
 * Ty Dolla Sign (did the same thing to the short description as on Gesaffelstein)
 * Young Thug
 * Lil Yachty
 * Jeremih
 * 21 Savage

Rapper diffs from other MusicLover650 accounts:
 * Bobby Shmurda (virtually an identical edit and edit summary)
 * Young Thug
 * Jeremih
 * 21 Savage · • SUM1 • ·    (talk) 05:51, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * - ST47 (talk) 18:59, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Jandon l is ✅ to the following accounts:
 * , closing. ST47 (talk) 19:07, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , closing. ST47 (talk) 19:07, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , closing. ST47 (talk) 19:07, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , closing. ST47 (talk) 19:07, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , closing. ST47 (talk) 19:07, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , closing. ST47 (talk) 19:07, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , closing. ST47 (talk) 19:07, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , closing. ST47 (talk) 19:07, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * + every other sock under Sockpuppet investigations/Thiyojs/Archive

Thiyois and all his socks were already investigated and banned, but they were wrongly assigned as being a single case. They are all sockpuppets of MusicLover650, and they need to be reorganised. Same "music programmer" additions to electronic music producer articles, same associated acts edits, same edits to primarily rapper articles.

Electronic producer diffs from Thiyojs accounts:
 * DJ Snake
 * Carnage (DJ)

Electronic producer diffs from MusicLover650 accounts:
 * Flume
 * Gesaffelstein

Rapper diffs from Thiyojs accounts:
 * Bobby Shmurda
 * Jeremih

Rapper diffs from MusicLover650 accounts:
 * Bobby Shmurda (virtually an identical edit and edit summary)
 * Young Thug
 * Jeremih
 * 21 Savage · • SUM1 • ·    (talk) 00:53, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

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because the account is stale. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:28, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:16, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

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All of these accounts were fiddling with "associated acts" in the infobox of rapper biographies.

This vandal sometimes makes an edit summary with just the name of the new addition."screwball" was added byIDontBelieveInTime, "jetsonmade" was added by ChristianCanada.

Special:Contributions/StevenIs8000 built up their edit history in the exact same pattern as blocked socks Special:Contributions/2 Kings and Special:Contributions/Orversace, first making some article edits, then messing with user pages to increase the edit count in preparation for gaining access to protected articles.

Checkuser requested to find sleepers. Binksternet (talk) 21:56, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 00:00, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ChristianCanada and IDontBelieveInTime are to each other on the technical data, but apparently unrelated to MusicLover.  It's possible those two should be broken out into their own case.  StevenIs8000 is ❌ to those two, but based on CU logs, they are  to, a 2-year old confirmed sock from the archives.    There's enough uncertainty here that I didn't try to look for sleepers.  I'll leave the blocking and tagging to a clerk after they figure out if a case split makes sense or not. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:34, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I took another look at this. I'm still unsure what should be done with ChristianCanada and IDontBelieveInTime, but at this point, neither one has edited in 6 weeks so it's not worth worrying about.  I've tagged StevenIs8000 as suspected and I think that's all we can do here.  Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:16, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

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Similar behaviour to dog and rapper vandal's past behaviour, including expanding the AAs of rappers to unreasonable levels. See and. There's also crosswiki evidence such as which is the user reverting my reversion of DRV's additions CiphriusKane (talk) 13:22, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * I see I already tagged StevenIs8000 as a MusicLover650 sock, so moving this day section to that case. -- RoySmith (talk) 04:58, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)

- Bloombergh was created right after a user left a message on ChristianCanada's talk page because their edits on discography pages were against the MOS --FMSky --(talk) 10:40, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ty_Dolla_Sign_discography&diff=prev&oldid=1099130159
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keri_Hilson_discography&diff=prev&oldid=1096821387

Both accounts are also very very likely socks of user Pompous Retail / Terry g. bishop, but checkuser won't work for that anymore--FMSky (talk) 10:51, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  12:11, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
 * is confirmed to, a blocked sock of (and I see that they show up in a previous report in the archives of that SPI case, someone has had suspicions on that front before).
 * is using an IP range that geolocates to a different part of the same large country; they are using exactly the same (common) UA however, and showing up at the same pages to make the same changes is rather ducky. I'm going to move this over to the MusicLover650 case, block both accounts, tag CC as confirmed and Bloombergh as suspected. There isn't much to go on to make the connection with the Pompous Retail case, but the CU logs do put Pompous Retail and ChristianCanada in the same city; that case may very well be connected to this one, but I'm going to leave it where it is for now. Girth Summit  (blether)  12:24, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * ( originally filed under this user)

WP:DUCK to : Special:Diff/1122368274 vs. Special:Diff/1123194267, Special:Diff/1122398879 vs. Special:Diff/1123157813. Muhandes (talk) 11:58, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * - I ran a check, but there are a lot of IPs so sift through: so far, I've established that is confirmed to the following accounts:
 * There may be other accounts; I haven't yet been able to establish whether or not they are connected to the other accounts in this case, or any other case, but I suspect that it may be . I need to spend some more time on this, but have to dash now - I'll try to come to it later today, or any other CU can pick up where I've left off.  Girth Summit  (blether)  13:13, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
 * OK, I've been staring at IP addresses for too long. Here's what I find:
 * The accounts Bra1nwashin, FarrahNahwar, CollectingDogs and LifesKindaCoolSometimes are ✅ to one another, and their IP data is consistent with what I see in recent MusicLover650 cases; their editing interests seem like a good match for that case. I'm blocking; they should probably be tagged as confirmed to each other, and suspected to MusicLover.
 * They aren't a good match for the other accounts in this case. Their UAs are different, and most of their edits are from separate ranges. They do overlap slightly on one very wide cellphone range, but on its own I wouldn't read too much into that. The overlapping behaviour is suspicious, of course, but a strong behavioural similarity would be needed to make a connection.
 * - please review the notes above, and either (a) move the accounts I've listed into the MusicLover650 case, or (b) if you feel the behavioural evidence is strong enough, move the whole case over there, then tag accordingly.  Girth Summit  (blether)  14:08, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Moved, tagging, closing. MarioGom (talk) 23:53, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * They aren't a good match for the other accounts in this case. Their UAs are different, and most of their edits are from separate ranges. They do overlap slightly on one very wide cellphone range, but on its own I wouldn't read too much into that. The overlapping behaviour is suspicious, of course, but a strong behavioural similarity would be needed to make a connection.
 * - please review the notes above, and either (a) move the accounts I've listed into the MusicLover650 case, or (b) if you feel the behavioural evidence is strong enough, move the whole case over there, then tag accordingly.  Girth Summit  (blether)  14:08, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Moved, tagging, closing. MarioGom (talk) 23:53, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * ( originally filed under this user)

WP:DUCK, redoing the same page the other socks wrote. Muhandes (talk) 14:06, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * 5iveway is from a technical perspective, but the recreation of the article linked in the case filing smacks of meatpuppetry. Blocked as suspected. Additionally, while running the CU, I found, who is ✅ to LifesKindaCoolSometimes and co. Everyone is blocked, awaiting tags. Moving to  - handle this section like you handle the 23 Nov section, please. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:34, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Moving and closing. MarioGom (talk) 23:57, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

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MusicLover650 and socks were known for emphasizing rappers as being connected in groups as collaborators, adding lots of unsupported names to the "associated acts" parameter. In a similar manner, sockpuppet pushed the idea that groups of rappers were connected as "spinoffs" of influential leaders. ChristianCanada suggested at Template talk:Infobox musical artist that a new parameter should be added to the infobox to accommodate his idea. See Template talk:Infobox musical artist/Archive 16. Nearly a year later, StreetKnockerzEnt made almost the same request, asking that a new parameter should be added to allow for rappers to be grouped as "Protégé"[s] of influential leaders.

ChristianCanada was blocked on July 21, 2022. StreetKnockerzEnt registered the username in December 2022. Both of them have the same diurnal pattern, taking a break from 05:00 to 11:00 UTC. The editing intersection of both accounts is extremely wide. They both changed the "origin" parameter for Tupac, Both accounts were adept at adding "child" templates to infoboxes.

Checkuser requested to make certain, and to check for sleepers. Binksternet (talk) 06:12, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * - --  Amanda (she/her)  21:07, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
 * All identified similarities seem plausible as coincidences for two editors with the same interests. . --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 04:57, 14 June 2023 (UTC)