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These accounts were created five days apart; the master was created first, but the sock edited first. Both are SPA on Eshal Fayyaz (which The Educationist Owl created, and most notably, Owl's sandbox compared with Ahmed's userpage, show the same personal information. It is extraordinarily unlikely that there are two "Pakistani university lecturers" with the same three degrees working on the same article who created their accounts at almost the same time.  They're also playing a little bit of good hand, bad hand - Educationist Owl claims suddenly to be a photographer able to get personal backstage photos of the article subject while Ahmed recently claimed to have no relation to the subject. They're clearly the same person, and there's no reason not to think there may be more socks out there. MSJapan (talk) 20:50, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * This case has mushroomed from one that involved one Pakistani actress article into what appears to be a paid editing case.
 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, taggged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:29, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, taggged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:29, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, taggged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:29, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, taggged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:29, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
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 * Blocked, taggged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:29, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, taggged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:29, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, taggged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:29, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
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 * Blocked, taggged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:29, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, taggged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:29, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, taggged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:29, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, taggged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:29, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, taggged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:29, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, taggged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:29, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

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Foxdeltahawk22
 * Ok so this is a complicated one. First note that is a confirmed sockpuppeteer. This user (foxdeltahawk22) just created DECODED Sexes. A matching page (DeCODED Sexes) was recently deleted. This matching page was created by . This user (Rtre...) is a confirmed sockpuppet of . Thus it follows that Foxdelta is also a sockpuppet.

Tryeuwer1122
 * This one is also complicated. An image that was uploaded to commons by one of the many sockpuppets of Awais (commons:File:Vape Shoreditch.jpg) appears in an article Vape Shoreditch. This article has a sole editor: . I'm fairly confident this is another sockpuppet.


 * Note that if either of these explanations is not clear, please ping me and I will try to explain it better. -- Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 15:38, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * and are ✅ to each other as well as to the socks from 's check from August 2nd.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  17:03, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. Closing.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:23, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

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All three users are contributing to Ifeanyichukwu Onyeabo. The ONLY edits by the suspected puppets are removing WP:PROD templates form the page. Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 15:22, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
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 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
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 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

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Created Decoded Sexes which matches DECODED Sexes. This second page was repeatedly created and edited by Foxdeltahawk22, a confirmed sock puppet of User:Awais Azad Zackmann08  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 18:04, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

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The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:07, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:07, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:07, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:07, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:07, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

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Wasn't going to file since this is probably stale to the master, but then more socking showed up. Spray787 re-created Richard Mason (singer) (now at AfD), and Richard Mason(musician) now redirected to the former. Today Erree334 shows up and with his first edit removes the AfD template from the article. Crow Caw  17:01, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * ,,  and  are all ✅ socks of the this promtional/paid editing sockfarm. I'll block the accounts,  if a Clerk could please move this report to the correct master. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  17:18, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
 * This report is copied from Sockpuppet investigations/Mason8252 and closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:24, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

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New account, created Richard Mason (singer) which was just CU deleted yesterday. Given the rate he makes socks, a check may be in order, at your discretion of course. Crow Caw  16:40, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged based on behavior. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:23, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

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New user engaging in recreation of Eshal Fayyaz article, and IIRC uploaded the same magazine cover of her previously used, and which he claims as his own work. Someone has also pinged him for a paid editing issue elsewhere. MSJapan (talk) 19:24, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

The user has just made his connection to the master clear here. MSJapan (talk) 19:47, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:11, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:11, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:11, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
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 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:11, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

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Draft:DeCODED Sexes is a page that Awais Azad has created MANY times. Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 20:32, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged as obvious. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:12, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

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repeated recreation of Wafaa khalifa. Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 20:35, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:34, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:34, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:34, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:34, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:34, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:34, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:34, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:34, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:34, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:34, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:34, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
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 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:34, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

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User:BlogDex recreated the same article on BlogRex with hoax Huffington Post sources that indef-blocked User:NoobBoyAli did a few days earlier. McGeddon (talk) 09:12, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 20:53, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

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New account creating The decoded sexes, a page created by several past Azad socks under slightly different titles. McGeddon (talk) 10:06, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:13, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

05 November 2015

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Same person promoting himself and his book on User:OfficialPankajPatidar, in Pankaj Patidar, and in You Can Hack : The Art Of Exploitation. Sam Sailor Talk! 13:13, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

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, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:46, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

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All SPA users only here to promote Pankaj Patidar (or Pankaj patidar). GSS (talk) 13:10, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * . All blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:08, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

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Both editors are undisclosed paid editors who have created very similar articles about Ray McCort.
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 * 1900toni - duffbeerforme (talk) 07:45, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' I have no concern with any of accounts mentioned above or below, I use a global VPN while making edits so maybe that caused conflict of these accounts with mine. Please look into this. And for Ray McCort page I didn't created it, I just moved the draft to my sandbox to re-create it and then wanted to submit it from there. The discussion is going on the Draft: Ray McCort. 1900toni (talk) 14:24, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Articles are indeed almost identical.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:50, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to from Sockpuppet investigations/OfficialPankajPatidar/Archive:


 * The accounts have all been blocked, but significant clean-up will likely be needed as this certainly appears to be paid editing. The case should also be moved to Sockpuppet investigations/OfficialPankajPatidar. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 23:28, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
 * was 1900toni unrelated to this group? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:33, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * You might want to keep an eye on Sockpuppet investigations/Nscharan007. GABgab 15:52, 14 October 2016 (UTC)


 * is to be directly related to the group of socks above.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  15:59, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅, merged.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:24, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

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Both accounts are single-purpose accounts that serve only to publish the repeatedly-recreated article Peter A Gallo. Citobun (talk) 14:20, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Please block the sock indef and the master for 3 days. Thanks, GABgab 19:10, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:31, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

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!Vote stacking at Articles for deletion/Mindstir Media. JessikaRita has a short history of throw away keep comments at afd  and has done little else. Melanie98765 is a new account that was created just to !vote in the above afd. Riferbare. After some busy work typical of socks to increase their edit count this account has done very little other than !vote at afds. duffbeerforme (talk) 04:33, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * Some or all of the accounts are matches to 's socks but . There are at least two patterns of behavior. Whether that means there are two masters is hard to say.
 * JessikaRita and Melanie98765 are ❌ to each other and to the above accounts.
 * I've blocked all the confirmed accounts without tags. I'll leave it to a clerk to sort this out.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Should we block the master? Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  05:00, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I would say no, the master and Melanie98765 are probably just new users. I'm having a look at the confirmed accounts. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:54, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Some or all of the accounts are matches to 's socks but . There are at least two patterns of behavior. Whether that means there are two masters is hard to say.
 * JessikaRita and Melanie98765 are ❌ to each other and to the above accounts.
 * I've blocked all the confirmed accounts without tags. I'll leave it to a clerk to sort this out.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Should we block the master? Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  05:00, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I would say no, the master and Melanie98765 are probably just new users. I'm having a look at the confirmed accounts. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:54, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Some or all of the accounts are matches to 's socks but . There are at least two patterns of behavior. Whether that means there are two masters is hard to say.
 * JessikaRita and Melanie98765 are ❌ to each other and to the above accounts.
 * I've blocked all the confirmed accounts without tags. I'll leave it to a clerk to sort this out.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Should we block the master? Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  05:00, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I would say no, the master and Melanie98765 are probably just new users. I'm having a look at the confirmed accounts. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:54, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Some or all of the accounts are matches to 's socks but . There are at least two patterns of behavior. Whether that means there are two masters is hard to say.
 * JessikaRita and Melanie98765 are ❌ to each other and to the above accounts.
 * I've blocked all the confirmed accounts without tags. I'll leave it to a clerk to sort this out.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Should we block the master? Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  05:00, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I would say no, the master and Melanie98765 are probably just new users. I'm having a look at the confirmed accounts. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:54, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Some or all of the accounts are matches to 's socks but . There are at least two patterns of behavior. Whether that means there are two masters is hard to say.
 * JessikaRita and Melanie98765 are ❌ to each other and to the above accounts.
 * I've blocked all the confirmed accounts without tags. I'll leave it to a clerk to sort this out.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Should we block the master? Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  05:00, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I would say no, the master and Melanie98765 are probably just new users. I'm having a look at the confirmed accounts. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:54, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Some or all of the accounts are matches to 's socks but . There are at least two patterns of behavior. Whether that means there are two masters is hard to say.
 * JessikaRita and Melanie98765 are ❌ to each other and to the above accounts.
 * I've blocked all the confirmed accounts without tags. I'll leave it to a clerk to sort this out.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Should we block the master? Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  05:00, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I would say no, the master and Melanie98765 are probably just new users. I'm having a look at the confirmed accounts. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:54, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Some or all of the accounts are matches to 's socks but . There are at least two patterns of behavior. Whether that means there are two masters is hard to say.
 * JessikaRita and Melanie98765 are ❌ to each other and to the above accounts.
 * I've blocked all the confirmed accounts without tags. I'll leave it to a clerk to sort this out.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:04, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Should we block the master? Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  05:00, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I would say no, the master and Melanie98765 are probably just new users. I'm having a look at the confirmed accounts. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:54, 10 November 2016 (UTC)


 * I see the two patterns and likely a third pattern, however [both/all] of these patterns are also evident in previously CU-confirmed OfficialPankajPatidar socks, and some of the accounts show more than one of the patterns. Strongly indicates a promo farm; at least one of the accounts disclosed to paid editing. Overall my opinion is that it's one user behind all of the accounts. However, JessikaRita and Melanie98765 are neither technical matches nor behavioural matches for any of the patterns. While I proceed with tagging, an admin clerk should merge this with Sockpuppet investigations/OfficialPankajPatidar. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:16, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ and closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:50, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

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Banty Banty 123 is an undeclared shill like many of the socks used here. A bit of overlap ties this account to this farm.

Specific to this sock farm
 * Traedakidd is a creation of this sock farm . Banty Banty 123 edited this page and !voted to keep it at afd . (And the IP removed the prod  and I believe a speedy from another now deleted page connected to this farm).
 * ChapoBanz was a creation of this sock farm User:Iamcb111/sandbox. Banty Banty 123 has created a new draft Draft:Chapo Banz.

General paid promotion
 * Hexaview Technologies was deleted 25 October 2016. Banty Banty 123 has created a new draft Draft:Hexaview Technologies.
 * Draft:Softjourn was rejected as reading more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia.

Given the size and continuing socking a checkuser may be best to find others. duffbeerforme (talk) 01:29, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * This may be related. Sam Walton (talk) 18:39, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Awais Azadi has edits in common with Usman Khalil on the Frederick Achom & Imran Khan articles. Shearonink (talk) 21:15, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

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. Just as before, the check produces messy results. I believe I've finished the check, but organizing it into some coherent form will take a bit of time, and at the moment I have a headache. Hopefully later today.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:14, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Group 1 – the following accounts are to each other:
 * Group 2 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and to and to ’s socks:
 * Group 3 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and to :
 * Group 4 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and to ’s socks:
 * Group 5 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and ❌ to any other accounts:
 * With the exception of Group 5, I would not bother trying to determine whether there is a single master or more than one. I would lump all of them together as socks of OfficialPankajPatidar. Sockpuppet investigations/Awais Azad and Sockpuppet investigations/Royal Club 2 should be merged into this one (Official is the oldest account). In the meantime, I've blocked all the accounts without tags and will let the clerk sort out the merging and tagging. I also recommend that editors take a look at the articles and drafts created by these accounts to see if they should be deleted (if an administrator) or tagged as G5. The drafts in some ways are more important because they will receive less scrutiny than the articles. Also, those articles that are ineligible for A7 are less likely to be deleted than others because taking them to AfD is more work.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging done (ack). Can an admin clerk please help out with the merging? Thanks, GABgab 20:18, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. Those two cases are now merged into this one. All socks are tagged with OfficialPankajPatidar as the master.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:12, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Group 3 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and to :
 * Group 4 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and to ’s socks:
 * Group 5 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and ❌ to any other accounts:
 * With the exception of Group 5, I would not bother trying to determine whether there is a single master or more than one. I would lump all of them together as socks of OfficialPankajPatidar. Sockpuppet investigations/Awais Azad and Sockpuppet investigations/Royal Club 2 should be merged into this one (Official is the oldest account). In the meantime, I've blocked all the accounts without tags and will let the clerk sort out the merging and tagging. I also recommend that editors take a look at the articles and drafts created by these accounts to see if they should be deleted (if an administrator) or tagged as G5. The drafts in some ways are more important because they will receive less scrutiny than the articles. Also, those articles that are ineligible for A7 are less likely to be deleted than others because taking them to AfD is more work.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging done (ack). Can an admin clerk please help out with the merging? Thanks, GABgab 20:18, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. Those two cases are now merged into this one. All socks are tagged with OfficialPankajPatidar as the master.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:12, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Group 3 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and to :
 * Group 4 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and to ’s socks:
 * Group 5 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and ❌ to any other accounts:
 * With the exception of Group 5, I would not bother trying to determine whether there is a single master or more than one. I would lump all of them together as socks of OfficialPankajPatidar. Sockpuppet investigations/Awais Azad and Sockpuppet investigations/Royal Club 2 should be merged into this one (Official is the oldest account). In the meantime, I've blocked all the accounts without tags and will let the clerk sort out the merging and tagging. I also recommend that editors take a look at the articles and drafts created by these accounts to see if they should be deleted (if an administrator) or tagged as G5. The drafts in some ways are more important because they will receive less scrutiny than the articles. Also, those articles that are ineligible for A7 are less likely to be deleted than others because taking them to AfD is more work.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging done (ack). Can an admin clerk please help out with the merging? Thanks, GABgab 20:18, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. Those two cases are now merged into this one. All socks are tagged with OfficialPankajPatidar as the master.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:12, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Group 3 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and to :
 * Group 4 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and to ’s socks:
 * Group 5 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and ❌ to any other accounts:
 * With the exception of Group 5, I would not bother trying to determine whether there is a single master or more than one. I would lump all of them together as socks of OfficialPankajPatidar. Sockpuppet investigations/Awais Azad and Sockpuppet investigations/Royal Club 2 should be merged into this one (Official is the oldest account). In the meantime, I've blocked all the accounts without tags and will let the clerk sort out the merging and tagging. I also recommend that editors take a look at the articles and drafts created by these accounts to see if they should be deleted (if an administrator) or tagged as G5. The drafts in some ways are more important because they will receive less scrutiny than the articles. Also, those articles that are ineligible for A7 are less likely to be deleted than others because taking them to AfD is more work.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging done (ack). Can an admin clerk please help out with the merging? Thanks, GABgab 20:18, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. Those two cases are now merged into this one. All socks are tagged with OfficialPankajPatidar as the master.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:12, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Group 4 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and to ’s socks:
 * Group 5 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and ❌ to any other accounts:
 * With the exception of Group 5, I would not bother trying to determine whether there is a single master or more than one. I would lump all of them together as socks of OfficialPankajPatidar. Sockpuppet investigations/Awais Azad and Sockpuppet investigations/Royal Club 2 should be merged into this one (Official is the oldest account). In the meantime, I've blocked all the accounts without tags and will let the clerk sort out the merging and tagging. I also recommend that editors take a look at the articles and drafts created by these accounts to see if they should be deleted (if an administrator) or tagged as G5. The drafts in some ways are more important because they will receive less scrutiny than the articles. Also, those articles that are ineligible for A7 are less likely to be deleted than others because taking them to AfD is more work.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging done (ack). Can an admin clerk please help out with the merging? Thanks, GABgab 20:18, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. Those two cases are now merged into this one. All socks are tagged with OfficialPankajPatidar as the master.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:12, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Group 4 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and to ’s socks:
 * Group 5 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and ❌ to any other accounts:
 * With the exception of Group 5, I would not bother trying to determine whether there is a single master or more than one. I would lump all of them together as socks of OfficialPankajPatidar. Sockpuppet investigations/Awais Azad and Sockpuppet investigations/Royal Club 2 should be merged into this one (Official is the oldest account). In the meantime, I've blocked all the accounts without tags and will let the clerk sort out the merging and tagging. I also recommend that editors take a look at the articles and drafts created by these accounts to see if they should be deleted (if an administrator) or tagged as G5. The drafts in some ways are more important because they will receive less scrutiny than the articles. Also, those articles that are ineligible for A7 are less likely to be deleted than others because taking them to AfD is more work.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging done (ack). Can an admin clerk please help out with the merging? Thanks, GABgab 20:18, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. Those two cases are now merged into this one. All socks are tagged with OfficialPankajPatidar as the master.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:12, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Group 5 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and ❌ to any other accounts:
 * With the exception of Group 5, I would not bother trying to determine whether there is a single master or more than one. I would lump all of them together as socks of OfficialPankajPatidar. Sockpuppet investigations/Awais Azad and Sockpuppet investigations/Royal Club 2 should be merged into this one (Official is the oldest account). In the meantime, I've blocked all the accounts without tags and will let the clerk sort out the merging and tagging. I also recommend that editors take a look at the articles and drafts created by these accounts to see if they should be deleted (if an administrator) or tagged as G5. The drafts in some ways are more important because they will receive less scrutiny than the articles. Also, those articles that are ineligible for A7 are less likely to be deleted than others because taking them to AfD is more work.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging done (ack). Can an admin clerk please help out with the merging? Thanks, GABgab 20:18, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. Those two cases are now merged into this one. All socks are tagged with OfficialPankajPatidar as the master.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:12, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Group 5 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and ❌ to any other accounts:
 * With the exception of Group 5, I would not bother trying to determine whether there is a single master or more than one. I would lump all of them together as socks of OfficialPankajPatidar. Sockpuppet investigations/Awais Azad and Sockpuppet investigations/Royal Club 2 should be merged into this one (Official is the oldest account). In the meantime, I've blocked all the accounts without tags and will let the clerk sort out the merging and tagging. I also recommend that editors take a look at the articles and drafts created by these accounts to see if they should be deleted (if an administrator) or tagged as G5. The drafts in some ways are more important because they will receive less scrutiny than the articles. Also, those articles that are ineligible for A7 are less likely to be deleted than others because taking them to AfD is more work.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging done (ack). Can an admin clerk please help out with the merging? Thanks, GABgab 20:18, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. Those two cases are now merged into this one. All socks are tagged with OfficialPankajPatidar as the master.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:12, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Group 5 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other and ❌ to any other accounts:
 * With the exception of Group 5, I would not bother trying to determine whether there is a single master or more than one. I would lump all of them together as socks of OfficialPankajPatidar. Sockpuppet investigations/Awais Azad and Sockpuppet investigations/Royal Club 2 should be merged into this one (Official is the oldest account). In the meantime, I've blocked all the accounts without tags and will let the clerk sort out the merging and tagging. I also recommend that editors take a look at the articles and drafts created by these accounts to see if they should be deleted (if an administrator) or tagged as G5. The drafts in some ways are more important because they will receive less scrutiny than the articles. Also, those articles that are ineligible for A7 are less likely to be deleted than others because taking them to AfD is more work.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging done (ack). Can an admin clerk please help out with the merging? Thanks, GABgab 20:18, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. Those two cases are now merged into this one. All socks are tagged with OfficialPankajPatidar as the master.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:12, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * With the exception of Group 5, I would not bother trying to determine whether there is a single master or more than one. I would lump all of them together as socks of OfficialPankajPatidar. Sockpuppet investigations/Awais Azad and Sockpuppet investigations/Royal Club 2 should be merged into this one (Official is the oldest account). In the meantime, I've blocked all the accounts without tags and will let the clerk sort out the merging and tagging. I also recommend that editors take a look at the articles and drafts created by these accounts to see if they should be deleted (if an administrator) or tagged as G5. The drafts in some ways are more important because they will receive less scrutiny than the articles. Also, those articles that are ineligible for A7 are less likely to be deleted than others because taking them to AfD is more work.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging done (ack). Can an admin clerk please help out with the merging? Thanks, GABgab 20:18, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. Those two cases are now merged into this one. All socks are tagged with OfficialPankajPatidar as the master.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:12, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * With the exception of Group 5, I would not bother trying to determine whether there is a single master or more than one. I would lump all of them together as socks of OfficialPankajPatidar. Sockpuppet investigations/Awais Azad and Sockpuppet investigations/Royal Club 2 should be merged into this one (Official is the oldest account). In the meantime, I've blocked all the accounts without tags and will let the clerk sort out the merging and tagging. I also recommend that editors take a look at the articles and drafts created by these accounts to see if they should be deleted (if an administrator) or tagged as G5. The drafts in some ways are more important because they will receive less scrutiny than the articles. Also, those articles that are ineligible for A7 are less likely to be deleted than others because taking them to AfD is more work.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagging done (ack). Can an admin clerk please help out with the merging? Thanks, GABgab 20:18, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅. Those two cases are now merged into this one. All socks are tagged with OfficialPankajPatidar as the master.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:12, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

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New editor 2017 re-created Hexaview Technologies in a single paste from Banty Banty 123's Draft:Hexaview Technologies, very soon after new account creation:. Wikishovel (talk) 21:20, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

New baba created a burst of draft articles a few months ago, along with Ryan Hampton (political advocate), then went quiet. Last week and yesterday New editor 2017 uploaded and added new photos to the Ryan Hampton article:, which he says were emailed to him by the subject: , , etc. Also voted "keep" on AFD for Zigma8, an article created by a paid editor (now blocked):.

NovaGrace is a WP:SPA whose sole edits have been on Draft:Roderick Robertson, one of the drafts created by New baba, cleaning up and adding references, reverting a "submission declined" edit by another editor, and reverting the Commons Delinker bot.

Ziggiy's only edit so far was to create Draft:Blue Collar Hustle in a single edit 20 days ago, then edited yesterday by new account New editor 2017:. Wikishovel (talk) 16:17, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * Can someone please take a look at the posts from myself and from Sam Watson above re other possible associated accounts? Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 16:23, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * These accounts are ✅ to each other and to the master:


 * New baba is . NovaGrace and Ziggiy are ❌ to the master and to each other. Confirmed accounts blocked with tags.  I looked at 's talk page section and it seems that's a different master, which has been blocked and tagged – it's in Bbb23's Group 5 above.  Katietalk 19:45, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
 * accounts blocked and tagged already. No action for the unrelated and stale accounts, as they are unrelated and stale. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:56, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

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A bunch of promo accounts editing around a walled garden.

Donny Arcade Billy Carson Pantheon Elite Records United Family of Anomaly Hunters First Class Space Agency Anjolique Thomas Michael Scrøder Jensen

All four accounts started eding the same. User page, User talk, Sandbox. All in a period of 5 days. .

Pantheon Elite Records was founded by Billy Carson. Anjolique and Donny Arcade are with the label. All three appear on songs together.

United Family of Anomaly Hunters was founded by Billy Carson and Thomas Michael Scrøder Jensen.

First Class Space Agency was founded by Billy Carson. duffbeerforme (talk) 04:38, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked and tagged. Landscape1601 is about a month older than OfficialPankajPatidar, but we'll keep the master the same. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Landscape1601 is about a month older than OfficialPankajPatidar, but we'll keep the master the same. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Landscape1601 is about a month older than OfficialPankajPatidar, but we'll keep the master the same. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Landscape1601 is about a month older than OfficialPankajPatidar, but we'll keep the master the same. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Landscape1601 is about a month older than OfficialPankajPatidar, but we'll keep the master the same. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Landscape1601 is about a month older than OfficialPankajPatidar, but we'll keep the master the same. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Landscape1601 is about a month older than OfficialPankajPatidar, but we'll keep the master the same. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Landscape1601 is about a month older than OfficialPankajPatidar, but we'll keep the master the same. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Landscape1601 is about a month older than OfficialPankajPatidar, but we'll keep the master the same. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Landscape1601 is about a month older than OfficialPankajPatidar, but we'll keep the master the same. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Landscape1601 is about a month older than OfficialPankajPatidar, but we'll keep the master the same. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Landscape1601 is about a month older than OfficialPankajPatidar, but we'll keep the master the same. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Landscape1601 is about a month older than OfficialPankajPatidar, but we'll keep the master the same. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Landscape1601 is about a month older than OfficialPankajPatidar, but we'll keep the master the same. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

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Sonywaga1 essentially reposted the highly promotional Draft:E-Tabletop shortly after I deleted it the first time. 89 Buckeye "cleans up" Ready Pac Foods, created by Victor norad1. Victor norad1 and Donzack1 both showed up on Draft:Anne Hagan, which was created by Jhonnybonzala1 (also note the similar usernames). This appears to be a paid advocacy sock/meatfarm, and there are probably more accounts. MER-C 04:43, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

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I am not a sockpuppet. I do not work at a meatfarm. I am not being paid. I do not work for an ad agency. I am an out-of-work woman with a degree in journalism and not a lot of tech skills. So I thought it would be a good idea to try wikipedia to learn more tech skills. What a bad idea. I thought I wrote a very neutral article about a company that I like. Most of the products I like already had a wikipedia page so I had to search for a company that didn't have a page...Ready Pac Foods (they make yummy salad bowls). From the moment it was posted, I got trolled by editors who assumed I was up to no good. Now I have been investigated and my page was taken down. What a bad experience. I do not think I want to try any more. I spent so many hours researching the company and making sure I had a ton of sources. I also took feedback about making it "less promotional" so I tightened the story more. Don't you want companies to have a page on Wikipedia? Basically, this was a super sucky experience. Only one editor was kind to me and helped me. The rest of you are total #jerks. 89 Buckeye (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:39, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * Group 1 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * is ✅ to.
 * The Group 1 accounts are technically to OfficialPankajPatidar, and in my view the behavioral evidence connecting the accounts to that master is persuasive. Nontheless, it would be useful if a clerk or someone familiar with OfficialPankajPatidar could provide an opinion. For the moment, I will block the unblocked Group 1 accounts without tags and block and tag Jhonnybonzala1. Barring any hitches, this case should be merged with the OfficialPankajPatidar case and the accounts tagged.  (While I was checking, I blocked and tagged four obvious OfficialPankajPatidar socks.)
 * 89 Buckeye is ❌. They are not even editing from the same continent.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:58, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * - Please check deleted contributions of the socks to suggest a connection, if any.  QEDK ( 愛 ) 18:11, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
 * On behavior: Victor norad1 = Sonywaga1 = Jhonnybonzala1 = Harp0012. Donzack1 does make a single edit to one of the drafts by the aforementioned users. Any connections made with 89 Buckeye can be done with regular contribs. Behavior to OfficialPankajPatidar is very flimsy. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 06:28, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * 89 Buckeye is ❌. They are not even editing from the same continent.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:58, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * - Please check deleted contributions of the socks to suggest a connection, if any.  QEDK ( 愛 ) 18:11, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
 * On behavior: Victor norad1 = Sonywaga1 = Jhonnybonzala1 = Harp0012. Donzack1 does make a single edit to one of the drafts by the aforementioned users. Any connections made with 89 Buckeye can be done with regular contribs. Behavior to OfficialPankajPatidar is very flimsy. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 06:28, 29 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Merging done. My conclusion to draw was: VN1 = SW1 = JB1 (notice the similar username pattern too). Now, remember Donzack1 (along similar lines). We have Harp0012 come in now, and a behaviour match signifies a definite connection to OfficialPankajPatidar (OPP, let's say). JB1 is a CU match for OPP. So, simply put, I'll put behavioral sock block tags on the Group 1 account.  I still have a problem with Buckeye 89, as although I can see their edits to Ready Pac Foods, I cannot compare them with any other sock's except VN1's one edit.  -- QEDK  ( 愛 ) 18:07, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * All done here. Case closed/  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:59, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

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All accounts have recreated the same page (even as a draft) with same copyvio content. Suspected master "Nandog" is nickname of subject and article is nearly identical to talk page. Draft:Hernando Vergara page has been deleted under several incarnations see:


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Draft%3AHernando+Vergara


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=&user=&page=Draft%3AHERNANDO+VERGARA&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=&hide_thanks_log=1&hide_tag_log=1&hide_review_log=1 Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  18:35, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * See also Sockpuppet investigations/OfficialPankajPatidar and Sockpuppet investigations/Victor norad1. GABgab 18:52, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
 * The following two accounts are ✅, blocked and tagged:
 * Nandog is ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:19, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
 * it looks to me like is the subject of the draft, and is uploading content for the sockfarm to use in a promotional article. Nandog is unrelated, then, but I am blocking as a spam-only account. Closing. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:50, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Nandog is ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:19, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
 * it looks to me like is the subject of the draft, and is uploading content for the sockfarm to use in a promotional article. Nandog is unrelated, then, but I am blocking as a spam-only account. Closing. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:50, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

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Recreation of Draft:HERNANDO VERGARA (see also Special:Undelete/Draft:Hernando Vergara) with identical content. Crossweed2 created Draft:Martyn S Williams, subsequently edited by Harp0012. MER-C 07:05, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Harp0012 is.
 * Blocked and tagged the confirmed accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:57, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged Harp0012 as well. The CU result along with recreating the same draft again is enough evidence for me. Case closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:22, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Harp0012 is.
 * Blocked and tagged the confirmed accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:57, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged Harp0012 as well. The CU result along with recreating the same draft again is enough evidence for me. Case closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:22, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged Harp0012 as well. The CU result along with recreating the same draft again is enough evidence for me. Case closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:22, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

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The draft was initially started by Paxful (already blocked) then SPA JasonNort improved it significantly which is very unusual for a new user. Finally the article was created in the mainspace by another SPA HarleyTomar.Malunrenta (talk) 19:56, 27 December 2016 (UTC) Malunrenta (talk) 19:56, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * You've presented no evidence connecting these three accounts to the master, just to each other. Nor do I see any evidence connecting them to the master. I've therefore declined the CU. Please determine whether a new case should be opened with these three accounts. If you do that, you're also free to endorse a CU. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:01, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Paxful is spamblocked, and the other two look like hired editors but not enough evidence to say that they're related, and no evidence they're related to this case. Case closed with respect to sockpuppetry, but will advise WP:COIN. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:56, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

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Recreation of Anna-Christina Schwartz recently deleted article previously created by a confirmed sock in this group. GSS (talk) 10:40, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, along with and . Blocked and tagged. Katietalk 11:11, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

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Similar activity and username of other confirmed socks Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  17:31, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Added new user to list 12/30 - recreation of Twisted Mines as Draft:Twisted Mines, nearly identical content. Already blocked but added for tracking purposes. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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 * - recreating same content as other confirmed socks. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:08, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

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Exact recreation of previously deleted material Draft:Hernando vergara Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  13:16, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * - the draft was already deleted. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:22, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

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User:BlackKitten123 made Draft:Frontlinesourcegroup.com; it was deleted and later recreated by Milloret, who came onto #wikipedia-en-help to enquire about the article and claims to be a low-level employee (presumably of the SEO company they're named for), while disclaiming any knowledge of BlackKitten's past. Milloret's edits, aside from three to her userspace and one to Template:Template sandbox, have been exclusively to the Frontline draft. I'm asking for a CU to rule them out as a sock, though Milloret should almost certainly be blocked for username regardless of whether or not they're a OPP sock. — Jeremy  v^_^v  Bori! 09:50, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

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Probably ❌ but the technical data is unhelpful.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:07, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked for username violation, closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 19:59, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

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Recreation of Gig music group (GIG Music Group) and Draft:Shawn adamo (Shawn Adamo) which have been created by various OPP socks. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  22:56, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Added a new account that started editing Gig music group as they seem to have quite an interest in the article (and know the previous contents and a lot about its previous deletion...) Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  00:00, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * - As per massive increase in socking, please compare to previous socks and check for sleepers. Thanks, GABgab 05:05, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * The following are ✅ to one another and highly to the master, and have been blocked.
 * In addition, is ✅ and blocked.
 * appears to be ❌ as far as technical evidence is concerned, so a behavioural decision will need to be made. Yunshui 雲 水 12:52, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * In addition, is ✅ and blocked.
 * appears to be ❌ as far as technical evidence is concerned, so a behavioural decision will need to be made. Yunshui 雲 水 12:52, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * In addition, is ✅ and blocked.
 * appears to be ❌ as far as technical evidence is concerned, so a behavioural decision will need to be made. Yunshui 雲 水 12:52, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * appears to be ❌ as far as technical evidence is concerned, so a behavioural decision will need to be made. Yunshui 雲 水 12:52, 26 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Blocked LuSnow as well, if not the same person they're part of the same paid editing sockfarm. Closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 02:06, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

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Fairly obvious duck. Recreation of salted/deleted material Gig Music Group Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  16:10, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * (so I blocked them) -- Samtar talk &middot; contribs 16:13, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Close. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 02:06, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

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Yet another OPP creation of Shawn Adamo variants. May also be related to Sockpuppet investigations/Ashishchopra778 SPI. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  14:05, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

I added to the list based on behavioral similarities that I hope are obvious in deleted versions. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  14:17, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

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I don't think there's enough evidence to tie Voilentcf4 to this sockmaster; there's only one edit to one infobox, which could have been innocent. If V edits another Adamo article, we can deal with it then. However, I blocked Ayalader as a likely sock and Shawnadamo as a promotion-only account. I think we're done here. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:37, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
 * - Please check on the unblocked account's deleted contribs. Thanks, GABgab 20:50, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Voilentcf4 made one edit to the deleted article, but only to remove some empty infobox parameters.  created the article before Jacobhog3 did, and  tweaked some of the details.  These seem much more likely than Voilentcf4.  However,  didn't block them when he blocked Jacobhog3, which makes me wonder if I'm misinterpreting this somehow. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:48, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * FWIW, I hadn't seen the Voilentcf4 account edits. Jacobdog3 had recreated the same article that had been repeatedly created, I deleted it and naturally tagged the user as an obvious sock. RickinBaltimore (talk) 03:55, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

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Recreation of many times salted/deleted HERNANDO VERGARA Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  20:28, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

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The article is virtually the same as the draft mentioned in the archives. Blocked. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:44, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

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Another creation of a classic OPP article. Anna-Christina Schwartz (and other variations). Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  18:08, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Added one more, Vioermt3 is the creator of the most recent Anna Schwartz draft that Hiosr3 lifted. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  18:27, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Also regarding the Vioermt3 drafts, Draft:Cora emmanuel was previously deleted during an OPP farm clean up. They have recreated it again as Draft:Cora Emmanuel and Hiosr3 has created it as an article Cora Emmanuel. I have tagged all of the above as G5 but the socks are removing tags. Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  18:31, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Immediately after last set was blocked and deleted, new articles popped up. See unblocked username above, This may have been brought up previously but the naming convention seems to be consistent and a majority of the socks all have 3's...not super useful but something to look out for in new creation maybe? 20:48, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * - both pretty clearly related. This master has a pretty extensive history of sleeper farming, please check. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:29, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Request withdrawn due to new developments. Case closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:20, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

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Recreation of the same set of articles from yesterday (and pretty much every other day) Anna Schwartz & Cora Emmanuel. Looks like they're getting creative with the names. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  12:25, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * already blocked by . Closing to highlight CU request above. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:53, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

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Yet another duck, creating drafts of the most recent set of articles. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  14:13, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * , pages deleted and salted. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:17, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

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The usual. Blocked, tagged and regex salted using MediaWiki:Titleblacklist; noted here for the record. MER-C 07:42, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Nothing more to do. Closing. Favonian (talk) 12:53, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

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Restoring several articles and drafts added by User:Biloorr3 this morning - Draft:King H, Connection between two spinal cords. Biloorr was blocked as a sock of OfficialPankajPatidar and their articles deleted. McGeddon (talk) 17:59, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * , contribs nuked. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:09, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

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VICTORALR recreatied We Bros Media Private Limited as previously created by Anyashroff34. Nahid23 also shows up in Special:WhatLinksHere/We Bros Media Private Limited as having a COI. Without access to the deleted material I can't see how pertinent that connection is. Cabayi (talk) 14:36, 12 February 2017 (UTC)


 * There are several other lightly used accounts contributing to Draft:CoFoundersLab who may be connected. A CU may be useful to flush out all the socks. Cabayi (talk) 14:41, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

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Thanks, GABgab 17:51, 12 February 2017 (UTC) The following are strongly ✅ to each other and ✅ to existing socks. The following are strongly ✅ to each other and ✅ to existing socks.
 * - Please also check the following accounts from the aforementioned draft:
 * (has some drafts that should be deleted)
 * There's a lot here... Ranges are very busy so some attention should be paid to behavior, even that of confirmed accounts. Confident in technical findings however. That being said:

The following are technically to existing socks but should be assessed behaviorally.



NativeForeigner Talk 08:17, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * - Thanks for the check; sadly, it looks like we're going to need another one, since we've just started uncovering this sock network. Below is a list of suspected socks for CU, with evidence alongside:
 * (created Draft:Picarto, which Victortq2 edited)
 * (created HiMama Inc, which Shakamohan2 edited)
 * (edited Draft:Caitlin Brodnick, which Baba black created)
 * (suspicious username, edited Arise from Darkness and Film Invasion L.A. [overlaps with Baba black, created by, who was cu-blocked by ])
 * (edited Film Invasion L.A.)

Following Melchor44, things start to get seriously weird. There's even an overlap with the sockfarm (!) at Mónica Esmeralda León, plus SPA. Sophe Lux also contains overlaps between OPP socks and.

Needless to say, we're going to have some significant cleanup to do. Thanks very much for your time, GABgab 14:46, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

I've also uncovered what may be a separate sockfarm (I found it via Draft:Willow & Hall, which Baba black edited):

Articles: Draft:Willow & Hall, London & Country Mortgages, Draft:Thomas Sanderson (company). Accounts:
 * (Overlaps with Baba black, obvious promo-only/coi account)
 * (Stale, but username DUCK and overlaps with Bigshrimpin on London & Country Mortgages, which stale promo account created)
 * (Overlaps with Bigshrimpin on Draft:Thomas Sanderson (company), blatant promo-only/coi account)

Not sure if this is worth the time, but I thought it should at least be documented. GABgab 15:15, 13 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Because Baba black first edited sock target Draft:Untold News, and has many overlaps with previous socks, I'm much more comfortable calling them a sock than their technical cohort, Fahmedch. I'd like a second opinion on that latter account, especially because it's older than OPP itself. Also, the behavior of Fastester does not match OPP. Thanks, GABgab 14:50, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Also:, how do the initial accounts (plus those I added) fit into the technical picture? Thanks, GABgab 14:53, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * FYI: I deleted Draft:Premier Princess Parties (Company), Amrut Deshmukh, Draft:Melissa van Dijk, Draft:Grayscale Entertainment Marketing and Draft:Samsung Display Solution. MER-C 03:17, 14 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Was wondering if I could get your help with the second batch, as well as a second opinion on Fastester and Fahmedch... Thanks! GABgab 22:15, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi . There are definitely technical similarities for each of them, but their edits do seem out of step with other accounts listed here.  I'm inclined to hold off on blocking them at this point, although they could bear watching.  Behaviourally, they seem different.  Risker (talk) 02:51, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Do you need additional assistance here? I had a crazy couple weeks at work, apologies for not being more responsive. NativeForeigner Talk 03:10, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, thank you. I was interested in checking the group beginning with Flowf3, which has some interesting overlaps with other socks. I am also curious about checking the second group ("shrimp") against the good folks at Sockpuppet investigations/New baba. Thanks very much, GABgab 03:43, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * First group has been looked at technically and actioned. Possibly related to Sockpuppet_investigations/Ashishchopra778. NativeForeigner Talk 05:33, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * As to the second, no technical overlap. NativeForeigner Talk 05:35, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, . Looks like we're pretty much done here. GABgab 01:03, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

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Yet another We Bros Media Private Limited recreation. (Which is more or less identical to yesterdays creation) Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  17:52, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * I blocked Jhollylab and, after CU. I had a look at one or two of the above accounts and they all look the same to me, but it's best to have a real CU look at it. Drmies (talk) 18:22, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Also blocked, , , , , , on CU evidence. About to block to old accounts, and , on behavioral evidence (overlap, promotional editing). Drmies (talk) 18:56, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

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Recreation of Klara Technologies, Inc along with Draft:Michael Cushion Jr which uploaded photos for and also crossover with  (note the name similarities) who recreated a repeatedly G5d Draft:SahBabii and removed speedy tags from Draft:Samsung Display Solution, which is another OPP creation. Also both suspected users are editing an OPP draft Draft:International Coaching News Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  20:16, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Also probably worth noting that created Tim W Byrd and  uploaded the photo with the last set of sock articles... Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  20:39, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Could we please check these guys in conjunction with the top SPI? Thanks! GABgab 20:18, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * They match NativeForeigner's confirmed socks, above. Drmies (talk) 22:31, 13 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Articles deleted. Neil N  talk to me</i> 20:49, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * User:NeilN, I don't know if previous CUs have kept a record on the CU wiki (I haven't), but perhaps we should start considering a rangeblock here. I'm sure Bbb will have some idea of a possible range. Drmies (talk) 22:32, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * , CU stuff is above my pay grade but said above the ranges are very busy. --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 22:38, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Not above my pay grade,, but it's complicated and I'm not smart like Bbb, Ponyo, NativeForeigner. Two or three other SPIs are already linked here. Some of the drafts have unrelated accounts (that is, unrelated as far as CU goes) in them, which in turn have other accounts which are in fact linked. I have started to block for "undisclosed paid editing", but those are blocks that while prompted by this SPI shouldn't show up in it without further evidence. Thanks for your help, Drmies (talk) 22:58, 13 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Not possible to do range blocks, the ranges are very busy, including account creations of non-socks and plenty of decent editors. Is probably worth starting a CU-wiki page. See also Sockpuppet investigations/Brilbluterin‎; it is likely these two sockmasters are related as there are overlaps in the edits between the two sets of socks.  Risker (talk) 07:04, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Checkuser confirmed socks. Risker (talk) 07:05, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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Duck recreation, another variation of Tomoaki sato as well as Draft:AMRUT DESHMUKH which was previously created by confirmed sock,  Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  18:44, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
 * And now an OPP stable recreation: We Bros Media.. Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  18:48, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

Added another user, recreation of Draft:Samsung Display Solution Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  18:58, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 19:11, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Checkuser confirmed sock. Risker (talk) 06:54, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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Quack quack. (See contribs for both) Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  19:40, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * . GABgab 23:34, 14 February 2017 (UTC)


 * <b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 23:39, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Checkuser confirmed sock. Risker (talk) 06:55, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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Looks like a flock of seagulls raft of incoming ducks. Recreation of SahBabii. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  15:20, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

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Quack Draft:The Samsung display solutions(Technology) Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  16:50, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

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when we have daily influxes of these socks would it be better to just start adding them under a single date? Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  16:54, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll leave that to the closing clerk to comment on (also pinging ). Should we leave reports open until the day ends (UTC time, I guess)? --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 16:58, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * And just to give a bit of my reasoning - it seems silly and makes this already large SPI even bigger and since they tend to come in waves throughout the day, it may be worth just adding onto a daily list. Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  17:02, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 16:53, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Checkuser confirmed sock. Risker (talk) 06:59, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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Quacking sock is quacking. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  19:49, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

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Regex salted SahBabii, Samsung Display Solution, We Bros Media and Tomoaki Sato. MER-C 00:26, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
 * --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 00:51, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Checkuser confirmed sock. Risker (talk) 06:59, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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User:Violetr332 was created 16 February 2017 at 16:10, and User:Wilb2017 (slightly similarly-constructed usrernames, no?) at 16 February 2017 at 19:06. Interaction shows both only editing the same page, which is in Violetr332's draftspace: Draft:Houston Plastic Surgeon - Dr. Wilberto Cortés. This is soon to be deleted under WP:CSD (94% copyvio of ), so it seems impossible to imagine they are not effectively the same person (a 'MIGHTY MEATY'), if not actually the same. O Fortuna! ...Imperatrix mundi.  19:27, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * These are socks of . GABgab 18:46, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved here from Sockpuppet investigations/Voiletr332.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:22, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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Recreation of some OPP faves Draft:Samsung digital Solutions (usually some variant of Samsung display solutions), Draft:First Impressions for the Business Professional.(BOOK) which is a recreation of various OPP articles related to Christopher Kaspar (see File:Impressions for the Business Professional.png) etc... Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  18:11, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked, regex salt updated accordingly. MER-C 03:45, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Checkuser confirmed sock. Risker (talk) 06:58, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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If there was an OPP bingo, this would win. See contribs for recreation of OPP favorites. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  16:45, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 17:04, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Regex salted Impressions for the Business Professional. MER-C 02:23, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
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Recreation of Film Invasion L.A. Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  21:41, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

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Primefac (talk) 21:43, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Checkuser note:, while this account may well be worthy of blocking (I might be inclined to warn first), it is not technically related to the master account; geolocates to an entirely different part of the world.  Risker (talk) 06:57, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Closed without tags.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:19, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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Recreation of Film Invasion L.A. but it appears closer to 's version than any of the typical OPP versions.It appears that they may also be related to based on this. It seems...strange that a new editor would create not one but two sock articles. I'm guessing at this point the lack of technical similarities are due to it being a paid editing farm. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  12:01, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

And it gets even weirder... uploaded several related images to commons: File:Arise from Darkness2.jpg which is used by and [[:File:Polo Boy Shawty.jpg
 * several]] which are for articles mass created by, who I've now added. In summary, Chikna created: Draft:Polo Boy Shawty (Singer) Baba uploaded File:Polo Boy Shawty.jpg and File:Polo Boy Shawty.png. Chikna created Draft:Kevin Derek (Film director), Baba uploaded File:Kevin Derek.jpg. Chikna created Draft:Untold News (Non-profit Organization), Baba uploaded File:Untold News.jpg.

We also now have who created Film Invasion L.A., Draft:Ave Fenix Pictures and Arise from darkness and 2/3 related back to Baba here and here  Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  12:17, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

But wait....there is more! uploaded File:Ave Fenix Pictures Inc Logo.png as used in MrTeamEditor's work, to commons and was blocked as a master here and also relates back to an overlap in edits by who is a confirmed sock of  (and this is not the only overlap between OPP/Shingling) and there is also some overlap with socks from  Basically tl;dr this seems to be a clusteryouknowwhat of PE from one source and all of the above editors contributions all overlap with interests of several different sock farms... Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  12:28, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * MrTeamEditor blocked and contribs nuked, although I'm not positive it's an OPP sock (versus one of the other overlapping sockfarms). I'll be back a bit later. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:11, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * FWIW I'm working on a spreadsheet with all the overlapping interest, will share when done. Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  13:12, 21 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Chikna Chintu now also blocked & nuked. I don't know what the connection with Bob Marley 911 is supposed to be so I have taken no action.
 * Note to other admins: when dealing with suspected socks in this farm, please check for previously deleted drafts at the title without disambiguation. You will likely find a nearly identical article repeatedly recreated by other already-blocked socks. For example, Chikna Chintu created Draft:Untold News (Non-profit Organization) which was obviously a recreation of the deleted draft at Draft:Untold News.
 * Personally, it's clear this is a very large paid editing ring probably comprising many individuals. So long as they continue recreating drafts in this manner, it is my opinion that it's unproductive for us to fret over which of the many potential masters they might be, and so I propose that they all be dealt with as OPP. If we pick up a few unrelated undisclosed paid spammers in the process, the encyclopedia will be no worse off. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:48, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * The newly blocked MrTeamEditor (can you spell COI?) is part of my second February 12 batch, on which I'm requesting CU. I'd really appreciate a check on these guys. Thanks very much, GABgab 23:49, 21 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Blocked
 * and regex salted Untold News. MER-C 00:18, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks; spun off Sockpuppet investigations/New baba from the Feb. 12 case, and I suspect we will be seeing some overlap. GABgab 00:36, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks . I'm bad at constructing regexes but if I could send you a list of frequent targets would you be able to construct some filters? might already have a list. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:57, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Sure. MER-C 13:04, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Sure. MER-C 13:04, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

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Recreation of Donny Arcade and Pantheon Elite Records earlier created by the master. <span style="font-family:monospace;font-weight:bold;font-size:16px;color:hsl(205, 98%, 55%);">GSS (talk |c|em ) 11:43, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * , pages re-deleted. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:00, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

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Recreation of Brian Distance (Actor)/Brian distance which is pretty damn close to the sock creation. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  23:10, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Added another name based on  Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  23:15, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Please block these yahoos. Thanks, GABgab 02:00, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * FYI, - I added a third.  Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  03:49, 27 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Also:
 * Blocked, deleted and regex salted. MER-C 11:54, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, deleted and regex salted. MER-C 11:54, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, deleted and regex salted. MER-C 11:54, 27 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Tagged, closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:22, 27 February 2017 (UTC)