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Oliverdrinkstars57 and some Minnesota IPs including the range Special:Contributions/2601:440:C080:36F0:0:0:0:0/64 have been trying to add Japanese actor and film articles. There is certainly a good faith effort involved, but huge problems with WP:CIR, and obvious violations of WP:MULTIPLE. They keep recreating drafts of deleted articles, and linking the drafts to mainspace and working categories. They do the same with sandbox material in userspace. Checkuser requested to make certain. Binksternet (talk) 20:24, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

DooLoo2020 was blocked after editing disruptively, including the removal of speedy deletion templates on drafts that had been created by Minnesota IP 65.128.31.144. Draft:Seizaburo Kawazu was deleted for block evasion, then recreated by CatchSlab2021. AmericanGreat edited a draft created by Oliverdrinkstars57, which should be virtually impossible to find if you are a new user. Same with TeamUSA2020 who edited a draft created by Oliverdrinkstars57. Binksternet (talk) 20:36, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * Shesaidyeah65 looks ❌. The rest of the logged-in accounts are ✅ and blocked.  No comment on IP addresses.  I already blocked several of the accounts earlier today, but I overlooked TeamUSA2020. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:52, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

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Spotify1451 recreated the deleted article Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kayaku no taru in draftspace, the same article that Oliverdrinkstars57 had created, was moved to draft, then deleted. Spotify1451's first few edits were to the draft article Draft:Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: shirei dai hachigo, which was created by Oliverdrinkstars57, and worked by five of his socks. Nobody else develops this draft except socks. Same with Draft:Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Tora no kiba. This edit shows Spotify1451 restoring active categories in the draft just like previous socks and Minnesota IPs. Checkuser requested because last time CU found another sock. Binksternet (talk) 22:48, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you,, for putting the checkuser tool through its paces. I think we must block this account for other reasons: He wen to the Teahouse and signed his name as Oliver Vorasarn, the same unusual name as one of the confirmed and blocked socks: . I guess he is now using a different method to access Wikipedia than back when he was running the sock drawer, or checkuser would have identified him. Binksternet (talk) 21:36, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * Spotify1451 looks technically ❌. . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 22:59, 6 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Closing per the above. No action taken/comment on IP due to age. The SandDoctor  Talk 16:52, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Based on more evidence Spotify1451 is ✅. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:04, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

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First edit substantially similar to this edit by, a known sock of. Sidebar comment: Which one of you has that "duck quacking through a bullhorn" message? That's what I thought of when I saw this oh-too-familiar page re-creation. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  17:10, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:37, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

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WP:QUACK - Re-creation of and its talk page,, complete with speedy-deletion template and contested deletion.. Not requesting sleeper check YET but might if I see more. It's probably too late to check against any non-stale names in Sockpuppet investigations/Marshalb/Archive due to this IP's edits earlier today to in which he added content. Edits by 65.128.87.152. Edits by Snagemit in July, is a known sock of. SPI clerk edited Siege of Tsingtao a few weeks ago, she may already be watchlisting it. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  17:05, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Update:  has already put a note on the editor's talk page which ends with Block evasion by User:Oliverdrinkstars57. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  17:07, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * It would be fair to say that any IP from Minnesota who recreates this draft article is Oliverdrinkstars57 evading his block. Any new account doing the same thing, too. Amazing how it was recreated complete with speedy delete notice, which shows the huge WP:CIR problem. Binksternet (talk) 18:46, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * Seeing as this IP is in the range of a previously CU blocked IP listed in the archives for this case, plus with the evidence its clear that this IP is this user. To note, I did not have the page watchlisted (as I generally don't keep pages on my watchlist if I just reverted vandalism), but the ping brought me here. I'm blocking /24 for 2 months. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:32, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

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Compare newly-created Draft talk:Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: shirei dai hachigo (permalink) with past versions of (please verify, as this is from memory). WP:DUCK. Not sure if a sleeper check is warranted so I left it at "no". Please "db-banned" and consider create-protecting Draft talk:Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: shirei dai hachigo once it is no longer needed (the "Draft:" page is currently create-protected). davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  16:51, 24 November 2020 (UTC) davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  16:51, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Also:  created, I requested db-g4 since the actual article had been deleted as a result of Articles for deletion/The Killing Bottle. See also: and. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)

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 * I hold that any IP editor from Minnesota who restores this draft must be a sock of Oliverdrinkstars57. The draft is such an unusual topic, so far out of the way of pop culture. And the incompetent placement of draft text on the draft talk page is another sign of Oliverdrinkstars57 for whom WP:CIR applies. Binksternet (talk) 17:17, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Not incompetence - if only it were that - but intentional page-create-protection-evasion as the Draft: page is create-protected "because Oliverdrinkstars57". davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  17:19, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:12, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

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starts off "International Secret Police (国際秘密警察, Kokusai himitsu keisatsu) is a Japanese spy comedy film series that was produced by Toho from 1963 to 1967" which is a give-away of at least two people very interested in same topic. Similar username, user page which says nothing more than  set off my quack-detector. Account does have one deleted page in log entry on meta, meta:Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Shirei 8 go (logs) Limited contribution history on June 1-2, 2020 is to sandbox and user page, no deleted contributions. If confirmed, this would be the new puppetmaster. I don't know if it's too late to do a checkuser or not, but based on behavior alone, it might be worth adding this account to an edit filter in case the account "wakes up". davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  20:27, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * With only two days worth of activity several months ago, this account unlikely to ever wake back up, so there's not much point in acting on this now. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:27, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

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Pretty much same behavior as yesterday (see above). , . davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  16:19, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Please check for sleepers. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  16:20, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Missed a page:. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  16:23, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * This is far too obvious to require CheckUser attention. . Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:27, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

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Recently created-and-tagged-for-G4-and-G5 - compare to page logs of. Obviously this will be a "no comment" in the public record, but I hope a clerk will endorse and the overighters will privately let each other know the result of a check. Unfortunately IP has made good edits in last few days so anything but a short block may do more harm than good. Perhaps long-term IP-blocking the IP address ranges associated with this puppetmaster from the talk pages he's been hijacking or putting in an edit filter that triggers on the word "Kokusai" when used from this ISP would do some good? Just a though. For anyone reading this once it hits the archives: See also: Miscellany for deletion/Userspace drafts of banned sockpuppet Oliverdrinkstars57, that may be useful in research if the sockmaster returns. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  14:24, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

More behavioral evidence: These very recent edits to a table on Talk:Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  19:06, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

And more from today, to the same table in the same page. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  20:26, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Checkuser is not used to connect an account to an IP address - only accounts to other accounts. Declining CU...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:23, 4 December 2020 (UTC)


 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 04:35, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

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Per comparison by User:Fastily of edit by User:Detectivebureau2-3 and User:174.20.92.185.. This is similar enough to Overdrinker57's named socks to look like dirty laundry, even if it's not an exact match (Overdrinker57's earlier attempts used a longer plot summary). At a minimum, this looks "meat-puppety." davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  00:59, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 04:36, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Individual IPv6 addresses bundled into /64 range.
 * Individual IPv6 addresses bundled into /64 range.
 * Individual IPv6 addresses bundled into /64 range.
 * Individual IPv6 addresses bundled into /64 range.
 * Individual IPv6 addresses bundled into /64 range.
 * Individual IPv6 addresses bundled into /64 range.
 * Individual IPv6 addresses bundled into /64 range.


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Checkuser requested to make certain.

KingLion382 added some text to the biography Toshio Sugie, which has been edited by three socks and Minnesota IPs. After being reverted, Kaijufan2021 restored the text with some slight tweaks such as changing the strangely composed sentence "the number of theatrical film directors declined due to the sun from the Japanese film industry" to the equally strange "the number of directors of theatrical films decreased due to the sunshine of the Japanese film industry".

In the workpage User:Mccapra/Draftify_log, the article Takashi Tsuboshima, created multiple times by Oliverdrinkstars57, is listed as being moved to draft space in August 2020, where it grew stale and was deleted. Kaijufan2021 recreated the draft article in February 2021. Kaijufan2021 also worked on The Drifting Avenger, along with IPs 174.20.68.190 and Special:Contributions/2601:440:C080:36F0:0:0:0:0/64, all from Minnesota like previous socks. (The IP6 range has already been blocked twice because of Oliverdrinkstars57 block evasion.)

KingLion382 also visited the film article Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi which has suffered many edits from Oliverdrinkstars57 and socks. A month later, Monkeymagic471 added a bunch of unreferenced stuff.

Minnesota IP 2601:440:C080:36F0:D18B:9053:E370:EE38 asked for the creation of the article Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Zettai zetsumei but was denied. The Draft:Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Zettai zetsumei was deleted. BeaglesMighty39 followed this by repeating the material in userspace: User:BeaglesMighty39/sandbox/User:BeaglesMighty39.

BeaglesMighty39 created Category:Films directed by Takashi Tsuboshima which was deleted because of block evasion. Before it was deleted, Minnesota IP 216.168.139.238 added it to the film article Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy.

Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy has experienced many edits from Oliverdrinkstars57 and IPs and socks. After the Minnesota IPs, TigerWarrior43 arrived to add a bunch of unreferenced text.

A connection between socks was shown by TigerWarrior43 working on the userspace sandbolx of Monkeymagic471.

All of these have the same pattern and style and area of interest. Binksternet (talk) 06:59, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to one another:
 * ✅ to one another:
 * Also found and ✅:
 * These accounts are to the master.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   18:45, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅:
 * These accounts are to the master.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   18:45, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅:
 * These accounts are to the master.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   18:45, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * These accounts are to the master.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   18:45, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * These accounts are to the master.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   18:45, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * These accounts are to the master.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   18:45, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * These accounts are to the master.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   18:45, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * These accounts are to the master.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   18:45, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * These accounts are to the master.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   18:45, 26 March 2021 (UTC)


 * The the filer's evidence and CU result are good enough to tie these to the master (and someone with that many socks is unlikely to be up to any good anyway). – please block all the accounts indefinitely. The IPv4s all haven't edited in a while, but the /64 is extremely static and good for an extended block (cf. block log). Please hardblock it for 6 months per NRP's previous block.  Thanks and best,  Blablubbs&#124;talk 18:45, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

all the accounts. The IP block is because it is inactive. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:19, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

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User made edits on sandbox of confirmed (not yet blocked?) socks WolfHunter67 and DragonSword44. – NJD-DE (talk) 19:20, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
 * MagicSword41 edits sandbox of RedPizza91. Similar username structure like other socks. – NJD-DE (talk) 18:39, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Found another one based on contributions of DiamondEyes71. This one created a movie article in their sandbox as well. – NJD-DE (talk) 18:52, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * +1 based on an edit by MagicSword41. – NJD-DE (talk) 14:56, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * Clearly related to each other and the master based on usernames and overlap. – given the large number of sleepers last time, a check seems warranted. Best,  Blablubbs&#124;talk 18:52, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

✅ along with: Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:13, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * everyone here too. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:19, 5 April 2021 (UTC)