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22 October 2015

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Contributions here and here show similar behaviors/edits to Ali kiba and Draft:Ali kiba. Both accounts have only edited these articles and at about the same time. Creating an SPI to have this looked into.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:14, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

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 * The two accounts are ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:05, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Closing with no action.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:19, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

08 March 2016

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The suspected sock created Mayestron (singer), which I nominated for deletion. The suspected master quickly removed this template. The suspected sock did this quite a bit more:.

I decided to do some more digging, and I found that both editors overlap in the very specific area of Tanzanian artists. Here are a sampling of articles for the suspected master: Ali Kiba, Lady Jaydee, 2012 Tanzania Music Awards, Vanessa Mdee, Dully Sykes, 2011 Tanzania Music Awards, Abdu Kiba, Wema Sepetu, Vincent Kigosi. In fairness, there are a couple of other artists they have edited on (Kenyan and Ugandan), but the majority seem to be Tanzanian. Now, the suspected sock has only edited on Mayestron, plus Bob Junior, another article on a Tanzanian artist that they created.

Finally, note the similarities in edit summaries between the two editors. For the suspected master: "Don't deletion this page please" "Mayestron (singer)"; for the suspected sock: "Don't remove this image please" "Artist mayestron (singer)". They also have an interesting tendency to restate the nationality and/or occupation of their articles' subjects in their edit summaries: "Tanzania artist" "Irish upcoming Artist", "Tanzanian actress" "African". GABHello! 21:24, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * - see: vs. .  Vanjagenije   (talk)  23:41, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 08:33, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Sock indeffed, master blocked for two weeks. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:47, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

08 April 2016

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They re-created Mayestron (singer), the article the master and a previous sock worked on. Furthermore, they also edited on Ali Kiba, just as the master has, continuing the trend of editing in the area of Tanzanian music (see previous SPI filed by me). They use the phrase "upcoming artist" in an edit summary, which we saw before in the last report filed. Just like before, they remove deletion tags, too. Requesting CU to confirm and perhaps find sleepers; the username strongly suggests this is a company effort, meaning there may be multiple accounts. GABHello! 21:48, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I would also really appreciate if the reviewing admin could compare the new page with the old, deleted version. Thanks! GABHello! 22:46, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and indeffed. Courcelles (talk) 21:51, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Tagged and closing. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 01:50, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

29 April 2016

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Another recreation of non-notable artist Mayestron (singer), just as the previous socks did. GABHello! 21:40, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tagged. I've also deleted and salted the article.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:32, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

07 May 2016

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Created Draft:Mayestron and Mayestron (Singer); username is very similar to. Pinging, who has dealt with this persistent spammer before. Is there any way we could salt these titles (including the uppercase)? GABHello! 23:45, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * A blatant sockpuppet, blocked. Salting titles is very often counterproductive in this kind of situation, because as long as they are unsalted the sockpuppeteer comes back to the same title, which can easily be watched, whereas if titles are salted then the sockpuppeteer comes up with new titles, which can't be predicted, so they may not be noticed. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:22, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

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Duck: Hotwatertanzania is having another go at fork of salted Mayestron with Mayestron (musicians). OnionRing (talk) 14:22, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Sock Alikibatz last month attempted same with Mayestron (musician). Both Alikibatz and Hotwatertanzania have attempted to add protection template to unprotected Ali Kibatz. Diffs available on request. OnionRing (talk) 14:28, 26 June 2016 (UTC) OnionRing (talk) 14:49, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * . Socks indeffed and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:03, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

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Duck - created Draft:Mayestron, on the same non-notable Tanzanian musician. Furthermore, the IP geolocates to Ireland, where this musician allegedly lives (see past deleted articles). GABgab 00:29, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

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Draft deleted and IP hasn't edited since. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:13, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

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Duck: only edit is creation of Mayestron (singer). OnionRing (talk) 15:02, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

And again: Mayestron (singer). OnionRing (talk) 17:05, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Added IP sock 86.46.161.122, who asked for redirect from Mayestron (singer). to Mayestron (rapper) yesterday:, and contested deletion today: OnionRing (talk) 21:35, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

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I also believe WP:DUCK applies here. Consistently attempting to create a Wikipedia page for Mayestron and adding mention to other pages. Was trying this a year ago. Obviously hasn't learned. -- HighKing ++ 13:15, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Added 86.46.174.229, requested a redirect from Mayestron to Musicians (itself a plural R to Musician) in on 12 July. Sam Sailor Talk! 08:08, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I've added another Mayestron SPA. GABgab 22:54, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * And another: . GABgab 23:11, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * BTW: 86.46.161.122 is a static IP. GABgab 23:18, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * Peloluhabanya and Irishartists are ✅ and to the master. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:07, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

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Created another Mayestron draft. Irish IPs, of course. GABgab 00:58, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

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IPs are stale. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:50, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

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Quack, quack CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  20:33, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * , spam deleted. GABgab 23:18, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

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Draft:Mayestron (musician and of course the other obvious edits to Ali Kiba. CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  19:25, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * so - TNT❤ 19:27, 7 February 2018 (UTC)