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1. Both editors have similar usernames and created few months apart from each other 2. There is an overlap of articles they edit specifically Revolutions of 1989 and North Korea. 3. Both accounts appear to be making multiple "test edits" to increase their edit count. 4. On North Korea I had asked Otddung to discuss for consensus on the article talk page, in an edit summary and on the user talk page. See User_talk:Otddung because of Special:MobileDiff/998433375.
 * Otddung has already been warned multiple times for disruptive edits in this regard.
 * Tdung appears to be going down a similar route. Giving a sample for Tdung555+ Special:MobileDiff/997815691 where they are reverting a previous edit of theirs Special:MobileDiff/997815385.

Tdung555+ came along and undid that exact same edit, which another editor subsequently undid. See Special:MobileDiff/998505262 and my note on user talk page Special:MobileDiff/998600565 Vikram Vincent 04:55, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Also found and ✅:
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   05:20, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   05:20, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   05:20, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   05:20, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

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This editor has a similar pattern to Otddung and is editing the same articles as North Korea and Revolutions of 1989. Vikram Vincent 12:44, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

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I am not him, ok, why do you say that??? Nguyễn Phúc Vy (talk) 13:08, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock. This SPI report can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   13:10, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

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A relatiely new account that mainly started editing a few hours after the previous sock was blocked (although the first edit was before the initial SPI block). The new account has an overlap with the previous socks at Revolutions of 1989 and Korea and also exhibits the same overlinking behavior (cf. and ). — MarkH21talk 01:47, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * There are some IPs making the same edits, e.g. at Manchuria, since this report was created. — MarkH21talk 14:25, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

This account has an overlap at Revolutions of 1989 and appeared less than two weeks ago. Vikram Vincent 05:45, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

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Comment:I did see the pattern similarities but decided to wait and watch. Vikram Vincent 05:32, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Bagging and tagging socks. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:17, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

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1. Has a bot tag but no botty activity; 2. Seems to playing good hand-bad hand with two IP address (103.7.37.222 and 103.7.37.220 )at Revolutions of 1989 which matches our other socks in this farm. Vikram Vincent 15:42, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock. This SPI case can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:24, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

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Basically the same username as the known sock, and the same edits at Manchuria ( vs. , , and ). — MarkH21talk 02:02, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * , leaning . The geolocation is the same. However, different ranges and user agents compared to previous socks I've confirmed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:31, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:48, 26 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Username + fixation on "northeast China" do it for me. Bagged, tagged, lock requested. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:41, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

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Another 7 month old account just starting to edit after the last sock was blocked. Same articles and same nongrammatical edits to war infobox results as previous socks ( vs at Mongol invasions of Vietnam;  vs  at Manchu language;  vs  adding parentheticals about China). — MarkH21talk 18:02, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock account. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:49, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

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A 1-year old account (so this would be the sockmaster) just made the exact same edit as previous socks: ( vs at Manchuria) and focusing on the same articles as the previous socks, particularly after they were semi-protected for sockpuppetry (,, ; compare with the edits of recently blocked socks, e.g. , , , ). — MarkH21talk 00:07, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Comment Check user may not be required. This does appear to be a sock by its behavior. Vikram Vincent 05:27, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock account. Moving SPI under discovered master. This SPI report can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:50, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

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Another account whose only edit has been to partially reinstate another sock's edit ( vs ). Protecting the pages that these socks frequent can help reduce this whack-a-mole. — MarkH21talk 01:06, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

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Endorsing - the behavioural evidence seems strong, but there may be sleepers so worth checking. Girth Summit  (blether) 19:42, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Also found and ✅:
 * Bagging and tagging account. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:51, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging account. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:51, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging account. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:51, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

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This account started making changes to Revolutions of 1989 similar to other socks in the farm. That apart it has been making unsourced edits to a number of pages which it either self reverts or others have to revert. And the name similarity is striking. Vikram Vincent 04:33, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

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 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:38, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:38, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:38, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:38, 12 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Retagged all in the archive and retagged Otddung per the case move to an older account. for Ongtuandung555. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:47, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

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I blocked the account already. They thanked me for semi-protecting Revolutions of 1989, which they edited after making dummy edits and reverts to game being auto-confirmed. Fences &amp;  Windows  11:50, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * No sleepers immediately visible on CU. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 02:32, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I suppose I should also mention this is very to previous socks based on CU data. . Mz7 (talk) 02:35, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Retagged as proven. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 10:24, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

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Disruptive editing similar to other sockpuppets, similar characters in username and similar edited pages Revolutions of 1989 and German reunification - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 11:48, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock account. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   12:00, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

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Disruptive editing consistent with previous sockpuppets Revolutions of 1989, German reunification, German national football team etc. - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 13:48, 21 June 2021 (UTC)


 * (EDIT) - User:Mtonna257 thanked me once and reverted, then thanked me again when i reverted again. The user also has suspicious editing on pages like Korea and topics relating to Goguryeo like User:German people. - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 15:02, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * Hello || RuleTheWiki ||,
 * Yes, I reverted those edits but I want to apologise for some and Defend some.
 * In The Korea page, I added the Arirang Anthem as a sporting and reunification anthem, but the edit I made on Goguryeo was reverted, and I did not contest that.
 * Now about the anti-communist Revolutions of 1989, I was to ask why you removed the infobox of Civil Conflicts. It was very informative with Warsaw Pact Hardliners, Communists and their support vs. the Anti-communists, Nationalists, and Christian regimes and their support. AND NO, I only have one account. I am no sockpuppet, or whatever you call it.
 * I await your answer.
 * User:Mtonna257 Mtonna257 (talk) 17:12, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * - My intuition is that Mtonna257 is not related to this case, but that the other two, plus are. Please check to confirm and identify potential sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:23, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving the SPI open for a behavioral investigation on the rest.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:42, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving the SPI open for a behavioral investigation on the rest.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:42, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving the SPI open for a behavioral investigation on the rest.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:42, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving the SPI open for a behavioral investigation on the rest.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:42, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving the SPI open for a behavioral investigation on the rest.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:42, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving the SPI open for a behavioral investigation on the rest.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:42, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving the SPI open for a behavioral investigation on the rest.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:42, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving the SPI open for a behavioral investigation on the rest.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:42, 22 June 2021 (UTC)


 * The similarity in behaviour between Idealistic socialism and Free Bloc is sufficient to warrant a block. . The unrelated CU pretty much confirms my initial intuition about Mtonna257. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:34, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your just ruling. Mtonna257 (talk) 05:41, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
 * @Mtonna257 sorry about that, was unsure. - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 12:27, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Forget about it. Problem Solved, Peace! Mtonna257 (talk) 12:36, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

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Confirmed by vi.wiki CUs. See 1 and 2. 10:31, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

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I removed one account that doesn't exist on en.wiki, and Hello mọi người has no edits here.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:48, 16 July 2021 (UTC)


 * - Given the issues Bbb23 pointed out, this probably better handled on Meta. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:24, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Accounts locked. Tagging and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:31, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

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editing the usual football pages and also some Vietnam-related articles that the socks of often with the 555 suffixes often do Bumbubookworm (talk) 14:58, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Sure looks like them (or the other sock farm that doesn't like them), GeneralNotability (talk) 20:11, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

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Here we have three accounts with the same overlapping interests in German and Italian football and communism related articles. They have similar usernames to previous socks, and all have their home project on viwiki. Mimk05 is already blocked on itwiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:15, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Given the number of accounts involved, please check for sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:16, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * - ~TNT (she/her • talk) 19:56, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Group 1:
 * ✅ to each other
 * ✅ to each other
 * ✅ to each other
 * ✅ to each other


 * Group 2:
 * ✅ to each other
 * ✅ to each other
 * ✅ to each other


 * Group 1 is very to Group 2, and both groups are  to previously blocked sock.
 * , ~TNT (she/her • talk) 20:05, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
 * With the accounts now locked, no further action is required. Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:33, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

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This user shows the same interests with previous socks: Italian football and communism related articles. 17:10, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Pages edited:
 * History of the Italy national football team:
 * Penalty shoot-out (association football):, ,
 * Revolutions of 1989:, , , , , , , , , , ,

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 * - I blocked another sock,, earlier today. Please check for additional accounts. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:28, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:20, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * along with are ✅ to . . . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:45, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:18, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

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Both accounts were already blocked as socks on itwiki when I found them here. Both overlap significantly with previous socks across very disparate subjects. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:32, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * - It's been a while since this case was last checked. Please check to identify potential sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:33, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 17:33, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅, along with (some of which have been found previously):

-- RoySmith (talk) 17:52, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked and (re)tagged all these as confirmed. Requesting global locks for everybody. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:01, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

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Both of these accounts have repeated edits by previous PVR socks as their only edit, and have their home project on viwiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:51, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Given that the newer of these two accounts was registered before the older one began editing, the existence of additional accounts seems possible. Please check to see if any exist. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:53, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 22:22, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 22:33, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
 * The SandDoctor Talk 04:57, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

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This editor has repeated User:Dan working5's edits to History of Germany (1945–1990) (diff 1, diff 2), and like Dan working5 has edited articles on viwiki about the end of imperial rule in China. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:45, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Given that the last two socks edited in parallel ( and ), and that this case hasn't been checked in a while, please check for sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:48, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
 * @Sir Sputnik where did Dan working5 and Lylame01 come from? I'm not seeing them in the archives. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:49, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I've a few of this editor's favourite articles on my watchlist. Do you need specific details on how I identified them? Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:59, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
 * No, I've got the fancy-schmancy CU goggles that see all :-) I just didn't see them listed anywhere so was wondering. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:06, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 00:24, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm retagging Dan working5 and Lylame01 as ✅. Alexisfive is  based on the raw CU data, but I'm not sure I can get all the way to confirmed, so I'll just tag them as proven.  I also found:
 * who is .  There's some notes in cuwiki. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:03, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
 * who is .  There's some notes in cuwiki. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:03, 5 February 2022 (UTC)


 * There's enough similarity to previous socks that I'm tagging LGHK78 as proven. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:12, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

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Here we have yet another Vietnamese editor with a focus on the post war division of Germany, and particularly the Saarland here, and the end of the Imperial period in China on viwiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:07, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * - This looks very suspicious to me, but I cannot meaningfully evaluate much of the relevant evidence (ie edits to non-English wikis) because of the language barrier. Please check to confirm. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:09, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 01:18, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Leyuanhona567 is ✅. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:23, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

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As with the last reported sock, this editor has suspicious overlapping interest in disparate subjects on other wikis in languages I don't understand. Edits that particularly stand out are their edits to vi:Trung Nguyên, an article where half the edits since the start of last year have come from PVR socks, and vi:Kình địch bóng đá Việt Nam – Thái Lan, the English version of which is currently semi-protected to prevent socking from PVR. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:14, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:14, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 00:36, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅.  but the CU data doesn't allow for an effective search. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:42, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

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The evidence here comes primarily from viwki. One of their first edits was to vi:Phạm Văn Rạng, and have overlapping interests in the Thailand–Vietnam football rivalry (see vi:Kình địch bóng đá Việt Nam – Thái Lan) and the politics of China. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:36, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Please check against to confirm. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:38, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
 * They are technically very to Metaback; alongside the behaviour, I don't have any doubts. Blocking, requesting lock, closing.   Girth Summit  (blether)  14:16, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:36, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

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Check contributions for behavioural evidence: Yue 🌙 09:14, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Overlapping topics, specifically East Asian politics and association football
 * No edit summaries, no communication on user talk page
 * Multiple edits to the same article at once, including an odd frequency of self-reverts
 * Mobile edits only. A recent sock of Phạm Văn Rạng's, Gim709, is also all mobile edits, but Advanced Mobile instead of Mobile Web. I'd wager it's the same person with different accounts on different platforms.

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 * . I compared Phuc180802 to . I agree that the behavioral overlap is interesting, but from a technical standpoint, the data is more consistent with two different people (when the two accounts edit around the same time, it's with different devices and a different network). It's not beyond the realm of possibility, but I'm not sure the behavior alone is strong enough to block without a technical match. It could just be two people with similar interests. Closing without action. Mz7 (talk) 07:28, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

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Here we have yet another Vietnamese editor with an interest in the division of Germany. The username also suggests that it's not this persons first account. Previous PVR socks have also left similar comments on their own user pages. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:24, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:25, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * They seem to have a new device, but they're operating out of the same fairly narrow range that I see previous confirmed socks using all the way back to October 2021. Coupled with the editing, I'm blocking and requesting lock. I don't see any other accounts, but I do see a lot of LOUTSOCKING.  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:43, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)

- self announced sockpuppetry - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Kim67890&diff=prev&oldid=1155815062 both accounts being currently used. Gugrak (talk) 12:08, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * This is confirmed to be Sockpuppet investigations/Phạm Văn Rạng. Courcelles (talk) 13:43, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I’m on my iPad and need to go, but these entries in my block log are all confirmed. Names are:
 * Can a clerk clean that up, tag, and merge the case over? Thanks.  I’ve already done the blocks. Courcelles (talk) 13:46, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
 * - Per above. Courcelles (talk) 13:47, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. Spicy (talk) 21:30, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
IP editing Oder–Neisse Line, Former eastern territories of Germany, Poland-related topics, and Vietnam-related topics one week after the block of and the other confirmed socks. — MarkH21talk 08:09, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

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This account is also likely a new sock of Phạm Văn Rạng: Jingpeople. Captain Ratbeard (talk) 16:10, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Given the overlapping interests in disparate subject areas, and the fact that the account was registered mere hours after the last batch of socks was blocked, Jingpeople looks pretty cut and dry to me. Please check for sleepers, since the last check turned up quite a few. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:57, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * - Courcelles (talk) 00:03, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Confirmed and blocked the lot. We need someone to look through and see if some protections would be useful. Courcelles (talk) 00:20, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * You seems to have taken care of the most egregiously socked articles yourself already. I've added protection to East Germany and Nguyễn dynasty. Tagging and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:22, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * The SandDoctor Talk 18:31, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Looks like they've already registered their next batch of accounts. All three we registered shortly after the last batch of socks we're block an immediately began editing the same articles. The latter two follow similar naming schemes to previous socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:03, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Given the last two CU results, there are probably quite a few more accounts that I haven't found. Please check to identify them. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:04, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * All blocked and tagged. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 15:10, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 15:10, 7 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:58, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This is a new account whose only two edits so far have been to restore reverted edits made by previous PVR socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:57, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check for sleepers, as PVR has a recent history of using quite a few of them. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:58, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 23:55, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:01, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Claims to be a sockpuppet. WP:DUCK. If not, they are still clearly not here. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 16:41, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

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Adding Kingkong005 (see deleted edits) who is also claiming to be a sock. cc: @Clovermoss - F ASTILY   16:54, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked both of them. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 17:03, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * - given pvr's recent track record, there are probably more accounts out there. Sir Sputnik edit from mobile alt (talk) 17:09, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * The following sleepers turned up:
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 17:38, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 17:38, 16 June 2023 (UTC)


 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:56, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Here we have a new account whose only mainspace edits have been to a page previously protected to prevent socking by PVR, with a similar name to previous socks, and whose, now blanked, user page mirrors that of previous socks. (User:Kim67890, and User:Hammermann75 for example). Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:51, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Given PVR's prolific recent sleeper use, please check for additional accounts. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:52, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:55, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:07, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:11, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:11, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
They openly admit to sockpuppetry on incubator here. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:37, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Given PVR's frequent sleeper use, please check if there are any now. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:38, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ to :
 * Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:03, 10 July 2023 (UTC)


 * . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:04, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Again self admitted on another project here. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:13, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Adding KAK89 based on this admission, and supported by their conduct on enwiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:37, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check for sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:13, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 06:04, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * . Mz7 (talk) 06:55, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Admitted to sockpuppetry here. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:29, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check for sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:30, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:32, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:32, 17 July 2023 (UTC)


 * . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:34, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
 * FWIW a seemingly related IP, 123.24.134.109, made some pretty whacky edits, including this one to a sock's sig; I blocked it before noticing this discussion. I don't think it will have any effect on this investigation though. Graham 87 15:49, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The first account is self admitted on all but one of the projects where the account is active. The second follows PVR's naming scheme, has the same interests, and a home project on viwiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:04, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check for sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:05, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
 * - RoySmith (talk) 21:27, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus RoySmith (talk) 21:34, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
 * glock requested RoySmith (talk) 21:35, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Self-admitted as sock on Wikidata. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:21, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Adding JKL0983 and Chankia, admitted on frwiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:27, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

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Lets add who is  to these per my data on Wikidata.--Jasper Deng (talk) 09:52, 21 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I'll call them ✅ on enwiki as well. RoySmith (talk) 14:29, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check for sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:22, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
 * - RoySmith (talk) 01:46, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
 * These three are all or maybe .   RoySmith (talk) 01:54, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Tagging as proven given the CU result. . Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:08, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Both of these accounts were registered a few hours after the most recent sock was globally locked. Both have created a userpage consisting of a single letter then immediately blanked it (on frwiki in the case Bavaorya). Bavaorya restored questionable date changes by previous socks to fr:Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques and made similar date changes to fr:Chute des régimes communistes en Europe. Aowaii is propsing similar date changes on the talk page for Revolutions of 1989, an article currently protected to prevent socking from PVR. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:16, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm, and for additional accounts. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:18, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
 * These three: are all ✅ to each other and  to .  I'll tag them as proven and request glocks. RoySmith (talk) 21:39, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly named account also active on viwiki with the same interests as previous socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:03, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Adding Hcfdgxh, self-admitted on xalwiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:30, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check for sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:03, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Both ✅ to one another, plus:
 * Very, technically, to previous socks, and I'm happy to believe their self-confession and tag as confirmed. Will request locks if that hasn't already been done, closing.
 * Very, technically, to previous socks, and I'm happy to believe their self-confession and tag as confirmed. Will request locks if that hasn't already been done, closing.

Suspected sockpuppets
Both have admitted sockpuppetry on mlwiki Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:54, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check for sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:54, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * are what I can give you. Courcelles (talk) 03:58, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * . Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 04:01, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Admitted on id wiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:24, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check for sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:25, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I can give you Courcelles (talk) 00:47, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked without tags, locks requested. Closing. Courcelles (talk) 00:49, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Self-admitted on mswiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:02, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check for sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:02, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * RoySmith (talk) 17:16, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Tagging and closing. . Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:16, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Tom mirrors PVR's interests in the German colonial empire and the Vietnam and Indochina wars (see contributions on nl- and zhwiki). Their edit to nl:Duitse koloniën mirrors edits by previous PVR socks to the same article on other wikis (diff 1, diff 2). Their contributions to zh:第一次印度支那戰爭 (First Indochina War) mirrors PVR's tendency for self-reversion. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:14, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Given that this case is much less cut and dry than previous socks, please check to confirm, and if it is PVR, please check for sleepers as well. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:15, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Courcelles (talk) 14:18, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:21, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Between the name, and this mirroring PVR's many edits across multiple wikis changing the date of the Anschluss makes this pretty cut and dry. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:31, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check for sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:32, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ to and ; already locked, don't see any other accounts, closing.   Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  18:29, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
PVR has long exhibited odd self-reverting behaviour. This seen perhaps most clearly with cross wiki conduct by. All the wikis where they made just one edit, that edit was a revert of one they themselves made while logged out. The two articles Zhangzuning edited on zhwiki have seen 10 self-reverts by PVR in the last two weeks, so a new account showing up to revert edits by a known PVR ip looks rather suspicious. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:25, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm and for potential sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:26, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
 * . See also . . . Closing. Mz7 (talk) 05:38, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Here we have yet another account with similar name to previous socks, whose only edits have been one of PVR's favourite articles. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:55, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm and for potential sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:56, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
 * bordering on . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:05, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
 * as suspected. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:19, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Like PVR, this is a Vietnamese speaking editor (see their account on viwiki), with an interest in German political history (see contributions to German Empire and Weimar Republic), and the same odd self-reverting behaviour (see contributions to Vietnam War and One-party state). Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:28, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm and identify potential sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:28, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * - RoySmith (talk) 19:32, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * The best I can do is  There's a lot of stuff that matches, but nothing that's significant enough to say for sure.  There's also some indication of creating and stockpiling sleeper accounts.  I'll block this as suspected; I wouldn't be surprised however, if others looked at the same data and thought it was good enough to say proven. RoySmith (talk) 19:47, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I noticed that this recently-created account's edits to Korea had a similar editing pattern as PVR and their socks: The narrow topic focus is also reminiscent of PVR's recent socks', i.e.: Editing-wise, Bethooment also has a tendency to write long run-on sentences and paragraphs. They also emphasise the same content (e.g. Panmunjom, (re)unification of Korea / Germany, Allied-occupation of Korea / Germany / Austria); compare these edits by a blocked sock of PVR and these recent edits by Bethooment. <span style="color:#757575; font-family:Consolas, monospace">Yue 🌙 21:11, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Multiple small edits in a short amount of time
 * Almost never uses edit summaries
 * Only mobile web edits
 * Vietnam-related articles
 * German / Austrian history, especially in regard to World War I and the German Empire
 * Korea, specifically Korean history described in the eponymous article

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 * - This seems quite likely. Please check to confirm, and especially for sleepers, given PVR's long running history of sleeper use. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:41, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ to each other: To master, only  from the above batch shows up on the same range (IPv4/16) as the recent socks, which are also in the same area of the world and ISP but a different UA(s). So I think this is a  and going to need behavior on top of that. I did pick off a sock of  though. Izno (talk) 23:35, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The behaviour makes this pretty cut and dry. . . Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:45, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Edits to Korea specifically were a restoration of PVR's sock edits but with different wording. <span style="color:#757575; font-family:Consolas, monospace">Yue 🌙 09:36, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Mobile web edits only, no edit summaries
 * Bad grammatical edits with simplistic wording, run-on sentences, and repetition
 * No sources, justifies their edits in the edit summary once every two dozen edits
 * Same focus areas: Association football, Korea, Korean unification, Korean peace treaty, Empire of Japan, Austria
 * Account created the same day PVR's socks were blocked


 * Compare old sock edits to James8670 edits to Austria. Pretty blatant. <span style="color:#757575; font-family:Consolas, monospace">Yue 🌙 09:40, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm, and for potential sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:09, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to the following: and  to the master. The behavioural evidence convinces me they're related to the sockmaster. Blocked and tagged as proven. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 16:59, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:04, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Their only edits here are to restore changes to the article on Austria made by previous socks. Edits on frwiki, show the same overlapping interest in the division of Korea. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:54, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * - The behaviour makes this really obvious, so I've already blocked the account in question, but given PVR's history of sleeper use, please check if any exist now. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:55, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
 * .... Spicy (talk) 22:04, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
 * to past socks such as, and . . Tagged, , closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 22:16, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Here we have an account with a similar naming scheme to previous PVR socks whose first edits were to restore edits by previous socks to the article on Austria. Most of their remaining edits are adding or removing wikilinks, and adding Oxford commas, all regular behaviours of recent PVR socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:22, 23 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Pretty sure Poketgh is a sock of PVR's too. Similar editing pattern and the account existed for over two years but did not make a single edit until some of PVR's socks got banned. This edit in particular also seems a bit specific. <span style="color:#757575; font-family:Consolas, monospace">Yue 🌙 08:37, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm and for additional socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:23, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Claiming, since I'm still slow at this and wouldn't want to trip over someone. Vanamonde (Talk) 14:15, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
 * is to recent socks, and I have blocked based on the totality of technical and behavioral data.  appears to be ❌. Vanamonde (Talk) 17:40, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
 * for NJ370. My initial intuition on seeing Poketgh was that they were unrelated given their edit summaries and age of the account, and the CU result seems to bear that out. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Here we have two newly registered accounts, whose first edits were to repeat edits by previous PVR socks.

Compare this by Samng78 to this by Guessi890, and this by Nik901 to this from a known PVR IP range. Sir Sputnik (talk) 19:02, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm and for additional accounts. Sir Sputnik (talk) 19:03, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * These are all ✅ to each other and also ✅ to several previously blocked accounts tagged as proven.  RoySmith (talk) 20:56, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * blocking and requesting glocks RoySmith (talk) 20:58, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This editors edits to 1954 Geneva Conference and Xiangqi are substantially similar to the most recent edits by PVR socks to those articles. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:03, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm and for additional accounts. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:04, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
 * It's them, plus
 * ,, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 21:37, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
 * ,, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 21:37, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Here we have an editor the same interests as PVR in the 1954 Geneva Conference, the dynastic history of Vietnam, association football, and political theory. They've also repeated an edit by previous PVR sock to Template:History of Vietnam. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:03, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm and for additional accounts. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:04, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I can't get all the way back to the master, but ✅ to multiple previously proven socks RoySmith (talk) 02:29, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:29, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This is an account with the same interests as PVR registered after their most recent sock was blocked making similar edits. In particular, the edit to Puppet state stands out, given that it is to subject that is unrelated to the rest of their edits, and is the sort of serial comma change we've seen quite frequently from recent PVR socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:38, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm and identify potential sleepers. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:39, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yep, it's them. . . Spicy (talk) 23:50, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This is a new account that immediately linked Austria to Cisleithania in the info box of Unification of Germany ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unification_of_Germany&diff=prev&oldid=1214535125 diff), which many previous PVR socks editing that page have done as well. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:24, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm and for additional accounts. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:25, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
 * That's him +, , , , . Salvio giuliano 17:47, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
 * . . Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:56, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This is a similarly named account to previous PVR socks, and has continued their pattern of messing with the start and end dates of the Saar Protectorate. Sir Sputnik edit from mobile alt (talk) 14:12, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm, and for additional accounts. Sir Sputnik edit from mobile alt (talk) 14:13, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
 * to the last batch., closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 21:59, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
And yet another new account that goes straight to messing with German constitutional dates that PVR has a long history of changing, this time on North German Confederation. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:08, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm, and for additional accounts. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:09, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, also ., . Spicy (talk) 14:57, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Recently created account which immediately started making edits about the Revolutions of 1989, the division / reunification of Korea, and Republic of China politicians and history. These are topics which had been of particular interest to PVR's recent socks (i.e. within the past three months). Ohfanigeria also cites Yonhap a lot, and often exclusively, another behaviour that PVR did with their recent socks.

Compare these edits: This one by an old PVR sock and this one made a couple minutes ago. <span style="color:#757575; font-family:Consolas, monospace">Yue 🌙 18:29, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Given that the Check on 28 March didn't identify Thitip (registered 22 March), this is probably worth a closer look. In any case, the behavioural evidence is compelling. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:52, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 10:20, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 10:20, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 10:20, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This editor has made similar dubious date changes to 1954 Geneva Conference as previous socks, and also share's PVR's interest in Allied-occupied Germany. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:42, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm and for additional accounts. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:43, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus . Mz7 (talk) 08:51, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 * . Mz7 (talk) 08:53, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)

Has made the same diffs to Xiangqi that were made by recent previous sockpuppet BTCUSB.

Diffs by BTCUSB:

Diffs by Merkel980:  Bruce leverett (talk) 13:35, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Please move to Sockpuppet investigations/Phạm Văn Rạng. Bbb23 (talk) 15:00, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
 * - Please check to confirm and for additional accounts. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:38, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ to this case:
 * Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:04, 27 May 2024 (UTC)


 * . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:05, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This is a new account whose second edit was to largely rollback my revert of Malan Fun's edits to Han Chinese. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅, plus . Blocking, requesting lock.   Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  12:48, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

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Here we have a seemingly Vietnamese speaking editor (see their contribution to viwiki diff 1), registered shortly after the most PVR socks were blocked. Their only contribution to eswiki (diff 2) was to change the date of the Austrian Anschluss consistent with edits from previous PVR socks. (diff 3). On this project they share a number of PVR's interests, including the imperial eras of Germany and Japan, and most notably the Saar Protectorate, exemplified by their very first contribution here, (diff 4). Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:21, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Please check to confirm and for additional socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:22, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ along with . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:52, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:53, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

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This editors edits to Autonomous administrative divisions of China, The Blitz, and Battle of Britain have been to restore recently reverted edits by previous PVR socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:08, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Please check for additional accounts. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:08, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ along with . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:17, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
 * . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:18, 7 July 2024 (UTC)