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09 September 2014

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User:Talal.talal1 was blocked several days ago for sockpuppeteering. Now this user has sprung up doing the same edits to the same article. Callsfortruth (talk) 08:50, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
 * User:Lebanesetruth has been blocked (the sockpuppeteer wasn't for some strange reason known to the blocking admin and the sockpuppeteer/PR firm employee). Now he is also editing using User:Philanthropist 1001.

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the user above mentioned my account as a sockpuppet, just checking his history and contribution page will show exactly the amount of confrontations he had with admins over one article he's trying to vandalise in a way contradicting with Wikipedia's BLP rules

thank you talal.talal1 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 11:04, 9 September 2014 (UTC)


 * As showed up this morning and within 2 hours was autoconfirmed and targeting the same article, he is either a sock or a meatpuppet. Hm, supposedly it takes 4 days and 10 edits to edit a semi-protected article, but he did it in less than 2 hours. Dougweller (talk) 14:01, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

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 * ✅: Talal.talal1, Lebanesetruth, Nuhad014 and Philanthropist 1001; all indeffed and tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 12:03, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Nothing more to do. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 14:17, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Painting101 is ✅, thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 22:25, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

26 August 2014

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User has been making the same edits. When Rahda1986 was blocked for edit warring, Elie218 popped up hours later and removed the same two sourced sections. These edits are consistent with edits done previously, probably as part of an effort by marketing/PR agency and party members to delete mentions of corruption on warlord's page ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections. The users mentioned above, among other users, seem to focus exclusively on one article, Nabih Berri. Callsfortruth (talk) 12:53, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * - - Edits to Nabih Berri are fairly convincing, but I'd like to first check whether this is meatpuppetry. Thanks, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:27, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Philanthropist 1001 is . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 18:09, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I've blocked Rahda1986 and Elie218 indefinitely. The timing of Elie218's one edit is suspicious enough to pass WP:DUCK, in my opinion. The evidence isn't there for Philanthropist 1001, so not blocking. I've blocked Talal.talal1 for 1 week as the sockmaster, and as a first offence. I haven't tagged the sockmaster in the hope that that will encourage them to edit constructively in the future. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 02:32, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Closing. Mike V  •  Talk  19:40, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Philanthropist 1001 is . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 18:09, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I've blocked Rahda1986 and Elie218 indefinitely. The timing of Elie218's one edit is suspicious enough to pass WP:DUCK, in my opinion. The evidence isn't there for Philanthropist 1001, so not blocking. I've blocked Talal.talal1 for 1 week as the sockmaster, and as a first offence. I haven't tagged the sockmaster in the hope that that will encourage them to edit constructively in the future. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 02:32, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Closing. Mike V  •  Talk  19:40, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Closing. Mike V  •  Talk  19:40, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

13 September 2014

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The behaviour of this account has strong similarities with. Registration before their first edit (1 day for Rami2587, 4 for Painting101), and a rush to get autoconfirmed by making minor edits, followed by edits at Nabih Berri. The difference is that Nabih Berri is currently fully protected, so Rami2587 settled for editing the talk page, presumably after they worked out that becoming autoconfirmed wouldn't let them edit the article. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 03:46, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

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 * Rami2587 is ✅. Materialscientist (talk) 04:03, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Account blocked and tagged. Mike V  •  Talk  15:40, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

15 September 2014

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Another new account taking a close interest in Nabih Berri. Also, this edit has some tell-tale similarities with this edit by, one of the blocked accounts. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 14:38, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

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 * ✅, along with . Blocked and closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:17, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

08 August 2015

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Editing of Nabih Berri, many other confirmed and suspected puppets 'caught' on this page... 495656778774 (talk) 18:10, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * Samar Layoun last edited in February 2013, so there wouldn't be much point in blocking now. Closing. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 14:24, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

08 August 2015

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Editing page of Nabih Berri, sections related to Nabih Berri in Contents of the United States diplomatic cables leak (Middle East) 495656778774 (talk) 13:02, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * This needs to be merged with Sockpuppet investigations/Philanthropist 1001 (Edit: now done). I would tend to agree that Rami.198678 looks like a sleeper sock, given the timing of the account creation (1 month after the last round of sock blocks in September 2014) and the rush of minor edits to become autoconfirmed, followed by the recent reverts at Nabih Berri. However, I note that the reverts are in line with policy, given that they were removing WP:BLP violations. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 14:35, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * - removing corruption allegations like previous socks . I would like a CheckUser to see if some useful data is left from the September check, to compare Rami.198678 with previous socks.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:45, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Given the evidence available I've blocked and  as  socks of .-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  20:28, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Tagged as confirmed. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:50, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

17 August 2015

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Behavior similar to previous sockpuppets. 495656778774 (talk) 10:20, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * Rosy14632 as a WP:DUCK sock of Philanthropist 1001. Closing. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 12:42, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Moussa131262 blocked and tagged as well. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 12:49, 17 August 2015 (UTC)