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DUCK. See Smithsonian Channel. 4thfile4thrank (talk) 04:33, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

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User:HollyJollyUser already by u|Daniel Case. I found the IP tonight through a report made to AIV quacking. about to tag it. As there's no CheckUser requested I'll then mark done. 5 albert square (talk) 00:54, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

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Usual edit warring and insulting edit summaries: a duck case as it seems. Already blocked, but would appreciate a sleeper check and removal of proxies abused by the socks.  Java Hurricane  05:04, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

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I don't think it's Nate. His edit summaries are usually angrier, have more all caps, and have censored profanity. Trivialist (talk) 15:57, 5 April 2021 (UTC)


 * I Agree. Nate Speed throws out a lot of insults in his edit summaries, but they're not troll-type insults. They're more "DIE YOU ASSHOLE" kind of insults. This is definitely some kind of LTA but I don't think it's Nate. Aoi (青い) (talk) 19:33, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * That's not Nate Speed. It's User:Policina.  User:Ripple346 and User:OiramMario1 are also Policina. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:28, 6 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Report moved from Nate Speed to Policina —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 03:02, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

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Obvious username overlap. FixUpPlay2 was created moments after FixUpPlay stopped editing. Both edit articles related to nationality. Both use attacking and insulting edit summaries. Both are clear vandal-only accounts. They both like adding unsourced second nationalities to TV shows, eg and. Seems like solid duck territory. Laplorfill (talk) 05:49, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

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One of the most obvious sockpuppet accounts I've seen in 14 years as an admin. Nick-D (talk) 06:42, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

!ɘM γɿɘυϘ ⅃ϘƧ  04:50, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Definitely the same person but regardless; this looks like it may not have been their first time around, please look for others. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 09:56, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ to each other, and to:
 * Blocking all that aren't blocked yet, and tagging. !ɘM γɿɘυϘ ⅃ϘƧ  04:52, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Moved to oldest and retagged. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 09:25, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

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New user User:56Y77IOT has the same obsession as User:FixUpPlay (a recent 16DaysUntilUnblock sock) with putting misleading and unsourced nationalities into media-related articles. One of FixUpPlay's last edits was this one to 9Rush. One of 56Y77IOT's first edits is this almost identical one. Same story on Buzzr where FixUpPlay edit warred to make this unsourced edit: and 56Y77IOT is right back making the same edit:  and  Laplorfill (talk) 02:08, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
 * User has now admitted that they are FixUpPlay in this edit summary Laplorfill (talk) 02:31, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * based off of geolocation and range. This user has a different user agent than the other socks.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:30, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks . User:56Y77IOT has now claimed that they/16DaysUntilUnblock are sockpuppets of User: Policina in this edit. Might this be worth checking? Laplorfill (talk) 02:46, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
 * For technical and behavioral reasons, I believe the socks of 16DaysUntilUnblock are indeed the same user as Policina. Please merge this case and the archived cases to Sockpuppet investigations/Policina. I will also shortly be removing all the old tags from accounts previously tagged as sockpuppets of 16DaysUntilUnblock—I recommend not replacing them with new tags per WP:DENY. Mz7 (talk) 21:43, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Moved. Closing. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:04, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * per below. Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 23:19, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Already ✅ and blocked. Noting for the record.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 23:19, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The anonIP account was editing on Hamster and Gretel (which may or may not show up correctly at present as there is a significant amount of vandalism being cleaned up). After some of those edits were reverted, the same edits were put in by User:DudleyPuppyLikes2ChewHisButt, followed by User:DudleyPuppyWasAPlainOldMutt. All of these were subsequently blocked for edit warring.

On June 16, User:MomanizerABCD! began vandalizing the page. I suspected a sock connection to these previous accounts based on this common edit: which was one of the edits the previous three accounts were warring over (, ,

Due to the vandalism being ongoing, I felt the need to notify an admin directly rather than take the time for AN/I or AN/V and upon notifying Primefac, the user flat out admits they are a sock here:

After the MomanizerABCD! account was blocked, they added MominizerABCDE!!, which is also now blocked.

These are all blocked accounts now, but I felt it important to include the socking information connected to Policina for the record. I can provide additional evidence as needed/requested. Butler Blog  (talk) 12:16, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Accounts are already blocked and IP is inactive. Not tagging per the archivenotice. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 00:53, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same MO as other blocked sockpuppets. Equine-man (talk) 09:43, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, . Closing. Salvio 10:16, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same edits, same disclosure on user page “This is not Policina” Equine-man (talk) 23:32, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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I wanna point out: the Policina schtick has been a thing with LastEdit2008 (example here). Would it be time to merge the cases?  Liliana UwU  (talk / contribs) 02:52, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * User has been indeffed. I don't think trying to sort out exactly which sock drawer obvious troll accounts belong to is a productive use of time. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 22:40, 7 June 2023 (UTC)