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09 February 2016

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189.40.73.190's rewrote the lead of Elisha Cuthbert in broken English to be more promotional. The edit used an edit summary of "adding content". Several more editors subsequently showed up to do the same thing with minor variations.
 * Mestre do saber:,  Again, it was in broken English, and he used the canned edit summary "added content".  When his edits were challenged, he came back to.
 * Rafa Figueiredo: Rafa then appeared, and .  The edit summaries, when used, are often variations of, , and.
 * Wade Jones: After Rafa's edits are reverted, Wade shows up. .  The edit summary is "added content".  After Rafa's poorly-sourced award list is removed,.
 * Damon Felton: After Wade experiences difficulty in getting his edits to stick, Damon Felton begins editing the article., which .  Damon then.

There's more, but I doubt anyone wants to spend two hours reading diffs where I nitpick the same English errors that all the accounts make, such as repeatedly using the wrong pronouns for Cuthbert. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 00:20, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:10, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:10, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:10, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:10, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:10, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:10, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

24 February 2016

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Rafa and his socks primarily edited Elisha Cuthbert, usually adding promotional content in broken English. Two more users with the same M.O. have shown up to continue the job: At this point, I'm thinking that the amount of cross-wiki abuse by Rafa, which includes having Samuel B. Oliveira blocked on Commons by a check user but not on here, warrants some kind of intervention by a steward. However, I'm honestly not entirely sure how to raise the issue. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:55, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Samuel B. Oliveira was blocked on Commons as a sock of Rafa. On en.wiki, he  that .  Both of these users added a "critics' choice" award sourced to Cineteka.com to Elisha Cuthbert.  He also leaves similar talk page messages when reverted:  vs .  Following Rafa's M.O., once Samuel encounters resistance to his edits, this account is abandoned, and a new one appears.
 * Sabio utilizador is a little harder to prove due to the few edits made. His first edit is  in Elisha Cuthbert.  These are very similar to the ones favored by Wade Jones in, which adds "Breakthrough" and "Happy Endings" to the headers, and to  by Damon, which adds "Breakthrough" and "International fame".  When I revert Sabio's edit, he  in broken English on my talk page with the title "hello", just as Wade did in .  This is similar to a discussion started on Hullabloo Wolfowitz's user talk page  by Damon that also uses the title "hello".  On my user talk, Sabio argues to continue using the article headers preferred by Rafa's socks: , , , , all of which generally use Sabio's preferred format and wording for the headers.

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked and tagged (in a moment).
 * I will request global locks on meta for all of the above accounts except Aprendiz123, who has no edits on en-wiki or any edits on any other wiki. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:21, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
 * All these accounts (Rafa Figueiredo included) have been globally locked. Thanks for reporting. R adi X  ∞  14:03, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note, . I saw that you had granted my request for the first three puppets, but based on your decision, I'll know next time not to be quite so conservative (Aprendiz123).--Bbb23 (talk) 14:19, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged (in a moment).
 * I will request global locks on meta for all of the above accounts except Aprendiz123, who has no edits on en-wiki or any edits on any other wiki. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:21, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
 * All these accounts (Rafa Figueiredo included) have been globally locked. Thanks for reporting. R adi X  ∞  14:03, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note, . I saw that you had granted my request for the first three puppets, but based on your decision, I'll know next time not to be quite so conservative (Aprendiz123).--Bbb23 (talk) 14:19, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

27 February 2016

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This is a very loudly-quacking duck. Previous Rafa sock:. Michael:. The edit summary in this edit, "No need to break very your career", seems to be a reference to. Previous Rafa sock:. Michael:. Note also the same broken English as Rafa (though it seems to be improving somewhat), and the. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:54, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * This account has been globally locked. R adi X  ∞  18:44, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * The account has also been confirmed and tagged. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:52, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

29 March 2016

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This is pretty much a duck case.


 * Adding "Critics' Choice" and "Phoenix Film Critics Society" to Elisha Cuthbert:
 * Previous Rafa socks:, ,
 * Carlito Oliveira:
 * Adding "80% approval from the Washington Post" to House of Wax (2005 film):
 * Previous Rafa socks: ,
 * Carlito Oliveira:

I don't know if it's legit to give evidence based on activity at other Wikimedia projects, but this case has often included cross-wiki abuse. This account leaves very similar "hello, because you reverted me?" messages as previous Rafa socks:
 * Previous Rafa socks:, (These are both from Wikipedia)
 * Carliito Oliveira: "Hello, because you checked the files to be deleted?" (This is on Commons, not Wikipedia)

It seems obvious from the obsession with Elisha Cuthbert, awards, and poor English that this is another Rafa sock. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:34, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * . There was another sockpuppet of Rafa Figueiredo: Matheus Dunst. I locked both accounts and range blocked the IP addresses as well. R adi X  ∞  18:44, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * The account is globally locked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:33, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

02 June 2016

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Rafa is prolific sock who mostly targets two articles: Elisha Cuthbert and House of Wax (2005 film).
 * Elisha Cuthbert
 * Previous Rafa socks: edit summaries are mostly variations of, , , or ; socks usually change the headers to read be more promotional, such as , , and.
 * Robot445: edit summary of ,
 * House of Wax (2005 film)
 * Previous Rafa socks: ,
 * Robot445:

Also, previous socks have an interest in Happy Endings (TV series) and ; Robot445 shows interest in the same article, using Rafa's traditional broken English. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:09, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Well, I'm surprised the CU came back anything but positive, but said that he put a range block on Rafa. Rafa could have taken steps to evade that, such as a VPN. I think there's still enough behavioral evidence, though. Rafa is obsessed with changing the headers of Elisha Cuthbert to say that she's had a breakthrough and achieved some kind of recognition. I find it a bit unlikely that some random editor would show up at the article with the same exact same M.O. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:50, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

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The account is between and .--Bbb23 (talk) 23:33, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Admin action needed - Deciding this behaviorally, 's diffs for Elisha Cuthbert are most convincing, and I am overall convinced that Robot445 is a sock (also taking into account Robot445's small number of overall edits). Thanks for your comprehensive report. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 16:11, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged per . Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:03, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

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Both of these new users went directly to Rafa's two favorite articles, Elisha Cuthbert and House of Wax (2005 film).
 * Utsp22 on Elisha Cuthbert:
 * Directly after was globally locked by a steward, Utsp22 began editing the article.  Utsp22's first edit Elisha Cuthbert was to reference House of Wsx:.
 * Utsp22 has Rafa's traditional problems with English:, . Any diff from a Rafa sock will substantiate this.
 * Speaking in strange sentence fragments before a direct quotation:
 * Previous Rafa socks have been obsessed with Cuthbert's public image and adding puffering about her sex appeal:, , . Utsp22 adds puffery about sex appeal:.
 * Kristin cannon on House of Wax (2005 film):
 * Previous Rafa socks have been insistent on adding positive reviews and fluff to the article:, . Kristin cannon has added similar claims about .  Kistin cotton adds the same review from Filmjerk.com that singles out Cuthbert for praise:.
 * Speaking in strange sentence fragments before a direct quotation:.
 * As is usual for a Rafa sock, a likely copyright violation of Elisha Cuthbert was uploaded to Commons: Commons:File:Elisha Cuthbert 2013.jpg. I can't really link to other copyright violations on Commons uploaded by Rafa socks because they've all been cleaned up, but you can see a long list of deleted images on Rafa's talk page at Commons. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:15, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Checkuser is requested to locate further Rafa socks and also so that I can conclusively link the accounts to Rafa before requesting a global lock at SRG. There have been a few cross-wiki edits, as is usual for Rafa socks, but I'm mostly going on my gut feeling for these two accounts. I'd like more proof before requesting a lock, and long, en.Wiki-style "proofs" seems to be discouraged at SRG. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:15, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, and tagged. Could you please globally lock these two accounts and then close this SPI? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:00, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

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Rafa F. mostly targets Elisha Cuthbert to add puffery, though he also occasionally puffs up other female celebrities with minor awards and Maxim top ten lists. I was hoping for a more obvious "smoking gun" diff that would make it obvious, but the editing history is the same. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 12:22, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Linking "blonde bombshell" in Elisha Cuthbert
 * Other Rafa socks: ,
 * Goodcontributor:
 * Puffery about how critics have praised Cuthbert
 * Other Rafa socks: ,
 * Goodcontributor:
 * "Personal life" edit summary
 * Other Rafa socks: ,
 * Goodcontributor:
 * Puffery about female celebrities' sex appeal
 * Other Rafa socks:, , ,
 * Goodcontributor:
 * Adding Teen Choice awards
 * Previous Rafa socks:, ,
 * Goodcontributor:

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:56, 16 November 2016 (UTC)