Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ShkoDevAct/Archive

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Similar user names and similar page what listed users edit, especially the Iraqi Armed Forces, the Peshmerga, the Iraqi Air Force. ShkoDev and Shkooo both made the same vandalism edit at the Beretta M1951 article (place of origin change, instead of Italy adding Iraq). Nubia86 (talk) 05:15, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Moved to oldest. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:31, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Clearly the same user. Multiple accounts are also violating WP:NFCC. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 09:22, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

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Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  14:41, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

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Userpage which imitates the first paragraphs of mine. Substituting sock's Username for puppeteer's Username on a couple of pages. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  14:41, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Just confirming you meant to file this pro forma and don't want a slepeer check or anything. KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 02:05, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't mind, if it's not too much trouble. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  12:17, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Moved to endorsed per the above. GeneralNotability (talk) 15:09, 14 September 2021 (UTC)


 * ✅. -- zzuuzz (talk) 20:19, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Re-tagging based on confirmation. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:24, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

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Almost identical name and same user page as User:NationalistMan who was blocked on 07/09/21 for legal threats. Princess Persnickety  (talk)  11:25, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. -- zzuuzz (talk) 20:19, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked sock. Tagged master as a confirmed master and tagged sock as confirmed. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:23, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, these are confirmed socks of User:ShkoDevAct. This case could be merged with Sockpuppet investigations/ShkoDevAct.  By the way, the last ShkoDevAct sock I blocked engaged in article hijacking and copyright violations.  There's sometimes some cleanup that needs to be done after blocking them. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 12:56, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Merged and retagged. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:05, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)
 * ( original case name)


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In numerous instances, after the account Afroditeiraq was banned on 20 September, the account Nplprcn, after a brief hiatus, began on 9 October to edit many of the same pages previously extensively edited by Afroditeiraq. In the first instance, after edits by Afroditeiraq were reverted by other users on the basis that this user was now banned, Nplprcn intervened to undo that revert. After that, Nplprcn continued an obvious pattern of editing on pages heavily frequented by Afroditeiraq, including: here, here, here, here, and here. Prior to this Afroditeiraq-themed editing by Nplprcn, starting on 9 October, the only edits by Nplprcn were on pages related to the female chest, or 'nipple piercing' (i.e.: Nplprcn - that took me a while), all made in isolation on 17 August. I deduce/suspect that the account Nplprcn was created by Afroditeiraq to avoid the edits on subjects perceived to be embarrassing using their main account. Following this logic, it was then left dormant (in effect, an inadvertent but ready sleeper account) until Afroditeiraq was banned, at which point, after unsuccessfully appealing their block and being blocked from further account creation, they began to use Nplprcn to continue their previous pattern of edits. Hence the CheckUser request. Iskandar323 (talk) 12:51, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:54, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * These accounts are all ✅ to each other:
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:09, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * - needs merging to oldest account. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:51, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Case moved as requested. Tagging and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:27, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:09, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * - needs merging to oldest account. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:51, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Case moved as requested. Tagging and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:27, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:09, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * - needs merging to oldest account. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:51, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Case moved as requested. Tagging and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:27, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

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Shko01 made their user page identical to confirmed sockpuppet NationalistMan's page. They had even included the text "This WikiAward was given to NationalistMan by NationalistMan" on a Workers' Barnstar on their user page, but later corrected this (incorrectly) to Shko012 (No account with that name currently exists.), and then to Shko01. This account has also been frequently using "Fix it", and a few variants thereof, as their edit summaries. (This is easily visible in their contribution history.) This summary has previously been by NationalistMan four times (1 2 3 4) and many times by confirmed sockpuppet WorkersMan. The account has been changing (and in this case, removing) content without adequately explaining why and adding unsourced content on numerous articles related to conflicts and military in Iraq (Examples from this account: 1 2 3. Examples from other accounts: 1 2 3.), and has especially been targeting pages about Iraqi Air Force bases (Examples from this account: 1 2 3 4. Examples from other accounts: 1 2 3 4.) Evil Sith Lord (talk) 00:49, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Confirmed to previously confirmed socks NationalismMan and NationalistMan -- RoySmith (talk) 01:29, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

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Pro forma filing - confirmed by. firefly ( t · c ) 10:49, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Marked as checked, and sock tagged as per request from TheresNoTime. firefly  ( t · c ) 10:50, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * As above, ✅ ~TheresNoTime (to explain!) 11:00, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

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Similar edits at same page related to Iraq, Iraq army and kudistan and similar user pages. [] [ [[User:Shadow4dark|Shadow4dark]] (talk) 21:21, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * While the diffs provided don't really say much, I'm confident this is them from my own investigation. There's no history of sleepers, so I don't think CU is urgently needed here;, sock edits reverted, closing. , please make sure to include more comprehensive evidence in filings; you may find my guide to filing SPIs useful. --Blablubbs (talk) 22:00, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * (: original case name)


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Compared with his older sock Afroditeiraq. Both names ending with iraqi. Both editing with mobile. Editing same pages, specific demographics of iraq or arabs all socks editing the same page here created by his older sock [] [] [] He fixed here his own edits with similair tone at same paragraph. [] and []

He expanding same edits from his older sock here, [] []

They add similar unsourced content here, [] []

See also editorinteract https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=Wikiraqi&users=Afroditeiraq&users=Nplprcn&users=&startdate=&enddate=&ns=&server=enwiki Shadow4dark (talk) 23:26, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

Back with new sock. Shadow4dark (talk) 21:36, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Yes that is User:ShkoDevAct both editing at commons [] []Shadow4dark (talk) 21:59, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. Leaving the CU request for others. Bbb23 (talk) 20:48, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I've blocked Mac990 without tags. I think this is . Bbb23 (talk) 21:50, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to and others.
 * is somewhere between to  to  (a ShkoDevAct sock). Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:02, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I've tagged Mac990. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:38, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

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Same edits as past socks and similar name Shadow4dark (talk) 16:12, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 04:03, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
 * - I ran checks on ShkoDevAct and ShkoLegend; they're based on technical data; considering editing overlap and the obvious username similarity, I don't have much problem calling them ✅.  ShkoLegend has previously been confirmed as a Ap063gang sock, so could a clerk please merge into that case, and fill in the missing tags. -- RoySmith (talk) 04:27, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Case merged. Tagged ShkoLegend and retagged the Ap063gang socks. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:20, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)


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Doug Weller talk 17:02, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

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I had reported this to other SP master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/ShkoDevAct.Shadow4dark (talk) 17:14, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

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✅, they seem to have been using two IP ranges you'd blocked. I haven't tagged as I should be cooking dinner. Doug Weller talk 17:02, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Case merged from WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Ap063gang per RoySmith's comments above. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:03, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

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Similar name and user page [] Shadow4dark (talk) 03:06, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Unsurprisingly, ✅. Seems to be on a different IP range this time, though.  Let me know if more show up, and I'll do more range blocks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:50, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

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Similar name and he edits same pages. Shadow4dark (talk) 09:00, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Behavioural evidence seems pretty conclusive. triggered the edit filter for trying to edit the userpage of  (a blocked sock) to remove the sockpuppet template. —  Manti  core  09:26, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, sir, I wanted to make contact with you earlier, but I couldn't. I wanted to tell you that I used to be a Wikipedia user and i had other accounts, but because i've had Wikipedia rules in previous years. You don't know if I've been blocked or suckpuppet, but I now know the wikipedia rules completely and I can't participate in Wikipedia because of past mistakes. Can these legal procedures be removed from me? my old acount is ShkoDevAct My new acc is Shko97 and shkokoye — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shko97 (talk • contribs)

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 * Admitted above, and they are well and truly beyond their third strike. - Please block  indefinitely.  Those additional rangeblocks are probably warranted. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:30, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Jack Frost - ✅, and also tagged. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   14:09, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Updating master's tag to 3X'd since 15 September. Archiving. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 21:57, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

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Editing same pages and has similar user page see the left picture [] and older socks [] also he tagged this user as SP User:SJ995487377 Shadow4dark (talk) 14:27, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 14:45, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ to ShkoKoye from the archives. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:13, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

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After his last block he returned back to same pages and reverting back his last sock edits. [[ [], his IP [][], his ip [] and [] and Mobile edits like past socks. Also he has similar sock name User:ShadowSiege Shadow4dark (talk) 20:17, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * I had already blocked this account as a duck before I saw this report, but a clerk can assess whether it's worth a CU to check for other possible accounts. JBW (talk) 21:13, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Doesn't look like sleeper checks have turned up much lately. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 00:43, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar sockname as past socks and reverting older sock edits back [] [] Shadow4dark (talk) 21:24, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅. I didn't do a deep dive, but  -- RoySmith (talk) 22:29, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
They editing same pages and adding copyrighted pictures like past socks, which is deleted. All files is similar iraq army pictures, [] [] and last sock [] At commons i asked also for deletion of his copyrighted pictures [] no one of them is his own work. Shadow4dark (talk) 17:10, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * They restore opyrighted picture of their older sock [] they also using similar wording "fix" "fixed" "update"Shadow4dark (talk) 09:11, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Healix555 is to ShkoLegend.   -- RoySmith (talk) 01:42, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I've been looking at the historical data some more, which leads me to downgrade my previous to . It's a relatively narrow IP range they've used before, but not commonly, and nothing else matches.  -- RoySmith (talk) 01:49, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Blocking as suspected based on Special:Diff/1076559968 vs Special:Diff/1077804541. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:31, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

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He returned with a IP this time and reverts back his older edits. [] [] and they use same tone "fix" Shadow4dark (talk) 12:27, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * The IP hasn't edited in several days, so there's not much point to blocking it now. You can re-report if it resumes editing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:22, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Adding copyrighted pictures of Iraq armed forces and claiming as own work on commons like past socks and editing same pages. See older investigations. Shadow4dark (talk) 11:47, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to . Blocking, requesting lock since they're pretty active on commons too.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  12:10, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

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Similar sockname Shadow4dark (talk) 14:18, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Username + userpage apparently copied from someone more experienced + edits restoring Shko content   =  as proven.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 23:27, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

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Now he editing logged out and reverts back his last edtis, [] [][] also they edit similar pages. please add page protections Shadow4dark (talk) 22:10, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Thanks for reporting. Second time on this IP. 2 months. Closing.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 01:53, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

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Similar edit summaries and reverting back his edits [] [], [] [] "fix errors" "fix truth" Shadow4dark (talk) 22:21, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * The 185.240.17.80/28 range blocked for a month. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:57, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Editing same pages with same IP ISP and similar edit summaries. Other IP is 185.240.17.86 Shadow4dark (talk) 09:37, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Thanks for filing. blocked 1 month. Closing.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 10:55, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

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They restore back their IP edit ( same numbers )[] [] and see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erbil_City_from_sky.jpg Author	Shko H. Omer, his past blocked User:Shko H. Omer sockname Shadow4dark (talk) 06:23, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * They editing also their favourite pages, [] [] [] these pages is only edited by his socks and ips. Shadow4dark (talk) 12:11, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * This edit is also suspicious for an account that was created five days ago. — Manti  core  09:30, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

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Confirmed to sock accounts from the June archive. Also confirmed: -- zzuuzz (talk) 06:44, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
 * as a duck. to check for sleepers and freshen the trail, since it's been a while since we had a logged-in sock.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 06:02, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
 * . --Jack Frost (talk) 11:35, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
 * The SandDoctor Talk 14:18, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

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See, [] and [] also editing same Iraq related pages Shadow4dark (talk) 15:01, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

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With weird edits like this, looks like you've got a fan. Whether or not the account is a sock, it's clearly WP:NOTHERE. — Manti  core  09:21, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * Account is now blocked as a sock. Added tag, requested lock, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:30, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
His name ending to 0 like his pas sock User:BasedMan0 they editing similar Iraq military related pages and editing on commons like past. He using also this [] ip now wich has same IP range and ISP like past ips and socks Shadow4dark (talk) 19:44, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * Between the technical similarities (well, near identicalities, if that's a word) and the behaviour, I'm calling this ✅. Lock requested.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  20:42, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
 * now locked The SandDoctor  Talk 12:15, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Return of same IP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/185.240.17.56 reported on last report, editing same pages Shadow4dark (talk) 16:08, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * reblocked 3 months, blocked 1 week. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 16:27, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Whoops, just noticed the /25 range was already rangeblocked by RoySmith. DatGuyTalkContribs 16:28, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

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They returned and admits he is sock here [] Shadow4dark (talk) 16:31, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * blocked for three months. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 17:01, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

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Editing same pages related to Iraq military and editing on commons. At commons they editing their past sock upload https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:My_Own_Jeep_Renegade_2017.jpg&diff=prev&oldid=695517587 Shadow4dark (talk) 18:15, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to . Blocked, lock requested.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  18:47, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)

Both socks editing similar pages (Iraq army, Iraq) as past socks and edited on Kurdish Wikipedia, https://guc.toolforge.org/?by=date&user=Darweein https://guc.toolforge.org/?by=date&user=PerDarween Also they created user pages and editing on mobile. Shadow4dark (talk) 15:45, 11 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Sock master is ShkoDevAct, i messed page Shadow4dark (talk) 15:48, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  17:46, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * The is ✅ to multiple blocked socks from the archive, and  is very  indeed. Blocking both. Don't see any others.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  17:52, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Like past they editing on Iraq military related pages and adding copyrighted material on commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISOF_Combat_swimmers_conduct_operations.jpg also odd user page like past socks. Shadow4dark (talk) 20:41, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Topic overlap, some language quirks, timing between signup and previous blocks, editor tags, etc. It's almost a duck. It seems CU has been useful before, endorsing. MarioGom (talk) 22:14, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅.  Salvio giuliano 23:12, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
 * - Please, block the account as confirmed. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 17:42, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:52, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Spicy (talk) 20:47, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

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Similar as last SP cases they editing on commons with copyrighted uploads https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/SwissDinar and weird user page similar as last socks also they editing same pages [] []Shadow4dark (talk) 22:12, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅; lock requested,  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:26, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Editing Iraq military pages adding copyright pictures on commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Kurdistan24.5 just similar like past cases. If you look deeper they editing same pages. Shadow4dark (talk) 20:54, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to previous cases. I don't see any other obvious socks, but there are a number of other accounts on their range that could potentially be them, so come back if you see any similar activity.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:27, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

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Editing same pages and same edits as past sock. [] [] Shadow4dark (talk) 11:58, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:13, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:13, 27 June 2023 (UTC)


 * . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:14, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Duck adding back same edits [] [] also like older socks they adding copyrighted pictures on commons and they know that sockpuppets gets reverted [] but this is not sock edits but simply lie. And all edits related to Iraq and their military Shadow4dark (talk) 05:07, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * - confirmed, looking for any other accounts.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  08:36, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
 * OK, I don't see any other accounts that are definitely them, but there are quite a few who might potentially be - come back if you see any similar behaviour. Lock requested, closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  08:41, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Adding copyrighted pictures on commons as last socks [], editing on same topics of Iraq military and WP:DUCK [] [] Shadow4dark (talk) 22:04, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * There's no recent data to compare to, but it's pretty obvious. I blocked and tagged as "suspected". Drmies (talk) 03:12, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Editing on Iraq and Iraq military related pages and editing on commons with copyright violations as this one [] literally as last sock report + they want change the active military size numbers with random sources [] as past socks [], [] Shadow4dark (talk) 04:53, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Very very - blocking and tagging.   Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:09, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
As last socks they adding deleted copyrighted images on commons. They editing on Iraq military pages with similar edits, changing the size [] [], [] [] (changing size to 25.000) duck edits. They already have several warnings. Shadow4dark (talk) 11:57, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * Confirmed to Kerosene3 from the archive, as is . Blocked, tagged, lock requested, closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 23:17, 23 June 2024 (UTC)