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Keeps adding Camel Case to descriptions of cricketers /  & unsourced captaincy details  /. Former behaviour got user blocked for edit warring. Spike &#39;em (talk) 14:27, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Also done the same pattern of editing as . There are some others too from the 60.254 range.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 10:12, 26 November 2021 (UTC)


 * is another one doing the same thing.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 14:11, 1 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Continues to edit logged out with, while also logging back in to edit as Shooting Spirit 007. Doing it once might be passed off with the old "I forgot to login" excuse, but this is clearly not the case. Time to rangeblock 60.254 and block the main registered account.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 08:03, 6 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Shooting Spirit logged back in today to make the same nonsense changes on squads to the English cricket team in Australia in 2021–22 and 2021–22 Ashes series pages.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 09:17, 8 December 2021 (UTC)


 * And another one - .  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 12:42, 9 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Two more: and .  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 09:09, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * @Lugnuts could I ask that you change the ipvandal templates to checkip's? We have lots of automation that works better that way.  Thanks. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:14, 18 December 2021 (UTC)


 * - yes, of course. Sorry, didn't know there were multiple vairants of that template. Will do!  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 17:15, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * I seem to be in an excessively AGF mood today, so I just left them a uw-login warning with the understanding that the well has run dry on AGF and the next time things won't go so easy. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:19, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

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User continues to switch between logging in and logging out to make disruptive edits, per the previous SPI case that was archived. The closing admin gave them this warning not to continue doing this. However, after some ongoing disruption, which I've asked them to stop doing, they've gone back to logging out to make the same (disruptive) changes. Here's the logged-in edit, and here's the IP edit.

This has continued onto this article, with the logged in account making an edit such as this, only for them to restore this info when logged out.

Suggest their main account is now blocked, and a rangeblock put on 60.254.xx.xxx too. I dropped this note on RoySmith's page (the closing admin), and they asked me to open a new SPI report. Thanks.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 19:13, 13 January 2022 (UTC)  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 19:13, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * No need for CU here. Blocked Shooting Spirit, 2 weeks for the IP. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:39, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

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Shooting Spirit 007 was blocked for logging in/out to cause disruption to multiple cricket articles, despite being warned not to. Their main m/o was to add wicket-keepers to squad lists such as this (logged in) and this (logged out).

This new account, registered today, is doing the exact same thing with this, this and this.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 14:15, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Agree, it's the same nonsense adding the same players as wicket-keepers/vice-captains like Shooting Spirit 007 and the blocked IPs have been doing. e.g. Shooting:, Doggo: . Seems like a WP:DUCK to me, but maybe worth checking for sleeper accounts
 * thanks for helping out, but may I request that you leave merges to clerks in the future? It looks like you did this one fine, but it's tricky to get right, so we'd rather you ask a clerk for assistance for things like that.  Thanks.  -- RoySmith (talk) 14:55, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 14:56, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 15:05, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Shooting Spirit 007 was blocked for edit-warring and adding false info into cricket articles, and was later blocked for socking. KingKlaus' account started editing about 2 weeks after 007's block. Similar edit patterns include adding vice-captain and/or wicket-keeper roles to the squad lists on international cricket tours, without sourcing the info. You can see the diffs from 007's account in the case archive. Examples of this new account doing the same thing include this, this and this, along with their multiple edits to the Captain (cricket) page.

Their other confirmed sock, MrDoggo24, was prolific at the Lucknow Super Giants, same as KingKlaus. And both 007 and KingKlaus' userpages have a very similar feel, with them both stating they like to edit articles related to cricket and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (007 userpage, KingKlaus userpage).  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 14:32, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 17:17, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 17:22, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

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Shooting Spirit 007's latest sock KingKlaus07 was blocked on 8th March. This new account started editing today with this as their very first edit. Quite good for a new editor to a) find this page and b) add the full cite. KingKlaus07 had previously edited the page right up to their block. The new sock has edited this page, another page that KingKlaus07 was previously active on.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 13:02, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  14:44, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, along with:
 * Don't see any others; blocking, tagging, closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  14:46, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Don't see any others; blocking, tagging, closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  14:46, 13 March 2022 (UTC)