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The sock master was blocked indefinitely in September for persistent copyright infringement here. In addition to this he had a habit of using the thumb function when entering images; examples here, here and here. The sock was created here and the same thing is happening - thumbs for images here and here. His talk page is already filled with copyright warnings and his contributions show a lot more. Additionally within the above evidence there has been a focus by both on the Central Highlands Football League and the Black Diamond Australian Football League pages. I don't think there could be a better example of WP:DUCK than this and a checkuser would help ID him, not that it would be needed for this reason but rather just in case there are sleepers. Footy Freak7 (talk) 00:25, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:25, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

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The sock master was blocked indefinitely in September for persistent copyright infringement here. There was a large number of uploads of images (see here. The previous sock Footytrain did the same thing (see here and it included other images from railway stations to cover his tracks. Also on the talk page of the sock there was a bot, and  warning about files being too large. This new sock was created here just four days after Footytrain was blocked, and the same issue with file sizes is happening again, , and. Whilst this isn't as obvious a case of WP:DUCK, it looks suspicious and a checkuser is needed if there are sleepers as well. Footy Freak7 (talk) 06:49, 5 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Additional behavioural evidence. Sockmaster and first sock had a focus on the Black Diamond Australian Football League. Both and this new sock have edited club articles from this area here and here - articles that the sockmaster created. Additionally, the first sock created the articles here, here and here. The new sock created yet another here and has another in draft mode here moved there by another user. A pass at WP:DUCK. I'll be tagging the ones created by the confirmed sock (Footytrain) for speedy deletion. Footy Freak7 (talk) 21:34, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Note - none of the speedys apply. I'll prod them instead. Footy Freak7 (talk) 21:42, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Further evidence - the current suspect sock reverted all three prods without explanation here, here and here. The user also moved the pages. Footy Freak7 (talk) 06:04, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 * And now the suspect sock has reverted the moves (leaving the prods intact) for no reason other than maybe trying to hide the previous evidence? See here, here and here. This was consequent to the talk page declarations noted below, suspiciously. Footy Freak7 (talk) 23:31, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Here is more evidence. The sockmaster and both socks (the confirmed one and this suspected one) has made the same error with references. Speedy made the mistake on creating articles here and here. Footytrain did it here and here. K-Minman has made the exact same error here and on an edit here. I think that sufficiently proves that this is a sock under WP:DUCK. Footy Freak7 (talk) 06:31, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

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 * The account suspected of being a sockpuppet has declared that they are not a sockpuppet I am not involved with Speedy2169 or any of the account’s sockpuppets.. See their talk page and my talk page. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:02, 6 November 2018 (UTC)


 * My view - it's a sock under the duck rule. He's also been adding articles that are of questionable notability. That goes across all three of them. I say his claim quoted above is a lie (IMHO). 58.162.205.228 (talk) 04:12, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

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 * - TonyBallioni (talk) 15:37, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Same region. The named master and socks share a common ISP, but different range, and different devices. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:50, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 * For the record, this case was modified after the above check was run. Malteserpod was not here initially.  See . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 09:14, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Closing per my findings in the report re Malteserpod.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:44, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

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We have a new sock - Malteserpod. The account was created here just a day after K-Minmin's last edit three days ago. This new sock is committing the same thumb error as the sockmaster and the confirmed sock Footytrain here, here and here. And is also the same error on one of his common haunts here. Black Diamond Australian Football League. I suspect the sockmaster realised that K-Minman may be in trouble and created the new account just in case. WP:DUCK applies here as well. Footy Freak7 (talk) 12:54, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Additional behavioural evidence - the same reference error appears in a new article presently in the new sock's sandbox here. Footy Freak7 (talk) 23:23, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * More exmples of the thumb error here and here with now a return to another favourite haunt of the sockmaster, Central Highlands Football League. Footy Freak7 (talk) 00:39, 14 November 2018 (UTC) Footy Freak7 (talk) 09:20, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * The above has been transferred from the previous case as apparently I can't add to a current case with a checkuser as I did previously. Apologies for the mistake. Footy Freak7 (talk) 09:22, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

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Malteserpod is ✅. I respectfully disagree with 's findings on K-Minman96 and confirm that account as well. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:43, 18 November 2018 (UTC)