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Very similar usernames and behaviour, with a focus on children's TV articles and creation of hoaxes about a show called "Sadie's Big World". See, SpicyMilkBoy (talk) 21:40, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

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 * . Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:18, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

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Similar username + similar behavioral editing to, an article where the master account has also edited before. This new account is solely used to also talk to user Aoi, who has dealt with him before. theinstantmatrix (talk) 02:40, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * Sock, and I also re-blocked that IP range for quite a bit longer, it looks like it just got off a one month block for evasion, so I upped it to 6 months. ST47 (talk) 02:49, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

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The IP range 2601:C2:4100:46E0::/64 was blocked for 6 months last October due to block evasion from the last SPI in the archive (see block log). That block expired yesterday, and within twenty-four hours of the block's expiration, the user began to resume the same type of disruptive editing that led to prior blocks, i.e. making unsourced assertions that the TV series Bob the Builder (2015 TV series) and other similar programming is still in production. For example, see this edit from the IP range last year versus this edit from within the last 24 hours.

At the same time the IP range began to edit again, the account Thomas&FriendsAndBobtheBuilderFan2000 began to edit. The account made the same types of edits as the IP (example). The editor also left me comments on my talk page that were very similar to those left by past socks (see this edit by a prior IP from the same range noted above, this edit by a past confirmed sock versus this edit by the current user Thomas&FriendsAndBobtheBuilderFan2000).

In short, this IP range began making the same types of edits to the same articles within 24-hours of the expiration of the IP range's six-month block for block evasion. I think this as quacky as I've seen in a while. Aoi (青い) (talk) 22:50, 26 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Also wanted to add a comparison of the following messages left on my talk page:
 * This message from Thomas&FriendsAndBobtheBuilderFan2000 with edit summary "I want to talk to you."
 * This message from an IP in the above-mentioned IP range from before the recently expired block with edit summary "The Bob the Builder franchise is still in production."
 * This message from a prior confirmed blocked sock of the user with edit summary "I want to talk to Aoi."
 * This message from an IP in the above-mentioned IP range with edit summary "I hope Aoi listens to me."
 * Note the ongoing obsession with Bob the Builder, particularly in the context of the user hoping that it would be renewed for future, and the use of full sentences edit summaries, which matches edits from the IP range and Thomas&FriendsAndBobtheBuilderFan2000. Aoi (青い) (talk) 19:07, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

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Blocked Thomas&FriendsAndBobtheBuilderFan2000 as a sock based on behavioural evidence. Still looking at IP range. — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 04:06, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Blocked IPv6 /64 range for another six months. Closing now. — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 04:11, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

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blocked IP range 2601:c2:4100:46e0::/64 after being used by socks of SpencerCollins213447 a couple of days ago (block log). After removing some sock edits done under that IP range (diff, diff), IP 98.242.117.14 showed up within a half hour to restore the SpencerCollins sock edits (diff, diff). As I type, this user continues to restore sock edits (diff, diff).

The IP exhibits the same behavior as prior socks. They're obsessed with Bob the Builder and insist that the show is still in production (see diffs above), and use full sentences in their edit summaries, complete with ending punctuation such as periods and question marks (example by current sock; example analogous edit by prior sock).

In addition, both this IP and the IPs blocked by Richwales geolocate to to the same region.

Can someone please block this IP temporarily? The IP made similar edits back on April 3 (diff, diff), so it seems like the IP is static. Aoi (青い) (talk) 22:02, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

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IP blocked for 6 months. Closing now. — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 00:16, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

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This user is obsessed with Bob the Builder and the article about the 2015 remake is their primary target. Specifically, the sockpuppets consistently edit that page to try to show that the program is still in production. Compare these edits by the accounts/IPs listed (Hotel Guest 20, IP #1, IP #2, IP #3 with prior socks, (that IP range is still blocked), ,. Many of these IPs geolocate to northern Georgia; the IPs I am requesting investigation for in this report also geolocate to that region.

Earlier today, Hotel Guest 20 left notes on the talk page of myself and another user:,. These notes are very similar, both in content and style, to notes left by prior socks:, ,.

A quick look at the history of the article shows a long pattern of sockpuppetry by a wide range of IPs. I already requested semi-protection at WP:RFPP.

In this report, I'm mainly asking that the registered account be blocked. Not sure if a range block is feasible or even desirable since I'm sure the user is just going to jump to a different IP. I'm mainly including the IPs here for the record. Aoi (青い) (talk) 04:23, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * Unclear it matters much, but range blocked 66.44.200.0/22 for a week. Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:17, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK (compare this and this). Magnatyrannus (talk &#124; contribs) 00:47, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * They're already blocked; I ran a sleeper sweep, didn't see any new accounts, but for the record the following are all ✅ to one another:
 * Not gonna bother retagging, closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  11:13, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Not gonna bother retagging, closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  11:13, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Not gonna bother retagging, closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  11:13, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Not gonna bother retagging, closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  11:13, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Not gonna bother retagging, closing. Girth Summit  (blether)  11:13, 1 October 2022 (UTC)