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07 November 2013

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was blocked by me for disruptive editing, so I'm reporting this to an uninvolved admin, rather than act myself. Evidence of being a sockpuppet include the addition of unsourced content (e.g. sockpuppeteer, sockpuppet) and creation of articles that use bare URLs (e.g. sockpuppeteer, sockpuppet). Mattythewhite (talk) 19:53, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked ImpiloYatsotsi99 indef per the behavioral evidence here. Closing now. Mark Arsten (talk) 04:01, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

24 November 2013

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Second suspected sockpuppet of, who was recently given a one month block by me. Evidence of sockpuppetry include adding sources with bare URLs (e.g. sockpuppeteer, sockpuppet) and uploading non-free images (e.g. sockpuppeteer, ). Mattythewhite (talk) 20:29, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocking and closing. L Faraone  05:32, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

03 December 2013

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Third suspected sockpuppet of, who is currently serving a one month block given by me. Evidence of sockpuppetry include adding sources with bare URLs (e.g. sockpuppeteer, sockpuppet) and uploading non-free images (e.g. sockpuppeteer, ). Mattythewhite (talk) 15:29, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

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 * - - New sock started editing around the time the previous sock was blocked. Add to that similar interests as evident from the links provided above, I think this is ripe for a check. Not declaring it a duck yet since there is no real "smoking gun" in the behavior. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:57, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ NativeForeigner Talk 08:53, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

23 September 2014

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I've been suspicious for a long time and assumed good faith, but now I need to know for sure. Alarm bells are ringing for WP:DUCK - edits in same area (South African soccer), similar writing style and referencing style, articles created look the same etc. As far as I can tell, this sock started editing after the last known Spehe07 socks were caught/blocked. GiantSnowman 20:57, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

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 * - Everything compareable is long since . -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  20:10, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * - the last (known) sock was, I believe, which was last active in June 2014 (i.e. 3 months ago) - is that still too old? GiantSnowman 20:31, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * If anything, and im not 100%, only 2 edits are not stale and would need to be checked in the next 2 & 4 days respectively. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  20:39, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Hmm, what about seeing if this account's IP falls in/near a known sock range of /  / ? GiantSnowman 20:42, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I can't publicly disclose such connections. If get the appropriate diffs, I can see what I can dig up (I do have one or two tricks that might work), but be prepared, it might not be much. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  04:14, 28 September 2014 (UTC)


 * - As above, if you could grab some quick diffs between the accused and previous socks, that would help and I'll see what I can do then. --  DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  16:05, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
 * So we've got constant addition of bare URLs as references, e.g. 1 and 2 (in fact most edits from all his socks are like this!) His inability to use 'refname' (so repeated additions of same source as separate references) e.g. 3 and 4. Articles are also created in the same format, e.g. 5 and 6. All add up to clear WP:DUCK to me. GiantSnowman 17:29, 9 October 2014 (UTC)


 * There are indications that the user you presented is a sock of the previously blocked accounts. That said, there is no way in hell any CU will be doing a sleeper check here. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  19:46, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll have a think and then consider blocking per WP:DUCK, unless you want to do the deed? GiantSnowman 10:40, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I have reviewed further edits over the past few days and am more convinced than ever, so I have blocked. Thanks for your help. GiantSnowman 10:19, 18 October 2014 (UTC)


 * No problem. Closing. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  15:21, 18 October 2014 (UTC)