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03 June 2016

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Starmaker1234 is a disruptive editor who has been blocked for vandalism, including persistent hoaxing on rugby league related articles. To copy-paste from my ANI report,


 * Some edits are bald-faced, blatant vandalism: 1 2 3


 * Others are less so. Examples of hoaxing include this (details of a match that has yet to be played), this (again, details of a match that has yet to be played), this (false information) and this (again, false statistics).

These three accounts meanwhile are obvious WP:DUCKs quacking with very similar behaviour; for Cheeselandbac, this includes rugby league-related hoaxing 1, vandalism to rugby league articles 2 and other petty vandalism 3 in a similar fashion to Starmaker1234.

For Starstarstar123, this includes rugby league-related hoaxing 1 2, and vandalism to William Shakespeare 3, the exact same edit as Starmaker1234's vandal edit #3 above. Not to mention the similar usernames.

Johntraviola, despite having only three edits, is another hoaxer on rugby league articles 1 with a similar editing style to the above socks.

This nonsense has gone on since March '15 and over hundreds of edits unnoticed, and needs to be stopped now. Sleeper check requested.  Satellizer el Bridget (Talk)  14:01, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Comment - I'm the Admin who blocked the original editor reported at ANI. If he's socking under other names and making similar edits, then I think a search like this would be warranted. Sergecross73   msg me  14:45, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Here's the latest one User:Cliveisgreat — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.171.145.145 (talk) 05:25, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * The master is .--Bbb23 (talk) 19:06, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Surely Starmaker1234 and Cheeselandabc aren't, though, as their last edits were in late May? Even if that isn't doable, I daresay WP:DUCK still applies, and even if DUCK isn't usable the individual accounts should still be blocked for hoaxing and disruption. I requested CheckUser mostly to see if there were sleepers.  Satellizer el Bridget (Talk)  05:36, 4 June 2016 (UTC)



Unfortunately, main range is from a large educational service provider and so there would be heavy collateral damage, I'm afraid. There are two subranges that can and will be blocked. -- Avi (talk) 16:11, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * -- Avi (talk) 16:24, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  18:46, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thoughts on Johntraviola? Mike V • Talk 02:44, 7 June 2016 (UTC)


 * I don't see any behavioral connection.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:38, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

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, further hoaxing on rugby league-related articles  Satellizer el Bridget (Talk)  11:43, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * [Still active]. I got blocked for *removing* this user's vandalism, then had the block extended by asking for an explanation of the first block, so can't see why the kid gloves are being applied here.
 * Current version: Special:Contributions/Cricketgalore — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.171.76.74 (talk) 04:59, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, it seems User:Cricketgalore is another sock from the same master. Mattlore (talk) 02:16, 22 June 2016 (UTC)


 * User:Discoballdiscoball is occasionally displaying the same behaviours of creating fictional 2017 articles, see and the creation of  and . Mattlore (talk) 21:23, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Look at the history of this page, years of this nonsense and so many user names and IPs. Probably isn't going down too easily.

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 * Can you list and provide an explanation for representative diffs from 211.30.131.54 and Starstarstar123 or a sock from the archives? I flipped through a couple random contribs and saw no immediate red flags. You're more familiar with this sock drawer, can you explain? Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 20:25, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
 * This guy has had a long history of introducing hoaxes to articles, especially in the form of details/results of rugby league sports matches that have yet to be announced and/or played. 211.30.131.54 has vandalized‎ 2017 Rugby League World Cup and 2016 Rugby League Four Nations with his fake nonsense, mirroring Starmaker1234's efforts on 2016 State of Origin series, 2016 Rugby League Trans-Tasman Test Match, Cheeselandabc's vandalism on 2017 State of Origin series as well as 2017 Rugby League World Cup (same article as this IP). A quick glance at the other sockpuppets' edits will show very similar editing styles and hoaxes.  Satellizer el Bridget (Talk)  03:53, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Try these edits  compared to this  Mattlore (talk) 20:44, 27 June 2016 (UTC)


 * - Please check Cricketgalore & Discoballdiscoball to the recently-confirmed socks ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  18:05, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Regardless of the CU Check request, . ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  18:05, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * The two accounts, plus, are ✅ to the archive socks. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:23, 15 July 2016 (UTC)