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Both are COI/UPE SPAs working on Lil Snoop, both are also contesting speedy deletion independently on the talk page. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 20:42, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * Accounts have been blocked and tagged since the report was filed. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:01, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

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Both accounts are editing solely to promote Nathaniel Bapela, who is presumably the person himself. See Draft:Tykiid and Turna (musician) as well as numerous deleted articles. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 20:26, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocked without tags, regardless of whether they're a sock. Bbb23 (talk) 23:04, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Based on the deleted history of Lil Turna, I've added GoMaid and MiMichael--Bbb23 (talk) 23:09, 4 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Mafagane and Bapela are . The following are ✅ to each other:
 * Symbol merge vote.svg Clerk assistance requested: Sockpuppet investigations/Ronaldinhocr needs to be merged here.
 * I've moved this report to the oldest account and blocked and tagged these accounts. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:01, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Symbol merge vote.svg Clerk assistance requested: Sockpuppet investigations/Ronaldinhocr needs to be merged here.
 * I've moved this report to the oldest account and blocked and tagged these accounts. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:01, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Symbol merge vote.svg Clerk assistance requested: Sockpuppet investigations/Ronaldinhocr needs to be merged here.
 * I've moved this report to the oldest account and blocked and tagged these accounts. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:01, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Symbol merge vote.svg Clerk assistance requested: Sockpuppet investigations/Ronaldinhocr needs to be merged here.
 * I've moved this report to the oldest account and blocked and tagged these accounts. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:01, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Symbol merge vote.svg Clerk assistance requested: Sockpuppet investigations/Ronaldinhocr needs to be merged here.
 * I've moved this report to the oldest account and blocked and tagged these accounts. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:01, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Symbol merge vote.svg Clerk assistance requested: Sockpuppet investigations/Ronaldinhocr needs to be merged here.
 * I've moved this report to the oldest account and blocked and tagged these accounts. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:01, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Symbol merge vote.svg Clerk assistance requested: Sockpuppet investigations/Ronaldinhocr needs to be merged here.
 * I've moved this report to the oldest account and blocked and tagged these accounts. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:01, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Symbol merge vote.svg Clerk assistance requested: Sockpuppet investigations/Ronaldinhocr needs to be merged here.
 * I've moved this report to the oldest account and blocked and tagged these accounts. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:01, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I've moved this report to the oldest account and blocked and tagged these accounts. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:01, 9 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Done, closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 11:56, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

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Creation of page on Lil Turna yet again, with it being hosted at Turna (musician) this time. CheckUser requested due to the numerous sleepers unearthed the last time. Sdrqaz (talk) 23:59, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * - To check for sleepers. Thanks, GABgab 18:07, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ in addition to . Pictogram resolved.svg All socks blocked and tagged. Closing case. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:01, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

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New user created after User:CollinsPhil was blocked for abusing multiple accounts which traced back to this puppeteer and continued on the attempt to push the Draft:Turna (musician) into the main space. . McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 17:49, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * , but if more proof were needed, this remarkable edit would provide it. Blocked. JBW (talk) 18:24, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

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Has published another recreation of Turna (musician), this time at Turna (Artist). Quack quack and all that.  Angry Harpy   talk 07:31, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * , G5 deletions & ECo page protections. Nothing more to do. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 10:18, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

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Persistent attempts at promoting a musician called "Turna". It appears to be the guy himself again, as they uploaded a number of selfies on Commons:Special:Contributions/Rebotilee. Requesting CU as SPI in September uncovered a huge list of sleepers. – NJD-DE (talk) 23:12, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * I just came to make a similar request. The article title this time was Turna (hip-hop musician), we have most of the other ones salted. There were a number of sockpuppets on one of the last checks so it might be useful to check again. This one was able to do a few weeks of regular editing before this page creation so it might be a meat puppet rather than the artist himself. Liz Read! Talk! 23:32, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * . based on CU log data to . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:57, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
 * @Dreamy Jazz Hmmm, more than possible, I think :-) -- RoySmith (talk) 02:04, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh. You were saying Rebotilee possible to Stevence SA via CollinsPhil.  Never mind. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:05, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, this is interesting.  intersects with  at Nasty C .   I just saw them over at Sockpuppet investigations/Bmusique99.  Unfortunately, I don't have time to really dig into that right now, so I'll just note it. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:15, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Reviewing the evidence on enwiki I find it entirely plausible that these people aren't the same person. The new version of the article is a complete rewrite and don't share that much similarity to previous versions and is worse than previous ones with fewer references and more non-wiki like choices. On the other hand previous socks seem to have based the new version on older ones with some shared phrases and sentences. This account also have made edits not connected to Turna in any way which haven't happend previously. I also asked commons admin to do a reverse image search on their deleted images of Turna which gave no results. This would indicate that this account has some contact with Turna which we from previous cases are quite confident is Stevence SA. All in all I don't consider this evidence strong enough to make a block and am closing without action. --Trialpears (talk) 22:34, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

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Created Turna (hip-hop musician) and Draft:Turna (Nathaniel Bapela) (now deleted) and Draft:Turna (rapper) which was the sockmaster's focus. Many of these titles (versions of Turna or Turnaa) are have been protected. This could be paid editing rather than sockpuppetry, I trust your instincts here. Liz Read! Talk! 03:17, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * I see this editor has already been reported in Sockpuppet investigations/Stevence SA/Archive so I apologize, I don't mean to make you repeat your efforts. But these are recent creations of more Turna articles so this effort has just been continuing so I'll leave up my report and see what a different reviewer makes of it. Thanks. Liz Read! Talk! 03:21, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I report, you guys investigate. A division of labor that seems to work. Liz Read! Talk! 03:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Thanks for the report Liz! My previous call was quite marginal and this recreation is definitely strong evidence this isn't unrelated, thus I'm blocking as a suspected sock with it being possible they are either meat or UPE instead. --Trialpears (talk) 18:06, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

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yet another SPA spamming Turna/whatever his name is. See Turna . and User:Musiclaborotry/Turna SA PRAXIDICAE💕  16:04, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * The technical evidence looks precisely how you would expect this type of spam to appear, with lots of spam accounts on a very spammy range. I'll dig a bit deeper and post more in a bit.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:00, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
 * So this is what I've found:
 * and are  to each other and have been blocked
 * is confirmed to, and the sleeper . All blocked.
 * All of the above are ✅ to.


 * Interesting bit is the account, which Musiclaboratory attempted (and failed, repeatedly) to log in to. I thought perhaps it was just a coincidence where they mixed up their user name with that of an old unrelated account, but Musiclab has the same types of edits (music articles, AfD participation) so  and if the Clerk thinks they're the same, then we have a new master account.--  Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:24, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not convinced that Musiclab is related. They were writing about bands from the UK and Ireland, while the sockmaster is interested in South African rappers - I think the sock misremembered their username or was attempting to compromise someone else's account. - did you mean to indef that account? I've tagged the other accounts. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 05:00, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I was going through all of the related accounts and blocking from the CU tool as they popped up. It was only when I was looking at the creation dates afterwards that I noticed how old the Musiclab account was. As you don't believe they're related, I've unblocked as a false positive.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 16:16, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll go ahead and close this. Spicy (talk) 21:14, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
There has been previous socking at Draft:Uncle Waffles, which was most recently deleted three days ago. Yesterday, this new account Miketurna was set up (so far SPA), which has now created and submitted to AfC new draft. Seems too much of a coincidence to me. DoubleGrazing (talk) 14:03, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * The suspected puppet is a one day old account with an unusual grasp of Wikipedia. Their contribs record shows bizarre talk page message to . Because of SPI history I suggest CU to confirm and sleeper check. 🇺🇦  Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 15:04, 15 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Also, unless I'm badly mistaken, there are similar behaviour patterns to the previous socks, incl. posting fake AfC acceptance notice on user talk pages, creating copyvios, etc. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:08, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅. . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:18, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

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obvious sock is obvious PRAXIDICAE💕  16:32, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * Passes the duck test. --Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 18:40, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * -- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 19:00, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

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On the Draft article Draft:DJ Arch Jnr, which was created by User:Nathaniel Bapelaa II, an account under the name of Erakmusic undid one of my edits which declined the draft, see this diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1089246823&oldid=1089246441&title=Draft:DJ_Arch_Jnr&diffmode=visual. I strongly suspect that this was an alternative account of Nathaniel, who has previously used alternative accounts to edit the draft, see this diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:DJ_Arch_Jnr&type=revision&diff=1088998118&oldid=1088996083&diffmode=visual. (Mini Pinkiee has been blocked already as a sockpuppet: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=131606342) HenryTemplo (talk) 19:27, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * . Simply looking at tags, is a suspected sock of, who is a suspected sock of , who is a suspected sock of ... Given this,  Could an adminclerk please merge this case to Sockpuppet investigations/Stevence SA before closure. --Jack Frost (talk) 21:01, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Case merged from Sockpuppet investigations/Nathaniel Bapelaa II, closing. (Not an adminclerk, but it no longer requires a histmerge). Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:36, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

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more Nathan Bapela spam, now as Lil Waggy PRAXIDICAE💕  17:06, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * These has to be some of the obvious socks ever lol. Account registered today, first edit is to remove a CSD notice citing a half-arsed excuse? QUACK! Dark-World25 (talk) 17:27, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * The history of Lil Waggy and the filter log for Boykaah say it all. - please indef the socks. Thanks,  Spicy (talk) 17:34, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, closing. Katietalk 16:45, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

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no idea how this managed to fly under the radar, but this busybody new account (who is inappropriately tagging articles too) has recreated Draft:Stevence though it is currently without content. They seem to be engaged in the same promotion of non-notable musicians as the last set. PRAXIDICAE💕 17:49, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Yep (see old revisions of the master's userpage ). - worth a check for others as this one apparently wasn't found for a while. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 21:09, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 01:59, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * SiyabongaIrvin is . Ping me off-wiki and I can divulge a little more. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:37, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * It's either them, or it's MEAT. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:39, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

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We have another new(ish) user creating DJ Uncle Waffles again, with very similar language / phraseology as the earlier Stevence SA socks. DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:39, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Based on the technical data and he editing habits, I'm calling this ✅. Blocked etc.  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:30, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

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We have another newish user attempting to recreate Draft:Uncle Waffles, previously associated with this sock farm. Not much content, mind, so hard to say if the editing is similar. DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:55, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * I have been observing this for a while now, and it has become a nuisance – the sockpuppeter will not stop, he (or she) is on a holy mission to create an article on Uncle Waffles, and he (or she) will keep creating new accounts for this purpose; virtually all accounts working on the subject that I have encountered on Wikipedia have had the exact same editing behaviour and it is very obvious (at least to me) that all these accounts belong to the same person. And even though I don't have any divination skills, I bet that any future accounts working on the subject (will) also belong to this sockpuppet zoo. I have propsed articles and drafts on this subject for deletion I don't know how many times; I reckon this issue can be resolved by salting every possible lemma in the draft and mainspace. Best regards, --Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 21:09, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

DoubleGrazing and Johannes Maximilian it happened I came across this and saw I'm one of the suspected sockpupet I'm just here to defend myself,I was randomly creating articles of South African musicians and it happened that I created Draft:Uncle Waffles because she is one of the South African musicians who I felt I should create her article because she has good news articles and is currently one of the trending Musicians in South Africa, Botswana and other surrounding counties.Thank you--Emkay2004 (talk) 16:58, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * - There are sufficient behavioral dissimilarities to warrant a CU. Bbb23 (talk) 22:21, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * - to confirm and check for others, as we're now up to 3 suspected socks over a few days... Thanks, Spicy (talk) 13:11, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm going with on this one. There is some use of residential proxies, but they appear to be editing out of a different (adjacent) country to the others. Can't rule out MEAT/UPE, naturally.   Girth Summit  (blether)  13:32, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't see enough behavioral evidence to overcome the technical results. Closing with no action. Bbb23 (talk) 16:03, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

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see Draft:Uncle Waffles PRAXIDICAE🌈 02:49, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * See also Draft talk:Uncle Waffles 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 22:19, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Unlike the one above, the behavioral similarities here are stronger. I've blocked and tagged. Because a clerk of checkuser may feel that a check is necessary, I am not closing it. Bbb23 (talk) 22:24, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * - per 29 June filing. Spicy (talk) 13:14, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Similar geolocation, different networks and UA. Behavioural assessment needed.  Girth Summit  (blether)  13:33, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, closing as already blocked. Spicy (talk) 15:57, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
New user who recreated Palm Tree Records and Musa Keys, previously created by confirmed sock User:Larry Gooce. Editing behavior indicates past editing experience. Requesting CU to check for sleepers. Padgriffin Griffin's Nest 12:00, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. Leaving CU request. Bbb23 (talk) 13:00, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
 * - per 29 June filing. Spicy (talk) 13:14, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
 * to Stevence SA. Different IP range, but same geolocation and unusual UA.  Girth Summit  (blether)  13:34, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, closing as already blocked. Spicy (talk) 15:59, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Another account that seemed to slip under the radar. Overlap with User:SiyabongaIrvin on YoungstaCPT and A-Reece, recreation of Draft:Stevence. Account became active 1 day after the aforementioned sock was blocked, and immediately made a beeline for those two articles, followed by the creation of 3T (Things Take Time), a a YoungstaCPT album. Nearly every edit this account has made is associated with the aforementioned artists. Padgriffin Griffin's Nest 02:06, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Duck based on draft similarity.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 15:29, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

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More Bapela promotion, now at Palm Tree Records which is also an SSA recreation. PRAXIDICAE🌈 12:52, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * There's sufficient difference between this and the old version that I don't think a duckblock is warranted, but given that there's also overlap at Special:Undelete/Draft:Young Gotit, against previously-confirmed sox and the one I just duckblocked in the section above.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 15:30, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 15:37, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
 * All of these are ✅ or at least . It's possible there's two groups of accounts, but even if there are, it's clear they are collaborating closely, so I'm going to treat them as if they were the same.  I've left some notes in cuwiki.   -- RoySmith (talk) 15:52, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

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Pro-forma, missed this one on the last check. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:25, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

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User disruptively created/moved article Nathaniel Bapela and used an image (File:YG3.jpg) uploaded by a blocked Stevence SA sock. – NJD-DE (talk) 10:52, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 15:07, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 15:19, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

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see recreation of Palm Tree Records and their normal move warring around CSD tags PRAXIDICAE🌈 22:27, 12 August 2022 (UTC)


 * @Praxidicae I wonder how much Wikipedia is paying you for wasting so much of your time when you could be doing something useful out there, go learn something from your peers and stop wasting your time on useless and stupid silly articles these people create.Farris Matilda (talk) 22:32, 12 August 2022 (UTC)🤦🏽‍♂️😏
 * Wikipedia pays me nothing, pissing you and your cohorts off is something I do for free. PRAXIDICAE🌈 22:35, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Looks like got them already, but for the record, confirmed via . Tagged. GeneralNotability (talk) 22:47, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Both users repeatedly creating the same page, Wali Mohammad Itoo (already 3 times in total). User:Nathanielbapela012 already blocked as a sockpuppet, although it hasn't been mentioned who is the likely sockmaster. Feel free to merge this case with the relevant one if possible. Chaotıċ Enby  (t · c) 14:02, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

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I blocked Nathanielbapela012 as a suspected sock of Sockpuppet investigations/Stevence SA. I noticed Xoxoxoxoko at the time - I reverted many of their edits, but it looked to me like the two users were adverse to each other. For example, Nathaniel tried to get Draft:Wali Mohammad Itoo deleted by mis-tagging it as A7. For that reason - and others - I did not block Xoxo. Nonetheless, the editing pattern of Xoxo is very suspicious and socks have been known to revert each other's edits. To sort all of this out, I've requested CU. As of a couple of days ago, all of the accounts in the Stevence farm were stale, but, interestingly enough, the master came out of nowhere yesterday and asked that their account be deleted, so we have one non-stale edit.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:54, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * - I moved the case here from Sockpuppet investigations/Nathanielbapela012. Please, compare Xoxoxoxoko to this master.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  01:13, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Template for my own convenience: --Blablubbs (talk) 21:30, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * is to Stevence SA, as are these:


 * is technically ❌
 * There are some more potential sleepers, but I'm not comfortable blocking at this point. --Blablubbs (talk) 21:42, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Actually, let me revise that: They are highly likely to a cluster of accounts in this case (Nkosazana Daughter/Nathaniel Bapelaa II/Larry Gooce/Musiclaborotry/Miketurna), but it's not entirely clear to me that those are actually the same as the purported master – it seems equally plausible to me from a technical perspective that there are two humans operating the accounts grouped under Stevence SA, but I can't know for sure. Cf. Sockpuppet investigations/Stevence SA/Archive. --Blablubbs (talk) 21:48, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  17:43, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This account's userpage claims that they "have noticed" that they share their IP address with this case, and are "hoping [they] won't be spotted" as a sockpuppet. Same pattern of draft pages for South African musicians as well. Tollens (talk) 05:52, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅ from the last batch of socks in the archive from this case (Dxnathi et al). Blocking, tagging as suspected in-line with the tags on those accounts.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  13:05, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

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We know Alphakatt is a sock, see their talk page. I also see Lethabolamorena only editing an article created by that sock. I'm therefore self-endorsing to check this currently unblocked account and pick up any more sleeper accounts this time around. Yamla (talk) 11:51, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Will tag and block. --Yamla (talk) 11:57, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Will tag and block. --Yamla (talk) 11:57, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Will tag and block. --Yamla (talk) 11:57, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * ( original case name)

New user recreating Draft:Mthunzi, which connects them to Alphakatt who previously did the same. Courtesy pinging and  for info, per recent convo at User_talk:Alphakatt. Not much evidence to go by as yet, so asking for CU to confirm, and also to look for others o/a/o Alphakatt's implied threat to create sock/-s (feel free to decline, obvs, if not considered necessary). DoubleGrazing (talk) 08:55, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * but there's no slam-dunk technical match here. Behavioural evidence should be evaluated. --Yamla (talk) 10:20, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * - This should have been moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Stevence SA. Bbb23 (talk) 13:27, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Merged from Alphakatt to Stevence SA —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 01:40, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Not much to work with, but Nathanielsibango's version is fairly different from those of Alphakatt et al., so I'm guessing he's someone else (perhaps a separate paid editor?). No edits since creating the draft, but feel free to warn and/or leave me a note if that changes. Closing. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:47, 4 July 2024 (UTC)