Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tanyatong/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Caishaofen was created the day after Tanyatong was blocked, and is similarly adding unsourced heights/making unsourced birth date changes to biographies on mobile. Waxworker (talk) 16:13, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to each other. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:48, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:50, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile. Waxworker (talk) 17:35, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * Technically, these are no more than . Their IPs geolocate to the same country, but they don't overlap on any of the same ranges, and their user agent is different., or just report to AIV if they keep doing this despite warnings.  Girth Summit  (blether)  17:52, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Maybe it's the same person, but with just 3 edits and a weak CU result, it's difficult to tell. Closing this for now. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:07, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly making unsourced birth date/height changes on mobile, and both Caishaofen and Nananili have edited Charlene Choi. Waxworker (talk) 14:35, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ that =  = . Now blocked. - Mailer Diablo 12:47, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Tagged, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 02:43, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly making unsourced birth date/height changes on mobile, and Zhangzhengxiang has edited Tong Yao, also known as Tanya Tong, which is the name of the master. Waxworker (talk) 09:20, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus, which had already been blocked. , closing. Mz7 (talk) 23:47, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

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Similarly making unsourced birth date/height changes on mobile. Waxworker (talk) 12:28, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to . . . --Blablubbs (talk) 14:08, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly making unsourced birth date changes on mobile. Waxworker (talk) 17:43, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * -- Amanda (she/her)  20:33, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda (she/her)  20:33, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda (she/her)  20:33, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda (she/her)  20:33, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda (she/her)  20:33, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda (she/her)  20:33, 20 December 2022 (UTC)


 * - please indef Jessixuan, Chialili and Zhengjunhong per the CU results and behaviour. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:24, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Salvio 21:27, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights/making unsourced birth date changes on mobile. Waxworker (talk) 16:10, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅. No other accounts immediately visible., closing. Mz7 (talk) 20:24, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Spicy (talk) 01:13, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly making unsourced birth date changes on mobile. --Yuedu (talk) 15:58, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅, lock requested.  Girth Summit  (blether)  23:15, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights/making unsourced birth date changes on mobile. --Yuedu (talk) 06:39, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * @月都 Indeffed after reported. Lemonaka (talk) 13:16, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your message, you can close whatever you want. --Yuedu (talk) 15:29, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * . . Closing. MarioGom (talk) 15:51, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile, and has edited Fiona Sit, which has been edited by Luminyu, a previous sock. Waxworker (talk) 11:05, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, will request lock.  Girth Summit  (blether)  15:14, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile. Waxworker (talk) 20:59, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Also, which looks like an unused sleeper. Locks requested.  Girth Summit  (blether)  18:03, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile. Waxworker (talk) 20:27, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * - this one's confirmed, sweeping for others.  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:32, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Don't see any others; closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:34, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * The SandDoctor Talk 16:18, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile, has edited Paige Chua (also edited by Luminyu, a previous sock), and Julie Tan, which has been edited by Zhezhangtong. Waxworker (talk) 20:10, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅; will request lock.  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:57, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile, has edited Huang Shengyi, which was previously edited by Jingguiren, a previous sock. Waxworker (talk) 10:57, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅; already blocked, lock requested. Closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  14:11, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile. Waxworker (talk) 12:19, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * Yep, that's them. Blocked, lock requested.  Girth Summit  (blether)  13:28, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile. Waxworker (talk) 08:16, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅, plus . Blocked, locks requested.  Girth Summit  (blether)  19:00, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile. Waxworker (talk) 21:26, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to the last batch,, , closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 13:55, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile, has edited Aileen Tan (previously edited by Ninidan) and Li Chun (actress) (previously edited by Lingfeifei). Waxworker (talk) 20:37, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus ., , closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 17:04, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile, has edited Dong Jie, which was previously edited by Chenlibi. Waxworker (talk) 20:54, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅, adding which was missed last time, requesting locks for both, closing.   Girth Summit  (blether)  09:35, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile, has edited Yoyo Chen, which was previously edited by Ninidan. Waxworker (talk) 22:00, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked; lock requested, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  14:44, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile, has edited Tan Zhuo, which was previously edited by Dingdingdangdong. Waxworker (talk) 03:40, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. Izno (talk) 06:01, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Lock requested, closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  12:39, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile, has edited Gao Yunxiang (previously edited by Chenlibi) and Huang Shengyi (previously edited by Jingguiren and Lingfeifei). Waxworker (talk) 15:38, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

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 * Yep, that's them. Lock requested.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:22, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly making unsourced birth date changes on mobile. Also blocked on zhwiki. SCP -20  00  04:31, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked for vandalism; ✅, tagging. Don't see any other accounts yet.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:51, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I take that back - there was another account:
 * Blocked, locks requested for both. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:56, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked, locks requested for both. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:56, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile, has edited Belinda Lee Xin Yu, which was previously edited by Linyanfang. Waxworker (talk) 22:56, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅, don't see any others.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  09:41, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Unsourced birthdate changes in Chinese artistes BLPs. Similar to previous sock accounts. CU for hidden half of the pair of socks. – robertsky (talk) 14:06, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * Came across this account at AIV before I saw this filing. ✅,, . Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:14, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly making unsourced birth date changes on mobile. Also blocked on zhwiki. SCP -20  00  04:24, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅,, . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:54, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

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Making unsourced changes to birthdates via mobile. similar behaviour as the others. Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 08:13, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * , ., closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 16:52, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile, has edited Yuan Shanshan, which was previously edited by Nananili. Waxworker (talk) 16:15, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, tagged, closing. firefly  ( t · c ) 18:00, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * . MarioGom (talk) 07:58, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile, has edited several pages previously targeted by socks, including Alice Chan and Jesseca Liu. Waxworker (talk) 13:53, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 14:10, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unsourced birth date changes on mobile, has edited Chen Liping, which was previously edited by Chenlibi. Waxworker (talk) 14:14, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked; ✅, don't see any more, lock requested, closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:05, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making birth date changes on mobile, has edited A-Mei, which was previously edited by blocked sock Mukbang. Waxworker (talk) 11:43, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅, I see no obvious others. Tagged, lock requested, closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:19, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making birth date changes on mobile, has edited Wu Jinyan, Sun Li (actress), and Angelababy, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 06:21, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

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I would also add to that list as well. 2601:1C0:4401:F60:8C11:4CC3:7E71:B4CE (talk) 18:47, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * . Both already blocked. Tagged. . Closing. --Jack Frost (talk) 09:25, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making birth date changes on mobile, has edited Terrance Lau, which was previously edited by sock Beiyon. Waxworker (talk) 18:11, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked and locked. Case closed. Courcelles (talk) 14:36, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Changing artistes' BLP's birthday and likely passes the Duck test. CU requested as LTA tends to create a few accounts as well. Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 06:59, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Will block and tag. Courcelles (talk) 14:37, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
 * As this sock has edited zh.wp, lock requested. Case closed. Courcelles (talk) 14:39, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited many articles previously edited by socks, including Tong Yao, Paige Chua, Aileen Tan, and Kym Ng. Waxworker (talk) 17:22, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅.  –  bradv  19:36, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Rui En and Phyllis Quek, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 15:09, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Yep, that's them. Lock requested.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  15:40, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly making unexplained birth date and height changes on mobile, has edited Tong Bing Yu and Jesseca Liu, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 19:30, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to a previous sock. . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:35, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

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Unexplained and incomprehensive birthday changes -Lemonaka‎  11:21, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * , tagging as proven, requesting glock RoySmith (talk) 14:41, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

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Unexplained birth date change Mcdynamite (talk) 02:29, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to from the case above, and to:
 * Blocking all, requesting locks, closing. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  13:22, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocking all, requesting locks, closing. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  13:22, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocking all, requesting locks, closing. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  13:22, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

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Same changing of birth dates edits Mcdynamite (talk) 03:38, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Seems like a different individual to me - this sockmaster tends to edit the same pages in 1-2 edits rather than the 4 on the same article of Celest Chong, and I've never seen them do anything other than change birthdate and height - this IP was also changing name and education. They also tend to repeatedly edit the same pages, and it doesn't look like a related sock has previously edited the article. Waxworker (talk) 10:00, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Insufficient evidence, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:46, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly making unexplained birth date and height changes on mobile, has edited Qi Yuwu and Wee Kheng Ming, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 16:44, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * CU agrees that this is them. . --Blablubbs (talk) 16:52, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 16:53, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly making unexplained birth date and height changes on mobile, has edited Dong Jie and Felicia Chin, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 08:28, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, lock requested.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  09:01, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly making unexplained birth date and height changes on mobile, has edited Sun Li (actress) and Sally Yeh, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 16:23, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Quacks. Blocked, tagged, requested lock. Courcelles (talk) 16:22, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly making unexplained birth date and height changes on mobile. As the account is a few days old, possibility of more sleeper accounts not caught. JASWE (talk) 03:42, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Looks pretty likely, and quacky. Blocked, tagged, lock requested.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  08:35, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Julie Tan and Tong Liya, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 15:23, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * technically. Blocked, tagged, lock requested.  Case closed. Courcelles (talk) 15:28, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Takumi Saitoh, which was previously edited by 李一菲, a blocked sock. 明昊 is making similar edits on Chinese Wikipedia. Waxworker (talk) 17:26, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Yeah, that's them. Blocked, tagged, lock requested, closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:03, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

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Unsourced changing height and birth dates on mobile. Nagol0929 (talk) 13:02, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ glock requested. RoySmith (talk) 23:00, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

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unsourced change of birthdate/height. – robertsky (talk) 15:29, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Yep, keep 'em coming. I see the last one isn't glocked yet, so I'll amend that request (I understand the stewards are short on clerks). Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  18:15, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Li Chun (actress), Qin Lan, and Ya Hui, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 17:25, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Don't see any others this time. Lock requested.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  19:58, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Terence Cao and Jeanette Aw, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 20:46, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Very tiresome.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:49, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Sneaky tampering with birthday information in biographies, and need to check sleepers. Fumikas Sagisavas (talk) 10:32, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Duplicate report, closing.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:49, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, named similarly to some previous socks (see 'Honeylip' and 'Mummy lips'), has edited Cecilia Cheung and Darren Lim, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 17:54, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Yep. Lock requested.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:18, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, named similarly to some previous socks (see 'Honeylip', 'Mummy lips', and 'Sunny lips'), has edited Alice Chan, which has previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 22:39, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Since we have two, let's check for sleepers. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:36, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
 * yup  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:53, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Yup what? Yup to check for sleepers? Or yup they are a sock? - UtherSRG (talk) 13:47, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * yup they are a sock Mz7 (talk) 07:56, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, named similarly to some previous socks (see 'Honeylip', 'Mummy lips', and 'Sunny lips'), has edited Alice Chan, which has previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 22:39, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Since we have two, let's check for sleepers. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:36, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
 * yup  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:53, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Yup what? Yup to check for sleepers? Or yup they are a sock? - UtherSRG (talk) 13:47, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * yup they are a sock Mz7 (talk) 07:56, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

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Changing height and weight incorrectly as well as editing on mobile. Nagol0929 (talk) 12:28, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Since we have two, let's check for sleepers. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:36, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
 * This one looks different - Tanyatong is pretty consistent with the ranges they use, this is a new one. Anybody know wany other 'height/weight' change LTAs to compare against?  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  11:58, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I don’t know any others but looking into this account more it doesn’t seem to be tanyatong because they have also edited the Arabic wikipedia. Nagol0929 (talk) 12:05, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 * No enough evidence of socking. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:19, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Louise Wong, which has previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 08:18, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

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Adding for similar behaviour.

Edits are across several days, likely trying to hide from editors from spotting them. JASWE (talk) 02:03, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Can we see if this has any impact on the 16 Oct case? UtherSRG (talk) 11:21, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅, blocked, tagged. They edit from a busy range, using a common type of browser/computer, thus behavioral evidence should be provided for any new potential sock. Materialscientist (talk) 02:11, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:17, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Annie Yi, which has previously been edited by blocked sock 媛暖. Making similar edits on Chinese Wikipedia. Waxworker (talk) 12:22, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:18, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile. Currently LTA using Chinese names. CU JASWE (talk) 07:31, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:25, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Aileen Tan, which has previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 10:58, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

year of birth changes on Asian artistes/celebrities. similar to previous socks. – robertsky (talk) 17:52, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:54, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The SandDoctor Talk 18:53, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making birth date changes on mobile, has edited Felicia Chin, Stella Chung, Zhao Liying, and Chen Liping, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 15:27, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * All seem to be quacking pretty loud. AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:22, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * - Please, compare this account to the previous socks.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:53, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ and, blocked, locks requested, closing. Izno (talk) 19:36, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK change of date of birth on celebrities BLPs. Username is reminiscent of early socks, taken after famous persons. – robertsky (talk) 00:40, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * Mmhmm. Izno (talk) 03:44, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making birth date changes on mobile, has edited Rebecca Lim and Aileen Tan, which have previously been edited by socks. Username is also evidently impersonating robertsky, who has previously reported socks. Waxworker (talk) 23:48, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * Indeed. Izno (talk) 10:08, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Xiang Yun, Priscelia Chan, Chutavuth Pattarakampol which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 03:39, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * Mmhmm. Izno (talk) 05:28, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Jeanette Aw, Ruby Lin, and Jessica Hsuan, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 16:37, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * Confirmed, no sleepers, lock requested. Spicy (talk) 17:57, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Felicia Chin, Wee Kheng Ming, and Kathy Chow, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 18:27, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * and locks requested. Izno (talk) 19:34, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Huang Shengyi, Eelyn Kok, and Kym Ng, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 22:17, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * mmhmm Izno (talk) 23:44, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Felicia Chin and Nancy Wu, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 10:08, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * Yup. . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:40, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

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Duck. Edits so far are DOB and/or height changes in artiste BLPs. And obviously an impersonation of ala Sockpuppet_investigations/Tanyatong/Archive. – robertsky (talk) 02:47, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * Ayup. Locks requested etc. Spicy (talk) 00:45, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Ann Kok, which was previously edited by blocked sock 罗炳森. Making similar edits on Chinese Wikipedia. Waxworker (talk) 18:59, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * Yep. There's no way to rangeblock this one, in case you were wondering. Locks requested. Spicy (talk) 00:50, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Fiona Xie and Yvonne Lim, which have previously been edited by socks. Making similar edits on Chinese Wikipedia. Waxworker (talk) 15:35, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * Yep. No others. Blocked, tagged, tacked onto an open lock request. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 13:02, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Angela Zhang and Susan Tse, which have previously been edited by socks. Making similar edits on Chinese Wikipedia. Waxworker (talk) 12:27, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Don't see any others, lock requested.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  13:43, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

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Similarly unexplained birth date changes on mobile, edited Phyllis Quek, which has previously been edited by blocked sock Special:Diff/1196315916 Special:Diff/1193719892  94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  08:10, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * Yes, no sleepers, lock requested and so on. Spicy (talk) 18:51, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Vivian Lai and Xiang Yun, which have previously been edited by socks. Making similar edits on Chinese Wikipedia. Waxworker (talk) 19:06, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * Confirmed, blocked, lock requested.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  12:56, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

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Reporting a possible doppelganger of myself. Same unsourced DOB edits as well. CU for sleeper. – robertsky (talk) 07:49, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * Looks like them; lock requsted, .  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  15:42, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Rain Lee, Tong Bing Yu, and Flora Chan, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 16:17, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * Yep. Lock requested.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  16:51, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

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Similarly unexplained birth date changes on mobile, edited Zhang Yuqi, which has previously been edited by blocked sock Special:Diff/1199193920 Special:Diff/1170163383  94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  03:30, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * Yes, locks requested as usual. Spicy (talk) 14:54, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Rui En and Jeanette Aw, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 06:12, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * That's them, plus . Blocking etc. Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  10:03, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Rebecca Lim and Joanne Peh, which have previously been edited by socks. Making similar edits on Chinese Wikipedia. Waxworker (talk) 05:03, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * ,, the usual. Spicy (talk) 13:45, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

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Same as before, change of date/year of birth in artiste BLPs.

side question, can I block these on sight and tag them accordingly? – robertsky (talk) 03:44, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * ✅ Courcelles (talk) 14:55, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Robertsky, you're an admin and great at spotting these. Feel free to block/tag on sight.  You're of course welcome to come here for a sleeper sweep/confirmation/meta lock request, but no reason to hold off on the block button if you're convinced. Courcelles (talk) 14:57, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Lock request filed. Case closed. Courcelles (talk) 14:57, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Rui En, Shen Yue (actress), and Ryan Lian, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 22:09, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * Yep. Spicy (talk) 00:34, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Felicia Chin and Cyndi Wang, which have previously been edited by socks. Making similar edits on Chinese Wikipedia. Waxworker (talk) 23:34, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * Since locked. Closing. Izno (talk) 04:05, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

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Found in sleeper sweep. Filing to use the lock script. Courcelles (talk) 15:39, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Lock request filed, blocked. Case closed. Courcelles (talk) 15:40, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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Similarly making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Shaun Chen and Desmond Tan (actor), which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 16:11, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * , lock requested. Courcelles (talk) 15:09, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

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Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Rainie Yang and Bonnie Loo, which have previously been edited by socks. Making similar edits on Chinese Wikipedia. Waxworker (talk) 20:29, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * <span style="font-family:Papyrus, Courier New">The Wordsmith Talk to me 23:46, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

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Similarly making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Zhou Dongyu, which has previously been edited by socks. Making similar edits on Chinese Wikipedia. Waxworker (talk) 14:24, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Yep - sad state of affairs when I recognise them without having to check archived cases. Lock requested.  Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  21:17, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

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Similarly making unsourced height & birth date changes on mobile, has edited Freddy McConnell, which has previously been edited by blocked socks Mukbang and Jessixuan. Waxworker (talk) 21:35, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Yep. Spicy (talk) 17:08, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

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Already blocked as a sock on Chinese Wikipedia. Similarly adding unsourced heights & making unexplained birth date changes on mobile, has edited Dong Jie and Emily Lim, which have previously been edited by socks. Waxworker (talk) 13:00, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, global lock requested. Who's MLLM? Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:47, 16 June 2024 (UTC)