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03 January 2016

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The account is admitted and included for completeness. I blocked them for abuse. I rangeblocked the /23 for block evasion. They are clearly the same by behaviour – hyperactive AIV reports and non-admin clerking, as well as being interested mostly but not always in airports. This is a request to identify sleeper accounts, as well as to have another admin check the rangeblock. BethNaught (talk) 22:12, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * The two accounts are ✅ and tagged.
 * For privacy reasons, I can't comment on the range block other than it's very short, which would mitigate any damage it might cause.
 * . However, deep sleeper checks were very difficult because of the activity on the ranges used by the socks. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:05, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

08 January 2016

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Per WP:DUCK. Same type of behavior and clerking at AIV. Widr (talk) 07:37, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 03:03, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  18:22, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

03 February 2016

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This user is suspected to be editing under these IP addresses as well (172.56.XX.XXX range); exhibiting same editing behavior by the edit summaries of the 3 IPs. This user also edited under the following usernames: EnRouteAviation, Glorifier, Potently, and Astral Heat (all 4 accounts have been blocked indefinitely). 97.85.118.142 (talk) 03:58, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * IPs not active any more. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:58, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

06 February 2016

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Per WP:DUCK; main areas of interest are WP:AIV and airport articles. Widr (talk) 10:20, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 10:44, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:55, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

17 February 2016

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Per behavioral evidence; newly created account spending most of their time at WP:AIV, like the master. Widr (talk) 07:23, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 07:47, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:51, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

20 February 2016

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Per behavioral evidence; newly created account, majority of edits around WP:AIV and other admin areas. Widr (talk) 17:35, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 21:28, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:13, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

24 February 2016

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Per behavioral evidence. New account, most edits at WP:AIV. Widr (talk) 07:08, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 07:20, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing. Katietalk 16:50, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

03 March 2016

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Per behavior, another new account fixated on AIV. Widr (talk) 05:58, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 06:20, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
 * We're done here, closing and archiving. Courcelles (talk) 15:46, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

19 March 2016

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Per behavioral evidence at admin areas. Widr (talk) 22:50, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

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 * Nice work,, it's really a shame that Taokaka has made me so suspicious of new CVU editors. GABHello! 00:54, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Indeed. It's rather sad, because most of what Taokaka has done, outside of socking with countless accounts and throwaway IPs, has been helpful. Widr (talk) 12:23, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 23:10, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:46, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

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PickC definitely isn't new here. Although she (he?)'s been making an effort to stay away from AIV (like some of the more recent sockpuppets), the prolific recent patrolling and an understanding of policy only experienced users would show made me very suspicious. Redirecting the userpage to their talk mirrors what other socks would do: and this user also demonstrates the trademark "cheers":   Sro23 (talk) 02:58, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * I don't see a very strong connection between the two accounts. Cheers is a very common salvation and a fair amount of users redirect their user page to their talk page. It's very well possible that PickC is a sock, but I need more specific connections before I can run a check. Mike V • Talk 19:11, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * blocked as a confirmed sock by Drmies. Mike V • Talk 16:15, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

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Clearly still an active sockmaster, posting attacks. Waggie (talk) 18:43, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * Could someone please check ? It seems to be the latest good-hand sock, what with general anti-vandalism, adding protection and shared IP templates, plus airports. An example of a more recent sock would be . Sro23 (talk) 19:07, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * Cosmic Clone is ❌ to Taokaka and Sro 3322. Sro 3322 is Taokaka. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:42, 21 May 2017 (UTC)