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24 April 2013

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A young child's fantasy film articles/userpages, all featuring the same set of names of himself and his friends. This was discussed at ANI here (section link doesn't work, thread is "Peculiar userspace edits by multiple related users: now spotted as vandalism/fantasy sockpuppet farm") when Alison confirmed the first eight on this list. Since then, I have done searches which dug up several more, and new ones are coming at the rate of one or two a day. I have a list of ten IPs which I can supply if useful; they are BT Public Internet Service and too widely scattered for a rangeblock. CU requested to see if there are any sleepers or any more we have not dug up. As well as the fantasy userpages, there is some vandalising of existing articles, and there is a child-protection issue as he gives names of several of his friends. JohnCD (talk) 20:16, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

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All have been blocked per WP:DUCK; this is filed mainly as a place to keep track of them as they are coming in at one or two a day. CU requested (a) in the faint hope of a possible rangeblock (b) to see if there are any more lurking (c) to check out which has not edited but is suspect as this is one of the recurring names from this series. JohnCD (talk) 20:22, 24 April 2013 (UTC)


 * I agree with everything JohnCD has said. They are all ducks, and some have been checkuser confirmed by Alison. I have 11 IP addresses that the person has used, one more than JohnCD. There may well be more. Unfortunately, the "faint hope of a possible rangeblock" really is faint, as all but one of the IPs that I know of are in two ranges which also get significant amounts of use by other editors. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:45, 24 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Oh, blargh - this is kinda huge. Ok, so far ✅;


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 * That's it for now. One rangeblock, but there are other IP ranges being used :/ - A l is o n  ❤ 20:49, 24 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Keeping an eye on it is all we can do. Thanks Alison. NativeForeigner Talk 21:48, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, thanks. All blocked and tagged. Expect the next about 14:50 UTC tomorrow, on past form. JohnCD (talk) 22:07, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

27 April 2013

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On 24th April, I said " Expect the next about 14:50 UTC tomorrow, on past form." Four minutes early, at 14:46, appeared Tobey Cook. First three CU-confirmed by DoRD; the fourth, Mark Cook, Jr is a DUCK. JohnCD (talk) 17:09, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

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All blocked. I am trying this warning on his user pages; I don't think there's anything else to do but play whack-a-mole. JohnCD (talk) 17:12, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, these are all ✅, and there are no unblocked accounts on his current range. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:36, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Closing. Rschen7754 08:22, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

09 May 2013

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The usual fantasy film career for Jay Cook and his friends. JohnCD (talk) 13:28, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged, reported for the record. I have been saving this one up, expecting more, but I am happy to say (while touching wood) that Jay Cook seems to have stopped. After getting one or two a day, there have been no new ones since 28 April. JohnCD (talk) 13:28, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I recently blocked and a couple of other accounts related to this one, so I ran this to be sure. All these are ✅:
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 * Oh, dear, I did think he'd stopped. He is using a new set of names, which is why my regular searches for "Jaybias Cook" etc didn't catch these. I will widen and continue my searches. JohnCD (talk) 14:05, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

05 November 2013

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For the record. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:48, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * Technically, but the behavior* tips it to ✅. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:48, 5 November 2013 (UTC) *(see the filter log)

13 December 2013

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For the record. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 21:43, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

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, and  are all ✅. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 21:43, 13 December 2013 (UTC)