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Pretty ducky — almost the same username, both editing Egyptian Armed Forces to remove information about the EAF's defeat in the North Yemen Civil War (compare and ), disruptive editing for which The Egyptian army was blocked and have been unsuccessfully trying to appeal for over a week — seems like a genuine WP:CIR issue in their inability to appeal. DanCherek (talk) 00:11, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked and tagged, closing. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 15:11, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

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Same ranting/trolling about the Egyptian military on other people's talk pages:  Thepharoah17 (talk) 23:11, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

The Egyptian army and some of his previous sockpuppets are globally locked. Thepharoah17 (talk) 23:16, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Ya, them plus a few more already blocked. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 03:55, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

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Same ranting/trolling about the Egyptian military:  Thepharoah17 (talk) 23:48, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Oakstaps. I was going to protect Egyptian Armed Forces, but I see it has WP:PC configured already and that seems to be working, so I'll just leave that alone. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:42, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

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Pro-forma, already blocked. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:56, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked, requesting glock, closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:57, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

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Same ranting/trolling about the Egyptian military on other people's talk pages: Thepharoah17 (talk) 00:48, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

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'''This case is being reviewed by Tamzin as part of her training as a clerk. Please allow her to process the entire case without interference. You may pose any questions or concerns either on her talk page or on this page.'''
 * based on comparison to Special:Contributions/Emmanuel_Dhamuniki, including the same ranting about Israeli sources being used. for an indefinite block as a proven sockpuppet. CU  since no reason was given, and I do not judge a sleeper check to be necessary at the moment.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 04:30, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
 * . Global locks requested. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:22, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

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Same exact edit right after the previous sock was blocked: Thepharoah17 (talk) 16:56, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to previously confirmed Nestschats. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:02, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * glock requested -- RoySmith (talk) 17:03, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:04, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

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Appeared on my talk page to tell me about Operation Tagar and someone named Shlomo Alon. Also dropped some rants on the talk page of a user who hasn't been around since June, all about the same subjects which the master and previous socks have been obsessed with, as far as I can tell. Am I supposed to post a notice on their talk page after filing this report? I'm not terribly familiar with the rules in these parts. Wikignome Wintergreen talk 16:24, 3 November 2021 (UTC)


 * @Wikignome Wintergreen It's not required to notify somebody of an SPI about them, but you can if you feel it would be useful. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:37, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to and . Blocked and tagged.   Girth Summit  (blether)  16:47, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
 * No sleepers that I can see. Closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:50, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
 * . Archiving. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 16:56, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

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Same ranting/trolling on other people's talk pages about the Egyptian military:   Thepharoah17 (talk) 22:30, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 00:00, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Confirmed both. Also
 * Blocked, tagged, and locks requested for all. Some of these had already been blocked, but re-blocking/tagging to clean things up.   -- RoySmith (talk) 00:17, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, and locks requested for all. Some of these had already been blocked, but re-blocking/tagging to clean things up.   -- RoySmith (talk) 00:17, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, and locks requested for all. Some of these had already been blocked, but re-blocking/tagging to clean things up.   -- RoySmith (talk) 00:17, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, and locks requested for all. Some of these had already been blocked, but re-blocking/tagging to clean things up.   -- RoySmith (talk) 00:17, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, and locks requested for all. Some of these had already been blocked, but re-blocking/tagging to clean things up.   -- RoySmith (talk) 00:17, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, and locks requested for all. Some of these had already been blocked, but re-blocking/tagging to clean things up.   -- RoySmith (talk) 00:17, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, and locks requested for all. Some of these had already been blocked, but re-blocking/tagging to clean things up.   -- RoySmith (talk) 00:17, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, and locks requested for all. Some of these had already been blocked, but re-blocking/tagging to clean things up.   -- RoySmith (talk) 00:17, 16 November 2021 (UTC)


 * . Archiving. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 21:34, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

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Same ranting/trolling on other people's talk pages about the Egyptian military:   Thepharoah17 (talk) 00:14, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 01:01, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 01:05, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

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Editing on Arabic wiki. Registered 11 hours ago. Sleeper sockpuppet. Similar username as last sockpuppet: user:Emmanuel Dha. Thepharoah17 (talk) 18:21, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Confirms it is a sock here and will probably start editing with it soon… Thepharoah17 (talk) 21:54, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 22:05, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

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Same ranting/trolling on other people's talk pages about the Egyptian military:. Thepharoah17 (talk) 23:30, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Given that it's the same user talkpage confirmed sock was doing this on, I don't see any significant chance that this is not a sock. : Please block Boozybawl indefinitely as a proven sock of The Egyptian army. CU  for sleeper check. Already been checked in the past 24 hours.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 21:14, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * clpo13(talk) 21:52, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I took a look at this and ended up reblocking/retagging Boozybawl and Topsyjudo as confirmed. I'm trying to figure out if there's something that can be done on the IP side of things to help, but I'm not optimistic. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:41, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

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Editing on the same talkpage right after he was blocked: Thepharoah17 (talk) 23:24, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Procedural close, handled below. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 05:54, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

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Continued socking. Harassment towards Buckshot06 of the same subject matter as the previous sock mess. Additionally, both Army and Topsy end nearly every sentence with identical phrasing "...my dear brother".

See examples on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Buckshot06 Zinnober9 (talk) 23:25, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * I think Special:PageHistory/User talk:Buckshot06 speaks for itself here. Please indef as a proven sock. CU as unnecessary.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 05:53, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * , closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 10:40, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

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Similar username as past socks Emmanuel. Mentioning buckshot06 and ranting about the Egyptian military on his talk page. Thepharoah17 (talk) 17:44, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 17:56, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I just blocked a handful of sleepers without tags (,  and ). Also blocked tagged . No follow-up needed, just noting here for the record prior to archiving.--  Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 19:54, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * for all accounts listed here since the 19th. Archiving all. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 05:51, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

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Continuing discussion on buckshot06's talk page with same style as previous socks. I'd suggest protecting buckshot06's talk page just like mine was protected just yesterday. Thepharoah17 (talk) 23:13, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

Header matches text under:. Editing on Arabic wiki like his past accounts. Thepharoah17 (talk) 07:08, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅, as is . Will block, tag and request locks.  Girth Summit  (blether)  17:11, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

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Continuing discussion on the same talk page of his last sock. Thepharoah17 (talk) 19:26, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Confirmed, requested glock.  -- RoySmith (talk) 21:29, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

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Pro-forma -- RoySmith (talk) 14:31, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * Blocking and/or reblocking all the ones I found. Some of these have been previous blocked and/or tagged, but just doing them all en-masse because it's easier. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:57, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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Restoring same unsourced content at Operation Tagar. Obvious WP:DUCK. Jalen Folf  (talk)  18:02, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 18:18, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ along with:
 * -- RoySmith (talk) 18:42, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

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Tried to replace content on the same article with the same edit summary as currently blocked sock User:Patrick georg attempting to spread fringe theories. When reverted, user spammed my talk page as did other socks (to those other editors) after similar reversions. Diffs with exact edit summary and content:, , and. Tek022 |  Talk  03:04, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * - is blocked as a sock of Sockpuppet investigations/The Egyptian army. Can an admin clerk plese histmerge this case there? Thanks, Spicy (talk) 03:19, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:35, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. - they're restoring the same content as previous socks, worth a check for sleepers as there usually are some.  Spicy (talk) 16:58, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Both accounts are ✅ and blocked. The tags for the following accounts can also be updated to ✅ as they popped up in my check:

-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:59, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
 * tagging/retagging as required and closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:17, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Deafdana was blocked as a sock all three accounts make similar edits, , Shrike (talk) 18:14, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Gladurals similar edit to other blocked sock ,
 * As far as I can tell he pushes the same POV also I think he used google translate there are some quirks in his Hebrew --Shrike (talk) 19:36, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
 * @Tamzin Shrike (talk) 19:38, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * all around based on restoration of past sox' edits and similar behavior. Noting also the cross-wiki activity for Modern event numbering. There's one detail that's fairly unusual from someone with this POV in this topic area, but which we've seen multiple times from TEA sox. Sadly, these days אני מדברת רק קצת יברה. Just to the end of gaining a better understanding of the sockmaster: (and I'll throw in a ping to El_C while I'm at it) is there anything we can glean from their hewiki posts?  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 19:06, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Tamzin, you misspelled Hebrew (עברית). יברה is not a word, though it probably should be. El_C 22:21, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I blame a combination of the Hebrew phonetic typing keyboard I use on ChromeOS (because learning new keyboards is stressful and also it's dumb that +  ≠ ) and the fact that mixing LTR and RTL is confusing (the Hebrew in that parenthetical, MW renders opposite ways in the editing window and rendered!) and I wound up having to delete and retype basically every word I wrote. Anyways, תודה, Shrike, for explaining. Glad there's at least one Hebrew-speaker here who cares to help rather than nitpick about which words do and don't exist.    --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 22:30, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Another W for moi! El_C 22:47, 15 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I duck-blocked the lot of them after this bit of DNA evidence was left on my door step. Favonian (talk) 13:13, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
 * All ✅, plus . Will block/tag accordingly. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:05, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
 * . (Noting that the account in the section below has already been glocked.) --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 03:49, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

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CU-confirmed to TEA sock on arwiki, with behavioral similarities like lengthy borderline-incoherent talkpage requests involving military history, and an interest in the Green Island Raid shown at he:שיחה:הפשיטה על האי גרין. Requesting CU to confirm arwiki results and check for sleepers. -- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 03:57, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Just noting that from my discussion I got the feeling that they were not acting alone, working both with other accounts and sharing their own account (references to other editors, Bulletin 8, using تم ("It was completed", according to google translate) in the edit summary, and using "she" in reference to themselves). However, that could have just been due to general incoherence. BilledMammal (talk) 04:32, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * . Also, psssst,, you might not want to waste your breath any further. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 03:59, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm guessing that's mostly Google Translate issues. "Bulletin 8" may be some tenuous misremembering/mis-double-translation of Buckshot06, a 15-year veteran editor who they've pestered quite a bit in the past. (Oh yeah, spoiler alert, decent chance your usertalk will now become the new spawn point for new TEA sox. My condolences in advance if that happens. Just RBI and RFPP if necessary. They seem to get bored of one person after a while. And you might even get some poetry out of the deal.) --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 04:58, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, blocked and tagged. Closing.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:09, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

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Immediately after their most recent sock was banned, new editor Robt paar turned up to reimplement their edits at Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) and Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–1833). BilledMammal (talk) 00:41, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Thanks, BilledMammal. This account is blockable on behavioral evidence alone, but TEA has used sleepers fairly often, so to check for that.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 06:40, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  08:53, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, avec, to multiple confirmed socks. Girth Summit  (blether)  08:55, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

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Well, seems this time I'm the lucky one to get TEA on their talkpage asking something incomprehensible about Egyptian military history. Maybe not the best choice of target this time, I must say. For evidence, see general behavioral pattern on usertalks (cf. Special:Contributions/Medical_devi and ) and their interest in the second Egyptian-Ottoman war (see most recently Special:Contribs/Robt paar). -- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 15:58, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Both DUCK-blockable, but for sleepers per history thereof.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 15:59, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * The account is ✅. No comment on the IPs obviously - will leave that for independent behavioural evaluation.  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:56, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Girth. : . --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 16:59, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * IP blocked for 3 days (before I saw your proposed duration). Closing. Favonian (talk) 17:01, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

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Continues the pattern of behaviour where they remove mentions of Albanians from the articles, as well as the nonsensical talk page comments

Check user request as sleepers tend to exist BilledMammal (talk) 00:15, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Well, guess they weren't able to stick to OFFER like they said. Ponyo has CU-blocked without blocking any other accounts, so I'm assuming no sleepers. and . Closing.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 00:56, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

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Pro-forma, already confirmed -- RoySmith (talk) 20:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * . Favonian (talk) 20:03, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 * @Favonian we seem to have stepped on each other. Just letting you know I reblocked to add the checkuser-block to the log. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:05, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , archiving. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:24, 17 February 2022 (UTC)