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01 June 2016

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Both master and suspected sock have a fixation on cities and towns in Washington state the Pacific Northwest and the erroneous and persistent addition/removal of categories in bulk without explanation. CU please also check for sleepers.  General Ization  Talk   04:38, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅. No obvious sleepers. T. Canens (talk) 07:00, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Sock's block upgraded to indefinite. Tagging and closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:28, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

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Fixation on cities and towns of Pacific Northwest, application of false categories, per master and other socks.  General Ization  Talk   02:57, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Adzemeets' later edits connect it to blocked User:Dozesriga, with a different M.O.: hoax announcements of business closures. Have added the latter account for CU.  General Ization   Talk   03:49, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 's current block expires one week from yesterday. Did you want to extend that block? Thanks.  General Ization  Talk   04:41, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged: Adzemeets, Dozesriga, BungsKUTE (I came here through AIV, and I am not watching this page). Materialscientist (talk) 04:36, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * All indeffed and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:45, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

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Same behavior as previous string of socks, adding bogus categories to Washington geographical articles e.g., (moved Nepal to Washington!) - Brianhe (talk) 09:34, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * CU requested to check for sleepers.  General Ization  Talk   12:06, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I requested a check for sleepers only because this is clearly a persistent vandal (increasingly so) and I assumed they may have registered additional accounts at about the time this one was created. If that isn't sufficient reasoning to justify CU, please disregard the request.  General Ization   Talk   23:14, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Just added, agree that the persistence and fixation on this vandalism is increasing. - Brianhe (talk) 08:37, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Admin action needed - per  compared to, say,  (arbitrary diff from confirmed in archive). Indef block requested.  Can you give a reason why a sleeper check is requested? (Admin, when you block, instead of closing, please return this to the CUrequest queue for the sleeper request to be evaluated with any new reason provided.) Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 22:49, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked by . Tagged, closing. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 22:28, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Hmm, actually, for sleepers considering large volume of socks in the last few days. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 23:04, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:54, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Close. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 15:11, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

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The user has been adding the same inappropriate categories to Washington town articles as blocked user RKBetsy. ,. clpo13(talk) 04:31, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked by . Tagged, closing. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 22:28, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

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Same reverts to same pages. Adding nonsense locations to King County,. Dennis Bratland (talk) 06:01, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:35, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

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Mass-adding articles about Washington state cities to categories, specifically Category:Cities in the Seattle metropolitan area, in the identical fashion of several recently identified socks (see SPI archive and this user's contributions). - MrX 10:34, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Restores edits of previously blocked Vodkapoise sock:

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The account is very. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:18, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

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More of the same false recategorization of articles related to cities located in the state of Washington and hoaxes concerning US retailers. WP:DUCK.  General Ization  Talk   03:12, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * If you believe it's a "duck" case, then a check is not necessary. Acroterion has blocked the account. Mike V • Talk 13:44, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

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Same M.O.: placing Dickinson, North Dakota in Template:King County, Washington, adding cities at some distance from Seattle (including Ridgedale, Hampshire County, West Virginia) to Category:Cities in the Seattle metropolitan area and otherwise mucking about in strange ways with articles about cities in the Pacific Northwest.  General Ization  Talk   01:57, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked by . Tagging and closing. I assume you wanted CU to confirm this sock, which is now moot, but if you wanted a sleeper check, that can be considered (let me know on my talk page or open a new SPI).  Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 02:38, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * – After some consideration, I'm going to decline the sleeper check because of how recent the last CU was (10 June) and that no sleepers have been found in archives by a CU (including the time I last endorsed for sleepers). I am moving this to the "decline" pile (from "closed") so another clerk can look at this before closing this (to see if they would disagree and endorse for sleepers). Thanks, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 02:54, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

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New user making bizarre edits focused on Washington (state) categories. Edits some of the same articles and in the same pattern as Vodkapoise and previous socks. - MrX 10:36, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

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seems to have been reported twice, here and Sockpuppet_investigations/Pylonrudy.Brianhe (talk) 13:38, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Sockpuppet investigations/Pylonrudy should probably be merged into Sockpuppet investigations/Vodkapoise.- MrX 13:51, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * A cursory check of Template:Skagit County, Washington leads me to believe this may qualify as LTA. We have similar weird edits there going back to at least August 2014, and from September 2014, this edit by a CU confirmed sock of  whose contribs elsewhere go back to October 2012. Calling  who has some experience evaluating this person's editing: do you think the Vodkapoise group is the same? - Brianhe (talk) 23:46, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged. Since this is a new one and the last sleeper check was on June 10, maybe there should be another. I'll leave it to the more experienced patrollers to ask for that, so I'm not closing. Katietalk 20:35, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Since there is no history of sleepers, I'm closing this.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:21, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

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Same edits to same articles. Dennis Bratland (talk) 03:55, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

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--Neil N  talk to me 05:35, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:20, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

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Recreated hoax articles of Sequim County, Washington that were created by another sock of. This new sock has already been blocked but I would appreciate a check for sleepers since this sock master has been fairly active recently. See this ANI thread for relevant information. --Cameron11598 (Talk) 18:21, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * Nibsjoel is ✅ and tagged. No other accounts (unblocked) seen. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:37, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK vandalism to Washing State geog templates, bizarre inclusion of distant places Brianhe (talk) 21:46, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * Account blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 22:27, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK same bizarre inclusion of inappropriate places to Washington State categories/templates. Brianhe (talk) 07:41, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
 * ditto
 * There's also another vandal active at Office Depot who I haven't listed (yet) but that article is one of Vodkapoise's favorites (cf ). - Brianhe (talk) 10:51, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
 * And a new vandal today Jenretch . - Brianhe (talk) 00:29, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * ✅ all 3 accounts belong to Vodkapoise. - Mailer Diablo 05:17, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Accounts tagged. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 04:22, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

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Same vandalism to same set of pages. Dennis Bratland (talk) 05:30, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

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That was the Office Depot vandal I referred to yesterday (above). Unsurprisingly they started editing PNW geography articles when the other socks were blocked. - Brianhe (talk) 06:03, 7 July 2016 (UTC) ''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''
 * Added . Same vandalism to Washington county templates . - Brianhe (talk) 09:09, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Added . Same county template vandalism . - Brianhe (talk) 05:46, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Added . Same . - Brianhe (talk) 11:50, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * . See Sockpuppet investigations/Tonasky. Another CU will need to sort this out as I have to log off for a while. Sorry to dump this IN someone else's lap!-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 23:26, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ all 5 accounts belong to Vodkapoise, and match with the 06 July 2016 case as well. - Mailer Diablo 05:17, 9 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Accounts tagged. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 04:22, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

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Check out the edit history at Newhalem, Washington over the last 3 days. (This is also a vandalism-only account.) JBL (talk) 23:13, 8 July 2016 (UTC)


 * You can throw in User:NERVON409, and at this point I think this leads to Sockpuppet_investigations/Vodkapoise. I have no idea how to merge this SPI to that one (or whatever), sorry. --JBL (talk) 23:20, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * All of these accounts are ✅ to, who in turn is a suspected sock of . This should probably be moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Vodkapoise.  will need to be retagged, but I'm running our of time for today...-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  23:23, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Case merged, accounts tagged. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 04:22, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK vandalism to Wash. county templates -- Brianhe (talk) 12:02, 9 July 2016 (UTC) Brianhe (talk) 12:02, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * NativeForeigner Talk 03:48, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 04:22, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK vandalism of Washington county templates. Brianhe (talk) 05:29, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:15, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

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More hoaxing on Template:King County, Washington:, clpo13(talk) 16:19, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * Admin action needed - . No sleeper check needed, last one was 9 July. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 18:01, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Quack, closing. Nakon  02:03, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

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Vandalism/hoaxing in relation to Washington, , Sro23 (talk) 17:19, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * Account already blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:03, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK same vandalism to county templates. Brianhe (talk) 22:21, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * . Blocked sock and marking as closed. The second edit was more revealing in the attempt to hide hoax names among the links. Mkdw talk 21:13, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

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Same Washington hoaxing  Sro23 (talk) 03:03, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * - same pattern of vandalism to Washington geo templates, bizarre inclusion of European locations, etc. . Account already blocked by 4 July 2016, but thought it should be listed here for the record. - Brianhe (talk) 03:33, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * Looks like another admin has already blocked the accounts. Marking as closed. Mkdw talk 16:55, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

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Seems to be Vodkapoise's MO, replacing a European location with one from the Pacific Northwest. –Fredddie™ 02:51, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Since there have been a few lately, requesting a sleeper check, if one has not been performed already. –Fredddie™ 02:53, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * User also returned to this article with similar edits to sockmaster . - Brianhe (talk) 10:23, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Included two one more maybe not connected before, similar addition of retail closure hoaxes as prior sock1 and sock2. It's been blocked since January so perhaps this is just informational. - Brianhe (talk) 23:28, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * Toyedashy is confirmed, Erwinemil is stale, though. Can't find anything not already blocked. Courcelles (talk) 01:31, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Marking as closed. Mkdw talk 17:46, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

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Same WP:DUCK hoaxing rgdg Office Depot closure. Brianhe (talk) 03:27, 14 August 2016 (UTC) Also IP 205.157.66.4, confirmed proxy server, similar recent Office Depot vandalism. Brianhe (talk) 14:04, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

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as unnecessary, Droveprovo is a WP:DUCK. Admin: please block. I'm not sure about the IP but it's stale anyway. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 13:19, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:27, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

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Maybe not as clear a signature as earlier events, but quacks like a WP:DUCK. Relocating unlikely European locations to Snohomish County. Brianhe (talk) 15:11, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:05, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK vandalism; moving inappropriate locations to Snohomish County, Washington, United States, creation of hoax metropolitan areas , hoax business closures. Brianhe (talk) 01:33, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged based on behavior. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:53, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK hoax Pacific Northwest business closures, Office Depot/Office Max fixation. Brianhe (talk) 01:31, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * And now, the predictable hoax metropolitan areas  Brianhe (talk) 03:11, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  14:41, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

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The usual hoaxes involving Office Depot and moving European localities to Washington State counties. Brianhe (talk) 04:20, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

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Both accounts' edits match the pattern. Admins: please update 's block to indef, and indef block. Let's try pending changes protection on Office Depot for 6 months. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 13:47, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Never mind protection, it's already been semi-d. Ivanvector 🍁  (talk) 13:49, 27 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Accounts blocked and tagged per request. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 23:16, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

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Duck hoaxing to the same Washington articles:. It has also come to my attention that User:BNG05 is actually probably a Vodkapoise sockpuppet, given this edit which references the Office Depot hoax. Sro23 (talk) 03:40, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * Added LPD001 per near identical edits and . Note that this account's activity started several months prior to that of the currently reckoned sock master, Vodkapoise. Brianhe (talk) 06:06, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
 * KichikCured per duck bizarre relocation to Washington county - Brianhe (talk) 21:04, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Littenseradiel per ditto, and signature interest in children's television . - Brianhe (talk) 12:29, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

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Littenseradiel is ✅, blocked and tagged. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:51, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK - Hoax business closures, twiddling of cities in Seattle metro area. As a slight variation on a theme, today we have a hoax re-opening of a Portland, Oregon business. These two edits by this username and a prior sock are also similar:,. - Brianhe (talk) 09:16, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Also this edit really similar to hoax edit by yet another previous sock . - Brianhe (talk) 10:27, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked by .-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:59, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

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Repeatedly changing statuses of companies without sources (at least another account was recently doing this). Tropicalkitty (talk) 05:16, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * This editor's hoax change to Levitz Furniture here is very similar to a previous sock's here. - Brianhe (talk) 10:04, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Followed by the familiar Sequim County hoax again. Previously associated with sock, see as representative example, ANI archive for full treatment. - Brianhe (talk) 12:46, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked by .-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:59, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
 * For the record, the account was actually blocked by Widr; I just changed the block rationale to one that I thought more suitable. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:53, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

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Same hoaxing to the same topics:  Sro23 (talk) 22:49, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Adding ChefSprout. Similar edits to Polly and the Zhu Zhu Pets: as well as the interest in alphabets that past sockpuppets have shown:. CU request in case I've missed any other accounts. Sro23 (talk) 23:00, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

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✅ + . Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:06, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

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Same retail establishment hoaxing:  Sro23 (talk) 00:19, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * it's a WP:DUCK, but this troll is apparently farming sleepers. Can protection on OfficeMax be upped to extended confirmed or is this case not yet persistent enough? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 00:27, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * No need for a check. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 22:31, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

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Same hoax edits, moving Washington towns into Seattle metro area for yuks. Dennis Bratland (talk) 03:45, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

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Also the children's TV show which this sock edited, after Vodkapoise himself visited also. - Brianhe (talk) 05:19, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged based on behavior. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:30, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK r/t hoax business closures in 2017. EricEnfermero (Talk) 06:30, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * Account blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:06, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

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Topics edited are of the usual sort -- alphabetic systems, Washington State county templates , and children's TV shows. The edits are test/vandalism in some cases, following Vodkapoise usual behavior.

It is also noteworthy that the last VP sock was blocked at 01:29, 18 October and this user account was created some hours later, 10:42 19 October. Brianhe (talk) 22:34, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

If there was any doubt, now we have the VP signature hoax business closures. - Brianhe (talk) 23:01, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, close Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 23:07, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

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the usual per WP:DUCK this is typical county vandalism. Brianhe (talk) 20:05, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
 * VP socks previously engaged in vandalism on children's television articles: . There are others by editors who I suspect are VP socks also, but have not been definitively connected yet. - Brianhe (talk) 00:56, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Just thought I'd add here, while researching for KrakatoaKatie's question, I came across who definitely has the VP signature; no other individual has been so devoted to hoaxing Western Washington county cities/towns like this. This is stale but maybe helps to list it anyway. The account has also edited several children's TV related articles, including List of programs broadcast by Sprout which  returned to. - Brianhe (talk) 01:30, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

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I added two more: Ericwinans x ray and Christmas snowflake. Both have been hoaxing on children's programming related articles, similar to Vodkapoise socks in the past, and both created Fairfax (TV series). Sro23 (talk) 02:04, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * OFFICEdailed is ; same range as many Vodkapoise socks but there's a technical difference. Based on the edit to the Pierce County, Washington template, I'm pretty sure this is Vodkapoise.
 * These accounts are ✅ to each other but, based on geolocation and technical data, to be Vodkapoise:


 * I'd not heard of Vodkapoise doing TV hoaxes before now, but if they do, to be certain this second group isn't a new cluster. All blocked pending tags. Katietalk 00:50, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

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Obvious duck: same obsession with Bed Bath & Beyond, same hoax edits to Washington state templates & articles. Dennis Bratland (talk) 07:29, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * this account was already tagged as CU-confirmed when I got here. Closing. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:04, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK hoaxing/twiddling of businesses and children's television. Specifics follow.

First: Hoaxing/vandalism to Pacific Northwest businesses, Office Depot, Bed Bath & Beyond.
 * REI, Costco are Seattle based companies
 * Office Depot this can be considered VP signature editing pattern
 * Bed Bath & Beyond . Bed Bath & Beyond has been vandalized in 2016 exclusively by a string of VP socks (also prior to 2016 by Brightify's Banclarknn) and now by this account.

Second: this account used to twiddle Counterfeit Cat which was also target of a CU confirmed VP sock.

Other: Home Depot was also vand by this account and by suspected VP sock   of course they also vandalized Office Depot in the signature style. More unlikely intersections with Erwinemil include Pier 1 Imports and Bordertown (see editor interaction ). Brianhe (talk) 07:10, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * - the corporation end date hoaxing is the dead giveaway. Please block. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:11, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 06:33, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

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Vandalism of Washington State infobox nearly matches recent changes by CU-confirmed VP sock  in particular fields (anthem, high point, etc.) and VP has vandalized same article in other ways. Brianhe (talk) 17:04, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

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This is just some random bored kid, not Vodkapoise. The only similarity is the generic Harambe vandalism to Washington (state). Also Vodkapoise almost never leaves edit summaries. Either way, the account's been blocked as a vandalism only account. Sro23 (talk) 17:13, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * I agree with Sro23. Closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:06, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

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Vodkapoise/Brightify hallmarks as noted in Brightify LTA. Interest in PNW retail such as Kasala (furniture) and Albert Lee Appliance, vandalizing Bed Bath & Beyond. Brianhe (talk) 05:18, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Added since initial filing: Gordon Brothers, another signature target noted in Brightify LTA.
 * Other signature behavior includes hoax retail chain closure and bizarre incorporation of children's TV show into unrelated topic.
 * Prior CU-confirmed sock made nom for deletion of well known entity, followed immediately by un-filled boilerplate contest of own deletion . This sock has repeated the behavior exactly . - Brianhe (talk) 18:46, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Second account added to case per same logic: Snohomish county pop place→city hoaxing, new account comfortable with children's television infobox manipulation  , kids' tv misinformation/hoaxing , erases evidence of interest in retail  Brianhe (talk) 08:08, 19 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Agree. this is a telltale obsession. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 08:25, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Third account Hawksdeign added - usual Brightify interests and pattern: city hoaxing, orthography/phonetics , retail, Gordon Brothers. Brianhe (talk) 22:26, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Later, OfficeMax and Office Depot  vandalism for bingo. - Brianhe (talk) 00:06, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Fourth account. . Signature hoax moves of obscure Asian locations to King County, Washington & orthography/phonetics. It also seems to follow an account naming convention that I won't spell out per WP:BEANS. - Brianhe (talk) 23:40, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

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Hi, another account with similar behaviour was CompUSA, blocked in September this year. I spotted blatant vandalism and they were indefblocked but I'm not sure anyone made the connection. Also the new Taxesstoic account which popped up yesterday and will probably soon be blocked seems to be almost exactly the same. Putting this here in case it's useful. Blythwood (talk) 02:39, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Hawksdeign, Taxesstoic, and Soppycoup are ✅. Aerylych is ; there's a slight technical difference but I'm still convinced. All blocked and tagged. Closing. Katietalk 02:06, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

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Here we go again. Vodkapoise/Brightify hallmarks as noted in Brightify LTA. Gordon Brothers hoaxing, made-up typefaces (LTA mentions character sets) etc. Do you still even need diffs? Brianhe (talk) 04:51, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Compare to CU confirmed sock in account name and contribs to Template:Microsoft Windows typefaces esp. creation of new, apparently made-up typefaces:
 * Taxesstoic
 * Judotaxes

Also note LTA mentions "number systems" and we have a new edit on Roman numerals here

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 * I can't find the word "typeface" in either Sockpuppet investigations/Vodkapoise/Archive or Long-term abuse/Brightify. Could you please provide some examples of previously made-up typefaces? King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 05:54, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * , closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:32, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

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More retail hoaxing Compare to recent sock User:Dothmope: Special:Contributions/Dothmope Sro23 (talk) 03:36, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

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Compare usernames to prior Brightify LTA=Vodkapoise socks Dorsembal, Lynnstol, Wynstol. Also Dothmope engaged in Pacific Northwest metropolitan areas hoax twiddling which is hallmark of same LTA. - Bri (talk) 11:35, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

I added another recent sock we missed, User:Nicetints, just for the record. Also,, if I understand correctly, the only reason you want to keep this case open is to merge it with Sockpuppet investigations/Brightify? Because I think that was proposed once already and rejected. If it would be too complicated, then I recommend closing this and simply being done with it. There are lots of LTA's comprised of multiple separate yet related SPI's, and that's okay. Sro23 (talk) 17:51, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Nicetints, yes, obviously part of the LTA: children's TV, hoax retail company closures and fake metropolitan areas . Colby, Kansas metropolitan area  in this case is a bit unusual because it's not the Pacific Northwest, and the store closure wasn't a hoax, for once. - Bri (talk) 18:06, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  22:13, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
 * For now, I'm indeffing the sock with a tag. We could choose to keep it open for the time being to continue investigation or close it for now but keep it on our radar in case we need to merge this to the LTA account. I would like to have gotten a CU but what I see in the archive is stale. I'm just wanting to be sure that we're sure before going with a merge...it's harder to undo once done. This is a behavioral call so more opinions would help., do you want to keep it open or consider for merging later?
 * From their behavior I have no doubt this is the LTA. If you think waiting is best, then by all means; I'm in no hurry to close. - Bri (talk) 00:10, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

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Ferndale, Washington has been a repeated Vodkapoise vandalism/hoax target. Requesting quick CU to confirm/disconfirm latest vandal. WP:BEANS detailed reasons; refer to WP:LTA/Brightify. _ Bri (talk) 23:43, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

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. The technical data is not very recent.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:17, 10 July 2017 (UTC)


 * This is nothing like Vodkapoise. It's seems to be just a regular vandal from Vodkapoise's area. If the user continues vandalizing in the future feel free to report to WP:AIV. Closing with no action. Sro23 (talk) 18:39, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

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Known areas of interest (retail hoaxing - ) and kids TV programs. See also Long-term abuse/Brightify. Sro23 (talk) 01:10, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * Seems fairly likely. . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 08:00, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

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Same vandalism to Seattle metro area articles, adding geographic areas from far away. Dennis Bratland (talk) 06:29, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * Just one edit, the IP is abandoned now. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  12:02, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

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See LTA for pattern of twiddling children's TV shows, making up names in lists , vandalism to Party City , Costco and Gordon Brothers ; specifically fake corporate dissolutions and fake acquisitions. ☆ Bri (talk) 23:12, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

By the way a merge to WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Brightify was discussed at Sockpuppet investigations/Vodkapoise/Archive; not sure if this is still in the works, but thought I'd mention it. ☆ Bri (talk) 00:16, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus these already blocked accounts:
 * Blocked Comasroomy and tagged all. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:38, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked Comasroomy and tagged all. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:38, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked Comasroomy and tagged all. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:38, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked Comasroomy and tagged all. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:38, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked Comasroomy and tagged all. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:38, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

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(Note: user Chinoquash is already blocked for vandalism, so technically, user Chenonto is block-evading) DVdm (talk) 14:02, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
 * 1) Similar bad edits to  as confirmed sockpuppets  and :, , ,.
 * 2) Similar bad edits to :,.
 * 3) Similar user page content.

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 * - per evidence provided. Please indef unblocked sock. Sro23 (talk) 19:36, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:22, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Tagged socks. Closing case. Sro23 (talk) 21:24, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

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 * Compare with most recent report: Sockpuppet investigations/Vodkapoise/Archive
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(Note: user Kauaimonth is already blocked for vandalism, so technically, user Reyesnita is block-evading) DVdm (talk) 07:33, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Similar user page content.

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 * - . Please indef the unblocked sock. Sro23 (talk) 16:26, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I have indef blocked per Sro23's request. EdJohnston (talk) 17:22, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Closing. Sro23 (talk) 17:26, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

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 * Bad edits to and  and similar content on first version of userpage, just like other blocked socks of Vodkapoise:
 * DVdm (talk) 08:42, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
 * DVdm (talk) 08:42, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
 * DVdm (talk) 08:42, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
 * DVdm (talk) 08:42, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
 * DVdm (talk) 08:42, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

I think there is one more recent Octal/Time travel vandal not discovered by checkuser. Same userpage pattern too. ☆ Bri (talk) 22:05, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:24, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

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same as previous socks: main target article, and userpage. DVdm (talk) 16:17, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

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 * , closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:47, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

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See previous cases. Same target article Time travel, similar user page. DVdm (talk) 09:44, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. Sro23 (talk) 12:29, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

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See previous cases. Same target article Time travel, similar user page. DVdm (talk) 21:06, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * . GABgab 02:36, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

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See previous cases. Same target article Time travel, similar user page. DVdm (talk) 20:19, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and page semi'd. Sro23 (talk) 21:59, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

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See previous cases. Same target article Time travel, similar user page. DVdm (talk) 10:03, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * Account now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 12:57, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Reopened for new instance Shelfmove. - DVdm (talk) 08:21, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Shelfmove duck-blocked. Favonian (talk) 08:36, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

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See previous cases. Same target article Time travel, same content, similar user page. DVdm (talk) 14:20, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. Sro23 (talk) 17:05, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

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Redoing recents edits by previous case DVdm (talk) 15:58, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

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Same MO, username on userpage, a number of edits bordering on compentence/vandalism to reach confirmed status then dives straight into Vodkapoise's favourite article, Time travel.

CU requested for sleepers. Nthep (talk) 11:31, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

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except Thingcrest who should be watched. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:18, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I've blocked Thingcrest as either a sock or a VOA with that edit. Case closed. Courcelles (talk) 20:02, 29 November 2018 (UTC)