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29 May 2012

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Vwegba4real created a page, Oghenevwegba Ogedegbe, which I tagged for speedy deletion. He attempted to remove the speedy tag and a bot stopped him from doing so. After a while, an account with a very similar username, Palevu4real, removed the speedy tag twice  without explanation. The similar behavior and usernames makes me suspect sockpuppetry, despite asking Palevu to please "use only one (1) account". Palevu also attempted to blank this SPI (see below). → B  music  ian  22:50, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

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 * It also should be noted that Palevu attempted to blank this SPI. Will be posting more diffs of behavioral evidence. → B  music  ian  23:13, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

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 * - This is in DUCK territory, so no need for a CU.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  02:42, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I recommend an indef for the sock and just a warning for the master. It's plausable enough that this is a new user (month old) in over his head, no need to chase him off IMO.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  02:44, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged as per Sven. -- DQ  (ʞlɐʇ)  03:23, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Fair enough; thank you! → B  music  ian  05:50, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

13 December 2013

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User to edit known sock  and replace it with a poem of Nelson Mandella. His name follows his tradition of christian names and a number as well. I've requested Checkuser as he is a known puppeteer to check for sleepers. Jns4eva (talk) 19:39, 13 December 2013 (UTC)


 * User 197 and user 41 just removed speedy delete tags from the page created by Thanks2jesus.

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 * Suspected sock blocked indef per duck test. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:41, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
 * - No evidence of sleepers. Rschen7754 11:13, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Closing as nothing else needs to be done at this point. Mark Arsten (talk) 04:08, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

03 April 2014

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 * O. I. Ogedegbe: All of user's edits have been about Oghenevwegba Isaiah Ogedegbe, including:
 * Dore Numa College Warri, half of which is about how Oghenevwegba Isaiah Ogedegbe once attended there;
 * Oghenevwegba Isaiah Ogedegbe, now salted;
 * Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, Oghenevwegba Isaiah Ogedegbe's church in Nigeria
 * links between these and from other articles, e.g. ; compare with same link referenced with same wordpress site by blocked sockpuppet User:Ogedegbe4real


 * Oghenevwegba Isaiah Ogedegbe: no undeleted edits remaining, but his self-promotional user page was re-created by User:O. I. Ogedegbe following speedy G11, and the warnings on his user talk page were blanked by blocked sockpuppet User:Ogedegbe4real.

Ruby  Murray  06:46, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

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Both blocked and tagged per WP:DUCK. I will leave this for a CU to decide whether a check for sleepers is worth doing. JohnCD (talk) 12:54, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
 * - With no history of sleepers and a large CU backlog probably not worth a check. Rschen7754 08:13, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

20 June 2014

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Fufeyin made similar edits to previous, adding a poem by Oghenevwegba Isaiah OGEDEGBE and attempting to delete the notices on the userpages of the sockmaster and one of the other socks. Calculus4real made only one edit, but that was an attempt to blank the sock notice from Ogedegbe's user page. Credit to who spotted these and notified me. JohnCD (talk) 20:00, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

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Both blocked per WP:DUCK, reported for the record. May well be meatpuppets rather the sock, but same difference. I have deleted the poem as copyvio, but left the article Kefee Obareki Don Momoh  which other editors have worked on and tidied up; it has at least one good ref, and subject may be notable. JohnCD (talk) 20:00, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

14 September 2015

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Attempt to create article on Oghenevwegba Isaiah Ogedegbe - when deleted, using userpage of another sock User:Oghenevwegba Isaiah Ogedegbe Nthep (talk) 18:13, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

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 * Puppet account blocked after filing of the case. Nothing more to do here. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 19:05, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

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Created Ogedegbe, Isaiah Oghenevwegba and Cornelius Adam Igbudu, both of which have been created by socks of this account followed by tag-team IPs editing both articles and removing speedies. (Isaiah Ogedegbe)is the previous title for the first, currently salted in main space.)
 * See also:
 * CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  13:30, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  13:30, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  13:30, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  13:30, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  13:30, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  13:30, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  13:30, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

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 * I have blocked the account and range-blocked the IP addresses that they have been using today.  Super Mario  Man – Talk 14:01, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Tagged sock, closing. GABgab 14:21, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

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More junk + username quacking CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  17:49, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Also created Ogedegbe Isaiah today, followed by the normal 197 IP edits. See. CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  12:46, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

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per WP:DUCK. — Cactus Writer (talk) 16:44, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked a range; all blocked and tagged. Closing.  Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 12:23, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

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Basedonwarritimes created Pastor Isaiah Oghenevwegba Ogedegbe, i.e. the same article as previous socks have created, under a slight variation of the name since all previous names AFAIK have been SALTed, and added Ogedegbes name to articles, just like the IPs. 197.210.44.91 also deleted an AfD-discussion about a previous incarnation of the article. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 10:58, 26 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Since the article has been deleted and SALTed and the named account has been blocked I no longer see a reason for a CU-check, and have removed my own request. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 11:34, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
 * IIRC (and don't get this case mixed up with another case...) there has been a range block on the range most commonly used by Ogedegbe, probably from around 24 April to 24 May (based on edits, or lack thereof), so maybe we could get a new one? - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 16:48, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry for forgetting to reply. Chrissymad is right, that's the range block I remember seeing (see block log). - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 22:00, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I didn't expect you to block a full /16, and was in fact a bit surprised when I noticed the range block in April (which is why I remembered it), but one or more narrower range block(s) covering the IPs most frequently used would go a long way, because I'm fed up with Isaiah Ogedegbe (and his followers, because I don't think his doing it all himself). - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 14:26, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok, will do. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 14:44, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * as an fyi. Crow  Caw  16:53, 27 May 2017 (UTC)


 * I think this is the range may have been referring to from the block here. Was blocked two weeks starting Apr 26.  CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  21:46, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * Sleepers, rangeblock? Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 01:07, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * The range that would need to be blocked is quite delicate. My recommendation is find a CU fast when you first notice editing, and get them to apply a short duration anon only acc allowed block to the range. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 16:42, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I can't find the block in which you are talking about, you'll have to be more specific. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 16:54, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * The range you have specified is not good for a block right now. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 13:44, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I get that you are frustrated with him getting away with things. When I say the the range is not good for a block, i'm also talking about the smaller subranges. Some ISPs hand out IPs like they are candy, and that is what is happening here. So effectively, if I block a smaller range at this point, it will do literally nothing but block innocent people. That's why I say come find a CU as soon as he starts editing. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 14:32, 29 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:21, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

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Keeps adding the same Pastor Ogedegbe "prediction" spam to multiple articles. CrowCaw 20:00, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

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Pacwarri blocked and tagged. (Majority of mainspace edits contain the word 'Ogedegbe'). Ben  Mac  Dui  18:54, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

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Yet another attempt to create an article about Isaiah Ogedegbe, now as Oghenevwegba isaiah ogedegbe, and edit-warring over a speedytag on it. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 23:03, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Also adding spam links for Ogedegbe's "Warri Times Newspaper", i.e. his blog. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 10:52, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * Obvious sockpuppet; now blocked indefinitely. SuperMarioMan (Talk) 20:30, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

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Draft:Isaiah Oghenevwegba-Ogedegbe, same as always, with a name modified to get around the salt. CrowCaw 17:45, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

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 * Duck blocked. Ben   Mac  Dui  18:31, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

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It can hardly be more obvious than an account named "Pastorogedegbe" adding promotion for Isaiah Ogedegbe's "Warri Times" blog on Warri... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 19:06, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

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Blocked and tagged. Nthep (talk) 19:23, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Account now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 19:32, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

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Adding Isaiah Ogedegbe's name and blog to multiple articles, just like umpteen previous socks (sample edits:, , ). - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 07:50, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

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 * Obvious sockpuppet; now blocked indefinitely. Super<b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF7F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 12:36, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

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The usual Ogedegbe-spam. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 22:42, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

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 * . I had a thought this might be related to another open case, but I'm satisfied this is all wrapped up. I've also semiprotected Joseph Ayo Babalola for a bit. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:51, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

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Repeatedly spamming Isaiah Ogedegbe's Warritimes blog. They've already been blocked once, for 31h, for spamming but started again as soon as the block had expired. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 12:10, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

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 * Spamming in the usual places. Blocked indefinitely. <b style="color: #FF0001;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF7F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 15:30, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

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The usual Isaiah Ogedegbe prophecy spam (, ; it says "Ogedengbe" in the links, possibly as an attempt to evade edit filters, but the links lead to Isaiah Ogedegbe "prophecies"...). - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 21:32, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. <b style="color: #FF0001;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF7F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 21:37, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:01, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

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The usual Ogedegbe-spam, hidden behind an archive.is link in order to evade edit filters. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 18:13, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
 * See also this edit where they add Ogedegbe's name to Urhobo people. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 18:23, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * . URL shorteners are supposed to be globally blacklisted, I'll look into that. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:41, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

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New user account making the usual Isaiah Ogedegbe edits, promoting him and adding prophecy-spam, WTN = Warri Times News, Ogedegbe's blog. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 21:28, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
 * ... and they keep on adding Ogedegbe-spam all over the place. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 08:12, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:38, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

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Yet another sock, adding Isaiah Ogedegbe to list of Urhobo people, and adding typical Ogedegbe-spam (a new link but the same old content) to one of the usual targets, Christ Apostolic Church. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 20:38, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. Mz7 (talk) 00:08, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

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More Isaiah Ogedegbe spam plus an attempt to sneak in Ogedegbe's name in Urhobo people hidden in a quote under "See also":. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 20:53, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * I have blocked the account and semi-protected Urhobo people, which the sockpuppets are targeting repeatedly, for two weeks. <b style="color: #FF0001;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF7F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 21:26, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

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New user account adding a totally irrelevant image of Isaiah Ogedegbe (see text below image: File:A man from Oghara-Iyede.jpg) to multiple articles, and also adding a link to a blogpost by Isaiah Ogedegbe on Plagiarism. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 13:50, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * (courtesy ping ). Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:04, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

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The usual Ogedegbe-spam, the exact same material that has been added umpteen times by umpteen socks before. The URL changes every now and then, but still links to the same material... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 14:36, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
 * And they're now also adding a photo of Isaiah Ogedegbe (check file description on Commons) on Oghara-Iyede, like other socks beforee them... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 14:40, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * - also probably a username violation. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:47, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

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... and here comes another one, adding the same old Ogedegbe-spam. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 16:22, 24 August 2018 (UTC) - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 16:22, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:18, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

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The usual Prophecy spam, q.v. <b style="color: black;">Crow</b><i style="color: black">Caw</i> 20:50, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 21:14, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

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Yet another account trying to promote Isaiah Ogedegbe by adding an image of him (compare the image added to Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, File:Kemi Omololu.jpg, with the caption "Kemi Omololu and blogger", to File:Isaiah Ogedegbe.jpg on Commons...) and a link to an external web site that mentions him. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 09:16, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Correction: the account was blocked, without me knowing it, while I typed the report and collected evidence on Commons for it... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 11:34, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * The image on Commons was uploaded there by User:Akpokojmad, who has also uploaded other Ogedegbe images there, images that have since been used both here and on ig.wikipedia, and has also spammed warritimes.com on multiple unrelated images on Commons, showing a clear connection to Ogedegbe and making them a candidate for a global lock too... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 12:40, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * account was already blocked when the report was filed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:13, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * yes I thought that was probably what happened based on the timestamps, I usually just note it for the sake of logging. it seems this case involves cross-wiki abuse (on Commons, maybe elsewhere), could you please lock the account? Thanks. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:19, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I concur with Thomas.W's assessment at Commons: that account should be locked as well, along with any others that are blocked here and active elsewhere. I don't have an easy way to determine which those might be, though. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:55, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Locked the subject of the report. There isn't any CU evidence for the other one, so I'll let commons deal with it as they see fit. -- Ajraddatz (talk) 16:56, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

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Adding mentions of Isaiah Ogedegbe's globally blacklisted blog "Warri Times Newspaper" on multiple articles, just like many previous socks:, , and also on the article about Ogedegbe on the Igbo language WP, showing a clear connection. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 09:37, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Yet another sock spamming links leading to blogposts by Isaiah Ogedegbe or mentioning Isaiah Ogedegbe. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 09:39, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * got 'em. - please see if there's a range that can be blocked. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:45, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
 * There really isn't much that can be done rn. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 01:40, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

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New sock posting Ogedegbe-spam on one of their usual targets (, do a search for "Ogedegbe" on the page linked to and you'll find a prominent mention of an oft spammed "prophecy" by our old friend Isaiah Ogenevwegba Ogedegbe, also known as "Vwegba4real", posted on that page at the direct request of Ogedegbe; also check the page history of Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin, nothing but blocked socks there...). - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 18:55, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * ... and adding an oft spammed image of Ogedegbe (the dude on the right) on List of Nigerian bloggers. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 19:00, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. <b style="color: #FF0001;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF7F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 20:33, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

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Yet another obvious sock of Vwegba4real trying to promote Isaiah Ogedegbe. See also edit filter log for 10 September for Warri. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 14:40, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:42, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

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Another sock doing the same as umpteen previous ones, that is trying to promote Isaiah Ogedegbe on Warri, linking to an article by him (an article hidden behind an archive short-link: ). - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 06:53, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 10:53, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

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Adding a cross-wiki link on Oghara-Iyede (one of Ogedegbe's frequent targets) to an article about Isaiah Ogedegbe's blog, "Warri Times News", on the Igbo language Wikipedia, where there is an article about the blog (and an article about Isaiah Ogedegbe), but since they obviously don't know how redirects work IPs in the 197.210.0.0/16 range, which is range blocked here because of long-time massive abuse, are now creating another article about Ogedegbe's blog at ig:WTN, the cross-wiki link they added. Showing that this is, indeed, an obvious sock... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 09:43, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Also adding the same cross-wiki link on WTN here... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 10:13, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * . Thanks for providing these detailed reports.  more cross-wiki abuse, please lock. Is it also possible for you to globally lock  or a subset? I can't tell from here how much of the /16 is actually being abused by these spammers. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:36, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Locked the account. There's too much collateral to block the IP or range. -- Ajraddatz (talk) 01:14, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Closing this one. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:34, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

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New obvious sock, linking to an article by Isaiah Ogedegbe that other socks have also linked to. This has obviously turned into a game where the sockmaster is trying to see if he can outsmart us, and get Isaiah Ogedegbe and the "Warri Times" blog mentioned here, without being detected, trying all the tricks in the book, and then some. Sofar without success... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 06:45, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * . Maybe they think we're going to get tired? We're not, there were exactly two button pushes to block this new sock. It's really very easy to do. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:37, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

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New obvious sock, adding a "poem" by Isaiah Ogedegbe (click the external link in the diff) on a random article here, I know that I know nothing. A "poem" posted on an obviously user-generated Nigerian website (opinionnigeria.com) that has become Vwegba4real's favourite site for hosting Ogedegbe-spam (both text and images), since it's not yet blacklisted here... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 21:53, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I have now requested blacklisting of "opinionnigeria.com". - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 22:12, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 22:29, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

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Yet another Vwegba4real-sock adding Ogedegbe-spam (bypassing the blacklisting of opinionnigeria.com by linking through an archive site:, ). They have already been blocked once, for 24 hours for edit-warring, but it is an obvious sock, and should be indeffed. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 08:05, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. <b style="color: #FF0001;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF7F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 14:49, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

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The usual Ogedegbe-spam on the usual articles. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 19:10, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

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 * . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:10, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

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Adding an external link leading to a page that then leads to Isaiah Ogedegbe's "Warri Times Newspaper" (i.e. blog on Wordpress). - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 16:43, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tag updated.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 16:52, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

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The usual spamming of Isaiah Ogedegbe's "Warri Times Newspaper", now in the guise of "Warri Newspaper", but still with the same content, i.e. Ogedegbe "prophecies". Since the previous report was filed the new URL to Ogedegbe's blog, "warrinewspaper.wordpress.com" and any mention of "warrinewspaper" in any other form, has been blacklisted, just like "warritimes" has been for a while, preventing them from adding it, which is why they had to split it into two internal links in their edits. See also archived reports here for earlier socks with names starting with "Aproko"... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 16:36, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

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. <b style="color: #FF0001;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF7F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 17:18, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

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quack Praxidicae (talk) 19:03, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

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 * ✅, . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:02, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

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The usual Ogedegbe-spam on multiple articles (articles that have all been hit umpteen times and then some by previous socks...). - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 20:01, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

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 * Blocked indefinitely. <b style="color: #FF0001;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF7F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 20:37, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

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Yet another new account adding a regularly posted Ogedegbe-"prophecy" (the one about the Synagogue-building collapse, scroll down to the comments and you'll find both the prophecy, a mention of Ogedegbe and a link to another site with even more about Ogedegbe, posted there by "Warri Times", Ogedegbe's blacklisted blog; a prophecy that has been posted on that article many times before by Vwegba4real-socks). Since not only Ogedegbe's own blog but also several other Nigerian web sites used by him, have been blacklisted he needs to do it this way to get his name mentioned on WP, so it's not a good-faith edit by a good-faith new editor, just yet another attempt to bypass the blacklisting of his own sites... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 10:53, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
 * And this edit restoring material originally added by the latest blocked sock (see archive) is further proof for them being a sock... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 13:02, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

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 * Quack. Blocked, case closed. Courcelles (talk) 18:32, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

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The usual Ogedegbe-spam (the external link in the diff leads to an article by Isaiah Ogedegbe, very prominently displaying his name...). - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 10:02, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

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 * , blocked but I haven't tagged because it takes too long on my mobile. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:52, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

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Adding the usual Isaiah Ogedegbe-spam (see link). Ogdegbe can also be found, in comments or mentioned as a source, in all other links added, and this edit even adds a picture of him (the guy to the right; and no I'm not guessing, it says so in an article about Warri Times, Ogedegbe's blog, on the Igbo-language WP...). - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 14:15, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

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 * That range (MTN, starting with 197) is used by multiple sockmasters, for both spamming and paid editing... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 16:22, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

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 * CU shows a possible connection with Sockpuppet investigations/Jesmion. Oh, and with Sockpuppet investigations/Pptt226 so maybe it's just real busy., , , perhaps we should consider blocking account creation on that range. (I hope you know what range I am talking about--but what I really hope is that I can just mention it here without fear of repercussions. Primefac, you blocked it on 13 March 2018, saying "Continual vandal/spam/EF issues. ACC can ignore this block. - rmv ACC block". Berean Hunter, Ivanvector, y'all have run CU on it, as has Bbb). Drmies (talk) 15:59, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
 * If it's the ISP I think it is (I don't remember checking) I think it's too large and too busy - the ranges don't come up right in WHOIS, and in order to do anything effectively we'd have to block at least one entire country. It would be nice if we could just block account creation on a range, but as the settings go now that always comes with blocking anon edits, and I think that would be a net negative here. is doing a pretty good job keeping up with this spammer. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:00, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

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Adding the same picture of Isaiah Ogedegbe to Youth as the sock above did, and also to Youth voice. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 10:05, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

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 * Blocked indefinitely. <b style="color: #FF0001;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF7F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 12:09, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

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Today's sock is User:Injureyourwhat, posting the usual Isaiah Ogedegbe-spam (at the bottom of that page you'll even find Ogedegbe's tph number...). - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 12:06, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
 * And even more obvious promotion of Isaiah Ogedegbe. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 13:29, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

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 * Blocked indefinitely. <b style="color: #FF0001;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF7F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 21:32, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

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The usual Ogedegbe-spam:, , , and so on. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 18:15, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

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Please indef the sock. Cabayi (talk) 16:18, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:33, 12 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Closing. Cabayi (talk) 16:37, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

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... and more of the same. '' For the benefit of the new trainee : The pages linked to either include "prophecies" or other stuff by Isaiah Ogedegbe (the person behind all of this), or list Ogedegbe's name somewhere, but even if they didn't they wouldn't belong here since they're blogs, and in one case also is mainly made up of text ripped from earlier versions of Wikipedia articles (from here on en-WP). There is a small chance that some of the countless throw-away accounts that post "prohecies" here, and try to promote Pastor Ogedegbe and his church (having a church and making prophecies is a very lucrative business in Nigeria, just like being a tele-evangelist in the U.S.) are created by Ogedegbe's followers, and thus meat puppets and not sock puppets, but it doesn't really matter what kind of puppets they are, it's sock puppetry no matter what. '' - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 18:27, 13 March 2019 (UTC) - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 18:27, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

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Please indef the sock. Cabayi (talk) 18:45, 13 March 2019 (UTC)


 * . Blocked indefinitely. <b style="color: #FF0001;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF7F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 21:04, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

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See edit filter log. Same warri times and prophet name drops <b style="color: black;">Crow</b><i style="color: black">Caw</i> 16:57, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * The edit filter log makes it very obvious. . Thanks, Crow. <b style="color: #FF0F00;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF6F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 20:00, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

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Same prophecy spam as always <b style="color: black;">Crow</b><i style="color: black">Caw</i> 14:53, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

See also Draft:Ogedengbe <b style="color: black;">Crow</b><i style="color: black">Caw</i> 15:40, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * , page deleted. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:15, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

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The usual Isaiah Ogedegbe-spam on Warri. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 16:00, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
 * And more of the same... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 17:45, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * . <b style="color: #FF0F00;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF6F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 17:50, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

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The usual promotion of Isaiah Ogedegbe... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 15:14, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * . Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:00, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

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After several months of silence Vwegba4real is once again evading their block. Here are four obvious sockpuppets that I've blocked so far this month (note the filter log entries and activity on other projects).

Is there an underlying IP range that could be blocked here? Since 2017 or so the sockmaster seems to have abandoned IP editing and is now using only registered accounts. <b style="color: #FF0F00;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF6F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 00:49, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * The range is already blocked anon-only. There's probably no point in disabling account creation, since they created one of those accounts from commons, and the range is /very/ busy. ST47 (talk) 01:59, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

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Adding the same Prediction spam. See also edit filter log. <b style="color: black;">Crow</b><i style="color: black">Caw</i> 15:38, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

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Same ol, same ol pastor spam (Isaiah Ogedegbe) Praxidicae (talk) 16:12, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. <b style="color: #FF0F00;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF6F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 18:40, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

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Usual Odegbe spam <b style="color: black;">Crow</b><i style="color: black">Caw</i> 13:27, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:28, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

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New account, only contribs are to add link to the usual Ogdegbe penned article. <b style="color: black;">Crow</b><i style="color: black">Caw</i> 14:15, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * . <b style="color: #FF0F00;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF6F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 20:57, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing, as from my view there is nothing left to do. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:13, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

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Appeared suddenly at WP:AN asking for help creating a "profile" page. , but the subject isn't the usual fake-pastor spam, but rather claiming to be a student. That's just enough off that I'm requesting a CU check to be sure the waterfowl is as perceived. - The Bushranger One ping only 01:54, 24 November 2020 (UTC) The Bushranger One ping only 01:54, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * . This user is in the same country as past socks but that country is a mess for checkuser so this is a weak result. . Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 01:59, 24 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I've blocked dozens of Vwegba4real sockpuppets over the years, and I don't think this is him. The filter log is empty and based on a Wikipedia search, Ogede n gbe seems to be a common enough Nigerian name. <b style="color: #FF0F00;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF6F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 20:11, 24 November 2020 (UTC)


 * There's very less behavioural evidence to compare, so assuming WP:AGF and closing without any action. If they do more edits and shows a pattern of abuse, feel free to file again. &#8208;&#8208;1997kB (talk) 14:16, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

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Recreation of article at Isaiah Oghenevwegba O. to avoid salting. X-wiki abuse as previous socks. I can't see how similar the article is but this IP edit to remove a CSD tag looks like pretty blatant IP socking in any case, when compared to this log hit. Pahunkat (talk) 12:48, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Stewards on the case, just locked the account - this can probably be closed. Pahunkat (talk) 14:35, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Account has been locked, so closing this per the suggestion by the filer. Shouldn't need to investigate this further (or necessarily add a tag). Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:04, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

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On Wikidata 102.88.71.97 have hijacked nymag.com (Q93589669) to be about a website named "Gong News". The article features a file (of debatable copyright) titled "Fashikun.jpg". The photo in question were uploaded by who have previously been blocked as a sock of this user. The file in question is also used on Ayodeji Olajide Fashikun. In said article Oghenedoh have written an entire section dedicated to "Gong News" so it's reasonable to assume the accounts are somehow connected--Trade (talk) 13:46, 30 June 2024 (UTC) Trade (talk) 13:46, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I apologize beforehand for any mistakes made by me. I have very limited experience requesting Sockpuppet investigations on ENWP--Trade (talk) 13:47, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * All of the images on Commons uploaded ny Oghenedoh links to Isaiah Ogedegbe Blog (blacklisted website). The blog writes on the front page "Click here to read his full biography on Wikipedia available in several languages." This heavily implies that the Wikidata hijacking were done as part of a self-promotion by the person behind this blog. That and telling the difference between Wikidata and Wikipedia is too much of an task. --Trade (talk) 13:57, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * On Commons the only image uploaded by is a photo taken directly from and linking to the blacklisted blog. This leads me to believe that this user is the same person who hijacked the Wikidata item. --Trade (talk) 13:59, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * For context Mugubriosities were blocked on Simple English Wikipedia for recreating spam articles about "Isaiah Oghenevwegba Ogedegbe" and sockpuppeting--Trade (talk) 14:04, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Both 102.89.43.252 and 102.88.69.250 were adding links to the WP page and Commons page at Olajide Fashikun (Q117198208) with both pages being created by Oghenedoh so likely connected. Keep in mind neither of these IPs have any other edits--Trade (talk) 14:16, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

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A side note, 102.88.34.63 removed the Commons category (see here) and also added Gong News back to this template (see here). Best, Reading Beans  07:43, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

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 * Oghenedoh is now . I'd noticed the account before this report was filed. At first I wasn't sure, but from their continued editing, for me the signs definitely point to Vwegba4real. <b style="color: #FF0F00;">Super</b><b style="color: #FF3F00;">Mario</b><b style="color: #FF6F00;">Man</b> (Talk) 19:02, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other. They are to the case based on past data, and pretty obviously Vwegba4real based on yet more promotion of Isaiah Ogedegbe.
 * Several of these accounts are already locked, and I was checking while SuperMarioMan was already blocking. I've added some info to the wiki, and will request locks for the others. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:10, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * "added some info to the wiki" What do you mean? Trade (talk) 20:52, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Several of these accounts are already locked, and I was checking while SuperMarioMan was already blocking. I've added some info to the wiki, and will request locks for the others. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:10, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * "added some info to the wiki" What do you mean? Trade (talk) 20:52, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Several of these accounts are already locked, and I was checking while SuperMarioMan was already blocking. I've added some info to the wiki, and will request locks for the others. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:10, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * "added some info to the wiki" What do you mean? Trade (talk) 20:52, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
 * "added some info to the wiki" What do you mean? Trade (talk) 20:52, 7 July 2024 (UTC)