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03 February 2012

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WP:DUCK. Similarity in names, both have a stated preference for Roblox and Lego Universe on their talk pages. Both users have made similar, non-constructive edits. This post on WBJB003's user page indicates the two users are the same, and WBJB03 is blocked indefinitely. AussieLegend (talk) 16:31, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

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The blocked account is and it's pretty obvious anyway. TN X Man 16:54, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Muzemike blocked WBJB003 anyway, so we're done. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 15:20, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

18 March 2012

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NCISfan2 has recently registered and begun rather aggressively misusing warning templates as well as engaging in a variety of unusual activities, particularly for a seemingly new editor. He came to my attention on March 2, 2012 when he placed two warnings for vandalism on my talk page, for edits on an unspecified page I can only guess was NCIS, on which I had last edited in late January 2012. The warnings were immediately removed as invalid by Aussie Legend. My concern with him grew when he did much the same thing to Aussie Legend on March 14, 2012, warning him for biting an unspecified newbie on an unspecified page. I removed the warning on Aussie Legend's talk page, and left a warning for NCISfan2 regarding absuse of warning templates. At that point, the contents of his talk page included several warnings for worrying conduct, ranging from other abuses of templates, a "classified" investigation of an IP user (who appears to be a school-mate), , and directions to admins how to act on two block reviews: , along with messages and warnings from several experienced editors suggesting he concentrate on his editing of articles, not on the affairs of others, particularly given how new he seemingly was himself. . None of this in and of itself suggested he was a sockpuppet, but certainly indicated he was more experienced than six weeks' editing would have suggested. The final straw was a message on the Bureaucrats' Noticeboard, requesting they remove Aussie Legend's admin powers on the strength of his word alone, which was quickly removed by Floquenbeam, accompanied by another warning. I exchanged a message or two with DoriSmith, who had also had some issues with him, and decided some sort of action was in order.

In reviewing his edit and talk page histories, I came across the following, which lead me to believe NCISfan2 is a sockpuppet of WBJB03:. It might have been innocent, so I checked further and noted several telling commonalties with WBJB03 and previous sock WBJB003 including interests in Lego/Lego News, Roblox and the television show NCIS, and particularly telling, NCISfan2's very limited editing of articles, and fascination with elaborate layout of his talk page, particularly with developing userboxes and templates. WBJW03 and 003 showed similar, if less developed interests and equally limited article editing before each was blocked after short periods of editing. Most intriguing, and perhaps telling is the addition of the following userbox on NCISfan2's talk and user pages:. Why create a userbox indicating you hate being blocked if you haven't been blocked before? By this time, ducks were quacking loudly and clearly. Drmargi (talk) 13:05, 18 March 2012 (UTC)


 * MuZemike has now blocked him as a sockpuppet of WBJB03. --Drmargi (talk) 13:32, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

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 * - Already blocked. T. Canens (talk) 16:59, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

19 March 2012

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Per WP:DUCK; for two incidents of vandalism  and page blanking  on Lego; previous sock was just blocked after having been set up within days of sock before that being blocked, so there's reason to think he'd go right back to socking with an IP, has a history of vandalism and abuse of multiple Wikipedia functions already documented. Use of school account for internet access; previous sock complained of problems with home computer, relied on a school internet connection. This IP from Duchess County, New York schools, puppetmaster identifies himself as New Yorker and a student on previous sockpuppet page.

IP is currently blocked for two weeks for above vandalism, but I feel this should be documented at least, since there is a history of the puppetmaster immediately returning to Wikipedia under a new sockpuppet identity. --Drmargi (talk) 16:42, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

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IP already blocked, if more activity occurs please feel free to refile. TN X Man 19:11, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

28 March 2012

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It's obvious once you look at it, but here's just a single example:

. Dori ☾Talk ⁘ Contribs☽ 21:51, 28 March 2012 (UTC) Dori ☾Talk ⁘ Contribs☽ 21:56, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * One of the first things User:NCISfan2 (a WBJB03 sock) did was ask for help making his sig gold and orange.
 * One of the first things User:CoolWill did was ask for help making his sig red and orange.

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I have no idea what you're talking about. I have no relationship of User:WBJB003. Cool  Will  21:46, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

mentioned above, but neither the notice on CoolWill's user talk page nor this page mentioned that user at the time. WBJB003 is a blocked sock of, so I see how the sockmaster could get confused. CoolWill also has an interest in Roblox. In addition, CoolWill does not like to be blocked, but has yet to be blocked (which please fix posthaste). Quack. —  Jeff G. ツ (talk)   22:03, 28 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I just spotted that, too and was about to add it. In the archived case for NCISfan2, you will see he created an infobox saying he doesn't like to be blocked.  I did a bit of quick math, and he's roughly 14, which explains a lot.  --Drmargi (talk) 22:19, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

He's fooling no one. There's a whole string of similarities: little editing in article space, editing to Roblox, his mania for setting up his talk page including a spate of requests for help, welcoming himself to Wikipedia, the same page headings (at school, etc.), the same color combination for his signature as the previous sock (NCISfan2), and let's see... what else did I forget? Oh yes! He's also asking for access to an IP (66.206.115.182) from the Nassau County (NY) school system that he's previously been associated with. There's a whole flock of ducks quacking. --Drmargi (talk) 22:08, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

(Well, he fooled me briefly.) Anyway, on his talk page he said that he heard that MiszaBot III was broken, but I don't see where he heard it, unless it was here where another user told NCISfan2. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:12, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * He also complains that he cannot edit from his school IP, so it shouldn't be hard to tie 'em together. See this for another IP question. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:21, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hah! That's the same IP user on whom User:NCISfan2 was . Dori ☾Talk ⁘ Contribs☽ 22:32, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * That's what it was! He also got tagged and blocked while editing on an IP from Dutchess County (NY) schools.  There seemed to be some issue involving a couple schools that was never clear.  --Drmargi (talk) 22:36, 28 March 2012 (UTC)


 * After Drmargi informed me that WBJB03 was back, I looked at CoolWill's edits before coming here and came to the same conclusion that everyone else seems to arraived at. The infatuation with setting up his talk page instead of making constructive edits, and heading to Talk:Roblox were especially telling. I also found the creation of this page, shortly before he was tagged as a sock, suspicious. Sooooo predictable. --AussieLegend (talk) 23:12, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and  are the same. - Mailer Diablo 00:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged by . ​—DoRD (talk)​ 02:20, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

14 January 2013

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After RobloxPlayer1 recently, and inappropriately, restored a copyvio claiming the removal was harassment, I had a look at his recent edit history (as you do) and something seemed familiar. It all fell into place today when i checked his user page. Like the other socks he is a male teenager who likes Roblox, robotics, NCIS and userboxes, which admittedly may all be a coincidence, as might be the fact that " (Redacted) " is his email address (CoolWill is one of the blocked socks). However, his Skype username is " (Redacted) ", the same as the first sock to be blocked, which seems far too coincidental.  Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 01:20, 14 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Quack, quack! He's also a teenager and lives in (Redacted), where the sockmaster attends school.  Above and beyond the Skype and e-mail accounts, the energy devoted to the talk page is the read give-away.  --Drmargi (talk) 02:02, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
 * (Redacted) -- Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 02:28, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Please do not post personally identifiable information on Wikipedia when making an SPI. If it is necessary to do so to identify the socks, please email the arbitration committee. Reaper Eternal (talk) 11:37, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Just noting that at the time the content was posted, it was publicly available on the user's page, having been added by him. -- Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 11:46, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, personal information about minors that young gets suppressed even when they reveal it themselves. Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:17, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * Obvious sock is obvious. Indefinitely blocked. AGK  [•] 10:51, 14 January 2013 (UTC)