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19 November 2014

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Fixation on television production companies, particularly divisions of Comcast/Universal, Viacom, and Time Warner; unsourced edits, abusive towards users (well, me) Trivialist (talk) 22:47, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged based on behavioural evidence. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:20, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

06 December 2014

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Account was created yesterday. Makes mostly unsourced edits on articles with a nearly identical article range from blocked accounts; edit summaries are very similar too. Edits under original account:    Edits under blocked sock puppets:    Edits under current account:    TheGGoose (talk) 19:13, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

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 * Thanks for compiling the diffs. The edit summaries were the kicker here. Mike V  •  Talk  02:52, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

19 December 2014

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Unsourced changes to TV-related articles, misspelling "here" as "hare" in edit summaries, abusive towards other users. Trivialist (talk) 20:39, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged per the DUCK evidence. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:04, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

11 May 2016

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Evidence:
 * Same fixation on television production and distribution categories.
 * Exhibits the same fundamental misunderstandings of the categorization process and disruptive tendencies.
 * Many edits by MSDIS are concurring comments on discussions opened by 47.54.189.22.
 * Other edits by MSDIS are similar (refactoring television categories, etc). Similar edit summaries (compare and ). Ibadibam (talk) 20:00, 11 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Certainly:
 * Similar edit summaries and hostility toward (this is the same diffset linked in my initial report above):
 * by 24.222.80.241 (confirmed sock per Sockpuppet investigations/WCVB98swell/Archive)
 * by 47.54.189.22 (suspected sock)
 * Main focus of this individual is on holdings of media companies:
 * by WCVB98swell (confirmed sockmaster)
 * by 47.54.189.22 (suspected sock)
 * Same edit summary when adding corporate parent company category ("Adding X category as Y owns it"):
 * by WarnerFx (confirmed sock per Sockpuppet investigations/WCVB98swell/Archive)
 * by 47.54.189.22 (suspected sock)
 * Same authoritarian/ownership attitude in discussion context:
 * by WCVB98swell (confirmed sockmaster)
 * Categories for discussion/Log/2016 May 18 (see nominator's rationale by suspected sock 47.54.189.22)
 * MSDIS's first edits were to support merge discussions opened by 47.54.189.22, wherein they employed the same reasoning as 47.54.189.22 (that subcategories of Category:Television series by studio should be merged when the studios or their parent companies are bought out – a rationale rejected outright by every other commenter in those discussions):
 * MSDIS uses the same misspelled page creation edit summary ("PAGETITLE is hare" [sic]):
 * by ComcastVivendi (confirmed sock per Sockpuppet investigations/WCVB98swell/Archive)
 * by MSDIS (suspected sock)
 * Please let me know if you require additional evidence. Ibadibam (talk) 20:26, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * MSDIS uses the same misspelled page creation edit summary ("PAGETITLE is hare" [sic]):
 * by ComcastVivendi (confirmed sock per Sockpuppet investigations/WCVB98swell/Archive)
 * by MSDIS (suspected sock)
 * Please let me know if you require additional evidence. Ibadibam (talk) 20:26, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' --Trivialist (talk) 22:54, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Not used recently, but included for historical purposes:
 * have identical editing styles and targets (including the misspelling of "here" as "hare").
 * also looks identical, but is blocked for apparently other reasons.
 * have identical editing styles and targets (including the misspelling of "here" as "hare").
 * also looks identical, but is blocked for apparently other reasons.

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  20:44, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
 * The evidence is too weak to block. MSDIS did not edit a single page that was edited by WCVB98swell and other socks . I'm closing this case because of the lack of evidence.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:01, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Anyway, I blocked for MSDIS for deliberate logged -out editing (47.54.189.22 seams to be him).  Vanjagenije  (talk)  16:07, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

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Same fixation on film and television production companies, including trying to consolidate production company categories at CfD with no real rationale (Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television, Category:Television series by Turner Broadcasting System, Category:Television series by HBO Independent Productions, Category:Television series by HBO Downtown Productions) Trivialist (talk) 23:08, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Addition: Also, tried to delete this, with the comment "ZPI LLC is not a sock". Trivialist (talk) 00:00, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

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 * Sock and one IP blocked, other IP not active. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  08:19, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK: Requesting questionable mergers of television production company categories (see previous sockpuppet User:ZPI LLC), deleting comments on CFD that they don't agree with. Trivialist (talk) 14:28, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Will compile more complete diffs, but in the meantime, after I reverted ZPI LLC's deletion of my comments on the CFD discussions and reopened this sockpuppet investigation, ZPI LLC promptly attempted to close all of the CFD merger requests they started. Trivialist (talk) 02:04, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

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 * This reminds me of a series of similar discussions of about a year ago that I closed as keep, for example Categories_for_discussion/Log/2016_April_21. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:27, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Yup. Exactly what this reminded me of too. Bearcat (talk) 07:39, 9 April 2017 (UTC)


 * I had exactly the same suspicion, for exactly the same reasons, and came here intending to file the exact same request. The user's confusing rationale is also remarkably similar to the incoherent rationales the last several times around this maypole — this person's communication skills are nothing if not, er, curious. And I remember the past socks' attempts to simply erase the comments of anybody who disagreed with them and/or to preemptively forbid people from voting to oppose their nominations, as well. I actually think we may not really need a sock check here — the duck is quacking loudly enough I think we can just block on behavioural grounds. Bearcat (talk) 07:20, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  18:09, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other and behaviorally similar to the master:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:33, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:33, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:33, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:33, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK: Fixation on television production companies and their parent companies. Also uncivil comments when reverted (Your the worst user on earth, Shut down now ). Trivialist (talk) 20:17, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

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 * See this edit history showing 2 previous socks and edit by the latest. Continues pattern of adding inappropriate categories with current focus on Category:Television series by Paramount Television. Geraldo Perez (talk) 14:32, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

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. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:44, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

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Similar username to recent socks (ZPI LLC, ZPIIncorporated, ZPIncorporated), fixation on TV/film company libraries. Trivialist (talk) 22:55, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

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I've added. Although it doesn't follow the exact naming scheme of recent socks, there's a similar pattern of tendentious editing on pages about entertainment companies and properties, as well as a similar response to other editors' warnings and intervention. Ibadibam (talk) 23:25, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Adding ; similar editing targets and comments. Trivialist (talk) 23:49, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

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I blocked ZPTPLLC, but I'm not convinced about the other two. TTTEFan2017 was active when a CU was run in April 2017. Glancing through the contribs, there are some behavioral similarities, but I don't think they're strong enough. For some reason, there are a many tendentious editors who specialize in production companies. There's crossover between the IP's edits and known socks, but the geolocation is very different from other IP socks. I'd need to see evidence in the form of diffs before I blocked either the IP or TTTEFan2017 as socks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:30, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok. TTTEFan2017 is pretty disruptive even on their own so I've taken them to ARV. The differing geolocation is interesting. The sockmaster evidently has a YouTube channel where he posts videos of himself and other young media enthusiasts discussing various industry topics. I wouldn't discount the possibility that several of them are active on Wikipedia and that there may even be some occasional meatpuppetry between them. Ibadibam (talk) 18:12, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm going to close this. It's been two weeks, and there hasn't been any new evidence posted. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:16, 27 July 2017 (UTC)