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28 June 2015

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User:Lallpok has recreated Giuseppe Prinzi (which was previously deleted at AfD). Now that it's at AfD again, 2 new accounts have popped up, whose only edits are to vote keep, see,. Seems like the standard meat/sockpuppetry at AfD to me. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:50, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

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IPs and registed accounts can't be compared (afaik), so this is just an information: 79.18.167.187 editing in exactly the same area, trying to draw attention to the same artist. Also starting to edit in Pino Concialdi 6 minutes after User:Ferlitt, the article creator, was blocked. GermanJoe (talk) 18:53, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * The puppets have been indeffed/tagged. I blocked the master for two weeks. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:01, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The puppets have been indeffed/tagged. I blocked the master for two weeks. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:01, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The puppets have been indeffed/tagged. I blocked the master for two weeks. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:01, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The puppets have been indeffed/tagged. I blocked the master for two weeks. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:01, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The puppets have been indeffed/tagged. I blocked the master for two weeks. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:01, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The puppets have been indeffed/tagged. I blocked the master for two weeks. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:01, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

12 July 2015

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I'm opening up a new SPI to list this new sock. I've blocked and tagged the editor accordingly. The evidence is that they've tried to recreate an article for Prinzi at Giuseppe Prinzi (artist) and have tried to insert him into Wikipedia via edits like this one. Their version of Prinzi's article isn't identical to the one created by Lallpok (a confirmed sock), but it's very unlikely that anyone else would try to create this article this quickly after the last G4 on July 5. Plus they do have some stereotypical sock behavior like making inane small edits like this one in order to get enough of an edit history to where they can create an article.

Now considering that this is a pretty obvious WP:DUCK sock, I've indeffed the main sockmaster since this is big evidence to show that he'll likely just do the same behavior again once the block is up. I don't think that this needs a sweep for sleepers necessarily, but it might not be a bad idea considering the various different accounts mentioned in the prior SPI. I've tagged it with a request but I won't be completely upset if this is declined.

On a side note, I noted that the original page for Giuseppe Prinzi was created by Wall20032, who has been globally blocked. He was never brought up in the prior SPI, so I'm not sure whether or not he'd be considered the main account or a related account? Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  10:35, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * and are ✅. . Tagged the new master and retagged all the other accounts appropriately. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:28, 12 July 2015 (UTC)