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Checked one of the SPAs at Christine Fang and the associated AfD, found some 2 year old socks. ST47 (talk) 00:05, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * ✅, . ST47 (talk) 00:05, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
I suspect this account is a sock being used by Waskerton for block evasion. (In the diffs labeled "Waskerton" I've included edits from the Waskerton account as well as other known socks of the same sockmaster.) I'm requesting CheckUser attention because Waskerton is known to have used a number of socks in the past, so there may be others. (This is my first time filing an SPI, so please let me know if I've messed anything up.) —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 19:39, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Both have frequent typos where a letter is repeated 3 times instead of 1 or 2: (Estnot: warrring, tooo, apppear; Waskerton: agreeemenet, legggitimate, classs)
 * Both use long run-on sentences (often without commas) in edit summaries (Estnot: ; Waskerton: )
 * Both use a strategy of making a controversial edit, disappearing for several days or weeks, then coming back and making a similar edit with the same account (Estnot: ; Waskerton: )
 * Both have made edits related to Brahma Chellaney (Estnot: ; Waskerton: )
 * Articles and talk pages in common include:
 * Coda Media (Estnot: ; Waskerton: ) – these two edits are substantively very similar (removing information about Coda Media's funding by the National Endowment for Democracy) and are outside the accounts' main areas of focus
 * Talk:Meng Wanzhou (Estnot: ; Waskerton: )
 * China–United States relations (Estnot: ; Waskerton: )
 * China Global Television Network (Estnot: ; Waskerton: )
 * Hong Kong national security law (Estnot: ; Waskerton: )
 * Task Force Faith (Estnot: ; Waskerton: ) – Waskerton (using sock Fortliberty) removed the claim of Chinese victory, while Estnot removed the same claim (and the rest of the infobox) in one edit and removed information about US casualties in another edit

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 20:54, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * the most important thing about a SPI filing is that you present clear evidence, preferably in the form of diffs comparing current behavior to that of known socks. This you did in abundance, so thank you for that.  We have limited historical data in this case, but I was able to glean a few hints from the CU logs which support the idea that Estnot is a Waskerton sock.  Blocked as suspected.  The nature of the data I have available didn't allow for an effective sleeper check. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:07, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Could you check the users? Similarities are as follows.

Estnot going to noticeboard due to discussion not going their way:. Thundercloss going to noticeboard:.

How Estnot argues, such as relying on headlines:. How Thundercloss argues:.

Estnot's interest touching on debt trap:. Thundercloss' interest touching on debt trap:.

Please let me know if I have left out any step. Vacosea (talk) 15:11, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Long edit histories of China heavy controversies: Estnot Thundercloss. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vacosea (talk • contribs) 16:16, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 20:43, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thundercloss is ✅ to Estnot. Dual-tagging. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:48, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same interests as Waskerton's socks. Similar name as the latest blocked sock,, which brings up thunder cloud in Google search. Account created a few days after Thundercloss was blocked. Qiushufang (talk) 03:00, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * Comment: I've also noticed that Stormandfury's behavior and interests are noticeably similar to Waskerton's other known socks. A CheckUser check would be useful. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 03:30, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅. I don't know whether Waskerton is the same person as - they seem to live in the same city, and have similar interests, but if they are the same person then they are careful to keep the accounts they use on different devices separate. Blocking, tagging, closing.   Girth Summit  (blether)  13:23, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Per-forma filing RoySmith (talk) 16:05, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * Well, bang goes my carrying his unblock to WP:AN. 😢

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 * - Please check if the conditions for WP:3X have been met and if so apply it. RoySmith (talk) 16:57, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * tagged as 3X banned. Closing. 0x Deadbeef →∞ (talk to me) 10:40, 17 February 2024 (UTC)