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30 December 2015

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This could be a school group, I can't tell. While these don't have user pages, there are subpages for all of these. Many of these subpages are cross-edited between users, and many of them have (or had) promotional external links and/or walls of text. &#124; Uncle Milty  &#124;  talk  &#124;  21:38, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah, the "misspelled one" had two subpages: User:GCTP 23 84/-1 and User:GCTP 23 84/-2 created by . Sorry. -- &#124;  Uncle Milty  &#124;  talk  &#124;  22:38, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked the unblocked accounts. Will tag and close momentarily.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:22, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * All accounts tagged. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:26, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked the unblocked accounts. Will tag and close momentarily.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:22, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * All accounts tagged. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:26, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked the unblocked accounts. Will tag and close momentarily.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:22, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * All accounts tagged. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:26, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked the unblocked accounts. Will tag and close momentarily.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:22, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * All accounts tagged. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:26, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked the unblocked accounts. Will tag and close momentarily.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:22, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * All accounts tagged. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:26, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked the unblocked accounts. Will tag and close momentarily.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:22, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * All accounts tagged. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:26, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked the unblocked accounts. Will tag and close momentarily.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:22, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * All accounts tagged. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:26, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked the unblocked accounts. Will tag and close momentarily.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:22, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * All accounts tagged. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:26, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

18 April 2016

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The suspected sockpuppet has used an edit summary on his/her first edit and created a sandbox on his/her third edit, which implies knowledge of Wikipedia editing practices that are beyond what a newbie usually has. He/She also had a citation style similar to one of Whalestate's sockpuppets (which he/she has since partially changed due to my constant fixes on them):


 * 6cb49af5c4 citation style: 1
 * Salah Abdeslam citation style: 2

He/She has demonstrated a lack of knowledge of spacing between sections during editing on the Salah Abdeslam article, much like the sockpuppets that operated on the same article:


 * 6cb49af5c4 spacing style: 1
 * Aikiangelos spacing style: 2
 * Antrangelos spacing style: 3 Parsley Man (talk) 23:51, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Let it also be known that the suspected sockpuppet has been editing diligently on the Infinity (philosophy) article, which the sockmaster has also worked on diligently:


 * 6cb49af5c4 string of edits #1: 1
 * 6cb49af5c4 string of edits #2: 2
 * 6cb49af5c4 string of edits #3: 3


 * Whalestate string of edits: 4

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:22, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

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First and foremost, the suspected sock account's username pretty much follows the same style as previously confirmed sock accounts, , and.

Both also have a tendency to put a plus sign as the only thing in their edit summaries:


 * Whalestate example:
 * Losangelos example:

Finally, in his/her brief history, the suspected sock account has worked diligently in the Salah Abdeslam article, which was a playing ground for a number of previously confirmed sock accounts Aikiangelos, Antrangelos, Salah Abdeslam, and 6cb49af5c4. Parsley Man (talk) 00:35, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

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 * Sock indeffed and tagged. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:12, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

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Keri (talk) 18:34, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * WP:DUCK
 * Editor Interaction Analyser demonstrates editing of same obscure, esoteric articles
 * Using > symbol fairly consistently in edit summaries, and bracketing edit summaries with < >
 * Using "anchor" fairly consistently in edit summaries
 * Using + symbol fairly consistently in edit summaries
 * User spaces used in same way, compare eg User:Whalestate/poems, User:Mekhane and User:Mekhane/sandbox
 * is blocked for "insufficient competence to edit" but their edit summaries, editor interaction and user space leads me to believe that this is a previous account used by the same editor.
 * A knowing wink? See this diff

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked and tagged. Evaluating Drift chambers is a waste of time. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:20, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Evaluating Drift chambers is a waste of time. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:20, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Evaluating Drift chambers is a waste of time. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:20, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Evaluating Drift chambers is a waste of time. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:20, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK. Begins editing immediately at De Beneficiis, a page created by suspected sock User:Drift chambers, and African divination, a page created by puppeteer and effectively only edited by puppeteer and their socks. Use of Google books urls, " + " symbol as edit summaries, creation of user sandbox - just as with all other accounts - within 5 minutes of beginning editing. The 2 articles edited are extremely niche and esoteric, and clear indicators that this is a block-evading sock. Keri (talk) 09:09, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Vznillaman1 is between and . The other accounts are ❌. Blocked and tagged the two confirmed accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:01, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
 * The behavioral evidence is not good enough to request a block on Vznillaman1, especially given the technical results. Closing. GABgab 16:40, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Vznillaman1 is between and . The other accounts are ❌. Blocked and tagged the two confirmed accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:01, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
 * The behavioral evidence is not good enough to request a block on Vznillaman1, especially given the technical results. Closing. GABgab 16:40, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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Both accounts heavily editing the Antipsychotic article heavily in recent days & warned for edit warring; both have similar WP:ES style (see e.g. use of "+" here and here. Alexbrn (talk) 15:09, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * is the older of these two and so should be treated as the master account. I have moved the case accordingly. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:48, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * - Not only did 1a16additonal re-add contentious content originally added by 23h112e (diff 1, diff 2), they chose to keep the exact wording despite it being awkward or even grammatically incorrect in places. For example, "In a study made by practitioners based within London..." Please block both of these accounts. Sir Sputnik (talk) 19:00, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Done. Master blocked 3 days and sock blocked indefinitely. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:12, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * Username consisting of a random list of letters and numbers (as in User:6cb49af5c4, User:GCTP 2384, User:WISE 1049 5319, etc.
 * Creation of sandbox as one of the first account actions (compare this and this)
 * Repeated use of “+” alone as an edit summary (in the case of this account, most evident in earliest edits; see links above)
 * Prominent userpage references to the percentage of article text for which user is responsible
 * Extensive editing of same articles, including Infinity (philosophy), Socrates, and articles about terrorism or other instances of mass violence; see for some examples of the extensive overlap between this user and just a few known Whalestate sockpuppets
 * Another example is the edit history of Erechtheis, created by Whalestate: . 23h112e's first edit on the French Wikipedia was the addition of Érechtéis
 * First trips to ANI: Surreptitious removal of content, inclusion of content without evidence by 6cb49af5c4; User perhaps suppressing additions and giving unreasonable justifications for reverting by 23h112e
 * Similarity in language and tone on talk pages (compare User talk:Whalestate and User talk:23h112e) Dekimasu よ! 21:34, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * For posterity, it may be worthwhile to note that the editor reveals: 23=W, H, 1=A, 12=L, E; thus what I referred to as random above was not random. Dekimasu よ! 23:00, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

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All these reasons don't actually indicate anything other than superficial similarities. There might be any one who edits the article - Infinity (philosophy), Socrates, especially Socrates, as the article is a well known individual. Similarities between one users edits and anothers is only evidence of the similarity between people (i.e. there are people who are similar, and do have similar interests). As to check on IP address, User:23h112e (i.e. this user) is using a public network. 23h112e (talk) 21:54, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Dekimasu was pinged at an article dispute by 23h112e, where User: Dekimasu I think is of a conflictual position to my own. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States#List_of_school_massacres_in_the_United_States 23h112e (talk) 21:59, 5 March 2018 (UTC)


 * This, I should clarify. As part of my work at Requested moves, I reverted an undiscussed move of the page mentioned by 23h112e here. This was the first time I interacted with the user, and the first time I interacted with that page. I later followed up with messages about listening to consensus at User talk:23h112e. It is true that I was pinged by the user today, but the reason I discovered these connections was because of the instigation of the ANI thread, not because of anything that took place at Talk:List of school shootings in the United States, an article in which I have no editorial interest. I do not consider myself to be in conflict with this user, in either event. Dekimasu よ! 22:06, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

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Very. . Please do something with Sockpuppet investigations/23h112e.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:13, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Merged and closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 00:21, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

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Please see discussion by here. JBL (talk) 15:20, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

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Added Armoracia, which had been disclosed by Diametakomisi previously anyway. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 15:40, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked and someone else has looked at the non-stale account so if there are sleepers they would have been found. Nothing else to do here. Closing. Note I haven’t looked to see if this is the master behaviourally. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:51, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I concur on the behavioral evidence. Dekimasu よ! 16:02, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

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Same incomprehensible gibberish as Diametakomisi and combative behavior

same inclination to make pointless lists

and apparently the same inability to be concise or make a cogent statement. CUPIDICAE💕 13:48, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:30, 12 March 2021 (UTC)