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15 April 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets




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Probably a few more IPs and throw away SPAs I don't have time to search for. See this report at WP:AN\3RR. All of these accounts are adding more or less the same text to articles on the ongoing Ukraine/Russia/Crimea crisis, with the same wording, same (unreliable) sources and same justifications. The fact that there's some massive sock puppetry going on here is pretty obvious.

See also this SPI report and this one which may be related. Volunteer Marek (talk) 05:39, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Checkuser comments: All of these accounts and, in some cases, the underlying IPs have already been blocked. There are a few groups of socks; remember, there are large expatriate communities of Ukrainians, Russians and Crimeans around the world, as well as other individuals and groups with a strong interest in an ongoing international current event, so it is no surprise to see multiple confluences of editing.


 * and are ✅ socks.
 * and are ❌ to each other and also ❌ all other groups.
 * and and  and  are {[confirmed}} socks.
 * and and  are ✅ socks.

So...enough for now. Risker (talk) 07:10, 19 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Sockpuppet investigations/EK728 updated, everything else is done so closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:17, 20 April 2014 (UTC)