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04 July 2013

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Original account, WilliamAAAAA was blocked for large scale disruptive editing. These two accounts have both been engaged in a similar pattern of editing on a similar set of articles. Some examples:

Mary Helen Bowers: WilliamAAAAA  Jessicagables  and Veronicamar1234

Carolyn Abraham: WilliamAAAAA Jessicagables  and Veronicamar1234

Nina Godiwalla: WilliamAAAAA  Jessicagables  and Veronicamar1234

These are just three examples - there are numerous others. This is clearly a disruptive sock evading block. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 18:26, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * Jessicagables is ✅ as WilliamAAAAA. Veronicamar1234 was already confirmed, blocked, and tagged a couple of days ago.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:36, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged per CU. Tagged master. Closing. Dennis Brown &#124; 2¢ &#124;  WER  18:39, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

14 July 2013

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Back again as an SPA account. Previous confirmed socks made edits such as and  and now this new SPA account has made a very similar edit with. WP:DUCK ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 04:10, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * See confirmed accounts in the Sallysparrows SPI below.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:34, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

14 July 2013

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And another SPA just popped up from this same sock. This time on the Mary Helen Bowers article. Previous confirmed sock made this edit and this new SPA account made the similar edit. WP:DUCK. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 04:13, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * Sallysparrows is ✅ along with the Rose2014 account mentioned in the open SPI above. Sleepers include Ameliaparrot, Darlenecarr, Rachel3456, Matildamatilda and Deborah2121.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  17:33, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
 * All blocked. Tiptoety  talk 18:07, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

07 August 2013

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Back again with the same editing patterns. Previous confirmed sock made this edit:, and this new sock made the identical edit here. Also showing an interest in the Jennifer Love Hewitt article with both that previous sock and this one making edits. Naming of account also follows previous pattern of using a female name followed by numbers such as, , and. Various of the sock accounts had a particular interest in the Nina Godiwalla article, which this sock also has just edited. Another overlap with another of the previous sock accounts are these edits by this account which matches the previous sock edit here. Fairly clear WP:DUCK. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 02:26, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

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 * - - History of sleepers, plus solid evidence provided. NativeForeigner Talk 08:16, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * is a ✅ sock; no sleepers found.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 15:46, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, and closed. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:50, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

28 August 2013

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Another two new socks with the same set of interests as previously banned socks. Looking at the overlapping articles with various socks shows strong overlap. Some specific examples are around the Mary Helen Bowers article with these edits: and  where the first one matches up well with previous sock edits such as, , , and. The new accounts also show an interest in the Carolyn Abraham article, a long time favourite of this sock with these edits:  and  where the first matches up well with,. Additional overlap for the Treeplant account on the Shelley Long article with previous blocked socks with this edit which matches roughly with this one. The master previously acknowledged a COI as well on the Abrahams article here. Overall this appears to be two more WP:DUCK, and based upon the history of there being sleepers it may be time for another sleeper check. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 00:01, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Additional overlap for both new accounts and previous socks on the Marina Sirtis article with these sample edits:  matching this old one  and the other new account also showing interest in the article here. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 00:11, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

The sock just made another overlap with previously blocked socks on the Julie Benz article here which matches up with this old one here. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 00:15, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

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 * Both accounts are ✅ socks of WilliamAAA.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 01:00, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked all, tagged, closing. Rschen7754 01:02, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

01 September 2013

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Back yet again with similar editing patterns as well as account naming convention of a name followed by numbers. Here are some samples that overlap with previous blocked socks from this puppet master: Ana Alicia edited by this new sock with this edit which matches previously blocked sock here. The master account has also shown interest in that article here. On Leann Hunley this sock has added a school here which matches the edit by a blocked sock here. The master account also has shown interest in that article here. Also overlapping interests in the Lydia Cornell article with this edit which doesn't match content, but does show overlap with master on same article here  and does follow the overall patterns of the sock. Yet another WP:DUCK. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 14:25, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * is a ✅ sock.--Jezebel's</b> Ponyo <sup style="color:Navy;">bons mots 16:25, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing. Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:30, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

04 September 2013

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Back again quickly with the same pattern of edits. Here is an edit by the original sockmaster and one from this new sock that matches pretty closely  and follows the same general patterns of infobox style, etc. with some of the other socks as well. Additionally shows interest in the Kurt Warner article as well, which was also one that a previous sock showed interest in here. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 02:57, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * Clearly the same person per behavioural evidence. Also note that "Ponya" is a likely parody of User:Ponyo, who did prior CU actions on this person. —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 05:26, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Closed, per above. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:43, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

06 September 2013

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Back yet again, this time on the Ana Alicia article with this SPA edit which matches edits by two of the previous socks here. Clear WP:DUCK. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 14:25, 6 September 2013 (UTC) ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 14:25, 6 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Note: The IP block doesn't seem to be stopping the Manchesterlady sock from editing. Seems like the sock is evading the IP block. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 04:24, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * I caught this sleeper in my last WilliamAAA check but was waiting for them to edit to ✅. Based on the time of creation you can add as a confirmed sleeper as well even though they haven't edited. I blocked the IP(s) some time ago, so hopefully this will slow them down for a while.--<b style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's</b> Ponyo <sup style="color:Navy;">bons mots  15:12, 6 September 2013 (UTC)


 * I have blocked and tagged Manchesterlady and Lobsteris. -- Diannaa (talk) 15:21, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

14 September 2013

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Mildredd is back redoing all the edits by the previously blocked account. Quack! See, , , etc. Nymf (talk) 09:58, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * is a ✅ sock with as a sleeper.--<b style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's</b> Ponyo <sup style="color:Navy;">bons mots  15:30, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Tagged and closing. Rschen7754 20:22, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

18 September 2013

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Back yet again with the same series of edits to the usual suspects such as:,  and. WP:DUCK. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 01:02, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * See results below.--<b style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's</b> Ponyo <sup style="color:Navy;">bons mots 16:37, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

18 September 2013

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New pattern on these two accounts. Right after a fairly typical duck (Zarathe) edited two of this sock's favourites these two new accounts came in with identical style of single edits - in what appear to be an attempt to have the classic duck socks' edits not be the most recent edit. Here are the two examples:  and. Appears to be a new attempt by the same sock. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 01:09, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * The two accounts listed here, plus noted in the report above are ✅.--<b style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's</b> Ponyo <sup style="color:Navy;">bons mots  16:32, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

12 March 2014

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Doing the same kind of edits (disruptively blowing up the image size, overlinking, adding what people are "known for" ), with the same kind of edit summaries ("tv", "nationality, "tv credits", etc). I warned the master about the disruptive image editing, but the user obviously ignored that and kept editing as Californiaqq. Nymf (talk) 16:32, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Added Tennesseejunior who is redoing several edits by Moldovaa (e.g. Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Lydia Cornell and Jennifer Love Hewitt). Nymf (talk) 16:33, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
 * And a third one, Atlanticpacificocean, doing the same thing. Nymf (talk) 18:59, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * Moved to this title (from Sockpuppet investigations/Moldovaa) per the CU block on the accounts. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:17, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

30 March 2014

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User created a day after the last case was closed. Redoing several edits by the old socks,, , , , etc. Quack! Nymf (talk) 09:41, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and blocked.--<b style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's</b> Ponyo <sup style="color:Navy;">bons mots 15:57, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

10 April 2014

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New user, re-creating the two articles by the most recently blocked sock. Obvious duck. Quack! Nymf (talk) 16:31, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Also redoing edits here. Nymf (talk) 17:38, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

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Loud quacking indeed. Blocked and tagged. <b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:14px; color:#4682B4;">Elockid</b>  ( Talk ) 19:34, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

19 April 2014

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Loads of overlaps of the last couple of socks (e.g. Jill Eikenberry, Michele Greene, Leann Hunley, Felicity Jones, Calista Flockhart etc), as well as the same kind of language, the same nonsense "known for" edits (,, etc). Even blowing up images in the same way. Quack, quack!

Bit annoyed that this one was not caught during the two last reports, as the user "Hampshir" was created between the third and second last report. So any chance of a CU to check for sleepers? Nymf (talk) 17:26, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Seems that Ponyo already confirmed it. Great! Next time I will try to provide more diffs in my initial report. Nymf (talk) 16:10, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

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 * Could you please supply some diffs of the same or similar behaviour as an already blocked sock/the master. Just adding them into your initial statement would be fine. Once you do we can endorse for a CU to take a look at. Until then I've changed it to CURequest in case one of them is willing to check in the meantime. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:39, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
 * ,, and are ✅. This sockmaster uses a very busy public terminal(s) to edit and there is no way to know whether the unused accounts on the related IPs are sleepers/socks until they begin to edit. --<b style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's</b> Ponyo <sup style="color:Navy;">bons mots  17:02, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
 * All three blocked by . Tiptoety  talk 18:18, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

08 May 2014

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Duck with loads of overlapped edits (e.g. Nicola Bryant, Michele Greene, Lindsay Wagner, Jean Rasey, Felicity Jones, Ana Alicia, Carey Mulligan, Pamela Sue Martin), redoing edits by the previously blocked socks, same kind of language, etc. Requesting CU to check for sleepers and most likely more accounts than these two accounts (edit: just found a third one, which looks like a hit 'n run account). The CU might be a bit tricky, as the user edits from libraries. Nymf (talk) 20:35, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Added a fourth one as well. Nymf (talk) 20:36, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

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 * ,, , , , , , , , , and   are ✅ and blocked. There's a combination of socks and sleepers in there. Although the sleepers haven't edited, their affiliation to with Wiliam AAAA is evident by the succession of account creations on the same IP.--<b style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's</b> Ponyo <sup style="color:Navy;">bons mots  21:03, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Now all tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 03:24, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

10 May 2014

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Another duck, redoing several edits by the previously blocked socks, that must have been missed during the CU below. Nymf (talk) 10:06, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

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 * ✅ - no sleepers at this this time. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:36, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I blocked and tagged this sock, marking for closure. --  At am a  頭 22:23, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

16 May 2014

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New wave of hit 'n run socks, exhibiting the same ducky behahavior in the same articles. Requesting CU to check for sleepers. Nymf (talk) 18:08, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

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 * All accounts blocked + . They're editing from a new device, so I'll have to see how stable the IP is prior to blocking. The autoblock should prevent any additional creations for the time being.--<b style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's</b> Ponyo <sup style="color:Navy;">bons mots 22:21, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
 * All accounts tagged. Closing. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:19, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

16 June 2014

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New wave of ducks, editing the same articles in the same way. Requesting CU to check for sleepers that have been found during every previous report. Nymf (talk) 16:07, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * ,, , , and  were all created in quick succession and are ✅. Based on geolocation and behaviour  is also  a sock. --<b style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's</b> Ponyo <sup style="color:Navy;">bons mots  22:37, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Everything is already blocked. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:33, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

09 July 2014

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The edit history/"one word"-edit summaries at Michele Greene gives it away. The user creates an account, edits the user page with its name or something to that effect, hits a couple of pages, and then moves on. Filing for CU as there no doubt are sleepers/other socks as in every previous CU. Nymf (talk) 08:27, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, and the edits themselves are nonsense "known for" edits that the user have been adding for the past couple of months with the previous socks. Quack, quack! Nymf (talk) 08:29, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * , and  are ✅ and blocked.--<b style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's</b> Ponyo <sup style="color:Navy;">bons mots  21:35, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:29, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

27 July 2014

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Filing report as a formality, I've already indef blocked. Only : but that returned the article to that it had been after an edit by, a proven sock of William AAAAA. Red rose64 (talk) 21:36, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * The limited technical and behavioural evidence leads me to believe is  a  sock. This is also true for  which I have also blocked.--<b style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's</b> Ponyo <sup style="color:Navy;">bons mots  22:45, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

11 August 2014

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Filing report as a formality, I've already indef blocked. Only : but that returned the article to that it had been after an edit by, a proven sock of William AAAAA. Red rose64 (talk) 18:00, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * For the record, ✅ no sleepers. Will close and archive this away. Courcelles 18:23, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

11 August 2014

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Filing based on comment on my talkpage. Already ran the CU, and got a ; filing here for further behaviour review. Courcelles 18:59, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * Same ISP as the last socks, though the technical match goes no deeper. Courcelles 19:00, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the account given the same ISP and a similar behavior of adding film information (1) as seen with previously confirmed socks. (2) (3) (4) Mike V  •  Talk  23:26, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

06 February 2015

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Sock following the exact same pattern that I outlined at this March 12 report. It has been 6 months since I last bothered with this user, so CU might be stale, but filing for it anyway to find sleepers and such that no doubt exists. Nymf (talk) 16:32, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Added two more accounts that I found when looking through just one of the old articles mentioned in the archives here. Nymf (talk) 16:35, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Aaaand a fourth and fifth one as well. Soon a pond of ducklings. Nymf (talk) 16:39, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅:


 * ...and blocked. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:56, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * ...and tagged. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 05:04, 7 February 2015 (UTC)