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WP:DUCK based on the username and edit pattern. Looks like he/she just went on with his/her disruptive edits through a new account, eh? Blake Gripling (talk) 02:50, 8 August 2016 (UTC) The users above has identical editing habits, mostly editing in X in the Philippines articles. The suspected sock-puppeteer has been blocked indefinitely, while Yaysmay15 has been blocked by making edits against consensus by making "X in the Philippines" articles a summary of nationally-covered events, whether routine or non-notable (in violation of WP:NOTNEWS, WP:ROUTINE and WP:NOTABLE) and refused to comment, explain their edits either through talk pages or edit summaries. TagaSanPedroAko has filed a AN3 for editwarring and they seem to have been blocked for 48 hours (at the time of this post, the case has not yet been formally closed). Then a new account by the name of Yays Falcunitin began doing identical edits, most possibly to evade a block. I wanted to assume good faith to Yaysmay 15 but the user name alone of the newest account, Yays Falcunitin gives a red flag.

Some diffs. 2016 in the Philippines -Yays Falcunitin -Yaysmay15

Template:Benigno Aquino III -Yaysmay15 -Vince daryl falcunitin

Here Yaysmay15 continues to add non-notable events not related to Aquino's presidency, such as an incident where Vhong Navarro, a local celebrity getting mugged (which is nationally-covered, but still not related to Aquino's presidency or notable enough) similar to Vince daryl's edits. Hariboneagle927 (talk) 03:03, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * Master's block reaset. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  07:41, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

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It's obvious an another sockpuppet of the master, as it is only capitalized all letters in his / her username. Hamham31 Heke!  KushKush!  02:22, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * I can attest to this, the newer user has also remain in adding problematic edits done by Yaysmay15 (not all-caps)--Hariboneagle927 (talk) 05:05, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * Account now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:33, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
 * socks tagged. TDL (talk) 19:23, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK based on username prefix/pattern and editing habits. Blake Gripling (talk) 06:52, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

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Obviously the same person Nick-D (talk) 10:52, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Close Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 02:39, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

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Editing pattern and username is a dead giveaway. Yaysmay has previously used the Falcunitin name on one of his sockpuppet accounts. Blake Gripling (talk) 13:12, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. --Neil N  talk to me 14:21, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK case - he's not even taking the effort of masking his identity at all, lulz Blake Gripling (talk) 09:45, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

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- account created three days after the last one blocked, and went back to editing the same article. Please block. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:57, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked Neil N  talk to me 18:12, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

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It's a duck quacking loud with a megaphone. Absolutely no effort has been made by the sock to hide his presence. Blake Gripling (talk) 23:26, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * please block this incredibly obvious WP:DUCK. Let's also try pending changes protection for six months (through the end of 2016) on this user's favourite targets: 2016 in the Philippines and Timeline of Philippine history. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 00:31, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Ivanvector - ✅  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:32, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Tagged and closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 00:49, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

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Obvious WP:DUCK is obvious. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 03:17, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * In commenting to Ivanvector's request for protection of the article, the same issues are also occurring at 2017 in the Philippines. 172.56.38.183 (talk) 04:09, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * please block. Please also enable pending changes on 2016 in the Philippines for 6 months, I requested in the previous case but it wasn't done. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 03:21, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I performed the block and protects before I saw this. I don't think I can apply PC to stop socking. I recall reading that usage was not approved (and it's not in policy or a Twinkle option). --Neil N  talk to me 04:40, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * thanks for your note. I was under the impression that use of PC was acceptable for sockpuppetry on frequently-edited or highly visible pages as an alternative to semiprotection so that good-faith new/unconfirmed users can still edit. I'm sure that I've come across that as a reason in the reviewing logs, there are a lot of timeline and list-of-dates pages which are PC-protected. But you're right about this use not being mentioned on the policy page, so I may be mistaken, or it may have changed since I was last involved in discussions about PC. At any rate I don't recommend semiprotection for these articles due to collateral damage, so this case is closed. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:45, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, you already did semiprotect them. Well, it is what it is. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:22, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

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It sure is quite obvious judging from the surname being used and edit pattern. Boy, this guy sure is relentless at insisting on his disruptive editing instead of listening to consensus from other users. Blake Gripling (talk) 08:45, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

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- account created moments after the last one was blocked and has already edited 9 pages in common with the sockmaster. Please block. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:39, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The deed is done! Closing. Favonian (talk) 16:50, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

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I mean, this username is practically an admission of sockpuppetry in and of itself. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:25, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * And purge that revision, if you don't mind. Clearly this guy is bent at harrassing users whom he perceives as getting in his way of things. Blake Gripling (talk) 12:48, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The incivility isn't at the level where it needs a revdel (note I've moved your comment up here). --Neil N  talk to me 13:24, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that was pretty tame, just some juvenile name calling and a vague legal threat. There's worse visible in the page history already. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:54, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

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- please block, roll back any contribs I haven't already, and semiprotect Timeline of Philippine history for one month. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:33, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Please also semiprotect my user page indefinitely. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:40, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * All done. --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 12:43, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 00:32, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

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because we don't have a bloody fucking obvious tag for these. Please block this account, and please also semiprotect 2010s, 2016 in Philippine television, 2016 in Philippine music, and 2016 in Philippine sports for 1 week. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 00:35, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
 * . Favonian (talk) 11:47, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

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Obvious duck is obvious. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:55, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * obvious block request is obvious. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:57, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked. ~ Rob 13 <sup style="margin-left:-1.0ex;">Talk 13:21, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

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Obvious: similarly-named user editing the same set of articles. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 02:09, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

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please block this duck. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 02:14, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked. ~ Rob 13 <sup style="margin-left:-1.0ex;">Talk 02:29, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

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Username similarity, edits only to Philippine history timeline articles. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:20, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * - please block. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:20, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked. ~ Rob 13 <sup style="margin-left:-1.0ex;">Talk 22:43, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

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Username similarity and same focus on unsourced edits in Philippine timeline articles. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:51, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * - somewhat likely on behaviour but selfendorsing CU to confirm. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:52, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ to behaviorally blocked socks in the archive. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:59, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

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Seems to be a Yaysmay15 IP sock. He added another stray bullet death in 2017 in the Philippines, which is not notable and WP:NOTNEWS and the procession on the Feast of the Black Nazarene in Manila, which is WP:ROUTINE as an annual event, and after being removed by consensus, he adds them back. This seems to be a duck, but now with IPs instead of new accounts.-TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 10:06, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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 * this filing was missing the case status template and did not appear in the list. it looks as though you copied a case from the archive page, so the code that sorts the page into the list of active cases was missing. Please use Twinkle or use the form on the SPI main page to file cases, to ensure all the code is in place. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:42, 18 January 2017 (UTC)


 * This appears to be the same user, the diff above restores this edit made by a confirmed sock. Sockmaster is using IPs in the ranges 112.198.64.0/18 and less frequently in 121.54.32.0/19. This has been consistent for at least the past year, but there is too much collateral damage in these ranges for a rangeblock to be warranted. Page is semiprotected for 1 week. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:42, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

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This seems to be a duck IP of Yaysmay15. User adds non-notable events on navbox related to the presidency of Benigno Aquino III, other events in the Philippines that constitute sensationalism, silly season and tabloid journalism, and non-notable deaths (aside from stray bullet deaths).-TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 15:04, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
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 * Yaysmay15 seems to be do edits on the "112.198..." IP range. And this IP (112.198.69.17) may be referred here also.-TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 10:22, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * Stale IP, closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 06:03, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

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Duck IP of Yaysmay15. Same habit as the sock master, and targets 2017 in the Philippines, and also, in other articles. PatTag2659 reverted the IP's edits, but keeps on re-adding it for the second time, and if the IP reverts PatTag2659's removal of non-notable events for the third time, it is breaching 3RR. A half-year (6 month) semi-protection may be placed on 2017 in the Philippines, plus reverting of his edits after the page protection is added. Also, please monitor for sleepers. -TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 09:21, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * - as before, the IP is dynamic and has already changed. Disruption resumed immediately after the page's one month semiprotection expired, so now it is semiprotected for three months.
 * as I said before, please use the form on the SPI main page to file future cases. Do not cut and paste cases from the archive, this filing was missing important code again.
 * Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:49, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

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User adding routine and non-notable events in Philippines timeliness articles, especially 2016 in the Philippines. It even vandalized the page of Vic Sotto, adding uncited info that he is a rapist (a BLP violation). TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 05:59, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * Will have a look at behaviour. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:06, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I have  as an obvious sock. The IP I believe to have been used by the same user up to 20 April (and other IPs in the range 112.198.71.0/24, possibly larger) however this activity stopped on 20 April, and I don't have reason to believe that the Vic Sotto edit is the same user, so no action at this time. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:12, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Looking a little deeper and at the archive, the range is 112.198.64.0/18, and they've been disruptively editing Timeline of Philippine history pretty much non-stop since September. However, as before, this is a very active range and there is too much collateral damage to range-block. Several of their favourite pages are already semiprotected, and I am semi-protecting Timeline of Philippine history for 3 months.
 * for future cases of IP disruption from this user, please request page protection at WP:RFPP. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:27, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

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Added mostly non-notable events on 2017 in the Philippines on after being semi-protected for three months. Others, like the renaming of Benham Rise to Philippine Rise, are helpful edits, but most of the IP's edits re-added sensationalist events and added other events that has no national importance. IP is in the 122.53.231.xxx range (registered to PLDT) unlike the previous IP, that is in the 112.198.64.xxx range (registered to Globe). TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 12:54, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * Looks like the user has changed the IP. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:09, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

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. Per this LTA report for Yaysmay15, this IP is suspected to be used by that user. IP have edited the Rodrigo Duterte navbox, adding events that has no significance to the presidency, and that is a red flag for Yaysmay15. TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 00:58, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

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The edits are too old. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:57, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

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I am about to block this obvious duck; filing for the record. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:09, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * as promised. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:14, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

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The username itself is the evidence. Same modus operandi i.e. excessive fluff on Philippine history articles. Blake Gripling (talk) 10:42, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

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 * Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:57, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

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All very, showing lots of additions to various Year in Philippines articles; also, some protections (PC/semi) for 2014 in the Philippines, 2015 in the Philippines, 2016 in the Philippines, 2017 in the Philippines, 2018 in the Philippines, and 2019 in the Philippines please? Galobtter (pingó mió) 17:38, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

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 * I've blocked 58.71.120.251 for 60 hours - the IP appears to be rapidly dynamic but its most recent edits over a couple days are clearly the LTA. It's been a while since I've looked at this case but as I recall they only edit the timeline articles; the events and "list of programs broadcast by" articles are new behaviour to me, unless I've just been out of the loop. As it stands I think the other IPs were the LTA back in October but have been reassigned to some other user, and as such I have taken no action on those.
 * As for protecting the articles, precedent elsewhere suggests that any date-based lists subject to vandalism do well with pending changes enabled. I'm going to go ahead and enable this for all of the " in the Phillipines" articles Yaysmay15 has been hitting today. For others I suggest making a report at WP:RFPP referring to this investigation page (or refer to the diff of this edit), or if you want to put in the work one of you could compile a list of frequent targets and make a proposal at WP:AN to enable pending changes for all of them. I would support it if the list is reasonably concise, but such a mass action should be presented for community approval. Sorry for the long closing note. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:53, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

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based on the LTA's modus operandi of mass-addition of non-notable or trivial news events in the Philippines. Blake Gripling (talk) 10:54, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

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Tad late on the report :) Galobtter (pingó mió) 11:16, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

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 * Procedurally closing: this is a duplicate of the report above. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:34, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

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I just reverted edits that seemed to follow the patterns identified in Long-term abuse/Yaysmay15 at 2019 in the Philippines. I think this is the correct way to handle the situation but I have zero experience in both SPI and LTA. --Trialpears (talk) 22:31, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * , I just revertd more edits on the page you mentioned following the same pattern. It seems like some of the other edits the IP made that are current revison(as in current as of the time of writing this) follow the same pattern as well. I'm not confadent enough to revert those though. I would like a 2O. one edit in question is this edit. The summary seems simaler which is what is raising the flag for me.  LakesideMiners My Talk Page 16:02, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * The IP user is indeed targeting the same articles and using the same edit summaries as the blocked master account. This is enough for me to apply a block to the IP. This IP has been blocked for long-term disruption multiple times, and that disruption also appears to be ongoing. Blocking and closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:11, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

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Usual obsession with adding minor Philippine events at FDW777 (talk) 11:12, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Behavior at 2022 in the Philippines seems broadly similar to what's described at the LTA page, and they're on the same /24 as the last Yaysmay15 IP recorded here, using the same ES style. Yaysmay15 appears responsible for every edit made by this IP, going back to October 2020, but there was a year-long gap between October 2020 and October 2021, so let's go with 4 months for now. If they turn up on this IP again, the next block can be for considerably longer. : . FYI, a filing like this will be actioned much quicker if you include diffs and/or a more specific list of similarities. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 02:52, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Blocked, closing -- RoySmith (talk) 15:30, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

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Pro forma report, to formalise a sockblock. Reported at AIV for disruption, a quick check showed that they were a returning block evading LTA, and they were promptly blocked as an obvious WP:DUCK by. This was also the last IP address this master used (as recorded in the archive). No further action needed. Mako001 (C) (T)  🇺🇦 11:05, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

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Please refer to the following:
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 * Edit history, 2022 in the Philippines
 * Edit history, 2023 in the Philippines
 * Edit history, Timeline of the 21st century (though, prior to this request, I've reverted the edits)

Based on the prior investigations concerning this editor (refer to this archive), it seems that the behavior of the one who edits using this IP is similar to those reported already. Also, i observed that this non-WP editor is revising dates on templates/tags (edit 1) (edit 2), which, in my point, it should not be done in this important part of the page. Raider000 (talk) 02:25, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * . This IP took over the edits that was making just a few days ago. IP blocked and tagged. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:02, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

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Similar edit summary, behavior (bloating non-notable events), targeted articles to LTA WP:YAYSMAY15 and related IPs such as 58.71.120.250. Had previously been blocked until February 2024 but with the recent blocking of 58.71.120.250 I believe that these 2 IPs are possibly connected with aforementioned LTA.

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In https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/49.145.9.187: HAS SAME edit summary and behavior with 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2023_in_the_Philippines&diff=prev&oldid=1190855571 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2023_in_the_Philippines&diff=prev&oldid=1190854345

In https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/58.71.120.250 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Media_circus&diff=prev&oldid=1192987547 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2023_in_the_Philippines&diff=prev&oldid=1189974638

and with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/49.145.14.39 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2023_in_the_Philippines&diff=prev&oldid=1175476660 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=21st_century&diff=prev&oldid=1175009706 Borgenland (talk) 12:43, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * - Please move to Sockpuppet investigations/Yaysmay15 and remove 49.145.14.39 as a suspected sock. Bbb23 (talk) 14:22, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Done. Spicy (talk) 02:18, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Blocked one month, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:31, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

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Same canned edit summary and extensive dumping of info as other socks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/143.44.156.50

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 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/49.145.8.0/22
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/49.145.9.187
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/58.71.120.250 Borgenland (talk) 07:25, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * The IP's edits are too old, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:34, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

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Canned edit summary. Same behavior of dumping irrelevant info on Philippines-related pages.

See: 1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/49.145.7.177 2.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_in_the_Philippines&diff=prev&oldid=1201244054 3.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_in_the_Philippines&diff=prev&oldid=1201243027 4.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_in_the_Philippines&diff=prev&oldid=1201242180

Compare with: 1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/49.145.8.0/22 2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/49.145.9.187 3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/58.71.120.250 4.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_in_the_Philippines&diff=prev&oldid=1198484036|2=49.145.7.177|tools_link=yes}}

Borgenland (talk) 07:19, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * The IP's edits are too old, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:34, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar behavior (Ongoing dumping and bloating of WP:UNDUE, non-notable events, mostly of limited significance and canned edit summaries), same target articles (historical timelines both in the Philippines and wider timelines). Request long term-block because their behavior suggest that they will commit the same reckless activity the moment they are allowed to open Wikipedia again. Borgenland (talk) 14:28, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

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Same as edits from other socks such as:
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 * [] Borgenland (talk) 14:28, 26 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Since the sock was unblocked, they've since done another round of indiscriminately mass-tagging of articles as "media circus" content, as seen in [[13 ]]. Almost exactly the same content as #2 and #9 in Borgenland's report. Ganmatthew (talk • contribs) 07:21, 5 March 2024 (UTC)


 * [] another round of indiscriminate and WP:UNDUE content. Borgenland (talk) 09:02, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * for 1 month, per behavioral evidence. Thanks for reporting this. —  Newslinger  talk   05:46, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Partially  from editing Media circus, 2022 in the Philippines, 2023 in the Philippines, 2024 in the Philippines, 21st century, List of programs broadcast by DWPM/TeleRadyo Serbisyo, Trial of the century, Cause célèbre, Timeline of the 20th century, and Timeline of the 21st century for 1 year. —  Newslinger   talk   06:04, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same editing behavior on same article (2024 in the Philippines) with same edit summaries and same additions of non-notable events.

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Compared to these edits by their confirmed socks: Borgenland (talk) 13:20, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
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 * IP edits too old, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 9 May 2024 (UTC)