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Cavefish777

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28 September 2014

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• Cavefish7777 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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7777, 777. Previous puppets: 7 and 77 (already blocked and tagged). Iselilja (talk) 02:27, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

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• Troglobite64 was created on 2 October 2014 at 11:34, and reverted an edit of mine that removed some text added by User:Cavefish777 at 11:35 with no explanation. The user had not made any edits before this and has not made any since then. This seems a little strange to me, especially with such an uncontroversial topic (and also because a troglobite is a type of cave fish). I'm not very familiar with the sock puppet investigation process so I figured I would just contribute this information; sorry if it is inappropriate. ~ Boomur [☎] 23:44, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

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 Administrator note Blocked and tagged. Dougweller (talk) 11:10, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

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13 October 2014

Suspected sockpuppets

• Cancer322 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Albinovictim425 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• GeneDisorder42 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Having blocked several socks today, eg Albino242 (talk · contribs) Albino252 (talk · contribs) and Albino222 (talk · contribs) I've also blocked these two. Cancer232's edits aren't identical in that he is just calling whites trash and Alibnovictim425's edits were just plain vandalism to Albinism, but the names are convincing as are the targets. What I'm really hoping for here is a range block as these are being created more frequently. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 14:17, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

And minutes after filing this, GeneDisorder42 (talk · contribs). Dougweller (talk) 14:34, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

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•  Confirmed OCA2, Albino123, Troglobite64, Cavefish777, Cavefish7 and Cavefish7777
•  Confirmed but  Unrelated to the above: Cancer322 & GeneDisorder42
•  Unrelated Albinovictim425

My concern with group 1 and group two is they both use GoogleBot to create their accounts. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 16:44, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

• I've tagged and updated the confirmed accounts. Mike V • Talk 19:23, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

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17 October 2014

Suspected sockpuppets

• Rob898989 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Basically the same alibinism edits, statements such as "white people" are scared to admit that they're albino? It's the first search result for albinism, so it should be an accurate description of the disorder. It's not my fault that you have Albinism, edits such as [1] where he added White people under "Delusion may also refer to:" and the same link to the dab page Trash.[2]. Compare to [3] [4] [5] [6] Dougweller (talk) 14:24, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

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• It originally appeared that there were two separate sockmasters, Cancer322 (talk · contribs) and Cavefish777 (talk · contribs) editing from different continents. However, while checking this latest batch of socks Nick34313 (talk · contribs) used both disparate IP geolocations concurrently. There's obviously proxy use here and it's become apparent that all of the accounts actually belong in the same sock drawer. @DeltaQuad:, what do you think? --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:25, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

• Accounts are blocked. Nothing more to do. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 15:23, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
• @Ponyo: sorry I forgot about this ping. As I replied to someone by mail: The users Nick34313, Rob898989, GeneticDisease, GeneDisorder42 and Cancer322 are  Confirmed. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 16:50, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

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01 November 2014

Suspected sockpuppets

• Cavefish326 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Edits to Albinism, earlier account of User:Cavefish327 blocked this morning ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 14:50, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

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01 November 2014

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• CaveShrimp (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Same as above ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 19:56, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

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01 November 2014

Suspected sockpuppets

• CaveCrab (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Same, as above ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 22:33, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

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Needs to be merged with Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cavefish777/Archive, my apologies for not tagging, no time. A CU might be in order. Dougweller (talk) 06:29, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

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• All accounts blocked and tagged. Mike V • Talk 05:05, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

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08 November 2014

Suspected sockpuppets

• Rainbowdashydude2 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Similar edits about albinism.[7] [8] - could be a sock of Cancer322 (talk · contribs) but I don't think Cancer322 is actually a different person. Dougweller (talk) 10:22, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

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•  Confirmed. Materialscientist (talk) 10:42, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
• All set here, closing. Mike V • Talk 17:58, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

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10 November 2014

Suspected sockpuppets

• Scott55438 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Same edits to Albanism ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 03:43, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

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•  Confirmed, blocked and tagged, along with several sleepers. Materialscientist (talk) 03:49, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
• Closing, everything appears to be handled. Mike V • Talk 03:54, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

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26 November 2014

Suspected sockpuppets

• Jeff7775 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Albinoism edits as above ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 03:22, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

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 Clerk endorsed This case tends to have a fair amount of sleepers, as shown in the archive. Mike V • Talk 05:47, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

•  Confirmed and blocked, together with one sleeper (usually there are more). Materialscientist (talk) 05:52, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
• Closing. Mike V • Talk 06:06, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

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07 December 2014

Suspected sockpuppets

• Scott2478 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Yet another, same edits to Albinism ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 03:11, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

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•  Confirmed, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 03:26, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
• Also blocked per DUCK: Scott10985. Drmies (talk) 03:31, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

  Thanks, confirmed. He hops over a busy range and keeps coming. Materialscientist (talk) 03:37, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

• What a silly waste of electrons. Does this person have other targets on a Saturday night? Your semi-protection takes care of one target. Drmies (talk) 03:39, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

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07 December 2014

Suspected sockpuppets

• 23.27.249.141 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
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as above, now using IP ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 03:19, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

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• No comments on IPs. Materialscientist (talk) 03:26, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
• The behavioral evidence was exactly the same as the previously blocked sock. I've blocked the IP for 48 hours. Mike V • Talk 04:10, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

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10 December 2014

Suspected sockpuppets

• Scott101100 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Yobol (talk) 19:36, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

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• Quack. Blocked and tagged.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:53, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

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10 December 2014

Suspected sockpuppets

• Scott101101 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Same old Iselilja (talk) 21:12, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

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•  Confirmed, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 21:16, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
• Already blocked and tagged. Closing.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:25, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

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23 December 2014

Suspected sockpuppets

• Flyer422 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Immediately resumed removing content upon other account being banned Oroso (talk) 22:19, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

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Please add Flyer822 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) to the list... AndyTheGrump (talk) 01:36, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

Mike V, there's another; see Flyer922 (talk · contribs). Flyer22 (talk) 02:58, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

+Flyer1022 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:51, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

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•  Confirmed as well as Flyer622 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). All three are indef blocked. Tiptoety ^talk 22:27, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
• Accounts tagged, closing. Mike V • Talk 01:12, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

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01 January 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

• Andy101101 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Edit to Albinism match previous edits by the socks ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 04:37, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

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• Yep, the albinism edit is dead on. Mike V • Talk 16:09, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

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02 January 2015

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• John18778 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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This issue was originally raised at AE (Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#John18778), and the result will inform the AE decision.

WeijiBaikeBianji got into content dispute with an IP at William Shockley. The edit war stopped at 04:47 (UTC) on the 2nd, but was reignited by John18778 at 21:09 in John18778's first ever edit. WeijiBaikeBianji had not edited the article in the intervening time. John18778 made one subsequent edit the and disappeared again, and WeijiBaikeBianji resumed editing the article about an hour later. There is definitely something suspicious about an account whose first edit is to reignite an edit war between two editors on a relatively low-traffic article, and the timing strongly suggests that something untoward is going on. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:55, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

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• Once this is concluded, I'd like to take the matter back to AE because sock-puppetry being proven or disproven will have an impact on the enforcement request. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:59, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
• John18778 along with Andy101110 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) and Joe2934 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) are  Confirmed matches to Andy101101 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (currently blocked as a Cavefish777 sock) and Flyer322 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). A clerk would need to merge the relevant cases.

I didn't see WeijiBaikeBianji when I checked these socks, and since proxies are involved I see no point in running further checks on WBB. T. Canens (talk) 05:11, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Moved here, I'll tag the accounts in a second. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:27, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

@Callanecc: I meant that the Flyer and the Cavefish cases should also be merged. T. Canens (talk) 15:43, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, done now. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 00:27, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

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07 January 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

• Joe127687 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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like the last socks, editing Human skin color, in this case adding " genetic drift that caused the entire population to become albinistic like cavefish" - pretty obvious. Dougweller (talk) 17:35, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

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•  Clerk endorsed The behavior evidence hits the mark. I think a sleeper check would be useful. Mike V • Talk 18:23, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

  This is on my watchlist from a previous case. I've blocked the obvious sock. Sleeper check isn't a bad idea, but I wouldn't be surprised if the results wee inconclusive at best. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:31, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

  No immediate sleepers. Materialscientist (talk) 22:07, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

• Thanks for checking. Mike V • Talk 22:11, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

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11 January 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

• TuEsCavefish (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Yobol (talk) 03:05, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

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•  Confirmed, blocked and tagged. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:19, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

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07 February 2015

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• 104.37.189.123 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))
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Making same edits as last sock. [9] NeilN ^{talk to me} 23:22, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

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• It is an open proxy (yes, Cavefish777). Blocked. Materialscientist (talk) 23:27, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
• Closing. Mike V • Talk 00:17, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

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28 February 2015

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• Hw09788 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Albinism edits. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 06:36, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

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•  Confirmed, blocked and tagged Hw09788 and a few other reincarnations that popped up today. Materialscientist (talk) 07:45, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
• Closing. Mike V • Talk 15:19, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

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14 March 2015

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• Kj436 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Same edits on albinism articles as previous socks (e.g., [10]). Requesting CU as usually has multiple accounts EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 04:21, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Also pinging Materialscientist as they've dealt extensively with this user. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 04:23, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

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•  Confirmed, blocked, tagged. Materialscientist (talk) 04:27, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
• Closing. Mike V • Talk 05:40, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

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