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31 December 2012
Suspected sockpuppets


Mauricio80 ( talk · contribs) was indef blocked in August 2012 for an odd pattern of vandalism: creating new articles about fictional international sporting events. Two apparent socks surfaced, World210 ( talk · contribs) and Trate32 ( talk · contribs), showing the same pattern.

Trate32 recreated World Games 2021 [1], which had been originally been created by Mauricio80 [2]. Also note the similar user name pattern. Both Trate32 [3] and World210 [4] created pages for the fictional "Café de Colombia Cup". The listed IPs each made multiple contributions to Cafe de colombia Cup.

A checkuser is requested to root out other socks and to confirm if an IP hardbock would be useful. caknuck ° needs to be running more often 05:25, 31 December 2012 (UTC) reply

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 Stale:

 Likely bordering on  Confirmed, on a purely technical basis, that the following accounts are related:

-- (ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 16:38, 31 December 2012 (UTC) reply

11 January 2013
Suspected sockpuppets


Olympia2000 and Hongkong43 have both been creating articles about fictional international sporting events, mimicking actions of other Mauricio80 socks. Olympia2000 added fake information ( here and here) and created the hoax articles AFC King Asian Cup, 2017 AFC King Asian Cup and 2015 AFC Asian cup National Anthems performances. Hongkong created the hoax articles 2013 Asian Pacific Football 7-a-side Championship, 2013 African and South American Championship, Futsal at the 2013 World Indoor Games, 2013 World Indoor Games, Futsal at the 2013 World Indoor Games, 2012 Peace Star Cup and 2012 Peace Star Cup qualification. MJ94 ( talk) 21:34, 11 January 2013 (UTC) reply

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magic eight ball The CheckUser Magic 8-Ball says:  Likely bordering  Confirmed. Range is too wide to block, unfortunately. T. Canens ( talk) 19:51, 12 January 2013 (UTC) reply

19 January 2013
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Unistre34 created the fake article 2014 EAFF U-20 East Asian Cup, acting in a manner similar to Mauricio and his previous sockpuppets. The two IPs have both contributed to said article, which leads me to believe that they are socks of Mauricio's as well. One will notice that this vandal has a history of editing this way and his edits frequently go unnoticed at first glance. While it is important to note that one of the articles created by the suspected sockpuppet, 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup is legitimate, this user's edits continue to be disruptive. MJ94 ( talk) 05:56, 19 January 2013 (UTC) reply

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28 January 2013
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User is consistently creating new articles with speedy deletion A1 criteria. Stubble boy 21:21, 28 January 2013 (UTC) reply

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05 February 2013
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Creation of several more future sporting events that are unverifiable: 2015 World Soccer Challenge Cup, 2013 International Soccer Women,s Cup, 2016 Global Golf Cup. Similar M.O. of having a list of teams with no introductory paragraph or other details. ... discospinster talk 00:25, 5 February 2013 (UTC) reply

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06 February 2013
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Loud quack by two new socks working in concert on 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games. The exact same pattern of vandalism as exhibited by previous socks. Also reported to Salvio giuliano as he is familiar with this sockmaster. - Mr X 16:36, 6 February 2013 (UTC) reply

Another sock has appeared creating 2014 Footvolley Asian Championship. - Mr X 21:38, 6 February 2013 (UTC) reply
...with an IP helper sock: 181.153.102.24. - Mr X 21:50, 6 February 2013 (UTC) reply
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07 February 2013
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Same editing pattern as previous socks. Very quacky, and very tiresome. Can't we rangeblock the ISP (Comcel S.A.) and require legit anons to be white listed? - Mr X 02:31, 7 February 2013 (UTC) - Mr X 02:31, 7 February 2013 (UTC) reply

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08 February 2013
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Obvious duck is obvious. Sock created 2015 OFC Under 17 Tournament in the same pattern as predecessor socks. - Mr X 13:51, 8 February 2013 (UTC) - Mr X 13:51, 8 February 2013 (UTC) reply

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11 February 2013
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Identical editing pattern as previously reported socks. Created WP:CRYSTAL cup articles such as

- Mr X 18:52, 11 February 2013 (UTC) reply

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8 February 2013
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Creating cup articles with listings of countries and their flags in the same pattern as precious socks.

and typically vandalizing articles by adding false match information on, such as

See also [5] - Mr X 20:13, 13 February 2013 (UTC) reply

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This case was opened about three weeks ago, so unfortunately I've lost track. The diffs are the first edits on the articles cited above. The socks of this editor and Mauricio93 were creating very short articles about future sports events. The articles typically have little or no text, and are usually merely listings of countries with flag icons or similar non-text content. User:Salvio giuliano was directly involved in investigating these cases in the recent past, and I was reported them directly to him, but I think he took a wiki break, so I started reported them here again. - Mr X 13:38, 3 March 2013 (UTC) reply
06 July 2013
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New user creating multiple new articles about future sporting events such as 2017 Rugby League Asian Cup, consisting of little or no text and merely a listing of flag images. The user also tends to remove CSD templates. The article style and user behavior is almost identical to the previous socks of this sockmaster. Please see prior reports. - Mr X 03:05, 6 July 2013 (UTC) reply

  • Adding 186.28.220.251 helper sock (or logged out user) reverting CSD templates in the same way as previous socks (see archives). - Mr X 03:09, 6 July 2013 (UTC) reply
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01 March 2014
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Reviewing new pages I've discovered 2014 Nagoya Cup by Zaire200, quite without content and with no thraces on Google. Following his contribs I've rollbacked 'em and reported him at WP:AIV along with Wales21, blocked one day before and acting in the same field. For example take a look to this edit by Wales and this one of Zaire. Following the history of Colombia national football team I've followed some user contribs (most of them rollbacked by Brayan Jaimes) and at least 3 or 4 of them could coincide. Ruso45 edited from 16 to 18 January, creating 2014 Hana Bank Cup that has no thraces on Google and the only reference confirms that South Korea will not play a match vs Czech Rep. on 4 June 2014 and that the match vs Tunisia is a simple friendly before the World Cup match vs Russia. Ruso45 re created the page 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final Draw (before a redirect), that was edited by Feroz2000. Feroz edited only on 20 february, adding other content to 2014 Hana Bank Cup and to 2015 AFC final draw (removing multiple issues tag). Sangson2000 made few edits in the afternoon of 21 february as this one (rollbacked), related to a friendly of Colombia NFT, or this one to singer name of a national anthem. Unted200 edited on 22 february, almost in the page 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final Draw and, as Feroz did, started with a pair of edits in Sochi 2014 closing ceremony (as for the current version, both users were wrong. In the afternoon of 25 February Fenia2000 started with a pair of reverted edits about friendlies of Colombia national football team, this about Egypt NFT, one about the Olympic Himn, and the last about 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final Draw. One hour after his last edit, it appears Werung23, starting the creation of 2016 AFC United of Asia Cup (no thraces on Google, possibly a WP:CRYSTAL also). After a pair of edits at 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final Draw and 2014 Hana Bank Cup, his last edit was this one (rollbacked), again about matches of Colombia NFT. Between 26 and 27 February it appears Wales21, with rollbacked edits as this (again about Colombia, and on a "2014 cup" page, this time existant and referenced). Apart the edit for comparison with Zaire200 I made above, Wales21 made vandalisms as this one (rollbacked) on the page of Colombia women's NFT and other, gaining a 48 hours block.

The connections between the users are different ( WP:DUCK), and after 2 hours of controls I hope I was able to link the right ones and exclude those who are not involved into this issue.

  • Users look like a relay team: starting from Ruso (16-18 Feb), than Feroz (20 Feb), Sangson (21 Feb), Unted (22 feb), Fenia (25 feb, afternoon), Wegrun (25-26 Feb), Wales (26-27 Feb) and Zaire (28 Feb/1 Mar). After 1 or 2 days of edits they stop and the other continue.
  • Edit times are at almost in the evening/night (20 to 1 am), or sometimes in the afternoon.
  • The field is almost the same, related to friendlies of NFT (National Football Teams) without sources, suddenly rollbacked as hoaxes. Another is the creation of pages about football competitions, also future as 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification (by Ruso) or 2019 AFC Kingdom Nations Cup (by Ruso, no thraces on Google, so possibly another hoax). By now we have 2014 Nagoya Cup (deleted as hoax), 2014 Hana Bank Cup and 2016 AFC United of Asia Cup (both, as said, unsourced and with no refs on Google). Another field is about singers of anthems/hymns and Olympics.
  • Their edits are difficult to unmask: most of them are minor edits well formatted (in a table about friendlies)... and the hoax cups have plausible names: Nagoya, Hana Bank, AFC United, AFC Kingdom.
  • Also the names are similar: a nick and after a digit. 200, 2000, 21, 23, 45. Last two are related to Wales and Zaire.

I hope I did a correct investigation, to have discovered that a vandal is makin' fun of us from 2 weeks changing account about once per day, with no resounding vandalisms but spreading a series of semi-invisible vandalisms buried here and there. Some of the edits look like correct (or maybe they are), but it could be a strategy: this is not a "page blanker" or a vandal using the edit summary to say wft trololol!!1. And, anyway, some of their contribs haven't been verified, also because they are "old" and in pages with lots of (also anon) edits. Thanks for attention. Dэя- Бøяg 03:49, 1 March 2014 (UTC) reply

  • Older users discovered: Going back in the page 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final Draw, transformed in a redirect to 2015 AFC Asian Cup before the edits of Ruso, I've discovered that its creator, Andrma20 (18-22 Jan), made also edits as this one, a false friendly match of Korea with El Salvador (see this source) and other similar ones. Werty23 (23-27 Jan) seems to be related with several edits into the same field. GrupoHKG23 (30 Jan-1 Feb), that made the other contribs on hte Final Draws article after Andrma, added this other edit about a false friendly match (Korea vs Armenia). His last edit was to change China to Colombia in Curling at Sochi 2014. Before Andrma, Juanes200 (10-18 Jan), with a nickname related to others, made edits in the same field: see for example this false friendly match between South Korea and Sri Lanka, or this edit about Colombia NFT. Andrma started where Juanes finished. Beging23 (1-3 Feb) seems to be related (see this) for field, style, and period. The older i've found still now is Golan23 (29 Dec-1 Jan, 4 edits) seems to be realted per nick, hours, and style (see this friendlies in Korea and... Colombia, of course). Note that the "23" often recurs in the nicks.

Checking "histories", mainly of South Korea and Colombia national football teams, I found more and more possible and older vandals related to this issue. Also some IPs. The list could be much larger and the damage much more extensive, with an amount of uncontrolled edits, submerged by several other edits. I don't know if is possible to change this page to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Golan23 but with Ruso45 the work become daily and lesser occasional. Regards. -- Dэя- Бøяg 04:58, 1 March 2014 (UTC) reply

Just a note: Due to the fact that 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final Draw was mainly edited by the users listed above, is a minor subpage and has some tags, i've tagged for merging into 2015 AFC Asian Cup#Final Draw. If you think that it could be transformed again in a redirect to it, I think it could be a good solution. -- Dэя- Бøяg 05:05, 1 March 2014 (UTC) reply
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Wow, I'm impressed. So the list is related to the SPI cases of Mauricio80, FallandSpringOlympics and the older Diogomauricio3. Anyway, for an eventual further request, have I to use this page or one of the 3 linked above? Thanks. -- Dэя- Бøяg 15:16, 1 March 2014 (UTC) reply

PS: may I tag the users blocked below with {{sock|Mauricio80}}? -- Dэя- Бøяg 16:32, 1 March 2014 (UTC) reply
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Looks like our case page for this sock farm is under /Mauricio80. T. Canens ( talk) 14:50, 1 March 2014 (UTC) reply
04 March 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

WP:DUCK: Internacional20 has been tagged in the user page as suspected sp of Mauricio80 but he's still free. Same style of nick (name+digit), same field of interest including Olympics and future football events, some edits that look like valid but, as usual, vandalisms about Colombia and South Korea national football teams. This friendly match (4-6-2014), as for the link in my previous report, is a hoax. -- Dэя- Бøяg 16:08, 4 March 2014 (UTC) reply

Ah, yes, two deleted articles: 2016 AFC U-14 Championship (no meaningful content), and 2015 Naked Asian Games (blatant hoax). -- Dэя- Бøяg 16:32, 4 March 2014 (UTC) reply
Note: User was blocked 48 hours after a report at WP:AIV. -- Dэя- Бøяg 22:22, 4 March 2014 (UTC) reply
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07 March 2014
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WP:DUCK: two days after last block, same kind of nick (20, 23, 200, 2000 etc), same style: now the false friendly match before FIFA 2014 is South Korea vs India. Btw, I left the usual source for scheduled matches of South Korea. -- Dэя- Бøяg 17:48, 7 March 2014 (UTC) reply

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10 March 2014
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Brayan Jaimes noticed to me this new possible sp. WP:DUCK: is him 3 days after last block. Today he created Gold Continental Cup and 2018 Gold Continental Cup, the usual vandalisms to Colombia national football team and 2015 AFC Asian Cup. -- Dэя- Бøяg 20:57, 10 March 2014 (UTC) reply

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6 April 2014
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Brayan Jaimes noticed to me this pair of sockpuppets. WP:DUCK: Sanger invents a friendly match on June between South Korea and Myanmar (see the usual source), the usual vandalism in Colombia national football team page and in pages related to football competitions in Asia (all reverted). Usa94 add the usual vandalism on Colombia NFT and (again) the usual hoax cup (I've seen on Google, it is at least an online game) without any content but with a list of teams including, of course, South Korea and Colombia. Anyway, I report also the fact that Sanger203 has two speedy deletion tags for deleted pages ( New Zealand at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games and Handball at the 2014 Asian Games). Clearly him, back after a month, without (IMHO) doubts. -- Dэя- Бøяg 21:59, 6 April 2014 (UTC) reply

Just to confirm that another user, blocked last time, is him (it is "classified" as suspected sp); I would request, if possible, a CU also for Uniteds20. -- Dэя- Бøяg 22:00, 6 April 2014 (UTC) reply
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17 April 2014
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WP:QUACK: Mauricio is back. Same kind of nick (name + digit), same tag: visual editor, same fileds: the usual vandalisms about Colombia and South Korea national football teams (and their opponents for invented scheduled friendlies), other vandalisms about sport competitions in Asia. Just to link an example: the friendly match Colombia vs Angola (scheduled for 28 May 2014), is an hoax: see source. Regards. -- Dэя- Бøяg 22:47, 17 April 2014 (UTC) reply

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7 May 2014
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This user made a single edit into South Korea national football team, rollbacked by another user. This time I'm not sure as other times, but the field is the same ( South Korea national football team) and nick style (name + digits) is compatible with Mauricio's style. I would to specify that I don't get confused with any name + digit users acting in this pages: in this case, although I'm really not sure, there are elements that make me suspect. Suddenly Mauricio's SP make few (or single) edits and he uses them for no longer than a day or two. Just to be sure, to get a confirmation or not. Mine is a precaution, due to the damage represented by user and his sp. Sorry if it is an oversight. -- Dэя- Бøяg 02:39, 7 May 2014 (UTC) reply

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 Clerk endorsed Almost declined this (the evidence is very scant), but based on this user's previous sockpuppet behaviour a checkuser investigation might just be warranted, if only to turn up any other accounts that have slipped under the radar. Yunshui  雲 水 09:12, 7 May 2014 (UTC) reply

04 November 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

All three edited 2015 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the two named socks both created it. Juanew30 also created 2015 King's Cup. User:Gils34, a tagged sock of Mauricio80, created, apart from similar nonsense like 2025 FIFA Confederations Cup (until now a redirect, I'll just delete it instead), the 2014 King's Cup article. Note also the similarity of the username to another blocked sock, User:Juanes200.

I also seriously wonder whether the Mauricio80 sockfarm and the equally large User:FallandSpringOlympics sockfarm aren't one and the same. They have created many similar hoax articles on (often Asian) football tournaments, e.g. the contribs of User:Rio2InParadise. I even blocked User:Italiano34 as a sock of FallandSpring, only to have him checkusered as a Mauricio sock. Can a checkuser see whether the two sock farms are somehow technically related? A checkuser would be good in any case here, as there have been many socks in the past so chances are that already a few are editing. Fram ( talk) 08:39, 4 November 2014 (UTC) reply

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28 December 2014
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The user is creating articles about future (hoax?) sporting events that consist almost entirely of links to countries, and corresponding flag icons. See user contributions (including deleted contributions) and compare to the deleted contributions of previous socks (the 8 February 2013 and 8 February 2013 reports provided good parallel examples). The sock should be blockable on behavioral evidence alone, but I'm also request a CU to identify sleepers. - Mr X 03:37, 28 December 2014 (UTC) reply

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17 January 2015
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The user has again created an article about a future (hoax?) sporting event 2019 Asian And South American Cup that consists almost entirely of links to countries, corresponding flag icons, and verbatim text copied from 2014 Copa EuroAmericana. The IP edited the article six minutes after Ius321's last edit. Compare to the deleted contributions of previous socks (the 28 December 2014, 8 February 2013 and 8 February 2013 reports provided good parallel examples). The sock should be blockable on behavioral evidence alone, but I'm also request a CU to identify sleepers. - Mr X 02:28, 17 January 2015 (UTC) reply

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02 February 2015
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The user has again created articles about sporting events such as 2014 Asian Women's Handball Championship and JAL Challenge Cup that consists almost entirely of links to countries and corresponding flag icons. Compare to the deleted contributions of previous socks (the 28 December 2014, 8 February 2013 and 8 February 2013 reports provide good parallel examples). Also note the username similarities. The sock should be blockable on behavioral evidence alone, but I'm also requesting a CU to identify sleepers. - Mr X 00:16, 2 February 2015 (UTC) reply

Thank you everyone.- Mr X 16:14, 2 February 2015 (UTC) reply
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  • The following are highly  Likely to previous Mauricio80 socks:
Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 06:55, 2 February 2015 (UTC) reply
17 May 2015
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The user has again created articles about sporting events such as 2015 JS Suwon Cup and 2017 FamilyMart Challenge Cup that consists almost entirely of links to countries and corresponding flag icons. Compare to the deleted contributions of previous socks (the 2 February, 2015 and 28 December 2014 reports provide good parallel examples). Also note the username similarities. The sock should be blockable on behavioral evidence alone, but I'm also requesting a CU to identify sleepers - Mr X 22:37, 17 May 2015 (UTC) reply

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I've also deleted ( G5) the articles those socks created. Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 06:45, 18 May 2015 (UTC) reply
23 May 2015
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Haiti2002 is creating articles about future sporting events consisting almost entirely of flog icons and links to countries. Examples: Basketball at the 2015 Pacific Games and 2016 Baseball Americas Cup. Similarly, Hasders231 created 2027 AFC Asian Cup. Both users were helped by IP 190.9.200.125. The style of articles and user name forms are very similar to previous socks (see previous reports).

Alif usmkkj is suspicious for creating ISTAF SuperSeries 2013/2014, but the username and style of article deviate somewhat from past socks.

All of the named accounts were created within a few hours of each other, and the IP's first edit was withing this same narrow period. I am requesting a CU to identify sleepers. - Mr X 23:44, 23 May 2015 (UTC) reply

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20 March 2016

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All these users/IPs belong to one person who is a vandalizer, you can follow those IP edits to find the connection between them. I'm not complete sure if this is the same person as this sock but his field of interest and the way he just enjoys to add phantom host cities to sport events are similar. This one is a dangerous vandazlier since his vandalizing edits are not that obvious, I think this deserves a little more attention. there are probably much more accounts/IPs and phantom articles. Mohsen1248 ( talk) 21:23, 20 March 2016 (UTC) reply

I can't give those things since all of his hoax articles he created are already deleted. The sockmaster used to create hoax articles about future sport events and these accounts are doing the same. btw he probably already created another account(s) to vandalize wikipedia somewhere else, I doubt he uses these accounts anymore. Mohsen1248 ( talk) 21:30, 12 April 2016 (UTC) reply

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  •  Additional information needed - @ Mohsen1248: In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
  1. At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
  2. At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
  3. In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this. Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 03:41, 11 April 2016 (UTC) reply
  • information Administrator note Here's what I see:
    • FallandSpringOlympics created a hoax article listing Olympics occurring in odd-numbered years on his user page in September 2013; he was the only editor. He also uploaded File:2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.png, a hoax about a FIFA tournament in South Africa in 2016. Again, he was the only editor save some license tagging before it was tagged for CSD#G3. FallandSpringOlympics does have an extensive contribution history outside this article that obviously stopped after his indefinite block.
    • Sanglan231 created the hoax article 2016 AFF U-23 Youth Championship on March 15. He has no other edits outside this article. The 181.x.x.x IP edited the article to add dates and a flagicon.
    • Kangson2001 created the hoax article Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament on March 18. He has no other edits outside this article. It was prodded, and the 181.x.x.x IP removed the PROD tag.
    • The other IP did not edit the articles at all.

07 July 2016

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18 June 2017

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Creating articles about future sporting events which consist entirely of lists of countries and their flags. Also, the username follows the pattern of some of the past socks (it ends with "231"). - Mr X 20:19, 18 June 2017 (UTC) reply

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The case is  Stale. CU declined.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 21:03, 18 June 2017 (UTC) reply

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31 December 2012
Suspected sockpuppets


Mauricio80 ( talk · contribs) was indef blocked in August 2012 for an odd pattern of vandalism: creating new articles about fictional international sporting events. Two apparent socks surfaced, World210 ( talk · contribs) and Trate32 ( talk · contribs), showing the same pattern.

Trate32 recreated World Games 2021 [1], which had been originally been created by Mauricio80 [2]. Also note the similar user name pattern. Both Trate32 [3] and World210 [4] created pages for the fictional "Café de Colombia Cup". The listed IPs each made multiple contributions to Cafe de colombia Cup.

A checkuser is requested to root out other socks and to confirm if an IP hardbock would be useful. caknuck ° needs to be running more often 05:25, 31 December 2012 (UTC) reply

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 Stale:

 Likely bordering on  Confirmed, on a purely technical basis, that the following accounts are related:

-- (ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 16:38, 31 December 2012 (UTC) reply

11 January 2013
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Olympia2000 and Hongkong43 have both been creating articles about fictional international sporting events, mimicking actions of other Mauricio80 socks. Olympia2000 added fake information ( here and here) and created the hoax articles AFC King Asian Cup, 2017 AFC King Asian Cup and 2015 AFC Asian cup National Anthems performances. Hongkong created the hoax articles 2013 Asian Pacific Football 7-a-side Championship, 2013 African and South American Championship, Futsal at the 2013 World Indoor Games, 2013 World Indoor Games, Futsal at the 2013 World Indoor Games, 2012 Peace Star Cup and 2012 Peace Star Cup qualification. MJ94 ( talk) 21:34, 11 January 2013 (UTC) reply

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magic eight ball The CheckUser Magic 8-Ball says:  Likely bordering  Confirmed. Range is too wide to block, unfortunately. T. Canens ( talk) 19:51, 12 January 2013 (UTC) reply

19 January 2013
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Unistre34 created the fake article 2014 EAFF U-20 East Asian Cup, acting in a manner similar to Mauricio and his previous sockpuppets. The two IPs have both contributed to said article, which leads me to believe that they are socks of Mauricio's as well. One will notice that this vandal has a history of editing this way and his edits frequently go unnoticed at first glance. While it is important to note that one of the articles created by the suspected sockpuppet, 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup is legitimate, this user's edits continue to be disruptive. MJ94 ( talk) 05:56, 19 January 2013 (UTC) reply

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28 January 2013
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User is consistently creating new articles with speedy deletion A1 criteria. Stubble boy 21:21, 28 January 2013 (UTC) reply

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05 February 2013
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Creation of several more future sporting events that are unverifiable: 2015 World Soccer Challenge Cup, 2013 International Soccer Women,s Cup, 2016 Global Golf Cup. Similar M.O. of having a list of teams with no introductory paragraph or other details. ... discospinster talk 00:25, 5 February 2013 (UTC) reply

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06 February 2013
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Loud quack by two new socks working in concert on 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games. The exact same pattern of vandalism as exhibited by previous socks. Also reported to Salvio giuliano as he is familiar with this sockmaster. - Mr X 16:36, 6 February 2013 (UTC) reply

Another sock has appeared creating 2014 Footvolley Asian Championship. - Mr X 21:38, 6 February 2013 (UTC) reply
...with an IP helper sock: 181.153.102.24. - Mr X 21:50, 6 February 2013 (UTC) reply
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07 February 2013
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Same editing pattern as previous socks. Very quacky, and very tiresome. Can't we rangeblock the ISP (Comcel S.A.) and require legit anons to be white listed? - Mr X 02:31, 7 February 2013 (UTC) - Mr X 02:31, 7 February 2013 (UTC) reply

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08 February 2013
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Obvious duck is obvious. Sock created 2015 OFC Under 17 Tournament in the same pattern as predecessor socks. - Mr X 13:51, 8 February 2013 (UTC) - Mr X 13:51, 8 February 2013 (UTC) reply

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11 February 2013
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Identical editing pattern as previously reported socks. Created WP:CRYSTAL cup articles such as

- Mr X 18:52, 11 February 2013 (UTC) reply

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8 February 2013
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Creating cup articles with listings of countries and their flags in the same pattern as precious socks.

and typically vandalizing articles by adding false match information on, such as

See also [5] - Mr X 20:13, 13 February 2013 (UTC) reply

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This case was opened about three weeks ago, so unfortunately I've lost track. The diffs are the first edits on the articles cited above. The socks of this editor and Mauricio93 were creating very short articles about future sports events. The articles typically have little or no text, and are usually merely listings of countries with flag icons or similar non-text content. User:Salvio giuliano was directly involved in investigating these cases in the recent past, and I was reported them directly to him, but I think he took a wiki break, so I started reported them here again. - Mr X 13:38, 3 March 2013 (UTC) reply
06 July 2013
Suspected sockpuppets

New user creating multiple new articles about future sporting events such as 2017 Rugby League Asian Cup, consisting of little or no text and merely a listing of flag images. The user also tends to remove CSD templates. The article style and user behavior is almost identical to the previous socks of this sockmaster. Please see prior reports. - Mr X 03:05, 6 July 2013 (UTC) reply

  • Adding 186.28.220.251 helper sock (or logged out user) reverting CSD templates in the same way as previous socks (see archives). - Mr X 03:09, 6 July 2013 (UTC) reply
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01 March 2014
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Reviewing new pages I've discovered 2014 Nagoya Cup by Zaire200, quite without content and with no thraces on Google. Following his contribs I've rollbacked 'em and reported him at WP:AIV along with Wales21, blocked one day before and acting in the same field. For example take a look to this edit by Wales and this one of Zaire. Following the history of Colombia national football team I've followed some user contribs (most of them rollbacked by Brayan Jaimes) and at least 3 or 4 of them could coincide. Ruso45 edited from 16 to 18 January, creating 2014 Hana Bank Cup that has no thraces on Google and the only reference confirms that South Korea will not play a match vs Czech Rep. on 4 June 2014 and that the match vs Tunisia is a simple friendly before the World Cup match vs Russia. Ruso45 re created the page 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final Draw (before a redirect), that was edited by Feroz2000. Feroz edited only on 20 february, adding other content to 2014 Hana Bank Cup and to 2015 AFC final draw (removing multiple issues tag). Sangson2000 made few edits in the afternoon of 21 february as this one (rollbacked), related to a friendly of Colombia NFT, or this one to singer name of a national anthem. Unted200 edited on 22 february, almost in the page 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final Draw and, as Feroz did, started with a pair of edits in Sochi 2014 closing ceremony (as for the current version, both users were wrong. In the afternoon of 25 February Fenia2000 started with a pair of reverted edits about friendlies of Colombia national football team, this about Egypt NFT, one about the Olympic Himn, and the last about 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final Draw. One hour after his last edit, it appears Werung23, starting the creation of 2016 AFC United of Asia Cup (no thraces on Google, possibly a WP:CRYSTAL also). After a pair of edits at 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final Draw and 2014 Hana Bank Cup, his last edit was this one (rollbacked), again about matches of Colombia NFT. Between 26 and 27 February it appears Wales21, with rollbacked edits as this (again about Colombia, and on a "2014 cup" page, this time existant and referenced). Apart the edit for comparison with Zaire200 I made above, Wales21 made vandalisms as this one (rollbacked) on the page of Colombia women's NFT and other, gaining a 48 hours block.

The connections between the users are different ( WP:DUCK), and after 2 hours of controls I hope I was able to link the right ones and exclude those who are not involved into this issue.

  • Users look like a relay team: starting from Ruso (16-18 Feb), than Feroz (20 Feb), Sangson (21 Feb), Unted (22 feb), Fenia (25 feb, afternoon), Wegrun (25-26 Feb), Wales (26-27 Feb) and Zaire (28 Feb/1 Mar). After 1 or 2 days of edits they stop and the other continue.
  • Edit times are at almost in the evening/night (20 to 1 am), or sometimes in the afternoon.
  • The field is almost the same, related to friendlies of NFT (National Football Teams) without sources, suddenly rollbacked as hoaxes. Another is the creation of pages about football competitions, also future as 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification (by Ruso) or 2019 AFC Kingdom Nations Cup (by Ruso, no thraces on Google, so possibly another hoax). By now we have 2014 Nagoya Cup (deleted as hoax), 2014 Hana Bank Cup and 2016 AFC United of Asia Cup (both, as said, unsourced and with no refs on Google). Another field is about singers of anthems/hymns and Olympics.
  • Their edits are difficult to unmask: most of them are minor edits well formatted (in a table about friendlies)... and the hoax cups have plausible names: Nagoya, Hana Bank, AFC United, AFC Kingdom.
  • Also the names are similar: a nick and after a digit. 200, 2000, 21, 23, 45. Last two are related to Wales and Zaire.

I hope I did a correct investigation, to have discovered that a vandal is makin' fun of us from 2 weeks changing account about once per day, with no resounding vandalisms but spreading a series of semi-invisible vandalisms buried here and there. Some of the edits look like correct (or maybe they are), but it could be a strategy: this is not a "page blanker" or a vandal using the edit summary to say wft trololol!!1. And, anyway, some of their contribs haven't been verified, also because they are "old" and in pages with lots of (also anon) edits. Thanks for attention. Dэя- Бøяg 03:49, 1 March 2014 (UTC) reply

  • Older users discovered: Going back in the page 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final Draw, transformed in a redirect to 2015 AFC Asian Cup before the edits of Ruso, I've discovered that its creator, Andrma20 (18-22 Jan), made also edits as this one, a false friendly match of Korea with El Salvador (see this source) and other similar ones. Werty23 (23-27 Jan) seems to be related with several edits into the same field. GrupoHKG23 (30 Jan-1 Feb), that made the other contribs on hte Final Draws article after Andrma, added this other edit about a false friendly match (Korea vs Armenia). His last edit was to change China to Colombia in Curling at Sochi 2014. Before Andrma, Juanes200 (10-18 Jan), with a nickname related to others, made edits in the same field: see for example this false friendly match between South Korea and Sri Lanka, or this edit about Colombia NFT. Andrma started where Juanes finished. Beging23 (1-3 Feb) seems to be related (see this) for field, style, and period. The older i've found still now is Golan23 (29 Dec-1 Jan, 4 edits) seems to be realted per nick, hours, and style (see this friendlies in Korea and... Colombia, of course). Note that the "23" often recurs in the nicks.

Checking "histories", mainly of South Korea and Colombia national football teams, I found more and more possible and older vandals related to this issue. Also some IPs. The list could be much larger and the damage much more extensive, with an amount of uncontrolled edits, submerged by several other edits. I don't know if is possible to change this page to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Golan23 but with Ruso45 the work become daily and lesser occasional. Regards. -- Dэя- Бøяg 04:58, 1 March 2014 (UTC) reply

Just a note: Due to the fact that 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final Draw was mainly edited by the users listed above, is a minor subpage and has some tags, i've tagged for merging into 2015 AFC Asian Cup#Final Draw. If you think that it could be transformed again in a redirect to it, I think it could be a good solution. -- Dэя- Бøяg 05:05, 1 March 2014 (UTC) reply
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Wow, I'm impressed. So the list is related to the SPI cases of Mauricio80, FallandSpringOlympics and the older Diogomauricio3. Anyway, for an eventual further request, have I to use this page or one of the 3 linked above? Thanks. -- Dэя- Бøяg 15:16, 1 March 2014 (UTC) reply

PS: may I tag the users blocked below with {{sock|Mauricio80}}? -- Dэя- Бøяg 16:32, 1 March 2014 (UTC) reply
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Looks like our case page for this sock farm is under /Mauricio80. T. Canens ( talk) 14:50, 1 March 2014 (UTC) reply
04 March 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

WP:DUCK: Internacional20 has been tagged in the user page as suspected sp of Mauricio80 but he's still free. Same style of nick (name+digit), same field of interest including Olympics and future football events, some edits that look like valid but, as usual, vandalisms about Colombia and South Korea national football teams. This friendly match (4-6-2014), as for the link in my previous report, is a hoax. -- Dэя- Бøяg 16:08, 4 March 2014 (UTC) reply

Ah, yes, two deleted articles: 2016 AFC U-14 Championship (no meaningful content), and 2015 Naked Asian Games (blatant hoax). -- Dэя- Бøяg 16:32, 4 March 2014 (UTC) reply
Note: User was blocked 48 hours after a report at WP:AIV. -- Dэя- Бøяg 22:22, 4 March 2014 (UTC) reply
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07 March 2014
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WP:DUCK: two days after last block, same kind of nick (20, 23, 200, 2000 etc), same style: now the false friendly match before FIFA 2014 is South Korea vs India. Btw, I left the usual source for scheduled matches of South Korea. -- Dэя- Бøяg 17:48, 7 March 2014 (UTC) reply

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10 March 2014
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Brayan Jaimes noticed to me this new possible sp. WP:DUCK: is him 3 days after last block. Today he created Gold Continental Cup and 2018 Gold Continental Cup, the usual vandalisms to Colombia national football team and 2015 AFC Asian Cup. -- Dэя- Бøяg 20:57, 10 March 2014 (UTC) reply

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6 April 2014
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Brayan Jaimes noticed to me this pair of sockpuppets. WP:DUCK: Sanger invents a friendly match on June between South Korea and Myanmar (see the usual source), the usual vandalism in Colombia national football team page and in pages related to football competitions in Asia (all reverted). Usa94 add the usual vandalism on Colombia NFT and (again) the usual hoax cup (I've seen on Google, it is at least an online game) without any content but with a list of teams including, of course, South Korea and Colombia. Anyway, I report also the fact that Sanger203 has two speedy deletion tags for deleted pages ( New Zealand at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games and Handball at the 2014 Asian Games). Clearly him, back after a month, without (IMHO) doubts. -- Dэя- Бøяg 21:59, 6 April 2014 (UTC) reply

Just to confirm that another user, blocked last time, is him (it is "classified" as suspected sp); I would request, if possible, a CU also for Uniteds20. -- Dэя- Бøяg 22:00, 6 April 2014 (UTC) reply
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17 April 2014
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WP:QUACK: Mauricio is back. Same kind of nick (name + digit), same tag: visual editor, same fileds: the usual vandalisms about Colombia and South Korea national football teams (and their opponents for invented scheduled friendlies), other vandalisms about sport competitions in Asia. Just to link an example: the friendly match Colombia vs Angola (scheduled for 28 May 2014), is an hoax: see source. Regards. -- Dэя- Бøяg 22:47, 17 April 2014 (UTC) reply

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7 May 2014
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This user made a single edit into South Korea national football team, rollbacked by another user. This time I'm not sure as other times, but the field is the same ( South Korea national football team) and nick style (name + digits) is compatible with Mauricio's style. I would to specify that I don't get confused with any name + digit users acting in this pages: in this case, although I'm really not sure, there are elements that make me suspect. Suddenly Mauricio's SP make few (or single) edits and he uses them for no longer than a day or two. Just to be sure, to get a confirmation or not. Mine is a precaution, due to the damage represented by user and his sp. Sorry if it is an oversight. -- Dэя- Бøяg 02:39, 7 May 2014 (UTC) reply

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 Clerk endorsed Almost declined this (the evidence is very scant), but based on this user's previous sockpuppet behaviour a checkuser investigation might just be warranted, if only to turn up any other accounts that have slipped under the radar. Yunshui  雲 水 09:12, 7 May 2014 (UTC) reply

04 November 2014
Suspected sockpuppets

All three edited 2015 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the two named socks both created it. Juanew30 also created 2015 King's Cup. User:Gils34, a tagged sock of Mauricio80, created, apart from similar nonsense like 2025 FIFA Confederations Cup (until now a redirect, I'll just delete it instead), the 2014 King's Cup article. Note also the similarity of the username to another blocked sock, User:Juanes200.

I also seriously wonder whether the Mauricio80 sockfarm and the equally large User:FallandSpringOlympics sockfarm aren't one and the same. They have created many similar hoax articles on (often Asian) football tournaments, e.g. the contribs of User:Rio2InParadise. I even blocked User:Italiano34 as a sock of FallandSpring, only to have him checkusered as a Mauricio sock. Can a checkuser see whether the two sock farms are somehow technically related? A checkuser would be good in any case here, as there have been many socks in the past so chances are that already a few are editing. Fram ( talk) 08:39, 4 November 2014 (UTC) reply

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28 December 2014
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The user is creating articles about future (hoax?) sporting events that consist almost entirely of links to countries, and corresponding flag icons. See user contributions (including deleted contributions) and compare to the deleted contributions of previous socks (the 8 February 2013 and 8 February 2013 reports provided good parallel examples). The sock should be blockable on behavioral evidence alone, but I'm also request a CU to identify sleepers. - Mr X 03:37, 28 December 2014 (UTC) reply

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17 January 2015
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The user has again created an article about a future (hoax?) sporting event 2019 Asian And South American Cup that consists almost entirely of links to countries, corresponding flag icons, and verbatim text copied from 2014 Copa EuroAmericana. The IP edited the article six minutes after Ius321's last edit. Compare to the deleted contributions of previous socks (the 28 December 2014, 8 February 2013 and 8 February 2013 reports provided good parallel examples). The sock should be blockable on behavioral evidence alone, but I'm also request a CU to identify sleepers. - Mr X 02:28, 17 January 2015 (UTC) reply

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02 February 2015
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The user has again created articles about sporting events such as 2014 Asian Women's Handball Championship and JAL Challenge Cup that consists almost entirely of links to countries and corresponding flag icons. Compare to the deleted contributions of previous socks (the 28 December 2014, 8 February 2013 and 8 February 2013 reports provide good parallel examples). Also note the username similarities. The sock should be blockable on behavioral evidence alone, but I'm also requesting a CU to identify sleepers. - Mr X 00:16, 2 February 2015 (UTC) reply

Thank you everyone.- Mr X 16:14, 2 February 2015 (UTC) reply
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  • The following are highly  Likely to previous Mauricio80 socks:
Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 06:55, 2 February 2015 (UTC) reply
17 May 2015
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The user has again created articles about sporting events such as 2015 JS Suwon Cup and 2017 FamilyMart Challenge Cup that consists almost entirely of links to countries and corresponding flag icons. Compare to the deleted contributions of previous socks (the 2 February, 2015 and 28 December 2014 reports provide good parallel examples). Also note the username similarities. The sock should be blockable on behavioral evidence alone, but I'm also requesting a CU to identify sleepers - Mr X 22:37, 17 May 2015 (UTC) reply

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I've also deleted ( G5) the articles those socks created. Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 06:45, 18 May 2015 (UTC) reply
23 May 2015
Suspected sockpuppets

Haiti2002 is creating articles about future sporting events consisting almost entirely of flog icons and links to countries. Examples: Basketball at the 2015 Pacific Games and 2016 Baseball Americas Cup. Similarly, Hasders231 created 2027 AFC Asian Cup. Both users were helped by IP 190.9.200.125. The style of articles and user name forms are very similar to previous socks (see previous reports).

Alif usmkkj is suspicious for creating ISTAF SuperSeries 2013/2014, but the username and style of article deviate somewhat from past socks.

All of the named accounts were created within a few hours of each other, and the IP's first edit was withing this same narrow period. I am requesting a CU to identify sleepers. - Mr X 23:44, 23 May 2015 (UTC) reply

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20 March 2016

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All these users/IPs belong to one person who is a vandalizer, you can follow those IP edits to find the connection between them. I'm not complete sure if this is the same person as this sock but his field of interest and the way he just enjoys to add phantom host cities to sport events are similar. This one is a dangerous vandazlier since his vandalizing edits are not that obvious, I think this deserves a little more attention. there are probably much more accounts/IPs and phantom articles. Mohsen1248 ( talk) 21:23, 20 March 2016 (UTC) reply

I can't give those things since all of his hoax articles he created are already deleted. The sockmaster used to create hoax articles about future sport events and these accounts are doing the same. btw he probably already created another account(s) to vandalize wikipedia somewhere else, I doubt he uses these accounts anymore. Mohsen1248 ( talk) 21:30, 12 April 2016 (UTC) reply

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  •  Additional information needed - @ Mohsen1248: In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
  1. At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
  2. At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
  3. In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this. Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 03:41, 11 April 2016 (UTC) reply
  • information Administrator note Here's what I see:
    • FallandSpringOlympics created a hoax article listing Olympics occurring in odd-numbered years on his user page in September 2013; he was the only editor. He also uploaded File:2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.png, a hoax about a FIFA tournament in South Africa in 2016. Again, he was the only editor save some license tagging before it was tagged for CSD#G3. FallandSpringOlympics does have an extensive contribution history outside this article that obviously stopped after his indefinite block.
    • Sanglan231 created the hoax article 2016 AFF U-23 Youth Championship on March 15. He has no other edits outside this article. The 181.x.x.x IP edited the article to add dates and a flagicon.
    • Kangson2001 created the hoax article Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament on March 18. He has no other edits outside this article. It was prodded, and the 181.x.x.x IP removed the PROD tag.
    • The other IP did not edit the articles at all.

07 July 2016

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18 June 2017

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Creating articles about future sporting events which consist entirely of lists of countries and their flags. Also, the username follows the pattern of some of the past socks (it ends with "231"). - Mr X 20:19, 18 June 2017 (UTC) reply

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The case is  Stale. CU declined.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 21:03, 18 June 2017 (UTC) reply

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