The IP <-> user is quite obvious a case of WP:DUCK per changing unblock request for IP, changing a comment from the IP, and remark by user about a warning left to 'my user talkpage' (belonging to the IP (subsequently quickly reverted [1].
See also Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Disruptive edits by user:Slowking4.
Since the user seems to be on a mission showing that IPs and new users are mistreated (see diff as an example), it may be wise to see if there are sleepers or socks (pretending to be new users). Dirk Beetstra T C 12:39, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
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Mainly WP:DUCK, IPs already blocked. Putting them here for the record, I am sure there are more to follow. Not pointing to evidence per WP:BEANS, except for self confession diff, the rest is self-explanatory (or contact me by mail). Dirk Beetstra T C 19:29, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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Typical behaviour (` I will not explain on-wiki). I've blocked the editor and tagged, but blocking sleepers or, where possible, underlying IPs would be good. Pinging User:Drmies here as he looked into earlier socks. Dirk Beetstra T C 12:50, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
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(reporting here per suggestion of User:Bbb23) - evidence is purely behavioral (which again I am not going to disclose here, see WP:BEANS); editing from the regular ranges, making the regular type of edits. Socks are blocked, edits reverted and created pages deleted. Dirk Beetstra T C 05:08, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
Please note that in previous requests sleepers were found. I suspect also that there may be socks that have been missed. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 11:52, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
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@ Beetstra: If you want a CU to look for missing accounts, you need to change the status of the case to "CU" and explain the basis for your suspicion. Otherwise, this may be closed out of hand as both accounts are already blocked.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 17:12, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
Usernames too close for comfort. Signature edits (adding the common templates, lowercase typing). I have nuked Hoyabeetya's contributions, and will revert the rest where possible. Dirk Beetstra T C 08:35, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Added Fair-beeter - username and also the template edits. Did not tag/block/cleanup after this one, but the edits seem clear. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 10:36, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
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I've had this person on my radar since diff, which his latest socks typically do. It now is the usual. Somewhat incivil towards editors who disagree with him and the writing style, e.g. diff, diff vs. diff. See also diff. Editor has a focus for articles on persons, paintings, etc. Edits on Commons, meta, wikidata. Tends to participate in 'contests' (guess what: 45 points), edit-a-thons
The IP is a recent IP that ran into the abuse filter to find IPs with typical editors in the range.
If proven, all their material needs to be nuked/reverted. We cannot leave the material and acknowledge their edits.
Ping @ Drmies: - they have been looking at this at some point and we discussed this. Dirk Beetstra T C 03:32, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
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Confirmed, blocked, tagged, closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 14:23, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
Maybe I am getting paranoid. Two new editors by Special:AbuseFilter/643, focussing on addition of images ( [2] [3] [4]), which is something that Slowking4 socks tend to do. Especially the sequence addition by MarthaCurtis (sock above), revert by me, and readdition by Richardfbyrd (same image, this time without caption). Richardfbyrd was created shortly after I removed most of MarthaCurtis' edits were reverted/removed, which must have pinged them a lot.
Pennsy is less obvious, though seems to have the same MO.
Pinging User:Bbb23. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 05:52, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
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Confirmed, blocked, tagged, closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 14:19, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
Continues to edit in same way. Dirk Beetstra T C 03:45, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
@ Bbb23: -- Dirk Beetstra T C 03:46, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
@ Bbb23 and Ks0stmIT: can we have a more permanent solution .. every daymore, and if I don't detect ... -- Dirk Beetstra T C 16:02, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
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Typical edits like [5], [6]. Please check for old accounts (it seems long that they have been active, there may have been accounts that were thrown away). Dirk Beetstra T C 12:13, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
I added the IP, is in the regular range and seems to have been used very recently performing some suspect edit attempts. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 05:10, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
Behaviour starts to quack. Unfortunately ACTRIAL is conflicting, but I think ACTRIAL is more important. — Dirk Beetstra T C 10:26, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
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Edits (also of possible missed accounts) need to be rigorously flushed down the drain per WP:DENY (previous socks were editing to participate in competitions). Ping user:Bbb23 (has been dealing with this sock before, there is other evidence that I am not disclosing on-wiki). -- Dirk Beetstra T C 12:13, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Starts to quack loud. I am considering to pull the trigger. Still would need to see if there have been any throwaway accounts over the last couple of months (i.e., since May). User:Ks0stm, you have looked into this as well seen the last request, would you be able to have a look during User:Bbb23's time of low activity? -- Dirk Beetstra T C 07:23, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
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Obvious sock. Blocked, tagged and contributions wiped where possible per WP:DENY. Dirk Beetstra T C 07:52, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
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WP:DUCK, will not disclose more on-wiki. Dirk Beetstra T C 07:52, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
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Starting from the IP, it is in the common range of IPs used by Slowking4. The IP attempts two edits ( abuselog entry, abuselog entry, which are subsequently performed by Simoneseqouin. The 'usual evidence' for this sockmaster clearly makes this a Slowking4 sock (I again will not disclose that on-wiki). Fun fact: this attempted IP edit from user:158.59.127.103 (in another range used by this user) is to Talk:Simone Segouin; both article and talkpage edited by Slowking4.
Note: Draft:Betsy Levy Paluck and Draft:Cristina Jiménez Moreta were created twice, first by User:Teasoa, now by User:Simonesegouin. The first editor has been confirmed as a sock of Slowking4.
Simonesegouin was created on November 16, 2017 - while Rapydapy was still editing: Rapydapy's last edit was on November 29, 2017 (blocked on 22 of that month), Simonesegouin started editing on the 20th of December. That makes Simonesegouin a confirmed sleeper - the account was created in anticipation of the current account being blocked. Please check for sleepers, and nuke everything they have done on en.wikipedia - their edits are their trophies. Dirk Beetstra T C 12:19, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
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behavioural, editor blocked. Dirk Beetstra T C 18:07, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
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The usual evidence, see history. And as usual, not going to disclose duck-behaviour here.
Note: this is the first time there are three accounts editing at the same time. Dirk Beetstra T C 10:09, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
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The three accounts are very Likely and Gordonflack is Technically indistinguishable from Warren5th ( talk · contribs · count). Blocked and tagged. Closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 15:30, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
NOTE: Brianfairfax is a 99.9% duck, the other two a bit less. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:56, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
the usual edits, not disclosing for WP:BEANS. Previous socks were blocked yesterday, so today a new editor. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:44, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
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Technically indistinguishable to Sherwoodhall and others:
Possible
Behavioural evidence needs evaluation.
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15:21, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
Note: Marthadandridge has remarks for copyrights problems, e.g. diff. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:20, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
behaviour too close for comfort. Please check for sleepers. Dirk Beetstra T C 17:39, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
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Confirmed + Henryshirley ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki). I'm not sure how Henryshirley has escaped detection for so long. Blocked, tagged, closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 13:31, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
As usual. Please check for sleepers etc. Dirk Beetstra T C 04:05, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
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the usual (type of edits, userpage, username, cross-wiki competition). See also User:Marthacustis and Custis Trail. Please check for sleepers and copyright/attribution concerns. Dirk Beetstra T C 06:26, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
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Confirmed, blocked and tagged. No other accounts seen. Closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 21:14, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
Direct link to Nelliecustis above, usual material. Dirk Beetstra T C 06:55, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
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@ Bbb23: .. you state above 'no other accounts' - is the net wide enough that you cast? -- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:55, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Bit less sure than normal, but too close for comfort. Please check for sleepers. Dirk Beetstra T C 17:32, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
OK. Looking at it a bit more, similarity jumps to high numbers comparing with the edits of the last sock. Duck-level 99%. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:37, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
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typical focus and edits. Behavioral still a bit thin, but >95% sure. Please try to find sleepers, this was one of them on last call. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 04:07, 28 November 2018 (UTC) Dirk Beetstra T C 04:07, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
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Drifblim is Confirmed to Psyduck3. No sleepers seen.
Blocked and tagged.
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16:34, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
typical edits and behaviour, please check for sleepers etc. Dirk Beetstra T C 12:56, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
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The user Kennyalley has been spamming Wikidata infoboxes all over the project despite warnings. IWI ( chat) 12:17, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
Unrelated. This only works if he's traveling abroad.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 01:41, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
probably just for the record that this IP is currently linked to Slowking4. I do have a suspected sock that was active this week, but I will leave it to you CUs to decide whether you feel like fishing for them (my suspicion is too weak to post here - even if new socks are long due). Dirk Beetstra T C 03:40, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
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99.5% duck (as usual, will not reveal telltale data). I note that it has been a very long time since the previous sock, it may be worth looking whether there are used accounts that were not detected. Dirk Beetstra T C 10:40, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
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Confirmed plus
Beetybleedy (
talk
+ ·
tag ·
contribs ·
deleted contribs ·
logs ·
filter log ·
block user ·
spi block ·
block log ·
CA ·
CheckUser(
log) ·
investigate ·
cuwiki).
Blocked and tagged
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Berean Hunter
(talk)
17:27, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
WP:DUCK (and hence blocked), but this NEEDS a search for other sleepers (so that is why I did not see new accounts coming up). Dirk Beetstra T C 05:47, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
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very similar in edits to above socks. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 12:40, 18 March 2019 (UTC) Dirk Beetstra T C 12:40, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
@ DeltaQuad and Berean Hunter: is there anything more thorough we can do to see any alternative accounts, Amanda did not see any other accounts while this one was active at the same time. PeavyEavy has been active since about 9 cases ago and always escaped notice, and this one is active for 6 cases. This plainly suggests that there are about 5 (if not way more) other accounts active at this moment. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 12:20, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
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Dirk, I can find about twenty different IPv4 ranges that have been used in about eight months time and that may not be the limit of those...IPv6 is also being used in disparate ranges. Socks/sleepers are being found in ranges used by the socks that you are presenting and checkusers are not missing them in the ranges where they appear. Multiple UAs are also being used. Going through all previous ranges for each sock reported is not practicable.
Muleshoemoment is Confirmed
Possible
@ Berean Hunter: thank you, I was afraid of that - I am aware that they have access to multiple IP ranges. The checkusers may want to consider to use special:AbuseFilter/639 if there are IP-edits on the ranges that are clearly by the socks.
Now, The last 4 appear to be certainly socks of each other, which makes the sum (seen what they have done) a bit more likely to be a sock of Slowking4. The last 4 however have hardly/not edited en.wikipedia, maybe should be checked again in a next round if they continue editing.
However, this again misses the one that I have seen on the 20th.
I'll let the work for now by the clerks, I will assist in wiping anything that needs wiping. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 18:07, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
@ Berean Hunter: WE're not done yet ...
Saxa-soxa ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) (behavioural pretty sure)
and the saga continues. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 15:57, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
signature edits. Please nuke all his work as far as possible as per earlier. Please check for other accounts. Dirk Beetstra T C 03:23, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
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Likely. Blocked, tagged, closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 16:58, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
Typical signature edits like infoboxes, women articles, translations, and images. (see previous cases - I am not suggesting beans). The long periods of inactivity (which does not exist) suggests that there are numerous missed accounts. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 11:35, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
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@ Bbb23: I (hopefully temporarily) gave up my bit. Can someone else do the honour? -- Dirk Beetstra T C 16:48, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
Common MO. Please check for other accounts that have been used inbetween. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:13, 5 September 2019 (UTC) Dirk Beetstra T C 06:13, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
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Confirmed
Blocked and tagged
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14:38, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
Usual MO, this time including participation in an edit-a-thon. Dirk Beetstra T C 10:36, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
Added Ryan Pikachu. Signature edits available, and the username. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 08:08, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
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Dirk, I have a slew of editors all on the same IP address. I have seen Slowking4 using two major operating systems before but Jgross17 isn't using either. The account that is using what I expect to see from the newest batch is
Brock-brac (
talk
+ ·
tag ·
contribs ·
deleted contribs ·
logs ·
filter log ·
block user ·
spi block ·
block log ·
CA ·
CheckUser(
log) ·
investigate ·
cuwiki) which is Possible as it is a UA match to several in the group of socks above.
This history is suggestive that would tie these all together though. Most of the other accounts on that IP are using variants of the OS that Jgross17 is using. None match Jgross17. I updated the page for
Slowking4 at the checkuser wiki after running the check for the group above so that may help other checkusers looking at this. I see Brock-brac attending other meetups and not quite confident that this is Slowking4. I have placed
these results in the cu wiki for other checkusers to consider. Perhaps
Bbb23 has seen Slowking4 use the OS/UA that Jgross17 is using.
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00:58, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
Recreated Andrea Barnet which was deleted per G5 as the original account was a sock. Requesting CU to confirm and find any sleepers. Kb03 ( talk) 14:39, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
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Confirmed along with
Washmem (
talk
+ ·
tag ·
contribs ·
deleted contribs ·
logs ·
filter log ·
block user ·
spi block ·
block log ·
CA ·
CheckUser(
log) ·
investigate ·
cuwiki).
Blocked and tagged.
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03:40, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
Both in the >80% duck range (I am more sure about Blueplate7 and then we see the usernames). Dirk Beetstra T C 06:00, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
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Confirmed
Possible
Behavioural, >95% duck. Dirk Beetstra T C 05:02, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
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Pro-forma, 100% ducks. Dirk Beetstra T C 08:25, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
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Spotted by Dragonfly6-7 based on image uploads, behavior is similar to previous socks. ST47 ( talk) 20:51, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
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Confirmed to the set of sockpuppets immediately above. No additional accounts immediately visible, user tends to move between different public wi-fi locations. Blocked and tagged ST47 ( talk) 20:51, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
duck. Dirk Beetstra T C 17:34, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
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13:57, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
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Confirmed
Blocked and tagged
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13:58, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
~99% sure. Please check for other accounts. Dirk Beetstra T C 05:02, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
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04:24, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
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Possible as they are technical matches but Behavioural evidence needs evaluation
Elizabeth MacDonald was expanded from a redirect by Degasvenus ( talk · contribs) of Slowking's #28 February 2020 cohort. The only factor preventing it being G5 pruned back to a redir is that it's been substantially expanded by GOULDERAMA ( talk · contribs) on 5 Mar, after the previous CU check took place. GOULDERAMA has made no other edits. Cabayi ( talk) 13:50, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
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See below.
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15:40, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
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Confirmed
Blocked and tagged.
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15:41, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
Seems like a throw-away new account fitting quantity-over-quality behavior patterns of before. Renata ( talk) 02:07, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
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Behavioral rather likely. — Dirk Beetstra T C 11:20, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
Essiepolman registered a few weeks ago, following Riteevens ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) block and has now recreated nearly a dozen of the same articles.
And several more Praxidicae ( talk) 15:26, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
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Did some editing analysis. It seems like of the articles that Essiepolman79 and Riteevens both created have in common that they are about handballers. But there are some structural dissimilarities [7]- [8], [9]- [10], [11]- [12] and [13]- [14] that I didn't notice before. That indicates that Essiepolman79 and Riteevens may not be the same person. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk) 15:51, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
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15:07, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
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Confirmed,
Blocked and tagged.
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15:07, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
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13:59, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
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Confirmed
Blocked and tagged.
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14:00, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
-- Amanda (aka DQ) 18:20, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
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The typical signature edits and use of username. I can email further details, will not disclose on-wiki.
Please check for throwaway accounts and sleepers, we know that that happens regularly. Dirk Beetstra T C 06:17, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
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{{
likely}}
to be Slowking4.--
Jasper Deng
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07:29, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
-- Amanda (aka DQ) 23:46, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
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signature edits per LTA, history, filter hits. Please check for sleepers and other socks. Dirk Beetstra T C 21:21, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
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User creates the whole day new articles which all had been previously deleted by CSD G5 (banned blocked User:Slowking4). Hard to believe in coincidence here. CommanderWaterford ( talk) 17:52, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
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I guess we are doing the BEANS thing here so I'll be vague: same subject matter interest and pattern of editing as the master, similar interaction style on talk pages, similar username patterns, filter hits for Emailmope, obvious behavioural connections between the 3 accounts listed here. Requesting CU for other accounts given the history. More detailed evidence available on request. Thanks, Spicy ( talk) 13:33, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
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This editor today created three articles previously created by a Slowking4 sockpuppet: Tarah Murrey, Kiesha Leggs, Jack Viertel were all deleted in 2017 by Beetstra under "Mass deletion of pages added by Marthacustis - sockpuppetry". The block of Marthacustis links to the Slowking4 SPI. Schazjmd (talk) 00:07, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
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See common editing patterns and behaviour documented before. Please check for sleepers and abandoned accounts. Dirk Beetstra T C 06:06, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
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Typical target of edits (see edit history including deleted edits on created articles), typical language used in edits. Note the link with Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sander.v.Ginkel. Note: Leetotherear is likely stale, but he popped up in going through old edits and this and this is a rather clear signature. Please G5 everything where possible. Dirk Beetstra T C 05:28, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
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A new incarnation out of the Slowking4 / Sander.v.Ginkel duo. This is likely Slowking4 (I give it 99%), but in the odd chance it is not please check against (and move this to) Sander.v.Ginkel's SPI. I am very sure it is Slowking4 due to one of their 'new' treats, I will email that on request for your records. Please G5 this stuff and see whether there are any obvious sleepers or other unidentified accounts. Dirk Beetstra T C 05:18, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
While we are here: added Seamyopens. Appeared in my watchlist and upon going through edits I found a couple of signature edits (article focus, language, typical behaviour in edits). -- Dirk Beetstra T C 08:57, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
I've added Oceanbach. They don't have any enwiki edits, but based on some off-wiki communication, they might be another sock, based on their activity on simple-en-wiki. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:39, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
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duck-sock, lease check for sleepers etc. Dirk Beetstra T C 04:06, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
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blocked
or proven
, not confirmed
), but I'll hold off on changing that since it may well wind up being confirmed. (I don't have time at the moment to clerk the substantive side of this, just doing some procedural tidying.) --
Tamzin
cetacean needed (she/they)
06:40, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
:)
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cetacean needed (she/they)
15:36, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
The usual, in this case a 99.5% duck. Note that there is another editor who has a striking overlap in editing with this sock (even on articles freshly created by Seephope like
Yulia Gaufler (better:
[24])) - maybe
Кориоланыч or
Sander.v.Ginkel?
Please G5 or revert all additions as usual.
Dirk Beetstra
T
C
13:10, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
Added Khanbawdy, rating this 98% sock (though I see some unusual behaviour - am I confusing with Sander.v.Ginkel?). Also here, please revert and G5 and check for sleepers or other accounts I may have missed. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 05:40, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:23, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
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User recreates pages previously created by Slowking4 (and often Sander.v Ginkel as well), e.g. Hanna Kapko or Adelaide Deloeuvre. These pages use the same simple structure, and the same sometimes obscure sources like Todor66, with source archive dates from before they started editing. The editor had never edited any Afd (or other behind the scenes pages) but barges into completely unrelated Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michelle Zatlyn, where they start attacking me (no previous interactions at all as far as I remember) in a rather extreme way if they haven´t met me before. Slowking4 and Sander.v.Ginkel both can´t stand me though. The combination of article topic interest and sudden very personal and unprovoked attack (with knowledge about my past which seems unusual for a 2020 account with a few hundred edits), is very suspicious. Fram ( talk) 22:39, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
I've added Tidekazan to this based on behavior. Thoughts? -- Hammersoft ( talk) 16:00, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
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This user Timonspins is the same person as SportsOlympic (the previous sock), I'm 100% sure. The biggest challenge that I have is proving it because his behaviour this time around is different; he's clearly trying to maintain a low profile and to avoid any WP:DUCK behaviour. SportsOlympic was blocked on 8 November 2021 and this new account started editing only one day after; this is not unusual because SvG has demonstrated that he refuses to accept his ban on numerous occasions and refuses to sit out the six months required for WP:SO. Whilst he has stopped creating sections called 'personal', the modus operandi is still the same. The overwhelming majority of articles created are basic stubs on sportswomen cited to the usual databases and written in the same format as before. In recent days, he has even had the guts to recreate a few of his previously deleted articles. These include Hanna Nifantava, Jin Jingzhu and María Victoria Rodríguez.
I believe that if this account is checked against SportsOlympic then the similarities should be clear enough. Prior to SportsOlympic, I'm not so sure as I didn't have that many run-ins with some of the older socks. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 17:33, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
Not sure about this one, but they create articles very similar to the ones created by the puppeteer, and at least one of their sockpuppets, SportsOlympic. Popped up on my radar when they recreated 3 articles recently which had been G5'd: Jin Jingzhu, Hanna Nifantava, and Julie Nistad Samsonsen. While they've been around, so had SportsOlympic, so I thought someone should check it out. Onel5969 TT me 18:35, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
While we are still here:
Obviously the same user as Timonspins and co. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 05:29, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
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I mostly blocked based on something that's too good of a tell to disclose publicly, but it should be obvious from the editing pattern in the (deleted) contribs, as well as the distinctively narrow timecard (compare [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] from Spicy's note in the last filing). -- Blablubbs ( talk) 20:36, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
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Not much idea but worth a check I guess; this user recreated same pages which were previously created by Slowking4. — Tulsi 24x7 03:19, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
Not sure if this is actionable as the account has no edits, but the username leads me to believe this is a sleeper account. – FlyingAce ✈hello 21:53, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
reverting Slowking4 sock edits back in, other signature edits. Please check for older accounts that could have been missed. Dirk Beetstra T C 18:31, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
(Suggesting CU, per precedent for this sockmaster.)
This account's page creation habits are virtually identical to other sockpuppets identified over the last couple of months. Earlier CU checks seemingly didn't spot it, suggesting a different IP range is being used. This, coupled with the account's sporadic activity (stopping in May 2022, suddenly returning on 28 June this year) leads me to suspect that 1) this is some kind of sleeper and 2) given the groups of sockpuppets that were recently unearthed, there are likely to be more. SuperMarioMan ( Talk) 23:43, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
Continuing the pattern of edits of the recently blocked Arnold Henry Guyot of rapid-fire template additions and associated talk page edits, plus usual interests in women's sports/academic bios (eg Carolina Guerrero). Nikkimaria ( talk) 23:47, 12 September 2023 (UTC) Nikkimaria ( talk) 23:47, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
Repeating/continuing edits of the recently blocked Goudabuddha, eg [82]/ [83], [84]/ [85]. Nikkimaria ( talk) 21:59, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
recreating the articles of User:Yogiskeel [86] DSP2092 talk 21:38, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
Greavard created 25 Oct, and after two trivial edits, makes two FP reports on pages they haven't edited yet: [87], [88]. A few more trivial edits for autoconfirm, then recreates Roxanna Asgarian, last created by blocked sock User: Ivorybantha. Knee-jerk CU request as this is an LTA with recent blocks. Wikishovel ( talk) 10:20, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
I think Rowerweeds is likely another one. Same m.o. See e.g.:
☆ Bri ( talk) 04:36, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
Hews to the LTA pattern; WiR article creation starting with fully-formed, syntactically perfect article [118] and consistent talkpage tagging [119]; article translation [120]; little use of edit summaries; blank user page; username smells like Captcha. ☆ Bri ( talk) 23:52, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
Blocks should be used to ... prevent imminent or continuing damage and disruption. The most recent edit from any of the three accounts listed here was 9 months ago; even if somebody wanted to put in the effort to investigate them, it would be hard to argue that blocking them would be in compliance with BLOCKP. Closing with no action taken. RoySmith (talk) 15:08, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
Usual LTA signatures
All accounts except Newsyboozy have been active October 2023 or later. ☆ Bri ( talk) 06:31, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
You know, I've invested some time in this in the past to cleanup stuff made by sockpuppets. But, I'm at a loss really as to the meaning of this. We've been fighting Slowking4 for 12 years now. The whole thing is futile. Slowking4 has won. Thousands upon thousands of edits made by Slowking4 with no sign ever of slowing up. The vast, vast majority of the edits go undetected, many articles go undeleted, and we're left with an editor that quite happily continues to edit on the project. Our tools are completely inadequate to the task of stopping it. I don't see the point of wasting time on this anymore. Unless somebody can come up with better tools to stop this, it is all a colossal waste of time. Note that Meta:Requests for comment/Slowking4 resulted in no consensus to globally ban. So, again, what's the point of all this? -- Hammersoft ( talk) 18:18, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
I believe editing is in scope for checkuser: the earliest latest edit for the three accounts is 27 September 2023. ☆ Bri ( talk) 00:25, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
Per LTA
Fin ☆ Bri ( talk) 02:17, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Usual LTA signatures
End of report. ☆ Bri ( talk) 06:53, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Recreation of Naima Mahmudova, which was made by one of the master's puppets. - UtherSRG (talk) 13:55, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
This doesn't look like Slowking to me, behaviorally. ☆ Bri ( talk) 17:16, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Similar behavior to known socks, mass creation of biographies ready in one go, captcha-like name, involvement in editing contests (example creation: Amber McBride). Cf. Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Slowking4. ChaotıċEnby( t · c) 16:57, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Follows LTA hallmarks:
Ends ☆ Bri ( talk) 16:25, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Precocious new editor with behavior consistent to the LTA:
Ends ☆ Bri ( talk) 22:12, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
Just noting for future analysis, this account was created in 2019, made three edits, and was a sleeper for almost exactly four years to the day. ☆ Bri ( talk) 18:17, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
Behavior consistent with LTA:
This account was created, made fewer than 20 edits with the last one on 22 November 2019, then "went to sleep" to return to editing on 24 February this year. In the 21 February SPI filing, the account was created on 22 November 2019, made three edits, and slept until January 2024.
End of report. ☆ Bri ( talk) 16:39, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Behavior is a little less clear cut on this one, so sorry to whoever if it's not a match.
End of new report. ☆ Bri ( talk) 23:46, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
For the file -- another sleeper account, created six months before first edit. ☆ Bri ( talk) 01:16, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
Though last edit was June 2023, adding to SPI at request of Courcelles due to large number of articles created by the sock (~70). Many or all follow documented LTA habits:
End of report. ☆ Bri ( talk) 17:05, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
Spicy ( talk) 20:59, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
Again sorry to editor if this is incorrect, the LTA signature is less strong than usual.
Checkuser requested for sleepers. ☆ Bri ( talk) 20:16, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
behavior match to LTA
The account seems to have been created immediately after the last CU sweep, i.e. on 8 March. ☆ Bri ( talk) 21:48, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
Usual LTA behaviors.
End of report. ☆ Bri ( talk) 01:25, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
Behavior is a match for some aspects of the LTA.
Once again, apologies to the editor if this is a false alarm. CU requested due to history of sleepers. ☆ Bri ( talk) 18:07, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
The positive evidence is offset by the fact their first draft was submitted through AFC [219] rather than moving own draft, and it doesn't tick all the boxes in some other ways (not spelling out how, per WP:BEANS), so my confidence is low on this one but thought that it should be checked. ☆ Bri ( talk) 20:31, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
The usual LTA and/or precocious behaviors including:
End of report. ☆ Bri ( talk) 22:22, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
The IP <-> user is quite obvious a case of WP:DUCK per changing unblock request for IP, changing a comment from the IP, and remark by user about a warning left to 'my user talkpage' (belonging to the IP (subsequently quickly reverted [1].
See also Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Disruptive edits by user:Slowking4.
Since the user seems to be on a mission showing that IPs and new users are mistreated (see diff as an example), it may be wise to see if there are sleepers or socks (pretending to be new users). Dirk Beetstra T C 12:39, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
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Mainly WP:DUCK, IPs already blocked. Putting them here for the record, I am sure there are more to follow. Not pointing to evidence per WP:BEANS, except for self confession diff, the rest is self-explanatory (or contact me by mail). Dirk Beetstra T C 19:29, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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Typical behaviour (` I will not explain on-wiki). I've blocked the editor and tagged, but blocking sleepers or, where possible, underlying IPs would be good. Pinging User:Drmies here as he looked into earlier socks. Dirk Beetstra T C 12:50, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
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(reporting here per suggestion of User:Bbb23) - evidence is purely behavioral (which again I am not going to disclose here, see WP:BEANS); editing from the regular ranges, making the regular type of edits. Socks are blocked, edits reverted and created pages deleted. Dirk Beetstra T C 05:08, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
Please note that in previous requests sleepers were found. I suspect also that there may be socks that have been missed. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 11:52, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
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@ Beetstra: If you want a CU to look for missing accounts, you need to change the status of the case to "CU" and explain the basis for your suspicion. Otherwise, this may be closed out of hand as both accounts are already blocked.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 17:12, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
Usernames too close for comfort. Signature edits (adding the common templates, lowercase typing). I have nuked Hoyabeetya's contributions, and will revert the rest where possible. Dirk Beetstra T C 08:35, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Added Fair-beeter - username and also the template edits. Did not tag/block/cleanup after this one, but the edits seem clear. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 10:36, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
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I've had this person on my radar since diff, which his latest socks typically do. It now is the usual. Somewhat incivil towards editors who disagree with him and the writing style, e.g. diff, diff vs. diff. See also diff. Editor has a focus for articles on persons, paintings, etc. Edits on Commons, meta, wikidata. Tends to participate in 'contests' (guess what: 45 points), edit-a-thons
The IP is a recent IP that ran into the abuse filter to find IPs with typical editors in the range.
If proven, all their material needs to be nuked/reverted. We cannot leave the material and acknowledge their edits.
Ping @ Drmies: - they have been looking at this at some point and we discussed this. Dirk Beetstra T C 03:32, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
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Confirmed, blocked, tagged, closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 14:23, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
Maybe I am getting paranoid. Two new editors by Special:AbuseFilter/643, focussing on addition of images ( [2] [3] [4]), which is something that Slowking4 socks tend to do. Especially the sequence addition by MarthaCurtis (sock above), revert by me, and readdition by Richardfbyrd (same image, this time without caption). Richardfbyrd was created shortly after I removed most of MarthaCurtis' edits were reverted/removed, which must have pinged them a lot.
Pennsy is less obvious, though seems to have the same MO.
Pinging User:Bbb23. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 05:52, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
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Confirmed, blocked, tagged, closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 14:19, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
Continues to edit in same way. Dirk Beetstra T C 03:45, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
@ Bbb23: -- Dirk Beetstra T C 03:46, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
@ Bbb23 and Ks0stmIT: can we have a more permanent solution .. every daymore, and if I don't detect ... -- Dirk Beetstra T C 16:02, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
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Typical edits like [5], [6]. Please check for old accounts (it seems long that they have been active, there may have been accounts that were thrown away). Dirk Beetstra T C 12:13, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
I added the IP, is in the regular range and seems to have been used very recently performing some suspect edit attempts. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 05:10, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
Behaviour starts to quack. Unfortunately ACTRIAL is conflicting, but I think ACTRIAL is more important. — Dirk Beetstra T C 10:26, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
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Edits (also of possible missed accounts) need to be rigorously flushed down the drain per WP:DENY (previous socks were editing to participate in competitions). Ping user:Bbb23 (has been dealing with this sock before, there is other evidence that I am not disclosing on-wiki). -- Dirk Beetstra T C 12:13, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Starts to quack loud. I am considering to pull the trigger. Still would need to see if there have been any throwaway accounts over the last couple of months (i.e., since May). User:Ks0stm, you have looked into this as well seen the last request, would you be able to have a look during User:Bbb23's time of low activity? -- Dirk Beetstra T C 07:23, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
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Obvious sock. Blocked, tagged and contributions wiped where possible per WP:DENY. Dirk Beetstra T C 07:52, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
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WP:DUCK, will not disclose more on-wiki. Dirk Beetstra T C 07:52, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
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Starting from the IP, it is in the common range of IPs used by Slowking4. The IP attempts two edits ( abuselog entry, abuselog entry, which are subsequently performed by Simoneseqouin. The 'usual evidence' for this sockmaster clearly makes this a Slowking4 sock (I again will not disclose that on-wiki). Fun fact: this attempted IP edit from user:158.59.127.103 (in another range used by this user) is to Talk:Simone Segouin; both article and talkpage edited by Slowking4.
Note: Draft:Betsy Levy Paluck and Draft:Cristina Jiménez Moreta were created twice, first by User:Teasoa, now by User:Simonesegouin. The first editor has been confirmed as a sock of Slowking4.
Simonesegouin was created on November 16, 2017 - while Rapydapy was still editing: Rapydapy's last edit was on November 29, 2017 (blocked on 22 of that month), Simonesegouin started editing on the 20th of December. That makes Simonesegouin a confirmed sleeper - the account was created in anticipation of the current account being blocked. Please check for sleepers, and nuke everything they have done on en.wikipedia - their edits are their trophies. Dirk Beetstra T C 12:19, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
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behavioural, editor blocked. Dirk Beetstra T C 18:07, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
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The usual evidence, see history. And as usual, not going to disclose duck-behaviour here.
Note: this is the first time there are three accounts editing at the same time. Dirk Beetstra T C 10:09, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
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The three accounts are very Likely and Gordonflack is Technically indistinguishable from Warren5th ( talk · contribs · count). Blocked and tagged. Closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 15:30, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
NOTE: Brianfairfax is a 99.9% duck, the other two a bit less. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:56, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
the usual edits, not disclosing for WP:BEANS. Previous socks were blocked yesterday, so today a new editor. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:44, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
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Technically indistinguishable to Sherwoodhall and others:
Possible
Behavioural evidence needs evaluation.
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15:21, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
Note: Marthadandridge has remarks for copyrights problems, e.g. diff. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:20, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
behaviour too close for comfort. Please check for sleepers. Dirk Beetstra T C 17:39, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
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Confirmed + Henryshirley ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki). I'm not sure how Henryshirley has escaped detection for so long. Blocked, tagged, closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 13:31, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
As usual. Please check for sleepers etc. Dirk Beetstra T C 04:05, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
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the usual (type of edits, userpage, username, cross-wiki competition). See also User:Marthacustis and Custis Trail. Please check for sleepers and copyright/attribution concerns. Dirk Beetstra T C 06:26, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
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Confirmed, blocked and tagged. No other accounts seen. Closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 21:14, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
Direct link to Nelliecustis above, usual material. Dirk Beetstra T C 06:55, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
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@ Bbb23: .. you state above 'no other accounts' - is the net wide enough that you cast? -- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:55, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Bit less sure than normal, but too close for comfort. Please check for sleepers. Dirk Beetstra T C 17:32, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
OK. Looking at it a bit more, similarity jumps to high numbers comparing with the edits of the last sock. Duck-level 99%. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:37, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
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typical focus and edits. Behavioral still a bit thin, but >95% sure. Please try to find sleepers, this was one of them on last call. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 04:07, 28 November 2018 (UTC) Dirk Beetstra T C 04:07, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
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Drifblim is Confirmed to Psyduck3. No sleepers seen.
Blocked and tagged.
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16:34, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
typical edits and behaviour, please check for sleepers etc. Dirk Beetstra T C 12:56, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
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The user Kennyalley has been spamming Wikidata infoboxes all over the project despite warnings. IWI ( chat) 12:17, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
Unrelated. This only works if he's traveling abroad.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 01:41, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
probably just for the record that this IP is currently linked to Slowking4. I do have a suspected sock that was active this week, but I will leave it to you CUs to decide whether you feel like fishing for them (my suspicion is too weak to post here - even if new socks are long due). Dirk Beetstra T C 03:40, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
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99.5% duck (as usual, will not reveal telltale data). I note that it has been a very long time since the previous sock, it may be worth looking whether there are used accounts that were not detected. Dirk Beetstra T C 10:40, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
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Confirmed plus
Beetybleedy (
talk
+ ·
tag ·
contribs ·
deleted contribs ·
logs ·
filter log ·
block user ·
spi block ·
block log ·
CA ·
CheckUser(
log) ·
investigate ·
cuwiki).
Blocked and tagged
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(talk)
17:27, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
WP:DUCK (and hence blocked), but this NEEDS a search for other sleepers (so that is why I did not see new accounts coming up). Dirk Beetstra T C 05:47, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
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very similar in edits to above socks. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 12:40, 18 March 2019 (UTC) Dirk Beetstra T C 12:40, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
@ DeltaQuad and Berean Hunter: is there anything more thorough we can do to see any alternative accounts, Amanda did not see any other accounts while this one was active at the same time. PeavyEavy has been active since about 9 cases ago and always escaped notice, and this one is active for 6 cases. This plainly suggests that there are about 5 (if not way more) other accounts active at this moment. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 12:20, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
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Dirk, I can find about twenty different IPv4 ranges that have been used in about eight months time and that may not be the limit of those...IPv6 is also being used in disparate ranges. Socks/sleepers are being found in ranges used by the socks that you are presenting and checkusers are not missing them in the ranges where they appear. Multiple UAs are also being used. Going through all previous ranges for each sock reported is not practicable.
Muleshoemoment is Confirmed
Possible
@ Berean Hunter: thank you, I was afraid of that - I am aware that they have access to multiple IP ranges. The checkusers may want to consider to use special:AbuseFilter/639 if there are IP-edits on the ranges that are clearly by the socks.
Now, The last 4 appear to be certainly socks of each other, which makes the sum (seen what they have done) a bit more likely to be a sock of Slowking4. The last 4 however have hardly/not edited en.wikipedia, maybe should be checked again in a next round if they continue editing.
However, this again misses the one that I have seen on the 20th.
I'll let the work for now by the clerks, I will assist in wiping anything that needs wiping. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 18:07, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
@ Berean Hunter: WE're not done yet ...
Saxa-soxa ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) (behavioural pretty sure)
and the saga continues. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 15:57, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
signature edits. Please nuke all his work as far as possible as per earlier. Please check for other accounts. Dirk Beetstra T C 03:23, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
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Likely. Blocked, tagged, closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 16:58, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
Typical signature edits like infoboxes, women articles, translations, and images. (see previous cases - I am not suggesting beans). The long periods of inactivity (which does not exist) suggests that there are numerous missed accounts. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 11:35, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
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@ Bbb23: I (hopefully temporarily) gave up my bit. Can someone else do the honour? -- Dirk Beetstra T C 16:48, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
Common MO. Please check for other accounts that have been used inbetween. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:13, 5 September 2019 (UTC) Dirk Beetstra T C 06:13, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
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Confirmed
Blocked and tagged
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14:38, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
Usual MO, this time including participation in an edit-a-thon. Dirk Beetstra T C 10:36, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
Added Ryan Pikachu. Signature edits available, and the username. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 08:08, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
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Dirk, I have a slew of editors all on the same IP address. I have seen Slowking4 using two major operating systems before but Jgross17 isn't using either. The account that is using what I expect to see from the newest batch is
Brock-brac (
talk
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tag ·
contribs ·
deleted contribs ·
logs ·
filter log ·
block user ·
spi block ·
block log ·
CA ·
CheckUser(
log) ·
investigate ·
cuwiki) which is Possible as it is a UA match to several in the group of socks above.
This history is suggestive that would tie these all together though. Most of the other accounts on that IP are using variants of the OS that Jgross17 is using. None match Jgross17. I updated the page for
Slowking4 at the checkuser wiki after running the check for the group above so that may help other checkusers looking at this. I see Brock-brac attending other meetups and not quite confident that this is Slowking4. I have placed
these results in the cu wiki for other checkusers to consider. Perhaps
Bbb23 has seen Slowking4 use the OS/UA that Jgross17 is using.
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00:58, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
Recreated Andrea Barnet which was deleted per G5 as the original account was a sock. Requesting CU to confirm and find any sleepers. Kb03 ( talk) 14:39, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
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Confirmed along with
Washmem (
talk
+ ·
tag ·
contribs ·
deleted contribs ·
logs ·
filter log ·
block user ·
spi block ·
block log ·
CA ·
CheckUser(
log) ·
investigate ·
cuwiki).
Blocked and tagged.
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03:40, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
Both in the >80% duck range (I am more sure about Blueplate7 and then we see the usernames). Dirk Beetstra T C 06:00, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
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Confirmed
Possible
Behavioural, >95% duck. Dirk Beetstra T C 05:02, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
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Pro-forma, 100% ducks. Dirk Beetstra T C 08:25, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
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Spotted by Dragonfly6-7 based on image uploads, behavior is similar to previous socks. ST47 ( talk) 20:51, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
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Confirmed to the set of sockpuppets immediately above. No additional accounts immediately visible, user tends to move between different public wi-fi locations. Blocked and tagged ST47 ( talk) 20:51, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
duck. Dirk Beetstra T C 17:34, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
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See below.
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Berean Hunter
(talk)
13:57, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
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Confirmed
Blocked and tagged
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Berean Hunter
(talk)
13:58, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
~99% sure. Please check for other accounts. Dirk Beetstra T C 05:02, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
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See below.
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Berean Hunter
(talk)
04:24, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
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Possible as they are technical matches but Behavioural evidence needs evaluation
Elizabeth MacDonald was expanded from a redirect by Degasvenus ( talk · contribs) of Slowking's #28 February 2020 cohort. The only factor preventing it being G5 pruned back to a redir is that it's been substantially expanded by GOULDERAMA ( talk · contribs) on 5 Mar, after the previous CU check took place. GOULDERAMA has made no other edits. Cabayi ( talk) 13:50, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
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See below.
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Berean Hunter
(talk)
15:40, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
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Confirmed
Blocked and tagged.
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Berean Hunter
(talk)
15:41, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
Seems like a throw-away new account fitting quantity-over-quality behavior patterns of before. Renata ( talk) 02:07, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
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Behavioral rather likely. — Dirk Beetstra T C 11:20, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
Essiepolman registered a few weeks ago, following Riteevens ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) block and has now recreated nearly a dozen of the same articles.
And several more Praxidicae ( talk) 15:26, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
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Did some editing analysis. It seems like of the articles that Essiepolman79 and Riteevens both created have in common that they are about handballers. But there are some structural dissimilarities [7]- [8], [9]- [10], [11]- [12] and [13]- [14] that I didn't notice before. That indicates that Essiepolman79 and Riteevens may not be the same person. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk) 15:51, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
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Berean Hunter
(talk)
15:07, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
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Confirmed,
Blocked and tagged.
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Berean Hunter
(talk)
15:07, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
See below.
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Berean Hunter
(talk)
13:59, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
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Confirmed
Blocked and tagged.
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Berean Hunter
(talk)
14:00, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
-- Amanda (aka DQ) 18:20, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
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The typical signature edits and use of username. I can email further details, will not disclose on-wiki.
Please check for throwaway accounts and sleepers, we know that that happens regularly. Dirk Beetstra T C 06:17, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
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{{
likely}}
to be Slowking4.--
Jasper Deng
(talk)
07:29, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
-- Amanda (aka DQ) 23:46, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
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signature edits per LTA, history, filter hits. Please check for sleepers and other socks. Dirk Beetstra T C 21:21, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
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User creates the whole day new articles which all had been previously deleted by CSD G5 (banned blocked User:Slowking4). Hard to believe in coincidence here. CommanderWaterford ( talk) 17:52, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
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I guess we are doing the BEANS thing here so I'll be vague: same subject matter interest and pattern of editing as the master, similar interaction style on talk pages, similar username patterns, filter hits for Emailmope, obvious behavioural connections between the 3 accounts listed here. Requesting CU for other accounts given the history. More detailed evidence available on request. Thanks, Spicy ( talk) 13:33, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
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This editor today created three articles previously created by a Slowking4 sockpuppet: Tarah Murrey, Kiesha Leggs, Jack Viertel were all deleted in 2017 by Beetstra under "Mass deletion of pages added by Marthacustis - sockpuppetry". The block of Marthacustis links to the Slowking4 SPI. Schazjmd (talk) 00:07, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
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See common editing patterns and behaviour documented before. Please check for sleepers and abandoned accounts. Dirk Beetstra T C 06:06, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
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Typical target of edits (see edit history including deleted edits on created articles), typical language used in edits. Note the link with Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sander.v.Ginkel. Note: Leetotherear is likely stale, but he popped up in going through old edits and this and this is a rather clear signature. Please G5 everything where possible. Dirk Beetstra T C 05:28, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
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A new incarnation out of the Slowking4 / Sander.v.Ginkel duo. This is likely Slowking4 (I give it 99%), but in the odd chance it is not please check against (and move this to) Sander.v.Ginkel's SPI. I am very sure it is Slowking4 due to one of their 'new' treats, I will email that on request for your records. Please G5 this stuff and see whether there are any obvious sleepers or other unidentified accounts. Dirk Beetstra T C 05:18, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
While we are here: added Seamyopens. Appeared in my watchlist and upon going through edits I found a couple of signature edits (article focus, language, typical behaviour in edits). -- Dirk Beetstra T C 08:57, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
I've added Oceanbach. They don't have any enwiki edits, but based on some off-wiki communication, they might be another sock, based on their activity on simple-en-wiki. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:39, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
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duck-sock, lease check for sleepers etc. Dirk Beetstra T C 04:06, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
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blocked
or proven
, not confirmed
), but I'll hold off on changing that since it may well wind up being confirmed. (I don't have time at the moment to clerk the substantive side of this, just doing some procedural tidying.) --
Tamzin
cetacean needed (she/they)
06:40, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
:)
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Tamzin
cetacean needed (she/they)
15:36, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
The usual, in this case a 99.5% duck. Note that there is another editor who has a striking overlap in editing with this sock (even on articles freshly created by Seephope like
Yulia Gaufler (better:
[24])) - maybe
Кориоланыч or
Sander.v.Ginkel?
Please G5 or revert all additions as usual.
Dirk Beetstra
T
C
13:10, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
Added Khanbawdy, rating this 98% sock (though I see some unusual behaviour - am I confusing with Sander.v.Ginkel?). Also here, please revert and G5 and check for sleepers or other accounts I may have missed. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 05:40, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:23, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
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User recreates pages previously created by Slowking4 (and often Sander.v Ginkel as well), e.g. Hanna Kapko or Adelaide Deloeuvre. These pages use the same simple structure, and the same sometimes obscure sources like Todor66, with source archive dates from before they started editing. The editor had never edited any Afd (or other behind the scenes pages) but barges into completely unrelated Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michelle Zatlyn, where they start attacking me (no previous interactions at all as far as I remember) in a rather extreme way if they haven´t met me before. Slowking4 and Sander.v.Ginkel both can´t stand me though. The combination of article topic interest and sudden very personal and unprovoked attack (with knowledge about my past which seems unusual for a 2020 account with a few hundred edits), is very suspicious. Fram ( talk) 22:39, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
I've added Tidekazan to this based on behavior. Thoughts? -- Hammersoft ( talk) 16:00, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
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This user Timonspins is the same person as SportsOlympic (the previous sock), I'm 100% sure. The biggest challenge that I have is proving it because his behaviour this time around is different; he's clearly trying to maintain a low profile and to avoid any WP:DUCK behaviour. SportsOlympic was blocked on 8 November 2021 and this new account started editing only one day after; this is not unusual because SvG has demonstrated that he refuses to accept his ban on numerous occasions and refuses to sit out the six months required for WP:SO. Whilst he has stopped creating sections called 'personal', the modus operandi is still the same. The overwhelming majority of articles created are basic stubs on sportswomen cited to the usual databases and written in the same format as before. In recent days, he has even had the guts to recreate a few of his previously deleted articles. These include Hanna Nifantava, Jin Jingzhu and María Victoria Rodríguez.
I believe that if this account is checked against SportsOlympic then the similarities should be clear enough. Prior to SportsOlympic, I'm not so sure as I didn't have that many run-ins with some of the older socks. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 17:33, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
Not sure about this one, but they create articles very similar to the ones created by the puppeteer, and at least one of their sockpuppets, SportsOlympic. Popped up on my radar when they recreated 3 articles recently which had been G5'd: Jin Jingzhu, Hanna Nifantava, and Julie Nistad Samsonsen. While they've been around, so had SportsOlympic, so I thought someone should check it out. Onel5969 TT me 18:35, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
While we are still here:
Obviously the same user as Timonspins and co. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 05:29, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
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I mostly blocked based on something that's too good of a tell to disclose publicly, but it should be obvious from the editing pattern in the (deleted) contribs, as well as the distinctively narrow timecard (compare [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] from Spicy's note in the last filing). -- Blablubbs ( talk) 20:36, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
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Not much idea but worth a check I guess; this user recreated same pages which were previously created by Slowking4. — Tulsi 24x7 03:19, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
Not sure if this is actionable as the account has no edits, but the username leads me to believe this is a sleeper account. – FlyingAce ✈hello 21:53, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
reverting Slowking4 sock edits back in, other signature edits. Please check for older accounts that could have been missed. Dirk Beetstra T C 18:31, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
(Suggesting CU, per precedent for this sockmaster.)
This account's page creation habits are virtually identical to other sockpuppets identified over the last couple of months. Earlier CU checks seemingly didn't spot it, suggesting a different IP range is being used. This, coupled with the account's sporadic activity (stopping in May 2022, suddenly returning on 28 June this year) leads me to suspect that 1) this is some kind of sleeper and 2) given the groups of sockpuppets that were recently unearthed, there are likely to be more. SuperMarioMan ( Talk) 23:43, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
Continuing the pattern of edits of the recently blocked Arnold Henry Guyot of rapid-fire template additions and associated talk page edits, plus usual interests in women's sports/academic bios (eg Carolina Guerrero). Nikkimaria ( talk) 23:47, 12 September 2023 (UTC) Nikkimaria ( talk) 23:47, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
Repeating/continuing edits of the recently blocked Goudabuddha, eg [82]/ [83], [84]/ [85]. Nikkimaria ( talk) 21:59, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
recreating the articles of User:Yogiskeel [86] DSP2092 talk 21:38, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
Greavard created 25 Oct, and after two trivial edits, makes two FP reports on pages they haven't edited yet: [87], [88]. A few more trivial edits for autoconfirm, then recreates Roxanna Asgarian, last created by blocked sock User: Ivorybantha. Knee-jerk CU request as this is an LTA with recent blocks. Wikishovel ( talk) 10:20, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
I think Rowerweeds is likely another one. Same m.o. See e.g.:
☆ Bri ( talk) 04:36, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
Hews to the LTA pattern; WiR article creation starting with fully-formed, syntactically perfect article [118] and consistent talkpage tagging [119]; article translation [120]; little use of edit summaries; blank user page; username smells like Captcha. ☆ Bri ( talk) 23:52, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
Blocks should be used to ... prevent imminent or continuing damage and disruption. The most recent edit from any of the three accounts listed here was 9 months ago; even if somebody wanted to put in the effort to investigate them, it would be hard to argue that blocking them would be in compliance with BLOCKP. Closing with no action taken. RoySmith (talk) 15:08, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
Usual LTA signatures
All accounts except Newsyboozy have been active October 2023 or later. ☆ Bri ( talk) 06:31, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
You know, I've invested some time in this in the past to cleanup stuff made by sockpuppets. But, I'm at a loss really as to the meaning of this. We've been fighting Slowking4 for 12 years now. The whole thing is futile. Slowking4 has won. Thousands upon thousands of edits made by Slowking4 with no sign ever of slowing up. The vast, vast majority of the edits go undetected, many articles go undeleted, and we're left with an editor that quite happily continues to edit on the project. Our tools are completely inadequate to the task of stopping it. I don't see the point of wasting time on this anymore. Unless somebody can come up with better tools to stop this, it is all a colossal waste of time. Note that Meta:Requests for comment/Slowking4 resulted in no consensus to globally ban. So, again, what's the point of all this? -- Hammersoft ( talk) 18:18, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
I believe editing is in scope for checkuser: the earliest latest edit for the three accounts is 27 September 2023. ☆ Bri ( talk) 00:25, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
Per LTA
Fin ☆ Bri ( talk) 02:17, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Usual LTA signatures
End of report. ☆ Bri ( talk) 06:53, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Recreation of Naima Mahmudova, which was made by one of the master's puppets. - UtherSRG (talk) 13:55, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
This doesn't look like Slowking to me, behaviorally. ☆ Bri ( talk) 17:16, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Similar behavior to known socks, mass creation of biographies ready in one go, captcha-like name, involvement in editing contests (example creation: Amber McBride). Cf. Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Slowking4. ChaotıċEnby( t · c) 16:57, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Follows LTA hallmarks:
Ends ☆ Bri ( talk) 16:25, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Precocious new editor with behavior consistent to the LTA:
Ends ☆ Bri ( talk) 22:12, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
Just noting for future analysis, this account was created in 2019, made three edits, and was a sleeper for almost exactly four years to the day. ☆ Bri ( talk) 18:17, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
Behavior consistent with LTA:
This account was created, made fewer than 20 edits with the last one on 22 November 2019, then "went to sleep" to return to editing on 24 February this year. In the 21 February SPI filing, the account was created on 22 November 2019, made three edits, and slept until January 2024.
End of report. ☆ Bri ( talk) 16:39, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Behavior is a little less clear cut on this one, so sorry to whoever if it's not a match.
End of new report. ☆ Bri ( talk) 23:46, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
For the file -- another sleeper account, created six months before first edit. ☆ Bri ( talk) 01:16, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
Though last edit was June 2023, adding to SPI at request of Courcelles due to large number of articles created by the sock (~70). Many or all follow documented LTA habits:
End of report. ☆ Bri ( talk) 17:05, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
Spicy ( talk) 20:59, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
Again sorry to editor if this is incorrect, the LTA signature is less strong than usual.
Checkuser requested for sleepers. ☆ Bri ( talk) 20:16, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
behavior match to LTA
The account seems to have been created immediately after the last CU sweep, i.e. on 8 March. ☆ Bri ( talk) 21:48, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
Usual LTA behaviors.
End of report. ☆ Bri ( talk) 01:25, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
Behavior is a match for some aspects of the LTA.
Once again, apologies to the editor if this is a false alarm. CU requested due to history of sleepers. ☆ Bri ( talk) 18:07, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
The positive evidence is offset by the fact their first draft was submitted through AFC [219] rather than moving own draft, and it doesn't tick all the boxes in some other ways (not spelling out how, per WP:BEANS), so my confidence is low on this one but thought that it should be checked. ☆ Bri ( talk) 20:31, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
The usual LTA and/or precocious behaviors including:
End of report. ☆ Bri ( talk) 22:22, 8 April 2024 (UTC)