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11 June 2015

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• Weathereditor2 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Made soon after the block of User:Weathereditor1 (himself blocked for being a sock of User:Weathereditor) and like the others made a user sandbox containing only a climate diagram ( Previous sandboxes). Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk) 18:13, 11 June 2015 (UTC) reply

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•  Clerk note: @ CactusWriter: Why didn't you block Weathereditor2 indefinitely if he is a sock of an indefinitely blocked user? Vanjagenije (talk) 21:00, 11 June 2015 (UTC) reply
• Blocked by CactusWriter.-- Jezebel's Ponyo ^{bons mots} 21:14, 11 June 2015 (UTC) reply
• @ Ponyo: Yes, but why not indefinitely? Vanjagenije (talk) 21:27, 11 June 2015 (UTC) reply

• I hadn't noticed that, extended to indef.-- Jezebel's Ponyo ^{bons mots} 21:29, 11 June 2015 (UTC) reply

• Thanks for catching that, @ Vanjagenije:. It was my mistake on the auto blocking form. And, thanks for correcting it, @ Ponyo: Strange, though. Did the auto block form change in the past couple of weeks? Sock blocks were always automatically listed as indefs on that form. — CactusWriter ^(talk) 22:13, 11 June 2015 (UTC) reply

12 June 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

• Weathereditor4 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Sock #4 in the User:Weathereditor, User:Weathereditor1, User:Weathereditor2 and User:Weathereditor3 sequence. Three of them creating user sandboxes with climate diagrams. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk) 19:15, 12 June 2015 (UTC) reply

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• Blocked and tagged. Also, all the other accounts have been tagged or retagged appropriately. Closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 20:39, 12 June 2015 (UTC) reply

16 June 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

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

Same topics as previous socks. Edits on Ashford, Kent, (Eg: [1], [2], [3]) Deal, Kent and Baltasound are all based on weather boxes. Also carrying on edit wars with previous socks eg: [4] Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 12:18, 16 June 2015 (UTC) reply

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Adding Weathereditor6 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) to the list, per this sandbox with climate diagrams which gels with the sandboxes with climate diagrams created by previous socks (e.g User:Weathereditor5/sandbox and User:Weathereditor/sandbox - note also the "my world" which matches with the edit summary "my ideal sea temperature", albeit not strongly - and User:Weathereditor4/sandbox, User:Weathereditor2/sandbox). Also has a username that fits a Weathereditor - Weathereditor1 - Weathereditor2 - Weathereditor3 - Weathereditor4 - Weathereditor5 pattern. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk) 10:46, 19 June 2015 (UTC) reply

FTR, the user tried to remove themselves from this SPI. -- bonadea contributions talk 11:46, 19 June 2015 (UTC) reply

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• 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. ☺ ·  Salvidrim! ·  ✉ 16:07, 16 June 2015 (UTC) reply

• I blocked #6. The IPs haven't edited in a few days. @ Ritchie333: if the IPs start editing again, just block them yourself, even if you think you're superficially involved (I haven't checked). If you're uncomfortable doing it, let me know, and I will. Closing.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 14:11, 19 June 2015 (UTC) reply

23 June 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

• Telegraph13 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Yet another sockpuppet, edit-warring the same articles, blocked indefinitely by User:Acroterion, and added to Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Weathereditor by User:Bilorv. — Patrug ( talk) 20:05, 23 June 2015 (UTC) reply

28 June 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

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

Yet another sockpuppet, edit-warring the same articles, blocked indefinitely by User:Tide rolls, and added to Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Weathereditor. Someone just can't take a hint... Patrug ( talk) 20:05, 23 June 2015 (UTC) reply

05 July 2015

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• Aercus3 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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[5] etc etc Martinevans123 ( talk) 18:42, 5 July 2015 (UTC) reply

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Corrected the username. How does that establish sockpuppetry, though? Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk, contributions) 18:56, 5 July 2015 (UTC) reply

They've told me something before? How did they do that? Or perhaps that username is just a coincidence, and the pattern of edits are just coincidence? Martinevans123 ( talk) 19:03, 5 July 2015 (UTC) reply

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•  Administrator note Blocked as a duck, compare Aercus ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Closing. Favonian ( talk) 19:11, 5 July 2015 (UTC) reply

and of course Aercus1 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and Aercus2 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Favonian ( talk) 19:15, 5 July 2015 (UTC) reply

15 July 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

• Weathereditor7 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Weathereditor8 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Weathereditor9 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Weathereditor10 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Per WP:DUCK; #7's edits are weather-related topics; names are too close to other socks to be coincidental Drm310 ( talk) 19:04, 15 July 2015 (UTC) reply

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•  Administrator note I've blocked the lot of them. Considered requesting CU, but extensive experience with this person indicates that his IP range is too wide to block. Guess it's just WP:RBI from here on. Favonian ( talk) 19:13, 15 July 2015 (UTC) reply

21 July 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

• Weathereditor12 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Per WP:DUCK, named just like the other Weathereditor[x] socks. Drm310 ( talk) 17:26, 21 July 2015 (UTC) reply

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As well as the obligatory sandbox with a climate diagram in it - better yet, with an admission of block evasion. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk, contributions) 17:28, 21 July 2015 (UTC) reply

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• DUCK  Blocked and tagged... for some reason they skipped #11. ☺ ·  Salvidrim! ·  ✉ 17:30, 21 July 2015 (UTC) reply

23 July 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

• Weathereditor13 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Another account with the name Weathereditor and with an user sandbox containing a climate diagram of a climate s/he likes as previous socks (e.g User:Weathereditor2/sandbox) Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk, contributions) 15:22, 23 July 2015 (UTC) reply

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• Ho, hum! Blocked, closing. Favonian ( talk) 16:26, 23 July 2015 (UTC) reply

10 August 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

• Weathereditor14 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Weathereditor15 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Weathereditor16 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Weathereditor17 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Socks already blocked, just adding them for archival purposes. Drm310 ( talk) 17:29, 10 August 2015 (UTC) reply

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Might be worth adding something to the MediaWiki:Titleblacklist to deal with this one. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk, contributions) 17:31, 10 August 2015 (UTC) reply

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• Closing the case. Vanjagenije (talk) 00:51, 17 August 2015 (UTC) reply

30 September 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

• 151.231.170.3 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser ( log))
• 188.221.227.100 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser ( log))

Both accounts geolocate to a Sky account in Worcester, England (similar to other IP socks of this editor), and display typical Weathereditor behaviour: the first one adding unreliable data to climate sections of UK settlement articles, then the second one reverting without discussion after the edits are challenged. PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 19:13, 30 September 2015 (UTC) reply

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• Both IPs blocked one week for block evasion by Favonian. Nothing else to do here. Closing. Bbb23 ( talk) 17:17, 1 October 2015 (UTC) reply

04 December 2017

Suspected sockpuppets

• Minotdips ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• 2a02:c7f:c812:fd00:ccea:cd55:2cf8:5d86 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser ( log))
• 2a02:c7f:c812:fd00:4183:8573:7ffa:3235 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser ( log))
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Self-confessed at User talk:Minotdips and also exhibits same behaviour as master. User account already blocked, report only made to add material to archive. Nthep ( talk) 20:17, 4 December 2017 (UTC) reply

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16 December 2018

Suspected sockpuppets

• Weathereditor41 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Obvious sockpuppet, restoring edits by Weathereditor40. J. M. ( talk) 16:15, 16 December 2018 (UTC) reply

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•   Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me. Primefac ( talk) 16:27, 16 December 2018 (UTC) reply

27 February 2019

Suspected sockpuppets

• 2A02:C7F:C82D:FD00:C451:E8F5:56FC:93A2/64 ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · spi block · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser ( log))

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I know reporting IP addresses here may look futile, but the situation is getting a bit desperate. The user just keeps using a new 2A02:C7F:C82D:FD00:xxxx address every day, still restoring the same edits over and over again, in a number of articles. Some of the pages are already protected because of this user, but Weathereditor keeps edit warring on their talk pages (which are not protected), too, with repeated edit requests, despite repeated rejections (e.g. [6], [7]). Something has to be done, even though I'm not sure what exactly. Could a reasonable range from the 2A02:C7F:C82D:FD00:xxxx addresses be blocked? Or could all the affected articles, including their talk pages, be protected? If that's too restrictive, is it possible to add an edit filter or something that 2A02:C7F:C82D:FD00:xxxx cannot edit those articles and their talk pages?— J. M. ( talk) 19:18, 27 February 2019 (UTC) reply

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• IP range blocked for 3 months. Closing. Vanjagenije (talk) 00:29, 28 February 2019 (UTC) reply

25 February 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

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

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Prolific "new" user focusing on climate weather data, without due diligence to overall article (e.g. Bognor: [8] ), see contribution history of possible Sock per Special:Contributions/Climate.enthusiast. Djm-leighpark ( talk) 19:28, 25 February 2021 (UTC) reply

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•  Clerk endorsed This is pretty ducky. Obviously not a new user, editing very similar indeed to previous socks. Endorsing to look for sleepers. GirthSummit _(blether) 20:14, 25 February 2021 (UTC) reply
• The last log that I could pull from a previous sock account was from 2015, so those results are going to be old. My finding is  Possible/  Inconclusive. Same country, but different geolocations.  No sleepers immediately visible. ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:30, 25 February 2021 (UTC) reply

• I remember the previous manifestation, in 2015. People do move, you know. Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:39, 25 February 2021 (UTC) reply

• Closing. GirthSummit _(blether) 08:08, 26 February 2021 (UTC) reply