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18 September 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

• Xfactorgottalent ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• KiwiPino2k ( talk ⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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All accounts are involved in the creation or propagation of fake versions of The X-Factor New Zealand using Wikipedia as a web host for fantasy versions of music TV competitions. The master account, user:Xfactornzedit created the latest iteration of User:KiwiPino2k/sandbox which purports to be series five of The X Factor (New Zealand TV series) which has only had two series. User:Xfactorgottalent created the the same fake article at User:219.88.164.174/sandbox which was subsequently modified by user:KiwiPino2k. See also Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:KiwiPino2k/sandbox. Whpq ( talk) 00:38, 18 September 2016 (UTC) reply

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 Clerk note: pretty obvious socking I think between all three of these, plus several IPs in 219.88.160.0/21. KiwiPino2k was created a few days after the master was blocked for disruption and found its way to the same topics, and Xfactorgottalent has only created and edited User:219.88.164.174/sandbox, an odd place to make a sandbox page, and which all of the accounts have subsequently edited.

 Awaiting administrative action: please block Xfactorgottalent and KiwiPino2k indefinitely. Xfactornzedit is the master and should be blocked for sockpuppetry and repeatedly creating hoax articles and/or misusing Wikipedia as a web host, but I will leave it to admin discretion as to the length of the block. Their previous one-month block dates back to April. Ivanvector ( ^Talk/ _Edits) 17:37, 20 September 2016 (UTC) reply

 Done ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:07, 22 September 2016 (UTC) reply

Tagged, closing. Thanks, Oshwah. GAB ^gab 22:42, 22 September 2016 (UTC) reply

You got it. ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:53, 22 September 2016 (UTC) reply