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17 November 2014[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets

I was surprised that the sockmaster doesn't have a page here. Usernames are similar, vandalism on Blues Clues-related articles, creation of nonsense articles. --Richard Yin (talk) 17:50, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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30 April 2015[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets

Duck. Compare user page creation to original user page creation of previous sock. Only other edit is this useful contribution typical of blocked original account. Dai Pritchard (talk) 13:58, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Account blocked and tagged. Mike V • Talk 16:46, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
19 June 2015[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets

User Happy Tree Freinds was the last editor at List of Happy Tree Friends episodes to contribute garbage. This user was found to be a sock of Caidin2005 and contributed this nonsense, for example "Season 6/The Oh No Bunny Show (2011-15)" a section format that is not consistent with MOS:TV BluesCluesC submitted the same stuff. There's also this edit from the reported sock who shares an intersection with Blues Clues And Paw Patrol, Caidin Johnson 8888, Caidin2005, CaidinJohnson2014, CaidinC, Caidin-Johnson. Ducky, but there might be other accounts undiscovered. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:51, 19 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Actually, BluesCluesC was not blocked but is now. Tagging done. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 04:51, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

05 August 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Same type of activities related to "Happy Tree Friends", another "Caid" user name. —Largo Plazo (talk) 00:02, 5 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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 Blocked and tagged - Cyphoidbomb (talk) 00:58, 5 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

01 September 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Like other of Caidin's Happy Tree Friends socks, (like HappyTreeFreinds2000 and Happy Tree Freinds), he has trouble spelling "Friends". Here we find clear vandalism, specifically the introduction of Nickelodeon and Disney themes in this web series that is not for children. I'm going to block him on general principle. Not sure if a CheckUser is warranted, but this sock is prolific. I also suspect that he might be linked to RyanBurns1980 who also edited at List of Happy Tree Friends episodes and who also proved to be a vandal and who may also have be editing from 222.158.40.25, as this IP edited RyanBurns1980s user page to reinstate "so-and-so is gay" commentary. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:10, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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07 September 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets


The first two accounts appeared within a short time, on September 3 and 6, 2015, respectively, making mass edits to the List of Crayola crayon colors, one of Caidin-Johnson's regular targets. All of Joliemahan's edits are to this page, and were apparently reverted as vandalism by an IP editor. None of the colors added appear to have been standard Crayola colors; a couple of them look like they could be alternate names that would, if accurate, go on the page that lists all of the alternative names (which for size and readability of the table aren't included on the list of colors anymore). Caidin-Johnson's other sockpuppets regularly added obscure names or colors (some of which seem to have been made up) to the table. A couple of days after these changes were reverted, ParamountLogoMaker added a non-existent color, called "Caidin Red" (not the first time he's added a color named after himself; note the Caidin 15th Anniversary Colors reverted by Bookbrad last year. Note also Caidin-Johnson's multiple sockpuppets named after movie studios.

The third account, HappyLogoLover2011, has also contributed to this page, and shows a similar pattern of disruptive editing (see his/her talk page) on similarly-themed pages; the name combines Caidin-Johnson's regular themes (Happy, lover, and a name ending in a 20XX number). Note that Caidin-Johnson's known and suspected sockpuppets include CaidinHappyEaster, CaidinHappyHalloween, HappyTreeFriends2000, HappyTreeFriendsLover, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Lover, Caidin2000, Caidin2014, Caidin2015, CaidinJ2015, Caidin2005, Caidin2010, Caidin2024, CaidinJohnson2014, Paramount2000, BluesClues2014... HappyLogoLover2011's edits weren't obviously vandalism, although he or she did replace color codes inaccurately and without sourcing.

As for National Names 2000, this account also shows a consistent pattern, with some edits that are difficult to identify as disruptive, and occasional edits like this one, referring to bogus colors called "light brown" and "light chrome brown" (I could understand "light brown" as a mistake or some obscure color name, even though I've seen no evidence of it; but "light chrome brown" doesn't even make sense). National Names 2000 was also used in alternation with Caidin Johnson 8888 on April 28 and 29, 2015, and had a large copyright violation reverted on April 24. I also note that National Names 2000 edited the color code for the non-existent color "Blueberry" earlier added by Caid Johnson; since the crayon only existed in Caid Johnson's imagination, National Names couldn't have known the hex value unless he were the same person.

And as for Caid Johnson, I think the name speaks for itself; but in four edits on March 30, 2015 he or she added some bogus colors, such as "Blueberry" and "Banana Berry Blitz." P Aculeius (talk) 05:38, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Here is a probable one I found:

And WP:DUCK this one:

--189.25.205.234 (talk) 06:09, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Another probable one with this edit Caidin Film Company:

Similiar edit by above listed User:ParamountLogoMaker Caidin Film Company

--Bamyers99 (talk) 00:25, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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10 September 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Performed same edits on Caidin Film Company; same film names and is also creating hoaxes of a similar nature. Adam9007 (talk) 00:19, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Update: Oops! I hadn't realised there were suspected sockpuppets before this and that there is already an ongoing investigation! Can this be fixed? Adam9007 (talk) 00:53, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I believe this IP, based on its two recent edits, to also be a likely sock:

--201.53.53.216 (talk) 23:56, 12 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Only two edits but they quack for me. I am not sure if a block is needed. If he edits once more in this manner, after you put him final warning, then I'd say so.
This all makes me wonder what is wrong with this kid. Most normal kids just mess about for a bit and then give up when their made up stuff gets removed. What keeps this one coming back again and again over such a length of time with more or less the same nonsense? Does he need help? --DanielRigal (talk) 00:14, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Checkuser note: CaidinJohnson8 was added to the case after I ran the CU. It would be helpful in the future if any user doing that would at a minimum ping me as I otherwise might not be aware of the addition. Then another user created a separate SPI and realized afterwards that they had the wrong master because of this SPI. It's not clear that this separate SPI that I created from the now deleted other SPI even needs to be here, but I'm leaving it alone for the moment. A clerk is free to delete it and handle CaidinJohnson8 as an add-on to the earlier SPI above.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:16, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Closing, nothing more to do here. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 01:45, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

21 October 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets


Recreated Caidin Film Company with pretty much the same made up content as he regularly added before. Also dubious edits to List of Happy Tree Friends characters which is also a repeated pattern. Previous socks have also vandalised List of Crayola crayon colors which seems to link to the username. DanielRigal (talk) 18:31, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Yeah. There used to be an article about that but it got deleted at AfD. Caidin used to vandalise it a lot with the same made up stuff as you see in the article now. --DanielRigal (talk) 19:12, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Blocked and tagged - Nonsensical article has been deleted as well. Good eye, DanielRigal and thanks for doing all the dirty work. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:22, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

27 October 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets


User with a history of adding bogus colors to the List of Crayola crayon colors and related pages made these changes to the article today, which I've since reverted. Note the addition of "Caidin Red", alias "Martin Red" and "Lisa Red", and several other imaginary colors, cited to a source that never included any of them. The first color, Caidin Red, was previously added by a sockpuppet of Caidin-Johnson, and other socks on several previous occasions. The same user also added the same bogus colors to the History of Crayola crayons article today. His only other contributions include creating the article List Of Scary Parts, already nominated for deletion, apparently relating to the program Blue's Clues, and one bogus entry in the List of incomplete or partially lost films. Note that Caidin-Johnson's confirmed sockpuppets include six accounts containing the phrase, "BluesClues", eighteen accounts including "Caid" or "Caidin", four containing "MGM" or "Metro Goldwyn Mayer", eight with "Paramount" and one with "Universal", while his suspected socks include another "BluesClues", seven more "Caidins" and another "Paramount". So I think he's pretty distinctive when he sets out on an edit spree. P Aculeius (talk) 21:26, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Yeah, that's him all right. There is no need for List Of Scary Parts to sully Wikipedia for 5 whole days with a PROD on it. I have put it up for speedy deletion as pure vandalism. --DanielRigal (talk) 22:22, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Blocked and tagged - Thanks to all involved. (Except Caidin) Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:30, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2 November 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets


Once the HTF episodes article was unprotected, this user started adding nonsense to Happy Tree Friends pages and even created this supernonsense 'article': List of Happy Tree Friends Internet shorts (season 5), which I've already tagged as CSD G3 Hoax. He also edited the Happy Tree Friends template and added that 'article' to the template without consensus. He also in the article says "Caidin Johnson" as an author(?) next to the nonexistent "Cars And People Don't Mix" episode in his 'article' supposedly released August 2, 2015. He got warned and didn't pay attention. Nonetheless, he also added to the List of lost films a nonexistent 2010 'film' supposedly called "Wow Wow Wubbzy:So Are We!" (sic) with disrupted wikicoding and the note "The episode is fake". He also added various unsourced (mis)information to List of incomplete or partially lost films, in which I highlight "Wubbzy Song:Waiting Song (sic)" with notes "This used to be on brickfurs channel but however fredbot bought them and they didn't uplioad that song but one clip exists where wubbzy blows bubble gum". Sic. He also added to Kinder Surpise article this: "On November 1, 2015, they brought back kinder surprise eggs in the United States at Walmart and before that you almost swallowed bubble gum and that had information of the first blues clues episode:snacktime and you called 911 and before that you called the paw patrol to get surprise eggs in the usa". Also sic. He also disrupted the List of Happy Tree Friends episodes article, which isn't a surprise after reading all this. --189.25.209.74 (talk) 22:16, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Created List of Happy Tree Friends Internet shorts (season 5) with content:

128 10 Cars And People Don't Mix Caidin Johnson Warren Graff, Rhode Mantjio and Kenn Novvro August 2, 2015

I've indeffed him. Adding this for historical records. Interestingly, a Brazilian IP editor here reverted the sock's edits with the summary "Undid vandalism by Caidun CDs". I wonder if they are familiar with Caidin's disruption. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:18, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

I've indeffed him. Adding this for historical records. Interestingly, a Brazilian IP editor here reverted the sock's edits with the summary "Undid vandalism by Caidun CDs". I wonder if they are familiar with Caidin's disruption. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:18, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: There was an edit conflict for the IP reporting above, who filed a report at the same time I did. My report has been moved down here, and the IP's is above. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:30, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

04 November 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets


Already indeffed by NawlinWiki; this sock did pretty similar stuff to his last sock Cuddles&Trunky. Adding it largely for historical reasons but also I want to ask a question: Why is Caidin doing this stuff? His writing is completely incomprehensible. I've also seen him on various Wikia wikis. Does he need help? Is he trying to get attention? Or is he just bored? --189.25.195.239 (talk) 03:35, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Nothing to do here. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 05:32, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

04 November 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Same type of gibberish articles as blocked sock Crayola2000 Cahk (talk) 18:31, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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08 November 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets


IP address added Caidin's suite of bogus colors to the List of Crayola Crayon Colors and also to the History of Crayola crayons, just as he did on October 27. P Aculeius (talk) 21:43, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  • IP already blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 22:45, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

13 November 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Adding largely for historical purposes; anyone confirm this is Caidin-Johnson? Mostly similar behavior but we just want to make sure. --189.106.227.35 (talk) 20:46, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Blocked already. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 21:01, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

20 November 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets


Hits all the same spots as before: Messing up Happy Tree Friends related content? Check. Mentioning of Crayola crayons in bizarre contexts? Check (In that very same edit). Messing around on List of Blue's Clues episodes? Check. Incoherent nonsense about Wow Wow Wubbzy? Check. I had a feeling this was him when this account started editing List of Blue's Clues episodes, videos but now he has edited some other things I am pretty much certain. Notice how this edit is identical to this edit by a previous blocked sock. DanielRigal (talk) 16:41, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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29 November 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Ducky. PawPatrol2000 edited at Bubble gum which was also edited by Caidin sock GulliversTravels39. PawPatrol2000 recreated Flying On A Balloon (Jumping On A Ball) which was created by a Caidin sock. IP 66.87.148.119 commented on this article's talk page. (Non-admins, you'll have to trust me on this, since the page has been deleted.) IP blocked for 1 month. Account indeffed. Info added for completion. Closing. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:13, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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01 December 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Similar username to sock of this user (User:PawPatrol2000) User made similar edits as PawPatrol2000 at List of incomplete or partially lost films. PawPatrol2000:[1] Paw Patrol 2015: [2], [3]. Eteethan (talk) 22:32, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  • PawPatrol2015 tagged and blocked indef per obvious behavioral evidence. Closing case now. Mark Arsten (talk) 23:08, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

10 December 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Duck. Adding for completeness. Will close in a sec. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:57, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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18 December 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Created an article (joke article?) mentioning Caidin and some of its supposed movies. Also mentions being Caidin on the user page. Adam9007 (talk) 00:18, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Looks like the same person as User:24.227.32.178, responsible for these two edits, as well as numerous contributions to Caidin's usual targets. P Aculeius (talk) 01:13, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Could we please block User:24.227.32.178 as well? He's clearly the same person, performing the same edits to the same pages and getting reverted every time. He was flagged weeks ago and for some reason not blocked then. P Aculeius (talk) 00:16, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I blocked 24.227.32.178 for 1 month. Duck behavior. Orlando, Florida IP, ISP: Time Warner. Florida appears to be a consistent geolocation. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 04:56, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • information Administrator note I would still support a CU to look for sleepers considering that the editor is clearly still creating puppets and has proven to be quite prolific. Mkdwtalk 04:46, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Clerk endorsed - Since sleepers were detected previously, I think it is reasonable to expect some more accounts here. Vanjagenije (talk) 10:44, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Was able to find the following accounts:
BluesClues-Caidin (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Caidin2080 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

ElockidHappy holidays! 23:23, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Accounts blocked and tagged, closing. Mike V • Talk 00:55, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

26 December 2015[edit]

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Duck: Adding same incoherent content to List of lost films, List of incomplete or partially lost films, and List of rediscovered films. Trivialist (talk) 21:30, 26 December 2015 (UTC) Trivialist (talk) 21:30, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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29 December 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

More Caidin articles and edits. Adam9007 (talk) 00:50, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Yep. Definitely him. Clearly he isn't growing up or going away. It might be worth looking into blocking the IP range he uses if that can be identified and can be done without affecting other people. --DanielRigal (talk) 01:21, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
OK, well here is one IP to add to the list: 66.87.92.44. (Added above too.) Please block that one and consider a rangeblock if an appropriate range can be found. Maybe also a bot that automatically blocks anybody using the phrase "showbox film error" (whatever the hell that is meant to mean) anywhere in the article space would be useful too? --DanielRigal (talk) 18:21, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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13 January 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Is there any doubt? He's hitting his usual targets again. P Aculeius (talk) 20:44, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, Subtlety is clearly not his strongest point. ;-) IronGargoyle has already blocked him so I think this can go straight to the archive. --DanielRigal (talk) 22:43, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Suspected sockpuppets

Added the Caidin suite of colours to History of Crayola crayons and List of Crayola crayon colors, simultaneously vandalizing both pages and deleting good information; his other contributions include most of his usual targets (List of incomplete or partially lost films, List of rediscovered films, List of lost films, Leo the Lion (MGM), List of PAW Patrol episodes, etc. Previously reported this IP on December 18; one month block added (which has obviously now expired). This is the third time he's been reported under this IP. P Aculeius (talk) 18:53, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. That's him too. He has used that same IP before as well over a period of several months. It has been blocked before and now he is using it again within a day of block ending. I think that much longer block is merited there. --DanielRigal (talk) 19:32, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Caidin ABC-123 was Indeffed by IronGargoyle. IP 24.227.32.178 blocked three months by me. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:02, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]


21 January 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Same list-of-films page targets and incoherent GoAnimate/Wubbzy edits as previous socks. Name is an obvious callback to previously banned sock User:SagwaFanatic2001. McGeddon (talk) 12:53, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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22 January 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Similar username, same edits to same articles. McGeddon (talk) 12:55, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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24 January 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets


Three edits to List of Crayola crayon colors within twelve minutes of each other today, of the same kind as Caidin usually makes, in this case changing dates and source citations in order to add bogus colors (today, "Kelly Green" and "Light Teal"), the day after his sockpuppet Caidin2099 was blocked after vandalizing the same article, and two days after his sockpuppet 24.227.32.178 was blocked for the second or third time, etc. I note that the addition of "Kelly" or "Kelley" Green seems to be one of his calling cards, as he worked it into this revision on December 17. P Aculeius (talk) 00:54, 24 January 2016 (UTC) P Aculeius (talk) 00:54, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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29 January 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Restoring all the usual Caidin-Johnson edits to Bubble gum, List of Crayola crayon colors, etc. McGeddon (talk) 12:42, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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information Administrator note Blocked per the duck test. Graham87 15:02, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

11 February 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Restoring Johnson's usual vandalism on Bubble gum and vaguely requesting page unprotection at other usual target List of lost films. McGeddon (talk) 23:05, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Blocked 1 month. MarnetteD already tagged. Closing. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:34, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

08 March 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Loud quacking, same name and editing all the same articles as past socks. McGeddon (talk) 12:22, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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10 March 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

New editor whose second edit adds disparate Caidin subjects (VHS, Crayola colours) as a gibberish episode list in exactly the same way that past sock User:PawPatrol2000 did here. --McGeddon (talk) 22:24, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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18 March 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

More Crayola hoaxing, including an edit about new colours illustrated with an image uploaded by Caidin last year. McGeddon (talk) 18:55, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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23 March 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Fits some of Caidin's usual targets (Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, List of television programmes broadcast by ITV). Also his recent pattern of referring to the pages protected from his persistent vandalism as "broken pages" (see User:FlyingOnABalloon/Broken pages, which should probably be deleted). If in any doubt this diff clinches it. It includes several of his made up TV shows. Those "shows" only exist in his head so it can't really be anybody else. 66.195.118.5 is also him but that one is already blocked (and not for the first time) so not listing it above. --DanielRigal (talk) 23:08, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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"Flying On a Balloon" is one of the standard phrases that he likes to use, along with "Jumping on a Ball", "Kickety-Kickball" and "The Caidin Show". That last one was in a few of his recent edits. In addition, an account with this same name was used to vandalize several wiki hosted by Wikia in December 2015 and the account is globally disabled. —RRabbit42 (talk) 01:09, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - Please, compare this account to recent socks. Vanjagenije (talk) 22:32, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Confirmed NativeForeigner Talk 03:10, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Blocked and tagged – closing. Favonian (talk) 13:55, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just a note for future CU. There is at least one account with a common IP and UA which isn't malicious, and I don't believe to be related. As for how they share this IP, I'm not sure, but I don't think it's the same person. I blocked them (WP:DENY) but then came to the conclusion that they aren't related to this mess despite there being a ton of blocked accounts on that particular IP. So to prevent any further mistakes... NativeForeigner Talk 18:35, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

26 March 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Now that his favourite articles are mostly protected he is adding his nonsense to a talk page instead: Talk:List of Blue's Clues episodes. Apart from that it is the same nonsense. DanielRigal (talk) 01:08, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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01 April 2016[edit]

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He is still obsessed with Crayola crayons. I wish he would be happy to just play with his crayons and leave us alone. DanielRigal (talk) 20:10, 1 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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30 April 2016[edit]

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It's that man again! No attempt to hide it. This is his usual drivel with his own name all over it. DanielRigal (talk) 15:21, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Account blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:56, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

01 May 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

The usual Crayola nonsense. [4] clpo13(talk) 23:22, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's that man again! The usual nonsense on the Crayola article and he doesn't even have enough sense to keep his own name out of it. This is his second try this weekend so let's have a checkuser for any additional accounts. DanielRigal (talk) 23:32, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I believe that he has some quite stable IPs (i.e. IPs that have been blocked multiple times due to his abuse of them months apart). If so, please can we extend any expired blocks on account creation and editing from those IPs if they were also used to create the recent socks? OTOH, if he has found a new IP to make his socks then please can we look into blocking that (assuming that it isn't a public library or something where we might cause a lot of collateral damage)? --DanielRigal (talk) 19:48, 2 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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07 May 2016[edit]

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Its him again, hoaxing a "Season 0" of Bear in the Big Blue House again. It even has the name of his last sock spread over the names of the hoax episodes. DanielRigal (talk) 22:52, 7 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 Clerk note: Account blocked. I've tagged as a sock of Caidin-Johnson based on the resumption of the blocked sock's edit war: [5]/[6]. TDL (talk) 20:38, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

22 May 2016[edit]

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More Crayola vandalism. [7], [8], plus the name. clpo13(talk) 18:43, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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28 May 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Nonsense edits on recurring target space hopper, mentioning "the caidin show". McGeddon (talk) 18:40, 28 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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10 June 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Making same nonsense edits, this time to Bubble gum. Also talking about "hopping" on their talk page, another calling card. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:58, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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11 June 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Reinserting the fictional "season 0" to List of Bear in the Big Blue House episodes (diff). These episodes exist only in Caidin's own head. His socks have inserted this drivel several times before. Another key indicator of it being Caidin is the phrase "Break a ball". DanielRigal (talk) 00:42, 11 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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13 June 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

This edit to History of Crayola crayons, one of his chief targets of interest, with his usual nonsense (almost the same changes every time, as in this example from May 22, and this one, from May 1), and the edit summary "I Am Caidin! Prepare Yourself For The Return Of My Massive Uncontrollable Ego To This Article!", which frankly makes it sound less likely that he's some kid having a laugh and more like he's a troll trying to waste everybody else's time. P Aculeius (talk) 19:40, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Note that this was an IP "Satirizing Caidin Johnson's recent edits to this article", which they've been doing for a while. The same IP has also pretended to be blocked sockmaster User:DavidYork71. --McGeddon (talk) 11:21, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • IP is already blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 21:40, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

24 June 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Same cruft edit on Bubble gum as a previous sock: [9][10]. GABgab 23:06, 24 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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10 July 2016[edit]

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Adding Caidin's list of colours to List of Crayola crayon colors, History of Crayola crayons, and Alternative names of Crayola crayons. Bizarre name follows previous sockpuppet naming scheme of Caidin's (User:Jokes, Science, Dinosaurs, Shopping). P Aculeius (talk) 13:43, 10 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Yep, definitely him. Quacks like a particularly loud and annoying duck. --DanielRigal (talk) 18:26, 10 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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17 July 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Created List of programs broadcast by The Caidin Channel -  Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me. GABgab 18:08, 17 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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26 July 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


Replacing information with the Caidin suite of Crayola colors on his usual targets (List of Crayola crayon colors, History of Crayola crayons, Alternative names of Crayola crayons). Essentially the same edits and text that has been reverted and deleted repeatedly over the last year. I note he's already been blocked, but I'm placing this here so that the report is properly filed and the account name listed with his many, many other socks. P Aculeius (talk) 13:06, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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28 July 2016[edit]

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here he admits his real name. All the remaining edits are vandalism all around Crayola crayons and their colours.  Velella  Velella Talk   13:44, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Now blocked. GABgab 14:33, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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08 August 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

[11] + the name Sro23 (talk) 12:56, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Looks like this account was already blocked as a sock. I've tagged him, and now I'm closing. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:24, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]


08 August 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

This Caidin IP sock seems to have gotten under the radar without detection until now. Ran across this IP's 2014 comment on the talk page for Timeline of Crayola Crayons and thought it sounded familiarly inane: "added my own stuff to the crayola timeline like my 9th birthday the microwave this suggestion and the oldest crayon box on ebay". I checked his contributions, and voilà, his targets:

  • Martin Caidin
  • Timeline of Crayola
  • List of Crayola crayon colors
  • List of Blue's Clues episodes
  • Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions (note that "TheCaidinLion", the other sock currently under investigation, was creating articles with titles like, Paramount XP, Paramount 2000, Paramount 1998, Paramount 1995 [all names of versions of Windows], the last of them with the edit summary, "Paramount 1995 was released on 1995. It was another version of win 95").

So, he edited the same improbable combination of pages, as well as one containing his name (and perhaps explaining his constant addition of "Martin Red" to Crayola lists), and a couple of others. He also reverted someone else's work to a previous revision by User:CaidinJohnson2000, a "suspected" Caidin sock (surely a bunch of the suspected socks should be moved to "confirmed"). P Aculeius (talk) 13:28, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • P Aculeius - Thanks for the report. Good eye as usual. Not sure what I can do here, as the IP hasn't edited since May 2015, but having more info is always good. IP geolocates to Winter Springs, Florida; ISP: Bright House Networks. Closing case with no action. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:24, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

09 August 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Name plus vandalism at List of television programmes broadcast by ITV. clpo13(talk) 16:02, 9 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Looks like Widr took care of the blocking. I've tagged the account. Closing. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:33, 9 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

15 October 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

The usual tosh about crayons. DanielRigal (talk) 23:56, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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18 October 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Who do we know who is interested in Crayola crayons, space hoppers and putting nonsense into Wikipedia? He seems to be going for some slightly different target this time but only slightly and there is plenty of quacking when List of Crayola chalk colors gets recreated. DanielRigal (talk) 18:58, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Could we please add this guy to Caidin's confirmed sockpuppets? It's obviously the same guy as this, this, and this, although for some reason only the first is listed as confirmed.

Also CaidinIsYou, 66.195.118.4, Happy Birthday, Goodnight, Sharing With Friends, Safe and Sound, and The Mails Here, Friends For Life, Music. I know they've all been blocked for disruptive editing already, but they're obviously Caidin, and none of them are listed as his sockpuppets. P Aculeius (talk) 22:31, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Blocked and tagged Leaving open in case someone wants to endorse the CU request. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:44, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  In progress - Katietalk 02:23, 19 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The following accounts are  Confirmed to Caidin-Johnson (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki):

These accounts are  Confirmed to each other and behaviorally confirmed to Caidin-Johnson:

The Mails Here, Friends For Life, Music (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) is  Stale.

All are blocked. I'll let the clerks tag and close. Katietalk 02:57, 19 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Done, closing. GABgab 03:05, 19 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

23 October 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

I fear Caidin has discovered templates and is experimenting to see whether he can hide his nonsense outside the article space to avoid detection. Most of the results are fake articles, not proper templates but the one that is a proper template: Template:Legend striped inline looks like nothing more than a copy of Template:Legend striped with the examples modified with silly names. This is not his normal MO but if you check one of this user's creations Template:Other stub ways for crayola you will see that it includes a link to his deleted article List of Crayola chalk colors. As this is not quite his normal MO a checkuser might be good but it quacks for me. I'd hate to think that there was somebody else out there as obsessed with Crayola crayons and with putting nonsense in Wikipedia. DanielRigal (talk) 09:58, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  In progress - Katietalk 01:35, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Privates12345678 is Red X Unrelated technically or geographically to Caidin-Johnson. I see the behavioral connection, but they're not on the same continent. Katietalk 01:48, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I was asked to take a second look into this, I'd actually not even give you the CU result, or mark it inconclusive as I don't trust the data I have on my screen. Use behavior. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 02:49, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Clerk note: I'm convinced by the behavior I see, but I'm not terribly familiar with the master (and can't see deleted revs), so I'll leave it to someone else to make a final call. Kevin (alt of L235 · t · c) 14:50, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • information Administrator note I've gone ahead and blocked Privates12345678 based upon my assessment of the available behavioral evidence. Marking as closed. Mkdwtalk 03:49, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

30 January 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Per duck edit here . Same MO, same long name with animals featured. Same all, same all  Velella  Velella Talk   23:23, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Absolutely, pretty much the author of all the major disruptive edits over the last two years to the same three Crayola crayon articles, and a narrow range of others, apparently plugging himself and people around him. I think he's over a hundred blocked sockpuppets now. I wonder how much time and effort goes into these edits, as well as setting up new socks. P Aculeius (talk) 00:18, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Account blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 02:18, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

25 March 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Drivel about "The Caidin Show" which only exists in his own head.(diff) Also, hits many of the usual targets. DanielRigal (talk) 00:50, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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26 March 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Crayola crayons additions with mention of Caidin show etc. etc. Very loud quacking  Velella  Velella Talk   15:28, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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09 April 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

[12] per WP:DUCK Sro23 (talk) 20:32, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Pink clock Awaiting administrative action - Yep. GABgab 20:34, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked; closing. Favonian (talk) 20:42, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]


09 April 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

All the tell-tale signs in an edit to List of Crayola crayon colors -see here including inclusion of Caidin in text  Velella  Velella Talk   20:35, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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01 July 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Has hit several of Caidin's usual targets with the usual nonsense he adds. Note the even less subtle username than normal which is pretty much an admission of his identity. The only other possibility would be somebody impersonating him (and surely nobody would want to do that!) but that would make little difference to how we should handle this as and a vandal that impersonates a vandal is a vandal too and needs to be blocked. Although the account is now quiet this seems like him flying a kite to see if we are still watching for him. It would be good to nip this in the bud before he gets the idea that he can regain a foothold here and become even more disruptive. --DanielRigal (talk) 12:16, 1 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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09 July 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Hits some of the usual trargets and also admits that it is him in this edit summary. Seems to be deliberate trolling. DanielRigal (talk) 21:45, 9 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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14 July 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


The name, and if that isn't enough, see[13] where he mentions Caidin-Johnson Meters (talk) 23:57, 14 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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He's quacking it up on various Wiggles articles. [14] [15] [16] AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 00:14, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No question at all. He's also hit the Crayola, Martin Caidin, and Nick Jr buttons. Meters (talk) 00:16, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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15 July 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Reverted to an old version of the Noggin (brand) article which had a load of Caidin's nonsense in it. Also, username has same surname so I guess he is pretending to be a real or imagined family member. DanielRigal (talk) 15:37, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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12 November 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Ducky by name, incoherent edit summaries, and edits to bubble gum. Indeffing and tagging. Just wanted to include current info. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 00:28, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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11 November 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

After a few obfuscating edits, reveals true Duck nature with vandal edits to History of Crayola crayons as per most past socks. The user name is a bit of a give-away too.  Velella  Velella Talk   23:00, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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This case is being reviewed by Sir Sputnik as part of the clerk training process. Please allow them to process the entire case without interference, and pose any questions or concerns either on their Talk page or on this page if more appropriate.

17 December 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Username is a giveaway. Also the interest in Paramount and Crayola, both things Caidin seems obsessed by. The IP also hits Crayola related targets as well as the stuff about lost and rediscovered films. All these are standard Caidin targets. DanielRigal (talk) 23:33, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The user just got blocked, probably as I was filing this, so all we need is a tag there. The IP could probably do with a block too. --DanielRigal (talk) 23:39, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Pink clock Awaiting administrative action - Please block the IP for two weeks. Thanks. Sro23 (talk) 23:59, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  IP blocked. GABgab 01:40, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

07 January 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Continuing vandalism on Paramount Television, List of Paramount Pictures films, etc. Compare [17] to [18]. Sro23 (talk) 23:00, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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27 January 2018[edit]

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The username and pages edited make the possibility of this not being a sockpuppet inexistent. 189.25.246.191 (talk) 03:10, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Yep. That's him. Those are his usual targets. --DanielRigal (talk) 21:28, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Pink clock Awaiting administrative action -  Looks like a duck to me The vandalism is more subtle this time but it's still there (to Blue's Clues [19] [20] and Crayola [21] [22] related articles), and the username makes it even more obvious. Please indef. Sro23 (talk) 21:28, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Sro23 -  Done. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:28, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

08 February 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

User's only two edits were to History of Crayola Crayons and Development of Bugs Bunny, two of Caidin's usual targets, one day apart. Quacks like a Daffy Duck, doesn't he? He also has a suspected SP account at User:24.246.164.55, very similar range. However, I think it's only fair to say, neither edit appears to be disruptive; in both cases he's simply replaced good images with other good images. I'm not involved with the second article, but I am with the Crayola one, and while I decided to restore the original picture in the lead, I kept the new one and put it later in the article. P Aculeius (talk) 20:20, 8 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Please refile if the IP becomes active again. Closing. Sro23 (talk) 14:06, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]


11 February 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Here we go again. "Eye TV" is a phrase he has used in the past and this hits some of his usual target articles. DanielRigal (talk) 19:18, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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12 February 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Looks like another relapse. He is pointlessly self-reverting and generally being disruptive on some of his usual favourite Crayola articles. DanielRigal (talk) 23:29, 12 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that he has continued to use this account for vandalism today. Please can we get this blocked ASAP even if the checkuser is still outstanding? --DanielRigal (talk) 17:35, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Pink clock Awaiting administrative action - Between the username and the interest in Crayola,  Looks like a duck to me. Please block the new sock indefinitely. Sir Sputnik (talk) 17:23, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • information Administrator note Blocked and tagged. Ben MacDui 19:05, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 19:10, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

25 February 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Subtle name, huh? Also, Crayola stuff and all the usual nonsense. DanielRigal (talk) 01:04, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Pink clock Awaiting administrative action - . Please block. Sro23 (talk) 01:05, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Sro23 -  Done. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:08, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

11 March 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Quacking like daffy duck. Same nonsense. Requesting CU for potential range block? CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 22:14, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • He is definitely making a lot more socks recently. If there is any scope to rangeblock or do anything else to impede him it would be helpful. I'm almost tempted to suggest somebody should phone his parents or whoever looks after him. --DanielRigal (talk) 23:31, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Confirmed, of course, and another CU had already made a highly relevant CU-block. Courcelles (talk) 19:00, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

15 March 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

More Bugs Bunny/Caidin edits. Adam9007 (talk) 17:46, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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22 March 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Note the repeated occurrence of false info including the word "Caidin" in this editor's edits, as well as a preference by the master for usernames beginning with "Bugs Bunny" General Ization Talk 14:22, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Account now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:55, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

26 March 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


Quack. Bugs Bunny, Crayola, and adds his name here [23] as "Caidin Red" and here [24] as "Caidin Show Series" Meters (talk) 01:47, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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01 April 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Quack. Crayola and lost films. Restoring edits by previously blocked socks, including one that uses his name [25] (search text for "Caidin") Compare to [26] Meters (talk) 18:40, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

IP geolocates to same town as most recently blocked IP. Meters (talk) 19:03, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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These seem to be additional Caidins targeting Crayola topics. He's really going on a rampage today. P Aculeius (talk) 20:46, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Is there really nothing we can do to put a stop to this? I don't think this is something he is just going to grow out of.
He seems to like to restore his old versions of articles. How about we revdel those so he can't do that any more?
I noticed from one of his previous socks' edit summaries that he has got his own personal wiki site now. He seems to spend his time making multiple accounts for himself and then banning some of them. It is almost like he is role-playing his limited understanding of what we do here. I had hoped this would become his chosen place place to publish whatever he wants and stop bothering us but that doesn't seem to be happening. --DanielRigal (talk) 20:57, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Pink clock Awaiting administrative action - Please block 24.246.160.237 for three days at least. Thank you. Sro23 (talk) 23:50, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done for three months. Closing/archiving. Courcelles (talk) 16:07, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

07 May 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


Caidin adding his usual material to List of Crayola crayon colors, and other topics about film and television, Looney Tunes and soforth. In the Crayola article as usual he changed the color codes and added names/custom colors containing his names and the names of miscellaneous unknown people. Many previous examples similar to this one on the same article and probably most of the other ones he's contributed to. Similar user name to many others he's used, same target pages. P Aculeius (talk) 15:53, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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08 May 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Mentions Caidin in edits. Adam9007 (talk) 23:53, 8 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Account now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 12:49, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

09 May 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

WP:DUCK. Adam9007 (talk) 22:33, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Blocked the (not nearly as funny as Daffy) duck. Leaving the CU request in case there are IP ranges worth blocking. Favonian (talk) 14:39, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • See below.
     — Berean Hunter (talk) 14:50, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]


12 May 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

More Caidin stuff. Adam9007 (talk) 01:23, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Ranges blocked. These are also confirmed to many that are tagged as suspected but already blocked. Blocking confirmed accounts but  Behavioural evidence needs evaluation for possibles.
     — Berean Hunter (talk) 14:50, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]


14 May 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Adam9007 (talk) 15:36, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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03 July 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

A repeat of some nonsense about Bugs Bunny. DanielRigal (talk) 19:45, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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18 November 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Behavioural duck on List of Paramount Pictures films ∰Bellezzasolo✡ Discuss 23:35, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Account now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 23:43, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

02 December 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


New account with single edit quacks as a WP:DUCK. Compare flavor list provided with diff 1 and diff 2. Loopy30 (talk) 17:47, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I'm not convinced this is him. It doesn't match his normal MO. Normally he makes a new account and posts as much of the same crap as he can, as fast as he can, before he gets blocked. Also, the name is not his usual style. Perhaps worth keeping an eye on but, unless a checkuser says otherwise, I'd assume it isn't him. --DanielRigal (talk) 19:46, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Technically  Unlikely to the only non-stale account in the archive. Courcelles (talk) 19:57, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Closing case without action. The evidence is too weak. Sro23 (talk) 10:31, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

05 December 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

similar editing pattern to previous socks on similar pages WNYY98 (talk) 00:45, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Sock now blocked; case closed. Sro23 (talk) 00:51, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

14 December 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


Editing patterns including article selection, restoring their own (bad) contribs, and nonsense edit summaries. power~enwiki (π, ν) 23:15, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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20 January 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

All the usual nonsense. Any chance that a a rangeblock could deter him? DanielRigal (talk) 13:48, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

He got blocked just as I was submitting this so maybe no action is required. That said, if we can do anything with rangeblocks or edit filters to deter him that would be good. He did go away for quite a long while before his more recent run of socks. Filtering his current favourite made up word "sitpop"/"sitpopping" might slow him down a bit. Also if we could automatically block any new user who uses "I hope I don’t get blocked" in an edit summary then any collateral damage would probably consist only of other people who also deserve blocking. --DanielRigal (talk) 13:57, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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22 January 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

All the usual nonsense in just one edit. DanielRigal (talk) 22:51, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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29 January 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


Name and all edits Trivialist (talk) 01:37, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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06 February 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

The usual nonsense, albeit at a slightly lower intensity than recently: Inflatable items, Bursting/popping thereof, Bugs Bunny. DanielRigal (talk) 23:09, 6 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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  • CU confirmed to other socks in the archive. No current sleepers. -- zzuuzz (talk) 23:45, 6 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

05 March 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


Name similarity to other socks; persistent vandalism, including this one with the edit summary "Hope I don't get blocked!" Pretty sure it's a WP:DUCK. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:09, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

PS: Both users already blocked. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:18, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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20 March 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

WP:DUCK Adam9007 (talk) 00:33, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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31 March 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

The usual intersection of inflatable toys and Bugs Bunny. DanielRigal (talk) 01:08, 31 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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02 May 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Many similarities to his socks. Adam9007 (talk) 17:23, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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  • @Sro23: It's best to report all socks of locked users to SRG to prevent abuse. You don't stop CSDing pages if there's a backlog; it's the same situation here. Those accounts should be locked to prevent the possibility of xwiki abuse, and it takes only a few seconds to MultiLock them. Thanks, Vermont (talk) 21:39, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Blocked; closing. Favonian (talk) 17:32, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Lock request filed on meta for socks 2018 and newer based on locked socks in the archive. TheSandDoctor Talk 18:38, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @TheSandDoctor: Why? Even if previous socks needed to be locked, this particular sock isn't cross-wiki abusing. Do you not realize how backlogged SRG is? Sro23 (talk) 20:46, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    You don't stop filing things on SPI because there's too much open cases ;) Same goes to SRG. — regards, Revi 05:25, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

06 May 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


Quack! Also this and this. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:54, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Account now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:11, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]


11 May 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Carl Tristan Orense 11:02, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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12 May 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

WP:DUCK. Adam9007 (talk) 17:46, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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01 August 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Btreadaway22 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and Btreadaway342 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) were blocked as a sock of Caidin-Johnson. DUCK based on user names and topics being edited.

CU requested for sleeper check due to LTA and still active. EvergreenFir (talk) 02:02, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@DanielRigal: The past socks have a history of messing with colors on Franklin, Care Bears, and Arthur (old: [27], [28]; Btreadaway23: [29], [30]; Btreadaway24: [31], [32], [33]). Whether this is a different sock than CJ is another question. EvergreenFir (talk) 20:18, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Are we sure that it is him? The style does not look the same as in the past. This is not to say that the accounts reported are OK. Clearly there is sockpuppetry going on here and blocks are appropriate. I'm just not sure whether it is Caidin-Johnson's doing this time. --DanielRigal (talk) 16:45, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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 Blocked without tags ST47 (talk) 15:43, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]


03 August 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

 It looks like a duck to me Adam9007 (talk) 02:35, 3 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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 Blocked without tags ST47 (talk) 15:43, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]


04 August 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Targeting some of the same pages as previous sockpuppets. Similarities in edits can be found here: [34] [35] ElectricBurst(Electron firings)(Zaps) 21:19, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Yeah. That's the usual pattern and so is the report above this one. --DanielRigal (talk) 22:18, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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 Blocked without tags ST47 (talk) 15:43, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

26 September 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Previous socks (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Caidin-Johnson/Archive#01_August_2019) in this case clearly match the behavior of Kit14444.

Btreadaway24 changes color for season 19 to pink ([36]), which Kit14444 does as well ([37]).

Btreadaway24 changes season 20 color to blue ([38]). Kit14444 changes it to blue as well ([39])

Btreadaway24 changes season 15 to blue ([40]) which Kit14444 does as well ([41]).

Btreadaway23 edits on Martha Speaks ([42]) to change colors, and Kit14444 does the same ([43]).

Btreadaway24 edits on basketball roster pages ([44], [45])) which Kit14444 does as well ([46]).

Requesting CU for confirmation and sleeper check

EvergreenFir (talk) 19:58, 26 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed to Btreadaway24 (talk · contribs · count) + Oconnell166 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki).  Blocked without tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:45, 28 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

04 October 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Previous sock: [47]

This IP: [48] EvergreenFir (talk) 02:43, 4 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Bbb23: In the future, how should I address IP edits like this? I understand SPI is overburdened, but this report was 11 days ago. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:35, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Bbb23: Okay, thanks. I'll file if it seems egregious enough, even if just to record a pattern. Easier to later report to AIV and point to the SPI case if there's a record here of IPs. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:59, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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  • The IP edits are old. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:03, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • @EvergreenFir: When you file a report with only IPs listed, your expections of action should be low. Such reports often receive low priority because IP editing tends to be transient. So, unless the IPs are persistent, the reports are often closed. If that frustates you, don't file the report.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:44, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

22 November 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Behavior lines up with what's documented in sockpuppeteer's LTA case file:

  • "I hope I don't get blocked" - [49]
  • Obsession with inflatable, bursting, popping and bouncing objects - [50] [51] [52]

 Looks like a duck to me. The Grand Delusion(Send a message) 00:09, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Clerk endorsed - Worth a check - non-stale confirmed socks in archive. If nothing else, for possible sleepers. TheSandDoctor Talk 01:06, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Same IP address as a few other Caidin-Johnson socks, including one that I blocked a while back.  Blocked without tags. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:08, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

17 February 2020[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

I've blocked this account as a sock of Caidin-Johnson, but I just noticed the account was created in November and, given the history of this LTA case, I thought I'd ask for a sleeper check if that's possible.

Evidence of sockness:

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13 November 2020[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


Found this blocked user while browsing the edit history of AIV. "Sitpopping" stuck out to me as a weird word, so I Googled it and found a bunch of results on DeviantArt. Further narrowed it down by searching "sitpopping bugs bunny". There was one result, posted by CaidenLovesCrayola, a user who posts images of bounce balls, Crayola, Looney Tunes, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, Animaniacs, Paramount, MGM, etc. Googled the name referenced in the user profile and sure enough, found this LTA page. This specific user made many vandalistic edits which bear all the fingerprints listed in the LTA article, down to the bouncing balls. The strangest edit was this one, where he added timelines for Bugs Bunny's houses, schools, and cars. Lkmk1 (talk) 18:31, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Clerk note: Lkmk1 This account was blocked almost 12 hours ago. What exactly are you looking to be done now? Praxidicae (talk) 18:33, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure. I followed the instructions in the LTA article, which said to file a report. I don't know if running CheckUser is necessary, because it's so obviously him. Lkmk1 (talk) 18:41, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It's not, so closing. Praxidicae (talk) 18:43, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

02 April 2021[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


Behavior and topics of interest match Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Caidin-Johnson, such as edits at List of Crayola crayon colors here. JCdimmer (talk) 00:17, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Obvious sock is obvious; also at AIV. User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 04:40, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

  • This case is being reviewed by Blablubbs as part of the clerk training process. Please allow him to process the entire case without interference, and pose any questions or concerns either on his talk page or on this page if more appropriate.
    Already blocked, but it has been a while since the last (or at least the last documented) check was run, so CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk – probably a good idea to check for sleepers. Blablubbs|talk 10:49, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  No sleepers immediately visible. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 13:07, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

15 May 2021[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

See this. The user makes the exact same change 1 week after Mint R riskers is blocked. That user is a suspected sock of Caidin-Johnson. As the user has an LTA page, I file this to request CU for sleepers. aeschyIus (talk) 01:31, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Just came upon this SPI page... could this possibly be related to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Zjholder? I've recently encountered a few 'Caidin Johnsohn'-related names over on Wikimedia Commons related to that (see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Zjholder issues). I'm certainly those Caidin's would have to be related to this... Magitroopa (talk) 02:10, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
With Zjholder socks including 'forrest' and/or '29912' and Caidin-Johnson related accounts likely including that name, I would think Caidin-Johnsohn29912forrest on Commons may be the account that ties everything up all together. Magitroopa (talk) 02:23, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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21 June 2021[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

This seems to be either Caidin-Johnson or somebody impersonating him. The interest in inflatable balls, bugs bunny, Paramount and Blues Clues all seem to fit. Previous socks have vandalised Brandy & Mr. Whiskers so the user name possibly fits too. The interest in Balloon fetish is a new, and unwelcome, development though. DanielRigal (talk) 17:13, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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04 October 2021[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Has the same interest as all other Caidin socks; including beach balls and Tom and Jerry. All I have to say. wizzito | say hello! 22:22, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • The IP is now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 00:25, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

21 November 2021[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Overwrote Balloon Ride with similar content as previous attempts at Beach Ball Bounce, which was recently protected. Behavior is suspiciously similar and seems like a WP:DUCK. Jalen Folf (talk) 19:41, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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22 November 2021[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

 Looks like a duck to me wizzito | say hello! 01:20, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I would strongly suggest that you provide behavioral evidence linking the IP with the sockmaster, such as diffs of edits made to pages. The Grand Delusion(Send a message) 16:01, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would think this edit on regularly targeted (now protected, thankfully) Beach Ball Bounce is enough in this case. Magitroopa (talk) 16:09, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh no! He has discovered IPv6. This is not a good sign.
Anyway, yes, that's him 100%. He is reverting to his old vandalised versions, which maybe he has saved copies of. The elements of the diffs that do not relate to his Bugs Bunny and beachball obsession are just the changes that other editors have made in the meantime.
One possibility to deter him would be an edit filter on "sitpopping" (and variants), which is not a real word that anybody else would normally use. --DanielRigal (talk) 20:00, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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26 September 2022[edit]

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Replaced the redirect at Balloon Ride with an article — with relatively little difference from a similar override by an earlier sock. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:44, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Yeah, that's him. It's disappointing. It's been almost 10 months since the last report. I had hoped that he had finally got over this nonsense. --DanielRigal (talk) 00:31, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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25 November 2022[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

The usual stuff about beach balls and balloons(diff) as well as a load of nonsense about Barney the Dinosaur. Checkuser requested as his socks sometimes come in small groups. DanielRigal (talk) 02:13, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Looks like a duck to me. Already blocked.  No tags.  Clerk endorsed - For sleeper check; it's been a while and the archive demonstrates they can have a couple of accounts on the go at once. Updating the CU data wouldn't be a bad idea either. --Jack Frost (talk) 09:24, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  In progress. --Blablubbs (talk) 10:26, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Same range as past socks.  No sleepers immediately visible. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 10:29, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

26 November 2022[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Attempting to revert to the same beach ball and balloon nonsense as before. DanielRigal (talk) 01:29, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also hitting some of the other old targets related to crayola and CBS. --DanielRigal (talk) 01:36, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Now blocked, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 02:30, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

01 December 2022[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

They both have an interest with Bugs Bunny, and they both vandalized List of rediscovered films. I am requesting a checkuser because there are likely sleepers. They also both have a bizarre interest in inflatable objects. Scorpions13256 (talk) 02:02, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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That's definitely him. The adding and reverting looks like a fairly new tactic to get his edit count up and avoid getting reverted by other people. --DanielRigal (talk) 12:17, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see that the account has been given a short block by @Liz. I think this needs to be made into an indef. He has been doing all his usual nonsense as well as making a hoax autobiography. He has been doing this for years. It isn't going to get any better after 31 hours. DanielRigal (talk) 05:11, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

  •  Confirmed plus a few vandalism-only accounts that have already been blocked.  Blocked without tags per WP:DENY. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 08:46, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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