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29 June 2015[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets


PowerofP has "created" two London bus route articles, one a few days ago, one last month. These are actually recreations of articles previously redirected due to lack of notability: London bus route 21 recreates London Buses route 21 that had been restored from a redirect by Ibsiadkgneoeb in June 2014 and again by Asbeto4 in September 2014; and London bus route 295 recreates London Buses route 295 that had been restored from a redirect by Ibsiadkgneoeb in June 2014, by SeatF22 in July 2014, and again by Asbeto4 in September 2014—in this case, it reuses the "London Buses route 295" bolded wording in the article's lede. Note that the sockmaster has been blocked for about a year (there's a Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Ibsiadkgneoeb), and SeatF22, Delboy18, and Asbeto4 were blocked over the ensuing few months; PowerofP is the new account that I believe is following in the footsteps of these, and trying to evade detection by slightly altering the article titles from the standard "London Buses route X" nomenclature used by the notable routes. I don't know whether a CheckUser request is useful where the prior activity was in the previous year, but in case it is, I thought I should request it. Thanks for your attention. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:22, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]
  • I declined the CU. As the filer suggested, PowerofP is the only account that is not stale.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:17, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • After the merge from the old SPI, I am closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:57, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
01 July 2015[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets

The standard common element of the first three accounts is served by, mainly railway station articles in western australia, all three accounts are not edited at the same time, the terminology and editing style used is common to all three accounts, the edit summaries are identical, and more than one of these accounts has edited the same article Toodyay railway station [1] and [2]

Mo7838 had been in long go nowhere arguments with west australian editors over railway articles, It could be assumed the editor is trying to avoid identification with the earlier account that arguments were held from. If the editor had 'lost' something to do with earlier accounts, there is no open explanation of, or identification of previously.... x editor at the new accounts... JarrahTree 12:30, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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The fourth account is similar except that most of the articles are about South Australian instead of Western Australian topics, and the fifth account is also similar save that the topics are mostly in Queensland or Victoria.

Disruptive editing style similarities across all accounts include deletion of references created using templates and harv references and replacement of them with individual citations (usually ref name= type); also citing unreliable online sources and printed sources without specifying individual page numbers.

The editor's editing style has generated a number of complaints from other editors about disruptive editing (see, eg, User:Coomera81 and User talk:Coomera81#Welcome and an explanation about templates) but it seems that the editor simply ignores those complaints. Bahnfrend (talk) 14:06, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]


  • User Coomera81 was created[3] after Mo7838 had been cautioned about disruptive behaviour on topics related to Western Australian Railways, Mo7838 ceased all activity on that area, Coomera was asked if they would put some information on about themselves on their user page, next day Total25 was created[4]. In June Mo7838 and Total25 were linked in a SPI when user copied totals signature and appeared to be voting as Total25, this closed after the editor was given benefit of the doubt over their actions and courtesy deleted. User:Coorwrold account started[5] after that discussion was closed all of these accounts use the exact style of editing, edit summaries similar sources and appear to work in geographic topic isolation but on the same topic area using the same source. The only account that doesnt fit the lineal pattern of question - creation of a new account is User:BarossV[6] which was created 10 days after Total25, though it fits all other patterns and Mo7838 had been asked to participate in a mayor restructure railway articles[7] something he was aware would attract attention from users he had previously interacted with. Gnangarra 12:54, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]
  •  Clerk note: @JarrahTree and Bahnfrend: 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. Vanjagenije (talk) 21:22, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Vanjagenije: fair enough, you have your procedures - the general pattern of editing summaries, and requirements are being adhered to strictly, are not so much something that a diff can actually provide, the trends go over a number ranges of edits. Being short of time here and in real life, extracting diffs will be delayed.JarrahTree 23:46, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I will be delayed as well, probably at least until the weekend, for the same reason. Bahnfrend (talk) 02:11, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Clerk note: Seven days have passed, and I still see no evidence in the form I requested. Vanjagenije (talk) 09:25, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Most obviously, these diffs demonstrate a consistent style of citation of online sources - url and short name in square brackets, followed by a short unlinked name of the publisher - citation templates are not used for online references and dates are (commonly) not given. Also, Mo7838 (4) and (5), and BarossaV (1), are so similar in style, subject matter and referencing that the three articles in question were very obviously created by the same person. Bahnfrend (talk) 14:02, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • All the blocking and tagging is done. I'm putting the case on hold, like the other SPI, until I decide how best to do the merger. That won't be until tomorrow (probably).--Bbb23 (talk) 04:35, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge is done. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:58, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

24 July 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets


Similar type of name as names of other socks of this user. Similar focus on railway oriented topics in the UK and Australia. Similar complaints from other editors about disruptive editing (see User talk:Mvpo666). Similar method of citation of online sources, eg this diff with bare url plus brief description - no cite template used - and this diff - similar citation format and it's a citation of a railway timetable - again, a classic example of a citation of this sockpuppeteer. Bahnfrend (talk) 16:19, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Interestingly this user if it is the same, seems to be oblivious to the sock and blocking issue, and keeps returning to the same articles over and over again, Toodyay_railway_station has been visited by at least 3 of the same users accounts. JarrahTree 00:49, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

Reemembering that when the original checkuser request went up to do with Mo7838, it was though that user was the sockmaster, it was not known there was another id behind that, it is unknown which exactly the current ID editor name is potentially the base sockmaster at this point, most Australian editors deing with this issue though that Mo7838 was the master editor id sockmaster, and had not encountered D447817 in any way at all JarrahTree 04:21, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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

  •  Additional information needed - @Bahnfrend: 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. Vanjagenije (talk) 00:53, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It's probably sufficient to note WP:DUCK and the following: the latest suspect's User contributions page shows that the suspect has started at Northam railway station and then moved east along the Eastern Goldfields Railway disruptively (see criticisms by other editors here) adding passenger train timetable information to each passenger station on that line, except Merredin railway station, where the entry says "Updated services", because the confirmed sock Total25 had already added such information, using the puppeteer's standard type of referencing of online sources, as described above and as used by this suspect as well (see this diff for both the confirmed and suspected socks' amendments to that article). Bahnfrend (talk) 16:39, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

23 September 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets


The suspected sock has a name similar in style to many of the various other socks of this user, ie a word or part word followed by some digits. At the time this investigation was launched, the suspected sock had made four edits, all of articles about Western Australian railway topics, a subject of interest to some of the other socks of this user, and especially User:Mo7838. There are also similarities between the edits. Eg, this diff in CBH class is a Mo7838 edit, and adds content including "In April 2011, CBH Group placed an order with MotivePower for 22 locomotives", and this diff in Westrail P class (which has previously been edited by Mo7838) is by the suspected sock and adds content beginning with "In 1988, Westrail placed an order for 15 CM25-8 Dash 8 locomotives ...". Bahnfrend (talk) 10:14, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A further comment: A previous investigation into whether Mvpo666 (talk · contribs · count) is a sock of this user concluded that the checkuser showed that Mvpo666 was unrelated and the behavioral evidence was not sufficient to justify a block. It may be that a checkuser of this suspected sock will show that this suspected sock is related to Mvpo666, in which case I would say that both Mvpo666 and Merid222 (note the similarity of their names) are suspected socks of the same user. Bahnfrend (talk) 10:37, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Despite the checkuser result, this looks like an D47817 sockpuppet - similarities in edit summaries, content and references - and the username appears to be based on British Rail Class 222, whereas the edits are to Australian articles. Peter James (talk) 22:03, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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

  • CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - To compare Merid222 with previous socks of D47817 and with Mvpo666 . Vanjagenije (talk) 20:15, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Blocking Merid222 indefinitely based on comparison of behavior. Closing.
     — Berean Hunter (talk) 14:33, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

14 November 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets


Usual hallmarks of this sock. Alphanumeric name. No user page. No entries by user on talk page. Obviously experienced editor, even though it's a new username. Edits only articles about railway topics. Usual short form method of citing online sources - bare url plus brief description - no cite template used. (See, eg, this diff, this diff and this diff, which also includes another hallmark of this sock - citation of unreliable online sources (in this case, Vicsig.net).)

Most obviously, these diffs demonstrate a consistent style of citation of online sources - url and short name in square brackets, followed by a short unlinked name of the publisher - citation templates are not used for online references and dates are (commonly) not given. Bahnfrend (talk) 15:31, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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

  • CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - Please, compare him to Merid222. Vanjagenije (talk) 15:33, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hd76 (talk · contribs · count) is  Confirmed, blocked and tagged.
  • @Vanjagenije: I'm not sure why you specifically asked me to check the new puppet with Merid222. Although Hd76 has some new technical data that suggests a very tenuous technical connection, I still believe the account is Red X Unrelated to Merid222. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:03, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

16 December 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Inadvertantly put in archive before here [21] Usual hallmarks of this sock. Alphanumeric name. No user page. No entries by user on talk page. Obviously experienced editor, even though it's a new username. Edits only articles about railway topics.

In the body of the edits is knowledge of source material, and close, but no cigar, quirks of no local knowledge, but of online sources only. Rapid fire editing; 

   13:47 WAGR P and Pr classes‎ (diff | hist) . . (+1,409)‎ . . Cenfin8 (talk | contribs) (copyedit) [rollback]
   13:47 MRWA P class‎ (diff | hist) . . (+792)‎ . . Cenfin8 (talk | contribs) (copyedit) [rollback]
   13:47 WAGR O class‎ (diff | hist) . . (+3,845)‎ . . Cenfin8 (talk | contribs) (copyedit) [rollback]
   13:47 WAGR N class‎ (diff | hist) . . (+3,148)‎ . . Cenfin8 (talk | contribs) (copyedit) [rollback]

This example from today 15th December 2015, 4 edits a minute, the telltale edit summary of all previous socks, and actual changing and removal of material very similar to the attitude of the sock of old Mo7578 - removing in most cases material that is referenced and of interest.

In most cases all edits require cleaning up due to a range of minor details. What is concerning, is that most of the added material is valid - but the similarity in style to earlier socks suggests, despite the material not being damaging, the idea that the earlier sock master has returned in rapid fire editing, with all the trade mark edit style of Mo and Total and coor, is problematic JarrahTree 01:48, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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Another hallmark: uses this sock's usual consistent style of citation of online sources - url and short name in square brackets, followed by a short unlinked name of the publisher - citation templates are not used for online references and dates are (commonly) not given. See, eg, this diff.

If this user is confirmed as a sock, then all of its edits should simply be reversed. Bahnfrend (talk) 13:19, 15 December 2015 (UTC)c

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

Cenfin8 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Samboy80 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Marmioo (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Lochee6 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Mujibwarb (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Saoon (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Arbotham (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Kamaroona (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
  • Technically, the two groups are  Likely but the behavior is very similar. Mike V • Talk 02:22, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • All blocked and tagged. Closing. Vanjagenije (talk) 14:58, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

18 December 2015[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

This sock puppet has no sense of being checked, and is relentless.

Repetitious and incessant. Usual hallmarks of this sock. Alphanumeric name. No user page. No entries by user on talk page. Obviously experienced editor, even though it's a new username. Edits only articles about railway topics.

In the body of the edits is knowledge of source material, and close, but no cigar, quirks of no local knowledge, but of online sources only. Rapid fire editing;

  • 13:14, 18 December 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+3,513)‎ . . Tasmanian Government Railways G class ‎ (copyedit)
  • 13:14, 18 December 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+94)‎ . . . N Tasmanian Government Railways F class ‎ (create redirect) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]
  • 13:14, 18 December 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+3,668)‎ . . N Tasmanian Government Railways E class ‎ (new article) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]
  • 13:14, 18 December 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+5,896)‎ . . N Tasmanian Government Railways C class ‎ (new article) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]
  • 13:14, 18 December 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+3,380)‎ . . N Tasmanian Government Railways B class ‎ (new article) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]
  • 13:13, 18 December 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+3,933)‎ . . N Tasmanian Government Railways A class ‎ (new article) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]


This example from today 18th December 2015 (previous just 2 days ago, see above), 5 edits a minute with volume, the telltale edit summary of all previous socks, and actual changing and removal of material very similar to the attitude of the sock of old Mo7578 - removing in most cases material that is referenced and of interest.

In most cases all edits require cleaning up due to a range of minor details. What is concerning, is that most of the added material is valid - but the similarity in style to earlier socks suggests, despite the material not being damaging, the idea that the earlier sock master has returned in rapid fire editing, with all the trade mark edit style of Mo, Total, cenfin8 and coor, is problematic. JarrahTree 11:07, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Then while things are stalled/waiting here, another new user of the exact same ilk - Gingerpix srises

  • 08:07, 19 December 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+4,586)‎ . . N Wheatbelt Heritage Railway ‎ (new article)
  • 08:07, 19 December 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+5,579)‎ . . N Pilbara Railways Historical Society ‎ (new article)
  • 08:07, 19 December 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+3,636)‎ . . N Perth Electric Tramway Society ‎ (new article)
  • 08:07, 19 December 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+3,069)‎ . . N Golden Mile Loopline Railway Society ‎ (new article)
  • 08:07, 19 December 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+2,921)‎ . . N Bus Preservation Society of Western Australia ‎ (new article)

not a hesitation from the previous identified socks, the same edit summary, the same style, valid interesting articles, but by a banned sock.

The tell tale editing on the vast number of articles with the cursed copyedit signature style, is repeated removal of valid content by the editor from the articles, suggesting the behavoural removal of material in the Mo7578 stage as argued strenuously to other users, has permeated this editors thinking, and a classic OCD behaviour of convergent lack of perspective of the problematic behaviour or its ramifications, which is probably the ignoring blocks as an inhibition, but more of a challenge to beat the system.

The new articles created have been put up for speedy deletion, they can be resurrected by a valid editor some other time. JarrahTree 08:57, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Most obviously, these diffs demonstrate a consistent style of citation of online sources - url and short name in square brackets, followed by a short name of the publisher - citation templates are not used for online references and dates are (commonly) not given. Bahnfrend (talk) 13:33, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

classic case of what the user has done on a regular basis in previous socks, rapid editing, filling up content, no sign of any talk page or other interactions at all JarrahTree 13:48, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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The new Gingerpix articles have now been deleted (not by me). For the same reasons, all of the edits by both socks should be reverted. Bahnfrend (talk) 15:13, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Please note: December 2015 case has not been touched or checked, it is now almost 2 months after. Clerk, or somebody please do something! JarrahTree 13:52, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

20 May 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

Usual hallmarks of this sock. Fairly rapid editing and quick adding material. No user page. No entries by user on talk page. Obviously experienced editor, even though it's a new username. Edits only articles about railway topics.

This example from 20th May 2016, rapid edits, the telltale edit summary of all previous socks. JarrahTree 1:06 pm, Yesterday (UTC+8)

Extended content
  • 11:45, 20 May 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+96)‎ . . m Great Southern Railway (Western Australia) ‎ (Albany, Beverley station links) (current)
  • 11:44, 20 May 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+16)‎ . . m Northam railway station, Western Australia ‎ (Albany station link) (current)
  • 11:44, 20 May 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-45)‎ . . m York–Bruce Rock railway line ‎ (Albany, Beverley station links) (current)
  • 11:44, 20 May 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+48)‎ . . m Albany Progress ‎ (Albany station links) (current)
  • 11:43, 20 May 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+641)‎ . . Albany, Western Australia ‎ (→‎Transport) (current)
  • 11:43, 20 May 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+1,848)‎ . . Albany railway station, Western Australia ‎ (copyedit) (current)
  • 11:43, 20 May 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-34)‎ . . Beverley, Western Australia ‎ (Perth, Albany station links) (current)
  • 11:42, 20 May 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+2,798)‎ . . N Beverley railway station, Western Australia ‎ (←Created page with ' {{Infobox station |name = Beverley |type = |style = |image...') (current)
  • 11:42, 20 May 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+182)‎ . . York railway station, Western Australia ‎ (copyedit) (current)

Tell tale lead paragraph item is the phrase is served by - used by all confirmed socks JarrahTree 02:09, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Every sock of this editor uses the term railway station x serves the local town

  • Total25 for Northam railway station [22]

It is becoming onerous to respond to the request, and time consuming, will have to complete after diffs found. An examination of previous sock reports could in itself be sufficient and self evident of the behaviour and the manner of the sock, however if the request is in good faith, then I will have to come back to this JarrahTree 02:17, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Vanjagenije and Mike V: - Thank you both for your comments below, it really looks like this is a very frustrating aspect of the whole process of an issue like this one, where I havent added enough diffs, and the socks are still apparently coming.. There are a few other mosquito bite level suspect socks floating around with the tell tale behaviour - quick, short runs of edits on rail topics, clearly not new users - a couple of good recent examples - [23][24][25] are a good examples of where it is the style, but the edits are so slight - a box or a format addition, a few little other bits, and then gone, that is the main attribute - quick addition and no further editing; no talk or user page additions, short sets of edits, usually australian rail, and obvious clear knowledge of editing to be able to do such edit. My sincerest apologies to both of you that I dont have other devices/systems to track or alert that are adequate for the cases to be adequately checked - JarrahTree 08:40, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Vanjagenije:@Mike V: - OK the exact same editing behaviour - short bursts of editing, with exact same style of obviously knowing wikipedia practices, usually no more than 10 minutes, there is now a sample of 4 user names JarrahTree 04:24, 26 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by other users[edit]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]
  •  Additional information needed - @JarrahTree: 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. Vanjagenije (talk) 19:11, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

14 July 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


This address was used (probably by someone else) a couple of times in 2011, and now seems be being used by the puppeteer. The address now edits only articles about trolleybuses in the UK - so similar pattern to, eg, User:Asbeto4 and User:SeatF22 (in each case, edited only articles about London bus routes). The most obvious other evidence is the use of the puppeteer's usual idiosyncratic method of citing references, ie "[(url) brief description] publisher". See, eg, this diff (213.123.210.158) below line 110 and this diff (SeatF22) below line 26. For other examples of this type of referencing, see also this diff, this diff and this diff, which also includes another hallmark of this puppeteer - citation of unreliable online sources (in this case, Vicsig.net). -- Bahnfrend (talk) 06:40, 14 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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

  • It certainly appears to be them, but it is a dynamic BT IP address that appears to have moved on. If they return to the IP or pop-up elsewhere please file a new report.--Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 23:01, 14 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

16 September 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

New user who has a very good knowledge of Wikipedia and the way it works, mass modification of railway articles, all with same edit summary, per master's behaviour. Nordic Nightfury 07:09, 16 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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@L235 Pleas4e bear with me whilst I get some diffs. Nordic Nightfury 11:19, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Diffs as below:
Theknightwho:
11:40, 12 September 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+47)‎ . . Farnborough North railway station ‎ (Cleared up station usage figures.) (current)
11:38, 12 September 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+280)‎ . . Farnborough (Main) railway station ‎ (Cleared up station usage figures.) (current) [vandalism]
11:34, 12 September 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+244)‎ . . Fareham railway station ‎ (Cleared up station usage figures.) (current)
11:31, 12 September 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+46)‎ . . North Fambridge railway station ‎ (Cleared up station usage figures.) (current)
D47817:
19:48, 8 April 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+24)‎ . . m Upper Tyndrum railway station ‎ (amend wikilinks)
19:47, 8 April 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+24)‎ . . m Tyndrum Lower railway station ‎ (amend wikilinks)
19:46, 8 April 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+24)‎ . . m Oban railway station ‎ (amend wikilinks)
19:45, 8 April 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+16)‎ . . m MetroCentre railway station ‎ (amend wikilinks)
19:44, 8 April 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+33)‎ . . m Aviemore railway station ‎ (amend wikilinks)
Although not immediately obvious, the user appears to know a lot about what to do when it comes to using the templates on Wiki, whether electronic or manual (which I hardly believe, given the time between edits). Nordic Nightfury 11:32, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Pinging L235 Nordic Nightfury 07:55, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
This sockmaster takes advantage of delay in the CU and other actions, all takes is an over-worked clerk or cu person and more damage is done. The slightest similarity between this sock and previous, in the case of this particular sock, should be acted upon asap, as the damage done by this individual sock is extensive JarrahTree 23:26, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

  • @Nordic Nightfury: Everything looks  Stale, so I am removing the CUrequest. I'm not familiar with this master; can you supply the standard diffs? Thanks, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 02:05, 17 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Admin action needed - OK. Especially given that later socks have also gone with the same pattern, to an even larger extent (e.g. [26]), I find that the accounts are connected by clear and convincing evidence. [27] [28] [29] Please indefinitely block the puppet, but be mindful of any appeals. Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 23:20, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • information Administrator note  Done. Vanjagenije (talk) 21:52, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Marking case closed. Vanjagenije is there more needed to be done here? Just noticed a few of these cases where you addressed the admin attention needed status but didn't change the status after doing so. Mkdwtalk 02:13, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Vanjagenije: No problem! Just didn't want to make sure I wasn't missing anything. Cheers, Mkdwtalk 14:48, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

21 October 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Similar traits and username to master. Smells like a duck... Pinging Bbb23 and Vanjagenije who may be interested. Nordic Nightfury 14:08, 21 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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DeltaQuad D47817:-

21:41, 28 February 2015 (diff | hist) . . (-10)‎ . . Craigentinny TMD ‎ (update)
21:40, 28 February 2015 (diff | hist) . . (-234)‎ . . Neville Hill TMD ‎ (update)
21:37, 28 February 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+12)‎ . . Bounds Green TMD ‎ (update)
21:28, 28 February 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+24)‎ . . British Rail Class 43 (HST) ‎ (update)
21:24, 28 February 2015 (diff | hist) . . (-39)‎ . . Virgin Trains East Coast ‎ (update)

E87101:- 10:04, 7 September 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+17)‎ . . First Somerset & Avon ‎ (update)
10:04, 7 September 2015 (diff | hist) . . (-100)‎ . . First Bristol ‎ (update)
10:04, 7 September 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+80)‎ . . Template:FirstGroup ‎ (reflect amended Western structure)
09:34, 7 September 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+275)‎ . . D&G Bus ‎ (update structure)
09:33, 7 September 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+324)‎ . . Yorkshire Tiger ‎ (update structure)

As above, each user although editing articles with slightly different subjects, but both linked to transport each have the same or similar edit summaries. Both of the above taken randomly off the user's contribs. Users again aslo edit on more than one page generally within ten minutes of each other. Nordic Nightfury 11:01, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Edit: I am also adding another possible sock as he also has the same editing techniques. They, as well as E387101 appear to be creating articles that are verging on beoing non-notable. Nordic Nightfury 11:14, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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31 October 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Unsolicited table breaks, general interest is UK and Australia, as per sock. Nordic Nightfury 22:06, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm wondering whether someone should set up a bot to reverse all the edits by this puppeteer - I have done that with some of them, but it would be a very big job to do it with all of them. Bahnfrend (talk) 00:41, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence:

Ivanvector My apologies - I am currently on holiday and I am happy for DatGuy to provide evidence. Having had a brief look at his evidence, the IP may be a rolling mobile IP used by multple users. I can add the ohers hough, if needed. Nordic Nightfury 08:36, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

  •  Additional information needed - @Nordic Nightfury: this IP seems to have an interest in removing the center alignment from certain tables in certain railway articles. Can you show diffs showing any of the confirmed sockpuppets doing the same? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:19, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@DatGuy: I know, that's why I asked the filer to do it, they're apparently more familiar with the case and should have done it in the first place. But let us know if you find anything. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:29, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Clerk note: I appreciate taking the time to find diffs, but the evidence only shows a topic overlap, while the behaviour does not match. The IP likes to remove alignments from tables, but as far as I've seen none of the multitudes of previous socks have made similar edits. Furthermore the IP has not edited in several days. Closing with no action. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:21, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

25 November 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppet[edit]

  • explain how you know the accounts belong to one person
Rail topics in this instance, jumps in with new account and proceeds to engage in bulk, in what only experienced editors usually do, in other words there is no sign of any interaction with other editors, no usage of user page, and no reactions to talk page welcomes. Usually intense editing (probably expecting the next block - see the block history to understand that)
explain how the accounts are being used abusively
This user is seriously involved in railway information re-arrangement without any form of consensus or consultation - considering the sheer bulk of socks created
support your case using diffs:

Classic editing style of D47817 is the bulk in a minute style of changes:

  1. 1
09:20, 25 November 2016 (diff | hist) . . (0)‎ . . m Talk:Tamaree railway station ‎ (Doha222 moved page Talk:Tamaree railway station, Queensland to Talk:Tamaree railway station: dab not required) (current) [rollback: 1 edit] [rollback] [vandalism]
09:20, 25 November 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+59)‎ . . N Talk:Tamaree railway station, Queensland ‎ (Doha222 moved page Talk:Tamaree railway station, Queensland to Talk:Tamaree railway station: dab not required) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]
09:20, 25 November 2016 (diff | hist) . . (0)‎ . . m Tamaree railway station ‎ (Doha222 moved page Tamaree railway station, Queensland to Tamaree railway station: dab not required) (current) [rollback: 1 edit] [rollback] [vandalism]
09:20, 25 November 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+54)‎ . . N Tamaree railway station, Queensland ‎ (Doha222 moved page Tamaree railway station, Queensland to Tamaree railway station: dab not required) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]
09:20, 25 November 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+58)‎ . . N Talk:Takoko railway station, Queensland ‎ (Doha222 moved page Talk:Takoko railway station, Queensland to Talk:Takoko railway station: dab not required) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]
09:20, 25 November 2016 (diff | hist) . . (0)‎ . . m Takoko railway station ‎ (Doha222 moved page Takoko railway station, Queensland to Takoko railway station: dab not required) (current) [rollback: 1 edit] [rollback] [vandalism]
09:20, 25 November 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+53)‎ . . N Takoko railway station, Queensland ‎ (Doha222 moved page Takoko railway station, Queensland to Takoko railway station: dab not required) (current) [rollback] [vandalism
09:20, 25 November 2016 (diff | hist) . . (0)‎ . . m Talk:Takoko railway station ‎ (Doha222 moved page Talk:Takoko railway station, Queensland to Talk:Takoko railway station: dab not required) (current) [rollback: 1 edit] [rollback] [vandalism]

I challenge any new user of only 10 days editing history to have the capacity or understanding of how to do that without prior knowledge

  1. 2

Concentrating on a specific topic - in this case Brisbane railway items with disambigation items - dab not required A good way to disguise this socks activity is the valid edit summary

  1. 3

Duck test from previous submitter at this editors checkuser list to date - it smells, looks like D47817 again JarrahTree 02:32, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  1. 4

when identified - is up with such a long list of socks, stops editing and not seen again at the identified sock name, probably editing at another as yet not found sock JarrahTree 10:55, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Bbb23, Nordic Nightfury and Vanjagenije who may (or not) be interested. JarrahTree 02:32, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 Looks like a duck to me (My opinion only)). Nordic Nightfury 10:01, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

  •  In progress - Katietalk 20:12, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • These accounts are  Confirmed to the master:
  • These accounts are  Confirmed to each other and  Likely to the master:
  • These accounts are  Technically indistinguishable from the second group, and  Behavioural evidence needs evaluation to determine if they are related to the master:
  • All blocked except for the last two, which need behavioral analysis. Katietalk 20:24, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Behavioural analysis is hampered because most of the second group's contribs appear to have been deleted, but I would say that Terimacc is a duck (interest overlap, altered a series of redirects to point to articles edited by previous socks) while Tawnrile is inconclusive (only extant edit is outside the master's usual area of interest). Pink clock Awaiting administrative action: please block Terimacc (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:42, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Katietalk 14:17, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
All closed, then. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:40, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

06 December 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppet[edit]

  • explain how you know the accounts belong to one person
Rail topics in this instance, jumps in cold with brand new account and proceeds to engage in bulk editing within space of twenty minutes, in what 'only experienced editors usually do, in other words there is no sign of any interaction with other editors, no usage of user page, no talk page welcome,and no reactions to talk page welcomes. This users sually intense editing (probably flying under the radar to wait for the next block - see the block history to understand that)
explain how the accounts are being used abusively
This user is seriously involved in railway information re-arrangement without any form of conversation, consultation or com,munication - considering the sheer bulk of socks created to date.
support your case using diffs:

Classic editing style of D47817 is the speed in a minute style of changes:

14:15, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+576)‎ . . South Coast railway line, Queensland ‎ (copyedit)
14:14, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+982)‎ . . Kilcoy railway line ‎ (copyedit)
14:03, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-429)‎ . . Canungra railway line ‎ (copyedit)
14:03, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+459)‎ . . Brisbane Valley railway line ‎ (copyedit)
14:03, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+791)‎ . . Beaudesert Shire Tramway ‎ (copyedit)
14:02, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-661)‎ . . Beaudesert railway line ‎ (copyedit)
14:02, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-744)‎ . . Springfield railway line ‎ (copyedit)
14:02, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-555)‎ . . Shorncliffe railway line ‎ (copyedit)
14:02, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-3,074)‎ . . r Redcliffe Peninsula railway line ‎ (copyedit)
14:02, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+788)‎ . . Ipswich and Rosewood railway line ‎ (copyedit)
14:02, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+58)‎ . . N Nambour and Gympie North railway line ‎ (Banyo4 moved page Nambour and Gympie North railway line to Sunshine Coast railway line over redirect: common name) (current)
14:02, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (0)‎ . . m Talk:Sunshine Coast railway line ‎ (Banyo4 moved page Talk:Nambour and Gympie North railway line to Talk:Sunshine Coast railway line: common name) (current)
14:02, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+63)‎ . . N Talk:Nambour and Gympie North railway line

‎ (Banyo4 moved page Talk:Nambour and Gympie North railway line to Talk:Sunshine Coast railway line: common name) (current)

14:02, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (0)‎ . . m Sunshine Coast railway line ‎ (Banyo4 moved page Nambour and Gympie North railway line to Sunshine Coast railway line over redirect: common name) (current)
14:01, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-755)‎ . . Sunshine Coast railway line ‎ (copyedit)
14:01, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+602)‎ . . Gold Coast railway line ‎ (copyedit) (current)
14:01, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+491)‎ . . Ferny Grove railway line ‎ (copyedit) (current)
14:01, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-80)‎ . . Exhibition railway line ‎ (copyedit) (current)
14:00, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-528)‎ . . Caboolture railway line ‎ (copyedit) (current)
14:00, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-129)‎ . . Beenleigh railway line ‎ (copyedit) (current)
14:00, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-881)‎ . . Airport railway line, Brisbane ‎ (copyedit) (current)
14:00, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+89)‎ . . m Template:Citytrain platform box Central ‎ (update links) (current) [rollback: 1 edit] [rollback] [vandalism]
13:59, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-5)‎ . . m Template:Kippa-Ring railway line ‎ (typos) (current) [rollback: 2 edits] [rollback] [vandalism]
13:59, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-10)‎ . . m Template:TransLink (SEQ) train network - Nambour and Gympie North line ‎ (update links) (current)
13:58, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-4)‎ . . m Template:TransLink (SEQ) train network - Ipswich and Rosewood line ‎ (update links) (current)
13:58, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-10)‎ . . m Template:TransLink (SEQ) train network - Ferny Grove line ‎ (update links) (current)
13:58, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-8)‎ . . m Template:TransLink (SEQ) train network - Doomben line ‎ (update links) (current)
13:58, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-10)‎ . . m Template:TransLink (SEQ) train network - Cleveland line ‎ (update links) (current)
13:57, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-4)‎ . . m Template:TransLink (SEQ) train network - Airport line ‎ (update links) (current)
13:57, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+41)‎ . . N Bulimba railway line ‎ (←Redirected page to Bulimba Branch railway line) (current)
13:57, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+20)‎ . . m Template:Tilt Train route diagram ‎ (update links) (current)
13:57, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-21)‎ . . Template:Railway lines in Queensland ‎ (update links & add Brisbane lines) (current)
13:56, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-89)‎ . . m Template:Queensland Rail rail lines ‎ (update links) (current)
13:56, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-38)‎ . . m Template:Shorncliffe railway line ‎ (update links) (current)
13:56, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+1,077)‎ . . m Template:Moreton Bay Rail Link ‎ (update links) (current)
13:55, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-11)‎ . . m Template:Kippa-Ring railway line ‎ (update links)
13:55, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+9)‎ . . m Template:Ipswich railway line ‎ (update links) (current)
13:54, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-44)‎ . . m Template:Nambour and Gympie North railway line, Queensland ‎ (update links) (current)
13:54, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-20)‎ . . m Template:Gold Coast railway line, Queensland ‎ (update links) (current)
13:53, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-32)‎ . . m Template:Ferny Grove railway line ‎ (update links) (current)
13:53, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-103)‎ . . m Template:Exhibition railway line ‎ (update links) (current)
13:53, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-183)‎ . . m Template:Doomben-Pinkenba railway line ‎ (update links) (current)
13:52, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-65)‎ . . m Template:Corinda-Yeerongpilly railway line ‎ (update links) (current)
13:52, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-16)‎ . . m Template:Caboolture railway line ‎ (update links) (current)
13:52, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+11)‎ . . m Template:Beenleigh railway line ‎ (update links) (current)
13:51, 6 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-67)‎ . . m Template:Airtrain (Brisbane) ‎ (update links) (current)


Once again - I challenge any new user of only 0 day editing history to have the capacity or understanding of how to do ,most of those tasks

2

Concentrating on a specific topic - in this case Brisbane railway items with template items - good way to disguise this socks activity is the apparent valid edit summary

3

Duck test to date - it smells, looks like D47817 again

4

when identified - is up with such a long list of socks, stops editing and not seen again at the identified sock name, probably editing at another as yet not found sock

Pinging User:Bbb23, User:Nordic Nightfury, User:Vanjagenije and Katietalk who may (or not) be interested. Thanks. JarrahTree 08:51, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Are we able to put a lock on the master account at all? Nordic Nightfury 09:03, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Damned good question that one JarrahTree 09:06, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

12 December 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppet[edit]

  • explain how you know the accounts belong to one person
Rail topics in this instance, jumps in very cold always with brand new account and proceeds to engage in bulk editing within space of twenty minutes, in what 'only experienced editors usually do, in other words there is no sign of any interaction with other editors, no usage of user page, no talk page welcome,and no reactions to talk page welcomes. This user usually has intense editing (probably trying to fly under the radar to wait for the next block - see the block history to understand that)
explain how the accounts are being used abusively
This user is repeatedly and incessantly seriously involved in railway information re-arrangement without any form of conversation, consultation or communication - considering the sheer bulk of socks created to date.
support your case using diffs:

Classic editing style of D47817 is the speed in a minute style of changes:

09:23, 12 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+189)‎ . . Doomben-Pinkenba railway line ‎ (copyedit) (current) [rollback: 1 edit] [rollback] [vandalism]
09:23, 12 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-658)‎ . . Corinda–Yeerongpilly railway line ‎ (copyedit) (current) [rollback: 1 edit] [rollback] [vandalism]
09:23, 12 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+231)‎ . . Cleveland railway line ‎ (copyedit) (current) [rollback: 1 edit] [rollback] [vandalism]
09:22, 12 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+56)‎ . . m Redcliffe Peninsula railway line ‎ (flagging deadlinks) (current) [rollback: 1 edit] [rollback] [vandalism]
09:21, 12 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+61)‎ . . m Nambour and Gympie North railway line ‎ (flagging deadlinks) (current) [rollback: 1 edit] [rollback] [vandalism]
09:20, 12 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-24)‎ . . rm Eagle Farm Racecourse and Ascot Railway Station ‎ (Pinkenba line links) (current) [rollback: 1 edit] [rollback] [vandalism]

1 This gets so predictable - Once again - I challenge any new user of only 0 day editing history to have the capacity or understanding of how to do most of the tasks carried out

2 Always concentrating on a specific topic - in this case Brisbane railway items with template items - good way to disguise this socks activity is the apparent valid edit summary

3 Quack Quack Duck test to date - it smells, looks like D47817 again

4 when identified - is up with such a long list of socks, stops editing and not seen again at the identified sock name, probably editing at another as yet not found sock

For the first time ever - seen in the first 3 minutes of operation, how boring... Pinging User:Bbb23, User:Nordic Nightfury, User:Vanjagenije and Katie Katietalk who may (or not sigh) be really in such a persistent and unrelenting sock of bad faith anymore. Thanks. JarrahTree 01:36, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

All done here, then. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:40, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

18 March 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


Same pattern of user name and user behaviour as we have seen many times before. A massive number of large edits done over a very short period of time (less than an hour) on a large group of related transport articles (this time Brisbane bus transport articles). The speed of the edits suggests the revised articles have been pre-prepared and are just being pasted over the existing articles. Has a personal citation style (does not use standard templates) that shows up as previously.

Eg

Extended content

10:04, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1,518)‎ . . RBWH busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

10:03, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1,499)‎ . . Herston busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

10:03, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1,106)‎ . . QUT Kelvin Grove busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

10:02, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1,334)‎ . . Normanby busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

10:02, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1,480)‎ . . Roma Street busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

10:02, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+493)‎ . . King George Square busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

10:01, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1,507)‎ . . Queen Street bus station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

10:01, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1,335)‎ . . Cultural Centre busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

10:01, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1,365)‎ . . South Bank busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

10:00, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+939)‎ . . Mater Hill busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

10:00, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+971)‎ . . Woolloongabba busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

10:00, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1,253)‎ . . Buranda busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

09:59, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1,521)‎ . . Greenslopes busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

09:59, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1,139)‎ . . Holland Park West busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

09:59, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1,576)‎ . . Griffith University busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

09:58, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+616)‎ . . Upper Mount Gravatt busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

09:58, 18 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1,200)‎ . . Eight Mile Plains busway station ‎ (general edit) (current) [rollback] [vandalism]

Kerry (talk) 11:17, 18 March 2017 (UTC) Kerry (talk) 11:17, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support this analysis - clearly kept under the radar for a while - but this a sure sign it is the sock - behaviourally up there as an excellent example of previous behaviour and learning to change the name of the edits due to the explaining tell tale signs being discussed here (hi there D47817! learning what not to do in the next batch?) in the past JarrahTree 11:48, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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I've added CU Request for a sleeper check, purely because of the length of time between reports. Nördic Nightfury 16:12, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]


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


07 April 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Simular username to previous socks. Although not generally active, user is engaged in editing bus articles, mostly centering on London. CU check requested because of the master's past Nördic Nightfury 09:51, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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27 November 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Supposedly new user editing at a near-automated level, primarily editing railway topics, as per master. Adding CU request because of master's past.

Diffs:
D47817:
20:49, 8 April 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+16)‎ . . m Carlisle railway station ‎ (amend wikilinks)
20:48, 8 April 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+24)‎ . . m Upper Tyndrum railway station ‎ (amend wikilinks)
20:47, 8 April 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+24)‎ . . m Tyndrum Lower railway station ‎ (amend wikilinks)
20:46, 8 April 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+24)‎ . . m Oban railway station ‎ (amend wikilinks)
20:45, 8 April 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+16)‎ . . m MetroCentre railway station ‎ (amend wikilinks)
20:44, 8 April 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+33)‎ . . m Aviemore railway station ‎ (amend wikilinks)
20:42, 8 April 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+24)‎ . . m Whifflet railway station ‎ (amend wikilinks)
Marxios:
05:15, 27 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (-8)‎ . . m Guildford (Surrey) railway station ‎ (Newcastle station link)
05:14, 27 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (-12)‎ . . m Aberdeen railway station ‎ (Newcastle station link)
05:12, 27 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+14)‎ . . m Patchway railway station ‎ (Newcastle station link)
05:11, 27 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+11)‎ . . m Aberdeen railway station ‎ (Newcastle station link)
05:11, 27 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+11)‎ . . m High Speed 2 ‎ (Newcastle station link)
05:10, 27 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+21)‎ . . m Newton Abbot railway station ‎ (Newcastle station link)

As you can see from the diffs, each user have the same interests, same (or similar) repeated summary, usually producing unwarranted or unneeded edits. 

Nightfury 22:18, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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15 December 2017[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Similar username to previous confirmed socks, same subject interest, may also need technical comparison to unrelated account Mvpo666 and behaviour-blocked (but not on IP) Merid222, per account name format. Nightfury 23:11, 15 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Red X Unrelated. Mvpo666 has been dealt with more than they deserved in the archive, and they haven't edited since July anyway. Closing.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bbb23 (talk • contribs) 03:14, 16 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

28 March 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

I smell a duck here, similar username, same editing techniques. Diffs to follow. Checkuser assistance needed Nightfury 10:43, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Diffs:

D47817:
18:32, 31 May 2015 (diff | hist) . . (-6)‎ . . m Kingston upon Hull ‎ (amend wikilink)
18:30, 31 May 2015 (diff | hist) . . (-6)‎ . . m Yorkshire and the Humber ‎ (amend wikilink)
18:30, 31 May 2015 (diff | hist) . . (-17)‎ . . m Anglia Railways ‎ (amend wikilink)
12:23, 31 May 2015 (diff | hist) . . (-6)‎ . . m British railcars and diesel multiple units ‎ (amend wikilink)
12:21, 31 May 2015 (diff | hist) . . (-6)‎ . . m List of high-speed trains ‎ (amend wikilink)
12:21, 31 May 2015 (diff | hist) . . (-6)‎ . . m Inter-city rail in the United Kingdom ‎ (amend wikilink)
12:20, 31 May 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+12)‎ . . m East Coast (train operating company) ‎ (amend wikilink
12:19, 31 May 2015 (diff | hist) . . (-6)‎ . . m Open access operator ‎ (amend wikilink)
12:18, 31 May 2015 (diff | hist) . . (-18)‎ . . m GB Railways ‎ (amend wikilink)
EC43010:
05:31, 25 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+4)‎ . . m Open access operator ‎ (Grand Central link)
05:30, 25 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (-62)‎ . . Alstom Coradia 1000 ‎ (update)
05:29, 25 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+50)‎ . . m Impact of the privatisation of British Rail ‎ (Grand Central link)
05:29, 25 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+18)‎ . . m British railway rolling stock ‎ (Grand Central link)
05:28, 25 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+18)‎ . . m Template:UK TOCs ‎ (Grand Central link)
05:28, 25 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+18)‎ . . m Template:GrandCentral colour ‎ (Grand Central link)
05:28, 25 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+26)‎ . . m Template:Grand Central route diagram ‎ (Grand Central link)
05:28, 25 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+18)‎ . . m Template:Deutsche Bahn ‎ (Grand Central link)
05:27, 25 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+18)‎ . . m Template:Arriva Group UK ‎ (Grand Central link)
05:27, 25 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+128)‎ . . m Sovereign Trains ‎ (Grand Central link)

Note near-automated level of editing - this is definitely not a new user. Note also account dates back to 2015 but started editing last week - a new IP range to search, possibly? Pinging Bbb23 if interested Nightfury 10:47, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:11, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

04 April 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Both fail duck test. Pinging Redrose64, Mattbuck and Bbb23 if interested. Sleeper check needed please Nightfury 09:26, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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04 June 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Tukulun1 - Same editing techniques as previous socks,  Looks like a duck to me. Tukulun is a bit older and may be stale but may act as collateral was an account I tagged as a possible sock back in April but obviously with this new account, if it is D47817 they have signed their own death warrant (again)...... Can a CU compare between both and D47817, and a sleeper check of the master please? Thanking you Nightfury 12:24, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Tukulun1 is  Confirmed, blocked and tagged. No other accounts seen. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:19, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

02 December 2018[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Fails duck test. CU required because of length between reports. Also noted was originally filed by Bahnfrend but was not done correctly Nightfury 21:51, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Courcelles, correct me if I'm wrong but am I right in saying technicalities don't match between suspect and master? Interesting... Nightfury 14:37, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Can we have closure on this please. Nightfury 08:31, 12 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Close with a behavioural block--There's somewhere around a 90-10 chance of being a sock (similarity in edits, as to the rest of the sock-farm and similar nomenclature) but it's difficult to be dead-certain.
Winged Blades of Godric, I don't think that's wise. Mvpo666 has in the past been cleared of socking through this SPI. Attitude is different compared with other socks. Nightfury 13:16, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Also pinging Bbb23, if interested. Nightfury 13:36, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • The archives are all stale. No other accounts seen. Courcelles (talk) 00:59, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • No, Nightfury, what I'm saying is that CU data is only retained by the server for 90 days, and all the known socks are older than that, so I literally have nothing to compare this account against. I ran the check anyway because I thought a sweep for sleepers could be useful, but found nothing interesting in that department. Someone will have to sort this one out on behaviour alone. Courcelles (talk) 14:51, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm closing this with no action. The request for checkuser on Mvpo666 (talk · contribs) is explicitly no Declined as that account is also stale (see Courcelles' explanation). I understand that we do often action cases where reference is made to repeat of past behaviour (the "duck test") but that depends on very persuasive behavioural evidence, and even if you are invoking the "duck test" you have to give some indication as to what the offending behaviour is. I simply can't investigate this, I have no idea what to look for. Please do feel free to re-file, but if it helps, assume you will need to convince a clerk who has never seen this case before. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 23:15, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

06 October 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


See below.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 11:44, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed to each other and likely to the master based on cu log and behavior:

 Blocked and tagged.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 11:45, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

05 May 2021[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Clearly not new user; similar edits and edit summaries used by previous accounts; edits just compile either of wikilinks or undiscussed page moves. Similar topic interests. Nightfury 13:10, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Diffs; compared with confirmed sock User:Tukulun1:

  • *06:18, 31 May 2018 diff hist +35‎ m Duncan Menzies (architect) ‎ Edinburgh Waverley station
    • 06:17, 31 May 2018 diff hist +35‎ m Assembly (events promoter) ‎ Edinburgh Waverley station
    • 06:17, 31 May 2018 diff hist +20‎ m William Dick (veterinary surgeon) ‎ Edinburgh Waverley station
    • 06:16, 31 May 2018 diff hist +35‎ m Charles Kinnear ‎ Edinburgh Waverley station
    • 06:16, 31 May 2018 diff hist +35‎ m Robert Morham ‎ Edinburgh Waverley station
    • 06:16, 31 May 2018 diff hist +35‎ m John Lessels ‎ Edinburgh Waverley station
    • 06:15, 31 May 2018 diff hist +35‎ m Cockburn Street, Edinburgh ‎ Edinburgh Waverley station
    • 06:15, 31 May 2018 diff hist +35‎ m John Dick Peddie ‎' Edinburgh Waverley station
    • 06:14, 31 May 2018 diff hist +35‎ m Younger's Brewery ‎ Edinburgh Waverley station
    • 06:14, 31 May 2018 diff hist +35‎ m Trinity College Kirk ‎ Edinburgh Waverley station

Sock edits:

    • 05:19, 5 May 2021 diff hist −13‎ Template:Island Line Navbox ‎ Southern Railway link
    • 05:16, 5 May 2021 diff hist −6‎ Template:GNR colour ‎ Great Northern Railway
    • 05:15, 5 May 2021 diff hist −12‎ m Template:Varsity Line RDT ‎ Great Northern Railway
    • 05:13, 5 May 2021 diff hist −6‎ m Great Northern ‎ →‎Transport: Great Northern Railway
    • 05:12, 5 May 2021 diff hist −18‎ m Template:Leeds Lines ‎ Great Northern Railway
    • 05:10, 5 May 2021 diff hist −6‎ m Template:Great Northern Main Line ‎ Great Northern Railway
    • 05:09, 5 May 2021 diff hist −6‎ m Template:Queensbury Lines ‎ Great Northern Railway
    • 05:08, 5 May 2021 diff hist −6‎ m Template:London and Blackwall Railway ‎ Great Northern Railway
    • 05:07, 5 May 2021 diff hist −6‎ m Template:Birmingham to Peterborough Line ‎ Great Northern Railway
    • 05:05, 5 May 2021 diff hist −8‎ m Template:LNERconstituents ‎ Great Northern Railway

Apologies for formatting. Nightfury 13:16, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I have been involved in previous sockpuppet investigations of this user. Notwithstanding the checkuser result, I think that this is yet another sockpuppet of the user. I agree with all of the nominator's comments in that regard. Bahnfrend (talk) 06:02, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • This user hasn't shown up in years, and the data I could retrieve is old. The IP looks to be Red X Unrelated from what I could pull... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:34, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I concur with the behavioral eval.  Blocked and tagged. GeneralNotability (talk) 23:20, 7 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

15 June 2022[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

The edit interaction analyzer is pretty much self explanatory. These AC accounts with considerable overlap in pages related to Tabcorp or its related entities like The Lott, The Lottery Corporation etc.

I found their edits having same pattern for the first time in this afd. Chirota (talk) 14:50, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The following accounts are all  Confirmed to each other:

And:

And:

#invoke:sock list

And:

Template:Bwt.

The following accounts are all Template:Confirmed to each other and Template:Possible to the above ridiculousness:

#invoke:sock list

Template:Bwt

The following account (the alleged master) is Template:Inconclusive due to proxy use:

Template:Completed I'm done now. Reaper Eternal (talk) 23:01, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I need some clerk help here. The sock list is literally breaking the page, and I've already spent more than two hours on this mess. Also, Template:IP blocked for obvious reasons. Reaper Eternal (talk) 23:03, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nice haul. I fixed the template issues and moved the case to the oldest account (thanks, cuStaleness.js). Template:Awaitingadmin - please indef Mantuku. Considering the WP:SPA nature of this account and the behavioural overlap with other accounts in the sockfarm, I'm convinced that if it's not direct socking, it's WP:UPE meatpuppetry. BTW, if tags are desired, this will probably have to be done by an adminclerk since non-admins might run into the API rate limit. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 00:00, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Blocked Mantuku. Template:Yo Do you want tags on these? --Blablubbs (talk) 09:19, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Heh. I was getting ready to tag them, but I will wait for RE-- Guerillero Parlez Moi 09:32, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    You can tag them or not—your choice. I wouldn't simply due to the amount of time it would take. Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:50, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Spihelper to the rescue :). Template:Stagged, closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 19:46, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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