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07 April 2011[edit]
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Additional accounts, appearing to be from this user. Requesting CU to check for more sleepers. VQuakr (talk) 02:10, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. Not 100% sure whether this applies or not, but CheckUser is not for fishing. Regards, MacMedtalkstalk 02:14, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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These don't match the information I have for Plastic Beach. However, they are clearly sockpuppets. The following are  Confirmed sockpuppets of one another:

The following set is also  Confirmed sockpuppets:

These two groups are  Likely all related to one another. Dominic·t 03:43, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Pink clock Awaiting administrative action For Blocks. -- DQ (t) (e) 11:21, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Blocked and tagged. TNXMan 15:02, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
17 April 2011[edit]
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Not previously familiar with this contributor in any form that I know of, my suspicions are raised by the fact that his first article was La Taberna Lúpulo (Old San Juan), a duplicate of La Taberna Lúpulo which was created by one of the CU identified socks (User:Spacestoned, [1]) and subsequently tagged as a copyright problem by the sockmaster (User:Horizontal Law, [2]). Games persisted with the deletion tag here, protested by yet another sock (User:Taberna Lupulo), who placed the content in his user and user talk spaces, as did another sock User:Taberna Lúpulo. Add to that certain similarities in userspace design and the obvious fact that this is an experienced user, and I think there's strong enough quacking to justify examination. Checkuser could be useful to examine the sock drawer, as the check 10 days ago was quite informative. Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:34, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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15 June 2011[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets


TRS NYC (talk · contribs) created the article on Adrian.Visby which referenced an article in the non-existent magazine Cabalaza Magazine, and a YouTube channel named "SPACESTONED". A prior sock of Horizonatal Law, SpaceStoned (talk · contribs), had also created an article (La Taberna Lúpulo) that referenced the same non-existent magazine, using a purported article written by Visby! The same non-existent magazine was used in a citation to Cabalaza Records, a company which does not appear to actually exist. A lot of hoaxing going on by these socks. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:48, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The following are all  Likely matches:

18 June 2011[edit]
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Continued editing of Adrian.Visby article created by TRS NYC (talk · contribs), a prior confirmed and blocked sock of this master. Creation of an article on The Merhoff Post, a bogus website created specifically for the purpose of legitimizing this sock farm's articles (see WP:Articles for deletion/Merhoff Post). (Prior articles by socks of Plastic Beach were known to reference the same bogus source, leading me to believe these sock farms are linked.) WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 12:05, 18 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Checkuser note: WMCBBCNNUR and Silverbank are  Confirmed as the same account and highly  Likely to be Horizontal Law.  Frank  |  talk  02:51, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

25 June 2011[edit]
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This series of edits all to the same article by the three different users. Similarity of user names (see WP:DUCK). Questionable nature of the edits of this group of users, such as this edit by Oranges to Brooke Baldwin (which was undone with the comment "not the right way to do an afd") followed by this edit by Rocks. Note that since the Cabalaza Records article was started by Contraluz (talk · contribs), a confirmed sock of Horizontal Law, this new sock group might be part of that farm. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 12:29, 25 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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04 July 2011[edit]
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WP:DUCK based on recent editing of Cabalaza and Cabalaza Records. I would ask an admin to look at who created the other Cabalaza Records articles to find additional socks. Asking for CheckUser to look for any I missed. Singularity42 (talk) 11:37, 4 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Update - I've added 70.45.176.49 to the list, an IP who is removing the CSD tags without reason. Singularity42 (talk) 12:06, 4 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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  • information Administrator note I don't think a CU is needed here; the deleted version of the article Urkyz worked on is the same as the one created by the master. As such I've blocked and tagged Urkyz. And what do you know, the autoblock kicked in for the IP. We're done here. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 13:02, 4 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Cabalaza records has also been created by BBCNNi (talk · contribs), (already blocked as a Horizontal Law sock, though I don't see him listed in that SPI) and by Aflgabd (talk · contribs), blocked as a sock but with no master stated. JohnCD (talk) 17:50, 4 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

All  Confirmed as Horizontal Law:

 IP blocked –MuZemike 21:48, 4 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

14 November 2011[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets

Two new WP:SPA accounts, both creating near identical articles for an apparent non-notable group - see Cache Sapphire, CacheSapphire, and Cache Sapphire (band). MikeWazowski (talk) 19:11, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Clerk endorsed given the recent flurry of hoax sock rings in the last couple of weeks, I think this deserves a look at by a CU Alexandria (talk) 19:17, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note on my comment above, band "site" timed out, none of the refs were valid as well. Alexandria (talk) 19:17, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The following are  Confirmed matches to each other:

The following are  Confirmed matches to each other:

The two groups are highly  Likely to be related to each other. Also,  IP blocked. Elockid (Talk) 21:47, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Clerk note: Blocked and tagged all of them under Flowers, closing Alexandria (talk) 21:49, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
09 April 2012[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets

Latest sockpuppet, created Adrian Visby, Cabalaza Music, The Fragile v4. Scopecreep (talk) 17:59, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There seems to be some overlap with WP:Suspected sock puppets/Its Pytch.. Hon. For example, blocked socks User:Mother of creation and User:Clinton Gore created Sex Ant Toys, another Adrian Voyd/Boyd/Visby-related article: see WP:Articles for deletion/Sex Ant Toys. Possibly the same puppeteer. Scopecreep (talk) 18:06, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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After doing some digging, I think this actually might be Horizontal Law (talk · contribs). The case is at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Horizontal Law.

Anyways, given this user's history of creating large amount of accounts, I ran a check to determine if there's any other accounts missing. The data is  Stale, but from what I remember and the evidence at hand, Catembe is very likely a sock. The following are technically  Confirmed as Catembe, but I'd take some caution on them/perhaps keep for future reference:

Elockid (Talk) 20:43, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Clerk note: Asking for clarification on on where HL. Catembe, and FoR fit into the picture, and how sure we are. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 00:37, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Catambe and the group of socks I listed together are technical  Confirmed matches to each other (I'd take caution with them though). Based on the data I remember and I have at hand, Catembe is likely sock of Flowers of Romance. Looking at Horizontal Law's case, it looks like Flowers of Romance and Horizontal Law are related. I hope that clarifies things up. Please let me know if you need any more clarification. Elockid (Talk) 01:20, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
25 February 2013[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets


Recreation of Cabalaza Republic article (see prior SPIs for editing behavior on Cabalaza Records) WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:48, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked, tagged, created article G5'ed.—Kww(talk) 16:06, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

06 March 2013[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets


Hoax article Adrian Visby (artist) was recently created. This article has appeared in the past as Adrian.Visby and Adrian Visby, both of which were created by Horizontal Law's sock puppets. Bgwhite (talk) 07:30, 6 March 2013 (UTC) Bgwhite (talk) 07:30, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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  • CheckUser requested - Self-endorsed by clerk for checkuser attention - Blocked and tagged. Request CU to look for sleepers Basalisk inspect damage⁄berate 12:15, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Confirmed the following are related:
  •  Likely to the above,  Confirmed to each other:
-- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 15:25, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]


18 September 2013[edit]
Suspected sockpuppets

Created deleted articles LadyDelay and Mind Blown (feat. Timbaland & Adrian Visby). From the LadyDelay article: "LadyDelay is a music label founded by musician, record producer and multi-instrumentalist Adrian Visby". Subject matter and editing habits similar to past socks. Drm310 (talk) 21:58, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Confirmed LadyDelayMusic = AV2050, but is Red X Unrelated to Alessandra Moonsway. Alessandra Moonsway is  Inconclusive to any other user. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 04:53, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Blocked confirmed accounts and tagged. --Rschen7754 08:06, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
19 September 2013[edit]
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Recreation of Mind Blown (feat. Timbaland & Adrian Visby) after it was previously deleted, thus attempting to continue the great Adrian Visby hoax. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 11:15, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Also, creation of new Adrian Visby (producer/musician). WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:47, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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25 September 2013[edit]
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Adrian Visby (LadyDelay) duffbeerforme (talk) 07:40, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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04 November 2013[edit]
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Created an article Adrian Visby (adr). —Largo Plazo (talk) 03:03, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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06 November 2013[edit]
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For the record. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 00:06, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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21 January 2016[edit]

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Duck: first and only edit was to create Adrian Visby (LLP). NeemNarduni2 (talk) 15:08, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • information Administrator note  Looks like a duck to me and blocked. NeemNarduni2 in the future if you file any cases, it would be helpful if you provided us with the article or another user for comparison. In this particular case, the master had never created an Adrian Visby article, and the article this sock created was not a recreation of one by a previous sock. This meant going into the archive to compare against another sock and a different article which would be great if you mention in the evidence section if you're aware of these details. Thanks, Mkdwtalk 18:41, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ah OK, I'll remember that for next time, thanks. NeemNarduni2 (talk) 19:47, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

13 October 2016[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


Writing about Adrian Visby. Adrian Visby Law FLom The Devil You Know (film) [3] Ally Hertell. duffbeerforme (talk) 03:26, 13 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Blocked and tagged based upon behavior. Mike V • Talk 19:09, 13 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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