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09 July 2010
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Evidence submitted by O Fenian

Regardless of the block on Ryan kirkpatrick being erroneous, he is currently indefinitely blocked. The block was discussed at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive623#The current block on User:Ryan_kirkpatrick 2 and Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive623#Ryan kirkpatrick_redux, yet discussion has ended without any action.

He is currently evading this block using the IP listed above, making this edit to List of terrorist incidents, 2010 and this edit to List of non-state terrorist incidents, 1984. Although it is difficult to prove a negative, the other main IP editor of List of terrorist incidents, 2010 does not use newspaper sources such as this, however Ryan kirkpatrick does as detailed at Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Ryan_kirkpatrick#Question. In the second diff there is also the usual appalling spelling associated with Ryan kirkpatrick's editing (see his talk page for a catalogue of complaints), such as "ouside" and "headquaters". O Fenian (talk) 16:50, 9 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Second IP added, who identifies as Ryan kirkpatrick, claiming he is not going to edit terrorism articles any more then several hours later makes a tendentious terrorism edit (and a host of others since then) which is the type of edit that got him in all the trouble in the first place. I am just washing my hands of him now. O Fenian (talk) 22:05, 9 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Based on the rapid turnover on edits from 10 July here (including one IP previously used) and the wide variety in IP addresses, it would seem I am wasting my time even attempting to keep this disruptive editor from editing. O Fenian (talk) 20:47, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I was thinking page protection would be a better idea, since the IPs were changing very rapidly making this not page particularly useful as a venue. I am quite well versed with his editing targets, so if he moves on to other article it should not be too much of a problem. O Fenian (talk) 22:34, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That said, it would probably be better to live his userspace page unprotected, since his editing there does not affect live articles and it will make tracking him easier. O Fenian (talk) 22:39, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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It now looks like Ryan kirkpatrick has now moved on to the 2009 list, see this edit which is typical of his style; the same IP editor has also made several edits to Ryan kirkpatrick's 2010 terrorism list User subpage. YSSYguy (talk) 02:38, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 Clerk note: Given that there are quite a few IPs in use here (thanks to O Fenian for pointing that out to me), page protection may be a better solution than whack-a-mole (note that it's unlikely that the above list contains all Ryan's IPs). Per above discussion, pages targeted appear to be User talk:Ryan kirkpatrick/ List of terrorist incidents, 2010, List of terrorist incidents, 2010 and List of non-state terrorist incidents, 1984, although, there's no guarantee he won't just move on to other pages (he may already have done so). Regards, SpitfireTally-ho! 22:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: It's BT. They're notorious for having awful IP ranges. Rangeblocking doesn't appear to be an option here. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 22:56, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Why is Ryan kirkpatrick's subpage still there? It should either be deleted or moved to the WP:INCUBATOR. –MuZemike 02:44, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Also note that all abovementioned pages by Spitfire have been semi-protected by another admin. –MuZemike 02:45, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
information Administrator note With a rangeblock out and the pages protected, there's not much left to do. TNXMan 19:48, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
20 July 2010
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Evidence submitted by O Fenian

"New" semi-literate editor creating an aircrash article, seems very obvious to me. O Fenian (talk) 16:13, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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I agree with O Fenian, it is obviously Ryan kirkpatrick. The one article created by Belfast 19 so far has the same subject focus as the majority of articles created by Ryan kirkpatrick (i.e an air crash), with the same spelling mistakes and poor grammar. It uses the same websites as references as those favoured by Ryan kirkpatrick, and uses the identical (incorrect) method of presenting those references in the article. It also has the same style as that often used by Ryan kirkpatrick in the 'Cause' section, i.e with suddenly-improved language due to it being basically a copy-and-paste of the relevant info on the ASN website. All of these factors are as good as a signature to someone familiar with Ryan kirkpatrick's (and User:Ryan Kirky's) style. YSSYguy (talk) 00:26, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with O Fenian and YSSYguy. I copyedited the Reading Mid-air incident by User:Belfast 19 and found the use of English to be very similar to the of the edits /creations of User:Ryan Kirky and User:Ryan kirkpatrick. Same genre: aircraft related articles.--Kudpung (talk) 00:54, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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information Administrator note Account blocked and tagged. Mjroots (talk) 06:23, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

04 August 2010
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Evidence submitted by O Fenian

Edits to terrorism articles, and air accident related edits, which happen to be Ryan kirkpatrick's two main editing areas. O Fenian (talk) 15:47, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked and tagged. –MuZemike 15:50, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

10 August 2010
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Evidence submitted by O Fenian

"New" editor attempts to add incidents by a protected edit request as List of terrorist incidents, 2010, Ryan's kirkpatrick's most frequently edited article. There are numerous similarities including the usual atrocious spelling and grammar mistakes, such as the April 13 incident "A car bomb was found outside a PSNI station in the town of Newtownhamilton" for IrishUK versus "A car bomb was found outisde a police station in Newtownhamilton" for Ryan kirkpatrick, the use of a car bomb being found as opposed to being left there by the perpetrators is an unusual way of writing, and I find it difficult to believe that two people would write that way, in addition to other idiosyncrasies. You will also notice in the IrishUK diff that all the access dates are the same as the date of the original incident, which is the same way Ryan kirkpatrick does things see for example here, here and here. I could provide many article diffs for that, but the page is that large it takes too long to compare versions. The editing area is the same, the spelling and grammar are the same, the idiosyncrasies are the same, it seems obvious enough to me. O Fenian (talk) 15:51, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

He is now creating articles such as 1954 Swissair Folkestone accident. Terrorism, air crashes, need I go on? O Fenian (talk) 15:47, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • He has also begun editing air accident articles, another favorite of Ryan kirkpatrick's. Have a look at 1954 Swissair Folkestone accident; the spelling and grammar appear to be the same, or similar, to that found in many of Ryan kirkpatrick's air accident articles. Compare this edit by IrishUK to this edit, this edit, and this edit by Ryan kirkpatrick. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:50, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment - Independantly of RK, I wrote an article on the Swissair Convair 240 accident last month. Therefore I've made RKs title into a redirect as a plausible search term. Mjroots (talk) 09:10, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Edits by the IP User are related to terrorism, one of Ryan kirkpatrick's areas of interest; and on the talk page of one of the previous socks. Further edits by IrishUK are all in Ryan Kirpatrick's favourite subject areas and very typical of his style - overall incompetence (e.g. requiring three edits to perform a simple addition of an image here and creating articles with titles not following naming conventions); aircraft crashes and related airport articles, especially creating articles of marginal or no notability using extremely bad spelling, grammar and syntax; earthquakes; terrorism; and in the case of the self-reverted edits to Bognor Regis, tornados. YSSYguy (talk) 00:36, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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information Administrator note Named account already blocked, and the IP has not edited in several days. Unless there is more evidence or if someone would like to request a sleeper check, I'll mark for close soon. TNXMan 13:32, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Marking for close. TNXMan 18:14, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
27 August 2010
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Evidence submitted by YSSYguy

Yet another account opened by Ryan kirkpatrick, again concentrating on aircraft crashes; and with a very similar name to a previous sockpuppet (User:IrishUK). The grammar and editing style is entirely consistent with Ryan kirpatrick's. For example the lede to 1954 Prestwick BOAC accident created by this sock contains the phrase "was a [sic] air accident", which is a very common grammatical error of Ryan kirkatrick and previous socks. The article also contains a number of typos, again typical of Ryan kirkpatrick and previous socks; and uses the same reference sources formatted in the same style as articles created by Ryan kirkpatrick and previous socks. The misspelling of "approach" in this edit is also very typical of Ryan kirkpatrick. This edit, making an elementary mistake in adding a category for the wrong aircraft type, is also typical. YSSYguy (talk) 14:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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09 September 2010
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Evidence submitted by Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Appears, based on a smell test, to be yet another attempt by User:Ryan kirkpatrick to edit. Have a look at his new article ATI flight 12. A cursory glance reveals that:

  • it's rife with misspellings ("accdient", "vallage", "air teraffic", "there apporach"
  • it's about a plane crash (a favored subject of User:Ryan.kirkpatrick
  • poor punctuation (at least one space missing)
  • atrocious grammar and sentence structure ("With the memorial are still parts of the aircraft like the right stabilizer,Seats and the tail fin.")

All four were taken from this dif; there were more ("Itlay", anyone?) when it was created. I'm requesting a checkuser to be certain, but I'm pretty sure this is the same guy. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:44, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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05 October 2010
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Evidence submitted by O Fenian

Semi-literate edits about air accidents and the Troubles in Northern Ireland means both boxes are ticked for Ryan kirkpatrick, both editing style and editing interests. O Fenian (talk) 19:06, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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21 October 2010
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Evidence submitted by O Fenian

Edits to List of terrorist incidents, 2010, creating articles about air crashes, and adding details about air crashes to airport articles. All three are Ryan kirkpatrick trademarks, particularly when there is zero editing in other areas (except an edit to an earthquake article, which is a minor editing area of Ryan kirkpatrick). O Fenian (talk) 10:29, 21 October 2010 (UTC) O Fenian (talk) 10:29, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed to be the same as

23 October 2010
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Evidence submitted by O Fenian

Ryan kirkpatrick style grammar and spelling disasters at his new article List of Aviation accidents and Incidents,2010, which as anyone familiar with him by now will know is one of his main editing areas. O Fenian (talk) 16:07, 23 October 2010 (UTC) O Fenian (talk) 16:07, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed TNXMan 16:26, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Clerk note: Blocked and tagged. OhanaUnitedTalk page 17:20, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
25 October 2010
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Evidence submitted by Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Same MO as all of Ryan kirkpatrick's previous accounts. He has begun writing articles about air crashes; they are poorly written, and full of typos. At least one has been deemed non-notable and redirected. See 1984 Farnborough DHC-5 crash as an example; another is Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 805. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:06, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed, no sleepers. TNXMan 15:22, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
28 October 2010
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Evidence submitted by Ser Amantio di Nicolao

One new article - Capitol Air Flight 326. Contains the same types of misspellings, poor sentence structure, and bad grammar we have come to know and love. For instance: "The flight failed to get airborn and overran the runway then struck a wooden barrier and a ILS structure before come to a stop in a 12 foot deep drainage ditch and caught fire." And the intro: "Capitol Air Flight 326 was a air accident that happened on November 27, 1970. When a Douglas DC-8 (N4909C) failed to take off at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport which killed 47 passengers and crew." And "Runway overran", for type of accident. Same area of interest as Ryan kirkpatrick, and the same quality. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:52, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Looks very obvious to me. Some appalling level of English, same editing interests, same username construction as recent sockpuppets. O Fenian (talk) 21:38, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 Likely match, no sleepers I saw. TNXMan 13:08, 29 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
01 November 2010
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Evidence submitted by Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Appears to be another sock of Ryan kirkpatrick; editing history is the same (terrorism-related articles and air crashes). The grammar and spelling seem to have improved somewhat, but I still detect issues ("passengers and crew on baord") ("ploted") ("continue his apporach into WuhanWhne"). Requesting a checkuser to be certain, but this seems to be the same person. Again. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:51, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Looks exactly like him to me. O Fenian (talk) 20:53, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

HelloAnnyong, I believe he is on British Telecom using dynamic IPs, so unless you want dozens of range blocks with oodles of collateral damage then there is not much that can be done. O Fenian (talk) 21:07, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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 Confirmed. A rangeblock is impossible. J.delanoygabsadds 02:24, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked and tagged. --Bsadowski1 02:27, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
12 November 2010
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Evidence submitted by Ser Amantio di Nicolao

A quick look at the original version of this article reveals the following:

  • "The2006 AeroSure 727 crash"
  • "The crashed near the villege"
  • "busted itno flames"
  • "on appraoch"

They're in line with my past experiences with Ryan kirkpatrick, but I'm requesting CheckUser just to be certain. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:49, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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02 December 2010
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Looks like Ryan kirkpatrick is at it again - witness things such as this dif, containing "a air accdeint", "airflield" (twice!), "a Air France", and "a airflield Newhaven". This dif tells us that the aircraft was "on route", and encountered "Cumulonimbus cloudscausing". This began with a malformed infobox. I'm requesting a checkuser to be certain, but I'm pretty sure Ryan kirkpatrick's back to his old tricks. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:14, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed TNXMan 17:17, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

23 December 2010
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Less so than before, but it smells like Ryan kirkpatrick - see his contribution history. Same kinds of subject interests, same kinds of typos (List of Aviation accidents and incidents in Ireland, with improper cancellation; "claimed by country the with information on airline company with flight number", "a engine failed", "Sunderland DD863crashed", etc. Also, the MO is the same as his recent accounts - doing very little at a time. I'm requesting checkuser to be certain. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:27, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed as being the same as L779 (talk · contribs) and F500 (talk · contribs). TNXMan 14:58, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

10 January 2011
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See his contribution history - the same pattern as previous socks of Ryan kirkpatrick. A few edits a day, all to air incident articles. The grammar is much, much better than it has been in the past, and the quality of edits appears to have risen. Nevertheless, I'm requesting a checkuser to be certain. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:46, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The following two accounts are the same:

15 January 2011
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Edits to earthquake articles, air crash articles and Troubles related articles, all three Ryan kirkpatrick editing areas. Requesting check for sleepers also, since the creation and use of this account pre-dates the last identified sockpuppet WhiskeyHangover (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). O Fenian (talk) 21:23, 15 January 2011 (UTC) O Fenian (talk) 21:23, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed TNXMan 15:48, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
18 January 2011
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Edits to List of earthquakes in Middle East 2011- 2015 and List of earthquakes of Europe 2011-2015, both virtually orphaned articles created by the previous sockpuppet, that a new editor is highly unlikely to stumble across unless they are another Ryan kirkpatrick sockpuppet. O Fenian (talk) 17:25, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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18 January 2011
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Repeatedly removing speedy delete tags from articles created by another sockpuppet of Ryan kirkpatrick. Safiel (talk) 18:52, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Looking at the contribution history it seems clear this is another sockpuppet. IP blocked for a month. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JamesBWatson (talk • contribs) 19:29, January 18, 2011

28 January 2011
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Looks like Ryan kirkpatrick is back. Again. Check out the contribution history - it's similar to Ryan's. The MO is similar to what we've seen in the past - a few edits a day. (I suppose it's an effort to sneak under the radar?) And there's the writing style: "When the aircraft caught fire which killed 3 poeople and injured 43 as the fire destoyed the aircraft.", "The two pilots was injured but the four passenger were unjured in the incident.", and "There was no fire or injuers in the incident.", for starters - all from this edit. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 06:17, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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11 February 2011
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Edits to air-crash related articles, and User:Lihaas/List of terrorist incidents, 2011 which is edited almost exclusively by Ryan kirkpatrick sockpuppets. O Fenian (talk) 23:49, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed that the following accounts are the same (with no sleepers):

--(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 21:08, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

14 February 2011
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Editor has created List of accidents and incidents of the British Overseas Territories, which is a typical Ryan kirkpatrick type of article. Despite this article being virtually orphaned, it has been edited by 80.3.135.90 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) who has also edited frequent Ryan kirkpatrick target "article" User:Lihaas/List of terrorist incidents, 2011. The only incoming mainspace link to the page was added by 86.25.194.136 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log), who has also convienently edited the userspace "article" just mentioned. O Fenian (talk) 19:50, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed that Subject sigma (talk · contribs) is the same as Hayden Air (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). TNXMan 20:21, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

18 March 2011
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Only edits to date are the recreation of the List of earthquakes of Europe 2011-2015 article, previously created by a Ryan kirkpatrick sockpuppet. The unusual use of "of" rather than "in" (see Category:Lists of earthquakes and Category:Lists of earthquakes by country where every other article uses "in") makes it incredibly likely to have been recreated by another Ryan kirkpatrick sockpuppet, particularly as the only incoming link to the article was created two hours before the article was recreated by an IP in one of Ryan kirkpatrick's known ranges. O Fenian (talk) 12:44, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed as being the same as Subject sigma (talk · contribs). TNXMan 12:55, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

18 April 2011
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The spelling and grammar are better, but the same mistakes are being made, as in this edit where "minutes" is spelt "mints", and where he makes a mistake in the infobox so that the caption doesn't appear and has to make another edit to fix the problem (one of Ryan's 'signatures' is that he appears to never use "show preview" and hence has made a large number of avoidable mistakes). The same websites are being used as sources, and the references are being formatted in the same way as Ryan in all his previous incarnations. The ref formatting, poor spelling and grammar, and silly mistakes typical of his editing style can be seen here (Kadena is in Japan); in this edit; as well as in this article created by Newcrash; in the last example note "in the northern Scotland", the sentence "The airline flys charter and Scheduled flights along with air ambulance", that the destination list is headed "Scotalnd", and that the fleet table is labelled "Loganair Fleet". The focus of Newcrash's edits is also the same as Ryan in his previous incarnations, with many of Newcrash's edits being to create categories for air crashes by country or aircraft type, and then adding the appropriate tags to air crash articles - often articles created by Ryan kirkpatrick or those previously edited by him or his socks. Newcrash's own talk page is also a strong indicator that this user is a sock of Ryan kirkpatrick; the subject, style, spelling and grammar in this edit are as good as a signature to someone familiar with Ryan and his socks. A new trend not seen with Ryan or previous socks is the uploading of images, which I strongly suspect are copyvios - compare this with this image uploaded by Newcrash. Newcrash's style is identical to Ryan in all of his previous incarnations apart from the image uploading, and I recall that Ryan has a history of text copyvios, copying-and-pasting material from the Aviation Safety Network database - some of Ryan's articles have been deleted because of this issue. YSSYguy (talk) 08:02, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am not Ryan

I see way you think I am him but everone makes mistakes now and again somtimes I miss them somtimes and I fix them. I give reasons way I have edited the articles I hope to do more editing in the futura. If there is anything wrong with my editing can you plaese tell me in futura and i will fix the problem. I only asked if them air accidents are of notability and the fact of way they should be put of Wikipedia. I had no idear that past sockpuppet tried to make articles of those air accidents. I have only made small edits because I am new and not ready to make articles just yet I am still look at the guide line set out to me when I create my account. I plaese ask you do not to block my account, Thank you Newcrash (talk) 12:29, 18 April 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.3.22.161 (talk) [reply]

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 Likely TNXMan 13:18, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

01 May 2011
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The usual creation of reasonably well formatted articles about aircrashes with semi-literate spelling and grammar that tells anyone familiar with the history of Ryan kirkpatrick that it is yet another of his sockpuppets. O Fenian (talk) 17:30, 1 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Another highly likely sockpuppet added too, based on articles edited. O Fenian (talk) 17:36, 1 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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15 May 2011
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The usual concentration of earthquake and air crash articles. O Fenian (talk) 15:03, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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21 May 2011
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So far this user has created one article, 1992 North Sea Bristow Super Puma crash, which is in the area of Ryan kirkpatrick's usual interests and also riddled with his usual very poor spelling and grammar. The IP is included as the only other editor to this article, plus a recent editor of an article that has also received a lot of attention from Ryan and his socks. YSSYguy (talk) 05:01, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Added a second IP per WP:QUACK; both IPs are in a range previously extensively used by IP socks of Ryan, and the second IP has edited in articles previously visited by Ryan and/or his socks. The edit summary left with this edit by the second IP is also very typical of Ryan's mangling of the written language. YSSYguy (talk) 05:22, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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I did hardblock one IP range, but I don't think that is going to help terribly much. –MuZemike 16:59, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

25 May 2011
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IP added per WP:QUACK, editing in the area of Ryan's usual interest and in his usual maladroit language and style, for example this edit, note the edit summary and the undoing of a previous edit that didn't work - which is itself typical as Ryan has apparently never used the Show Preview function. YSSYguy (talk) 09:27, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Added second IP; the edit history heavily overlaps that of the first IP and both IPs have been making complementary edits in Wolverhampton-related articles, which is another area of Ryan's interest. YSSYguy (talk) 09:53, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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25 May 2011
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Just saw 1969 Viscount Ringway crash pop up on newpage patrol. Smells like one of Ryan kirkpatrick's articles - creaky prose, sentence fragments. Surprisingly, a cursory glance reveals no typos; nevertheless, I have my suspicions . Requesting checkuser to be sure. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:36, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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After looking at both the above article and the other article created so far (2011 Faridabad PC-12 crash), I am quite sure it is him per WP:QUACK. He is being more careful but is still making silly mistakes that should be picked up on Show Preview, and the language and style, not to mention the area of interest, are typical of Ryan. YSSYguy (talk) 21:24, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
I've been told no, because the IP is too dynamic. But I'm starting to hope there's some solution, because I'm getting tired of picking up after him. And he just doesn't seem to want to get it. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:26, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
 Confirmed, no sleepers that I saw. These accounts bounce around a couple of different ISPs, both of which are /14s or larger. TNXMan 13:53, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
29 May 2011
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Suspected per WP:QUACK. New User:Dead of the world has sprung into being and created two articles so far: Royal Air Force Flight 4206 and Blackpool plane crash. Both articles are in Ryan kirkpatrick's usual area of interest and are typical of his editing style with the usual maladroit spelling and grammar, such as this gem from the RAF crash article:

"On board were 14 passengers and crew one of them was Prince George, Duke of Kent. But minutes later Flight 4206 in fog and around 1342 GMT the aircraft crashed into the side of Mount Eagle in the Scottish Highlands. The Sunderland exploded on impact with Mount Eagle which killed 13 of the 14 passengers and crew. Prince George, Duke of Kent was one of the casualties of the crash. Only one person to survived the crash was [name]"

and silly mistakes such as the one fixed in this edit by the only other user to edit either article so far. The IP editor is also added per WP:QUACK due to editing some of Ryan's favourite articles, including this edit, which adds a brief synopsis of a crash for which Ryan created an article (now deleted), and which has previously been added to this list by other socks of Ryan a number of times and removed several times in a so-far futile effort to discourage the sockpuppetry. Notwithstanding the wikinotable person involved in the RAF crash, I think both articles should be deleted to discourage the sockpuppetry. YSSYguy (talk) 14:24, 29 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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14 June 2011
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Seems like our old friend is back again, with the same slapdash relationship with the English language as before. Some examples:

From 2011 Togo lake boating tragedy:
  • "when the boast were caught in a storm as they crossing the lake"
From 2011 Goodyear Blimp crash:
  • "on landing apporach"
  • "who were the T.V prass"
  • "departed Oberursel for a air show"

Smells like Ryan kirkpatrick's handiwork, and by and large the interests appear the same. I'm requesting a checkuser a.) to be certain and b.) to see if there are any other socks of his floating about. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:34, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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a) Yes. b) No. :) TNXMan 20:49, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

24 June 2011
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Investigation reopened again per WP:QUACK; all articles edited so far have been in Ryan's areas of interest - air crashes and natural disasters. By their mangling of the English language the edits are very typical of his style, the substantial edits so far include this (note the poor grammar and spelling, and the price quoted for the aircraft), this (note spelling of "France") and this one (the misspelling of "private" has occurred very frequently in Ryan's edits, and the use of a full-stop instead of a comma is also typical). There is also this edit, where Iam19 revisits a (very poor) entry made by Ryan himself in March last year and adds a wikilink; this is again very typical of Ryan's style - he adds a redlink to an airline article - very often an airline that is not well-known as in this case - and then creates an article about the crash. Requesting Checkuser to be absolutely certain and because I have noticed a number of edits by IPs since the SPI was last closed as well. YSSYguy (talk) 00:30, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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30 June 2011
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Honestly, this is just a hunch...call it a funny feeling I have. (Based primarily on the misspelled user name - coupled with its form it looks like something Ryan kirkpatrick has used in the past.) He hasn't been doing much in the way of aircraft articles yet, and no air crashes, but his editing history contains a number of articles about tsunamis, and disasters are among Ryan's previous interests. Typos are way down, but even so something in the syntax of the articles strikes me as familiar. I'm requesting Checkuser to be certain, and to make sure we're not missing any other accounts. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:12, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Good catch.  Confirmed as Ryan. TNXMan 15:26, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

05 July 2011
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From the article Alitalia Flight 329:

" an man unsuccessful attempt was made to hijack the flight. The man demaned to fly the plane to Tripoli. The hijacker had a small knife but was overpowered by four and crew. "

The prose style sounds familiar; the article is on a topic of dubious notability in a field in which Ryan has shown interest; his editing style appears similar. I'm requesting a checkuser a.) to be certain, and b.) to see if there are other accounts/IPs around, like mushrooms after a spring rain. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:25, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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07 July 2011
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Admittedly, it's a username test...but this looks like a lot of the usernames Ryan has been using in the past. Only three edits, to earthquake articles, which seems to be a new area of interest for him. The prose style is a shade creaky, but better than it's been in the past. Still, it smells like him; I'm requesting CheckUser to be certain. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:56, 7 July 2011 (UTC) Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:56, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed and blocked, rangeblock extended. –MuZemike 22:11, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

26 July 2011
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Has only created one article thus far - about an air crash (on which we already have an article, incidentally), which is Ryan's field of interest. Furthermore, from this dif of the article 2011 Morocco C-130 Hercules crash I quote: "The 2011 Morocco C-130 Hercules crash was a air accident on July 26, 2011. When an a Royal Moroccan Air Force, Lockheed C-130H Hercules departed Hassan I Airport" This contains one of Ryan's most familiar errors ("a air accident"), as well as a couple of other errors. I'm requesting a checkuser because I have my suspicions that he may have been lurking about under another username as well.

(Incidentally, said article will work as a redirect to 2011 Moroccan army C-130 crash - I didn't want to turn it into one so's I could preserve the evidence.) Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:13, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed as being the same as Airdisaster (talk · contribs). TNXMan 14:53, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

04 August 2011
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Same MO as Ryan's other socks - few edits a day, spread out over a number of days. (I actually noticed this fellow show up a few days ago, but have been busy and forgot to file an SPI. Go me.) His area of interest is the same - air crashes. And his grammatical and spelling skills are well up to Ryan's usual standard. From 2011 Bitung Bell 412 crash:

  • "2011 Bitung Bell 412 crash was a was an accident of a Nyaman Air Bell 412 "
  • "All 10 passengers and crew died in the accident six were Indonesians, two was Australian and another two were from South Africa."

Also, a couple of his articles are being looked at for notability...something which happened to Ryan on numerous occasions. I'm requesting CheckUser to see if there aren't other socks out there. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:18, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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MarkGillmore is  Confirmed as Ryan. No comment on the IP. TNXMan 15:50, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]


08 August 2011
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Raised per WP:QUACK. Another User springs into being and "miraculously" starts creating fully-fledged air crash articles with execrable spelling, poor grammar and crappy syntax such as 2004 Greece Chinook crash and IrAero Flight 103. As usual a checkuser request, and as usual a request for deletion of creations, regardless of wikinotable people or other reasons to keep; if the articles have merit, someone else will create them. YSSYguy (talk) 23:01, 8 August 2011 (UTC) YSSYguy (talk) 23:01, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As far as User:Haydenthegreat is concerned, someone else raised the possibility that this is a sock of Ryan's, but I really couldn't be sure from his/her edits as so far they only consist of multiple attempts to add a (badly spelt) transcript of a Cockpit Voice Recording to an air crash article as in this edit. The poor spelling is what caused people to think it might be him; also one of his former socks was User:Hayden Air. YSSYguy (talk) 23:33, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Saw another new one today: 2011 Avis Amur An-12 crash. Among the gems:

Smells like him, alright. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 13:34, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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13 August 2011
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Another SPI opened per WP:QUACK with the usual new User having instant technical competence as to how to create an article combined with ineptitude with regard to actual use of the english language and careless mistakes. See this edit where he mis-spells "Boeing" twice among other spelling mistakes, including his favourite phrase "bust into flames" (often used in past articles he has created, even when it wasn't true); states that there were strong winds when the source states the winds were calm; and the Investigation section is a copy-and-paste from one of the sources. The Tajik Air Flight 3183 article has more of Ryan's 'signature' mistakes such as "was a air accident", the second sentence incorrectly starting with "When" and a mis-spelling of "cause"; also note the access date for the ref. There is also the series of ten edits full of grammatical mistakes to List of terrorist incidents, 2011, another area of interest. The first IP is included as the only other editor of the Fedex article; the second beacuse of crossover between edits, especially this one; the third for this edit in the same style; and the fourth for two edits to the terrorism list in the same style as well. The fifth IP re-created the terrorism list from a redirect apparently against consensus (another signature of Ryan, he has never acknowledged such things as consensus or other editors' concerns in the past); I believe most likely from a copy-and-paste from the edit history as the whole series of edits only took a few minutes. The last IP is included as also editing the terrorism list and being in the same range as some of the others. YSSYguy (talk) 23:54, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Ashley Dovey is  Confirmed as Ryan kirkpatrick. Underying IP range hardblocked. –MuZemike 02:06, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

16 September 2011
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Reopened per WP:QUACK. The same areas of interest (air crashes and natural disasters), with articles created using the same maladroit spelling and grammar. Requesting checkuser, but I am in no doubt that it is him. YSSYguy (talk) 05:01, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed plus:

Several IP ranges have now been blocked. –MuZemike 23:28, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

25 September 2011
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Again reopened per WP:QUACK. The area of interest is the same as Ryan's, the style of editing is the same as Ryan's - such as creating a category for air crashes involving a particular type of aircraft. The same poor spelling and grammar, such as can be seen in this supposed new User's supposed first edit; notice the Infobox is titled "Newry car bombing", an article created by Ryan. I am sure it is him but am requesting checkUser because this account pre-dates the last detected socks. YSSYguy (talk) 11:41, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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07 October 2011
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Again reopened per WP:QUACK, another case of a 'new' user knowing how to create a new article (1952 Aer Lingus C-47 crash, which is actually a re-creation of 1952 Aer Lingus C-47 air accident, an article originally created by Ryan kirkpatrick that I merged into the Aer Lingus article some 18 months ago). Said article is again full of Ryan's poor-quality English and foolish mistakes, such as the nonexistent flagicon for Walsall - another focus of Ryan (I have formed the opinion he lives in or near Walsall) - instead of Wales in the infobox, as can be seen in this edit. Last but not least the Username is very similar to User:Bel9, a sockpuppet of Ryan's a year ago.I see no need for CheckUser, unless someone else wants to shake the tree and see what falls out. YSSYguy (talk) 01:51, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Actually, technical evidence suggests that Bell191 is  Unlikely to be Ryan kirkpatrick, as established by trying to match to the most recent accounts in the SPI archive. Also, if you want my view on the behavioural link, it seems tenuous to me (nothing much other than that it happens to be an article Ryan edited a long time ago, and a vague overlap of topic area). I'll leave the final decision in your hands. AGK [•] 11:46, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Clerk note: Hmm, I'm still going to let the block stand. In their first edit, the sock showed knowledge of and an ability to use templates. Combined with other factors (email me if you want, AGK) I think it's likely on behavioral grounds. Maybe the master went on a vacation or something, who knows. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 13:11, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
17 October 2011
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He's just shown up; he's immediately creating air accident articles (as Our Mutual Friend is wont to do). Thus far, there has been only one (edit: 1968 Norfolk RAF mid-air collsion - oh goody there's a misspelling in the title, hooray), but its initial version contained the gem "a mid air collsion bewtween to Royal Air Force aircraft", as well as at least one other instance of the word "collsion" and numerous formatting errors. Requesting checkuser a.) to be certain, and b.) to make sure there are no other socks lying around. Perhaps another hard IP block is in order? Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:20, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Likely match to John Cancock (talk · contribs). No other accounts at a glance. TNXMan 16:01, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

28 October 2011
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Same general area of interest as Ryan (natural disasters, as opposed to air disasters), and I see a number of similarities in the errors which show (from 1999 Kangiqsualujjuaq avalanche: "A few of the village", off punctuation, a sentence fragment). Requesting checkuser to be sure, and to catch any other socks, same as usual. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:30, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed as being the same as Alex10000 (talk · contribs). TNXMan 14:33, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

31 October 2011
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See 1953 Nutts Corner BEA Viking crash. Among the gems: "was a air accident"; "pilot descended to low"; "the aircraft don't caught fire"; "The accident killed 27 passengers and crew and makes it the worst air disaster in Northern Ireland." All of them sound exactly like the kinds of errors Ryan would make, and the subject is one with which he is, shall we say, intimately familiar. Requesting checkuser to make certain, find other socks, yadda yadda yadda, etc. We've tried a hard rangeblock before, and it's seemed to work - while I am loathe to suggest it again, perhaps we've no other choice? Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:51, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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04 November 2011
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*sigh* I'm really starting to get annoyed, now. Check out this dif for an example of what the above user has been up to. Multiple grammatical errors and typos; an air accident as a subject; the addition of an unnecessary category to an article; all hallmarks of Ryan kirkpatrick. I'm going to suggest the IP rangeblock again; it's draconian, but it seems to have worked when last tried. Checkuser for certainty, to pick up low-hanging fruit, etc. Tip o' the pin to User:YSSYguy for spotting this.

As my high school geometry teacher used to say, "And you wonder why I drink?". --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:47, 4 November 2011 (UTC) Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:47, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm told that his IP range is unusually dynamic - British Telecom, I think? A rangeblock would have an effect - it was tried once, and I think he managed to be quiet for a few months. The collateral damage would be bad, though. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:03, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'll wave my wand and see what I can do. WilliamH (talk) 21:05, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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06 November 2011
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Quack, quack, quack - British air accident article, bad spelling and grammar ("When a those on board heard a thump") including Ryan's trademark ("becuase it was a air accident"). WP:GIANTDUCK. The Bushranger One ping only 19:38, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Added an IP that is very likely another Ryansock. - The Bushranger One ping only 19:42, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict)And it seems we shook another one from the tree. Sleeper check please. - The Bushranger One ping only 20:13, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And another IP appears supporting the created article with bad english, WP:DUCK. MilborneOne (talk) 20:40, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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BA38 (talk · contribs) is a  Confirmed match with BBCX11 (talk · contribs).

Kiki 180 (talk · contribs) is a  Likely match. No comment on the IP. WilliamH (talk) 20:10, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

07 November 2011
Suspected sockpuppets


See this dif, for starters. Typos, poor grammar, off sentence structure, same area of interest - it smells like Ryan. The IP block didn't work...I think we may have to go harder. Checkuser for the usual reasons.

I think this is a first for me...opening an SPI on him while the previous one is waiting to be archived... --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:18, 7 November 2011 (UTC) Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:18, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

edit: OK, that has to be some kind of record for SPI turnaround time... --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:19, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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07 November 2011
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Less quacking than the usual Ryansock, but appeared today and very first edit was a revert on History of British Airways which was reverting a revert of a User:Kiki 180 edit. Follows a Rk username pattern too. Soooo here we are. (re: the above turnaround time comments - itssssssss a neeeeeeeeeeew traaaaaaaaackkkkk recorrrrrrdddddddddddd...?) The Bushranger One ping only 22:08, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The following are  Confirmed matches for EACH OTHER, but are, at best,  Possible to Ryan kirkpatrick, and even that is tenuous based on what I found; behaviour will have to decide if these are related or not.

Courcelles 22:22, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

08 November 2011
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WP:GIANTDUCK including vandalising this very page. Blocked all 6 months. Posted here for the record. The Bushranger One ping only 10:08, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Heh, don't you think we've considered that? For collateral and technical reasons, it's simply impossible. Report and whack accordingly is all you can do here. WilliamH (talk) 16:13, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Marking for close. TNXMan 16:25, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
12 November 2011
Suspected sockpuppets

Quack, quack, quack quack.  Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me Already blocked account indef and IP 6 months. Reporting for the record. Not sure if a CU check for sleepers will turn up anything but why not. The Bushranger One ping only 02:47, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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15 November 2011
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Blocked as a WP:DUCK going around tagging Ryan's articles for PROD and speedy - and seconding his own prods, with Ryan's grammar quirks. Posted for the record - and requesting CU for sleepers/new socks as he seems convinced he has the right to sock and try to delete his articles. The Bushranger One ping only 07:54, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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As compared between the master, I would say  Likely. - Mailer Diablo 16:02, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

19 November 2011
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 Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me, indeffed, posted for the record and for sleeper check given this banned user's history. The Bushranger One ping only 21:51, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Obvious sock is obvious. Otherwise, nothing else from what I can see. –MuZemike 21:53, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

25 November 2011
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His first article is British European Airways Flight 706, a topic of known interest to Our Mutual Friend. Short, but contains gems such as "causing the aircraft tail to fell off". Internal textual evidence suggests that it's Ryan's handiwork; on a related note, I just finished reading Plot It Yourself. Requesting checkuser to be certain, as usual. (Apologies for the post-Thanksgiving facetiousness.) Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:02, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Possible but I can't say with any certainty. Same locality as Ryan kirkpatrick, but other indicators (especially ISP) aren't consistent with the master's habits—which admittedly are rather inconsistent. Behavioural evidence will have to be relied on when determining whether there is a link here. AGK [•] 22:11, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Account indefinitely blocked, article deleted and salted (note, did not run a CU on this one). This article was recreated by another previous sock of his. –MuZemike 22:25, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

10 December 2011
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 Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me - contribs match our old friend's pattern quite well, both in pattern and in spelling (or should I say "spieling"?) Blocked as an obvious duck, request CU for sleepers. The Bushranger One ping only 02:20, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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31 December 2011
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He's baaaaaaaaaaack. With his usual disaster/aircrash focus and horrific grammar/spelling.  1.75x amplified ultimate quack of ultimate destiny, and already blocked accordingly. However, this one managed to fly under the radar for two weeks before being spotted - I'm requesting a CU for sleepers. The Bushranger One ping only 08:07, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed. Article deleted, and his one IP range is now hardblocked. --MuZemike 08:14, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

27 January 2012
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Has created one new article thus far, United Arab Airlines Flight 844, and has very few edits. However, his area of interest appears to be air accidents (just like Ryan), and his prose, while considerably improved, still contains errors such as "and eight crew members on bored", "a ADF approach", and "During the tune". Requesting CheckUser to be certain, and as it's been a while to root out any other socks which might exist. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 22:25, 27 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed the following are the same:

20 February 2012
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IP 89.160.164.19 and Luz143 used previously confirmed IP sock talk page User talk:90.220.152.10 to create an article 2012 Bukavu Gulfstream IV crash before moving it to main space. All blocked pending investigation and article deleted. MilborneOne (talk) 21:42, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Add Airways76 (talk · contribs) as well. No other sleepers at the moment. TNXMan 21:53, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Confirmed plus:

Article created has been appropriately deleted. --MuZemike 21:58, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

23 March 2012
Suspected sockpuppets

The duck is strong in this one. Ryan's area of interest (aircraft crashes), Ryan's signature grammar and spelling (specifically: lack thereof), and Ryan's letter-number combo username pattern that is often used by Ryansocks. In short:  1.75x amplified ultimate quack of ultimate destiny. Both accounts already indef'd on account of the deafening quacking, and the IP blocked for a week; requesting CU on account of Ryan in the past having created sockfarms. The Bushranger One ping only 06:07, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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28 March 2012
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Poor punctuation and creaky prose, e.g.: "Flight 605 mbed to it's assigned cruising altitude of 4000 feet. At 17:41pm people on the ground saw flight 605 enter a steepening dive and crashed just 3 km east of Bainbridge." (from Eastern Air Lines Flight 605) Also "was a air accident" (1925 KLM Locquignol crash), one of his more usual mistakes. New account, one of Ryan's favored areas of editing, and seems to have cropped up just after the last SPI concluded. Doesn't quite pass my smell test; I'm requesting CheckUser to search for sleeper accounts. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:00, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed plus:

--MuZemike 23:05, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

01 April 2012
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Another new account that appears and promptly sets about editing in Ryan's favourite topic area with his signature poor spelling and grammar, recreating categories previously created by Ryansocks ([1], and claiming he was "warned about" being called a Ryansock - a comment that several recent Ryansocks have made similar comments about, I believe. Not quacking as loudly as some but believe there's enough here for a CU to establish sockitude or innocence. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:01, 1 April 2012 (UTC) The Bushranger One ping only 21:01, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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07 April 2012
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The User name alone was enough to make me suspicious; and the focus and style of the edits pass the duck test IMO. For example, the two sentences "The crash killed both 11 crew on bored the Liberator along with 59 on the ground. 92 more was injured in the crash" contained in Jackson air disaster are classic Ryan. The IP is added for the same reason. Requesting checkuser to flush out any other possible baddies. YSSYguy (talk) 14:48, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed. Account indefinitely blocked and tagged, all creations deleted, and another range blocked. --MuZemike 17:54, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

23 April 2012
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Reopened per WP:DUCK: too many similarities for my comfort. Two new editors spring into being, both knowing how to create an article; both using such knowledge to create obscure air crash articles replete with Ryan kirkpatrick's signature run-on sentences, poor grammar and easily-avoided mistakes (such as a flying boat taking off from a land airport - a mistake Ryan has made before); both using the same websites as sources that Ryan is fond of using; both using the same (admittedly commonplace) bare-URL method to show those sources. Although the spelling is much better, there have been confirmed socks in the past that spelt better than Ryan's usual standard as well. YSSYguy (talk) 08:38, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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TimX1 is  Likely to be Ryan, Jameskimlong is a  Possible match. TNXMan 14:32, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Both bagged and tagged; behavioral evidence on Jameskimlong (specifically Ryan's unique spelling and grammar, along with his overall style) points to sufficiently loud quacking. - The Bushranger One ping only 20:15, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]


27 April 2012
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Another editor who pops up, after sitting for ninteen months unused (created first edit), and promptly launches into a few of Ryan's favourite topic areas: terrorism, disasters, and air crashes. While the quacking lacks a megaphone here, the similarties in editing pattern are strking, and his grammar is sufficiently smiliar to Ryan's distinctive "style" as well that I believe looking into this is warranted. The Bushranger One ping only 19:18, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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04 May 2012
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 Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me. Is editing in a strongly-associated area of Ryan's (terrorism) and exhibiting Ryan's distinct grammar quirks. ("Two phone calls was made about the bomb...The bomb defused before it could explode" as two examples. In addition, the alphanumeric username is a well-established pattern of Ryansocks. Blocked as a WP:GIANTDUCK of a community banned user; requesting CU for confimation and sleeper check based on the user's past history of sockfarming. The Bushranger One ping only 10:39, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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No unblocked accounts found. TNXMan 13:51, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

18 May 2012
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Reopened per WP:QUACK. Another new User with a name that is stylistically similar to past socks; that knows how to create air crash articles, creating said articles for very obscure air crashes; and with questionable grasp of the English language as in this edit and this edit. It all adds up to deafening quacking. Requesting CheckUser to flush any others from cover. YSSYguy (talk) 23:13, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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24 May 2012
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New article: 2012 Russian Air Force Antonov An-30 crash. It's the same subject as Ryan likes; the username is similar. The grammar is somewhat better than the norm ("an air accident" for once), but it contains this gem: "Their was fourteen Russians and nine Czechs on board ". And there are a couple of creaky sentences that have a whiff of Ryan about them. Requesting a checkuser to be certain, and to search for sleepers, as per the usual.

Oh, and hello - it's been a while since I've brought one of these cases up. Nice to be back. :-) Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:53, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed match to Cryingjohn 1972le (talk · contribs). TNXMan 19:28, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bagged and tagged. - The Bushranger One ping only 19:33, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
05 June 2012
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One article so far - BOAC Flight 783 - but it smells like a Ryan product. This sentence, for instance: " It was at 11:05 UTC just six minutes after BOAC Flight 783 took off it was seen falling from the sky in flames until the aircraft crashed and exploded near Calcutta." Sounds exactly like something Ryan would write. Requesting Checkuser to look for socks. Maybe we should consider a rangeblock again? He's been coming back like blazes of late. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:29, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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This account is a  Possible match to accounts in the archive. TNXMan 19:32, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Behaviorial evidence - area of interest, spelling errors, phrasing, username format - means that  Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me as well. Blocked and tagged accordingly. - The Bushranger One ping only 19:46, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
12 June 2012
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And another 'new' User who knows how to create articles and who passes the Duck Test; with such gems of English as those in this edit, e.g. "the Escort crashed into fence outside a house were a crowd of 30 people was standing" and "The accident killed two and injured seven people, when one of the rally cars crashes into a crowed". Despite the involvement of notable people in the " Kenya Police hecliopter" crash, I think the article should be deleted and an editor in good standing create it instead. I see no need for Checkuser to verify this one as it is clearly Rk at work again. YSSYguy (talk) 10:34, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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  • This editor also just created 2012 Nairobi Eurocopter AS350 crash. Spelling isn't like the car crash article, but one of Ryan's telltales is to put in the yearly crash template, but not edit it for the new article. He'd alert people if he did.
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16 June 2012
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A comparison of the master username with the one provided here makes the reasoning bahind this blatantly obvious. Although the username marks it as a WP:GIANTDUCK I've held off on blocking pending CU evidence, as so far he's only added pictures to aviation articles - a pattern not shown by previous Ryansocks. The Bushranger One ping only 22:24, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

...and since he self-identifies as Ryan Kirkpatrick on Commons (File:Tower Bridge.2.JPG), it's apparent that this is the Supreme Duck of Maximum Destiny. Blocked - The Bushranger One ping only 22:44, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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30 June 2012
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This account shows the traditional signs of being a Ryansock: Aircrash article on a British subject as the first edit by a newcomer? Check. Distinctive spelling ("crashed into sevral houses") and grammar (entire sentence: "A Royal Air Force, Hawker Audax registration K7381 of No. 1 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School.") errors? Check. Alphanumeric username string? Check. Requesting CU to be sure. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:06, 30 June 2012 (UTC) The Bushranger One ping only 21:06, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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01 July 2012
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While not British this time, this has Ryan's trademarks on it; specifically, his essentially trademark spelling/grammar errors ("a attempted hijacking"; "the hijackers was over powered", etc.). In addition, the user is seemingly the same as Commons:User:Live678 - which has uploaded quite a few British aircrash pictures...  Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me and blocked accordingly; since a CU was just run yesterday not requesting one here but wouldn't object to a sleeper check. The Bushranger One ping only 18:02, 1 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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07 July 2012
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Ticks every box for a Ryansock (British aircrashes, 'quirky' spelling and grammar...), and in addition took the username from a comment about Ryan on my talk page. Blocked as a WP:GIANTDUCK, given the recent spate of Ryansocks through it might be worth a CU to check for sleepers. The Bushranger One ping only 02:12, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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11 July 2012
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No sooner is one Ryan case archived than another appears. I'll admit that this editor has a better grasp of language than does Our Friend (phrases such as " All Sixteen passengers and crew died in the crash." and "the weather conditions at the time was poor" - from La Costeña Flight 046 - notwithstanding). But the prose smells of his handiwork to me, as does the MO. Requesting a checkuser for all the usual reasons. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:12, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Ticks all the Ryan boxes, new editor knows how to do stuff an IP can't do; creates air crash articles for obscure crashes and creates categories for those crashes; and the usual ineptitude with the language. Passes the duck test with flying colours. YSSYguy (talk) 00:04, 12 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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13 July 2012
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Ryan's fingerprints all over these: "on air accident", "the landing gear collapse", "on the 27 May 1985", "a Short hual scheduled passenger flight", "after stalling Drining an cargo drop"; with the second account coming right out and saying it's him [2]. Both blocked due to the deafening quacking, but as there's two here now another CU sweep might be needed... The Bushranger One ping only 22:05, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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20 July 2012
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 Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me Aircrash articles with horrific grammar ("and it was charter flight from Honolulu and it stoped in Los Angeles"), alphanumeric username...this is Ryan. CU for sleepers please. The Bushranger One ping only 16:59, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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20 July 2012
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UK air accidents are one Ryan's favourite subjects and this account was created shortly after his/her latest sock was blocked yesterday. No bad spelling but should be checked. MilborneOne (talk) 21:39, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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"An Rockwell Commander", "flying from Oban to Abbeyshrule made a forced landing", "both pilot and passenger was injured" -  Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me - The Bushranger One ping only 22:54, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]


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 Clerk endorsed Maybe we just need real time log access. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 22:57, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Confirmed and  IP blocked. --MuZemike 23:04, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

11 August 2012
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Air accidents are one of Ryan's favorite subjects....William 22:55, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

While the quacking isn't as loud as with many Ryansocks, this looks very much like something Ryan would write, while SAS Flight 910 does make the radar twitch. Suggest checking into this one. - The Bushranger One ping only 23:07, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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With respect to The Bushranger's comments below, he's either become very crafty or it's not him, as stylistically Vulcan's edits are very different to Ryan's in terms of quality. In addition the areas of interest are fairly divergent - Ryan has never shown any previous interest in creating a non-disaster-related article such as FlyCongo, and the Swissair incident isn't dramatic enough for his tastes IMHO. The differences could be deliberate on his part, hence the comment about craftiness; but looking at this page's history there have been about a dozen CheckUsers run since Vulcan started edited and without knowing how these things work I'd have thought that there would be a match somewhere along the line if Vulcan is a sock. IMO there is insufficient evidence to block. YSSYguy (talk) 07:21, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 Inconclusive on technical evidence. There is only one edit in which to check, and the remaining edits are  Stale. --MuZemike 00:47, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, this one's tricky. I honestly don't see enough for a WP:DUCK block myself, yet, but won't object if another thinks there's enough quacking to do so. If not though, this is certainly one to keep an eye on. - The Bushranger One ping only 00:50, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have to agree with The Bushranger and YssYguy. This may well not be Ryan and without clearer proof, no action should be taken. An eye can be kept on this editor in the meantime. NOTE- I'm the editor who initiated this SPI....William 12:40, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
19 August 2012
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From the original edit of 2012 Alfa Airlines Antonov An-24 crash - it's riddled with typos - a typical sign of a Ryansock. Other signs: the subject matter is his usual, and so is the editing pattern (a few edits before going silent). I'm requesting checkuser to be certain, and to weed out anything else we may find. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:06, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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27 August 2012
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WP:GIANTDUCK. Created White House plane crash with Ryan's signature atrocious grammar - "had stolan a", "aicraft", "plane whet down", "after an trying", "deaths or injurers", username follows Ryan's patterns too. Blocked with extra orange sauce, requesting sleeper check as Ryan seems to be branching out lately. The Bushranger One ping only 00:48, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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28 August 2012
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 Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me. Has Ryan's currently preferred username string (word+number), editing in Ryan's preferred area (aircrashes, especially British: 1956 Scottish Airlines Stansted crash, Air Jordan Flight 601), and with Ryan's classic spelling and grammar...quirks ("when an Avro York registration G-AMUL with 29 passengers and five crew on board."; "An temporary runway"; "The 5700 feet long was parallel to..."; "The aircraft was travailing", "Air Jordan Flight 601 crashed 11,85 miles from Amman Civil Airport". And so on.) The quacking has me reaching for earplugs, requesting CU for confirmation. The Bushranger One ping only 23:40, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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In my opinion the other User Slinger9 (talk · contribs) is likely not an Rk sock; his/her edits very much fail the Duck Test, they look nothing like Ryan's work to me. I don't know how CheckUser works, could it be just a case of someone else using the same IP? YSSYguy (talk) 01:51, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I scratched my head a bit at that too. But the user does fit Ryan's known username pattern (see User:Xman9 for instance). If it's felt this is a false positive though I'll have no objections to an unblocking. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:31, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, after looking this over, I think it's a false positive too, so I have unblocked the Slinger9 account. ~Amatulić (talk) 16:45, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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09 September 2012
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 Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me. Ryan's signature target area (aircrashes) and spelling/grammar issues ("few months ago on the 14 May 1987", "was equipped with two turbo-prop Pratt & Whitney Canada PW 120 with helix 4-bladed Hamilton Standard", "The plane fell on his nose to the ground on the slopes of the mountain" "saw convicted disaster aviators and manslaughter plural,", etc.) - even the username has a Ryanesque misspelling. Blocked as a WP:GIANTDUCK, requesting CU for sleepers. The Bushranger One ping only 22:29, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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24 September 2012
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 1.75x amplified ultimate quack of ultimate destiny. Ryan's area of interest (aircrashes, emphasising British) and his signature spelling and grammar mistakes. "an Grumman Goose" ("an" inappropriately is a hallmark) [3]; "...the flight had only been in the air for a few minutes. When the aircraft crashed into the side of a hillside..."; "There was navigation error on part of the crew" [4]. Username string (Word.word.word.) is also Ryanesque. Blocked as a WP:GIANTDUCK, requesting CU for sleepers. The Bushranger One ping only 17:40, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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27 September 2012
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 1.75x amplified ultimate quack of ultimate destiny. Created Syrian Air Flight 501, which is in Ryan's prime area of interest and is (was, before a good-faith cleanup) riddled with his signature spelling and grammar issues [5]. "There was not much information had been realest about the accident.", "on a domestic", "when the aircraft collided with Syrian Air Force helicopter", "The Syria's Information Ministry", etc. Note also that "Mellborn" may be intentionally similar to User:MilborneOne, which would not be the first time Ryan has selected a similar username to an administrator (2). Blocked and tagged as a WP:GIANTDUCK, not requesting CU as a check less than a week ago turned up no sleepers instead posting for the record. The Bushranger One ping only 21:58, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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02 October 2012
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Just a hunch - the username is similar to many of Ryan's, and the MO is the same (several edits to one article in quick succession, followed, apparently, by radio silence). Only one typo in the original of the article: "have continude". But I suspect it's his nonetheless. Checkuser to be certain, yadda, yadda, yadda. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:34, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:33, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
15 October 2012
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Reopened per WP:QUACK; another 'new' User with sophisticated knowledge of how to edit and to create new articles, combined with the ineptitude in the actual editing that are hallmarks of Ryan's work. FlyMontserrat Flight 107 has such gems as "The flight has taking off on runway 07 but soon after take off at 16:15L." as a complete sentence and the phrase "two passengers was also injured" in the first edit, with the sentence "A preliminary report by the East Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority was released on 13 October 2012 saying that after examining the wreckage of the aricraft." added more recently. Elsewhere we have "FlyMontserrat Flight 107, Britten-Norman Islander a crashed shortly after taking off from Antigua Airport, Antigua" in the Air Accidents Investigation Branch article and this edit where s/he unsuccessfully tries to add an image to an infobox, with the caption "A Air India Beoing 707 like the accident aicraft" (in a series of four edits s/he tries again to get the image to display in the infobox but gives up and moves it to the article body, bad caption and all). The majority of this User's edits are of equally poor quality, with this edit and this edit being very typical of Ryan's writing style in terms of sentence structure. I am requesting a CheckUser because this account was active prior to the last SPI and because of the long history of multiple accounts at the same time. YSSYguy (talk) 06:50, 15 October 2012 (UTC) YSSYguy (talk) 06:50, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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04 November 2012
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 1.75x amplified ultimate quack of ultimate destiny. New editor promptly editing in Ryan's trademark area of interest with Ryan's trademark spelling and grammar ("a air accident" should be a registered trademark at this point). Blocked, tagged, reported for the record. The Bushranger One ping only 02:11, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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10 November 2012
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New user creating an air accident article (2012 Algerian Air Force C-295 crash) as first edit. Evidence of copying template from FlyMontserrat Flight 107 itself created by another Ryan sock. User forgot to change some text from original article. Blocked and tagged and listed for record. MilborneOne (talk) 18:46, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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23 November 2012
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Ryan's usual modus first article is an aircraft accident article with bad spelling in a incident 55of them were taken to hospitals. caused injuers to 66 passengers Blocked and tagged and listed for record. MilborneOne (talk) 17:52, 23 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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14 December 2012
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See 1958 Nottinghamshire Avro Vulcan crash: "were an engine performance sortie", "was a aviation accident", poor formating in lead. Smells like one of Ryan's. As usual, I'm requesting a checkuser to be certain.

I know we've discussed the difficulties of an IP block in the past, but I seem to recall subjecting him to one before anyway, and it worked for a while. Maybe time to think about it again? Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:00, 14 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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After looking at 1993 Scotland Lockheed Hercules crash and its manifold "classic Ryanisms" I am certain that it's him. The phrase "bust [sic] into flames" is as good as a signature - he has often used this expression, even when it is factually incorrect i.e. when the aircraft in question didn't even catch fire (and in this case there is no way of knowing, as there were no survivors and no witnesses). Then there are the atrocious sentences such as:

  • "Some hours later the Lockheed Hercules was over the Scottish Highlands and when into low level flying getting really to drop the cargo two more RAF Lockheed Hercules all so doing a drop off cargo."
  • "After dropping off there cargo XV193 turned to avoid a rocky outcrop after the turning the plane entered a narrow valley of Glen Loch in performing this manoeuvre, at low-level and low-speed, the aircraft stalled and crashed."
  • "The plane crashed on Glen Tilt, Blair Atholl, and bust into flames on impacted killing all 9 crew on-board and destroying the plane 2 hours after the crash the wreck was found by Royal Navy Sea king helicopters."

which are also as good as a signature; his overall incompetence with the language combined with sophisticated knowledge of how to actually create an article is seen over and over again. His copy-and-paste text dump in the Cause section is also typical of his work. The Notts Avro Vulcan crash article popped up on my Watchlist, which probably means that it's a re-creation of a previously-deleted article by a Ryansock, and one of the refs in that article is listed as being retrieved in 2010; the text is an obvious copy-and-paste from RAF Syerston. The article Ruislip air crash is probably a re-creation of 1942 Ruislip air disaster, another deleted Ryansock article. YSSYguy (talk) 21:29, 14 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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21 December 2012
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A new editor appears and immediately creates three new aircraft accident articles- Aeroflot Flight 191, LANSA Flight 501, and Britannia Airways Flight 105. As experienced Ryan K watchers know, these are his specialty and a new user creating articles at once matches Ryan's MO.

On the other hand, the articles aren't full of Ryan K's usual terrible grammar and spelling mistakes. Londonskys also did edits to templates which Ryan k socks have usually been avoiding. I request a check user to verify whether Londonskys is another sockpuppet of Ryan kirkpatrick....William 15:22, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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This 'new' user has also created today Austrian Airlines Flight 901. I'm so sure it is Ryan now, I'm willing to do a 'YSSYguy' offer, and eat an anvil if wrong. What I think happening here is Ryan is acting different deliberately to make us have doubts about it being him.
Some of these articles, Britannia and the Austrian Airlines for sure, I'd be willing to repost after Ryan's work is deleted. They were on my short list of accident articles to create. Ryan has saved me some hard work now....William 19:08, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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27 December 2012
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Same MO - he's a new user who immediately plunged into creating air accident articles. Formatting is correct. The article appears cleaner than some of Ryan's previous efforts, although the phrase "A Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104B similar to the aircraft involved" still appears in the caption. Still, it smells like one of his - I can't put my finger on it. (I think it's to do with the unvarying cadence of the sentences...it all feels rather flat.) Requesting checkuser to search for sleepers, same as always. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:02, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I am certain it's him, with a few more errors in the article such as "The flight was started to turn to the left soon after take off" and "The flight was being operated by an Tupolev Tu-104B". This combined with the supposedly new User creating an article from scratch, using the same source Rk always uses and displaying that source as a bare URL the same as Rk always does (someone else has changed the ref to proper format now); and this edit, which adds to the template an article created by a Ryansock; means it easily passes the Duck Test in my opinion. YSSYguy (talk) 00:34, 28 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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30 December 2012
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Bad grammar (Flight 317 is a single flight from the Soviet Union, while flying behind Antarctica, the plane simply had an Engine failure over Antarctica,). Bad spelling ('vamit', when I think he meant 'vomit'.) I'm not terribly familiar with Ryan, but terribad writting in an aeroaccident article seemed to strike a chord. Ishdarian 06:37, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Just a general note on the subject of images: Mr Kirkpatrick in his various guises has uploaded 15-20 images in his time - most if not all were copyvios, so I would regard that as one of his signatures. If the CheckUser indicated a match I'd have been surprised, as Rk has competence in article formatting and incompetence with the language, whereas this User apparently has the opposite problem. YSSYguy (talk) 02:13, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mea culpa. As I said, I'm not to familiar with Ryan's M.O., so I figured I'd bring it here to let the experts check. Thank you to DoRD and Bushranger for digging into this. Ishdarian 03:02, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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18 January 2013
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Typical Ryan activity, new article on aircraft accidents and Northern Ireland. Article 1945 Sperrins Avro Anson crash is riddled with Ryan type typos. MilborneOne (talk) 10:26, 18 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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19 January 2013
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Both suddenly appearing with Ryan's signature username style, area of interest, and spelling/grammar issues ("was a aviation accident", "occurred on the 18 August 1971.", "Control of the helicopter was loss causing it to go into a dive"). Blocked as blatant ducks, requesting CU for sleepers as Ryan seems to be on an uptick in activity. The Bushranger One ping only 23:50, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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 Range blocked. WilliamH (talk) 11:46, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Found one more, 6h005435 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). Blocked and tagged. WilliamH (talk) 12:09, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
05 February 2013
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 Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me. New account appears and immediately creates an article on a British aircrash, with Ryan's grammar issues (now using "an" where inappopriate) and spelling issues ("...the aircraft had descented below the ILS glide slop. The cause of which is that...") and using an aviation-safety.net barelink for a ref, another Ryan telltale. Blocked as an obvious WP:DUCK, requesting CU for sleepers due to Ryan's activity pattern. The Bushranger One ping only 00:52, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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05 February 2013
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Another one opened per WP:DUCK. The edits are admittedly getting better, but basically he can't write English properly. As can be seen here we have another new air crash article with a number of instances of butchering the English language created by another new User who also knows how to add Categories (to another article started by Rk), combined with using the relevant Aviation Safety Network website page as the sole reference - although it's not listed in the article (How do I know? The texts are so similar that the article sails very close to being a copyvio, which Rk has been wont to do several times in the past). All in all there are far too many coincidences for it not to be him. I see no need for a CheckUser given how recent the last one was. YSSYguy (talk) 21:13, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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05 February 2013
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Recreated the same quacking article as the previous puppet. - MrX 23:01, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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10 February 2013
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WP:GIANTDUCK. Blocked, tagged, reported for the record. The Bushranger One ping only 00:16, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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10 March 2013
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This is a slightly weaker-sounding quacking duck than most Ryansocks, as it was active during the period past checks were run, and early edits are more WikiGnomsh tweaks to airport articles. Lately, though, this account's edits have been becoming more and more Ryan-ish; a concentration on UK, disaster, and aviation subjects catches the eye, and creations like Bushey derailment: "occurred on the 16 February 1980". "passenger train derail as it passed through the station at height speed", "causing the 71 passenger injures" - these are all red flags for Ryan's work. Also, on Uster Aviation Society, another article Myland has created, "an museum" - a/an misuse is another strong Ryan telltale. "the airfield is also now as Jimmys strip; checking his other creations, every single one has Ryan's red flags all over them. Also, the word-number username syntax fits well with past Ryansocks. I haven't blocked already due to the factors mentioned at the start, but the more I see the more I'm convinced this is him, requecting CU for confirmation. The Bushranger One ping only 23:33, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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13 March 2013
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Another one that passes the duck test; no sooner is one account blocked than another is opened and the "new" User comes out of the blocks creating air crash articles with the usual problems with grammar and entirely avoidable mistakes that require another edit to fix, such as this edit and this edit, which replaced a link to the wrong web page (the accident description for the subject of the other article created by the User) with the correct page link. The spelling is better but the sloppy editing and bad grammar such as the sentence "The aircraft exploded on impact which all twenty seven passengers and four crew were killed" are hallmarks of this guy's work. YSSYguy (talk) 23:20, 13 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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29 April 2013
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Brand new editor, with a username format consistent with Ryansocks, whose very first edit is to create an unreferenced article on an aircraft accident [9]. WP:DUCK, but as the editor doesn't have Ryan's trademark spelling/grammar issues (yet), requesting CU to confirm. - The Bushranger One ping only 22:34, 29 April 2013 (UTC) The Bushranger One ping only 22:34, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bush that's not me I made edits to the article anyway because it was passing me off sorry for my language. Don't believe me cheek my SP address not the same. Very sorry no more edits till block is done. Hope to talk to you soon. If you would like to now what I am doing up lot I am on Wikimedia Commons uploading some photos until the block is gone, just using my little brothers computer just to clear things up here. Don't what another new user to be blamed as me. Hope that clears things up anyway I hope talk to you soon cya. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.186.204.42 (talk • contribs) 12:53, 30 April 2013‎ (UTC)[reply]
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  • I note that Ryan/86.186.204.42 added a link to the National Airlines Flight 102 page a few hours before it was created, and that Herodes111 very first edit was not exactly trivial. That made a connection likely to me, but based on technical evidence no connection is evident, and if geolocation data is correct then it's actually unlikely that they are the same person.
    Ryan, I'm not sure what you mean with "no more edits till the block is gone": Seeing that you have ignored community norms for three years now I don't see how it can be "gone" short of WP:OFFER. Job one would then be to stop editing here for 6 months!
    Amalthea 17:56, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
23 July 2013
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Another one waddling, quacking and looking like a WP:DUCK; we have another supposedly-new User, knowing how to create articles but being very sloppy with it, with Rk's usual extremely-poor spelling and grammar verging on incoherence (such as "West Midlands police lunched an investigation", "They are treating the incident as an hate crime but a terrorist act has not been rules out", "On Friday night a lowed bang was heard" and "The time line shows the day the bomb exploded heading to is discovery and the being of the investigation"). No air crash articles yet this time, but he has in the past been keen on things that go "bang' as well, and the articles created so far tick several Rk boxes, being things going "bang" and being near Wolverhampton. I am requesting Checkuser because he has apparently laid low for several months as far as aviation-related articles go, but may have been up to mischief elsewhere. YSSYguy (talk) 11:07, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I consider the IPs editing the articles to be him as well. YSSYguy (talk) 11:16, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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05 August 2013
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1998 Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 crash - "passengers and crew on bored" for starters. Also "14 minutes pasted the arrival time". Other new articles are about terrorist attacks...and have similar errors. All in all, it smells like our friend is back. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:09, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Adding this here, since this was archived in less than five hours: note "Yguy" vs. User:YSSYguy - username impersonation again. - The Bushranger One ping only 01:49, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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24 August 2013
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Created 2013 CHC helicopter Eurocopter AS332 crash (since G5'd): "The accident killed four of the passengers and the 14 were rescued.", "the aircraft lost power and lost contack with air traffic control." "Two bodies and found inside the aircraft", etc. Covered with Ryan's red flags, sufficient quacking to already be blocked. Also apparently now creating hoax accidents (Virgin Atlantic Flight 65). Request CU check for sleepers based on Ryan's past. The Bushranger One ping only 23:09, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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While I didn't see the VA article before it was deleted, I do suspect it may have been this[11] and Ryan just got the flight number wrong. I've never seen him make a hoax article....William 01:19, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nope - it had a date "July 11, 2014" and "477 fatalities". - The Bushranger One ping only 03:22, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That's definitely a hoax then....William 10:06, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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03 September 2013
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New editor that instantly starts writing articles on British aviation accidents with Ryan's signature spelling and grammar issues. "There was only two crew on bored the aircraft"; "occurred on the 1 April 1946", etc; quackaholic rex. Blocked, requesting CU for sleepers per Ryan's modus operandi. The Bushranger One ping only 16:46, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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09 September 2013
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Ryan's usual M.O. - appearing and making an article on a British aircrash with horriffic spelling and grammar: "an cargo flight", "they has lost power to both engines", "broke into three peaces", etc. Blocked as a WP:DUCK with a megaphone, requesting sleeper check as Ryansocks are like scraplets, there's rarely just one. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:20, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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22 September 2013
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Created immediately after the blocking of the last Ryansock, it's Megaduck. "On the September 10 2013, the Transport Select Committee being an inquiry into the safety of offshore helicopters in the North Sea" [12], "occurred on the 8 December 1954" " traveled tough the suburbs of London of Chiswick," etc., "Pilot error and bed weather was blamed for the incident" "Six of the Royal Air Force's, Hawker Hurricane" "Sergeant MacLachlanwas' guilty" [13]. Blocked as blatantly obvious from the topic areas and red-flag spelling/grammar issues, request CU for sleepers. The Bushranger One ping only 18:04, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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01 October 2013
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 Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me. Blocked. Reported for the record. The Bushranger One ping only 14:14, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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03 October 2013
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"The aircraft was operating an domestic flight"; "An investigation has not yet began"; [14]; "Super Puma should be ground over safety concerns" [15]. Account suddenly appearing and adding articles on UK/Commonwealth aircrashes immediately, including one that a Ryansock created in the past that was G5'd then, are a Ryansock red flag, combined with his (admittedly improving) grammar/spelling issues mean that the Duck is with this one. Blocked, requesting sleeper check as this is the second known Ryansock in three days. The Bushranger One ping only 13:33, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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28 October 2013
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Airship NS11 crash: "occured on the 15 July 1919"; "no one on bored the airship survived" [16]; Park Lime Pits Local Nature Reserve: "a nature reserve and public"; "plus another 100 types of birds"; adding a natural disaster category to St. Jude storm is another telltale. This smells deeply of Ryan's work, with the spelling-and-grammar trademarks and the jumping in with a British aircrash article; requesting CU for confirmation as the nature article is a bit out of his usual domain (although it may be a "whitewashing" attempt). The Bushranger One ping only 19:20, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

After seeing 1936 Imperial Airways Croydon crash: "On the 10 August 1936, an cargo flight from London to Paris operated by an Vickers Vellox"; "with cargo of mail" -  Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me and blocked as the loudest of possible ducks; CU no longer required but won't mind a sleeper check. - The Bushranger One ping only 19:36, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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30 October 2013
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Obvious creation of 1949 Bristol 170 Freighter test crash. NativeForeigner Talk 16:43, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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02 November 2013
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 1.75x amplified ultimate quack of ultimate destiny, blocked, reported for the record. The Bushranger One ping only 22:17, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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03 November 2013
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Ducks. Ducks everywhere. "occurred on the 16 July 1964"; "and crashed landed"; "It is though they some pieces"; "The was first prototype"; "both aircraft was on route on clear skies"; "being watched by a crowed of students"; etc. (Also this time, surprisingly, cut-and-paste copyvio is involved too.) Blocked; requesting a CU for sleepers as the school holiday has apparently given Ryan time to burn. The Bushranger One ping only 19:45, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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06 November 2013
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Self-confessed. Blocked. Reported for the record. The Bushranger One ping only 22:38, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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10 November 2013
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Blatantly obvious WP:DUCK. Blocked. Reported for the record. The Bushranger One ping only 11:34, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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25 November 2013
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From [17]: "occurred on the 18 November 2013", "The train was travailing from the city of...", "came to a stopped"; [18]: "The vehicle has three seat deign smiler to the McLaren F1"; and more.  Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me and blocked, reported for the record. Notable that he seems to be branching out, what with the concept-car article. The Bushranger One ping only 00:32, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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25 November 2013
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See 2013 Victoria Square bombing attempt: "an terrorist incident", "the drive called the police", "A three days before the bombing attempt"...the subject matter is in line with his favorite types, and the username matches in pattern ones I've seen him use before. Requesting checkuser to find sleepers, as usual. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:16, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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11 December 2013
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Opened as it passes the Duck Test, including re-creating a previously-deleted article created by an earlier sock (2013 Victoria Square bombing attempt). The usual sophisticated knowledge of WP - including the ability to create articles - by a supposedly-new User, not at all matched by abilities with spelling and grammar ("on bored" from 1956 RAF Lockheed P-2 Neptune crash; "an domestic scheduled" from Intercontinental de Aviación Flight 221 to give two examples). The usual alphanumeric Username. The usual presentation of refs in articles (he's obviously too lazy to format refs properly and he always uses the same websites - as good as a signature). The usual copyvio copying-and-pasting from refs (for example "The crew had used an incorrect altimeter setting (734 mm Hg instead of 634 mm Hg). This resulted in an erroneous altitude indication that was 1100 metres above the actual altitude. The crew were tired, since they did not have sufficient rest. They made several relief flights the day before" from 1988 Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash, pasted from the Aviation Safety Network's copyrighted web page concerning the crash). The usual focus on death, destruction and violence. The usual edits adding categories to articles despite being a 'new' User. All of this is typical of Ryan k's work. YSSYguy (talk) 07:30, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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 Completed A complete duck: blocked & tagged. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:50, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

26 December 2013
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See this dif on 2013 Irkutsk Antonov An-12 crash. Hits all the right notes - new user with an already-high grasp of Wiki syntax coupled with absurd typos (my personal favorite is the one about the "crew crew"). Requesting checkuser to a.) be certain and b.) ferret out some sleepers. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:55, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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It passes the WP:DUCK test for me. Wrong form of, or absence of, the indefinite pronoun; "on bored"; sloppy punctuation or no punctation where a sentence clearly needs to be broken up; his usual "go-to" websites used as refs and the way the refs are formatted (he never formats refs properly); are all signatures of Rk's work. YSSYguy (talk) 02:14, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What really puzzles me is why doesn't he learn and put his efforts into something that isn't going to get deleted? Could it possibly be a BOT?--Petebutt (talk) 09:40, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You may have to wait for User:The Bushranger to confirm but I am sure that he has been made the standard offer at some point to have the ban removed but appears to be more interested in the sock game and the attention that garners. MilborneOne (talk) 14:11, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
TBR has made the standard offer to Ryan on multiple occasions. Two times of which I offered to support Ryan's comeback if at first he would take a minimum of a year off from sockpuppeting. Here is one[19] of them. Of course, Ryan didn't listen....William 14:27, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Indef-blocked and tagged as suspected per WP:DUCK MilborneOne (talk) 14:11, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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08 January 2014
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Another one who passes the Duck Test. Another "new" editor that pops up in the wake of an air crash with the uncanny ability to go to other articles frequented by Rk in his various guises. This "new" User also has sophisticated knowledge of WP's editing practices and of how an air crash article should be laid out; and knows how to create, add and direct to Category pages (a frequent area of Rk's work over the last four years). The edits have fewer mistakes, but mistakes are there (for example "militarily helicopter" and "On 7 January 2014, US Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed" - he just doesn't cope with the indefinite article). Apart from his usual having a hard-on for air crashes, there is Rk's obsession with death and disaster in general reflected in North's contributions. YSSYguy (talk) 01:13, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello there, I have read the Wikipedia policy and I am sorry if I have made any mistakes. The 2014 Norfolk helicopter crash was still a current event and new information was being added at the time. I did not up it in the best contest like YSSYguy said but I edited them mistakes to make the article better and easier to understand. I have only made Category pages to help with linking Transport disasters in 2014, Terrorist incidents in 2014‎ and 2014 natural disasters‎ to Category:2014 disasters and other Category pages. I have edited mostly disasters articles only to help in the newly created Category:Disasters in Norfolk. I am sorry if this has caused any upset. I have not created any of my own articles because I am still learning how to edit and takes examples from other articles (without editing them) and Wikipedia polices until I can create a notable article, which is not planned until I learned more and make minor edits to help contribute to the encyclopedia. I do understand my mistakes and I hope to be a better user in the future. NorthHuanter (talk) 11:53, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]


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  •  Check declined by a checkuser. 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.

--(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 22:52, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

14 January 2014
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 1.75x amplified ultimate quack of ultimate destiny. Subject matter and telltale grammar/spelling issues remove 100% of any and all doubt. Blocked, tagged, reported for the record. The Bushranger One ping only 09:47, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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16 January 2014
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Another one passing the Duck Test, albeit a more subtle duck this time, so far limiting himself to creating and adding Categories to air crash articles (one of Rk's favourite activities) - but how does a genuinely new User know how to do that, or even that it should be done? This supposedly-new User's very first edit was to FlyMontserrat Flight 107; an article about an obscure aircraft crash that was created by a Ryansock. Aerocaribe Flight 7831 and Atlantic Coast Airlines Flight 6291 were created by Ryan's original account; Airlink Flight 8911, Divi Divi Air Flight 014, Freckleton Air Disaster and 2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash (with his inimitable grammar skills on display in the edit summary here) have received attention by Ryansocks in the past. I doubt it's a coincidence that there is such an overlap of focus.

Just as an aside, there is also an intriguing crossover with a sock of User:Marquis de la Eirron. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Marquis de la Eirron/Archive displays a lot of the same behaviours (User names, grammar etc.) we have been dealing with in chasing good ol' Ryan. YSSYguy (talk) 21:58, 16 January 2014 (UTC) YSSYguy (talk) 21:58, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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11 February 2014
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Opened for the record; another one passing the Duck Test. A 'new' User who has sophisticated knowledge of WP practices, who has been adding Categories to articles (a staple of Ryan and his socks over the years); who already knows how to create articles. One substantial edit so far, to create an article about an obscure air crash (1972 RAF Hawker Siddeley Andover crash); with Ryan's "go-to" sites used as sources, said refs formatted the way he always does; and populated with categories - this 'new' User has clearly done this before. The article prose is also typical Ryan: "An Royal Air Force", beginning a sentence with the word "but", "the right engine loss power". YSSYguy (talk) 20:43, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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He does like to write about plane crashes, and I see a telltale sign in the writing style (email me if necessary). —rybec 20:57, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps he just needs to be outright banned. He's gotten an SPI case like 30 times over the last 4 years. This guy doesn't come off as one who'd give up. But why doesn't he just give up? How is he not banned already? I'm not suggesting an IP block - I mean a ban. --DarthNightmaricus (talk) 23:07, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, he is banned. IP block him as well, if he's not already. Forget I suggested a ban to begin with. --DarthNightmaricus (talk) 23:19, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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16 February 2014
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The loudest of possible WP:DUCKs. Ticks all boxes, blocked, tagged, reported for the record. The Bushranger One ping only 22:30, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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17 February 2014
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Another 'report for the record'. Behavior utterly consistent with Ryan, blocked for being 0% doubt. The Bushranger One ping only 19:45, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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17 February 2014
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  1. UK ISP
  2. poor grammar
  3. interest in terrorism and in a recent aviation incident —rybec 20:11, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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26 March 2014
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Another passer of the Duck Test with Ryan's usual bad spelling and grammar, such as "which crashed into the over Indian Ocean" and "a Agusta" in this edit; and "a Airbus A319 suffered an failure" in this edit. Then we have this high-quality contribution, containing, "On March 7 2014, He was taking part in the Qatar Mile event at Al Khor Airport. While flying his Zivko Edge 540 and doing an inverted low pass of the airport. He loss control and crashed into the runway, he later died from his injurers." This 'new' User also knows how to create and add Categories, specifically to disaster-related articles, which is Rk's 'thing'. The sock's very first edit was to add a Category, his second was to create a (really obscure) Cat, complete with other parent categorisations. Requesting Checkuser due to his penchant for having multiple open accounts. YSSYguy (talk) 09:51, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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28 April 2014
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Another passer of the the duck test - a 'new' User with sophisticated editing abilities, trying to fly under the radar, with a style of Username typical of Ryansocks. His first edit was to create a new category ([20]), a signature of Ryan's work, as is the adding of the new Category to other articles, which this User did in subsequent edits. The 'new' User has the knowledge to create articles from scratch and has created twelve so far, all concerned with accidents and disasters, which is another of Ryan's signatures; and mainly dealing with incidents in the Birmingham area of England, another of Ryan's signatures (he appears to live in or near Birmingham).

All created articles are full of Ryan's usual butchering of spelling and grammar as well, such as "An Jacks Motors flatbed lorry was travailing from Laporte plc in Warrington, Cheshire to Oldbury, West Midlands, England. The lorry was carrying an cargo of 355 gallons of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide, 120 gallons of hydrogen peroxide in carboys, 10 bags of sodium metasilicate, a coil of string and steel bars. The lorry stopped over in Walsall before making it's way to West Bromwich. While on Walsall Road near Bescot the diver noticed smoke coming from the lorry. He pulled over onto a waste land at the end of Roberts Road in Friar Park and he left the vehicle" (mistakes highlighted with italics); quoted verbatim from Friar Park explosion, with many other mistakes in the remaining text as well. Then we have "The Masborough Iron Works explosion was an industrial disaster that occurred on the 3 December 1862. The iron works in Masborough, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England was operated by Messrs. Beatson and Co along with Midland Ironworks. On the day of the accident 150 men and boys were working at the iron works at the time. Just after 7:00am one of boilers exploded, resulting in the deaths of seven workers and injured 25 more, two more workers would later die from there injures. The inquest found that the cause of the explosion was the boiler bursting because of an consequence of the water being allowed to run too low. It was later found that glass gauge indicating the quantity of water inside the boiler was broken and had not been replaced. A court ruled the owner of the Iran works, named Radford be charged with manslaughter. Two others also faced criminal charge"; copied from the pre-cleanup version of Masbrough Iron Works explosion.

Similar mistakes are evident in this pre-cleanup version of Bromford Bridge rail accident and this pre-cleanup version of Birmingham Church Panic. Then we have this edit, which is an improperly-done copy-and-paste from the Pendeford article that consists of material previously merged from now-deleted article Wolverhampton air crash (see also Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2014 January 31 for the somewhat-complex history of this); the original article being a creation of Ryan's. YSSYguy (talk) 07:32, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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30 April 2014
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And instantly after his last sock is uncovered, Ryan strikes again, with all his usual signs making it a WP:GIANTDUCK. Already blocked and tagged, reporting for the record. The Bushranger One ping only 00:05, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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02 May 2014
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Another passer of the Duck Test. Only a handful of edits so far, all in Rk's prime area of interest (aircraft crashes); and his signature butchering of his mother tongue and avoidable mistakes are very much in evidence; including the mistake in naming List of accident and incident investigated by the AAIB - which looks like the beginning of an attempt to get around notability requirements for inclusion elsewhere on WP and mention every aircraft incident that has ever occurred - and especially in the initial version of the list. It has copy such as "The list contains all Aviation accidents and incidents that have been investigated by the British Aviation accidents and incident'", "The list also included assisted investigations and incident that are not notable of stand alone article but are notable for this list" and "after an flight". The style of User name is also typical. YSSYguy (talk) 02:26, 2 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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05 May 2014
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Another Duck Test applied and passed. This "new User is able to start an article from scratch, which "just happens" to be a recreation of List of aviation accidents and incidents investigated by the AAIB created by the previous Rk sock a few days ago and "just happens" to contain the same shitty spelling and grammar that is a hallmark of Ryan's work. The article contains the following outstanding prose: "The list consists of aviation accidents in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, Crown dependencies and worldwide that have or are currently begin investigated by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch. The list has those from Commercial aviation, General aviation, in cases Military aviation and accident of where a notable person had die in an air accident", "The accident in the second deadliest aviation accident in the United Kingdom", "The aircraft aborted it take off after a bride strike" and "The Bristow Helicopters S-76A was on an training flight when the main rotor blade separated and the aircraft broke up. The helicopter crash at South Kirkton in Aberdeenshire, the cause of the accident was metal fatigue" among other manglings of his mother tongue, including several instances of using the wrong indefinite article. YSSYguy (talk) 00:58, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The IP has edited the article as well, with copy every bit as crappy as that which we have come to expect from Ryan, such as "crash landed in a filed" and "crashed into an pub". YSSYguy (talk) 01:06, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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21 May 2014
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A specialized application of the Duck test; in that I would be amazed if there is more than one little saddo out there who (A) gets off on writing about death, disaster and destruction; (B) has appalling language skills; (C) creates a fully-fledged article with his very first edit; and (D) knows to add and create Categories. The standard Rk cornucopia of signature traits are on show with this 'new' User's edits: incorrect form of the indefinite article, seen several times in his first edit about a yacht sinking and which also contains gems such as "ran into sever weather" and used the aircraft accident infobox template among other entirely avoidable mistakes; Fundación bus fire, which in its initial version contains the sentences "The Fundacion bus fire occurred on the 19 May 2014. A bus carrying 49 passengers and the diver"; and 2002 RAF Puma crash, which IIRC is a recreation of the work of another sock and which includes the sentences "The 2002 RAF Puma crash was an Aviation accident that involved and Royal Air Force helicopter. On the 16 March the helicopter an Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma crashed at an militrey heliport near the village of Jonesborough." Requesting checkuser because I have seen other suspicious behavior by new accounts since the last SPI, with edits by these accounts seeming to cease after I called informal attention to them. YSSYguy (talk) 08:39, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Addendum: Cheeki Rafiki sinking was first created as Cheek Rafiki sinking (and appears, incidentally, to have been corrected by someone else.) Another typical Ryan-ism, screwing up the title of the article at first blush. I noticed it at the time when patrolling newpages, but the sands of life are coursing rather quickly these days, and it got away from me before I had time to write this up. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 12:53, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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23 June 2014
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Blatant WP:DUCK based on Ryan's target area and editing characteristics. Blocked, tagged, reported for the record. The Bushranger One ping only 23:15, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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09 July 2014
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Recently created article Pan Am Flight 216 has hallmarks of this blocked editor: an ungrammatical article on an aircrash. Particularly telling is the use of "an" before a consonant. Also indicitive is the new accounts creation of new categories relating to new article. TheLongTone (talk) 11:02, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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07 September 2014
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Yet another plane crash Middle East Airlines Flight 444, bearing the hallmark of RK. I've deleted it per WP:DUCK, but I'd prefer someone else to make the final decision. Peridon (talk) 21:15, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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17 November 2014
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A passer of the Duck Test - a "new" User who has sophisticated knowledge of how to edit, editing with Rk's usual poor language skills. All of Rk's signatures are evident: obsession with death and destruction (air crashes, earthquakes, explosions, terrorist incidents etc.) and creating articles about obscure instances of same; creating Categories concerned with said articles; adding such Categories; creating and editing articles about localities near Birmingham; his usual poor language (for example "arrested at the seen" from 2000 Dover incident and "On the 5 October 1945, An Royal Air Force, Consolidated B-24J Liberator GR.VI (KG867) from No. 311 Squadron RAF crashed into a field at Elvetham Heath after an engine fire due to fuel leak led to loss of control. The aircraft was operating an flight" from this edit to the Elvetham Heath article). Last but not least, there is the adding of two images to articles (File:Red Jet 3.2014.jpg and File:Celebrity Eclipse.2014.jpg), both of which were uploaded to Commons by "Ryan kirk". Requesting Checkuser due to Rk's habit of opening several accounts at a time and the long period of time this sock has been active. YSSYguy (talk) 06:30, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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02 January 2015
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Once again we have a 'new' user with a name typical of many of Rk's past socks, commencing editing immediately after the last SPI came to its inevitable conclusion; making edits in Rk's areas of obsession; with the ability to make sophisticated edits not matched by actual writing skill, for example "A lone gunman taken people hostage in an chocolate café located at Martin Place in Sydney. The incident ended after a day later after police tactical operators stormed the café" contained in this edit to List of terrorist incidents, 2014 and "The 2014 Joué-lès-Tours stabbings was an attack by an lone knifeman in the city of Tours within the suburb of Joué-lès-Tours, central France of on the 20 December 2014. The attack occurred inside the towns police station which injured three officers before the attack was shot dead. The 20 year Burundi old man ran to the police station and a started banging of the front doors of the station Several officers opened the door to see what the man was doing. Then the attacker began stabbing an female officer and then attack two other officers with the knife, as he was attacking the officers he was shouting Allahu Akbar. A fourth officer pulled out his gun and opened fire, killing the attacker. The officers was taken to hospital" in the first version of 2014 Joué-lès-Tours stabbings. The mistakes are as good as a signature. YSSYguy (talk) 01:30, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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14 August 2015

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Ol' Ryan's been quiet for a while, but here is a new User who passes the Duck Test. This supposedly-new User's very first edit was to create an article about an aviation incident (here), including some of Ryan's signature mistakes ("an domestic", "two passenger had minor injures"); other careless mistakes ("set his set on fire", "was arrest by police"); and his usual stuff-ups with formatting. Since then, this 'new' User has been creating Categories and populating disaster-related articles (it's always disasters of various kinds with this guy) with them, which is another signature aspect of Rk's work. YSSYguy (talk) 03:02, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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22 August 2015

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Another new account that passes the Duck Test, who has a 'thing' for disaster-related subjects, has an alphanumeric User name; and who has sophisticated editing skills not matched by writing abilities. This account's very first edit was to create a category for 2015 disasters in the United Kingdom, barely more than 36 hours after the previous Sock was blocked. Then he went on to make multiple edits to air crash articles. His second and third edits were to add images to infoboxes; these first three edits are clearly the work of an experienced User. His other edits so far show grammar mistakes typical of Ryan, such as this edit and this edit. YSSYguy (talk) 17:04, 22 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

First time in 50-odd SPIs I've done for this clown that I have been asked for more information. To satisfy the request for more details, the meaningless alphanumeric User name itself is typical of this guy, see the list of puppets for many similar examples. The creating of a new Category as first edit may be seen here. Examples of the appalling spelling and grammar of this native English speaker can be seen here, here and here. The diffs linked in the paragraph above contain 'signature' mistakes, such as misuse of the word "an" and the sentence "The pilots of the aircraft was pulled from the wrecked of the aircraft". For some time now there has been a 'delete-on-sight' policy in place for this guy's creations (as long as others haven't made substantial edits), so much of his work is inaccessible to me; but pick any Sock from the list and have a look at the contribs and the stylistic match will become very evident very quickly. By the way, the ping did not work. YSSYguy (talk) 12:12, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
He's a persistent little shit - he's not even waiting to be blocked before abandoning the subject of an SPI and opening another account. YSSYguy (talk) 00:14, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Additional information needed - @YSSYguy: 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) 19:18, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

16 December 2015

Suspected sockpuppets


I return from a lengthy Wikibreak, and like the rising of the sun, the changing of the seasons, and the grumbling of losing sports fans, my watch can be set by the socking of Ryan kirkpatrick. This account has been blocked as the loudest of quacking ducks (distinctive taste in username format, air-crash-"disaster" subject area, distinctive grammatical "quirks"), but a CU is requested to sweep for sleepers, as Ryan has a habit of creating batches of accounts and hopping between them sometimes even before he gets caught. The Bushranger One ping only 11:08, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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27 December 2015

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He socks, he's blocked, he socks again... created the now-G5'd 2015 Services Air A310 crash with some of Ryan's red-flag grammar errors: "occured on the [alphanumeric date-month-year]" and (in one he caught) a mis-placed "an". Blocked as one of the loudest of ducks, requesting a CU for a sleeper check as per Ryan's wont to create said snoozing accounts. The Bushranger One ping only 00:52, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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17 April 2016

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Here we have another one who has been trying to fly under the radar but nevertheless passes the Duck Test; a new User, whose very first edit is to create a Category - what Newbie ever would even know that Categories exist, let alone see the need to add one to an article and create one to add? The Username Cupp909j is typical of Rk's sock names. The focus of Cupp's edits are the things that have always got Rk hot and bothered i.e. violent death, preferably inside an aircraft or in a terrorist attack. Cupp has been busy adding categories to train crash articles and air crash articles, especially articles created by Rk himself (for example diff), diff) or articles that have previously been visited by socks of Rk (diff and diff). Cupp has not made many actual copyedits (which is why, although I have been keeping tabs on him for quite a while, I haven't reopened the SPI until now), but those he has made bear the hallmarks of Rk's work, such as this, this and this; boxes ticked: Northern Ireland, terrorism, mis-spelling of words, poor grammar. There are also these edits; boxes ticked: Birmingham (Rk lives near Birmingham and likes to edit on Birmingham-related subjects), adding aircraft images (Rk has uploaded a bunch of images to Commons, mostly of aircraft at Birmingham Airport), mis-spelled words, not using Edit Preview function, resulting in another edit to fix avoidable mistakes. Rk is in the habit of creating sleepers, so requesting Checkuser. YSSYguy (talk) 02:22, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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29 March 2017

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Another User who passes the Duck test; this one has been active for several months so the evidence is a good deal stronger than for many of his other socks. The alphanumeric User name is typical - previous User names include Cczx22, CCX18, CAX51 and RAX101. There are the usual malapropisms, grammatical errors and spelling mistakes, as seen in the text On the 27 March 2017 an Aviation accident occured in Zimbabwe. A Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander (tail number: C9-AOV)operated by the small airline ETA Air Charter was on a flight from Beira to Mutare. It was at 08:15 CET the aircraft was flying at just above 1600 meters before it lost height and crashed into the Bvumba Mountains while on apporach to Mutare. All Six passengers and crew died in the crash from the first version of 2017 ETA Air Charter Islander crash; and On the 14 July 1931 a tornado stuck the city of Birmingham, West Midlands. The tornado with 120 mp winds touched down in the Hollywood, Worcestershire and travelled 19km hitting Hall Green, Small Heath and Saltley areas of Birmingham. The torando resulted in a number of buildings and one casualtie, which is the entirety of the first version of 1931 Birmingham tornado (which also is typical of his long connection with the city of Birmingham - there is evidence that he lives there). There is also this guy's unhealthy obsession with disasters, death and destruction. There is this "new" user's first actions being to add and/or create categories. All of the boxes are ticked. I see no need for a Checkuser to spend valuable time, unless someone thinks that there should be a check for sleeper accounts. YSSYguy (talk) 07:06, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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07 May 2017

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Another one that passes the Duck Test. A 'new' user who sprang into being just after the last SPI had run its course, whose first two edits were to add a category to an article related to violent death ([21] and [22]), whose third edit was to create a category related to violent death ([23]), and whose fourth edit was to create a sandbox draft article related to violent death ([24]). None of these edits are consistent with an actual new editor, but they are exactly consistent with Ryan's work - as is this 'new' user's creation of an article about an aircraft crash (Air Cargo Carriers Flight 1260). There is also his usual grammar mistakes, for example "A man who was plotting an Islamist terror attack shoot & injured two police officers" contained in this edit to an article related to violent death. I see no need for a checkuser to confirm. YSSYguy (talk) 08:17, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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21 July 2017

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Hello, to whomever is reading this. MollycoverAshley is a obvious sock of Ryan kirkpatrick -- they both have the same issues with the English language -- and not only that, but MollycoverAshley suddenly started making categories about the year a terrorist attack happened, which is something I highly doubt a new editor does. Ryan kirkpatrick's socks, however, do this. A sock of Ryan kirkpatrick, Cccx11 , and MollycoverAshley, have both used extremely similar language in their edit summaries. MollycoverAshley and Ryan kirkpatrick's socks not only share a interest in Terrorism, but in Birmingham, where it is believed Ryan kirkpatrick lives. I request a CheckUser so as to root out any sleepers Ryan kirkpatrick may be using. 92.30.178.11 (talk) 17:47, 21 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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11 November 2017

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While it took longer to notice him this time, this is unquestionably Ryan, with all his usual tells. Focusing heavily on terrorist-incident and aircraft-crash articles, adding aircraft crash sections to random geographical articles, and with his trademark grammatical issues: this is a "nobody else says that" example. As  Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me I've blocked, given Ryan likes to create sleepers a CU sweep may not be unwarranted. The Bushranger One ping only 08:07, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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16 January 2018

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A new editor who concentrates heavily on disasters and aviation accidents. The grammar in the new articles is better than normal for Ryan k but the interest in West Midlands subjects strongly smells of Ryan. A fellow Ryan k duckhunter is also suspicious[25] so I make this CUrequest....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 18:05, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed to LLCoolpp (talk · contribs · count). Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:36, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

30 April 2018

Suspected sockpuppets


Looks like a duck, acts like a duck and quacking loudly. First of all, the User name is typical - see Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Ryan kirkpatrick, which has several dozen alphanumeric Usernames listed. There is Ryan's usual obsession with fire, violent death and destruction on display, e.g. Draft:Albert Embankment fire (his first edit, and which also has several grammar nasties that are typical of Rk). There is the adding of unsuitable categories concerning violent death and destruction ([26] and [27]); the creation of categories concerning violent death and destruction ([28]; just GHH111's tenth edit - clearly experienced, how many true newbies would make such an edit; [29]); and the adding of terrorism categories ([30], [31] and [32]). So far almost all of GHH111's edits have been concerned with categories, which again is typical of Ryan's work through his many sockpuppets of the last few years. There is also an example of Ryan's focus on Brmingham, England - he appears to live there ([33]). Requesting checkuser because of his past tendency to create multiple accounts at once. YSSYguy (talk) 07:13, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Sro23 -  Done. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:57, 15 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

22 June 2018

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Passes the Duck Test, with this 'new' User acting the way of dozens and dozens of previous Sockpuppets. The very first edit of this so-called new User was to add a Category; this is typical Ryan behavior, as is its being an edit to a terrorism-related article [34]; The Sock's second edit is to add a category to another terrorism-related article [35]. His third edit is also typical [36] - poor spelling and not bothering to properly check his work ("thunderstrom", "acroess") and he really likes violent death, the closer to home the better (he lives somewhere near Birmingham and he has made edits to the Walsall article in the past [37]; and to several other articles related to his local district, e.g. [38], [39], [40],[41] - with typical Ryan ineptitude on display in the fourth example). This edit, his fifth, combines his fascination with violent death and air crashes, while demonstrating his inability to write properly (note the lack of commas). His sixth and eighth edits ([42], [43]) were to create categories - again, not something a new User would be likely to do and again, a staple of the work of previous socks; almost all of this User's edits have been to do with categories, which is as good as a signature. One of the few edits not of this nature was this one, where Ryan's signature mangling of English is also on display: 'a ferry carring tourits on Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia sank in bad weather. At least 180 poeple are reported missing and only 18 survivors'. Requesting Checkuser due to his habit of establishing multiple accounts. YSSYguy (talk) 02:08, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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 Clerk endorsed due to this master's extensive CU-confirmed sock / sleeper history going back to 2010. — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 05:20, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

21 August 2018

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Smells like Ryan Kirkpatrick again. Same area of interest, for one thing. Same language, same typos. (See, for instance: "The Herald toke-off", "All 4 crew passengers were Jordanians"...I could go on.) @WilliamJE: appears to have had the same idea, so I'm pinging him to this discussion. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:19, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I've blocked the account and deleted the article. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:53, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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14 January 2019

Suspected sockpuppets


Another one passes the duck test. The alphanumeric Username is typical, being a sophisticated editor from the get-go is typical, creating articles about obscure incidents is typical, the sourcing is typical, including information that is not in the source is typical, the overall incoherence is typical. This guy's overall ineptitude is a signature; we have such gems as "The 2001 Monea helicopter crash occurred on the 21 January 2001, when an private Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil (G-OROZ) being flown by rally driver Bertie Fisher & Four other passengers on board. The helicopter was flying from Fisters home on the banks of Lough Erne to an hotel near Cong. Shortly after the flight took the pilot lost control of the aircraft when flying into low cloud cover & possibly got distracted by a warn horn. Resulting in the aircraft plunging into the ground near the village of Monea", which by itself makes it obvious that this is indeed an Rk sock. In addition there is the adding of categories related to air crashes and so-called disasters to articles that have a less-than-solid link to such categories, such as [44] - compare to [45], [46] by a previous sock. This is also typical of his work. There is less certainty regarding the second User, but there are some stylistic similarities with Ryan in this person's work as well. It may be significant that Next77EI became active just as there was a discussion at [is typical MilborneOne's Talk page] about Speedbird6104. Anyway, requesting Checkuser because of Rk's habit of opening multiple accounts. YSSYguy (talk) 04:38, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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27 December 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

Adding articles to disaster categories as per previous socks, air and rail crashes as before but now also many ship losses. The few articles created show the same grammar mistakes - using a instead of an, uppercase initial letter on numbers in middle of sentences etc Lyndaship (talk) 16:46, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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26 November 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

QUACK. Creating drafts of obscure flight crashes (including one previously deleted article created by John kirpatrick long ago: Draft:Virgin Atlantic Flight 43). Alphanumeric name and adding cockpit voice recording information to articles (e.g., this diff), similar to previous reports. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:34, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked and pages nuked. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 09:23, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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