Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary/Archive

;Suspected sockpuppets

• {{checkuser|1=Ilovemexico99}}

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HHV was blocked July 30 @ 10:53.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3AHipHopVisionary]

ILM was created July 30 @ 7:42, while HHV was building up to a block for edit warring, then edited until 8:31.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_Drake_feuds&diff=prev&oldid=673779441] HHV returned to editing 2 minutes after ILM's last edit.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_Drake_feuds&diff=prev&oldid=673779441]

ILM next edits on August 3, stopping at 8:33.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Drake_(rapper)&diff=prev&oldid=674360348] HHV returns 11 minutes later.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_(rapper)&diff=prev&oldid=674360978]

Both are heavily involved in the Drake/Meek Mill publicity series. (ILM is a WP:SPA.) Both have remarkably similar opinions on the "issue".[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Drake_%28rapper%29&diff=prev&oldid=674361469][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Drake_%28rapper%29&diff=prev&oldid=674360348] SummerPhD^v2.0 13:17, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

• {{checkuser|1=CherLloydfan4life}}

This user also seems to edit the same article pages, and use strikingly similar commentary on edits and agree on same edit arguments as HHV and user Ilovemexico99. Specifically, the Drake/Meek Mill publicity series, as well as previously arguements.

::Good catch. This user's edits also nest quite nicely with the previously identified user names. - SummerPhD^v2.0 15:30, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

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• {{Requestandendorse}} - per provided diffs. Vanjagenije (talk) 14:25, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
• {{Inprogress}} - This is a mess, give me some time. Courcelles (talk) 21:44, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
• The scale of the sockpuppetry here is massive throughout a circle of music articles. The following accounts are the ones I can fully call {{confirmed}}. I will be indeffing all of them. Courcelles (talk) 21:57, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
• {{checkuser|1=CherLloydfan4life}}
• {{checkuser|1=RomanyGypsyQueen}}
• {{checkuser|1=HipHopVisionary}}
• {{checkuser|1=Ilovemexico99}}
• {{checkuser|1=JENTINA2015}}
• {{checkuser|1=I love cher lloyd 2015}}
• I've tagged them. Closing the case. Vanjagenije (talk) 23:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

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;Suspected sockpuppets

• {{checkuser|1=GypsyPride2015}}

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• Account was created 4 days after previous SPI was closed and socks blocked.
• Past sock had similar name (RomanyGypsyQueen)
• User is editing on Romani people just like blocked sock RomanyGypsyQueen (e.g., [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Romani_people&diff=674349437&oldid=674349064]) and sock master (e.g., [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Romani_people&diff=prev&oldid=669501187]).
• User is editing on Swagg Man just like other socks (e.g., [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swagg_Man&diff=prev&oldid=674342694]) and sock master (e.g., [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swagg_Man&diff=prev&oldid=665576095]).
• User is editing on List of Hispanic and Latino Americans, and sockmaster has edited on a similar page, Mexicans (e.g., [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexicans&diff=prev&oldid=665580128]). Also past sock was named User:Ilovemexico99 ‎
• User has edited on hip hop related pages (e.g., [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_hip_hop_musicians&diff=prev&oldid=675182464]), the topic of the sockmaster's user name.

Requesting a CU because this user has used multiple accounts simultaneously in the past. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 05:26, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

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• The following accounts are {{confirmed}} to each other and {{possilikely}} to the master:
• {{checkuser|1=GypsyPride2015}}
• {{checkuser|1=Beyoncebeyoncebeyonce}}
• {{checkuser|1=RitaOrafannn}}
• {{checkuser|1=SelenaQuintanillastannnn}}
• {{checkuser|1=Cherlloydisthebest}}
• {{checkuser|1=Guatemalan555}}
• With the exception of Guatemalan555, who is already VOA-blocked, I've CU-blocked the accounts without tags. A clerk may tag them as socks of the master or simply close the case.--Bbb23 (talk) 08:03, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
• Tagged as proven socks based on the combination of technical and behavioral evidence (see this example: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=670331758][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=676627890][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=676628133]). Closing the case. Vanjagenije (talk) 19:17, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

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;Suspected sockpuppets

• {{checkuser|1=Pussycatdolls2020}}

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WP:DUCK - Editing on same pages. Reverting WP:BANREVERTs of previous socks ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Take_Care_%28album%29&type=revision&diff=677684703&oldid=676857863]). Requesting on CU as user shows that they create many accounts at once.

Actual diffs upon request, but I think behavior is clear. Just ping me. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 22:13, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

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• {{user2|Pussycatdolls2020}} is {{confirmed}} to the last round of puppets in the archives, e.g., {{user2|GypsyPride2015}}. {{Nosleepers}}. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 04:24, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

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;Suspected sockpuppets

• {{checkuser|1=Coconutdreary}}

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(Noting substantial similarities to CherLloydfan4life, aprior sock of HipHopVisionary.)

This account was created after the block of

CherLloydfan4life.

Both show considerable interest in Romani people, Rick Ross and Cher Lloyd.

Loud quacking: Both have made extensive off-topic additions of material about demons to Cher Lloyd.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cher_Lloyd&diff=prev&oldid=674448774][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cher_Lloyd&diff=prev&oldid=700222862]

Requesting CU based on HipHopVisionary extensive history and the gap between this account's creation and the blocking of the last known sock. SummerPhD^v2.0 17:11, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

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• The following accounts are {{confirmed}}:
• {{checkuser|1=Coconutdreary}}
• {{checkuser|1=AzraelWikipedian}}
• {{checkuser|1=Cher Lloyd is my favorite singer}}
• {{checkuser|1=Mexican Pride 2014}}
• {{checkuser|1=GypsyWikipedian2015}}
• {{checkuser|1=GypsyQueen88}}
• Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:10, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=टीम निकी मिनाज}}
• {{checkuser|1=Team Nicki Minaj II}}
• {{checkuser|1=American Wikipedian}}

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Noticed odd similarities among these accounts: POV pushing on African Americans, and a very specific interest in Drake (musician). टीम निकी मिनाज adds a negative statistic ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African_Americans&diff=prev&oldid=733832042]) in August, and in September Team Nicki Minaj II makes [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African_Americans&diff=prev&oldid=740933716 this edit], and this month, American Wikipedian has [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African_Americans&diff=prev&oldid=750130300 these statistics] to add. Everyone shares a particular interest in Drake (musician), and they always use bare urls when citing web sources ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_%28musician%29&diff=prev&oldid=732182865] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_%28musician%29&diff=prev&oldid=743558183] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_%28musician%29&diff=750499308&oldid=750498958]). Suspected sock American Wikipedian also removed the same information the master removed: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_%28musician%29&diff=prev&oldid=732623470] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_%28musician%29&diff=750496427&oldid=750493749]). Sro23 (talk) 03:50, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

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• I believe, based on technical evidence, behavior and the focus on Drake and music articles, that this is HipHopVisionary. These accounts are {{confirmed}} to each other:

:* {{checkuser|1= Team Nicki Minaj II}}

:* {{checkuser|1= Mcdonalds97649}}

:* {{checkuser|1= Djrhurbdb555}}

:* {{checkuser|1= American Wikipedian}}

• टीम निकी मिनाज is stale. All blocked pending tags except for टीम निकी मिनाज – I'm not saying that one doesn't need a block, just that I can't technically tie it to the others. {{behav}} from someone familiar with HipHopVisionary. Katie^talk 15:58, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
• Merged and tagged all except टीम निकी मिनाज who is blocked anyway for other reasons. Case closed. Vanjagenije (talk) 20:26, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Illuminati89}}

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The same POV pushing on African Americans, and a kind of odd fixation on Drake (musician). I believe this is the latest HipHopVisionary sock. Compare Illuminati89's [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_British&type=revision&diff=754206765&oldid=753288160 drive-by tagging] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African_Americans&type=revision&diff=737812493&oldid=736035553 Team Nicki Minaj II]. Illuminati89 also continues the tradition of updating Drake (musician), always using bare urls when citing web sources: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_%28musician%29&diff=755366767&oldid=755348284] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_%28musician%29&diff=750499308&oldid=750498958] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_%28musician%29&diff=prev&oldid=743558183]. It's this unique combination of African Americans + Drake that makes me think this is HipHopVisionary; they always come back to the same pages. Sro23 (talk) 18:59, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

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• Blocked on other grounds. Closing. Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 03:32, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
• Not disputing this close, but I have tagged this account as a suspected sock since the evidence presented is compelling. Case remains closed. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 17:06, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Alabama editor}}

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Same POV pushing on African Americans using (mostly) bare urls when citing web: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African_Americans&type=revision&diff=756249133&oldid=756245364], restoring sock edits: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=T-Pain&diff=755192169&oldid=755134153] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=T-Pain&diff=756238960&oldid=755468927], plus the recognizable Drake obsession: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=For_Free&diff=prev&oldid=755526442] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=More_Life&diff=755527280&oldid=755213693] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=One_Dance&diff=prev&oldid=755526166]. Created a day after the last sock was blocked. WP:DUCK. Sro23 (talk) 00:24, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

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• {{Requestandendorse}} - Please, compare to previous socks. Vanjagenije (talk) 10:04, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
• {{confirmed}} based on archive. Blocked, tagged, closed. Katie^talk 14:44, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=MoneyIsEveything}}

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Here's an account several years older than the master, but didn't become active again until recently. Given the timing of their edits, moving Jhené Aiko a few days before another HipHopVisionary moved the same article, an apparent preference for using bare urls when citing web sources: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kim_Kardashian&diff=prev&oldid=757843440], restoring sock edits on Drake (musician): [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_%28musician%29&diff=next&oldid=758256141] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_%28musician%29&diff=755346220&oldid=755184303], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Future_%28rapper%29&diff=prev&oldid=758747345 linking Toronto] which is such a HipHopVisionary thing [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=One_Dance&diff=prev&oldid=755526166 to do], I can't help but be suspicious. Sro23 (talk) 19:29, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

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• {{confirmed}}. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:16, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
• {{awaitingadmin}} - Please block this sock. Thanks, GAB^gab 23:07, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
• {{bnt}}. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:05, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=CanadianToronto8887}}

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[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erica_Mena&diff=prev&oldid=766601278 Vandalism] to a person in the hip hop industry's article. Compare username to past socks User:CanadaToronto1986, User:CanadianToronto1986. Sro23 (talk) 02:59, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

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• CU {{confirmed}}. All blocked; closing. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 04:20, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Kylie Jenner fan}}

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Intersection on Kim Kardashian: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kim_Kardashian&diff=757843440&oldid=757809360] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kim_Kardashian&diff=774080720&oldid=773965575], similar drive-by tagging tactics [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Gold_Album:_18th_Dynasty&diff=774083091&oldid=774080576] as before [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_British&type=revision&diff=754206765&oldid=753288160]. Sro23 (talk) 02:22, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

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• {{selfendorse}} - there should be accounts in the archive this can be checked against. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 01:42, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

:*{{noping|Kylie Jenner fan}} is a {{Likely}} sock of HipHopVisionary based on userdata and location. They also share IPs with known socks of both Unknownzero and Pittbook, so it may be a good idea for administrators to compare the behavioural evidence with these other two investigations as well.

::{{checkuser|1=Aenthicut}} is a {{Confirmed}} as a sock of HipHopVisionary and has been blocked and tagged. Yunshui ^雲_水 11:51, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

• Kylie Jenner fan is {{bnt}}. I reviewed the other cases but I don't think they're related. Each has a very specific and narrow interest, and the topics do not overlap. Case closed. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 12:12, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Drake1986}}

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There's the username (compare to User:CanadaToronto1986, User:CanadianToronto1986), the overlap with multiple socks ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Views_(album)&diff=755527485&oldid=755477277] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Views_(album)&diff=783742135&oldid=783742090] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Souled_Out_(Jhen%C3%A9_Aiko_album)&diff=758035314&oldid=756193439][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Souled_Out_(Jhen%C3%A9_Aiko_album)&diff=783742504&oldid=783742490] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sail_Out&diff=737017553&oldid=737017452] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sail_Out&diff=783742559&oldid=783742539]), and of course the Drake (musician) obsession. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_(musician)&diff=prev&oldid=785729394] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_(musician)&diff=758259857&oldid=758256141] Sro23 (talk) 05:10, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

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• I ran this before I realized the archive is stale. My bad. :-/ I can tell you this account is using Linode and other webhosts to edit, so that raises suspicions. {{behav}}. Katie^talk 15:25, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
• {{likely}} + {{checkuser|Black people are ugly apes}}. Blocked the unblocked account and tagged both. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:02, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

::With respect, I nocatted the tag on that last one so that bit of racist garbage won't show up in the tracking category. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 16:06, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

:::Good idea, sorry for the tag.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:57, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Lil Yachty fan }}
• {{checkuser|1=TaylorSwift113}}

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Drive-by tagging on African Americans, Drake (musician) & related pages in a similar fashion to blocked puppets [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African_Americans&diff=prev&oldid=807823129] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African_Americans&type=revision&diff=737812493&oldid=736035553] - note almost identical edits here: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_(musician)&diff=814796927&oldid=814796738] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_(musician)&diff=next&oldid=784434466] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rick_Ross&diff=814685249&oldid=814640442] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rick_Ross&diff=785735483&oldid=781181072]. CU requested to find possible additional accounts. Sro23 (talk) 00:22, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

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• {{Endorse}} - Endorsing own request Sro23 (talk) 00:22, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
• {{confirmed}} to each other and to socks in the archive plus:
• {{checkuser|TaylorSwift999}}
• {{checkuser|Lil Uzi Vert fan}}
• Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:22, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=I love Justin Bieber}}

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This account tag-bombs articles in a similar manner to previous sockpuppets ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture_of_the_United_States&diff=prev&oldid=805238196] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Czechs&diff=prev&oldid=816250452]) and there's a similar focus on celebrity ethnicity as well ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake_(musician)&diff=prev&oldid=814795080] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Justin_Bieber&diff=prev&oldid=816254390]) Sro23 (talk) 08:07, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

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• {{Endorse}} - Endorsing own request. Sro23 (talk) 08:07, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
• {{confirmed}} plus:
• {{checkuser|TaylorSwift44}}
• {{checkuser|Justin Bieber fever}}
• {{checkuser|TaylorSwift93849}}
• {{checkuser|TaylorSwift92851}}
• {{checkuser|Justin Bieberrrrrrrrr}}
• Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:18, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift}}

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I noticed this suspiciously named account in a filter log, and a check turned up several more accounts and a link to this master. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:20, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

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• {{confirmed}}:
• {{Checkuser|Justin Bieber is my daddy}}
• {{Checkuser|White Girl Justin Bieber}}
• {{Checkuser|Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift}}
• {{Checkuser|Justin Bieber is my love}}
• {{Checkuser|Justin Bieber forever}}
• {{Checkuser|Cocaine white like Justin Bieber}}

: ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:20, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

• {{awaitingadmin}} - Please block the remaining unblocked accounts. Sro23 (talk) 17:54, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
• {{ping|Sro23}} {{Done}}. I haven't tagged the user pages; I'll leave it up to you to decide whether that's necessary. Mz7 (talk) 23:34, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Whitegirl1987}}

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Similar username ("X1986/1987", see :Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of HipHopVisionary), drive-by tagging ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Eminem&diff=prev&oldid=830457023] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=At_My_Best&diff=prev&oldid=804313583]), and insistence on disrupting the African Americans article just as previous socks ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African_Americans&diff=831323421&oldid=831322778] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=814482775] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=756511491]). Requesting CU because nearly every time additional accounts are discovered. Sro23 (talk) 15:19, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

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• {{Endorse}} - Endorsing my own request. Sro23 (talk) 15:20, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• {{confirmed}} + {{checkuser|Post Malone fan}}. {{bnt}}. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:10, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Lil Wayne is the best rapper alive}}

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DUCK. Name follows pattern of fandom or praise for music artists. Edits are on race-related pages, just like past socks. See, for example, edits by recent sock {{user links|Post Malone fan}}. EvergreenFir (talk) 16:20, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

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• {{Blockedandtagged}}, case closed. Sro23 (talk) 16:38, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

These accounts are {{confirmed}} to the master via the checkuser log:

• {{checkuser|Justin Bieber Justin Bieber JB}}
• {{checkuser|Lil Wayne is the best rapper alive}}
• {{checkuser|Doctor991}}
• {{checkuser|Atlanta, Georgia GA}}

{{bnt}}.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 16:44, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=MVTTXW$}}

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Editing in the same area and recreated Matt Ox under Matt OX. GSS (talk|c|em) 10:35, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

• {{re|Bbb23}} Sure and will keep in mind. The reason for the CU request was to see if they have any sleepers becasue the last check which happened 2 months ago found 4 additional accounts and all were registered the same day. Thank you – GSS (talk|c|em) 14:33, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

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{{ping|GSS}} From now on, when you request a CU, you must explain why. CU declined.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:23, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

:Thank you, {{U|GSS}}. The user is {{unrelated}}.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

• In light of the CU result and the fact that HipHopVisionary's previous creation of Matt Ox was a redirect, this looks like a new editor. Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:28, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Swae Lee lover}}
• {{checkuser|1=Playboi Carti Atlanta}}
• {{checkuser|1=Irish Justin Bieber}}

• Tools: [https://tools.wmflabs.org/sigma/editorinteract.py?users={{urlencode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}&users={{urlencode:Swae Lee lover}}&users={{urlencode:Playboi Carti Atlanta}}&users={{urlencode:Irish Justin Bieber}} Editor interaction utility] • [https://tools.wmflabs.org/interaction-timeline?wiki=enwiki&user={{urlencode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}&user={{urlencode:Swae Lee lover}} Interaction Timeline] • [https://tools.wmflabs.org/betacommand-dev/UserCompare/{{urlencode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}.html User compare report] Auto-generated every hour.

All accounts were created within a very close time period (with Cyn Santana, Swae Lee lover, and Playboi Carti Atlanta all being created within one hour of one another). All editors made similar changes to the List of African-American neighborhoods article and within the same relative time period. I'm requesting a checkuser to pull the IP information from these accounts in order to determine if this is a string of accounts connected to LTA users or other accounts that are causing abuse, to see if there are any sleeper accounts or not, as well as to also find out whether or not there's more to this than what I found. The log timeline and the similar edits are more than enough behavioral evidence for me to establish that these accounts are operated by the same person, but I'm still in between deciding whether or not to proceed to block them for sock puppetry or to assume good faith and wait until unambiguous disruption occurs from one of these users... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:37, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

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• Self-endorsing the CU check request per the information and reasons I stated above. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:38, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
• The following accounts are {{confirmed}}:
• {{checkuser|Atlanta boy 88}}
• {{checkuser|Chinese Asian queen}}
• {{checkuser|Cyn Santana}}
• {{checkuser|Egyptian barbie}}
• {{checkuser|Irish Justin Bieber}}
• {{checkuser|Italian barbie}}
• {{checkuser|Jamaican barbie}}
• {{checkuser|Japanese doll}}
• {{checkuser|Justin Bieber justin}}
• {{checkuser|Karen Fuller}}
• {{checkuser|Lil Wayne is life}}
• {{checkuser|Mexican barbie doll}}
• {{checkuser|New York 55555}}
• {{checkuser|Palmdale Mexican}}
• {{checkuser|Palmdale Mexican boy}}
• {{checkuser|Playboi Carti Atlanta}}
• {{checkuser|Playboi Carti cash carti}}
• {{checkuser|Playboi Carti fan 2019}}
• {{checkuser|Playboi Carti fan Atlanta}}
• {{checkuser|Playboi Carti Mexican}}
• {{checkuser|Playboi Carti Mexican fan}}
• {{checkuser|Qreyrhfhbbdhtjroodlfgbdg to look dka}}
• {{checkuser|Rae Sremmurd lover}}
• {{checkuser|Swae Lee lover}}
• {{checkuser|Todaysguru}}
• {{checkuser|Tonyp8181}}
• {{checkuser|Travis Scott fan}}
• {{checkuser|Tyga T-Raw}}
• {{bnt}}. Please move case to Palmdale Mexican, which is the oldest account with contributions.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

::Bbb23 - {{done}}. Setting SPI report status to 'closed'. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:57, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

:::{{Clerk Request}} It looks as though Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali should be merged into this SPI as well; there are considerable similarities. Yunshui ^雲_水 13:27, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Atlanta ATL slatt}}
• {{checkuser|1=Atlanta Detroit 1989}}
• {{checkuser|1=Blacks eat McDonald's and fried chicken}}
• {{checkuser|1=Chicago 1988}}
• {{checkuser|1=Chicago 1992}}
• {{checkuser|1=Chicago McDonald's}}
• {{checkuser|1=Detroit boy 1988}}
• {{checkuser|1=Lil Wayne 1988}}
• {{checkuser|1=Palmdale California Covina boy}}
• {{checkuser|1=Texas 1989}}
• {{checkuser|1=YG Kendrick Lamar}}
• {{checkuser|1=Palmdale California boy Kendrick Lamar}}

• Tools: [https://tools.wmflabs.org/sigma/editorinteract.py?users={{urlencode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}&users={{urlencode:Atlanta ATL slatt}}&users={{urlencode:Atlanta Detroit 1989}}&users={{urlencode:Chicago 1988}}&users={{urlencode:Chicago 1992}}&users={{urlencode:Detroit boy 1988}}&users={{urlencode:Lil Wayne 1988}}&users={{urlencode:Palmdale California Covina boy}}&users={{urlencode:Texas 1989}}&users={{urlencode:YG Kendrick Lamar}} Editor interaction utility] • [https://tools.wmflabs.org/interaction-timeline?wiki=enwiki&user={{urlencode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}&user={{urlencode:Atlanta ATL slatt}} Interaction Timeline] • [https://tools.wmflabs.org/betacommand-dev/UserCompare/{{urlencode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}.html User compare report] Auto-generated every hour.

CU confirmed, similar usernames, deeply racist edits. Yunshui ^雲_水 07:24, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

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All the listed accounts are {{confirmed}}, {{bnt}}, listing here for the record. Yunshui ^雲_水 07:24, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

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See below. Bbb23 (talk) 10:59, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

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• The following accounts are {{confirmed}}:
• {{checkuser|私は子犬が大好きです}}
• {{checkuser|Chicago drill 1988}}
• {{checkuser|Gypsy Aztec}}
• {{checkuser|Mexican Aztec princess}}
• {{bnt}}.
• This case is {{confirmed}} to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ariana Grande lover in Cali. {{clerk request}} Please merge that case into this one. In addition, there is another group of socks without a case. The master is {{user2|Cuban and Dominican}}. Please retag all of those socks to point to Palmdale Mexican as the master.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:00, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

:*{{U|Bbb23}} I am certain this is actually Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary. Behavior is identical. Sro23 (talk) 23:53, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

::*{{re|Sro23}} And here I thought I was being so clever figuring out how three farms were in fact one. Although the technical data in the HHV case is fairly old, there's enough for me to confirm that all of these accounts belong to HHV. For your outstanding ability to remember behavior, you get to merge all this stuff, however that works, into one case and retag. Thanks! --Bbb23 (talk) 00:10, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

• {{Done}}. Sro23 (talk) 05:31, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

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See below. Bbb23 (talk) 23:17, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

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• The following accounts are {{confirmed}}:
• {{checkuser|Barakiel gypsy}}
• {{checkuser|Asian Mexican girl}}
• {{checkuser|Oreos 999}}
• {{checkuser|Southern swag}}
• {{checkuser|Gypsy Aztec princess}}
• {{checkuser|Kfjgjtjk}}
• {{checkuser|Desert 9999}}
• {{checkuser|Playboi Carti NBA Youngboy}}
• {{checkuser|Zadkiel777}}
• {{bnt}}. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:20, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy Californian}}

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Same kind of edits (repeatedly adding cn template to apparently random articles) and blatantly similar username. DoebLoggs (talk) 09:58, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

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• {{u|DoebLoggs}}, the sock you reported (Gipsy Palmadale Californian) doesn't exist, the oldest account is the master, and there doesn't appear to be any overlap, block evasion, or WP:ILLEGIT behaviour to support an accusation of sock puppetry. This isn't the place to resolve other problems. I've tagged both accounts with {{tl|uw-agf-sock}}. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 10:49, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
• {{on hold}} – please don't archive this just yet Mz7 (talk) 11:00, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

The following accounts are {{confirmed}} to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary:

{{collapse top|title=List of accounts}}

• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy Palmdale Californian}}
• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy Californian}}
• {{checkuser|1=Palmdale ca California}}
• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy Calii}}
• {{checkuser|1=McDonald's cheeseburger 1988}}
• {{checkuser|1=Ohio African-American boy}}
• {{checkuser|1=Romany Gypsy from Palmdale, California}}
• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy dollface}}
• {{checkuser|1=Gipsyyy}}
• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy star 88}}
• {{checkuser|1=Palmdale 9999}}
• {{checkuser|1=Atlanta Lil Uzi Vert}}
• {{checkuser|1=Palmdale 9999}}
• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy star 1989}}
• {{checkuser|1=Kendrick Lamarrr}}
• {{checkuser|1=NBA YoungBoy fan 1989}}
• {{checkuser|1=Gipsyfornia}}
• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy queen from Cal}}
• {{checkuser|1=Mayan Indian doll}}
• {{checkuser|1=Lil Yachty is my favorite rapper}}
• {{checkuser|1=Lil Yachty 8888}}
• {{checkuser|1=Playboi Carti fan Whole Lotta Red}}
• {{checkuser|1=Atlantan atl}}
• {{checkuser|1=McDonald's Lil Yachty}}
• {{checkuser|1=Travis Scott 88}}
• {{checkuser|1=Playboi Carti deebo lit}}
• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy Aztec queen}}
• {{checkuser|1=Palmdale California 1988}}

{{collapse bottom}}

All accounts should either be {{bwt}} or globally locked. {{Clerk Request}} Please move this case to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 11:35, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

• {{done}}. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:22, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy Cher Lloyd}}

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Article editing patterns and name matching other Gypsy series articles. This uncaught sock was found editing Mexico topics articles on Dec. 1. Raymie (t • c) 04:31, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

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• Blocked. Sro23 (talk) 04:49, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy Black woman}}

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Obvious sock. Similar username, editing [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fancy_%28Iggy_Azalea_song%29&diff=prev&oldid=930260446 hip hop] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Australia_policy&diff=prev&oldid=930388418 race-related] articles like other socks of this user. Same behaviour as previously reported sock Gypsy Cher Lloyd: repeated addition of citation needed tags. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Australia_policy&diff=prev&oldid=930387919] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whitewashing_in_film&diff=prev&oldid=930387537] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Women_and_government_in_Australia&diff=prev&oldid=930388697] Requesting Checkuser due to history of sleeper accounts. SpicyMilkBoy (talk) 03:59, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

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• {{confirmed}} + {{checkuser|1=Gypsy Gypsy Californian}}. {{bwt}}. Locks requested on meta. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steward_requests/Global&diff=19631939&oldid=19631749] Mz7 (talk) 07:12, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=American gypsy palmdale}}

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Quite obvious editing pattern Muhandes (talk) 08:44, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

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• {{Inprogress}} - Mz7 (talk) 08:57, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
• The following accounts are {{confirmed}}:
• {{checkuser|1=American gypsy palmdale}}
• {{checkuser|1=Aussie 2019}}
• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy 44444}}
• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy 88888}}
• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy 91722}}
• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy 93550}}
• {{checkuser|1=San Bernardino desert}}
• Global locks [https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steward_requests/Global&diff=19644381&oldid=19644373 requested] on Meta, all blocked on enwiki. Mz7 (talk) 09:06, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=American hamburger 123}}

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Obvious editing patterns, continues editing on Wicked Lips for instance. Requesting CU since pattern includes many multiple account creation. Muhandes (talk) 14:00, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

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• {{confirmed}} plus the following unblocked/globally locked accounts:
• {{checkuser|African American Black Nigerian}}
• {{checkuser|American cheeseburger 11}}
• {{checkuser|Eminememmm}}
• {{checkuser|Gypsy doll4444}}
• {{checkuser|Gypsy palmdale Gypsy}}
• {{checkuser|Gypsy palmdale palm}}
• {{checkuser|Palmdale gypsy}}
• {{checkuser|Suburban mexican Gypsy}}
• {{bwt}}. {{ping|Bsadowski1}} Please globally lock these accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:00, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
• Locks [https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steward_requests/Global&diff=19665860&oldid=19665777 requested] on Meta. Mz7 (talk) 06:45, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy Roma 1986}}
• {{checkuser|1=Gypsy Palmdale 1867}}

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Similar username, editing hip hop and race-related articles like other socks. Repeated addition of citation needed tags ~riley (talk) 00:15, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

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• Accounts now locked, request for sleepers requested. ~riley (talk) 01:26, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

• No sleeper check necessary. Closing. Sro23 (talk) 02:48, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Just a Wikipedian 2021}}

• Tools: [https://tools.wmflabs.org/sigma/editorinteract.py?users={{urlencode:{{#titleparts:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}}} Editor interaction utility] • [https://tools.wmflabs.org/interaction-timeline?wiki=enwiki&user={{urlencode:{{#titleparts:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}}} Interaction Timeline] • [https://tools.wmflabs.org/betacommand-dev/UserCompare/{{urlencode:{{#titleparts:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}}}.html User compare report] Auto-generated every hour.

Creations of copyright-infringing "African Americans in [state]" articles (see User talk:Just a Wikipedian 2021 for G12 notices) and interest in the Playboi Carti article [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Playboi_Carti&type=revision&diff=1036399099&oldid=1036383965]. Compare with {{np|Playboi Carti fan}}, who had similar copyright warnings, including copying the same source for the Arkansas article. DanCherek (talk) 14:15, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

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• African Americans in Arkansas G12ed with the same source is a strong piece of evidence. There does not appear to be a non-stale case here, though maybe given the length of this case there are notes elsewhere?--Eostrix  (^{🦉 hoot} _hoot🦉) 19:00, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

• {{inconclusive}} because of the use of proxies. {{duck}}. {{bnt}}. {{glr}}, closing. Mz7 (talk) 04:56, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=162.19.75.28|2=211.212.237.197|tools_link=yes}}

No need to run CU or anything--this is purely pro forma, for a paper trail. Pinging {{U|Binksternet}}, and {{U|Graham87}} (who blocked the IPv6 range). Drmies (talk) 13:37, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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• HipHopVisionary usually contributes from desert communities of Southern California. IP 211.212.237.197 is from South Korea, but may be a proxy. IP 162.19.75.28 is from the France–Belgium border, and may also be a proxy. The style of their contributions is identical to that of Palm Desert IP range Special:Contributions/2605:E000:100D:C571:0:0:0:0/64, making lots of small, incremental changes. IP 211.212.237.197 shared the same interest in the article List of African-American neighborhoods, a frequent target of HipHopVisionary. Note that the SoCal range Special:Contributions/2603:8001:2601:F351:0:0:0:0/64 has also been active lately in the same fashion. Binksternet (talk) 14:00, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
• Another username worth investigating is {{noping|Adinneli}} who has the same contribution style and the same fingerprint of topic interests. Binksternet (talk) 14:22, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
• Thanks {{U|Binksternet}}; I'm having a look. Yes, 211 is a proxy, judging from a block placed earlier by {{U|Zzuuzz}}, and {{U|Hasley}} placed a proxy block on the other. I see now that {{U|Blablubbs}} indicates the same--thanks for that! Drmies (talk) 15:27, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

• These are proxies. I hardened the block on the 211.X IP and dropped a hardblock on 162.19.0.0/17. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 13:47, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Honeybear1995}} ({{clerknote}} original case name)

{{sock list|1=Vanilla cupcake 23|tools_link=yes}}

Similar editing patterns and interests, including the creation of a number of redirects that were previously deleted (Romani people in x). There was also this ANI thread from February, 2022, for the suggested puppeteer. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:38, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

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• This is WP:Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary - compare e.g. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&user=Just+a+Wikipedian+2021]. I'll move the case there. Spicy (talk) 19:30, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
• {{bwt}}, {{glr}}. I'm not endorsing CU as the accounts in the archive are stale, but if a CU is bored it might not be a bad idea to run a sleeper check. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 19:34, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=White American 2023}} ({{clerknote}} original case name)

{{sock list|1=Fajita Biscuit|tools_link=yes}}

Not trying to hide in anyway. [https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=White+American+2023&users=Fajita+Biscuit&users=&startdate=&enddate=&ns=&server=enwiki Editor Interaction Analyser]

This includes the addition of [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African-American_history&oldid=1167967206 copyright conten again] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African-American_history&diff=next&oldid=1170057041 here] from [https://www.crf-usa.org/black-history-month/an-overview-of-the-african-american-experience#:~:text=In%20the%20eighth%20century%2C%20Moorish,ranked%20members%20of%20caste%20systems here]

:{{ping|Tamzin}} (original involved admin) Moxy-File:Maple Leaf (Pantone).svg 05:40, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

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• Don't have time to look at this right now, but noting after I blocked WA2023, another clerk suggested Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary as the master, which looked right at a glance. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 06:00, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
• All of these are {{confirmed}} to each other {{socklist|Fajita Biscuit|White American 2023|GorillaAmerican|White is right 12|Mexican girl 2023|I love cats and puppies}}
• Based on some notes, {{possible}} to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopVisionary, but it's a relatively weak correlation. There's some behavioral notes that I can share with a clerk or patrolling admin off-wiki. RoySmith (talk) 15:22, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
• I'm CU-blocking all of the above accounts. No tags yet, pending further investigation. RoySmith (talk) 15:23, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
• This is HHV, note the usernames for example. I also noticed that many of these were locked as a LTA, no doubt this one, by {{u|Bsadowski1}}. I'll merge the cases. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:16, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
• Merged, dual tagged, requested locks where necessary, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:19, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=HailEmail|tools_link=yes}}

Restored ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stereotypes_of_African_Americans&diff=prev&oldid=1170238640]) edits by now-blocked sock as their very first edit. Requesting CU to confirm and check for more adorbs EvergreenFir (talk) 04:46, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Lots quacking in Special:Contributions/2600:6C50:7EF0:4A70:0:0:0:0/64 as well EvergreenFir (talk) 04:51, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

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• {{confirmed}} RoySmith (talk) 13:31, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=WayMaQueen|2=Greekyogurt2024|3=Mister_Vincenzo|tools_link=yes}}

I suspect the account WayMaQueen can be related to HipHopVisionary as previously blocked socks by him such as fajitabiscuit[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Fajita_Biscuit] frequent articles related to African-American culture. Furthermore the content added by WayMaQueen about the controversial Black Panther Party being an example of African-American culture could be considered passive-agressive vandalism[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African-American_culture&diff=prev&oldid=1217562147][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African-American_culture&diff=prev&oldid=1217548833], which is a common practice of this editor [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stereotypes_of_African_Americans&diff=prev&oldid=1169964890][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stereotypes_of_African_Americans&diff=prev&oldid=1169966099][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stereotypes_of_African_Americans&diff=1166521612&oldid=1163125579].

Other account that is likely a sockpuppet is that of the editor GreekYogurt2024[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Greekyogurt2024], similarly to previously blocked accounts many edits of this one can be considered passive aggressive vandalism such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HIV/AIDS_in_Atlanta&diff=prev&oldid=1224757628][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=African_Americans&diff=prev&oldid=1224755196], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Americans&diff=prev&oldid=1225248404] and[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_people&diff=prev&oldid=1225248458]. Moreover the name and edits of this account are also extremely similar to those of the recently blocked account Gitana Mexicana 2024[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Gitana_Mexicana_2024] which was in turn incurring on similar passive-aggressive vandalism[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Southerners&diff=prev&oldid=1223940608][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_people_in_Hawaii&diff=prev&oldid=1223940469], even more evidence can be found when one looks up the archive for HipHopVisionary's case[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/HipHopVisionary/Archive], as other accounts with names ending on their year of creation can be found such as White American 2023[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/White_American_2023], Mexican Girl 2023[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Mexican_girl_2023] or Just A Wikipedian 2021[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Just_a_Wikipedian_2021] etc.

Anoter suspected sock puppet that may be worth checking is the account Mister Vicenzo[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Mister_Vincenzo] as the topics of interest of this editor overlap with those of already blocked accounts of this sockmaster (particularly in relation to Romani people as can be seen on the articles he edits or in the names he choses for his accounts, additional examples of this are accounts such as Gypsy_Roma_1986[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Gypsy_Roma_1986]) such as the aforementioned Just A Wikipedian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Just_a_Wikipedian_2021] and Honeybear1995[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Honeybear1995], in this case also both, HoneyBear1995 and Greekyogurt2024 perform a similar edit with a similar edit summary (compare [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Puerto_Rico&diff=prev&oldid=1067691112] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Puerto_Rico&diff=prev&oldid=1225881067]).

Requesting Checkuser to see if other accounts show up but its important to keep in mind that a vandal this persistent may be using VPNs. Pob3qu3 (talk) 03:38, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

:Thank you Izno & RoySmith, this is a highly disruptive vandal that I've been tracking for a while now. I'll keep an eye open to search for more evidence/accounts for more cases. Pob3qu3 (talk) 03:26, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

::Thanks for your reply Spicy, besides the accounts Just A Wikipedian and Gypsy Roma 1986, there's this currently blocked open proxy[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/201.71.0.220&target=201.71.0.220&offset=20230416033321&limit=500] on which can be observed much overlap with the topics Mister Vincenzo edits such as Europe-relate demographic articles, Romani people (specially before April 16), immigration etc. There even is an edit on an article of Indigenous peoples[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indigenous_peoples_in_Colombia&diff=prev&oldid=1148543099].

::When it comes to WayMaQueen another evidence that raises eyebrows is this edit[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stereotypes_of_African_Americans&diff=next&oldid=1146148981] in the article of Stereotypes of African Americans, that while innocuos happens to come after a vandalic edit[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stereotypes_of_African_Americans&diff=1146148981&oldid=1144728880] done by another blocked open proxy[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/45.8.146.82&target=45.8.146.82&offset=&limit=500], this is suspicious as a practice I've observed from this editor is that of doing a problematic edit with a sockpuppet/proxy and then make another edit with another sockpuppet in order to "hide" said edit (the open proxy in question also does have edits on articles related to Romani people and Indigenous peoples, specially before April 11). Pob3qu3 (talk) 23:32, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

:Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

• {{CURequest}} - Given the age of each of these accounts I think a CU request is fair. I've otherwise blocked the 3 listed. Izno (talk) 23:56, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
• {{Inprogress}} - RoySmith (talk) 01:09, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
• Greekyogurt2024 is {{likely}} to {{np|White American 2023}} based on technical data. As for the other two, I'm going to go with {{inconclusive}} so they'll have to be evaluated on behavior alone. RoySmith (talk) 01:21, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
• {{u|Izno}} and {{u|RoySmith}}: I ran some checks of my own. Greekyogurt2024 looks like HHV technically and behaviourally. However, I would call Mister Vincenzo {{unrelated}} - not inconclusive - and their behaviour is noticeably different. The age of the account is another red flag. WayMaQueen is at best {{possible}} and I find the behavioural evidence lacking. The distinctive behaviour of this sockmaster is not just editing topics related to race, but creating large numbers of questionable redirects and pointless one-sentence-long articles. Spicy (talk) 07:20, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
• {{U|Izno}}, I have to agree with Spicy. Given the CU evidence, age of the accounts and difference in behavior, I am inclined to unblock WayMaQueen and Mister Vincenzo. Would that be alright with you? Sro23 (talk) 07:34, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
• :@Sro23, if you think that's fair, go for it. Izno (talk) 17:37, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
• Thank you Izno! Closing case then. Sro23 (talk) 22:07, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=2600:6C50:7E00:316:B505:E205:B6B8:DA87/64|tools_link=yes}}

The entire /64's activity seems to overlap the typical topics edited by HHV:

• Race and ethnicity: {{diff|Telugu Americans|prev|1235964835}}, {{diff|Bengali Americans|prev|1235964730}}, {{diff|Bengali Americans|prev|1235964730}}
• African-Americans: {{diff|Agriculture in the United States|prev|1236142480}}, {{diff|African-American culture|prev|1236080624}},
• Mexicans: {{diff|Folklore of the United States|prev|1236142395}}
• Romani: {{diff|Poverty in Bulgaria|prev|1236139516}}
• Cuisine: {{diff|Soy milk|prev|1235805902}}, {{diff|Frog cake|prev|1235806221}} —*Fehufangą (✉ Talk · ✎ Contribs) 03:59, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

:Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

• The unusual constellation of edits combined with some very specific behavioral quirks show a pretty clear connection. Blocked the /64 for a month. The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 19:19, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

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• {{checkuser|1=Animejapan55}} ({{clerknote}} original case name)

{{sock list|1=Pizza purr|tools_link=yes}}

This is a request for a behavioral comparison of Pizza purr against the checkuser-blocked accounts Animejapan55 and Honeybear1995. Pizza purr popped up on 26 November and edited mostly to insert {{tl|cn}} templates until they were auto-confirmed. Then they created a stupid pseudo-portal of Romani people, which was previously created by Animejapan55 and by Honeybear1995. After creating the pseudo-portal, they went away. Are they swimming in the same duck pond? Robert McClenon (talk) 19:21, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

:Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

• This is HipHopVisionary. Blocked based on behaviour. Spicy (talk) 23:56, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=Albanianrapper|2=95.147.145.134|3=218.147.65.174|4=99.234.20.55|5=47.147.219.117|6=14.42.230.125|7=124.63.102.175|8=BigBeefShareef|9=37.21.144.243|10=79.105.137.11|tools_link=yes}}

Recently, this vandal has been causing disruption at the redirect request page, using proxies and VPNs. A half dozen of these IPs have been blocked.

The Albanianrapper name was registered in May 2024. The intersections with previous socks include an avid interest in List of ethnic enclaves in North American cities shared by blocked user {{u|BigBeefShareef}}, and going back further to 2020, the range Special:Contributions/2605:E000:100D:C571:0:0:0:0/64 and blocked sock {{u|Adinneli}}. Other intersections have occurred at [https://sigma.toolforge.org/timeline.py?page=Albanians_in_New_York_City&users=Albanianrapper&users=White+American+2023&users=Honeybear1995&users=HipHopVisionary&users=Greekyogurt2024&users=211.212.237.197&server=enwiki Albanians in New York City] and [https://sigma.toolforge.org/timeline.py?page=Mexicans&users=Albanianrapper&users=White+American+2023&users=Honeybear1995&users=HipHopVisionary&users=Greekyogurt2024&users=211.212.237.197&server=enwiki Mexicans].

Checkuser requested in the hope that something can be fished out of the previous notes or records to confirm the user Albanianrapper. Binksternet (talk) 04:28, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

:Adding IPs 79.105.137.11 and 37.21.144.243 after stereotypical disruption at Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects. Binksternet (talk) 08:10, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

:Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

• Albanianrapper isn't HHV. I can't rule out that Albanianrapper = BigBeefShareef based on technical data as the blocked account is {{IPStale}}. (But that account's behaviour isn't a match for HHV either). {{ncip}}. Spicy (talk) 19:53, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
• {{Closing without action}} The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 04:32, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

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{{sock list|1=Socahil959|2=37.21.144.243|3=218.147.65.174|4=200.73.92.111|5=2603:8001:BA00:23BC:547D:9BE2:B6C9:E45A|6=2603:8001:BA00:23BC:7C64:8D2F:48B9:9467|7=2603:8001:BA00:23BC:11C4:8DCF:5796:8A1D|8=98.150.89.19|9=C.monarchist28|10=220.116.117.235|11=Italian Wikipedian 2024|12=47.152.233.160|tools_link=yes}}

The first and second edits of Socahil959 were edit warring, reverting article text and restoring a talk page entry by the SoCal IP range Special:Contributions/2603:8001:BA00:23BC:0:0:0:0/64. C.monarchist28 was blocked for edit-warring at European Canadians in concert with SoCal IP Special:Contributions/98.150.89.19.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_Canadians&diff=1262516455&oldid=1262295229][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_Canadians&diff=next&oldid=1262794845]

Checkuser requested to match Socahil959 with C.monarchist28 and previous socks. Binksternet (talk) 17:11, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Adding {{u|Italian Wikipedian 2024}} and 3× blocked Special:Contributions/47.152.233.160 because of recent edits showing the same behavior. Italian Wikipedian 2024 made much the same edit as the IP at The History of White People in America[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_History_of_White_People_in_America&diff=1240947136&oldid=1240453047][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_History_of_White_People_in_America&diff=1263385105&oldid=1245021931] and at Scottish people.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scottish_people&diff=1253022448&oldid=1249071172][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scottish_people&diff=1263385532&oldid=1262626303] The new user is focused on portals in the same manner as previous socks. Binksternet (talk) 02:29, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

:Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

• Italian Wikipedian 2024 is obviously them, technically and behaviourally. The other named accounts did not appear in my check and I don't see sufficient evidence to check them. HHV has a very consistent behavioural pattern and these accounts do not match it. Not everyone who edits about race relations in North America is this sockmaster. {{ncip}}. Spicy (talk) 19:34, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
• {{Closing without action}} The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 04:33, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

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