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18 March 2016

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Accounts were created within two minutes of one another (see log 1, log 2, and log 3). Making the same recursive edits to Yishun Town Secondary School (adding spaces, and then removing them). The edits are definitely weird and suspicious, but non-damaging and technically not disrupting anything. But these accounts are definitely sock puppets... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:41, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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01 May 2016

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Similar edits on early seasons of America's Got Talent, including edit comments praising ZOOperstars! over Neal E. Boyd!. Both have all caps user names. Sjö (talk) 06:47, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Checking the history of the America's Got Talent season 1-4, I see a lot of similar edits by different users, some of them before both of these users. Should I add them here or create a new report? Per Talk:America's Got Talent (season 3)#Season 3 information??? it's a known issue, so maybe there are previous discussions or sockpuppet investigations. Sjö (talk) 07:17, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there was: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/2230 America's Got Talent (Variety)/Archive and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bobzz1133/Archive. Sjö (talk) 07:19, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Similar edits. Elle might not be the first puppeteer. The vandalism has been going on for some time. Sjö (talk) 07:03, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Similar edits. Sjö (talk) 07:21, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Similar edits. Sjö (talk) 07:49, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I warned both accounts on April 7 because I was very suspicious. They were created within minutes of each other, and have the same user page. Their early edits are the same as well (adding and removing whitespace on K-pop boy band articles). Random86 (talk) 07:09, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Update: IP is now blocked. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:59, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Just added the IP to the list above for the record. Clearly someone's sock. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:19, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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09 September 2016

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Edits are identical to those of blocked sock America's Got Talent is back! [1] vs [2]. bonadea contributions talk 07:06, 9 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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17 September 2016

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This one is a little tricky since it looks like this might be related to this SPI for 贱仔忠. From what I can see, no SPI has ever been opened for Agt2008fan, so it might end up that they're the aforementioned account.

Just now I found the two accounts and the listed IP, as they both tried to create hoax articles for America's Got Talent, America's Got Talent with Phil Gulbis, America's Got Talent Host: Phil Gulbis, and America's Got Talent (3). This is in keeping with articles created by Agt2008fan, whose sockpuppets created articles on this show and Phil Gulbis. I also note that like Agt2008fan, they also seem to frequently put ZOOperstars! in their articles. That they're related to this account seems undeniable.

Now what makes me think that they're possibly related to 贱仔忠 is that back in May 2016 there were accounts that made similar edits with America's Got Talent and ZOOperstars!. I also note that Malaysian Super League LionsXII vs Kedah created an article for Gulbis months after From 12Aug, Sun 10pm did and the content looks to be identical. From 12Aug, Sun 10pm was tagged as a sockpuppet of Agt2008fan, while From the other was tagged as a sock of 贱仔忠.

My thought is that 贱仔忠 is one of the later sockpuppets of Agt2008fan, given that 贱仔忠 was created in 2015 and Agt2008fan was opened in 2013. I'm going to ping @Vanjagenije and Bbb23: to see what their thoughts are on this, since they participated on the SPI for 贱仔忠. Everyone here is blocked, but it would be a good idea to do a sweep for socks and to compare and potentially combine the two accounts, since it seems likely that they're the same person. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 09:34, 17 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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02 October 2016

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I came across this group of socks via the article America's Toughest Jobs on 5, which was a cut/paste of America's Toughest Jobs but with some alterations to make it appear as if the show's host was another person, Josh 神庙. This seems by all accounts to be a hoax and an attempt to get around the salting at Josh Temple, where Zoo tried to create an article for this person.

All of the accounts seem to be engaged in the same activities in that they have all tried to create a hoax version of the article somewhere and to make edits like this one by Alvin in an attempt to change the host to Josh 神庙, requiring OlEnglish to temporarily semiprotect the page. If you look at the article history for America's Toughest Jobs you'll see that there was a mass, concentrated attempt to vandalize the page.

I'm not sure if this is one person or several, but it does seem clear that they are working in tandem, so at the very least this would be a case of meatpuppetry. I'm blocking all of these users for disruptive editing and tagging them all as suspected sockpuppets, but a sweep for any that I might have missed and a check to verify that they're the same person would be appreciated. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:22, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • The complete list of created or affected articles are as follows:
  1. Josh Temple, created by ZOO is not Neal
  2. Josh 神庙, created and/or edited by ZOO is not Neal, Choy Man Hen, ENG T-WU 4E1, THEIN THAN TOE, MOHAMED RAFIQ B MOHAMED T
  3. America's Toughest Jobs, edited by all suspected sockpuppets
  4. Talk:Josh Temple, edited by ALVIN NGOW FENG HAO
  5. America's Toughest Jobs on 5, created by ALVIN NGOW FENG HAO
  6. 三巴旺财神庙, created by Josh Temple
I think that's it so far, but I'll keep an eye out for anything else that looks suspicious. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:39, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I thought that this style seemed familiar and I now think that this is likely related to Agt2008fan given that Zoo's first edits were to Identity (game show), an article that was vandalized by an Agt2008fan sock. Agt2008fan has a similar habit of creating fake articles. I'm going to delete this and reopen this with the same information under the right name. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:48, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm going to wait and let one of the SPI people move this - I don't want to bork things up since I was the one who launched the SPI. In any case, here's a bit more to show how this is related to the other accounts: I had thought that this behavior seemed familiar and Agt2008fan has a history of creating articles for existing shows but altering details to add fake winners and a fake host, Phil Gulbis. This just looks to be their newest attempt. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:51, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Also adding to the evidence is that Agt has a history of using Chinese characters in their usernames, which is mirrored in the creation of articles with these characters. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:56, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Maybe best to let the clerk/CU handle it from here, Tokyogirl79. -- œ™ 10:23, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • It looks like the SPI for Bobzz1133 needs to be merged into the old cases for Agt, as the edits for that account show a marked similarity to those of Agt, namely that the socks have an obsession with America's Got Talent and have created articles with the fake host name of Phil Gulbis. I'm fairly certain that this SPI is also related, as this group of socks mentions the Zooperstars, which Agt would frequently put in his articles. It looks like they weren't caught during the various sweeps for socks and whatnot, so it's possible that they're starting to do something to mask how they do things, or however the CU process works. Also belatedly noticed that one of the current suspected socks has "zoo" in the name, which shows that they're still sort of obsessed with Zooperstars. In any case, them shifting focus to a new show as their main focus gives off the impression that they're mildly trying to avoid detection, albeit mildly. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 14:20, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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16 October 2016

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Very similar article creations and edits to America's Got Talent (season 4) & The Price Is Right (U.S. game show). Sro23 (talk) 07:16, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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05 October 2016

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All WP:SPA users creating article that duplicates an existing topic My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad with different names (e.g. My Dad is Better Than Your Dad on 5, My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad on Channel 5 and My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad Tuesday at 8:30pm on 5). GSS (talk) 06:51, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • All 4 of them edited on october 5th, 2016, all exclusively edited on Identity (game show) (except for Judgee Bob with one edit outside of that), they also edited within hours of each other, with the main account, judgee bob starting editing around 10-11, and all of the others around 13-14. Tl;dr very likely. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 23:56, 7 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Pinging DQ and Mike V. --bonadea contributions talk 07:43, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  •   Confirmed:
  Likely Judgee Bob, defer to behavioral evidence. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 09:19, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

11 October 2016

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Creating various false articles relating to various game shows - for example My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad [5] [6]. Further examples in contribs. sandgemADDICT yeah? 07:58, 11 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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16 October 2016

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The possible socks repeated the same thing as other socks did earlier (e.g. creating America's Got Talent Premieres 29 July, Wednesdays 10:00pm, America's Got Talent Wednesday at 10:30pm on 5 and more recreation of America's Got Talent (season 1) and The Price is Right hosted by Pa Pappa, The Price is Right with Pa Pappa recreation of The Price Is Right (U.S. game show) both user also added with and by in article title, Nick Cannon created America's Got Talent with Phil Gulbis and America's Got Talent hosted by Phil Gulbis and Pa Pappa Studio created The Price is Right hosted by Pa Pappa and The Price is Right with Pa Pappa. GSS (talk) 07:32, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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31 October 2016

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WP:DUCK: previously blocked sock account, this account. bonadea contributions talk 12:04, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Adding two more ducks: User: Adrian Pang's first edit was to create My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad on 5 today. While I was at it, noticed that User:Kris Allen created it two days ago. Wikishovel (talk) 13:08, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  Confirmed Steve Lai (talk  · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:23, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

06 November 2016

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Obvious socks being obvious by creating America's Toughest Jobs on 5 and other typical hoax articles bonadea contributions talk 08:05, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  Confirmed, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:22, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

08 November 2016

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Quack: 谢宛谕 created America's Toughest Jobs 由Josh 神庙主持 and recreated America's Easiest Jobs, and 谢宛偷小姐 created Hosted by Josh 神庙 . Both accounts have vandalised America's Toughest Jobs. bonadea contributions talk 13:47, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  Blocked and tagged RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:10, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

27 November 2016

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Both accounts are creating the same old pages yet again under various misleading titles. bonadea contributions talk 07:35, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Phua Chu Kang who just did this, another signature edit. --bonadea contributions talk 07:38, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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23 April 2017

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Quacking very loudly in their edits to America's Toughest Jobs and various hoax article creations. Reported to AIV for (hopefully) quick blocks, but noted here as a heads-up for people who might be watching this one. bonadea contributions talk 08:01, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Josh shen miao.--Bbb23 (talk) 08:33, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

17 March 2019

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Allegations that ZOOperstars won, removal of arguments showing who really won. There might be other, passive, accounts which is why checkuser is requested. Sjö (talk) 07:02, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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  Confirmed to the master via Lim Li-Wei and others in the archive

  Blocked and tagged
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 17:09, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

09 November 2019

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  Confirmed. Reaper Eternal (talk) 05:35, 9 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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21 September 2020

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All of these accounts have been blocked, with the exception of Tan Cheng Bock, as the admin I approached left it untouched for the purposes of this report. All are names of prominent Singapore opposition candidates/personalities. All of the accounts engaged in minimal disruption to the page, while leaving long rambling quotes as edit summaries. Due to the redaction, I am unable to provide diffs, so Admin intervention might be required. An edit summary left by the Kumar Appavoo account (earliest I could find) and the Desmond Lim Bak Chuan or Roy Ngerng Yi Ling account (one, I forget which as the edit summary has been redacted) makes reference to the Survivor series snuffing of the torch. I am not sure what else to do, but was recommend to file a SPI report here. Seloloving (talk) 06:59, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Added two more potential socks found at the bottom. Seloloving (talk) 10:33, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Added another potential sock. Seloloving (talk) 13:38, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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03 November 2020

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Due to real world commitments, I caught on this account only after Beeblebrox had hidden the edits this account had made on Murali Pillai. Whilst I am now unable to see the edit summaries of the edits but based on subsequent administrative actions against the account as well, I would like to advance that this account is a sock of Cheang Peng Wah account, and should be tagged as such.

Requesting CU to uncover other sleeping accounts, if any. – robertsky (talk) 16:28, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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   Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me. Per my comments in the block log, this is for sure a behavioral match, I just couldn't remember the name of the puppeteer so I went with "Singapore election troll." (They made a bunch of edits that did little to the article but included long rants in edit summaries, which I revdeled as disruptive material.) Beeblebrox (talk) 19:23, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

07 November 2020

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yet another duck. Charles Yeo Yao Hui is a (new) Singaporean politician from an opposition party. as with the other socks/ducks, the edit summary is tangential to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nadia_Ahmad_Samdin&diff=prev&oldid=987463440&diffmode=source – robertsky (talk) 16:32, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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24 January 2021

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Typical behaviour: editing the same reality show articles (e.g. America's Toughest Jobs), claiming that they originated with MediaCorp Channel 5 and that Gerard Tham Weng Yun was a host (e.g. [7], [8]), using Chinese text in articles and/or edit summaries. Masters and previously blocked socks are stale but the behavioural evidence is very strong; this user has tended to create multiple socks, and that's why I'm requesting CU. bonadea contributions talk 12:17, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Some diffs for the individual socks listed in this report:

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24 January 2021

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Users adding nearly-identical fancruft to article Identity (game show), previously added by blocked Identity Mon, 10pm: Identity Mon, 10pm Joreen Liow Xin Ying CHLOE SEAH YI XUAN. –NJD-DE (talk) 11:33, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Added two users who have made similiar edits on article America's Got Talent (season 3) (e.g. huge content addition, changing premiered on NBC to premiered on MediaCorp Channel 5). Looks like there could be more, therefore requesting CU to check for sleepers. NJD-DE (talk) 11:44, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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26 January 2021

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Another group including three ducks who have added the same content to America's Got Talent (season 3): Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Teo Chee Hean, Tony Tan Keng Yam. Ong Ye Kung is less blatant, but the name is similar to some of the previous blocked socks, and they turned up to make a minor edit to the article two minutes after Teo Chee Hean and two minutes before JOHNNYJAZZLS. JOHNNYJAZZLS, finally, appears to be a good hand sock – the user name is indicative, and their edits after reverting the vandalised version are unconstructive in the same way as older Agt2008fan socks. bonadea contributions talk 11:51, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, wow, I am embarrassingly uninformed – Tony Tan Keng Yam, Ong Ye Kung, Teo Chee Hean, and Tharman Shanmugaratnam are high-level Singaporean politicians (MPs, government ministers, the President...), so yeah, those four are definitely the same, and should be blocked asap for that reason as well. --bonadea contributions talk 11:59, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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28 January 2021

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Adds content to talk page that other socks added previously to the article America's Got Talent (season 3). NJD-DE (talk) 21:42, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Plus three more who made some modifications to the content added by Halimah Yacob. Requesting CU to see if there are sleepers. NJD-DE (talk) 21:45, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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04 February 2021

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Suspected sockpuppet S.Iswaran edited the content of the following articles for America's Got Talent (season 1), America's Got Talent (season 2), and America's Got Talent (season 4) to claim they were made by MediaCorp Channel 5, much as has been done before by sockpuppets linked to Agt2008fan, as denoted here, here, and here. Suspected sockpuppet Foo Mee Har, edited closed discussions on Talk:America's Got Talent (season 3) regarding disruptive edits done by Agt2008fan by asserting false information, as before, that someone else won, and pushing forward an image claimed to be from AGT's official site (unaware that it can be easily seen to be from somewhere else), as seen here, and here. GUtt01 (talk) 17:01, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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04 March 2021

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Conducted edits on America's Got Talent (season 3), to which they made out edit summaries putting forward the exact same claims about the program and the season in terms of hosts, results, and so forth, with the edits themselves vandalizing the article in question. Can be seen here, here, here, here, and here. GUtt01 (talk) 16:41, 4 March 2021 (UTC) GUtt01 (talk) 16:41, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Same edits on America's Got Talent (season 3) other socks. NJD-DE (talk) 19:45, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Adding same content to talk page like previous socks, messing with old discussions and using famous people's names for username and edit summary. NJD-DE (talk) 12:19, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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08 March 2021

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Same behavior as before, with long worthless edit summaries, occasional Chinese, and doing minimal changes to the page. 1 2 3 4. IP possibly related, with the same mannerisms. Seloloving (talk) 06:56, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: I also have filed reports at WP:UAA for "Party Political Broadcast" and "Steven Chia presenter". The first for implied shared use, the second for using a well-known personality's name. – robertsky (talk) 07:00, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Have also added these two "Chan Chun Sing" and "Lim Biow Chuan" users. These two are already blocked, but the names are of Singaporean politicians, edits are similarly the same as previous socks. – robertsky (talk) 14:19, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  •     CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - endorsing for housekeeping purposes, all known socks are stale, I'm hoping there will be useful log data. Is Cheang Peng Wah actually Agt2008fan? This last group of socks look like CPW but are CU-blocked as Agt2008fan, both like using the names of politicians for usernames, I'm wondering if these two SPIs are actually the same sockmaster. GeneralNotability (talk) 19:59, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

20 April 2021

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Messing around with Talk:America's Got Talent (season 3) like previous socks. Again also they chose a username that is the name of a well-known person. Requesting CU to confirm and check for sleepers (last CU is a month ago, and in the past brought up quite a few more socks). – NJD-DE (talk) 13:03, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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11 May 2021

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All of them edited on the same section on Talk:America's Got Talent (season 3). Diff 1, Diff 2 where the "Education minister" added on to the sock, Diff 3, Diff 4, Diff 5. pandakekok9 (talk) 06:51, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  •   Looks like a duck to me. All have been blocked as CU blocked, but without a sockmaster noted in the block log. This was after this report was filed, so therefore CU has been run. Based on the evidence it seems probable that they were all blocked for being socks of Agt2008fan. As such I've tagged them as proven as the CU connection was not explicitly noted onwiki. Close. Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 08:22, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

12 May 2021

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Virtually identical vandalism to America's Got Talent (season 2) [9] and [10] and Carrie Tan: [11] and [12] within minutes of each other. Laplorfill (talk) 06:38, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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This should another sock of User:Agt2008fan. --Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 06:51, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Here's the socks confirmed to each other:

I assume this is Agt2008fan. -- zzuuzz (talk) 08:26, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

22 June 2021

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On Talk:America's Got Talent (season 3) they removed the section about troublesome editors, and inserted comments by other socks: diff. – NJD-DE (talk) 10:40, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  •   Confirmed.
Also found and   Confirmed:
梁映湾 (talk  · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 11:07, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

31 July 2021

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Refactoring the talkpage Talk:America's Got Talent (season 3) like previous socks. Requesting CU due to check for sleepers. – NJD-DE (talk) 01:37, 31 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Added user based on edits on America's Got Talent (season 4), similar to previous sock – NJD-DE (talk) 02:22, 31 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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04 August 2021

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Whole bunch of socks mass-attacking My Dad Is Better than Your Dad- usernames all similar to previous socks, similar edit summaries (such as this), and some also targeting America's Got Talent (season 1), America's Got Talent (season 2), and possibly other articles. Very much WP:DUCK.

All accounts originally reported at AIV by 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63. Magitroopa (talk) 03:48, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Two more added in to list as of today. One was caught vandalizing America's Got Talent (season 1), the other was caught vandalizing America's Got Talent (season 4), Talk:America's Toughest Jobs and Talk:Identity (game show). Both suspects conducted edits in the exact same manner as previous socks. GUtt01 (talk) 07:56, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I've filed a WP:RFPP for some of the articles that were recently vandalized to have their current page protections increased from confirmed-edit to semi-protection. Might also recommend admins to scratch out the edit summaries of all these socks, as its clear they haven't learnt a thing about why we block their actions, and they clearly don't intend to stop acting in this manner. GUtt01 (talk) 09:20, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Request declined. While I'll accept on grounds that current protections may be working, I don't feel it does enough to dissuade the behaviour of the user of these suspected sockpuppets from acting in the manner they do. I would probably suggest a review if this continues in the coming months. GUtt01 (talk) 18:53, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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07 December 2021

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Edit summaries by Neo Cheng Soon here indicates similar past behaviour as Agt2008fan of abusing edit summaries on a game show article. Bai wan da ying jia, a Singaporean version of Who wants to be a millionaire hosted in Mandarin. Edit summaries are the lines in game show in Chinese. Editor CHUA POH KIANG displayed a similar trait while already being blocked for disruptive editing but on other type of game show, (Sheng Siong), and unrelated article. Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 07:46, 7 December 2021 (UTC) Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 07:46, 7 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Tay Sheng Keat --Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 03:59, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Mr Ng Kok Shern --Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 05:02, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Adding the following for the script:

All   Confirmed.

28 December 2021

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Disruptive editing at Deal or No Deal (Singaporean game show) where some of their previous sock accounts have made similar disruptive edits as well. – robertsky (talk) 16:42, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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14 April 2022

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Vandalism and disruption picked up on my radar at Nee Soon East Single Member Constituency. Looking at the edit history, two users were both adding the same vandalism and disruption to the article at the same time and with the same edit summaries. I investigated to see if there were more. After some digging and finding more accounts, I connected them here after viewing past IP range blocks. These accounts will be indefinitely blocked and tagged; creating this SPI report retro-actively for historical and record-keeping purposes. It will be saved as 'closed'. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:13, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  • All accounts listed above are   Confirmed to Agt2008fan. Same IP as past socks, and with same user agent causing the same disruption. All accounts will be indefinitely blocked and tagged, and this SPI filed as 'closed'... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:13, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

12 July 2022

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Editor's contribution history similar to Agt2008fan's socks, making minor edits and reverting with irrelevant edit summaries, typically related to the gameshow or the article editor edited, see for an example. CU requested as typically a few accounts are created within a few days and spamming similar edits. Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 06:07, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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14 July 2022

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Username alone is similar to several confirmed/suspected socks here. Also similar AGT-article vandalism. Seems to be a clear WP:DUCK. Magitroopa (talk) 16:15, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

'CHOO LIANG WEI' added now as well. Magitroopa (talk) 16:33, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
'SUKKRIVAA VIJAYAN' and 'KHOR CHEN YANG' added as well due to recent edits on Identity (game show) (another usual target). Magitroopa (talk) 16:37, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
And 'KWOK CHIN TECK' now as well. Sigh... Magitroopa (talk) 16:39, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
'BRYAN KHNG HAN YONG' too. This is pathetic. Magitroopa (talk) 16:43, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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26 July 2022

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Similar disruptive behaviour again with minor edits and reverting them with demeaning or nonsensical edit summaries. Creating accounts using names of notable Singaporeans. See editing history for easy comparison to case notes. [13], [14]. CU requested as per sockmaster's habit of mass creating accounts, can be done later to catch more socks. Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 05:00, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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31 July 2022

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Back with more vandalism/nonsense on Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (American game show), following previous sock of theirs on the same article, Jemie chin. Given how many accounts are usually created together (see previous July SPI reports), a sleeper check would probably be wise. Magitroopa (talk) 14:27, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Like I said... now using LEE KAI HUAN on My Dad Is Better than Your Dad. Now highly suggesting a sleeper check. Magitroopa (talk) 14:32, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
LUH CYNTHIA YUEN now added as well. Magitroopa (talk) 14:37, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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16 September 2022

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Same behavioral editing pattern with commentary like edit summaries in Chinese with minor edits of adding and deleting spaces etc. CU requested as LTA is known for creating multiple accounts at one time and spam articles. Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 02:29, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Added 2 more accounts (Singapore Presidential candidates' Chinese names...) to list. Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 03:16, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Added another account. Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 03:22, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Confirmed. Also: Patrick Tay Teck Guan, Danerrungr10, Sadasivam Veriyah, Tan Cheng Bock Secretary-General Progress Singapore Party. -- zzuuzz (talk) 07:54, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

03 November 2022

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Typical edit summaries similar to those reported in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Agt2008fan/Archive#16_September_2022. CU for another possible batch of sock accounts. – robertsky (talk) 04:35, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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06 November 2022

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disruptive edits and edit summaries similar to that of previous reports (i.e. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Agt2008fan/Archive#03_November_2022). Obligatory CU for other possible socks. – robertsky (talk) 10:06, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

and maybe an account creation block on the ip address(es) involved as well given that the second account seems to be new as well. – robertsky (talk) 10:08, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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13 November 2022

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Usual target America's Got Talent (season 1). – NJD-DE (talk) 12:20, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Adding another user based on their edits to My Dad Is Better than Your Dad. – NJD-DE (talk) 12:30, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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15 November 2022

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WP:DUCK editing on America's Got Talent (season 2). LilianaUwU (talk / contribs) 03:20, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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16 November 2022

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It appears that two of the latest clear socks on America's Got Talent (season 1) have not been blocked yet. Based on their recent parade of socks, I'd probably suggest a sleeper check just incase... Magitroopa (talk) 10:14, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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17 November 2022

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Restored an attempt to add Chinese characters to My Dad Is Better than Your Dad that had been done by an earlier sock. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 07:17, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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20 November 2022

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Usual target: America's Got Talent (season 1) – NJD-DE (talk) 14:43, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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04 February 2023

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Very clear WP:DUCK with same vandalism (including manual reverts) and usual article targets. Requesting checkuser given the amount of accounts/socks that are usually together (and if you don't know what I mean, check the archive). Magitroopa (talk) 11:18, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Materialscientist to here: It seems you've already done a checkuser/sleeper check. Not sure if you did it because of this report here or not, but just in case, letting you know this is here. If you have already seen this, my apologies. Magitroopa (talk) 11:59, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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16 February 2023

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Obvious WP:DUCK. Given the history/how many usually spawn up together, checkuser/sleeper check would likely be a good idea. It also appears they were on an IP last night (based on their edit summaries), so I've added that in as well. Magitroopa (talk) 16:04, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Haha, great minds think alike. Already CU-blocked and handled. I threw in User:Piers Morgan buzzed the act and User:Tan Tai Ngah for free. Drmies (talk) 16:22, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

02 March 2023

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More of the usual edits/edit summaries on America's Got Talent (season 4). Requesting checkuser like usual with the normal tendency for multiple accounts/sleepers to pop-up together. Magitroopa (talk) 16:40, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Added User:Liyana Jasmay to list as possible sock. --Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 09:48, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Similar silly edits as recent sock GOH YAN QIN KATHARINE Sjö (talk) 07:20, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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04 March 2023

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Similar edits to current socks Sjö (talk) 07:23, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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07 March 2023

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Their edits to My Dad Is Better than Your Dad are in line with past socks. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:14, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

…and as I was reporting, ENG T-WU 26 made very similar edits. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:18, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There's also Miss Ang Lip Khoon, whose own similar edit was a manual reversion to ENG T-WU 26 (and notably, the other article to be edited by that account is America's Got Talent (season 4)). WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:44, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Host GURMIT SINGH added now as well. Please also do checkuser/sleeper check as per usual. Magitroopa (talk) 07:17, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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14 March 2023

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Matching behavior of other Agt2008fan socks on Deal or No Deal (Singaporean game show). Requesting CU for sleepers. LilianaUwU (talk / contributions) 21:30, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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07 April 2023

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New spate of vandalism at Deal or No Deal (Singaporean game show), username similarities. Cabayi (talk) 07:04, 7 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Confirmed along with:

-- zzuuzz (talk) 08:00, 7 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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