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05 June 2024

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– A checkuser has completed a check on relevant users in this case, and it is now awaiting administration and close.

Suspected sockpuppets

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Sending email to paid-en-wp per WP:BEANS but in the interim see Draft:Troy Littleton. S0091 (talk) 17:08, 5 June 2024 (UTC) S0091 (talk) 17:08, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Email sent. S0091 (talk) 18:41, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Added HazelJune and Tikinalo. Hazel's editing pattern matches and they moved Marc Thorpe (architect)/Draft:Marc Thorpe (architect) to mainspace which was created in draft by Tikinalo along with recreating Richard Brusca, originally created by sock Mirham2 as Richard C. Brusca (see WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Daniel Martin77 which is connected). Both were needlessly disambiguated. Marc Thorpe was likely to cover up it had previously AfD deleted. S0091 (talk) 15:22, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Added LaiLaiLom, matches pattern. S0091 (talk) 16:19, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Added BronxintheRumble, similar editing pattern and crossover with other socks at Petromin Corporation (Johnson Abigail and Rumaski). S0091 (talk) 16:20, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Confirmed to past accounts and Group 2 in the Daniel Martin77 SPI:
  • Jackson Jules and LaiLaiLom are  Likely
  • Tikinalo is  Inconclusive due to proxy use (keep in mind all of these are on proxies).  Behavioural evidence needs evaluation
  • BronxintheRumble is  Stale. Spicy (talk) 10:33, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

09 June 2024

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– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.

Suspected sockpuppets

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Pro forma, originally blocked at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/EuphonyRandolph but seems more likely to belong to this group. All are  Confirmed. Spicy (talk) 14:01, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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10 June 2024

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– This SPI case is open.

Suspected sockpuppets

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Account created on 17:34, 26 July 2023, same day and around same time as Annlisson (log) and Rumaski (log). Also edited Nicholas Perricone as did blocked socks Adornoberg and KonniePantazis along with other general behavioural matches with this group. S0091 (talk) 17:46, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Added three more duck blocks from yesterday that I'm 100% sure on. They were re-creating slightly different versions of G5ed articles previously created by TheCaseOfGoliath socks, usually at sightly different titles (adding a middle initial or an unnecessary disambiguation). The accounts were one-off and two were created right after the prior CheckUser blocks. Sam Kuru (talk) 19:27, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Confirmed to each other and to past confirmed socks:
  • Separately  Confirmed to each other:

02 July 2024

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– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.

Suspected sockpuppets

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Recreated Chetan Nayak originally created by blocked sock Mirham2 (log). S0091 (talk) 14:46, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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02 July 2024

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– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.

Suspected sockpuppets

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New account created Thomas Douglas Bradley, an academic, which is in the topic area of this UPE farm. Other behaviour matches the general pattern and naming scheme matches pattern of recently blocked Usrp12 (blocked by Kuru). S0091 (talk) 15:03, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kuru have any others to add? S0091 (talk) 16:40, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think Usrp12 was the only blatant one recently - or at least another paid editor using the same garbage sources on the same target. I'm sure Spicy will post a whole list of purple links that will make me feel like I'm AGFing way too much. :) Sam Kuru (talk) 14:52, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note that TruthTrekker just recreated an article that has previously been chewed on by both TheCaseOfGoliath and EuphonyRandolph socks. Note sure if it's this fame or just an unrelated paid editor revisiting the same job. Sam Kuru (talk) 13:17, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Dylan also created Chetan Nayak is their sandbox, the article created by the two socks above (RMnERD). All four of these accounts (this one, RMnERD above and two below) created articles in their sandbox then request U1 deletion. S0091 (talk) 17:24, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just noting the oldest account is now Rosh Hashana, created 29 September 2022. S0091 (talk) 16:59, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • These accounts range between  Likely and  Confirmed to each other with similar behaviour:

04 July 2024

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– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.

Suspected sockpuppets

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Another WP:DUCK sock: BlackONeil (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) recreated Donald Larry Crumbley as Donald L. Crumbley which was originally created by Andy RosaM (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (a confirmed sock of this UPE farm). Requesting checkuser assistance just in case if they can find more. Thank you. 86.96.72.147 (talk) 14:12, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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04 July 2024

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– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.

Suspected sockpuppets

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Bad faith user Magnus Polay (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) recreated Christiane Auray-Blais (originally created by BirMuSu (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)) as Christiane Auray, after doing some sandbox edits to game autoconfirmed. 2A00:F29:248:ED96:8C03:E528:8D12:3873 (talk) 14:25, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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25 July 2024

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– This SPI case is open.

Suspected sockpuppets

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Overlap with several articles created or edited by this farm: Robert J. Rubel/AlainRossfurd, Barbara Jazwinski/TulouLava, Jeff Bussgang/MahaleBoys and DylanBlue12 among others. Also has created some questionable drafts. S0091 (talk) 14:40, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Range was glocked for a year as an open proxy so this can be closed. S0091 (talk) 13:59, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Adding Pilkor Sroni, created 19 July. Immediately got to work recreating spammy Richard C. Brusca at sandbox, last created by blocked sock User:Mirham2. Went to sleep for autoconfirm, then this morning pasted the result to main space. Wikishovel (talk) 09:23, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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29 July 2024

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– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.

Suspected sockpuppets

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Per ticket:2024060510011619, where several things relevant to this SPI have been noted. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:55, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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30 July 2024

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– A user has requested CheckUser. An SPI clerk will shortly look at the case and endorse or decline the request.

Suspected sockpuppets

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Pilkor Sroni (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) recreated spammy article Richard Brusca as Richard C. Brusca originally created by blocked sock Mirham2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). 83.110.107.154 (talk) 08:49, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User is also reported above with the 25 July filing. S0091 (talk) 15:05, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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31 July 2024

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– A user has requested CheckUser. An SPI clerk will shortly look at the case and endorse or decline the request.

Suspected sockpuppets

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Recreated Christian Crandall originally created by sock HennaJenkin. S0091 (talk) 17:22, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Elianaisaac. Please refer to Ticket#2024060510011619. S0091 (talk) 19:38, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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