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- Lhiroshima, It's unfortunate you waited this long to send it, because the master in the case went stale a few days ago. But he with the crazy hair already declined CU due to a lack of on-wiki evidence, so it probably wouldn't have made any difference. They're all blocked as UPE anyway, so it doesn't seem particularly urgent to figure out if they're also socks. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:00, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
- Oh yes... he with the crazy hair. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:46, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
- RoySmith, thanks for letting me know. I should have informed you earlier. But anyways as you said, the primary work was done. Lhiroshima (talk) 08:11, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
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- RoySmith, here's something you may find actionable and interesting. Lhiroshima (talk) 09:33, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
Cyprus SPI
Hi RoySmith, per your comment at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cypriot Chauvinist, notifying you (here as case is now closed) that the editor in question is back with IP 81.178.220.215 (talk · contribs), including going back to Cypriot National Guard. (FYI pinging FDW777 as well.) CMD (talk) 14:24, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
- Chipmunkdavis, Thanks, I've added a partial block and updated the SPI. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:55, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
On second though, re Antagonist
On second thought (I don't know why this didn't occur to me before), it would make sense to turn on Pending Changes for Antagonist. Then we'd have the benefit of establishing the IP user's identity through the usual pattern while preventing the user's changes from being publicly visible. Largoplazo (talk) 16:46, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
I just submitted a request at WP:RPP. Largoplazo (talk)
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Sock farm
After closing the recent sock puppet investigation against Wikipedia blocked Ethnic vandal Adhithya Kiran Chekavar, he or his group is again in grounds for something big.
Please investigate the accounts
MarkJonez
Shivashankar108
Ameliajoyceadams7777
Cid Corrapton
AnujRudra
Skibidibruh
Vasterbrat
987Paxller
Pratyush9494
Also please check the edit history of the recently created article by 987Paxller.
Without a doubt, a big sock farm in action. 157.46.188.143 (talk) 16:46, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
- I'm tied up with mostly non-SPI stuff for a bit; could I ask that you open a new report and get it on the queue? Thanks. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:21, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
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17:50, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
Thanks
Thank you for your kind words[9] on the Bureaucrats noticeboard. I felt a lot of it became about me and my edits versus what I was trying to accomplish. It seems things have changed a lot around protection from when it was introduced and that created a lot of the disconnect on it (I remember all the debate around it and the original intent for it to be used very sparingly). I felt the best thing was to hang up to toolbelt for now, I appreciate your comment in case I change my mind in the future. --WGFinley (talk) 16:42, 10 March 2021 (UTC)