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Older archives were moved to an archive of the archive because of the page size and are listed below:


13 June 2024[edit]

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

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Good morning, quack quack. E.g.:

Request CU per usual to find any others. R Prazeres (talk) 03:57, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Thaqifhistory; no super-obvious pair of edits to compare, but same type of username, similar unsourced edits on similar topics with similar edit summaries, along with the same timing as those above. R Prazeres (talk) 00:47, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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15 June 2024[edit]

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

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

And we're back already. Same type of username, same type of edits even if they're not strictly the same articles. E.g.:

  • Adding commanders, a favorite pastime of the sockmaster: [5] vs [6], [7], [8]
  • Inserting links to tribes/ethnicities/religions inside the bolded name of a person, a recent trend of the socks: [9] vs [10], [11], [12], [13].

Usual CU request. R Prazeres (talk) 01:09, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added Editcloud. Very obviously same shtick. Lucky this guy is so fucking unimaginative! Sinclairian (talk) 01:14, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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18 June 2024[edit]

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

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Looks like a new one. Compare [14] and [15]. Request CU per usual. R Prazeres (talk) 07:06, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Placeofbsheis, Pitchofbattle, and Siegesofwar. Sinclairian (talk) 14:58, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Blocked:
Spicy (talk) 21:55, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

23 June 2024[edit]

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

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Brand new user, more or less same edit [16] as one of the socks of PaullyMatthews [17]. --HistoryofIran (talk) 15:25, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

EDIT: New sock Gilanikmode appeared, compare [18] [19]. --HistoryofIran (talk) 14:44, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked:

Drmies (talk) 14:58, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

25 June 2024[edit]

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

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Both accounts created a day after the latest socks were blocked. Already started editing in the same topics. Compare Biographicalaspect [20] and PaullyMatthews [21] [22] adding similar info about Zubyar.

HistoryofIran (talk) 13:49, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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blocked. Spicy (talk) 23:34, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

26 June 2024[edit]

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

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Obviously same type of username, created less than a day after the last CU, same type of editing, same edit-warring after initial revert (e.g. at Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, Battle of Meskiana), etc.

They seem to be moving on to new articles (but still in the same topics), so it's harder to find precise diffs to compare, but I think we're all pretty familiar with the pattern by now.

Request CU per usual to confirm and/or find others. R Prazeres (talk) 16:41, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Spicy could you check Medeivialclass as well? I think they literally just created it and they're editing the same articles one of the previous socks was editing a day ago ([23], [24] and [25], [26]). R Prazeres (talk) 16:49, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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28 June 2024[edit]

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

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Looks like another, based on the username and on obvious WP:DUCK behaviour like this: [27], [28], [29]

Usual CU request, though feel free to wait a day(?) to maybe catch more, hehe. R Prazeres (talk) 16:46, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Timelinesand (added above) seems like another candidate, based on username and timing, though with only one edit so far it's more of a hunch. R Prazeres (talk) 21:02, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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03 July 2024[edit]

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

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Looks like a new one, based on username, timing, and topics. Plus edits at Muslim women political leaders feature many of the same arbitrary removals of cited material that were made by at least two previous socks: e.g. [30] vs [31], [32] vs [33]

Request CU per usual. R Prazeres (talk) 05:41, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Even more obvious: [34], [35]. R Prazeres (talk) 05:50, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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