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Philippinesfan

31 December 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

User makes similar attempts at cut and paste moves of Pinoy pop to P-Pop. Both only edited in field of Philippine pop music. Looks like an attempt at block evasion. NJD-DE (talk) 14:01, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Admitted block evasion on talk page. NJD-DE (talk) 14:25, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Confirmed.
also found and  Confirmed:
Enebekenemen (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Bagging and tagging socks. This SPI case can be closed... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 14:26, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

03 January 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Same disruptive attempts at cut and paste moves of Pinoy pop related articles like sockmaster. NJD-DE (talk) 00:43, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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04 January 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

First edit is creation of user page very similar to blocked sock Twicejyptzuyu (e.g. Confucius quote, Philippine + Wikipedia flag userbox, "If you have any concerns, leave a message on my talkpage"). Then participates in move discussion on Pinoy pop article where socks previously attempted at cut-past moves. Note there also the similar wording "We need to move it" comparing to previous sock. Then edits article draft Draft:FirstOne that had been created by the sock master. NJD-DE (talk) 01:15, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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14 January 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


WP:DUCK per editing behavior (heavily editing the P-Pop redirect). Also, this striking similarity on these two user pages (1 and 2 are already a giveaway. Please check for any sleepers as well. - WayKurat (talk) 07:28, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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15 January 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

WP:DUCK per editing behavior especially on the P-pop and P-Pop redirects. - WayKurat (talk) 06:08, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Adding stale user User:Nmb Mazimux in this SPI. They basically admitted through this post that the owner of this account and the Philippinesfan socks and IPs are the same person. -WayKurat (talk) 07:02, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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16 January 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Edits focus on drafts created by sock master and edited before by previous socks (e.g. Draft:FirstOne, Draft:PHP (band)) NJD-DE (talk) 09:32, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Adding User:Dinggaph in this SPI. -WayKurat (talk) 10:23, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with above. MarioJump83! 02:10, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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04 February 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

IP adds image to article 1 minute after it was uploaded by sockmaster. NJD-DE (talk) 11:58, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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05 March 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

The IP address was earlier caught editing several *-pop articles and converting them to disambiguation pages. After reverting said edits, a new user User:Imsorry48 sent a message to me in Filipino pleading to stop reverting the IP's edits. See the IP edits here and here as well as the conversation thread from the sock account here (contains comments in Filipino). - WayKurat (talk) 01:15, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. This seems likely, looks like they've gone from trying to replace "Pinoy pop" with "P-pop" to trying to make other X-pops use an unabbreviated term. CMD (talk) 02:15, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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09 March 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Edits draft Draft:FirstOne which was created by sockmaster. Changing disambiguation page P-Pop to an article about Pinoy pop, something the previous socks used to do. NJD-DE (talk) 12:02, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: I found that User:Jjangjang has been indefinitely blocked at tl.wikipedia.org as a sockpuppet of User:Philippinesfan. SpacetimeIsCool (talk ∙ contribs) 19:52, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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12 March 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


WP:DUCK per editing behavior (changing redirect of P-pop to Pakistani pop, editing Draft:1st.One article, etc.). Please check for any sleepers. This user is known to create multiple sockpuppet accounts. Also consider a cross-wiki block. - WayKurat (talk) 09:00, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Account is already blocked for vandalism. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 23:16, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • So, I agree with Oshwah above that in general we don't always need to request checkuser for DUCK cases. In this case, a steward asked us off-wiki to run a check because they weren't comfortable locking the account without confirmation. I have done so, and the result is  Confirmed. Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested. Mz7 (talk) 23:30, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

03 April 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Reverts to a version of sock: Special:Diff/1011833676/1015808915 on Alamat (band). Messing with links to Pinoy pop article and replacing them with P-pop redirects or anchors like previous socks. – NJD-DE (talk) 18:04, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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19 April 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Changes redirect on Filipino pop from Pinoy pop to Music of the Philippines#Pop music like previous socks. Adds P-Pop to lead of other articles (Persian pop, Pakistani pop) like previous socks. On tlwiki they have been editing an article created by the master: tl:YG Entertainment. Requesting CU to confirm and request global lock. – NJD-DE (talk) 09:01, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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02 May 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Similar edits on Alamat (band) by adding group members and single. Creating 1st.One article on simple WP which is a copy of the draft at en WP and was created by Philippinesfan and their socks. They show an interest in the Baby Blue band both here and on simple-wiki, for which an article was created by Philippinesfan (BABY BLUE). – NJD-DE (talk) 00:34, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Sassygurl143 also made the Baby Blue band edits here on enwiki, by creating the article on a redirect. They have been blocked as sockpuppet at tlwiki already. Also, another account w/o any other edits popped up at Draft:Baby Blue (band). Some of the suspicious edits includes adding an image to the draft, that had been uploaded to commons by Sassygurl143. If not the same user, clearly a case of WP:MEAT. – NJD-DE (talk) 12:46, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I already blocked the sockpuppet in tl.wiki. Also, Sassygirl143 tried to seek help from another user through his talk page. The usual "It's not me" script is there (with the emoticons, as seen on previously blocked socks), then appealed to lift their tl.wiki block in Filipino. Also checked the sockpuppet's global contributions, they are now adding edits on other Wikipedias (es.wiki, ko.wiki, ceb.wiki, etc.). I recommend that the admins impose a global block on this vandal, and if possible, block their IP address as well. This editor is a bit hardheaded. -WayKurat (talk) 14:39, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Adding Bravefearless, started editing after this SPI was created, messing with Pinoy pop/P-Pop [1][2] as previous socks have [3]. CMD (talk) 09:44, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Any available admin that can check this SPI? The new sockpuppet account is very active now and they have changed the P-pop article again. See here. -WayKurat (talk) 09:07, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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26 May 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


Adding content on Sheki Arzaga like previous sock: Special:Diff/941666328/1011787323.

Adding Sheki Arzaga to a list like previous sock: Special:Diff/1011779442.

The usual messing around with Pinoy pop, P-pop in infobox and lead: Special:Diff/1025147048, Special:Diff/1025147529.

Requesting to move Pinoy pop to P-pop from another user, something they previously did by copy-paste. – NJD-DE (talk) 07:14, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I stand corrected. They are back at copy-paste moves on P-pop. – NJD-DE (talk) 07:38, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
June 1 update; added Shirovastershirp, which I've already blocked per WP:DUCK. OhNoitsJamie Talk 13:17, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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10 June 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Usual messing with redirects between Pinoy pop and P-pop: Special:Diff/1027827521. – NJD-DE (talk) 08:12, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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19 June 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Redirecting M-pop to Mandopop like previous sock. Changes on MNL48 like previous socks about infobox genre referring to P-pop, Pinoy pop, Pop. – NJD-DE (talk) 14:05, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at Popinoy it's even duckier.– NJD-DE (talk) 14:10, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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23 June 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


WP:DUCK per editing behavior. Edits the same articles compared to the other blocked sockpuppets, and even moved one of User:Philippinesfan's articles out of draftspace without even providing any reason for the move (see 1st.One). - WayKurat (talk) 05:38, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The account is also blocked on tlwiki as a sockpuppet See block log EN-Jungwon 05:43, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
To the admins, please consider a global block on this account, as per checking in CentralAuth, this account was created in th.wiki a week ago then edited a bunch of other wikis before doing edits here in en.wiki today. -WayKurat (talk) 05:48, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Pretty clear evidence of sock. User also uploaded copyright image to Commons, self-reviewed it, adding incorrect source (likely trying to evade), falsely claiming image as not copyright when the evidence is there. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 05:52, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If cross-wiki editing is going to be used to get around semi, it may be worth upgraded Pinoy pop to ECP. CMD (talk) 06:08, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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25 June 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Very similar edit on T-pop like blocked sock. Adding "L-Pop" to lead at Latin pop and abbreviating genres or removing the abbreviations is something Philippinesfan socks love to do (e.g. P-Pop, T-Pop). Also they added an album to a table like a recently blocked sock. – NJD-DE (talk) 11:07, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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15 July 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


Another new account on the Pinoy Pop page removing the term "P-pop"[4]. (Previous sock: [5]). Semi-protection expired a few days ago, reinstating it may be helpful. CMD (talk) 03:27, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Already blocked, so removing the CU request. Probably good for closing/archiving. CMD (talk) 03:55, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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09 September 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


WP:DUCK per editing behavior. Recreated the 1st.One article using a different title (see 1st.One (band)) that is an exact copy of the draft article Draft:1st.One. Requesting also for CU if there are any sleeper accounts. - WayKurat (talk) 03:11, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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14 October 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


After two meaningless random edits, LoveonToppo overwrote a redirect at Popinoy which is identical[6] to the POPinoy article at Simple Wikipedia[7] that was created by a blocked Philippinesfan sock. They then went on to make edits solely to actresses from the Philippines. Notfrompedro (talk) 12:56, 14 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I just blocked and tagged Xunbi45 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki).--Bbb23 (talk) 21:48, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

06 November 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


This account recreated the Popinoy article, which was also heavily edited by the most recent Philippinesfan blocked sock (User:Xunbi45). Also, upon investigation on the Indonesian Wikipedia, this article was also created there by User:Classysavage 45, another globally blocked Philippinesfan sock (see Popinoy page history here. And if you notice, only the blocked sock and Lilmanid47 have edited this Philippine TV related article on the Indonesian Wiki. - WayKurat (talk) 10:29, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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26 November 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

The only evidence I have is this block on tl.wiki. You might want to check for sleepers or any other active accounts. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 07:27, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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11 December 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

It's been two weeks but looks like there is one again. On MNL48 they added the same text to the lead like previous sock: Special:Diff/1053631974, Special:Diff/1059701838. Also making edits to a draft previous socks have shown great interest in, and was created by one of them: Draft:Baby blue (group). – NJD-DE (talk) 01:44, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]


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 Comment: If the 2 Picto accounts are in deed socks, please request global block as well (preferably for Commons) as both accounts has been continuously uploading license laundering images. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 07:00, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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12 December 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Less than 24h after socks were blocked Dundundance created their account. They only edit pages created by Philippinesfan socks (e.g. id:Cherry Blossoms After Winter, id:Spark (lagu A.C.E)) or create articles previously created by Philippinesfan socks in a different language (e.g. id:You Make Me Dance). Also they removed the link on wikidata to en:Popinoy that had been created by one of the socks: wikidata:Special:Diff/1542561066 – NJD-DE (talk) 13:25, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Utokki to this because aside from interest overlap (Draft:Kep1er, Kep1er, Choi Yu-jin (singer)), they used an unusual edit summary that is very similar to that of blocked sock PICTOPICTO.
  • PICTOPICTO, "Change picture to latest - 2017 note : i didn't upload it, just saw it on wikimedia" Special:Diff/1059698398
  • Utokki, "changed picture to another one - note: i did not upload it, just saw it on wikimedia", Special:Diff/1059787007
I had noticed Utokki already earlier but wasn't 100% sure of PICTOPICTO being part of this farm. That's why I included them now and not already yesterday. The similar edit summary could just be a coincidence, but I believe it's enough to report here in order to get a second opinion. – NJD-DE (talk) 14:06, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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-- RoySmith (talk) 00:49, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

15 December 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Created their account at idwiki just 11 mins after blocking sock Dundundance on enwiki. Recreates articles deleted on enwiki and idwiki on viwiki (e.g. vi:Tinted with You, vi:You Make Me Dance). After it seemed this sockfarm shifted their focus away from tlwiki, they appeared there again creating large articles today. And making the same edits on tl:Padron:Singles like a blocked sock. They haven't made any edits on enwiki this time yet, I am reporting it here as our SPI has proven extremely effective in identifying Philippinesfan socks. – NJD-DE (talk) 00:20, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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16 January 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Noticed that IP 130.105.10.123 linked a new page to Wikidata item wikidata:Pinoy pop. That IP is within the ranges we have seen used by Philippinesfan socks, and in the past they created new articles as well, and linked them being logged out. On ko-wiki we see their special interest in ko:Baby Blue. On Commons they uploaded images for pages that were edited by their socks in the past (You Make Me Dance, Tinted with You), see c:Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Play8boy21. They also created articles for these on trwiki and mswiki which appear to be translations of previously created ones. E.g. Tinted with You on mswiki has English episode summaries. – NJD-DE (talk) 20:53, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Another interesting fact: their account was created on idwiki just 3 days after the most recent sock Everglow 6 has been blocked. Recent socks have also been created on idwiki.– NJD-DE (talk) 21:38, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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23 January 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Re-reporting Play8boy21. RoySmith previously closed a report on them based on the user having made 0 edits on enwiki. This has changed, even though not the usual articles I believe there's enough x-wiki redflags that justify having a closer look at them.

  • Account created on idwiki 3 days after sock Everglow 6 has been blocked. Both accounts made 0 edits on idwiki.
  • Account creates article, IP 130.105.10.XXX or 130.105.53.XXX links wikidata item to it:

– NJD-DE (talk) 23:18, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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26 January 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Recreation of Light on Me page at Draft:Light on Me. CU to double confirm, given that most, if not all of the details are actually lifted off from other sites. – robertsky (talk) 03:45, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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23 April 2022

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– NJD-DE (talk) 13:33, 23 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi i am Idolings, i want to speak about this, yes i saw some page was vandalized by some users. I admitted that i create tl:VXON and other pages i create in Tagalog Wikipedia, but i am not the one who is affiliated or related to sockpuppet user named User:Philippinesfan, i am a Filipino wikipedia user i create tl:ASTRO becuase i saw that this wasn't existed in Tagalog Wikipedia so i created and alsoyes, i have an old account here in wikipedia, my first account was created on year 2018 but i can't remember the password and the username thank you!


Edit: so am i not allowed to create the page Vxon and ASTRO in Tagalog wikipedia? And here in English Wiki?, y'all suspecting me!! In 2019 and 2021 i am using wikipedia as an IP user and in 2018 i am using wikipedia and first account here i can't remember what's the username

Edit (2): the Draft:1st.One i created by myself as a draft page, i do some research, yesterday. Sorry for my bad english, English isn't my first languange but i can understand English.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Idolings (talk • contribs) 14:18, 23 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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20 May 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Recreation of Vxon, similar to recent sock Special:Contributions/Idolings. Account made 10 edits in rapid succession to gain autoconfirmed before making the page (page creation was 11 minutes after first edit, account registered in January). Articles edited similar to Idolings, including DKZ. CU requested to check for any more sleepers if possible. DannyS712 (talk) 13:40, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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