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14 January 2018

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(LaraKane1976) Name "Kane" matches PhilipKane. Similar articles edited such as Philip May. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 15:24, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(LondonUK) Similar pages edited such as Philip May and Conservative Campaign Headquarters, both disruptive. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 15:25, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(Sheikh of London) Similar name to LondonUK. This looks like someone is creating multiple accounts to avoid the appearance of edit warring. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 15:29, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

See Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Thepoliticsexpert for confirmed socks blocked by Bbb23. --Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 15:38, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed.  Blocked and tagged. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:55, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

17 January 2018

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Edited Philip May with this edit saying that they "updated outdated image to identical new version which meets Wiki image criterion". This 'updated' image File:Riyen Karia with Philip May at CCHQ (Westminster).png has similarly incorrect formatting as File:Riyen Karia and Philip May at CCHQ.PNG and image uploaded by Thepoliticsexpert. -- Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 23:01, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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18 January 2018

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master, suspected sock adding back same content in same tone + username is similar in convention to last blocked sock. Edit to Westminster is strikingly similar to Belinda as well.

Edit summary here has same tone/style as the masters revision here CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 17:48, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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This case is being reviewed by Sir Sputnik as part of the clerk training process. Please allow them to process the entire case without interference, and pose any questions or concerns either on their Talk page or on this page if more appropriate.

22 January 2018

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So this is one of many block evasions going on right now with this master. See re-adding this image which was (re) uploaded by Wharf Dilemma and also worth noting PeterDulwich is the uploader for the other RKL image, yet, again on commons, which as been repeatedly inserted into the article(s) by socks.

I know this can't be confirmed to the accounts but it's a clear block evasion. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 20:26, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I know that the IP has been blocked here. The confirmed sock Clarissa1925 with this edit makes reference to an article that the IP did with this edit at Commons here. They have been blocked there for a different reason, but this is some future behavior to keep an eye on. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 21:00, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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24 January 2018

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Same misspelling of Wikipedia as the account Emir of Wikipeida (see block log for confirmation). The two articles edited by this account, David Lidington and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, were both edited by the account Clarissa1925. -- Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 22:28, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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 Blocked and tagged as obvious. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:11, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

04 February 2018

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With this edit that they marked as minor they claimed that they were correcting a typo but added an image of Riyen Karia. This page has been edited by socks previously to add an image of Karia, but this account has been around for a while so I am not a hundred percent sure if it a sock. One other interesting thing to note is the first edit (which looks like possible vandalism) by this account on edit which is an article that I have edited. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 15:57, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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07 February 2018

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I realize they're already vandal blocked but requesting CU as they usually have several going at once. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 17:17, 7 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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The account It is I, Hamlet the Dane has edited at the talkpage Talk:Conservative Campaign Headquarters which could be due to the mainpage being under ECP protection. They created a single image in a sandbox at User:It is I, Hamlet the Dane/sandbox, pretty sure that was move of previous socks. You can also look at who happened to follow them and see if their actions match previous socks. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 18:07, 7 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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08 February 2018

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Per beans, see ef. CU for sleepers. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 17:12, 8 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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No other accounts seen. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:24, 8 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

12 February 2018

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Edited the page David Lidington where multiple previous socks have edited such as The Dame of Wikipeida and The House of Commons. Username is obviously an attempt at impersonating or making fun of my username which happened with the previous sock Emir of Wikipeida. If the user is blocked could we protect David Lidington to prevent further abuse please. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 14:10, 12 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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12 February 2018

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[1], [2] NeilN talk to me 14:49, 12 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I ran across this independently of the SPI, but I'd support a CU. His only edits are to restore material previously added into an article by multiple Thepoliticsexpert socks. Only reason I'm not blocking based on blatant obviousness is I'm unclear how common the "he's actually defacto deputy PM" argument is in the UK, so not sure how unlikely a newbie wandering into this is. Seems pretty likely they're a sock to me though. Also pretty good at quoting chapter and verse of WP-space pages. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:48, 12 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

14 February 2018

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See Riyen Karia (Conservative). Requesting CUs for sleepers. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 16:23, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Including Went who reuploaded the same Karia photo as past socks. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 16:26, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Added SGP who thanked me for one of my reverts which is typical of these socks as they've done it in the past. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 18:28, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Magog the Ogre at Commons:Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/TheBlueNosedTory said that the Went account was " Inconclusive based on Checkuser evidence alone." Not sure if it related to any accounts that popped up later. --Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 17:12, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]


User:Armitage 007, who was just blocked as a sockpuppet, was one of several users that I came across making similar NPOV edits to the Kim Il-sung page. Many of them were incorrectly tagged as minor or had misleading edit summaries. The users are User:Wikiedebs, User:PearPad, User:AxisBot, and User:176.24.13.89, as you can see from the article history. The last three were single-purpose accounts, Wikiedebs is a bit more borderline but still seems similar. I haven't heard of Thepoliticsexpert before so I'm not 100% if they are following the same edit patterns, but if Armitage 007 was a sockpuppet it seems likely that they all would be. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 17:40, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
In fact I've just noticed that User:AxisBot is claiming to be an "alternative account" of Armitage 007. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 17:41, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not a sockpuppet at all. I just have strong political beliefs. That's it. You can call it "propaganda" or anything like that all you want. This is why Wikipedia is going downhill. You include sources like Freedom House on the Kim Il-sung page and Black Book of Communism, which are undoubtedly not fair sources. At least cite the UN or something. I ain't the sockpuppet of anyone, not at all. Those other people you mention above, I've never heard of them before.Wikiedebs (talk) 18:56, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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21 February 2018

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Immediately after last batch from the CU, Feathers pops up and recreates Riyen Karia (Conservative) as a redirect and similar style user pages as past socks (ie. Hi, I'm .... etc...) Requesting CU for sleepers. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 15:18, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't have a feel for this sockmaster, but FYI I've blocked them for some combination of vandalism and incompetence. So they don't disrupt more articles while waiting for a CU. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:34, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

27 February 2018

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See edits to Philip May. Same garbage, new day. CU for sleepers, again. There appears to be a bit of BE with some IPs too. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 18:54, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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At Commons:Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/TheBlueNosedTory I have asked for a CU to look at Lisa Sunders who uploaded another image of Karia at File:Riyen Karia with Philip May.jpg. Not sure if this will be helpful as the Sunders account has not loggin in here it looks like, but I thought I would tell you anyway. --Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 20:58, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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05 March 2018

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Xan Chenga who claims to be a Japanese admin is  Confirmed to SirGeorgeParker.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 02:42, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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25 March 2018

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Duck. More Karia nonsense. CU for more sleepers. Please also see 176.24.23.66 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 17:31, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Also @NeilN:, you might wanna see this. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 17:32, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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25 March 2018

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No Karia crap but same nonsense unsourced edits on Amber Rudd. See here. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 19:24, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:28, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

31 March 2018

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User added content to Conservative Way Forward including adding Karia's name here: [3], and added photo including Karia to Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe here: [4].

IP has only edits adding this keep !vote to an AfD discussion that three Thepoliticsexpert socks had comments removed from after being discovered by the last checkuser: [5].

CU requested for sleepers. Ralbegen (talk) 10:45, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

And 176.24.21.204, which previously added the same image: [6] to Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe. Ralbegen (talk) 11:02, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
And 94.11.1.193 which started blanking content right here, on this sockpuppet investigation. --Yamla (talk) 13:23, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested image deletion at Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Lucyeuleader.png, the image was uploaded by NeusUppdatt so it could be worth checking them for sleepers. 94.11.1.193 introduced DavidStJohn1979 with this edit. --Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 13:55, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
NeusUppdatt has not logged in here. --Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 13:57, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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03 April 2018

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I don't know why/if the last CU didn't pick this up but given the "StJohn" username, overlapping interest and targeting other editors (in this case, me) unrelated edits, this screams TPE. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 16:59, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Added Draccymad for obvious reasons (see contribs + uploaded photo and maybe impersonation?) Pining @NeilN: for thoughts maybe in the form of a block while we wait for CU?CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 17:13, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Bbb23 Sorry I hadn't realized you'd started - I added more. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 17:16, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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This user here added a link to what appears to be a user page of Karia. Ralbegen (talk) 17:08, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Bbb23, Chrissymad, and NeilN: What do you think of AlexisFordS and CarcussCartel? Both have edited Talk:Theresa May, which seems to be one TPEs favorite pages for some reason. Alexis with their first edit [7] knew how to use templates, they then added that they live in the UK [8], with this edit [9] they have shown interest in the numbering of political leaders like the recently blocked socks. CC also shows knowledge of templates with their first edit and again makes a creation of a userpage instantly. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 19:04, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Another concern I have is with the cross-wiki abuse of this account see Commons:Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/TheBlueNosedTory. Is there anything we can do other than having to report separately at all wikis? Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 19:06, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Emir of Wikipedia I usually just report them directly to the big guns if a CU isn't around and ask for a login sweep. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 19:10, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Who are the big guns? Is their some cross-wiki checkuser? And also would this case qualify as a WP:LTA? This is probably my longest spi. --Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 19:14, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
In order of your questions: Stewards, yes and yes, he/she is definitely an x-wiki LTA. ;) CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 19:16, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I will try and get help from a steward next time there is cross-wiki abuse. Do you think we should open a report at LTA here or do you think that it will not be helpful? Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 19:36, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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@Chrissymad: She pings me. Thanks!--Bbb23 (talk) 17:18, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

09 April 2018

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sigh. CU for sleepers. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 12:30, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Obvious sockpuppet, so I blocked and tagged. Still worth doing a check for sleepers, though. --Yamla (talk) 13:20, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed + DrAnjaWharburton (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). Blocked the unblocked account. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:34, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

28 April 2018

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User added image with Karia here.

CU requested for sleepers. Ralbegen (talk) 15:22, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Red X Unrelated. I was waiting because I think Ccapex4 may be the sock of another user, but now that the account is blocked, there's no point.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:34, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

07 May 2018

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Two obvious ducks adding Karia crap but requesting CU for sleepers. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 18:31, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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07 May 2018

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So I know that they just registered but much in a similar fashion of past socks, they edit a TPE favorite Lucky Neville-Rolfe and unrelated articles (usually 4 edits) before making an edit to their normal targets. It is highly suspect since it's immediately following the most recent block. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 20:33, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

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 Confirmed, blocked, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:57, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

01 October 2019

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It's been quite awhile since I've seen this sock farm but it appears they've returned, with Susiloto continuing to add the blatant hoax about Riyen Karia back to this article with false claims of source verification. Praxidicae (talk) 16:56, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And in case it's not abundantly obvious since TPE is the only person who cares to spam Riyen Karia, overlap here with HeritageFoundationalism, here with TPE directly Praxidicae (talk) 17:08, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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