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01 August 2025

Suspected sockpuppets

• RustaviOri21 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Tomas1467 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Tomaskakg (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Tomaskakq (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Thomason2007 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Pppery2 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Ben plc (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• If you are blocking cookies (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Tools: Editor interaction utility · Interaction Timeline · SPI Tools

While patrolling recent changes and logs, I saw that user If you are blocking cookies was leaving messages and asking about vandalism, disruption, and harassment immediately after creating their account, and with their very first edits. The username also set off my suspicion that this user may be a sock, LTA, or a troll. Upon gathering evidence and running a CheckUser, I found this account to be connected with numerous others that were both globally locked for cross-wiki abuse as well as other accounts that were active and not yet discovered. All users were using the same user agents over the same exact IP addresses and/or close IP ranges, and the timeline between their showed a clear association and fit like a glove; one would stop editing, then within 20 minutes another would log in and start editing. All accounts are confirmed and have been blocked. Creating this SPI retroactively for tracking, record-keeping, and accountability purposes. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:59, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

• All of the listed accounts are   Confirmed to one another, have been blocked, and will be tagged shortly. Closing SPI... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:59, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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