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14 November 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

• Vap0re0on (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Ecco20002 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Charlie moorn2006 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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All three of these accounts have (re)created the article Blank banshee at or near the previously deleted version, all seem to go inactive after the article ends up csd-a7 deleted. Additionally, all three artists have gone to great length to add blank banshee to the article Vaporwave [1] [2] [3]. My suspicion is that we have a self promoting sock, in which case the blank banshee article should probably be re-deleted then creation protected, but before I take that step I'd like confirmation of the presence of a sock. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:08, 14 November 2015 (UTC) TomStar81 (Talk) 06:08, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• • And not two hours of Blank Banshee was deleted a new account (Charlie moorn2006) with no other previous edits shows up to recreate the article again. Now I'm really getting suspicious here...

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• All four indefinitely blocked (creating identical self promotional page) and tagged. Closing. Vanjagenije (talk) 12:09, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

05 May 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

• Michael lone2004 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Some months back after the repeated deletions of the articles Blank Banshee and Blank banshee I protected both articles following an afd. I've heard nothing about either article...until yesterday, when a new account suddenly popped up and inquired about the article. In the interest of AGF, I am trying to keep and open mind, but prudence demands that this be reported here to check and ensure that the socks are not attempting to recreate the article. As with the other socks, this ones contributions are almost exclusively limited to the Blank Banshee article and those associated with it, although this user's version seems different than any previous version to have been created so far ([4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]). TomStar81 (Talk) 08:25, 5 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. Hello friends. I have come to Wikipedia to add an article on one of my favorite artists and ended up tangled in a web of sock puppettery. Such is life. How can we get this article up and protected from further abuse?Michael lone2004 (talk) 09:46, 5 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• This version of the article is different, while all others were identical. Older accounts are  Stale now, so we can't compare technical data. I guess we do not have enough evidence to block this account. If he tries to recreate the article, it should be deleted as WP:G4. Vanjagenije (talk) 08:49, 5 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]