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*Yes, indeed, I left a note on TelephonepolesIndependent's talkpage, telling them about gaming the autoconfirmed requirements and, to put it bluntly, asking whose sock they were, since showed technical proficiency. The pattern for them all of creating exactly 10 mostly quite pointless edits in the same way seems very clear. I could duckblock, but I think it would be nice to have a checkuser here, for surely there are likely to be still undiscovered sleepers. ] &#124; ] 08:39, 6 July 2020 (UTC). *Yes, indeed, I left a note on TelephonepolesIndependent's talkpage, telling them about gaming the autoconfirmed requirements and, to put it bluntly, asking whose sock they were, since showed technical proficiency. The pattern for them all of creating exactly 10 mostly quite pointless edits in the same way seems very clear. I could duckblock, but I think it would be nice to have a checkuser here, for surely there are likely to be still undiscovered sleepers. ] &#124; ] 08:39, 6 July 2020 (UTC).
*{{Requestandendorse}} - Honestly, there are numerous LTA's with this exact or similar behavioral "tells". But the fact that these were all created around the same time, plus the username pattern, makes me believe this is worth a CU. ] (]) 17:38, 6 July 2020 (UTC) *{{Requestandendorse}} - Honestly, there are numerous LTA's with this exact or similar behavioral "tells". But the fact that these were all created around the same time, plus the username pattern, makes me believe this is worth a CU. ] (]) 17:38, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
* CheckUser is {{inconclusive}} because all of these accounts are using proxies. In my view, the behavior in this case is almost identical to the accounts at ]. Combined with the proxy use (another trait shared with the FFS19 accounts), {{duck}}. {{bnt}}. {{Clerk Request}} Please merge this case into FFS19. Thanks, ] (]) 18:39, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
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Vultr2020

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This case was moved to Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Vultr2020 from FFS19 (talk · contribs). Future cases should be placed there.


03 July 2020

– An SPI clerk has endorsed a request for CheckUser. A checkuser will shortly review the case.

Suspected sockpuppets

Similar user name pattern and same editing in sandbox by just adding and removing the letter "a", see User:Pristine Condition 2020/sandbox and User:Vultr2020/sandbox, along with creating blank User and Talk pages. Seems to be gaming the system to get 10 edits. S0091 (talk) 19:00, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Added a couple more: User:Rackrr2020/sandbox, User:Nightr2020/sandbox. S0091 (talk) 14:28, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Adding a couple more. Different naming schema and they expanded their alphabet beyond the letter "a" but pattern is the same, creating blank user and talk pages, making edits to sandbox by adding removing letters: User:LightyearBreakingFAST/sandbox, User:TelephonepolesIndependent/sandbox. Another item to note is TelephonepolesIndependent left a warning template on User talk:91.182.24.65. Pinging Bishonen just for awareness since she left a note on TelephonepolesIndependent's talk page. S0091 (talk) 02:10, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

  • Yes, indeed, I left a note on TelephonepolesIndependent's talkpage, telling them about gaming the autoconfirmed requirements and, to put it bluntly, asking whose sock they were, since this edit showed technical proficiency. The pattern for them all of creating exactly 10 mostly quite pointless edits in the same way seems very clear. I could duckblock, but I think it would be nice to have a checkuser here, for surely there are likely to be still undiscovered sleepers. Bishonen | tålk 08:39, 6 July 2020 (UTC).
  • CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - Honestly, there are numerous LTA's with this exact or similar behavioral "tells". But the fact that these were all created around the same time, plus the username pattern, makes me believe this is worth a CU. Sro23 (talk) 17:38, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
  • CheckUser is  Inconclusive because all of these accounts are using proxies. In my view, the behavior in this case is almost identical to the accounts at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/FFS19. Combined with the proxy use (another trait shared with the FFS19 accounts),  Looks like a duck to me.  Blocked and tagged.  Clerk assistance requested: Please merge this case into FFS19. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 18:39, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

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