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03 May 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Evading block to continue adding unsourced number changes for stadium seating POLITANVM talk 01:05, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Diffs (non-exhaustive):

  • Ottawa Lynx:
    • Kaepertank: [1]
    • BillSpaceman: [2]
  • Ottawa Voyageurs:
    • Kaepertank: [3]
    • BillSpaceman: [4]
  • Skylands Stadium:
    • Kaepertank: [5]
    • BillSpaceman: [6]
  • New York Boulders:
    • Kaepertank: [7]
    • BillSpaceman: [8]
  • Palisades Credit Union Park:

POLITANVM talk 01:18, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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07 May 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Editing the same pages to make same unsourced changes to crowd sizes and stadium capacities. POLITANVM talk 00:22, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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14 May 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Continuing rapid number vandalism on same set of articles. POLITANVM talk 23:58, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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15 May 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Continuing numbers vandalism on same pages after last sock blocked POLITANVM talk 02:49, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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13 June 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Rapidly editing attendance and capacity numbers on same set of articles about the Can-Am league. POLITANVM talk 23:59, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Same set of articles, same rapid number vandalism POLITANVM talk 23:27, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Added another IP making unsourced attendance/capacity edits with similar edit summaries ("Wrong information", "Information update"). POLITANVM talk 20:38, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Two rangeblocks placed--like Mz7, as an administrator, not a CU: I have not checked because I don't see a need for it. Drmies (talk) 20:44, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Drmies I was just doing the same thing, but you beat me to it. Closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:47, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
RoySmith, I'll split the check with you. What this user is doing is pretty crappy, isn't it. Drmies (talk) 20:48, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like mine in bitcoin, please. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:40, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

04 January 2022

Suspected sockpuppets


Exact same pattern of falsely changing independent baseball league ballpark capacities. In fact, making identical false edits, right down to the same numbers. For example: here as NickTheGrape and here as Manon1948. And Nick and Manon. All of these figures are not only the same as each other, they're all completely false according to the already linked source. Both accounts should be indeffed as vandals. oknazevad (talk) 07:09, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: looking further into it, I think both of these are just the latest socks of Kaepertank, a serial sock master. This should probably be merged into that SPI, but I'm not sure how to do that. oknazevad (talk) 08:07, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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06 January 2022

Suspected sockpuppets


Admits socking in every edit summary. Like, worst sock master ever. Account is globally locked, but that doesn't seem to be stopping their ability to continue their hoaxes and vandalism. Block log is empty. oknazevad (talk) 00:13, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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07 February 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

IP known to be used by previous socks like Manon1972. Retuned and resumed exact same edits. oknazevad (talk) 08:20, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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24 February 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Same edits making incorrect changes to ballpark capacities at Frontier League and Can-Am League as before. IP is near to previous block-evasion IPs. oknazevad (talk) 01:47, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Yep, that's our guy alright. See Special:PageHistory/Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball and Special:PageHistory/Frontier League and ctrl+f "correct". And there's the tell-tale frwiki overlap. Pink clock Awaiting administrative action Please block for 72 hours. @Oknazevad: If the IP returns to editing after that block, please either notify whichever admin actions this, or post to AIV with a link to this comment. Because the disruption is smaller-scale than in the past I'm going to hold off on requesting a global block for now, but @Do not follow: Pour vous. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 02:07, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • IP blocked per request, closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:06, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

01 March 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

All sets have been reverts to edits by previous known socks making the same incorrect edits. oknazevad (talk) 17:55, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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28 April 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Editing of stadium sizes/colors consistent with previous socks. identical edits to previous socks/reverting people correcting the socks' edits. Painting17 (talk) 14:27, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

On Special:History/Canadian Tire Centre, Lewis LM attempts to cite the page and change the numbers in the stadium (Diff). Citing the page history to change the numbers was something done by three previous. 1-NickTheGrape. 2-Ale.xis1776. 3-an IP address mentioned previously in the investigation. Painting17 (talk) 18:54, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  • This doesn't look exactly like the original sock to me, who rapidly changed dozens of pages to seemingly random numbers. This editing looks more good faith, with sources for many edits, or edit summaries that suggest they're trying to bring consistency to contradictory articles. It also seems like these are articles where multiple people might have an interest in changing numbers/colors. Wouldn't rule it out, but doesn't seem like duck-level sockpuppetry. Politanvm talk 14:45, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the extra evidence. That does look identical to those 3. I was skeptical those 3 were related to Kaepertank, but I see they where confirmed by CU. Politanvm talk 19:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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12 May 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Edit that changed a stadium's seating capacity on Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball. The same change was previously made by an IP currently blocked for sockpuppetry. Painting17 (talk) 22:10, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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29 May 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

User:TNF1200 has made edits to Ottawa Titans [18] and National Hockey League [19] that appear to be identical to previous sockpuppet edits. -- Pemilligan (talk) 04:13, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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12 June 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Editing the usual pages with the usual obsessions for adding media, rearranging team colors, and changing arena capacities.

-- Pemilligan (talk) 21:41, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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28 October 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Making identical edits to IPs previously (and currently) blocked as socks. See the recent history at Canadian Football League, where this edit by a known (and still blocked) IP sock and this one by This new editor (account less that a week old) with identical unsourced changes in capacity numbers (Kaepertank'a stock in trade) using a near-identical edit summary. Just very ducky to me. oknazevad (talk) 03:47, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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31 March 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Edits on stadium capacity numbers perfectly match previous socks. Examples include this statistic on Wild Things Park (1, 2, 3), as well as this on Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) Painting17 (talk) 03:56, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

edit: fixed wikilink error. Painting17 (talk) 03:57, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Just came here to make the same report. Or go for the quick block at AIV. This is duck-quaking-into-a-megaphone territory. Exact same edits as prior socks. Same geolocation as prior IP socks (some of which are still blocked). In other words: same banned user. oknazevad (talk) 07:24, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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24 June 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Changing player pay and stadium capacity in the same ways as before in Frontier League [20] and Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball [21] [22] -- Pemilligan (talk) 17:17, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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04 July 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Same changes, same pages. (this user's edit) (identical edit 1,2) Painting17 (talk) 17:04, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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08 July 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

I'm not 100% certain on this, but the changes seem too familiar.

-- Pemilligan (talk) 22:44, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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15 July 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Updates to Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball [23] and Frontier League [24] showing the same prior obsessions with altering league salary limits and stadium capacities. -- Pemilligan (talk) 01:27, 15 July 2023 (UTC) Pemilligan (talk) 01:27, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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29 July 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Returned after 1 week block with more of the same types of changes to Stade Canac, Ottawa Titans ([25][26]), Québec Capitales, CityFolk Festival and others -- Pemilligan (talk) 00:47, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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14 August 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Changing attendance figures in the same articles as before: Québec Capitales, Stade Canac, Ottawa Bluesfest, and others in the user's contributions. -- Pemilligan (talk) 13:30, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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16 October 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Identical edits -

edit by .34: / old sock

edit by .228 / .155 / old sock

edit by .216 / old sock

Painting17 (talk) 20:22, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Added two more IPs Painting17 (talk) 22:22, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Seems pretty clearly to be the same person given the usual unsupported, or poorly supported, changes to attendance figures, seating capacities, and field dimensions made to some of the same sites as usual. -- Pemilligan (talk) 02:56, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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05 February 2024

Suspected sockpuppets

Unsupported and false edits like we've seen before to change salaries and stadium capacities in Frontier League. Plenty more changes to the usual sites in the user's contributions -- Pemilligan (talk) 00:03, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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09 March 2024

Suspected sockpuppets

Consistent with last few IP socks, both in range and in behavior (false edits with false edit summaries on pages related to the Frontier League and other independent and minor league baseball articles, especially in eastern Canada). Very much a loudly quacking duck. oknazevad (talk) 22:39, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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10 April 2024

Suspected sockpuppets

Disruptive edits to baseball topics, essentially identical to the previous ones 162 etc. (talk) 20:54, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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21 June 2024

Suspected sockpuppets

Has restored an identical unsourced and disruptive edit to Ottawa Titans [27] [28] 162 etc. (talk) 01:12, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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05 July 2024

Suspected sockpuppets

Previously blocked for 1 month back in June. Has returned to make the same disruptive, uncited edits again. 162 etc. (talk) 02:11, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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20 September 2024

Suspected sockpuppets

Has made unreferenced and disruptive edits to baseball articles [29][30][31] that are identical to those of previous socks. IP has been blocked in the past for other disruptive edits. 162 etc. (talk) 16:13, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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