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Phạm Văn Rạng

Phạm Văn Rạng (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

06 January 2021

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Otddung (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) Tdung555+ (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

1. Both editors have similar usernames and created few months apart from each other 2. There is an overlap of articles they edit specifically Revolutions of 1989 and North Korea. 3. Both accounts appear to be making multiple "test edits" to increase their edit count.

4. On North Korea I had asked Otddung to discuss for consensus on the article talk page, in an edit summary and on the user talk page. See User_talk:Otddung#North_Korea because of Special:MobileDiff/998433375.

Tdung555+ came along and undid that exact same edit, which another editor subsequently undid. See Special:MobileDiff/998505262 and my note on user talk page Special:MobileDiff/998600565 Vikram Vincent 04:55, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Confirmed.
Also found and  Confirmed:
Hoàng đế Càn Long (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Khang Hy Vương (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:20, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

07 January 2021

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This editor has a similar pattern to Otddung and is editing the same articles as North Korea and Revolutions of 1989. Vikram Vincent 12:44, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I am not him, ok, why do you say that??? Nguyễn Phúc Vy (talk) 13:08, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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11 January 2021

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A relatiely new account that mainly started editing a few hours after the previous sock (Nguyễn Phúc Vy) was blocked (although the first edit was before the initial SPI block). The new account has an overlap with the previous socks at Revolutions of 1989 and Korea and also exhibits the same overlinking behavior (cf. Lokc555 and Nguyễn Phúc Vy). — MarkH21talk 01:47, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There are some IPs making the same edits, e.g. at Manchuria (Lokc555, IP 1, IP 2), since this report was created. — MarkH21talk 14:25, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Càn Long Đế (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

This account has an overlap at Revolutions of 1989 and appeared less than two weeks ago. Vikram Vincent 05:45, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment:I did see the pattern similarities but decided to wait and watch. Vikram Vincent 05:32, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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15 January 2021

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1. Has a bot tag but no botty activity; 2. Seems to playing good hand-bad hand with two IP address (103.7.37.222 and 103.7.37.220 )at Revolutions of 1989 which matches our other socks in this farm. Vikram Vincent 15:42, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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20 January 2021

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Basically the same username as the known sock Lokc555, and the same edits at Manchuria (Lokkkk555 vs. older sock, Lokc555, and some IPs). — MarkH21talk 02:02, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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21 January 2021

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Another 7 month old account just starting to edit after the last sock was blocked. Same articles and same nongrammatical edits to war infobox results as previous socks (Lokc555 vs Bán đảo Triều Tiên at Mongol invasions of Vietnam; Lokkkk555 vs Bán đảo Triều Tiên at Manchu language; Bán đảo Triều Tiên vs Lokkkk555 adding parentheticals about China). — MarkH21talk 18:02, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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23 January 2021

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A 1-year old account (so this would be the sockmaster) just made the exact same edit as previous socks: (Phạm Văn Rạng vs Lokkkk555 at Manchuria) and focusing on the same articles as the previous socks, particularly after they were semi-protected for sockpuppetry (1911 Revolution, Revolutions of 1989, North Korea; compare with the edits of recently blocked socks, e.g. Luong777+, Lolkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk555, Nguyenhai BOT, Lokc555). — MarkH21talk 00:07, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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24 January 2021

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Another account whose only edit has been to partially reinstate another sock's edit (Hàn Quốc vs Bán đảo Triều Tiên). Protecting the pages that these socks frequent can help reduce this whack-a-mole. — MarkH21talk 01:06, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 Clerk note: Endorsing - the behavioural evidence seems strong, but there may be sleepers so worth checking. GirthSummit (blether) 19:42, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Confirmed.
Also found and  Confirmed:
Nguyễn Gia Miên (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Bagging and tagging account. This SPI can be closed... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 23:51, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

07 February 2021

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This account started making changes to Revolutions of 1989 similar to other socks in the farm. That apart it has been making unsourced edits to a number of pages which it either self reverts or others have to revert. And the name similarity is striking. Vikram Vincent 04:33, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:38, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

15 May 2021

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I blocked the account already. They thanked me for semi-protecting Revolutions of 1989, which they edited after making dummy edits and reverts to game being auto-confirmed. Fences&Windows 11:50, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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15 June 2021

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Disruptive editing similar to other sockpuppets, similar characters in username and similar edited pages Revolutions of 1989 and German reunification - || RuleTheWiki || (talk) 11:48, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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21 June 2021

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Disruptive editing consistent with previous sockpuppets Revolutions of 1989, German reunification, German national football team etc. - || RuleTheWiki || (talk) 13:48, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(EDIT) - User:Mtonna257 thanked me once and reverted, then thanked me again when i reverted again. The user also has suspicious editing on pages like Korea and topics relating to Goguryeo like User:German people. - || RuleTheWiki || (talk) 15:02, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello || RuleTheWiki ||,
Yes, I reverted those edits but I want to apologise for some and Defend some.
In The Korea page, I added the Arirang Anthem as a sporting and reunification anthem, but the edit I made on Goguryeo was reverted, and I did not contest that.
Now about the anti-communist Revolutions of 1989, I was to ask why you removed the infobox of Civil Conflicts. It was very informative with Warsaw Pact Hardliners, Communists and their support vs. the Anti-communists, Nationalists , and Christian regimes and their support. AND NO, I only have one account. I am no sockpuppet, or whatever you call it.
I await your answer.
User:Mtonna257 Mtonna257 (talk) 17:12, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 Possible:
Idealistic socialism (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Red X Unrelated:
Mtonna257 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Bagging and tagging confirmed accounts. Leaving the SPI open for a behavioral investigation on the rest. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:42, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

16 July 2021

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Confirmed by vi.wiki CUs. See 1 and 2. UnnamedUser 10:31, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I removed one account that doesn't exist on en.wiki, and Hello mọi người has no edits here.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:48, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

1 September 2021

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Emperor of Wiki (talk · contribs) editing the usual football pages and also some Vietnam-related articles that the socks of Japanese555 (talk · contribs) often with the 555 suffixes often do Bumbubookworm (talk) 14:58, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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07 October 2021

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Here we have three accounts with the same overlapping interests in German and Italian football and communism related articles. They have similar usernames to previous socks, and all have their home project on viwiki. Mimk05 is already blocked on itwiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:15, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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14 October 2021

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This user shows the same interests with previous socks: Italian football and communism related articles.

  NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 17:10, 14 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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05 December 2021

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Both accounts were already blocked as socks on itwiki when I found them here. Both overlap significantly with previous socks across very disparate subjects. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:32, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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-- RoySmith (talk) 17:52, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

14 December 2021

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Both of these accounts have repeated edits by previous PVR socks as their only edit, and have their home project on viwiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:51, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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04 February 2022

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This editor has repeated User:Dan working5's edits to History of Germany (1945–1990) (diff 1, diff 2), and like Dan working5 has edited articles on viwiki about the end of imperial rule in China. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:45, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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who is  Likely  Behavioural evidence needs evaluation. There's some notes in cuwiki. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:03, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

16 February 2022

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Here we have yet another Vietnamese editor with a focus on the post war division of Germany, and particularly the Saarland here, and the end of the Imperial period in China on viwiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:07, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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09 March 2022

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As with the last reported sock, this editor has suspicious overlapping interest in disparate subjects on other wikis in languages I don't understand. Edits that particularly stand out are their edits to vi:Trung Nguyên, an article where half the edits since the start of last year have come from PVR socks, and vi:Kình địch bóng đá Việt Nam – Thái Lan, the English version of which is currently semi-protected to prevent socking from PVR. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:14, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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17 June 2022

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The evidence here comes primarily from viwki. One of their first edits was to vi:Phạm Văn Rạng, and have overlapping interests in the Thailand–Vietnam football rivalry (see vi:Kình địch bóng đá Việt Nam – Thái Lan) and the politics of China. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:36, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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24 January 2023

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Check contributions for behavioural evidence:

  • Overlapping topics, specifically East Asian politics and association football
  • No edit summaries, no communication on user talk page
  • Multiple edits to the same article at once, including an odd frequency of self-reverts
  • Mobile edits only. A recent sock of Phạm Văn Rạng's, Gim709, is also all mobile edits, but Advanced Mobile instead of Mobile Web. I'd wager it's the same person with different accounts on different platforms.

Yue🌙 09:14, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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07 March 2023

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Here we have yet another Vietnamese editor with an interest in the division of Germany. The username also suggests that it's not this persons first account. Previous PVR socks have also left similar comments on their own user pages. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:24, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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23 May 2023

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Lamcaster

- self announced sockpuppetry - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Kim67890&diff=prev&oldid=1155815062 both accounts being currently used. Gugrak (talk) 12:08, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also using Lamcaster

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04 June 2023

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IP editing Oder–Neisse Line, Former eastern territories of Germany, Poland-related topics, and Vietnam-related topics one week after the block of Hammermann75 and the other confirmed socks. — MarkH21talk 08:09, 4 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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This account is also likely a new sock of Phạm Văn Rạng: Jingpeople [17]. Captain Ratbeard (talk) 16:10, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Confirmed and blocked the lot. We need someone to look through and see if some protections would be useful. Courcelles (talk) 00:20, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

06 June 2023

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Looks like they've already registered their next batch of accounts. All three we registered shortly after the last batch of socks we're block an immediately began editing the same articles. The latter two follow similar naming schemes to previous socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:03, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - Given the last two CU results, there are probably quite a few more accounts that I haven't found. Please check to identify them. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:04, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • The following accounts are  Confirmed to each other:
All blocked and tagged. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 15:10, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

13 June 2023

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This is a new account whose only two edits so far have been to restore reverted edits made by previous PVR socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:57, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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16 June 2023

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Claims to be a sockpuppet. WP:DUCK. If not, they are still clearly not here. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 16:41, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Adding Kingkong005 (see deleted edits) who is also claiming to be a sock. cc: @Clovermoss -FASTILY 16:54, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked and tagged. Closing. PhilKnight (talk) 17:38, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

01 July 2023

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Here we have a new account whose only mainspace edits have been to a page previously protected to prevent socking by PVR, with a similar name to previous socks, and whose, now blanked, user page mirrors that of previous socks. (User:Kim67890, and User:Hammermann75 for example). Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:51, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

10 July 2023

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They openly admit to sockpuppetry on incubator here. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:37, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 09:03, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

15 July 2023

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Again self admitted on another project here. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:13, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Adding KAK89 based on this admission, and supported by their conduct on enwiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:37, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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17 July 2023

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Admitted to sockpuppetry here. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:29, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 14:32, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

18 July 2023

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The first account is self admitted on all but one of the projects where the account is active. The second follows PVR's naming scheme, has the same interests, and a home project on viwiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:04, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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19 July 2023

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Self-admitted as sock on Wikidata. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:21, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Adding JKL0983 and Chankia, admitted on frwiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:27, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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@Sir Sputnik and RoySmith: Lets add Gambava (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) who is {{confirmed}} to these per my data on Wikidata.--Jasper Deng (talk) 09:52, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'll call them  Confirmed on enwiki as well. RoySmith (talk) 14:29, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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24 July 2023

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Both of these accounts were registered a few hours after the most recent sock was globally locked. Both have created a userpage consisting of a single letter then immediately blanked it (on frwiki in the case Bavaorya). Bavaorya restored questionable date changes by previous socks to fr:Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques and made similar date changes to fr:Chute des régimes communistes en Europe. Aowaii is propsing similar date changes on the talk page for Revolutions of 1989, an article currently protected to prevent socking from PVR. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:16, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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27 July 2023

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Similarly named account also active on viwiki with the same interests as previous socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:03, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Hcfdgxh, self-admitted on xalwiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:30, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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01 August 2023

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Both have admitted sockpuppetry on mlwiki Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:54, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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02 August 2023

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Admitted on id wiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:24, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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13 August 2023

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Self-admitted on mswiki. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:02, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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22 August 2023

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Tom mirrors PVR's interests in the German colonial empire and the Vietnam and Indochina wars (see contributions on nl- and zhwiki). Their edit to nl:Duitse koloniën mirrors edits by previous PVR socks to the same article on other wikis (diff 1, diff 2). Their contributions to zh:第一次印度支那戰爭 (First Indochina War) mirrors PVR's tendency for self-reversion. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:14, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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24 August 2023

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Between the name, and this mirroring PVR's many edits across multiple wikis changing the date of the Anschluss makes this pretty cut and dry. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:31, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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01 September 2023

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PVR has long exhibited odd self-reverting behaviour. This seen perhaps most clearly with cross wiki conduct by Relmyin (talk · contribs). All the wikis where they made just one edit, that edit was a revert of one they themselves made while logged out. The two articles Zhangzuning edited on zhwiki have seen 10 self-reverts by PVR in the last two weeks, so a new account showing up to revert edits by a known PVR ip looks rather suspicious. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:25, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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28 September 2023

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Here we have yet another account with similar name to previous socks, whose only edits have been one of PVR's favourite articles. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:55, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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17 October 2023

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Like PVR, this is a Vietnamese speaking editor (see their account on viwiki), with an interest in German political history (see contributions to German Empire and Weimar Republic), and the same odd self-reverting behaviour (see contributions to Vietnam War and One-party state). Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:28, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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06 December 2023

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I noticed that this recently-created account's edits to Korea had a similar editing pattern as PVR and their socks:

  • Multiple small edits in a short amount of time
  • Almost never uses edit summaries
  • Only mobile web edits

The narrow topic focus is also reminiscent of PVR's recent socks', i.e.:

  • Vietnam-related articles
  • German / Austrian history, especially in regard to World War I and the German Empire
  • Korea, specifically Korean history described in the eponymous article

Editing-wise, Bethooment also has a tendency to write long run-on sentences and paragraphs. They also emphasise the same content (e.g. Panmunjom, (re)unification of Korea / Germany, Allied-occupation of Korea / Germany / Austria); compare these edits by a blocked sock of PVR and these recent edits by Bethooment. Yue🌙 21:11, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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17 December 2023

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  • Mobile web edits only, no edit summaries
  • Bad grammatical edits with simplistic wording, run-on sentences, and repetition
  • No sources, justifies their edits in the edit summary once every two dozen edits
  • Same focus areas: Association football, Korea, Korean unification, Korean peace treaty, Empire of Japan, Austria
  • Account created the same day PVR's socks were blocked

Edits to Korea specifically were a restoration of PVR's sock edits but with different wording. Yue🌙 09:36, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Compare old sock edits to James8670 edits to Austria. Pretty blatant. Yue🌙 09:40, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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19 December 2023

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Their only edits here are to restore changes to the article on Austria made by previous socks. Edits on frwiki, show the same overlapping interest in the division of Korea. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:54, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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23 December 2023

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Here we have an account with a similar naming scheme to previous PVR socks whose first edits were to restore edits by previous socks to the article on Austria. Most of their remaining edits are adding or removing wikilinks, and adding Oxford commas, all regular behaviours of recent PVR socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:22, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty sure Poketgh is a sock of PVR's too. Similar editing pattern and the account existed for over two years but did not make a single edit until some of PVR's socks got banned. This edit in particular also seems a bit specific. Yue🌙 08:37, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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31 December 2023

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Here we have two newly registered accounts, whose first edits were to repeat edits by previous PVR socks.

Compare this by Samng78 to this by Guessi890, and this by Nik901 to this from a known PVR IP range. Sir Sputnik (talk) 19:02, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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13 January 2024

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This editors edits to 1954 Geneva Conference and Xiangqi are substantially similar to the most recent edits by PVR socks to those articles. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:03, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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23 January 2024

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Here we have an editor the same interests as PVR in the 1954 Geneva Conference, the dynastic history of Vietnam, association football, and political theory. They've also repeated an edit by previous PVR sock to Template:History of Vietnam. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:03, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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31 January 2024

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This is an account with the same interests as PVR registered after their most recent sock was blocked making similar edits. In particular, the edit to Puppet state stands out, given that it is to subject that is unrelated to the rest of their edits, and is the sort of serial comma change we've seen quite frequently from recent PVR socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:38, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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21 March 2024

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This is a new account that immediately linked Austria to Cisleithania in the info box of Unification of Germany ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unification_of_Germany&diff=prev&oldid=1214535125 diff), which many previous PVR socks editing that page have done as well. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:24, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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28 March 2024

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This is a similarly named account to previous PVR socks, and has continued their pattern of messing with the start and end dates of the Saar Protectorate. Sir Sputnik edit from mobile alt (talk) 14:12, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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30 March 2024

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And yet another new account that goes straight to messing with German constitutional dates that PVR has a long history of changing, this time on North German Confederation. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:08, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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31 March 2024

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Recently created account which immediately started making edits about the Revolutions of 1989, the division / reunification of Korea, and Republic of China politicians and history. These are topics which had been of particular interest to PVR's recent socks (i.e. within the past three months). Ohfanigeria also cites Yonhap a lot, and often exclusively, another behaviour that PVR did with their recent socks.

Compare these edits: This one by an old PVR sock and this one made a couple minutes ago. Yue🌙 18:29, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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04 May 2024

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This editor has made similar dubious date changes to 1954 Geneva Conference as previous socks, and also share's PVR's interest in Allied-occupied Germany. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:42, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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26 May 2024

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Has made the same diffs to Xiangqi that were made by recent previous sockpuppet BTCUSB.

Diffs by BTCUSB: [19]

Diffs by Merkel980: [20] Bruce leverett (talk) 13:35, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 22:04, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

29 May 2024

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This is a new account whose second edit was to largely rollback my revert of Malan Fun's edits to Han Chinese. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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29 June 2024

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Here we have a seemingly Vietnamese speaking editor (see their contribution to viwiki diff 1), registered shortly after the most PVR socks were blocked. Their only contribution to eswiki (diff 2) was to change the date of the Austrian Anschluss consistent with edits from previous PVR socks. (diff 3). On this project they share a number of PVR's interests, including the imperial eras of Germany and Japan, and most notably the Saar Protectorate, exemplified by their very first contribution here, (diff 4). Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:21, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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07 July 2024

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This editors edits to Autonomous administrative divisions of China, The Blitz, and Battle of Britain have been to restore recently reverted edits by previous PVR socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:08, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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15 August 2024

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This is a Vietnamese speaking editor, with overlapping interests in Debate on the Chineseness of the Yuan and Qing dynasties and Nazi racial theories, both of which were frequently edited by PVR's most recent sock, User:Ramsey V. Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:28, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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24 September 2024

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Account created on the day the previous sock was reported. Overlap with previous socks. More overlap. Same interests: nationalism, race, Vietnam, China, Germany, communism. Immediately started editing previous topic of interest at Debate on the Chineseness of the Yuan and Qing dynasties. Similar edit summaries [21][22][23] and rationale [24][25][26][27][28]. Name Verngel seems like a slightly misspelled reference to V-weapons, similar to previous sock names User:Deutgh and User:Deu74 were slightly misspelled Deutch, another German sock name is User:Merkel980. Previous sock name User:Kaosiung5 is also a city in Taiwan while they have been heavily editing Taiwan related topics recently [29][30][31]. Qiushufang (talk) 00:45, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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26 September 2024

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WP:DUCK - created same day as previous report. Immediately started editing previous topics. Qiushufang (talk) 07:59, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added Anewplay67. Same situation. Qiushufang (talk) 08:00, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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27 September 2024

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AK896y and Italinoa were both obvious enough on first glance that I've already blocked on behaviour. Miakilia is also interested in Vietnam and is supporting Italinoa in a discussion at Talk:Taiwan as one of their first edits. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:57, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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02 October 2024

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These two accounts are likely connected to each other having been registered within two minutes and both immediately editing the article on South Vietnam. Kaos kaos8O shares PVR's interest in the division of Germany (see contributions to dewiki). It seems unlikely that there would be two editors using multiple accounts sharing these interests. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:42, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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06 October 2024

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This is a new editor openly admitting to the use of multiple accounts whose very first edit closely mirrors edits by previous PVR socks. Compate diff 1, diff 2. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:26, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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12 October 2024

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The first edit of KoreaJAP is to restore a string of edits by blocked sock @Italinoa:

Note also the nearly identical edit summaries[34][35]. That's an obvious WP:DUCK. Austronesier (talk) 19:21, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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18 October 2024

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This editor restored content to Revolutions of 1989 previously added by PVR sock Ohfanigeria, while sharing PVR's interest in Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam. Sir Sputnik edit from mobile alt (talk) 13:52, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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19 October 2024

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This editor shares the recent socks overlapping interest in the climate in Vietnam and recent constitutional changes in North Korea. The username is also an indication that something's up here. The end of the name is three lowercase l's followed by an uppercase i. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:25, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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PhilKnight (talk) 18:11, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

20 October 2024

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This editor has repeated Jahy6k8's addition of an unduly precise time to German Instrument of Surrender. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:37, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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20 October 2024

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Same editing at Vietnamese language as previous socks regarding the emphasis on Austroasiatic classification and interest in the German military during WWII. — MarkH21talk 23:59, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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21 October 2024

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This accounts edits to German reunification mirrors those made by previous sock. (Sample diff). Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:54, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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22 October 2024

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Keo403 is a similarly named account to previous socks continuing PVR's behaviour of changing the start and end dates of the Saar Protectorate. BeP501's second edit is nearly identical to the last sock edit to the same article. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:06, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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23 October 2024

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The edit request at Talk:1954 Geneva Conference describes Hihi89's last edit to the article. Sir Sputnik (talk) 12:40, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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25 October 2024

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This is a newly registered account, with a similar name to previous socks, and whose only edit makes similar chanfes regardong the status of the Saarland to the article on West Germany as a previous sock. diff Sir Sputnik edit from mobile alt (talk) 16:23, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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26 October 2024

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Their only edit closely resembles a recent sock's edit to the same article. diff 1, diff 2. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:15, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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28 October 2024

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A number of recent PVR socks (Korea man, Italinoa, Miakilia) have started by posting meaningless or context free text to their user page. We see the same thing on this account's user page. They share the same interests as PVR, and in particular, their edit to Taiwan Area continues PVR's pattern of emphatically asserting statehood or sovereignty in cases where that's controversial. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:49, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Lite Exer. Their edit to Japan–South Korea relations restores a change made by a recent sock. (diff 1, diff 2). They've also made the same sort of "I'm here" comment on their userpage that we see from a number of recent socks. (Kaos kaos8O, Verngel, Yueh y, KoreaJAP). Sir Sputnik (talk) 17:21, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk - Please check to confirm and for additional accounts. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:50, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Confirmed the following accounts matches with the previous confirmed ones (such as LB John I) in October:
 Blocked but awaiting tags. Sleeper checks completed. - Mailer Diablo 17:47, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

28 October 2024

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These two accounts were registered within an hour of the last check being completed, and made their first edits to articles that were the primary interest of accounts block in that check, Lạc Việt in the case of Taladang and North Korea–South Korea relations in the case of U98 boy. The latter has also edited History of the United Nations and Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty, which have both seen WP:LOUTSOCKing from PVR in the last 20 edits. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:20, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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31 October 2024

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Their edits to Vietnam War resemble those of a pervious sock. (diff 1, diff 2). Pared with edits to Political union and Holy Roman Empire, this looks like the same person to me. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:26, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Abaotabao based on overlapping interests in Inner German relations and Vietnam War, and the same sort of "I'm here" comment on there user page as documented in the first 28 October report above. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:11, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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02 November 2024

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Given overlapping interests in Territory of the Saar Basin, Liberal democracy, and Third Indochina War, this account is likely PVR. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:05, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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03 November 2024

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Their edit to Hanoi mirrors one by a previous sock to the same article (diff 1, diff 2), and shows a interest in the climate of Vietnam, one of PVR's long standing interests. Their description of the Koreas as sovereign in their edits to List of non-international armed conflicts continues PVR's pattern of making this type of claim where that is controversial. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:34, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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14 November 2024

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Their edits regarding the climate of Vietnam on the Romanian, Portuguese, and Latvian Wikipedias mirror those here by previous socks. (diff 1, diff 2, diff 3, diff 4). They also share an interest in the Japanese administration of the Spratly Islands during the Second World War, (diff 5, diff 6). Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:56, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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17 November 2024

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This editor shares PVR's interests in the German Instrument of Surrender, North Vietnam, and recent constitutional changes in North Korea. (See their edits to Puppet state). Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:35, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Highly likely:
and past socks. Spicy (talk) 16:48, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

21 November 2024

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Given their editing to Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, these three are likely connected to each other. It seems unlikely that three untelated new users would converge on that article in such a short time frame. With previous socks having edited that page recently, and the simularties between FxeAcc's userpage and those of previous socks, a connectiom to this case seems likely as well. Sir Sputnik edit from mobile alt (talk) 17:50, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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