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Makks2010

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06 June 2024[edit]

– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Four accounts created within an hour, each of which has made a similar series of just over 10 trivial edits to their talk page as an obvious attempt to gain autoconfirmed status. Request checkuser to confirm these are the same person and to see if it's the tip of an iceberg.  —Smalljim  10:52, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I reported too quickly - further investigation has identified more accounts created earlier than the above:

 —Smalljim  11:01, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Another one just started.

It's become quite obvious so I've just blocked the lot per the duck test. Still request CU to see if there are others or if this is related to a known case.  —Smalljim  11:24, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Three more that continued the same pattern, all blocked:

Seems to have stopped for now.  —Smalljim  15:04, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

Spicy (talk) 18:31, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Blocked without tags, merged case, closing. Spicy (talk) 18:32, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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