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25 October 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

• Gruist (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• DamnGru (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Ihateminions (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• OzButt (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• DisneyKiller (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Minionist (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Laoris2 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Quick overview:

• Bahanaboy was blocked for WP:NOTHERE; DamnGru and Laoris2 were blocked for vandalism.
• All usernames have some level of disruptive editing, but some usernames have some edits that appear legitimate (or are difficult to verify).
• All usernames (except DamnGru and Laoris2) have an ongoing history of adding fictitious events to year articles.
• Ihateminions was created a few days after Bahanaboy was last blocked; continued with Spongebob-related vandalism (Bahanaboy diff, Ihateminions diff)
• There is a Despicable Me theme among many of the usernames.
• A day after I reverted an edit that Gruist made, DamnGru was created and then vandalized my user page.
• User:Laoris2 seems to be a smear attempt, after three edits of Gruist's edits were reverted (here, here, and here).

Primary evidence is the history of repeatedly adding fictitious events to year articles, often cartoon themed, across multiple usernames. At least 17 unique events, comprising almost 50 edits. Diffs follow (asterisks indicate attempts to hide the addition of vandalism by making other simultaneous changes):

• "Minion war" at 1985 – Bahanaboy, Bahanaboy*
• "Spongenaz hijacking" at 2001 – Bahanaboy, Bahanaboy
• "Cartoonfest massacre" at 1999 – Bahanaboy
• "Bikini Bottom invasion" at 1990 – Bahanaboy, Minionist, Gruist*, Gruist*, Gruist
  • See also Diff/727020876 at Deposition (politics) by Minionist
  • See also User:Ihateminions/sandbox, which has an infobox concerning the same fictitious event
• "Wartran squad raid" at 1970 – Ihateminions
• "Disney siege" at 1987 in the Philippines – OzButt, Ihateminions, Ihateminions, DisneyKiller

There is also a history of user page vandalism in response to warnings or reverts:

• User:Radosław Wiśniewski by Bahanaboy, after being warned for disruptive editing
• User:Loriendrew by Bahanaboy, after being reverted and warned for disruptive editing
• User:Finnusertop by Bahanaboy, after being warned about non-free images
• User:Worldbruce by Minionist, after being reverted and warned for unexplained removal of sourced content
• User:Laoris by Gruist, DamnGru, and Ihateminions, each time after being reverted and warned (revisions have been deleted)

Circumstantial evidence – history of interest in military articles, especially Philippines-related ones; these examples are meant to show common interest, not necessarily instances of disruptive editing:

• LRB – Ihateminions
• Vietnam War – Bahanaboy
• Counter-terrorism – multiple edits (example) by Bahanaboy (reverted)
• Special Action Force – Gruist, Ihateminions
• Light Reaction Regiment – Gruist
• List of equipment of the Philippine Army – Gruist, Ihateminions (reverted)
• List of modern equipment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force – Bahanaboy

Circumstantial evidence – history of interest in the movie Edge of Tomorrow:

• Edge of Tomorrow – Bahanaboy, Gruist, Laoris2
• List of works of fiction set in 2020 – Gruist
• List of films set in the future – Gruist, Laoris2

  —Laoris (talk) 19:46, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Comments by other users

Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

• The master and OzButt are  Stale.
• The rest of the accounts are  Confirmed to each other. I've blocked the unblocked confirmed accounts without tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:22, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
• All tagged. Case closed. Vanjagenije (talk) 01:10, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

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