Sockfarm spamming article drafts of Indian films and film personalities. Ivanvector ( Talk/ Edits) 17:06, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Editors reviewing future cases should look for accounts named similar to the subjects of drafts they're creating, for the numbers 15 and 90 (I don't know what that means), and a behavioural tell that should be very easy to identify without me saying what it is. Ivanvector ( Talk/ Edits) 17:19, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
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Recreation of Neeraj Singh at Draft:Niraj Singh and Wikipedia:New user=Neeraj Siingh, plus related film articles Ravensfire ( talk) 14:55, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
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Shraddha937253 is already blocked but noting them here as likely to be a sock. They created Banchhada (Movie), which was recently created as Draft:Banchhada (Film) by blocked sock Neerajsingh972061.
Neerajfilmmaker937253 has a similiar username like previously blocked sock Neerajsingh972061. Also created article on Shraddha Srivastava like blocked sock Shraddhasrivastava1590. – NJD-DE ( talk) 11:14, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
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Recreation of Ajay Jaiswal (Music Director) (previously created by confirmed sock User:Neerajfilmmaker937253, also see salted Ajay Jaiswal) and attempted to hijack Banchhada (see: Banchhada (Movie)). Edit summaries and use of the 103.233.141.0/24 range point towards WP:DUCK. Padgriffin Griffin's Nest 09:18, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
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The usual summaries, the usual spamming, recreations of the Ajay Jaiswal article here and here. -- Blablubbs ( talk) 14:48, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
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Account was created a few days after prior sock was blocked. Uses "Published" as an edit-summary [1], [2] as have prior socks [3], [4]. The account name is similar to Waft Original, a draft a prior sock created [5]. The new account has also created Draft:Naresh Garg which was also created by a prior sock [6] as well as under similar names by prior socks [7].
Account Rajeshagarwal786 also uses "Published" as an edit summary and has edited Reshma Pasupuleti which seems to be a common target for this sock.
CU is for sleeper check has prior reports have found multiple accounts. Please consider putting Reshma Pasupuleti back under semi protection - Waft started editing shortly after semi-protection was lifted using mostly junk sources. Ravensfire ( talk) 18:49, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
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Very similar name to prior sock Waft Studios. Uses same edit summary of "Published". [8] vs [9] Ravensfire ( talk) 13:10, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
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Edited Vivek Agnihotri [10], restoring part of an edit made by prior sock around their birth place [11], [12]. Used the edit summary "Published", common from prior socks. Ravensfire ( talk) 12:53, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
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Rudra Movies gained autoconfirmed-rights through some dummy category changes on then Draft:Naresh S Garg. They then moved it to mainspace. Socks incl. Neerajfilmmaker937253 and Ravindra Jaini have edited/created this article/draft in the past. Shraddha Jackson created Draft:Niraj Vikram which has been created a couple of times by socks as Niraj Vikarm, Draft:Niraj Vikarm and Niraj Vikram. – NJD-DE ( talk) 13:50, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
I don't really know anything about this user's editing patterns, but I couldn't create their user talk page when reviewing the AfC submission
Draft:Vaishali Chaudhary Kutail. Further inspection brought me here and it seems that the name alone is pretty compelling evidence, so not requesting CheckUser.
Chess (
talk) (please use {{
reply to|Chess}}
on reply) 23:39, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
New editor first editing Vivek Agnihotri with the exact same edit summary as previous socks User:EntertainmentBollywood and User:Waftcinemas, and then recreates Niraj Vikram, while the original Niraj Vikram was deleted in June as the work of a sock of this farm. Fram ( talk) 13:08, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
sock CU blocked on commons as a sock of NDS, but just softblocked here, Sock is now seeking a rename. Filing for the record, to upgrade the block, and to seek a lock. Cabayi ( talk) 08:32, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
Report made at COIN on the 15th about user WaftCinematic creating promotional pages in the mainspace. Today found ( Waft Studios) which has a reference to the Borok Times where that company is promoting its "PR and Wikipedia Services for India's Entertainment and Corporate Industry." The reference talks about the founder Shraddha Srivastava who had a Wikipedia page deleted for being created by [Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bikrookanpurgangster/Archive this sock] and the other founder ( Neeraj Singh) currently has a page on Wikipedia that was created November 12, 2023 by new user Umar Ali Haque. Note that a previous sock for this master was User:Waftcinemas which has a similar username to WaftCinematic above. -- CNMall41 ( talk) 07:29, 19 November 2023 (UTC) CNMall41 ( talk) 07:29, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
Here is the list that I started. -- CNMall41 ( talk) 04:08, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
Added Hindi username that I can't read from what had been a separate SPI.
WaftCinematic was blocked for writing advertising, probably UPE. The Hindi username account created exactly three promotional drafts, each of which has been edited by the blocked account [13] [14] [15]. The last case included submitting the AfC draft for the other account before they had actually made any edits. From this, they appear to be either sockpuppet or WP:MEAT. ☆ Bri ( talk) 23:28, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
Case merge request We seem to have two cases open -- see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/सत्यम देवगन. ☆ Bri ( talk) 23:31, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
Adding sleeper Andrew1590, created 7 December 2022, and first edit today was to removed the AFD tag from S.N Reddy, created by सत्यम देवगन [16]. Wikishovel ( talk) 07:49, 22 November 2023 (UTC) @ Izno:, thanks for the CU and the hard work. I think this is going to develop into a lot more socks actually. Can I email you some private evidence which will likely connect more accounts (some more experienced users)? Also, there are some other accounts I named in the summaries above (the bullet points) but didn't add to the list. Was wondering if you had a chance to review them to determine if they should be included in the check. -- CNMall41 ( talk) 20:07, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
Group 1: Confirmed to each other, and master by historical:
I've also got Bhakkumar Confirmed to
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Neeraj Dheeraj Singh via
Alen Silva and
Ravindra Jaini being very connected.
Group 2: Confirmed to each other (and I need to get out the door so I did't check historicals for this master):
Deepak Thanewala 1 ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) is a possible sleeper.
Possible to
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Amansharma111 via
Abh01,
Garmi Edits,
Galmoldui, and the above Gom Tarika Edit.
Group 3: Looks
Unrelated to above but
Confirmed to each other:
I note some interesting Google results for "Manipuri Mirror".
This is one of my more complex results, so I'm going to leave this at clerk endorsed for a CU 2O. Group 2's external connection is probably the one I'm most likely to have misinterpreted (the addresses are a proxy /64 that looks like it just bumps a number on the same /64 address for each new connection, so IDK if that means confirmed or not). Izno ( talk) 19:01, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
सत्यम देवगन created 20 August, WaftCinematic created 29 September. WaftCinematic has copied at least two declined drafts by master to main space: Draft:World Designing Forum Draft:S. N. Reddy, requiring history merges. On सत्यम देवगन's Puran Dawar, WaftCinematic added one of several photos they uploaded to Commons [17], until they were blocked twice there for copyright.
See also Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#User_WaftCinematic: pinging @ CNMall41: for comment. Wikishovel ( talk) 19:27, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
WaftCinematic has just recreated Schirin Thoma (now Draft:Schirin Thoma at Schirin Thoma (actress). Schirin Thoma was last created by User:Rohit Gandhi 123, a blocked sock of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Neeraj Dheeraj Singh, so I may have the wrong master. Wikishovel ( talk) 07:48, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
Subject creating multiple pages that were deleted per discussion. The creation of Ruhaan Rajput includes an image of the subject uploaded by the page creator (TechsonNet). They also uploaded the logo for previously deleted page Sohan Lal Commodity, the logo is being used on the Sohan Lal Commodity page on Simple English Wikipdia. The page in SEW was created by user:Sulfound who is blocked sock of WaftCinematic. Note that WaftCinematic was blocked on the 16th with Sulfound creating the SEW page for Sohan Lal Commodity the same day. Based on the conduct and editing pattern, I believe they are the same user. CNMall41 ( talk) 06:34, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
never mind you know better than me.. Thanks[18] but we never had any previous interactions. Also, TechsonNet is active after User:Quintpine has been abandoned(looks abandoned). Jeraxmoira ( talk) 06:46, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Obvious sock of User:TechsonNet per the comment on Talk:Ajit Menon: [19] vs [20] Jeraxmoira ( talk) 11:18, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Recreated a recently deleted page ( Tarun Poddar) just after reaching 10 edits, adding an image uploaded by User:Andrew1590 (already confirmed and blocked as a sockpuppet) ChaotıċEnby( t · c) 12:57, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Recreated Ajit Menon with the same sources. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ajit Menon. Previously created by User talk:TechsonNet Jeraxmoira🐉 ( talk) 09:24, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
User editing the pages Jaani (songwriter), B Praak, Irshad Kamil, and Vishal Mishra (composer) (note these are the ONLY four edits they have at the time this SPI was filed). All four have previously been edited by User:DodoDeDe7 who is a blocked sock of Bikrookanpurgangster. In addition to the editing patter, they have obviously similar usernames and editing from same operating system. CNMall41 ( talk) 01:47, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
At simplewiki, the user has been involved in the creation of simple:Bikroo Kanpur Gangster ( w:simple:special:redirect/logid/2640551), as same as the previous accounts (please also see the deletion log of Bikroo Kanpur Gangster). At enwiki the account has made the same subject with similar spelling ( Draft:Bikru Kanpur Gangster, special:redirect/logid/159004474). MathXplore ( talk) 07:13, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
Both registered in 2023, only three months apart in their registrations. Shortly after acquiring autoconfirmed status, HelpDeskWiki created Rita Jhawar yesterday, only for it to be redirected due to notability issues. Today, AndreaGlover, seemingly also gaming the autoconfirmed status, removed the redirect. They have been active in the same area, employing similar tactics to achieve autoconfirmed status. GSS 💬 10:31, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
Please see also Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Btw Santhosh: this should probably be merged there. Good catch, thanks. Wikishovel ( talk) 13:40, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
.
Autocreated on ENwiki 22 September 2023. Gamed autoconfirm with first edits on 11 May, then recreated Rachana-Rhythm (last created by blocked User:राहिल खान) on 12 May. Already indeffed on HAwiki, HIwiki, and Simplewiki for sockpuppetry, so global lock might be a good idea. Requesting checkuser for further sleepers. Wikishovel ( talk) 05:24, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
Adding softblocked sock HelpDeskWiki, spotted by eagle-eyed User:GSS over at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AndreaGlover, which should be merged here. Wikishovel ( talk) 13:39, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
Possibly editing while logged out. GSS 💬 07:30, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
Sockfarm spamming article drafts of Indian films and film personalities. Ivanvector ( Talk/ Edits) 17:06, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Editors reviewing future cases should look for accounts named similar to the subjects of drafts they're creating, for the numbers 15 and 90 (I don't know what that means), and a behavioural tell that should be very easy to identify without me saying what it is. Ivanvector ( Talk/ Edits) 17:19, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
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Recreation of Neeraj Singh at Draft:Niraj Singh and Wikipedia:New user=Neeraj Siingh, plus related film articles Ravensfire ( talk) 14:55, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
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Shraddha937253 is already blocked but noting them here as likely to be a sock. They created Banchhada (Movie), which was recently created as Draft:Banchhada (Film) by blocked sock Neerajsingh972061.
Neerajfilmmaker937253 has a similiar username like previously blocked sock Neerajsingh972061. Also created article on Shraddha Srivastava like blocked sock Shraddhasrivastava1590. – NJD-DE ( talk) 11:14, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
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Recreation of Ajay Jaiswal (Music Director) (previously created by confirmed sock User:Neerajfilmmaker937253, also see salted Ajay Jaiswal) and attempted to hijack Banchhada (see: Banchhada (Movie)). Edit summaries and use of the 103.233.141.0/24 range point towards WP:DUCK. Padgriffin Griffin's Nest 09:18, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
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The usual summaries, the usual spamming, recreations of the Ajay Jaiswal article here and here. -- Blablubbs ( talk) 14:48, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
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Account was created a few days after prior sock was blocked. Uses "Published" as an edit-summary [1], [2] as have prior socks [3], [4]. The account name is similar to Waft Original, a draft a prior sock created [5]. The new account has also created Draft:Naresh Garg which was also created by a prior sock [6] as well as under similar names by prior socks [7].
Account Rajeshagarwal786 also uses "Published" as an edit summary and has edited Reshma Pasupuleti which seems to be a common target for this sock.
CU is for sleeper check has prior reports have found multiple accounts. Please consider putting Reshma Pasupuleti back under semi protection - Waft started editing shortly after semi-protection was lifted using mostly junk sources. Ravensfire ( talk) 18:49, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
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Very similar name to prior sock Waft Studios. Uses same edit summary of "Published". [8] vs [9] Ravensfire ( talk) 13:10, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
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Edited Vivek Agnihotri [10], restoring part of an edit made by prior sock around their birth place [11], [12]. Used the edit summary "Published", common from prior socks. Ravensfire ( talk) 12:53, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
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Rudra Movies gained autoconfirmed-rights through some dummy category changes on then Draft:Naresh S Garg. They then moved it to mainspace. Socks incl. Neerajfilmmaker937253 and Ravindra Jaini have edited/created this article/draft in the past. Shraddha Jackson created Draft:Niraj Vikram which has been created a couple of times by socks as Niraj Vikarm, Draft:Niraj Vikarm and Niraj Vikram. – NJD-DE ( talk) 13:50, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
I don't really know anything about this user's editing patterns, but I couldn't create their user talk page when reviewing the AfC submission
Draft:Vaishali Chaudhary Kutail. Further inspection brought me here and it seems that the name alone is pretty compelling evidence, so not requesting CheckUser.
Chess (
talk) (please use {{
reply to|Chess}}
on reply) 23:39, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
New editor first editing Vivek Agnihotri with the exact same edit summary as previous socks User:EntertainmentBollywood and User:Waftcinemas, and then recreates Niraj Vikram, while the original Niraj Vikram was deleted in June as the work of a sock of this farm. Fram ( talk) 13:08, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
sock CU blocked on commons as a sock of NDS, but just softblocked here, Sock is now seeking a rename. Filing for the record, to upgrade the block, and to seek a lock. Cabayi ( talk) 08:32, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
Report made at COIN on the 15th about user WaftCinematic creating promotional pages in the mainspace. Today found ( Waft Studios) which has a reference to the Borok Times where that company is promoting its "PR and Wikipedia Services for India's Entertainment and Corporate Industry." The reference talks about the founder Shraddha Srivastava who had a Wikipedia page deleted for being created by [Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bikrookanpurgangster/Archive this sock] and the other founder ( Neeraj Singh) currently has a page on Wikipedia that was created November 12, 2023 by new user Umar Ali Haque. Note that a previous sock for this master was User:Waftcinemas which has a similar username to WaftCinematic above. -- CNMall41 ( talk) 07:29, 19 November 2023 (UTC) CNMall41 ( talk) 07:29, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
Here is the list that I started. -- CNMall41 ( talk) 04:08, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
Added Hindi username that I can't read from what had been a separate SPI.
WaftCinematic was blocked for writing advertising, probably UPE. The Hindi username account created exactly three promotional drafts, each of which has been edited by the blocked account [13] [14] [15]. The last case included submitting the AfC draft for the other account before they had actually made any edits. From this, they appear to be either sockpuppet or WP:MEAT. ☆ Bri ( talk) 23:28, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
Case merge request We seem to have two cases open -- see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/सत्यम देवगन. ☆ Bri ( talk) 23:31, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
Adding sleeper Andrew1590, created 7 December 2022, and first edit today was to removed the AFD tag from S.N Reddy, created by सत्यम देवगन [16]. Wikishovel ( talk) 07:49, 22 November 2023 (UTC) @ Izno:, thanks for the CU and the hard work. I think this is going to develop into a lot more socks actually. Can I email you some private evidence which will likely connect more accounts (some more experienced users)? Also, there are some other accounts I named in the summaries above (the bullet points) but didn't add to the list. Was wondering if you had a chance to review them to determine if they should be included in the check. -- CNMall41 ( talk) 20:07, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
Group 1: Confirmed to each other, and master by historical:
I've also got Bhakkumar Confirmed to
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Neeraj Dheeraj Singh via
Alen Silva and
Ravindra Jaini being very connected.
Group 2: Confirmed to each other (and I need to get out the door so I did't check historicals for this master):
Deepak Thanewala 1 ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) is a possible sleeper.
Possible to
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Amansharma111 via
Abh01,
Garmi Edits,
Galmoldui, and the above Gom Tarika Edit.
Group 3: Looks
Unrelated to above but
Confirmed to each other:
I note some interesting Google results for "Manipuri Mirror".
This is one of my more complex results, so I'm going to leave this at clerk endorsed for a CU 2O. Group 2's external connection is probably the one I'm most likely to have misinterpreted (the addresses are a proxy /64 that looks like it just bumps a number on the same /64 address for each new connection, so IDK if that means confirmed or not). Izno ( talk) 19:01, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
सत्यम देवगन created 20 August, WaftCinematic created 29 September. WaftCinematic has copied at least two declined drafts by master to main space: Draft:World Designing Forum Draft:S. N. Reddy, requiring history merges. On सत्यम देवगन's Puran Dawar, WaftCinematic added one of several photos they uploaded to Commons [17], until they were blocked twice there for copyright.
See also Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#User_WaftCinematic: pinging @ CNMall41: for comment. Wikishovel ( talk) 19:27, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
WaftCinematic has just recreated Schirin Thoma (now Draft:Schirin Thoma at Schirin Thoma (actress). Schirin Thoma was last created by User:Rohit Gandhi 123, a blocked sock of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Neeraj Dheeraj Singh, so I may have the wrong master. Wikishovel ( talk) 07:48, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
Subject creating multiple pages that were deleted per discussion. The creation of Ruhaan Rajput includes an image of the subject uploaded by the page creator (TechsonNet). They also uploaded the logo for previously deleted page Sohan Lal Commodity, the logo is being used on the Sohan Lal Commodity page on Simple English Wikipdia. The page in SEW was created by user:Sulfound who is blocked sock of WaftCinematic. Note that WaftCinematic was blocked on the 16th with Sulfound creating the SEW page for Sohan Lal Commodity the same day. Based on the conduct and editing pattern, I believe they are the same user. CNMall41 ( talk) 06:34, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
never mind you know better than me.. Thanks[18] but we never had any previous interactions. Also, TechsonNet is active after User:Quintpine has been abandoned(looks abandoned). Jeraxmoira ( talk) 06:46, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Obvious sock of User:TechsonNet per the comment on Talk:Ajit Menon: [19] vs [20] Jeraxmoira ( talk) 11:18, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Recreated a recently deleted page ( Tarun Poddar) just after reaching 10 edits, adding an image uploaded by User:Andrew1590 (already confirmed and blocked as a sockpuppet) ChaotıċEnby( t · c) 12:57, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Recreated Ajit Menon with the same sources. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ajit Menon. Previously created by User talk:TechsonNet Jeraxmoira🐉 ( talk) 09:24, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
User editing the pages Jaani (songwriter), B Praak, Irshad Kamil, and Vishal Mishra (composer) (note these are the ONLY four edits they have at the time this SPI was filed). All four have previously been edited by User:DodoDeDe7 who is a blocked sock of Bikrookanpurgangster. In addition to the editing patter, they have obviously similar usernames and editing from same operating system. CNMall41 ( talk) 01:47, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
At simplewiki, the user has been involved in the creation of simple:Bikroo Kanpur Gangster ( w:simple:special:redirect/logid/2640551), as same as the previous accounts (please also see the deletion log of Bikroo Kanpur Gangster). At enwiki the account has made the same subject with similar spelling ( Draft:Bikru Kanpur Gangster, special:redirect/logid/159004474). MathXplore ( talk) 07:13, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
Both registered in 2023, only three months apart in their registrations. Shortly after acquiring autoconfirmed status, HelpDeskWiki created Rita Jhawar yesterday, only for it to be redirected due to notability issues. Today, AndreaGlover, seemingly also gaming the autoconfirmed status, removed the redirect. They have been active in the same area, employing similar tactics to achieve autoconfirmed status. GSS 💬 10:31, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
Please see also Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Btw Santhosh: this should probably be merged there. Good catch, thanks. Wikishovel ( talk) 13:40, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
.
Autocreated on ENwiki 22 September 2023. Gamed autoconfirm with first edits on 11 May, then recreated Rachana-Rhythm (last created by blocked User:राहिल खान) on 12 May. Already indeffed on HAwiki, HIwiki, and Simplewiki for sockpuppetry, so global lock might be a good idea. Requesting checkuser for further sleepers. Wikishovel ( talk) 05:24, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
Adding softblocked sock HelpDeskWiki, spotted by eagle-eyed User:GSS over at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AndreaGlover, which should be merged here. Wikishovel ( talk) 13:39, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
Possibly editing while logged out. GSS 💬 07:30, 15 May 2024 (UTC)