– A checkuser has completed a check on relevant users in this case, and it is now awaiting administration and close.
The suspected sock account was created after Marcus Collins (author) was draftified and the master was asked to disclose their paid editing status. The suspected sock account immediately started editing the draft, and based on their second edit, they do not seem unfamiliar with Wikipedia. GSS 💬 18:04, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
There also seems to be a case of meat puppetry. The master uploaded File:Panduka Mahendra Jayasekera.jpg and File:Panduka Mahendra Jayasekera.jpg from Flickr, and both images were added on Flickr by "Chinthaka DG" just two days before being uploaded to Commons. Then, user Chinthaka1701 was created the same day Mahendra Jayasekera (now in draft) was created by the master. GSS 💬 18:24, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
Denseem was registered just two days before David Merriman (now in draft) was created by the master. On the same day the article was created, Denseem uploaded File:David Merriman. on set.jpg as their own work. GSS 💬 18:42, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
User Aarynadventure ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has made no edits on en-wiki, but they uploaded File:Marcus Collins.jpg as their own work on Commons just a day before Marcus Collins (author) was created by the master. The master then used this image when they published the article. This indicates a strong possibility of proxy/meatpuppetry. GSS 💬 07:51, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
GSS initially said that me is unfamiliar with Wikipedia. When I started to challenge them, they changed their mind and edited this for a second time in a tone I am familiar. The Kazanchis ( talk) 08:34, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
@ GSS: Mahendra Jayasekera article is on my radar because of this SPI. Per the outcome of that SPI, I believe User:Chinthaka1701 and User:Shehani98 could be sockpuppets of User:DefineDream. Behavioural similarities include
I share GSS's suspicions on suspicions on The Kazanchis's UPE behaviour. Cheers! Chanaka L ( talk) 11:43, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
– A checkuser has completed a check on relevant users in this case, and it is now awaiting administration and close.
The suspected sock account was created after Marcus Collins (author) was draftified and the master was asked to disclose their paid editing status. The suspected sock account immediately started editing the draft, and based on their second edit, they do not seem unfamiliar with Wikipedia. GSS 💬 18:04, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
There also seems to be a case of meat puppetry. The master uploaded File:Panduka Mahendra Jayasekera.jpg and File:Panduka Mahendra Jayasekera.jpg from Flickr, and both images were added on Flickr by "Chinthaka DG" just two days before being uploaded to Commons. Then, user Chinthaka1701 was created the same day Mahendra Jayasekera (now in draft) was created by the master. GSS 💬 18:24, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
Denseem was registered just two days before David Merriman (now in draft) was created by the master. On the same day the article was created, Denseem uploaded File:David Merriman. on set.jpg as their own work. GSS 💬 18:42, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
User Aarynadventure ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has made no edits on en-wiki, but they uploaded File:Marcus Collins.jpg as their own work on Commons just a day before Marcus Collins (author) was created by the master. The master then used this image when they published the article. This indicates a strong possibility of proxy/meatpuppetry. GSS 💬 07:51, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
GSS initially said that me is unfamiliar with Wikipedia. When I started to challenge them, they changed their mind and edited this for a second time in a tone I am familiar. The Kazanchis ( talk) 08:34, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
@ GSS: Mahendra Jayasekera article is on my radar because of this SPI. Per the outcome of that SPI, I believe User:Chinthaka1701 and User:Shehani98 could be sockpuppets of User:DefineDream. Behavioural similarities include
I share GSS's suspicions on suspicions on The Kazanchis's UPE behaviour. Cheers! Chanaka L ( talk) 11:43, 18 May 2024 (UTC)