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02 February 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

These are clearly the same user(s) or meat puppets, similar edit summaries with overly detailed descriptions, bungling page moves and the overlap here CUPIDICAE💕 23:48, 2 February 2021 (UTC) reply

Oh and this too CUPIDICAE💕 23:49, 2 February 2021 (UTC) reply

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  • @ Oshwah: Given the country, i'm inclined to say only  Possible except JFFF234/Xenen1970. I do think this is some form of meatpuppet recruitment as they are mostly using different mobile phones even if there is only a slight difference. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 11:51, 4 February 2021 (UTC) reply
This appears to be some sort of super organized meat puppetry, I'm guessing an editing firm now. Just found another account Atttx67. @ Oshwah and AmandaNP: CUPIDICAE💕 14:16, 4 February 2021 (UTC) reply
Atttx67  Likely Expert7820. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 12:26, 6 February 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Meaty block evaders or socky block evaders is still block evasion. Indeffed the lot. Cabayi ( talk) 12:31, 8 February 2021 (UTC) reply

21 February 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Our ever so friendly TOU violator is back with Draft:Miri Rodriguez CUPIDICAE💕 15:21, 21 February 2021 (UTC) reply

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  • Blocked, tagged, closing. MER-C 11:06, 22 February 2021 (UTC) reply

23 March 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Clearly the same user, bungling page moves, edits to Matthew Knowles. See for example this move which was originally about Michael Gorton, which is a tell for socks here, making it unclear what they're actually moving to mainspace. VAXIDICAE💉 16:06, 23 March 2021 (UTC) reply

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  • Self endorsed given the sheer number of socks last time. Please do a sleeper check. VAXIDICAE💉 16:07, 23 March 2021 (UTC) reply
  •  Confirmed:
-- Amanda (aka DQ) 16:19, 23 March 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Blocked, tagged, G5'd, locks requested, nothing more to do, closing, Cabayi ( talk) 16:57, 23 March 2021 (UTC) reply

05 April 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Very obviously Xenen, rapid fire creation, weird edit summaries, creation of articles on academics. Confirmed by cu on simple, requesting a sleeper check here since they usually have several going at once VAXIDICAE💉 15:16, 5 April 2021 (UTC) reply

This is almost certainly related to this long term paid farm aka WikiExperts. VAXIDICAE💉 15:20, 5 April 2021 (UTC) reply

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Mz7, unfortunately the underlying range and pattern of data is rather annoying, but it is as much of a technical match as possible. Behaviorally, though the English Wikipedia edits may not necessarily fit the pattern, it does on the Simple English Wikipedia. Best, Vermont ( talk) 02:59, 6 April 2021 (UTC) reply
@ Vermont: Fair enough. I'm convinced again after seeing some of the account's early edits [1] and simplewiki edits [2].  Blocked and tagged again. Mz7 ( talk) 03:08, 6 April 2021 (UTC) reply

13 April 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

This is newly created sock, created after the last bunch of puppets were blocked earlier this month. This sock's history, shows that they immediately began editing the page, Sowemimo Abiodun, which had been recently edited by another sock, User:Forcivef20. A comparison of the changes by each show a definite similarity. See this and this. Onel5969 TT me 14:05, 13 April 2021 (UTC) reply

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  •  Clerk note: endorsing for CU attention given the excessive amount of socks last round. Please check for sleepers. TAXIDICAE💰 14:21, 13 April 2021 (UTC) reply
  • The underlying range is very difficult to run a sleeper check on, but from what I could run,  No sleepers immediately visible. The sock account is locked; closing SPI report... ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 18:36, 13 April 2021 (UTC) reply

18 April 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

this edit and this edit on an article ripe with puppets are very similar. Both from newly created SPA accounts. Onel5969 TT me 13:35, 18 April 2021 (UTC) reply

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  • Moving to Xenen1970 - Akashemu is locked for "long-term abuse", Tks4Fish indicated that the lock was for being the same person as Forcivef20, who in turn is blocked locally as a sock of Xenen. GeneralNotability ( talk) 01:57, 8 May 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Ducky.  Blocked without tags, Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested. GeneralNotability ( talk) 02:00, 8 May 2021 (UTC) reply

26 April 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Already locked, filing for sleeper check. Terzxx10 is a disclosed alt of Terrzxx12, who recreated Ahmed Musa Dangiwa. -- Blablubbs| talk 09:42, 26 April 2021 (UTC) reply

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  • This case is being reviewed by Blablubbs as part of the clerk training process. Please allow him to process the entire case without interference, and pose any questions or concerns either on his talk page or on this page if more appropriate.
    CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk – per above, please look for other accounts. Thanks and best, Blablubbs| talk 09:45, 26 April 2021 (UTC) reply
  • The two accounts are  Confirmed to one another and  Likely to the master - all are editing in the same range. The range is very widely used, but from what I could run,  No sleepers immediately visible. ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 18:11, 26 April 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Everyone's locked, leaving untagged, closing. GeneralNotability ( talk) 02:00, 8 May 2021 (UTC) reply

30 August 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


All of the above are UPE prone subjects. Also common edit summaries, and a certain unlikely tell on Commons. I also think Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sadeeqzaria is the same user.

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I'm going to have to look at each of the spam articles created by the two new accounts. I'll post here once I'm done. MER-C 08:06, 1 September 2021 (UTC) reply
Cleanup done for these accounts here, images checked. Now to look at simple.wp. MER-C 12:19, 1 September 2021 (UTC) reply
Nothing to report from simple.wp. I think Toshikenan ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) is also them, but there is no link to the existing articles. MER-C 18:18, 1 September 2021 (UTC) reply
Waloowal16 ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) may also be them. MER-C 11:56, 2 September 2021 (UTC) reply

19 November 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Very similar edit summary patterns as previous blocked socks. Three socks I saw are Abzskhd8065 (compare this summary by Mukaigurin with this summary by the sock), Tarell005 and Jasmine441 (latter two are socks found on simplewiki, both blocked at enwiki and glocked). Combimed with a similar focus on BLPs, especially Nigerian ones, I felt that this was very, very obvious. Requesting CU as there doesn't seem to have been a check in a while, and CU has turned up sleepers in the past. Java Hurricane 12:59, 19 November 2021 (UTC) reply

Also see the editing at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/InstaShop, which was affected by lots of sockpuppetry. Java Hurricane 13:04, 19 November 2021 (UTC) reply

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  • Agreed and blocked. Leaving CU request up to check for other accounts. MER-C 13:50, 19 November 2021 (UTC) reply

This case is being reviewed by Spicy as part of the clerk training process. Please allow him to process the entire case without interference, and pose any questions or concerns either on his talk page or on this page if more appropriate.

09 January 2022

Suspected sockpuppets


We haven't had a sweep of this sockpuppeteer lately. Spam at Special:Undelete/Sebastian-Justus Schmidt, characteristic edit summaries (compare Mukaigurin). The other two are already locked but are included for the purpose of getting more data and context. MER-C 14:42, 9 January 2022 (UTC) reply

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  •  In progress - Girth Summit (blether) 16:20, 9 January 2022 (UTC) reply
  • All four accounts are operating out of the same (busy) range as previous socks. Benenele and Zaleskusd1059 are using the same (uncommon) user agent as each other, and as previous sock; given the similarities in their editing, I'd be happy to call them  Confirmed. I can't say much about Gwagon001 - they haven't edited on this project, so CU doesn't give me much aside from confirming that their global account was created using the same range as the others. Maxnim is using a different user agent from all of the other socks I've looked at. No other accounts are jumping out at me, but it is a busy range. Girth Summit (blether) 16:47, 9 January 2022 (UTC) reply
  • Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested, closing. TheSandDoctor Talk 18:34, 9 January 2022 (UTC) reply

09 May 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Pro-forma, based on off-wiki evidence. Lilio11 is already confirmed, but there's probably more where these came from. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:55, 9 May 2022 (UTC) reply

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18 July 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Possible UPE sock/meatpuppets involved in creating and trying to preserve a whitewashed promotional version ( this rev) of Mandla Lamba.

  • These three users made the only edits of actual substance before the article was rewritten, all other edits were maintenance. Very curious, because subject of article turned out to be a known fraudster.
  • Lamini12/Lamieni55: similar names, created one day apart, both did just enough to attain autoconfirmed before creating initial page and moving back to mainspace after it got draftified.
  • Gingie11: likely sleeper shows up to defend at AfD, also contributed small edit. Contribs shows vandal/inactive that abruptly starts taking interest in AfDs on 28 Jun — possible attempt to "establish cover" first (Mandla Lamba AfD nom was made on 26 Jun)
  • After article was rewritten, Gingie11 persistently seeks to restore "desired" version, gets blocked. Lamini12 takes over, then gives up(?). Notice that both undo edits one by one rather than revert in a single edit. Disruption appears to have ceased (for now at least)
  • Found a conversation between admins that suggests possible connection to previous cases
    • Gingie11 made page moves about Momar Sakanoko, obsession of Williamchaupin sockfarm
    • Gingie11 similar name to sockmaster Ginginie11 which has sock Lilio11 (probably more suspected, but no sleepers detected at that time)
  • Similar edit summary wording "Highlight (for)" across users: Lamini12, Lamieni55, Ginginie11, Lilio11 and simple:Special:Contributions/Gingie11

CU requested to 1) confirm/refute sockpuppetry 2) establish any connection to Gingie11/Lilio11 3) check for additional sleepers

Thanks in advance to CUs/clerks. 2406:3003:2077:1E60:C998:20C6:8CCF:5730 ( talk) 21:14, 18 July 2022 (UTC) reply

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  •  Clerk note: Moved from talk per request. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 04:14, 19 July 2022 (UTC) reply
  • I don't need CU to tell me that Lamini and Lamieni are the same person, but Gingie could be either SOCK or MEAT, so  Clerk endorsed. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 04:21, 19 July 2022 (UTC) reply
  • Lamini12 & Lamieni55  Confirmed,  Possible to Gingie11/Ginginie11/Lilio11 but with completely different UAs. -- Amanda (she/her) 06:02, 19 July 2022 (UTC) reply
  • All three  Blocked and tagged as proven, and Ginginie and Lilo re-tagged as proven to Gingie, based on CU, usernames, and edit summaries. Might be a UPE farm with a shared M.O., but I lean toward it being a single actor. Either way, evading the blocks on Ginginie and Lilo. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 15:27, 19 July 2022 (UTC) reply

19 July 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

brand new account, just happened to find Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Mandla_Lamba Star Mississippi 22:38, 19 July 2022 (UTC) reply

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  • Red X Unrelated -- Amanda (she/her) 23:47, 19 July 2022 (UTC) reply
  • Closing without action for now. If they start making meatpuppetish edits, feel free to re-report. But I find usually with SPAs at AfD, it's best to tag and ignore unless they start bludgeoning or causing trouble elsewhere. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 00:26, 20 July 2022 (UTC) reply
    thanks both! Will do, but hopefully won't need to. Star Mississippi 01:14, 20 July 2022 (UTC) reply

06 September 2022

Suspected sockpuppets


  • This log search makes it clear that these accounts are the same person; GMB Hafinew created Nancy Davis (Quadratic Capital) on the 4th, it was deleted an hour later, and recreated exactly two days and four minutes after its original creation by Femvxa12Wa.
  • Both accounts' first edit was to their user pages, and they both made just enough edits to reach autoconfirmed before creating the page.
  • Both have "mobile edit" and "mobile web edit" on their edits —  Ingenuity ( talk •  contribs) 11:45, 6 September 2022 (UTC) reply

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09 October 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Single-purpose account to get Mandla Lamba deleted after previous sox were unable to get it to have their preferred content. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 10:21, 9 October 2022 (UTC) reply

  • Adding Gurin Hawa Mota per shared interest in getting the article deleted + UPEësque edits. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 10:28, 9 October 2022 (UTC) reply

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This appears related to a similar situation documented partially at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naveen Jain (2nd nomination) and Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2022 February 24. I found Nancy Davis Quadratic while looking at the scope of the problems with the Naveen Jain AfD. -- Hipal ( talk) 21:00, 10 October 2022 (UTC) reply

  • I was researching this sequence of events yesterday with a view to requesting undeletion, and today I see there's now Draft:Nancy Davis (businesswoman). Regarding the comment "All UPEs either way, but, any idea what happened there", I voted keep at the AfD and I'm not a UPE. Anyway, thanks for blocking the socks and hopefully the article can be recreated better this time round. Mujinga ( talk) 11:39, 11 October 2022 (UTC) reply

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15 November 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

See consolidated contributions [5]: Both signup on October 28th, less than one hour apart, and make exactly 3 edits to their user pages. Then came back in November, one day apart, to create some spam articles. See also editing style, there are some more tells. Given the UPE(Z) smell here, I'm requesting a check. MarioGom ( talk) 18:39, 15 November 2022 (UTC) reply

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17 December 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Blocked as a duck per Special:Undelete/Daniel Niles vs. Special:Undelete/Draft:Dan Niles (content, ESes, and usernames). CU requested per history of sleepers. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 07:53, 17 December 2022 (UTC) reply

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18 January 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

I noticed these accounts acting suspiciously over at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Klein (strategist). Puvasoca has an interest in Daniel Kelley (hacker) (uploading commons:File:Daniel 4.jpg and adding it to the article), which has been frequented by previous socks; this account also uses similar phrasing to previous socks (compare "per Google search" in [6] with [7] [8] [9] etc.). Sabomancoo backed up Puvasoca in the Matt Klein AfD, and the two use similar language (compare "has pass" in [10] with [11]). Both accounts share some fairly clear edit-summary similarities (etc.) with previous socks; happy to elaborate if necessary. Requesting CU to look for sleepers. Extraordinary Writ ( talk) 08:34, 18 January 2023 (UTC) reply

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26 January 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

This one didn't come up on the last check, but I think it's pretty clearly a match: the account creation date matches that of previous socks (compare [12] with [13] [14] [15]), Isihu created the Matt Klein (strategist) article that attracted Ameerah1 socks when it was AfD'd, Isihu is interested in Seema Jaswal ( [16] [17] [18]) just like previous socks ( [19] [20]), and there are clear edit-summary similarities. Requesting CU to confirm and to look for sleepers. Extraordinary Writ ( talk) 20:03, 26 January 2023 (UTC) reply

Salvio giuliano, any sleepers? Extraordinary Writ ( talk) 19:45, 29 January 2023 (UTC) reply
None that I could easily see. Salvio giuliano 19:49, 29 January 2023 (UTC) reply
@ Extraordinary Writ: I stand corrected. Akashirev ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) could be another, but  Behavioural evidence needs evaluation Salvio giuliano 19:52, 29 January 2023 (UTC) reply

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  •  Clerk endorsed - per filer. Thanks, Spicy ( talk) 18:15, 29 January 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Aye, that's him. Salvio giuliano 18:25, 29 January 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Thanks. Pink clock Awaiting administrative action - please indef Isihu as a proven sock. Spicy ( talk) 18:26, 29 January 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Yep, Akashirev is a match too (similar edit summaries, similar dates of account creation, etc.). Both  Blocked and tagged. Closing. Extraordinary Writ ( talk) 20:05, 29 January 2023 (UTC) reply

25 February 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Account created 14 February. A dozen precocious edits (mostly today), then recreated Pandit Dasa at Pandit Das. Pandit Dasa was created by User:Plingkow, a sock of Bodiadub, and then deleted at AFD. 2A01:4C8:63:A8F0:C898:9FFF:FEAF:9F3E ( talk) 11:07, 25 February 2023 (UTC) reply

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08 May 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Bunch of obvious socks at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeremiah Thoronka. Spam pages: Dan Niles, Terrence Keeley (recreation from previous SPI under same name), Jeremiah Thoronka, Uplift11 Sports, Dhanush Dinesh, Adamu Garba Jauro, Anne Therese Gennari, Hélène Huby, Kerop D. Janoyan, Elgi Equipments. Behavior similar to previous blocked socks. MER-C 11:36, 8 May 2023 (UTC) reply

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  • MER-C - these accounts are all dotting about the same wide, spammy, socky ranges as each other, which have also been used by Ameerah1. Each one uses a different distinct UA, which are different from the ones the last bunch of socks used, but those might be spoofed. I guess I'm in  Possible territory - if you're confident based on the behaviour, block away. Girth Summit (blether) 12:12, 8 May 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Thanks. Blocked and tagged, Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested. MER-C 12:17, 8 May 2023 (UTC) reply

18 December 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Both accounts are focused on promoting Rheanna Cartier with the same text, see e.g. Draft:Rheanna Cartier, User:Jackjones122, User:Modelnews/sandbox. Tol ( talk | contribs) @ 02:34, 18 December 2023 (UTC) reply

It seems like the further I poke, the more layers this has. Draft:Rheanna Cartier was previously created by Expert7820, who is blocked as a sock of Xenen1970, which apparently traces back to Ameerah1, so this may be linked to that case. Tol ( talk | contribs) @ 02:39, 18 December 2023 (UTC) reply

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  •  Confirmed to each other. I'll leave this for a clerk and admin. Izno ( talk) 03:04, 18 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  •  Clerk note: @ Izno: User account Jackjones122 was created by Davidjameswriter back in 2021. That account was also promoting Rheanna Cartier on 21 January 2021 ( [21]). On the same day (21 January 2021), there were two more accounts also promoting Rheanna Cartier: Dwredd.chemical ( [22]) and Expert7820 (edits are deleted). Expert7820 is blocked as a sock of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ameerah1. Does this case belong to Ameerah1? Vanjagenije (talk) 23:48, 18 December 2023 (UTC) reply
    @ Vanjagenije, I think that'd be a fair merge, I just wasn't sure to endorse Tol's suggestion. I assume clerks are smarter than me in such things too. :) Izno ( talk) 00:50, 19 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Blocking everyone and closing. Vanjagenije (talk) 00:55, 19 December 2023 (UTC) reply

15 February 2024

Suspected sockpuppets

Sleeper account created 28 October 2022, created a userpage, and went to sleep. 31 May 2023, wakes up to remove an advert tag from an article heavily edited by blocked sock User:Ashavawani [23]. Another long sleep, then wakes up today, games autoconfirm, and recreates Jeremiah Thoronka, last created by sock User:Hammidh44. Requesting checkuser to check for more sleepers. Wikishovel ( talk) 11:44, 15 February 2024 (UTC) reply

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  •  Possible I guess. Same large country. Everything in the archive is stale so there's not much useful data for comparison. Spicy ( talk) 12:14, 23 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Behavioral evidence closely matches the patterns of this sockfarm.  Blocked and tagged. Closing. The Wordsmith Talk to me 23:07, 4 April 2024 (UTC) reply
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02 February 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

These are clearly the same user(s) or meat puppets, similar edit summaries with overly detailed descriptions, bungling page moves and the overlap here CUPIDICAE💕 23:48, 2 February 2021 (UTC) reply

Oh and this too CUPIDICAE💕 23:49, 2 February 2021 (UTC) reply

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  • @ Oshwah: Given the country, i'm inclined to say only  Possible except JFFF234/Xenen1970. I do think this is some form of meatpuppet recruitment as they are mostly using different mobile phones even if there is only a slight difference. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 11:51, 4 February 2021 (UTC) reply
This appears to be some sort of super organized meat puppetry, I'm guessing an editing firm now. Just found another account Atttx67. @ Oshwah and AmandaNP: CUPIDICAE💕 14:16, 4 February 2021 (UTC) reply
Atttx67  Likely Expert7820. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 12:26, 6 February 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Meaty block evaders or socky block evaders is still block evasion. Indeffed the lot. Cabayi ( talk) 12:31, 8 February 2021 (UTC) reply

21 February 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Our ever so friendly TOU violator is back with Draft:Miri Rodriguez CUPIDICAE💕 15:21, 21 February 2021 (UTC) reply

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  • Blocked, tagged, closing. MER-C 11:06, 22 February 2021 (UTC) reply

23 March 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Clearly the same user, bungling page moves, edits to Matthew Knowles. See for example this move which was originally about Michael Gorton, which is a tell for socks here, making it unclear what they're actually moving to mainspace. VAXIDICAE💉 16:06, 23 March 2021 (UTC) reply

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  • Self endorsed given the sheer number of socks last time. Please do a sleeper check. VAXIDICAE💉 16:07, 23 March 2021 (UTC) reply
  •  Confirmed:
-- Amanda (aka DQ) 16:19, 23 March 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Blocked, tagged, G5'd, locks requested, nothing more to do, closing, Cabayi ( talk) 16:57, 23 March 2021 (UTC) reply

05 April 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Very obviously Xenen, rapid fire creation, weird edit summaries, creation of articles on academics. Confirmed by cu on simple, requesting a sleeper check here since they usually have several going at once VAXIDICAE💉 15:16, 5 April 2021 (UTC) reply

This is almost certainly related to this long term paid farm aka WikiExperts. VAXIDICAE💉 15:20, 5 April 2021 (UTC) reply

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Mz7, unfortunately the underlying range and pattern of data is rather annoying, but it is as much of a technical match as possible. Behaviorally, though the English Wikipedia edits may not necessarily fit the pattern, it does on the Simple English Wikipedia. Best, Vermont ( talk) 02:59, 6 April 2021 (UTC) reply
@ Vermont: Fair enough. I'm convinced again after seeing some of the account's early edits [1] and simplewiki edits [2].  Blocked and tagged again. Mz7 ( talk) 03:08, 6 April 2021 (UTC) reply

13 April 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

This is newly created sock, created after the last bunch of puppets were blocked earlier this month. This sock's history, shows that they immediately began editing the page, Sowemimo Abiodun, which had been recently edited by another sock, User:Forcivef20. A comparison of the changes by each show a definite similarity. See this and this. Onel5969 TT me 14:05, 13 April 2021 (UTC) reply

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  •  Clerk note: endorsing for CU attention given the excessive amount of socks last round. Please check for sleepers. TAXIDICAE💰 14:21, 13 April 2021 (UTC) reply
  • The underlying range is very difficult to run a sleeper check on, but from what I could run,  No sleepers immediately visible. The sock account is locked; closing SPI report... ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 18:36, 13 April 2021 (UTC) reply

18 April 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

this edit and this edit on an article ripe with puppets are very similar. Both from newly created SPA accounts. Onel5969 TT me 13:35, 18 April 2021 (UTC) reply

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  • Moving to Xenen1970 - Akashemu is locked for "long-term abuse", Tks4Fish indicated that the lock was for being the same person as Forcivef20, who in turn is blocked locally as a sock of Xenen. GeneralNotability ( talk) 01:57, 8 May 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Ducky.  Blocked without tags, Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested. GeneralNotability ( talk) 02:00, 8 May 2021 (UTC) reply

26 April 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Already locked, filing for sleeper check. Terzxx10 is a disclosed alt of Terrzxx12, who recreated Ahmed Musa Dangiwa. -- Blablubbs| talk 09:42, 26 April 2021 (UTC) reply

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  • This case is being reviewed by Blablubbs as part of the clerk training process. Please allow him to process the entire case without interference, and pose any questions or concerns either on his talk page or on this page if more appropriate.
    CheckUser requested and endorsed by clerk – per above, please look for other accounts. Thanks and best, Blablubbs| talk 09:45, 26 April 2021 (UTC) reply
  • The two accounts are  Confirmed to one another and  Likely to the master - all are editing in the same range. The range is very widely used, but from what I could run,  No sleepers immediately visible. ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 18:11, 26 April 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Everyone's locked, leaving untagged, closing. GeneralNotability ( talk) 02:00, 8 May 2021 (UTC) reply

30 August 2021

Suspected sockpuppets


All of the above are UPE prone subjects. Also common edit summaries, and a certain unlikely tell on Commons. I also think Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sadeeqzaria is the same user.

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I'm going to have to look at each of the spam articles created by the two new accounts. I'll post here once I'm done. MER-C 08:06, 1 September 2021 (UTC) reply
Cleanup done for these accounts here, images checked. Now to look at simple.wp. MER-C 12:19, 1 September 2021 (UTC) reply
Nothing to report from simple.wp. I think Toshikenan ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) is also them, but there is no link to the existing articles. MER-C 18:18, 1 September 2021 (UTC) reply
Waloowal16 ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) may also be them. MER-C 11:56, 2 September 2021 (UTC) reply

19 November 2021

Suspected sockpuppets

Very similar edit summary patterns as previous blocked socks. Three socks I saw are Abzskhd8065 (compare this summary by Mukaigurin with this summary by the sock), Tarell005 and Jasmine441 (latter two are socks found on simplewiki, both blocked at enwiki and glocked). Combimed with a similar focus on BLPs, especially Nigerian ones, I felt that this was very, very obvious. Requesting CU as there doesn't seem to have been a check in a while, and CU has turned up sleepers in the past. Java Hurricane 12:59, 19 November 2021 (UTC) reply

Also see the editing at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/InstaShop, which was affected by lots of sockpuppetry. Java Hurricane 13:04, 19 November 2021 (UTC) reply

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  • Agreed and blocked. Leaving CU request up to check for other accounts. MER-C 13:50, 19 November 2021 (UTC) reply

This case is being reviewed by Spicy as part of the clerk training process. Please allow him to process the entire case without interference, and pose any questions or concerns either on his talk page or on this page if more appropriate.

09 January 2022

Suspected sockpuppets


We haven't had a sweep of this sockpuppeteer lately. Spam at Special:Undelete/Sebastian-Justus Schmidt, characteristic edit summaries (compare Mukaigurin). The other two are already locked but are included for the purpose of getting more data and context. MER-C 14:42, 9 January 2022 (UTC) reply

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  •  In progress - Girth Summit (blether) 16:20, 9 January 2022 (UTC) reply
  • All four accounts are operating out of the same (busy) range as previous socks. Benenele and Zaleskusd1059 are using the same (uncommon) user agent as each other, and as previous sock; given the similarities in their editing, I'd be happy to call them  Confirmed. I can't say much about Gwagon001 - they haven't edited on this project, so CU doesn't give me much aside from confirming that their global account was created using the same range as the others. Maxnim is using a different user agent from all of the other socks I've looked at. No other accounts are jumping out at me, but it is a busy range. Girth Summit (blether) 16:47, 9 January 2022 (UTC) reply
  • Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested, closing. TheSandDoctor Talk 18:34, 9 January 2022 (UTC) reply

09 May 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Pro-forma, based on off-wiki evidence. Lilio11 is already confirmed, but there's probably more where these came from. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:55, 9 May 2022 (UTC) reply

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18 July 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Possible UPE sock/meatpuppets involved in creating and trying to preserve a whitewashed promotional version ( this rev) of Mandla Lamba.

  • These three users made the only edits of actual substance before the article was rewritten, all other edits were maintenance. Very curious, because subject of article turned out to be a known fraudster.
  • Lamini12/Lamieni55: similar names, created one day apart, both did just enough to attain autoconfirmed before creating initial page and moving back to mainspace after it got draftified.
  • Gingie11: likely sleeper shows up to defend at AfD, also contributed small edit. Contribs shows vandal/inactive that abruptly starts taking interest in AfDs on 28 Jun — possible attempt to "establish cover" first (Mandla Lamba AfD nom was made on 26 Jun)
  • After article was rewritten, Gingie11 persistently seeks to restore "desired" version, gets blocked. Lamini12 takes over, then gives up(?). Notice that both undo edits one by one rather than revert in a single edit. Disruption appears to have ceased (for now at least)
  • Found a conversation between admins that suggests possible connection to previous cases
    • Gingie11 made page moves about Momar Sakanoko, obsession of Williamchaupin sockfarm
    • Gingie11 similar name to sockmaster Ginginie11 which has sock Lilio11 (probably more suspected, but no sleepers detected at that time)
  • Similar edit summary wording "Highlight (for)" across users: Lamini12, Lamieni55, Ginginie11, Lilio11 and simple:Special:Contributions/Gingie11

CU requested to 1) confirm/refute sockpuppetry 2) establish any connection to Gingie11/Lilio11 3) check for additional sleepers

Thanks in advance to CUs/clerks. 2406:3003:2077:1E60:C998:20C6:8CCF:5730 ( talk) 21:14, 18 July 2022 (UTC) reply

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  •  Clerk note: Moved from talk per request. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 04:14, 19 July 2022 (UTC) reply
  • I don't need CU to tell me that Lamini and Lamieni are the same person, but Gingie could be either SOCK or MEAT, so  Clerk endorsed. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 04:21, 19 July 2022 (UTC) reply
  • Lamini12 & Lamieni55  Confirmed,  Possible to Gingie11/Ginginie11/Lilio11 but with completely different UAs. -- Amanda (she/her) 06:02, 19 July 2022 (UTC) reply
  • All three  Blocked and tagged as proven, and Ginginie and Lilo re-tagged as proven to Gingie, based on CU, usernames, and edit summaries. Might be a UPE farm with a shared M.O., but I lean toward it being a single actor. Either way, evading the blocks on Ginginie and Lilo. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 15:27, 19 July 2022 (UTC) reply

19 July 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

brand new account, just happened to find Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Mandla_Lamba Star Mississippi 22:38, 19 July 2022 (UTC) reply

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  • Red X Unrelated -- Amanda (she/her) 23:47, 19 July 2022 (UTC) reply
  • Closing without action for now. If they start making meatpuppetish edits, feel free to re-report. But I find usually with SPAs at AfD, it's best to tag and ignore unless they start bludgeoning or causing trouble elsewhere. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 00:26, 20 July 2022 (UTC) reply
    thanks both! Will do, but hopefully won't need to. Star Mississippi 01:14, 20 July 2022 (UTC) reply

06 September 2022

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  • This log search makes it clear that these accounts are the same person; GMB Hafinew created Nancy Davis (Quadratic Capital) on the 4th, it was deleted an hour later, and recreated exactly two days and four minutes after its original creation by Femvxa12Wa.
  • Both accounts' first edit was to their user pages, and they both made just enough edits to reach autoconfirmed before creating the page.
  • Both have "mobile edit" and "mobile web edit" on their edits —  Ingenuity ( talk •  contribs) 11:45, 6 September 2022 (UTC) reply

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09 October 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Single-purpose account to get Mandla Lamba deleted after previous sox were unable to get it to have their preferred content. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 10:21, 9 October 2022 (UTC) reply

  • Adding Gurin Hawa Mota per shared interest in getting the article deleted + UPEësque edits. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 10:28, 9 October 2022 (UTC) reply

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This appears related to a similar situation documented partially at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naveen Jain (2nd nomination) and Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2022 February 24. I found Nancy Davis Quadratic while looking at the scope of the problems with the Naveen Jain AfD. -- Hipal ( talk) 21:00, 10 October 2022 (UTC) reply

  • I was researching this sequence of events yesterday with a view to requesting undeletion, and today I see there's now Draft:Nancy Davis (businesswoman). Regarding the comment "All UPEs either way, but, any idea what happened there", I voted keep at the AfD and I'm not a UPE. Anyway, thanks for blocking the socks and hopefully the article can be recreated better this time round. Mujinga ( talk) 11:39, 11 October 2022 (UTC) reply

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15 November 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

See consolidated contributions [5]: Both signup on October 28th, less than one hour apart, and make exactly 3 edits to their user pages. Then came back in November, one day apart, to create some spam articles. See also editing style, there are some more tells. Given the UPE(Z) smell here, I'm requesting a check. MarioGom ( talk) 18:39, 15 November 2022 (UTC) reply

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17 December 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Blocked as a duck per Special:Undelete/Daniel Niles vs. Special:Undelete/Draft:Dan Niles (content, ESes, and usernames). CU requested per history of sleepers. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she|they|xe) 07:53, 17 December 2022 (UTC) reply

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18 January 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

I noticed these accounts acting suspiciously over at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Klein (strategist). Puvasoca has an interest in Daniel Kelley (hacker) (uploading commons:File:Daniel 4.jpg and adding it to the article), which has been frequented by previous socks; this account also uses similar phrasing to previous socks (compare "per Google search" in [6] with [7] [8] [9] etc.). Sabomancoo backed up Puvasoca in the Matt Klein AfD, and the two use similar language (compare "has pass" in [10] with [11]). Both accounts share some fairly clear edit-summary similarities (etc.) with previous socks; happy to elaborate if necessary. Requesting CU to look for sleepers. Extraordinary Writ ( talk) 08:34, 18 January 2023 (UTC) reply

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26 January 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

This one didn't come up on the last check, but I think it's pretty clearly a match: the account creation date matches that of previous socks (compare [12] with [13] [14] [15]), Isihu created the Matt Klein (strategist) article that attracted Ameerah1 socks when it was AfD'd, Isihu is interested in Seema Jaswal ( [16] [17] [18]) just like previous socks ( [19] [20]), and there are clear edit-summary similarities. Requesting CU to confirm and to look for sleepers. Extraordinary Writ ( talk) 20:03, 26 January 2023 (UTC) reply

Salvio giuliano, any sleepers? Extraordinary Writ ( talk) 19:45, 29 January 2023 (UTC) reply
None that I could easily see. Salvio giuliano 19:49, 29 January 2023 (UTC) reply
@ Extraordinary Writ: I stand corrected. Akashirev ( talk + · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser( log) · investigate · cuwiki) could be another, but  Behavioural evidence needs evaluation Salvio giuliano 19:52, 29 January 2023 (UTC) reply

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  •  Clerk endorsed - per filer. Thanks, Spicy ( talk) 18:15, 29 January 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Aye, that's him. Salvio giuliano 18:25, 29 January 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Thanks. Pink clock Awaiting administrative action - please indef Isihu as a proven sock. Spicy ( talk) 18:26, 29 January 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Yep, Akashirev is a match too (similar edit summaries, similar dates of account creation, etc.). Both  Blocked and tagged. Closing. Extraordinary Writ ( talk) 20:05, 29 January 2023 (UTC) reply

25 February 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Account created 14 February. A dozen precocious edits (mostly today), then recreated Pandit Dasa at Pandit Das. Pandit Dasa was created by User:Plingkow, a sock of Bodiadub, and then deleted at AFD. 2A01:4C8:63:A8F0:C898:9FFF:FEAF:9F3E ( talk) 11:07, 25 February 2023 (UTC) reply

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08 May 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Bunch of obvious socks at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeremiah Thoronka. Spam pages: Dan Niles, Terrence Keeley (recreation from previous SPI under same name), Jeremiah Thoronka, Uplift11 Sports, Dhanush Dinesh, Adamu Garba Jauro, Anne Therese Gennari, Hélène Huby, Kerop D. Janoyan, Elgi Equipments. Behavior similar to previous blocked socks. MER-C 11:36, 8 May 2023 (UTC) reply

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  • MER-C - these accounts are all dotting about the same wide, spammy, socky ranges as each other, which have also been used by Ameerah1. Each one uses a different distinct UA, which are different from the ones the last bunch of socks used, but those might be spoofed. I guess I'm in  Possible territory - if you're confident based on the behaviour, block away. Girth Summit (blether) 12:12, 8 May 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Thanks. Blocked and tagged, Redirect arrow Global lock(s) requested. MER-C 12:17, 8 May 2023 (UTC) reply

18 December 2023

Suspected sockpuppets

Both accounts are focused on promoting Rheanna Cartier with the same text, see e.g. Draft:Rheanna Cartier, User:Jackjones122, User:Modelnews/sandbox. Tol ( talk | contribs) @ 02:34, 18 December 2023 (UTC) reply

It seems like the further I poke, the more layers this has. Draft:Rheanna Cartier was previously created by Expert7820, who is blocked as a sock of Xenen1970, which apparently traces back to Ameerah1, so this may be linked to that case. Tol ( talk | contribs) @ 02:39, 18 December 2023 (UTC) reply

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  •  Confirmed to each other. I'll leave this for a clerk and admin. Izno ( talk) 03:04, 18 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  •  Clerk note: @ Izno: User account Jackjones122 was created by Davidjameswriter back in 2021. That account was also promoting Rheanna Cartier on 21 January 2021 ( [21]). On the same day (21 January 2021), there were two more accounts also promoting Rheanna Cartier: Dwredd.chemical ( [22]) and Expert7820 (edits are deleted). Expert7820 is blocked as a sock of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ameerah1. Does this case belong to Ameerah1? Vanjagenije (talk) 23:48, 18 December 2023 (UTC) reply
    @ Vanjagenije, I think that'd be a fair merge, I just wasn't sure to endorse Tol's suggestion. I assume clerks are smarter than me in such things too. :) Izno ( talk) 00:50, 19 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Blocking everyone and closing. Vanjagenije (talk) 00:55, 19 December 2023 (UTC) reply

15 February 2024

Suspected sockpuppets

Sleeper account created 28 October 2022, created a userpage, and went to sleep. 31 May 2023, wakes up to remove an advert tag from an article heavily edited by blocked sock User:Ashavawani [23]. Another long sleep, then wakes up today, games autoconfirm, and recreates Jeremiah Thoronka, last created by sock User:Hammidh44. Requesting checkuser to check for more sleepers. Wikishovel ( talk) 11:44, 15 February 2024 (UTC) reply

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  •  Possible I guess. Same large country. Everything in the archive is stale so there's not much useful data for comparison. Spicy ( talk) 12:14, 23 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Behavioral evidence closely matches the patterns of this sockfarm.  Blocked and tagged. Closing. The Wordsmith Talk to me 23:07, 4 April 2024 (UTC) reply
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