Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/LightFromABrightStar

Basic information
Comprehensive edits analysis

LightFromABrightStar was identified as a sockmaster in September of 2019. By March 2020, it had already been connected to 11 confirmed sock accounts.

Targeted areas, pages, themes
This user frequently edits pages related to Chinese and South Asian ethnic groups, especially those that live outside their respective countries, like "Chinese people in India", or "Chinese people in Japan", for example.

A strong interest in Chinese history, especially as it relates to wars or foreigners, is also evident with the sock Leppaberry-123's frequent edits to the Opium wars and Century of Humiliation articles. The socks are also particularly interested in wars in China's northern and Western regions that were fought by people within China against groups like the Manchu, Xiongnu, Gokturks, etc.

Another common thread among these socks is the investment in pages related to the 2019-2020 Coronavirus outbreak, including the bat as food article.

This sockmaster, similar to WorldCreaterFighter, has demonstrated a remarkable persistance in attacking articles related to the genetics and origins of Turkic people, and other central Asian and east Asian people, especially minorities within China. Also like WorldCreaterFighter, it seems to be obsessed with, and opposed to, articles concerning interracial marriage/sex, especially when they relate to East Asian females.

LightFromABrightStar also relentlessly assaulted the Origin of the domestic dog article in support of the "East Asian origin" hypothesis of the domestic dog.

Habitual behavior
As of March 2020, a clear trend can be seen in the usernames this sockmaster uses. Most frequently, they involve the habitual use of one or more hyphens, and frequently the numbers "123". Many of these usernames appear to be influenced by Japanese video games or anime, such as "Dynasty-Warriors-Fan" or "Laputa-skye-123".

A second username trend describes an object related to ambient light levels, or the light it emits, like "LightFromABrightStar", "CherryBlossomsInTheNight", "MorningSunBright", etc. Note that these descriptors of cherry blossoms and "rising suns" could be considered "Japanese".

In having usernames that are clearly Japanese influenced, this user bears strong similarity to another (possibly related or the same) sockmaster, WorldCreaterFighter.

This user attacks articles related to Turkic, Mongolic and other central and East Asian ethnic groups, distorting information about their genetic origins and paternal ancestry, trying to make them appear East Asian in areas where they are not, especially their paternal side.

It has demonstrated an interest in the 2019-2020 Coronavirus outbreak, and has engaged in edits that could be seen as attempting to cast doubt on the relationship between that virus and the consumption of wild animal food, such as bats.

The sockmaster has demonstrated opposition to interracial relationships involving East Asian women and "West Eurasian" men, and has attempted to cover up or erase instances in which relationships/genetic evidence for such is presented.

Its edits to articles concerning interracial marriage, the genetic origins of Turkic and other central Asian people, as well as Chinese history (especially as it relates to wars), definitely reeks of Sinocentrism and East Asian supremacy.

This user went on an emotional tirade when it made several edits to the Origin of the domestic dog article in favor of the "East Asian origin" theory of the domestic dog.

Confirmed and suspected accounts

 * Sockpuppet category (if any): Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of LightFromABrightStar
 * Suspected sockpuppet category (if any): Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of LightFromABrightStar

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