Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/1-1-2-2-SixtySix/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Fishy business going on at Articles for deletion/Pilot (Helluva Boss). The accounts here were recently created. All of them (save for マリオマリオ) have only commented in one AfD; マリオマリオ voted in a few. 1-1-2-2-SixtySix has made edits between July 19–26; MangoloITCrowd's contributions were in two short blocks of time on the 24th and 25th; マリオマリオ were in a few hours on the 27th; Applestarter's were in a few hours on the 28th. All of them possess knowledge of wikitext syntax (1 2 3) and customs (4) from the start. I think it's meatpuppetry spurred on from off-wiki (Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss wiki?), or it could be normal socking, but I'm not sure.

The only hitch is that 1-1-2-2-SixtySix created an account prior to my AfD. I assumed it was an IP that had been interacting with Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss articles, but they still are making edits, so I'm not sure anymore and am not including them. SWinxy (talk) 19:47, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - I am requesting a CU to sort this out. I'm fairly certain that Applestarter is evading the block of multiple IPs, e.g., Special:contributions/124.168.93.254. I am not as sure that the others are the same person. MangoloITCrowd is the most likely but it's not as obvious. The master and マリオマリオ are doing a lot of work with templates, which is highly unusual for new editors. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a mix of masters here. Of course, I don't expect any comment about the IP itself. Bbb23 (talk) 13:09, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
 * - Not sure about マリオマリオ but others look likely to me.  qedk ( t  愛  c ) 21:31, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
 * - RoySmith (talk) 22:48, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to
 * is ✅ to those two.
 * and are both.
 * There's a lot of proxy use going on by all of these accounts. RoySmith (talk) 23:00, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I've blocked and tagged all accounts as confirmed except the two Roy designated as likely, which I've tagged as proven. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 23:26, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Prior socks in the archive were blocked for votestacking at Articles for deletion/Pilot (Helluva Boss), an article created by IP 113.30.191.65 (already blocked as a webhost, listed here for completeness). That IP similarly, in a now-deleted edit, expanded Aniq (The Afterparty) from a redirect.

After that article was G5ed (pointing to the wrong master), Domeaudeus recreated it in draft as the account's only edit, with attribution to Yasper and Maggie (The Afterparty), both of which were written by the same IP.

Likewise, Ramplivity moved Aniq to Aniq (village) and then hijacked the resulting redirect (in a now-deleted edit) to point to The Afterparty (TV series), establishing a connection. Ramplivity might also be Sockpuppet investigations/TotalTruthTeller24, who is known to do similar things with TV redirects.

I accepted Aniq (The Afterparty) at AfC, this was a procedural action as it was deleted to make way for an AfC acceptance which never happened, and was before I realized how fishy this was. * Pppery * it has begun... 06:11, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * /me nudges Izno (talk) 03:43, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ,, and are all very likely to be Sockpuppet investigations/TotalTruthTeller24.  One can only assume anyone else tagged as similar to these accounts is also TTT24.  The most obvious signs are creating redirects for fictional characters, massively expanding articles on fictional characters, creating articles on for episodes of his favorite TV shows, and repeatedly recreating deleted articles (mostly about fictional characters).  For the record, Ramplivity and Corellonsuoochain are confirmed to each other, but it looks to me that  was exclusively on proxies.  If someone wanted to, they could retag all the socks under TTT24, but I personally find this to be a bit too close to busy work.  So, feel free to just say "meh" and let it go. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:01, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Everybody already blocked. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:49, 19 December 2023 (UTC)