Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alex King-Zhang/Archive

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It's been shown with off-wiki evidence (see COIN ) that 100+ undeclared paid jobs were performed by the same sockfarm or meatfarm. We have only identified around 25 articles associated with the farm at this point, so a look-see for more socks is warranted.

1. Here are two instances where we can see the master and one of his socks interacting.
 * Master claimed here that this was his article. However the article  was later created by the sock, then edited by the master . Until my cleanup today there were only four editors here.
 * At created by sock, next editor is master less than a day later. Also here we have the sock adding links to the article, the only other Wikipedia article that links here. Also a price chart appears to have been uploaded to Commons by the master & used in this article (and only this article) hours later when it was created by the sock.

2. Added Cyberads due to evidence of images for same promo bio uploaded to Commons. File:Rahil-hesan.jpg uploaded by Cyberads vs File:Rahil Hesan in Yarevan.jpg uploaded by EngiZe. Also C's sandbox on 15 June substantially similar to E's article 30 June, down to the order of celebs listed (Sofia Milos, Gemma White, Samantha Gutstadt, etc.).

3. Added KARANSUTTA due to evidence of co-authorship related to singer Pernilla Wahlgren. For instance here the album is created by K (referencing a nonexistent artist template, using improper Wiki markup), and less than an hour later E edits. Additionally E created the missing artist template within the hour. There is no visible on-wiki coordination between them, so this is remarkable.

4. One of the named socks has declared this is not his first account. Given what's outlined above this is probably an abuse of the "clean start" claim of protection from SPI and a check is fair. WP:NOTSUICIDE.

Ends ☆ Bri (talk) 22:01, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * you didn't request CheckUser. Did you mean to? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:26, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
 * - cyberads is stale, but please check the others. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:43, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
 * They're all ❌. PhilKnight (talk) 03:42, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
 * with respect to sockpuppetry, I see no connection. However, as Alex King-Zhang's editing has been exclusively focused on articles related to "Amplio Services" which have been written for hire, I am blocking the account for undisclosed paid editing. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:42, 5 October 2017 (UTC)