Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alexia thomas15/Archive

03 February 2016

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User Alexia_thomas15 removed speedy deletion notice from an article of the same name. I reverted this and minutes later, User Surenpsico repeated this behavior. Hama Dryad (talk · contribs · email) 18:52, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * Indeffing the sock, blocking the master for three days. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:29, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

17 February 2016

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User Alexia thomas15 created page Professor Alexia Thomas a few weeks ago. After a deletion discussion it was found that she was the person about whom the article was about and a previous sockpuppet investigation was done againt her and she was found to have been guilty of this with her sockpuppet being Surenpsico. The current editing patterns seem to indicate that she is trying to restore her previous version of the article. I may be wrong about this, but it seems to me that she has got another username and is trying to restore her version of the article which was severely redacted after the AfD discussion. Please investigate. Thank you. Hama Dryad (talk · contribs · email) 15:25, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * Comment from uninvolved: Alexia Thomas is the oldest account, so I recommend setting that one as master. GABHello! 00:38, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:30, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Please, compare those accounts. They are all working solely on Vanjagenije   (talk) ''' 21:39, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Group 1 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * Group 2 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * Airport51 is between ❌ and to Groups 1 and 2.
 * The relationship between Groups 1 and 2 is as some of the accounts are obfuscating their location.
 * I have blocked the unblocked accounts in Groups 1 and 2 (now indeffing the master) and tagged or adjusted the tags in Group 1. I will leave the tagging of Group 2 and the disposition of Airport51 to a clerk.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:26, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm closing this without tagging group 2 or blocking Airport51.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:32, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Airport51 is between ❌ and to Groups 1 and 2.
 * The relationship between Groups 1 and 2 is as some of the accounts are obfuscating their location.
 * I have blocked the unblocked accounts in Groups 1 and 2 (now indeffing the master) and tagged or adjusted the tags in Group 1. I will leave the tagging of Group 2 and the disposition of Airport51 to a clerk.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:26, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm closing this without tagging group 2 or blocking Airport51.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:32, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm closing this without tagging group 2 or blocking Airport51.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:32, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

03 May 2016

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This looks a bit superficial but I believe it's a strong connection in a paid editing aspect. The different accounts create different promo articles, when something goes to PROD or AfD other accounts jump in to remove the PROD or vote keep at the AfD. These are only the ones I came across via a speedy deletion Easter egg hunt that I went on, I'm sure there are more and would like CU to help out with identifying those. I'll bring out the connections here now:
 * 1) Jamie Waller (entrepreneur) - Wizard created the advertorial, master joins in. AfD sees participation from both
 * 2) The lords country advertorial created by WikianGhost, Newby and Fluffy join in, Newboy removes PROD, AfD sees Wizard join in too along with the others
 * 3) Ability Unlimited Foundation created by Newby, joined in by Wikian; the founder's article Syed Sallauddin Pasha was created by a now dormant account  but edited by master, Newby, Thewall
 * 4) Bantasy created by Thewall, moved by Fluffy
 * 5) user pages of Master and Fluffy are also quite similar, similar account creation times for all of them. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  05:44, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are ✅ to each other and ❌ to the master:
 * is ✅ from the above accounts, but it may also be related to Sockpuppet investigations/Alexia thomas15. . There is a possible connection between all the confirmed accounts and Alexia thomas15, although the behavior here casts a much wider net.
 * I've blocked all accounts, including RexLuthor, without tags and leave to and the clerks to decide how best to dispose of this case. Either the case should be merged with Alexia thomas15, or a new case created with the oldest account, with or without RexLuthor.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:01, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, a bit different from what I expected. I checked through the Alexia thomas SPI, the linguistic tells aren't there IMO but behaviorally it seems to be similar. I'm 50-50 on whether they are connected, mostly because that set seemed to have handled only one client. Maybe or  can take a look to see if there is indeed a connection. If not, the SPI should probably be moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Wizardlis54. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  16:49, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Just one more thing, I deleted Creation Infoways Pvt Ltd created by which is supposedly run by  and one of the socks here had removed the speedy tag on it, leading me to believe there's meat puppetry between the two. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  16:54, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Alaokpoo is ❌ to anyone. Just so you know, Alaokpoo and Sata satapathy are editing from different continents.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:49, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Different continents is possible if this is a group, clients could be handled by the local rep. I'll submit the next lot after some investigation at COIN. cheers. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  17:53, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * On deeper investigation, as noted at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard, I'm now convinced that this is linked to [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alexia thomas15. Also, the above finding of multiple continents by Bbb23 is supported by the PR company's own website. I would therefore think that all these should be merged into a single SPI that references the company and not the oldest account. Their Wikipedia page creation/monitoring services is the biggest link between all these accounts. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  04:16, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I merged this case into the Alexia thomas15 case and tagged all as Alexia thomas15 socks. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  14:52, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * is ✅ from the above accounts, but it may also be related to Sockpuppet investigations/Alexia thomas15. . There is a possible connection between all the confirmed accounts and Alexia thomas15, although the behavior here casts a much wider net.
 * I've blocked all accounts, including RexLuthor, without tags and leave to and the clerks to decide how best to dispose of this case. Either the case should be merged with Alexia thomas15, or a new case created with the oldest account, with or without RexLuthor.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:01, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, a bit different from what I expected. I checked through the Alexia thomas SPI, the linguistic tells aren't there IMO but behaviorally it seems to be similar. I'm 50-50 on whether they are connected, mostly because that set seemed to have handled only one client. Maybe or  can take a look to see if there is indeed a connection. If not, the SPI should probably be moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Wizardlis54. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  16:49, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Just one more thing, I deleted Creation Infoways Pvt Ltd created by which is supposedly run by  and one of the socks here had removed the speedy tag on it, leading me to believe there's meat puppetry between the two. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  16:54, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Alaokpoo is ❌ to anyone. Just so you know, Alaokpoo and Sata satapathy are editing from different continents.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:49, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Different continents is possible if this is a group, clients could be handled by the local rep. I'll submit the next lot after some investigation at COIN. cheers. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  17:53, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * On deeper investigation, as noted at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard, I'm now convinced that this is linked to [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alexia thomas15. Also, the above finding of multiple continents by Bbb23 is supported by the PR company's own website. I would therefore think that all these should be merged into a single SPI that references the company and not the oldest account. Their Wikipedia page creation/monitoring services is the biggest link between all these accounts. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  04:16, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I merged this case into the Alexia thomas15 case and tagged all as Alexia thomas15 socks. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  14:52, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

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Both these accounts (almost SPAs) collaborated on the article Cinfoways pvt ltd (basically Creation Infoways Pvt Ltd with a changed title). ThecapitalXXI created the article (diff). It was prodded by after which Santasdog removed the PROD (diff) and added references (diff). Santasdog edited Jamie Waller (entrepreneur) (See diff) This is one article where the sockmaster and the socks/meatpuppets were editing previously. (Ref: Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard/Archive_101). Of course, all of these were connected to "Creation Infoways Pvt Ltd" in some way. I am aware that this paid editing firm sometimes outsources its works to freelancers. Thus, technical evidence may not confirm sockpuppetry sometimes. If it doesn't, we will have to fall back on behavioural analysis. Lemongirl942 (talk) 03:04, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
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 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:15, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:15, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:15, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:15, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:15, 23 June 2016 (UTC)