Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Aliawalsh22/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Noted on Commons as a sockpuppet of this master. Same horse world interests here, too. Quacking, into a megaphone. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 17:20, 2 April 2023 (UTC)


 * For completeness, please see Special:Contributions/Aliawalsh2 which shows the account used for prior block evasion, and c:Category:Sockpuppets of Aliawalsh22 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 18:08, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I've noted this SPI on 's talk page since they unblocked the alleged master. I suspect we are seeing an unrestrained keenness to contribute, but it must be Within our rules. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 18:14, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Timtrent ah thank you, I had meant to ping them here. I tend to agree! firefly  ( t · c ) 18:14, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * No criticism of the unblock by JBW is implied. It was a good faith unblock in my view. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 18:27, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Firefly On the basis that communication with the alleged master has been sporadic in the past, with their being unwilling to engage, I have also flagged this at their talk page this morning. My intent is to give them ample warning of the need to engage. History suggests that my hope for engagement is in vain. The potential inevitable outcome of this SPI is disappointing from a Wikipedia sense, since they have expertise in a niche area, and we would benefit from that, but not by paying the price of disruption. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 07:03, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Firefly Obviously this is important rather than urgent. Even so, neither account has responded, and neither has edited for good number of days. Doubtless you have a time in your mind after which you will consider processing this investigation further, and I am not about to ask you what it is. I'm thinking, though, that we might be very close to it. Aliawalsh22 does not engage easily, as their talk page shows. 🇺🇦  Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 21:20, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Firefly No response nor contributions from either party. This is a nudge in case you wish to bring this to a conclusion, though you suggested that any qualified SPI person may do so. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 07:10, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I’ll take a look today - thanks! firefly  ( t · c ) 07:30, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The technical evidence here is a little unusual, and could have multiple explanations. None of the likely ones are particularly good for the users involved, particularly given that Aliawalsh22 has already been blocked and locked previously, but I've asked Sirmaxton (the most recently active account) what's going on. Don't treat this as "on hold" - if we don't get a reply and I seem to have forgotten about this case anyone else is entirely free to process it as they wish. :) firefly  ( t · c ) 17:57, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * CheckUser is : the data for Aliawalsh22 shows they are in a few different countries, and at least one of them is for sure a proxy. Sirmaxton appears to be in an entirely separate country. From a behavioral standpoint, I'm inclined to agree with Timtrent that this passes the WP:DUCK test. Compare created by Sirmaxton to  created by Aliawalsh22, as well as the article overlap on Cian O'Connor. One alternative possibility that these two could be separate individuals contracted by the same entity to write an article from the same script (which would still be a violation of WP:PAID and WP:COI). Both accounts, closing. Mz7 (talk) 23:10, 13 April 2023 (UTC)