Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AndreaGotts/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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 * 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Draft%3AZhang+Bo+%28CEO%2FChairman+of+China+Hongqiao+Group%29
 * 2) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:AngelesLlabres&oldid=1050806861
 * 3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AndreaGotts
 * There are similar edits in Draft:Zhang Bo (CEO/Chairman of China Hongqiao Group)‎, and both use the user page as Draft:Zhang Bo (CEO/Chairman of China Hongqiao Group)‎'s backup.

They all uploaded photos of Zhang Bo although the behavior was not at en.wikipedia.org but at commons.wikimedia.org. Rastinition (talk) 13:01, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ -- RoySmith (talk) 18:25, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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See Sockpuppet_investigations/AndreaGotts/Archive Only upload pictures related to China Hongqiao Group or edit pages related to China Hongqiao Group. And use the user page as Draft:Zhang Bo (CEO/Chairman of China Hongqiao Group) or Draft:Zhang Bo backup.I found out that he tried to make a backup in es.wikipedia.

They all try to create Draft:Zhang Bo (CEO/Chairman of China Hongqiao Group) or Draft:Zhang Bo.

[AngelesLlabres] and [CianiMarcos] triggered filter description: Promotional text added by user to own user(-talk) page.--Rastinition (talk) 14:08, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * - I am seeing enough here based on the filter hits, but let's look for sleepers. The SandDoctor  Talk 18:11, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:01, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. I don't see any obvious sleepers.  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:06, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Nothing left to do that I can see, closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:47, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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 * 1) Account naming rules contain Andrea string.See Sockpuppet_investigations/AndreaGotts/Archive
 * 2) Interested in Draft: Zhang Bo, Zhang Bo's family or company in the early days of account creation.
 * 3) According to Daft: Zhang Bo's editing history, the editing record of the person who uploaded the picture, and the use record of the picture, there is a high possibility that these accounts are writers hired by the same person or company.But considering the account naming rules, it is also possible that these accounts are the same person, not the writer. Rastinition (talk) 14:37, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

PS:Anyway, that draft is better than yesterday.I don't know if it's my misunderstanding, the sock puppet investigation made him try to avoid the investigation, and the behavior of avoiding the investigation made the draft greatly improved.--Rastinition (talk) 15:12, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * - worth a check The SandDoctor  Talk 18:22, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * ...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:25, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Checkuser evidence:
 * is to, , , and others.
 * Also found, but is - no technical data is available.
 * Unless has adopted a different M.O., this user is going through IP addresses that geolocate over many different countries and providers (most likely VPN or proxy use). The other accounts listed (which I ✅ are socks of one another) all go through (relatively) close, if not the same ranges, all of which geolocate to the same area. Taking into account the technical evidence that I have, I'm forced to go with "inconclusive" here... Sorry...
 * Behavioral evidence:
 * This is where things get a bit interesting. Looking through the contributions, logs, and deleted contributions for each account listed above, it's obvious that there's a mutual interest with the subject Zhang Bo. Each and every account (after a various amount of edits elsewhere) have gravitated (in one manner or another) toward making edits that involve this person. As of the time of this writing, these accounts have collectively created:
 * Draft:Zhang Bo
 * User:AndreaGotts (the revision is hidden per RD1, but it's pretty much like the others)
 * Draft:Zhang Bo (executive)
 * Draft:Zhang Bo (businessman)
 * Draft:Zhang Bo (CEO/Chairman of China Hongqiao Group)
 * The similarities are subtle, but one that I found that really made this case a "very likely find" is this revision by (sorry, it's rev-del'd, but trust me - it's there!), and this edit by . Both pages have similar content structure and word use, however both of these users either add or change the content to refer to the subject as Mr. Zhang Bo in the opening sentence of the lead paragraph. Because all of these accounts have gravitated toward editing the same article subject, and with the similarities that I found between  and the other accounts, I believe that a reasonable amount of behavioral evidence exists to block the user as a sock puppet of . Therefore, I am blocking this account and tagging them as a "proven sock". This SPI can be closed.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   21:56, 9 January 2022 (UTC)