Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Búfalo Barreto/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Peru-related articles have recently experienced WP:SOCK edits during the increasing political conflict. Interestingly, the edits of and  mimic each other on multiple occasions. On the Dina Boluarte article, Búfalo Barreto attempts to remove content and is reverted, though LordSidiousOfPeru would later attempt to perform a nearly identical edit. Similar behavior would occur on the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance article; LordSidiousOfPeru would remove information about the party's ideology while Búfalo Barreto would suddenly appear and attempt to remove similar information from the infobox. These edits appear to be attempts to manipulate the consensus on Peru-related articles.

Both users also edit the Peruvian Universities (MUN), Harvard National Model United Nations - Latin America and Peruvian Debate Society articles, which are articles of questionable notability that contain possible promotional material about Peruvian debate competitions.

Regarding an additional connection between the two users, the contributions here show a similar interest in the Peruvian debate competitions and an edit link with the account and LordSidiousOfPeru on the Dina Boluarte article. WMrapids (talk) 08:29, 18 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello. I am Peruvian but I do not know the other account. I have stopped using Wikipedia for a while now and rarely go back because of how time consuming this is. Búfalo Barreto (talk) 16:50, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
 * The link between your account and has been confirmed by  below, so please choose one account or display that  is an additional account on your user page. Thank you. WMrapids (talk) 17:02, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - and  are ✅ to one another. However, it appears that the Búfalo Barreto account has effectively been abandoned - it has only three edits in the last year. Since there are no active sanctions in place against that account, it is not a violation of policy for them to create a new account; best practice would be to declare the connection on the user pages, unless this was intended to be a WP:FRESHSTART (which does not apply here, since they are extensively editing the same articles). If they are prepared to acknowledge the connection, that will satisfy the sockpuppetry allegations; any other disruptive editing can be addressed through normal channels.   Girth Summit  (blether)  08:56, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
 * OK, well, I was prepared to have a discussion about why they had switched accounts, how to make appropriate disclosure, etc. Instead they have chosen to deny it - a denial which is not, I'm afraid, credible in any way. Both blocked indefinitely.   Girth Summit  (blether)  17:02, 18 July 2023 (UTC)