Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Balljgh/Archive

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Xzodoscript and Westhunder are almost certainly somebody's sock - both popped up at almost the same time to comment on Articles for deletion/Malik Ofori with similar arguments and edit the subject page. BallJ and Kofipedia both commented on the same article in close succession to those two. Kofipedia first appears on Articles_for_deletion/Big_Six_(album), which is an album by BallJ (and in case it wasn't apparent, sockmaster username appears to parse as "BallJ Ghana"). Kofipedia, Balljgh, and Malikofori pop up in a similar pattern again on Articles_for_deletion/Kofi_Byble. A couple of them have a similar pattern of listing the same rules the nominator says the article failed (e.g. NBIO, GNG) and saying that it passes them without any clear indication that they know what those rules actually mean or how to meet them. creffett (talk) 00:06, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

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My suspicion, which I noted in the AfD discussion, is this is at the very least a case of canvasing, a clear violation of wikipedia rules. Although it wouldn't surprise me to learn that these are socks. ShelbyMarion (talk) 12:40, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

I just stumbled across this lot and it looks very suspicious. Before I found this discussion I was looking into whether a username block would be appropriate on Balljgh (Ball J of Ghana) given that they have edited the Ball J article and could be mistaken for (or be) the subject of the article. I am now thinking COI as it turns out they uploaded File:Nu Afrika Records.jpg (the logo of Ball J's label) as a self-made work (claiming that the uploader designed it). They also uploaded a childhood photo, File:Ball j and Jayso.jpg. On the other hand, they claimed to have taken this picture and it's not a selfie. --kingboyk (talk) 03:52, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

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 * - Please, check those accounts to each other.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  18:56, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Kofipedia, Xzodoscript, and Westhunder are, bordering on ✅, to Balljgh. It's possible they're WP:MEAT instead.  Malikofori is stale. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:28, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
 * all given the CU results, AfD intersections (presented above), and article edits (Malikofori creating Kofi Byble [Kofipedia] and Nu Afrika Records and editing Ball J; Kofipedia creating Malik Ofori [Malikofori]) —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 00:45, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

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Balljgh already blocked for SPI through prior investigation. Several days later, User MEditx created Draft:Malik Ofori which is the same topic which was edited by Balljgh and other socks. Not sure a checkuser is necessary per WP:DUCK but also don't see how running one would hurt. CNMall41 (talk) 01:46, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

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 * ,, GABgab 13:59, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

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Need a CU on this recreated article on Draft:Malik Ofori. Suspect person is related to Malik as the username suggests (01001111 is binary for letter O) although discussion on 's talkpage suggests otherwise. AngusWOOF ( bark  •  sniff ) 17:47, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * Since CU is declined, would someone with magic admin glasses mind having a look at how this draft compares to the previously deleted pages from the known socks? creffett (talk) 00:00, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

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This case is. CU declined.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:00, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
 * The drafts are not similar. Closing without action. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 03:47, 11 February 2020 (UTC)