Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BlackBoxRecorder/Archive

05 June 2014

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Repeated recreation of non-notable page Samuel Akporaro. Here is Blackboxrecorder doing it, and here is betameta doing it. BloodUser has already been blocked as a sock, but since there was no formal investigation i thought i should add them here. Benboy00 (talk) 22:02, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * Blocked. Note that the history of Samuel Akporaro is a bit confusing; Talk:Efetobore Akporaro makes it clear that Betameta is a sock. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 06:26, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

18 June 2014

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User:BlackBoxRecorder was blocked indefinitely for creating multiple articles about himself without any references and with the only goal of self-promotion. He created articles: Samuel Akporaro, Samuel Akporaro (Snr.), Samuel Akporaro E C, Sammie Akporaro, Hon. Samuel Akporaro, Samuel E. Akporaro and Sir. Samuel Akporaro, all about himself and all were deleted (see: Articles for deletion/Samuel Akporaro). Now, new user, Train666 created new article titled Samuel Ebezina C. Akporaro. Once, BlackBoxRecorder made a following statement at Talk:Otimenyi Adams (it is now deleted): "I (BlackBoxRecorder[ Samuel Akporaro]) am very desperate for Political Fame and Power now that I am fatherless and I will do anything to get it just to end the insult and mockery me and my mum are receiving and that is why I may be constituting nuisance on the Wiki Project." This may be an obvious case of sockpuppeting: person is desperate to have a Wikipedia article, he gets blocked, so he creates article under new user name. Vanjagenije (talk) 22:35, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * Quack quack. I'd already blocked before finding this SPI. For what it's worth, I've also found and blocked/tagged several other blatant socks; I won't explain how here per WP:BEANS. -- Kinu  t/c 18:13, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * Looks like is all over it and the account(s) have been blocked. Closing.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  21:14, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

03 July 2014

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We know that this sockmaster is dedicated to creating articles about Samuel Akporaro (probably himself). He is blocked indefinitely, but he already created lot of sockpuppets with the goal of re-creating article(s) about himself. Now, a new user (OBOBO URHOBO) appears and the first thing he does is creating article about "The Ethiope People" (probably made-up ethnic group). And in the article, in the "Notable People" section, he lists "Egbunu Samuel Akporaro (notorious Nigerian tribal farmer and politician)". This seams to me as the clear case of sockpuppeting. Vanjagenije (talk) 17:19, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * Without drawing any conclusions about the legitimacy (or lack thereof) of the user OBOBO URHOBO, it should be noted that the Delta State of southern Nigeria does in fact have areas called "Ethiope West" and "Ethiope East" (see this page on the official Delta State web site). So the "Ethiope" people would appear to be real, and not made up.  If anyone out there knows more about Nigeria than I do and feels a need to correct me here, by all means go ahead.  —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 02:47, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I have indef-blocked OBOBO URHOBO because I am satisfied per WP:DUCK that he is a sock of BlackBoxRecorder. I am also considering doing a CU here to check for possible sleepers.  —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:58, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * . BlackBoxRecorder has created several sockpuppets and shows no signs of stopping.  IMO, a sleeper check (which no one else has done yet) is warranted here.  —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 04:18, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I see two or three sleepers, plus a lot of  sleepers; checking further before taking any action.  —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 05:19, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * as to possible sleepers. —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 15:01, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

07 July 2014

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This is new user whose first activity was to create article titled "Ossissa". Article's layout is almost identical to the now-deleted article "The Ethiope People" created by a known sockpuppet of this sockmaster. In this new article, there is a "Notable People" section in which some "Egbunu Mogbue" is listed as a "Principal Chief Priest at the Throne of Grace [Hebrews 4:15-16]". Google Search returns no hits for this name. This may be just another name for Samuel Akporaro (the owner of the sockmaster account), as in the "The Ethiope People" article he was named "Egbunu Samuel Akporaro". Vanjagenije (talk) 17:59, 7 July 2014 (UTC) Vanjagenije (talk) 17:59, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

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 * Some of these have already been listed, but for completeness, these are all ✅:
 * There are a few possible sleepers or abandoned accounts, but without better technical or behavioral connections, I'll leave them unlisted for now. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:08, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked all of those that had yet to be blocked. -- Kinu  t/c 16:55, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, all done. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:07, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * There are a few possible sleepers or abandoned accounts, but without better technical or behavioral connections, I'll leave them unlisted for now. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:08, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked all of those that had yet to be blocked. -- Kinu  t/c 16:55, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, all done. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:07, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * There are a few possible sleepers or abandoned accounts, but without better technical or behavioral connections, I'll leave them unlisted for now. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:08, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked all of those that had yet to be blocked. -- Kinu  t/c 16:55, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, all done. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:07, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * There are a few possible sleepers or abandoned accounts, but without better technical or behavioral connections, I'll leave them unlisted for now. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:08, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked all of those that had yet to be blocked. -- Kinu  t/c 16:55, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, all done. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:07, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * There are a few possible sleepers or abandoned accounts, but without better technical or behavioral connections, I'll leave them unlisted for now. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:08, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked all of those that had yet to be blocked. -- Kinu  t/c 16:55, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, all done. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:07, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Blocked all of those that had yet to be blocked. -- Kinu  t/c 16:55, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, all done. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:07, 9 July 2014 (UTC)