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Suspected sockpuppets



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First off, a recap of (mostly) Pogba12345678910's activities:
 * Pogba12345678910, which is a CU-confirmed sock of CO16, had been editing quite a few articles related to Chinese groups Nine Percent and NEX7 along with the master. For example, they've created Xiao Gui (rapper) (diff), Cai Xukun (diff), Zhu Zhengting (diff), who are members of Nine Percent and/or NEX7, Meng Meiqi (diff), who is with Yuehua Entertainment (affiliated with NEX7).
 * They have restored articles after pages were changed to a redirect to the band, e.g. at Cheng Xiao (which is under Yuehua Entertainment, diff), Xiao Gui (rapper) (diff), Wang Linkai (diff).
 * A quick view of their contributions shows heavy editing in the members of Nine Percent/NEX7/Yuehua/etc, as well as the band and related TV series.

Earlier this month, an IP 119.56.99.94 (M1, Singapore) removed redirect and restored articles at You Zhangjing (diff), Zhu Zhengting (diff) and Chen Linong (diff), all of which are Nine Percent members. The edits were since reverted. Another restore of Zhu Zhengting was made by 14.201.206.17 (TPG Internet, Melbourne, Australia) a couple days later, which was also reverted.

Today, the page Zhu Zhengting was restored by 一米八的米八 three times (diffs: 1, 2, 3). After the third restore from this account (which was reverted), a new account Ellieyyy restored it again (diff: 1) a couple hours later. Both accounts are registered this month and have no edits outside these topics in main space.

Another account, ZangyPineapple, is also quite suspicious as they almost exclusively edited Nine Percent (diff), NEX7 (diff, also creator), Yuehua Entertainment (diff) and the members (e.g. Cai Xukun (diff), Chen Linong (diff, also creator), Wang Linkai (diff), Zhu Zhengting (diff)).

What I noticed is these articles get a lot of IP edits from different ISP's and locations, e.g. So along with the previous two IP's from Singapore and Australia, there can be at least two groups editing these articles. There is a chance 一米八的米八, Ellieyyy and ZangyPineapple all belong to CO16, but might also not. It's also possible the three accounts are in the same or different group. Meanwhile in some of the articles I have seen accounts like: These only made one edit each and were not used since then, but the usernames all follow a pattern (related to the subject).
 * 116.15.59.47 (Singtel Fiber, Singapore; going on for over a year)
 * 119.17.34.171 (Broadband Solutions Pty, Perth, Australia; only edited for a couple days)
 * (for Zhu Zhengting)
 * (for Chen Linong)
 * (for Cai Xukun)

I suggest a check of at least 一米八的米八, Ellieyyy and ZangyPineapple and see if they are the same, or belong to various farms. Given the heavy IP activity as well as the throwaway accounts, additional accounts may be revealed as well. -★- PlyrStar93  → Message me. ← 03:52, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
The six users (three above and three below) are ❌. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:45, 12 August 2018 (UTC)