Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/CometVolcano/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Related to undisclosed paid article IMbesharam created by User:CometVolcano


 * Naming and the interaction timeline proves Sochevin101 and Sochevin102 are the same user.
 * WP:MEAT: Though User:AngelOfDestiny has been here since 2013, a sudden interest in IMbesharam out of nowhere looks suspicious. They add promotional AI written content, restores the same here and here. I believe they have had no history of editing articles related to sex or sex toys in the past years. Added together to the unresponsive nature towards their talk page warnings and article talk page conversation, Talk:IMbesharam. Similar behavior by User:CometVolcano, an WP:SPA only created to start an article on IMbesharam, they do not communicate unless it is about IMbesharam, . Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 05:44, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the check! I knew it was a long shot as there aren't many edits from CometVolcano to establish stronger behavioral evidence, though it's very obvious that they are a sock of someone. Sadly there's no way to prove it. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 19:36, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I just noticed that AngelOfDestiny has over 30k edits on PI wiki. Wish they had responded to their talk page warnings earlier... Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 19:40, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Technically there's nothing to tie these accounts together, except for the two Soch. accounts and AngelofDestiny coming out of the same country. Comet comes consistently out of a different continent. Angel has been here a very long time, have they ever added AI hogwash like this before this month? I really don't know what is going on here, but it's suspicious and CU isn't nearly as enlightening as I'd like. Courcelles (talk) 17:12, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Evidence concerning AngelOfDestiny is inconclusive, and unlikely to become conclusive (one way or the other) without more data. Closing this case for now, with no prejudice against opening a new SPI if more sock-like behavior is seen. The Wordsmith Talk to me 20:48, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Only one edit, but it was a request to add similar promotional-sounding nonsense to the IMbesharam article. I'm hoping another data point can help link one or more accounts in the previous SPI. The Wordsmith Talk to me 21:00, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * is ✅ to ERxxxxxx but that's not a violation of the sock policy in itself. These accounts are editing from the same country as AngelOfDestiny and the two Sochevins. Notably, this really, really isn't a country you'd expect these sort of edits to be coming from - but they are all on different ranges. Spicy (talk) 16:36, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Evidence concerning ERxxxxxx is inconclusive, and unlikely to become conclusive (one way or the other) without more data. Closing this case for now, with no prejudice against opening a new SPI if more sock-like behavior is seen. The Wordsmith Talk to me 20:49, 8 April 2024 (UTC)