Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Contributor00001/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Compare their talk page messages. These are likely whoever operates the pro-Qatar loutsocking (I understand checkuser will not disclose a connection to the IPs) and/or Ugbedeg. I'm keeping the case separate unless checkuser suggests there is any technical relation. MarioGom (talk) 16:49, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * . MarioGom (talk) 16:49, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Contributor00001 is on a proxy. Latvia1 doesn't appear to be related to another sock on my brief look. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:36, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
 * maybe these should be investigated in frwiki? I think they might be related to recent Pap090 socks blocked there, like Nicolas098. MarioGom (talk) 23:19, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Latvia1 is also most probably on a proxy. Notwithstanding that, they are very to . These two remind me in some ways of Sockpuppet investigations/Bennet43/Archive, but that link is in "gut feeling" territory. --Blablubbs (talk) 19:20, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Contributor00001 and Latvia1 have the same insistent goal of deleting a page, the same approach of posting to user talk pages to request help for this, the same header formatting at talk pages, more similar messages , very close timing, and a similar timecard (not very common, and quite UPE-ish). So they look proven to me. Given the type of editor used in both accounts, this does not seem a case of split desktop and mobile accounts. Coupled with the apparently advanced proxy use, it makes me doubt the WP:PROJSOCK violation here is a simple mistake. Given the editing pattern, this seems at least meatpuppetry when compared to Bennet43, Ugbedeg, Pap090 (on the frwiki side) et al. Cowabunga Turtle being connected to Bennet43 seems plausible, but it would be quite a behavioral shift, and there is no smoking gun so far. I will not merge this at the moment. - please, indef Latvia1 and Contributor00001 as proven, with Contributor00001 as master. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 21:20, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:50, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and CU blocked Cowabunga Turtle. In light of the technical data, I'm confident it's a sleeper building edit count. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 11:14, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * I posted some background before to meta . These accounts seem to be part of the pro-Qatar sockfarms. They bear the most similarity with previous Contributor00001, with some hints (maybe meatpuppetry) to Bennet43 SPI.
 * Both have very similar narrow timecards to past socks (Mon-Sat, 04-10 UTC).
 * Morgan1811 created Draft:Tourism in Europe as a translation of fr:Tourisme en Europe. Vraosnal, another pro-Qatar sock, edited the French article the same day . Also note that Latvia1 in this case also edited French Wikipedia with pro-Qatar POV.
 * Also compare these edit summaries in English and French for Morgan1811 and Latvia1.
 * See the overlap at Qatari soft power with pro-Qatar IPs (but don't confuse with this anti-Qatar sockfarm, TronFactor). MarioGom (talk) 09:20, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I ran some checks. As in the previous case, there's extensive proxy abuse. Wikieditor022 is consistently on the same IPs as


 * There's also some technical overlap with Sockpuppet_investigations/Charsromps, probably using the same proxy service. Spicy (talk) 18:02, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * - considering the evidence I presented initially, plus the the extensive proxy use (expected in this case), please, block Morgan1811 and Wikieditor022 as suspected. With respect to Danisuehs and Hib Al Gibol, I don't see any behavioral evidence so I'm not recommending a block (without prejudice of checkusers blocking based on technical evidence). MarioGom (talk) 17:09, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Blocking, setting to checked. Izno (talk) 01:27, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Closing per MarioGom. Spicy (talk) 21:05, 5 March 2024 (UTC)