Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Creation07/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Creation07 created Draft:Mukesh Chhabra as an undisclosed paid editor. When asked to disclose, s/he made a disclosure here (not on the user page) with vague and meaningless parameter values in the paid editing template. There was no response to a request to make corrections. The most recent edits were to User talk:Theroadislong on 24 October.

On the same day, Iamrohjk appeared as a single-purpose-account, also posting on 's talk page and resubmitting the declined draft without making any improvements. ~Anachronist (talk) 18:23, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Update: This isn't a clear cut WP:DUCK situation; see discussion below. ~Anachronist (talk) 18:50, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

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Sock took over editing Draft:Mukesh Chhabra from master almost the moment the master finally admitted to paid editing (see their talk page). Quacking very loudly. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 18:28, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Actually, the initial disclosure was made on 11 October, and admitted to again on 24 October. The alleged sock account Iamrohj was created almost a year ago but the first edit appeared on 24 October, before Creation07's last edit on the same day, suggesting two different people involved. Due to the weird overlap (Iamrohj was actually created before Creation07, but started editing as a SPA on the same day Creation07 stopped), socking is uncertain, WP:DUCK doesn't seem to apply, and that's why I requested a CU. ~Anachronist (talk) 18:30, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm grateful for the timeline correction.
 * The "sleeper" nature of the sock seems to me to add weight to your CU request. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 18:40, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - these two accounts geolocate to the same large country, so it's possible that they're the same person, but they're editing out of different ranges which each geolocate a bit of a distance apart; we're in the part of the spectrum, but nearer the 'unlikely' end than the 'possilikely' end, if you see what I mean. There's obviously the possibility of off-wiki coordination, and I'll add that  is ✅ to  (which hasn't edited), and to, which has only made a couple of edits. I would be inclined to block all on the grounds of probably involvement in undeclared paid editing, but I suspect you've looked more closely at the editing than I have, so will leave that to your discretion.   Girth Summit  (blether)  14:09, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * The "mccc" Creation07 disclosed seems to be the "Mukesh Chhabra Casting Company", as found in by Iamrohj. Creation07's disclosure means there was a promotional effort made by the casting company. But I don't see Iamrohj being involved in it, considering the distance apart and the low tenacity in their attempt to publish the article.  also found the draft earlier, but they're a seemingly legitimate editor too. This could be chalked up to Chhabra being an actual semi-popular figure. Creation07 has disclosed their paid editing, be it a bit late, and I am willing to assume good faith on  of the rest of their editing being unrelated. I've left them uw-agf-sock about the other accounts. Closing. DatGuyTalkContribs 18:12, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Removing redirects on Dr. Mohammed Khan
 * Sams321 and Psmmedia14 - diff vs diff Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 21:15, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * OK, so was ✅ to  in the previous case. Those accounts have declared their paid status, but they did not under the account  which they are also confirmed to - blocking those three, and also  which was identified in the previous case.
 * looks different - possibly a different person picking up the same job. They haven't declared their status however, so have blocked for UPE. Girth Summit  (blether)  12:46, 31 May 2024 (UTC)