Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cyberpunk2077JohnnySilverhand/Archive

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Sock or parody of this user, repeatedly uploading the same photo to commons and falsely claiming on Wikipedia that the subject played the Keanu Reeves role in Cyberpunk 2077. Lord Belbury (talk) 17:13, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * I had already blocked and tagged the sock without being aware of this report. I have requested a global lock for the sock. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 18:23, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
There two page creations, Draft:Wong+Chi-keung and Draft:Wong Chi keung, have been tagged for CSD G5 deletion since this morning and contain the same content about "johnny silverhands". In patrolling CSD categories I came across the pages and was surprised that the page creator was not blocked, locally or globally, so I'm reporting it here. Liz Read! Talk! 00:19, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Liz Read! Talk! 06:05, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked without TPA, tagged, global lock requested, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 02:19, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Edits on usual targets Talk:Wong Chi-keung and Talk:Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Note that protection of the former ended just a day ago. – NJD-DE (talk) 15:13, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Now created Draft:Wong chi-Keung (actor). – NJD-DE (talk) 15:18, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Now blocked, lock already requested. Closing. Spicy (talk) 16:18, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Identical editing pattern and very similar username to the recently-blocked User:ShiKaiKitActorVoiceActing and User:ShiKaiKaiActorVoiceActing: first ten edits to sandbox to attain autoconfirmed status, then creation of the same article that is eligible for CSD A7 (and possibly A11/G3). ComplexRational (talk) 17:11, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * - This report needs to be moved to Sockpuppet investigations/Cyberpunk2077JohnnySilverhand. I've blocked the one unblocked account without tags. Global locks should be requested after the move for any accounts that aren't already glocked. Bbb23 (talk) 17:42, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Those two got locked even before the merge. &mdash; regards, Revi 17:47, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Merged. Not too familiar with the master, so I'll leave the decision whether to tag and/or check to someone else. --Blablubbs (talk) 21:04, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I was going to tag and close, but I'm now hesitating. The reason I requested that the report be moved to this master is because of, who behaviorally was identical to the other accounts. The account was already globally locked by , and she noted the name of the master in her block. But when I went back and looked at a slew of previous socks, all of them created articles about a different actor and edited articles different from the two here (Child actor and List of Chinese actors). Because of these surprising behavioral differences, I'm requesting a CU before we close this. I think it's important for the future to be sure that this is the same person, just more, uh, diverse.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:31, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
 * - per above. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 02:17, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I've compared these three against and . I looked just at the technical data, I haven't examined the editing. All five accounts are in the same country (probably the same city); they're using the same type of device and UA, and are all same type of proxies proxies to jump about IP ranges. The three new accounts are ✅ to one another, and aside from being on different IPs because of the proxy use, I'd call them technically indistinguishable from to the two older accounts I checked against. Sleeper sweeping is difficult, but I didn't see any other accounts on the IPs I looked at. Hope that helps.  Girth Summit  (blether)  08:50, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Tagged the three new accounts and Szekaikitknpcactor as proven. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 12:50, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Billytanghh (talk) 14:17, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Account now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:31, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Forgot to request global lock. Bbb23 (talk) 14:33, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similarities in creating articles.--Billytanghh (talk) 18:45, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Sock now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 20:38, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
creating articles such as Henry Chin Chung-On, which look like the behaviors of Cyberpunk2077JohnnySilverhand. Billytanghh (talk) 12:44, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Yup. Blocked, closing. firefly  ( t · c ) 12:48, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
More WCK redirect overwrites, this time at Wong Chi Keung. Jalen Folf  (talk)  04:56, 29 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Guess I identified the wrong master on this one. My bad. Jalen Folf   (talk)  17:37, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Perhaps I've missed something here, but why is this Angela Criss and not Sockpuppet investigations/Cyberpunk2077JohnnySilverhand? Jack Frost (talk) 08:46, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved from Sockpuppet investigations/Angela Criss. Duck; already blocked. . . Closing. --Jack Frost (talk) 21:12, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Once again attempting similar article, this time at Wong Chi-kong. Jalen Folf  (talk)  18:47, 30 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Actually, please flip master and sock. Picked the wrong option on Twinkle and meant to file this at Sockpuppet investigations/Cyberpunk2077JohnnySilverhand. Jalen Folf   (talk)  18:48, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Done. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:00, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to several previously blocked socks. I'll tag as proven. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:15, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * glock requested. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:15, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Once again targeting Wong Chi-kong with same content. Jalen Folf  (talk)  17:03, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * as proven by ferret. Locked. Closing. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 06:01, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
See contributions Billytanghh (talk) 18:45, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Already handled by Ferret. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 19:09, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Creating articles related to Wong Chi-keung, see contributions. Billytanghh (talk) 15:19, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * The account is now globally locked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 15:49, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The format of drafts created is similar to what Cyberpunk2077JohnnySilverhand did. Billytanghh (talk) 04:36, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * This sock was not as glaringly obvious as some earlier ones, but after careful comparison of the account's editing with that of other socks there was no doubt about it, so I've blocked the account. JBW (talk) 10:40, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This user has literally no edits aside from these ones at RfPP attempting to decrease the protection level for Wong Chi-keung, one of Cyberpunk's primary targets. Partofthemachine (talk) 03:16, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to locked sock. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:29, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
 * . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:31, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
This user has a very similar username to one of Cyberpunk's socks and has only edited Cyberpunk-related topics. Partofthemachine (talk) 20:17, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked and locked, tagged, closing. MarioGom (talk) 20:40, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Blatant sock, similar pattern of vandalism at Wan Chi-Keung. Also see User:Sliverhand WongCK. Padgriffin Griffin's Nest 11:43, 23 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Note: User was blocked by while this SPI was being submitted.   Padgriffin  Griffin's Nest 11:44, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * , closing. --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 14:21, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Repeating same actions as before at Wan Chi-Keung and now at Talk:Wong Chi-keung. Obvious WP:DUCK. Jalen Folf  (talk)  18:59, 26 November 2022 (UTC)


 * User blocked by Widr during investigation. Jalen Folf   (talk)  19:10, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * And now checked on loginwiki (1) and locked by AntiComposite. —&#8205;Mdaniels5757 (talk &bull; contribs) 20:00, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:01, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Logging for the record, already lwCU'd & locked as LTA/CWA — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 22:34, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * . Closing. —Jack Frost (talk) 13:11, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( originally filed under this user)

Created same drafts on Draft:Chu Yiu-Kwan. Lemonaka (talk) 18:14, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * Should probably be moved over to Sockpuppet investigations/Cyberpunk2077JohnnySilverhand. Liz Read! Talk! 18:25, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * Now locked. I've moved this to the correct case. Closing. Spicy (talk) 21:26, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * 1) Similar editing behaviour on List of YouTubers
 * 2) The previous socks User:ShckwShckw created a page Lanson Wong, same as this username.
 * 3) CU depends on whether want to find sleepers or something, I'm not submitting this for CU. Lemonaka (talk) 16:59, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * - most likely them, at very least NOTHERE. Can we get a sleepers check? The SandDoctor  Talk 06:34, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅. . . . Closing. Mz7 (talk) 09:08, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same old Johnny Silverhand / Wong Chi-Keung stuff. Belbury (talk) 15:20, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅,, , closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 15:40, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Leonidlednev (talk) 16:18, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

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"Johnny Silverhand" is a character in the Cyberpunk 2077 videogame, so it's more likely this is just a fan of that game. The edit to a Moroccan footballer article is unrelated to the sockmaster's usual focus of posting false information about how Wong Chi-Keung portrayed the Johnny Silverhand character in that game, rather than Keanu Reeves, and that Chi-Keung has received various improbable national awards of recognition. --Belbury (talk) 16:29, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * Agreed with Belbury - this does not look like a duck, it looks more like a cormorant. Closing without action. firefly  ( t · c ) 16:34, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
. Please block their using iP address / range if possible. Thanks. SCP -20  00  04:06, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, lock requested. They aren't on a stable range, so range blocks won't work I'm afraid - we will just have to keep whacking moles.  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:32, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Re-created Draft:Lanson Wong, as did. Silikonz 💬 20:58, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * The account is now globally locked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 21:14, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Fumikas Sagisavas (talk) 21:26, 11 June 2023 (UTC)


 * See the article Janet Liu. Fumikas Sagisavas (talk) 21:35, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
 * First of all, the picture created by this user on enwiki is exactly the same as the picture uploaded by that user on commons, and that user is confirmed to be the sock of this LTA.
 * Second, the image File:Janet Liu Hong Kong YouTuber.jpg is exactly the same as the image c:File:網紅廖茵婷 YouTuber.jpg deleted by commons, you may need to contact the administrator of commons for further confirmation.
 * Finally, the grammar, typesetting and references of the article Janet Liu on enwiki and the deleted article 廖茵婷 (YouTuber) on zhwiki are almost identical, except that one is in English and the other is in Chinese. An archive of relevant pages on the zhwiki can be found here.
 * Fumikas Sagisavas (talk) 13:49, 12 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Because of the relative difficulty of the case. The LTA's socks may not be detected by enwiki for 90 days, but are often active in commons and zhwiki. You may need to contact the commons and zhwiki administrators to assist with the investigation. Fumikas Sagisavas (talk) 13:40, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. @Fumikas Sagisavas Please focus on the English Wikipedia and evidence exposed here instead of requesting others to contact sysops on another project. BTW, you should leave your comments above, not on the Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments section. -Lemonaka‎  18:53, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * BTW, this username reminds me of  -Lemonaka‎  18:57, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's another of their socks. Cyberpunk2077JohnnySilverhand probably has over 100 blocked/globally locked accounts at this point. -- ferret (talk) 02:39, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * -, you have presented no evidence. You must provide comparison diffs between the suspected sock and blocked socks. Also, I don't understand your reference to the Liu article - please explain it. Bbb23 (talk) 13:21, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * @Bbb23 I'm very familiar with Cyberpunk2077JohnnySilverhand and this has also already been global locked as the same. Case can close. -- ferret (talk) 02:37, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 * CU agrees it's them, no others visible. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 13:34, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Sleeper created 21 Feb. This morning, games autoconfirm then recreates Lanson Wong at Lanson Wong (pickup artist). Wikishovel (talk) 08:25, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked and globally locked. Also using proxies and VPNs.  The proxy-blocking bots will probably close the holes. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:18, 31 October 2023 (UTC)