Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/EXPLICITKID/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

I had Broda Shaggi on my watchlist and had reverted Praze02 after they'd added an unsourced, badly written sentence at the end of the lead section. They were blocked after a series of similar unsourced additions to the lead sections of articles about Nigerian entertainers. Today I saw that a new account Biographyexpatie 11 had edited the same article. Its edits are also exclusively on articles about Nigerian entertainers, and was also an unsourced addition to the end of a lead.

I am expecting the investigation will find a connection to RL Stunna and EXPLICITKID which could end up being the master. These accounts also edited articles on Nigerian entertainers, including Mr Funny which Biographyexpatie 11 edited yesterday. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 13:37, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  20:09, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 * OK, so this is some difficult territory - some very busy IP ranges. The accounts mentioned are all in the same country, but other than that there is nothing to link to . However, they are ✅ to, and I'd describe them as pretty  to . The editing habits are pretty similar - I'm going to move to that master's name, block, and tag as suspected.  Girth Summit  (blether)  20:20, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I'll add as a closing comment that there are a significant number of zero-edit accounts operating on the same IP range that might have been created by the same user. I'm not inclined to block any of them without behavioural evidence to support the CU data, but if you see any more accounts doing similar stuff, come back and we can reexamine.  Girth Summit  (blether)  20:23, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Listing RL Stunna in the report for convenience in scripts. MarioGom (talk) 23:11, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 * And . MarioGom (talk) 23:12, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Rondo1111's first edit was to Quando Rondo, an article that one of EXPLICITKID's socks edited a couple of weeks ago. They then go on to edit Broda Shaggi which all three of EXPLICITKID's socks - Rabbe Quiz, Praze02 and Biographyexpatie 11 - 'worked on' and then created a draft about a Nigerian entertainer, which is their sole area of interest. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 16:46, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 20:14, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Per Special:Permalink/1168751880. Jack Frost (talk) 07:31, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Group 1: the following accounts are ✅ to each other, and technically to this case:
 * Group 2: the following accounts are ✅ to Sockpuppet investigations/EXPLICITKID, and technically to this case and the other group:
 * All of the accounts are blocked: George Nyiam for 2 weeks, the others indefinitely. please create a new case for the group 1 accounts, merge the group 2 accounts to their case, and tag everybody. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:22, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Split from Sockpuppet investigations/Ijumdiya wadzani per CU. Tagged and closed. --Jack Frost (talk) 07:36, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Group 2: the following accounts are ✅ to Sockpuppet investigations/EXPLICITKID, and technically to this case and the other group:
 * All of the accounts are blocked: George Nyiam for 2 weeks, the others indefinitely. please create a new case for the group 1 accounts, merge the group 2 accounts to their case, and tag everybody. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:22, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Split from Sockpuppet investigations/Ijumdiya wadzani per CU. Tagged and closed. --Jack Frost (talk) 07:36, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * All of the accounts are blocked: George Nyiam for 2 weeks, the others indefinitely. please create a new case for the group 1 accounts, merge the group 2 accounts to their case, and tag everybody. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:22, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Split from Sockpuppet investigations/Ijumdiya wadzani per CU. Tagged and closed. --Jack Frost (talk) 07:36, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * All of the accounts are blocked: George Nyiam for 2 weeks, the others indefinitely. please create a new case for the group 1 accounts, merge the group 2 accounts to their case, and tag everybody. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:22, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Split from Sockpuppet investigations/Ijumdiya wadzani per CU. Tagged and closed. --Jack Frost (talk) 07:36, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * Very similar name as a previous sock, User:Great Ifeanyi Obodoagwu
 * Same editing pattern as Great Ifeanyi Obodoagwu – adding unsourced or promotional style content. Diffs: 1 Special:Diff/1173941471, see also page history
 * Only edits so far have been to Shallipopi, which Great Ifeanyi Odobagwu, a previous sock, edited significantly (hist). Edward-Woodrow :) [ talk ] 11:46, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:02, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
created 5 Oct. Much focus and edit overlap on the usual topics. Recreated Logos Olori, last created by User:Ashworldakagreatobodo. Recreated Draft:Purple Speedy, last created by User:Tiduoritnow. Wikishovel (talk) 11:40, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 13:27, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( originally filed under this user)

Undraftifying Brain Jotter, which was a target of a previous sock,. - UtherSRG (talk) 17:15, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

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FWIW: Confirmed on Commons that =  =. is per Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/EXPLICITKID/Archive, so I've tagged on Commons accordingly. These are on the same very busy, very spam-y range as Hilspress, but a different device. Could be the subjects' are just paying a different spammer to write their vanity articles, but consider merging if en.wiki CUs have different data than Commons that provides (a stronger) evidence of connection. Эlcobbola talk 18:03, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * - But I'll defer to a better tag once CU has completed. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:44, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
 * has confirmed this account to . - UtherSRG (talk) 14:23, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it was unambiguous. Any thoughts on whether these two sets of accounts are actually just one and the same? --Yamla (talk) 14:45, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Well... I'm not a checkuser... XD - UtherSRG (talk) 14:55, 10 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Judging by Elcobbola's comment, I'm guessing the Commons data is similar to what we have here. and  are indeed ✅ to  and, and also  to . These are  to be related to Hilspress. DatGuyTalkContribs 11:07, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Should this, and my request below, be moved to the EXPLICITKID SPI? - UtherSRG (talk) 19:02, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Based on their confirmation to a confirmed sock of EXPLICITKID and Elcobbola's comments, I've moved this case section to EXPLICITKID and retagged 900R accordingly. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:11, 21 December 2023 (UTC)