Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Eddysocial/Archive

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The suspected sock puppet created the article Fresh VDM with a rather bizzare edit summary see this. Now we move to the crux of this report. There have been multiple attempts to move this article into mainspace by see this, a confirmed & blocked sock of, a relentless undisclosed paid article spammer & sock master. I find the edit pattern & choice of topic areas of the latest suspected sock & Kolapoimam to be eerie similar, their target areas are the Nigerian entertainment industry where they create articles for non notable Nigerian celebrities who do not meet out notability threshold. I believe this to be sock puppetry or in the very least, off wiki unethical practices amongst editors. Lastly, the suspected sock created another article, see here which appears to be possible upe & now we have a “new” editor with 92 edits and great “precocious” talents @ making these edits to the article here, here & here. I have however moved it away from mainspace for possible article spamming. It is my strong belief that the duck test might prove helpful here. Celestina007 (talk) 21:50, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * While I have no evidence to add, I consider the nominator's rationale to be valid. If I'd known whom to suggest as sockmaster I'd have made a very similar nomination. Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 22:04, 18 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Honestly, I do not know any of these, I have never come across any user like that since I registered on Wikipedia, coincidentally creating a deleted page doesn't warrant such extreme accusation, this seems like WikiBullying and this will guide Civility, I sincerely want to see ground evidence that will justify your claims, also, bullying of young and new editors is also against the Wikipedia policy. I repeat, i have never come across any of these users as @Celestina007 claims. Eddysocial (talk) 15:53, 21 October 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eddysocial (talk • contribs) 14:23, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * @Eddysocial Every editor here can face investigations. The mark of us is how we handle ourselves during them. Generally the evidence from a CheckUser is conclusive one way or another. If it is not then the correct outcome will still happen. Wikipedia editors take all matters very seriously. The topic is not extreme and has nothing to do with bullying or incivility. It is part of the general food and drink of being a Wikipedia editor. Please remain calm. Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 16:03, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

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 * - certainly seems suspicious. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:45, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
 * It's not clear cut and I've run out of onwiki time for now. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:49, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Will be discussing this with another CU tomorrow (Thursday). Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 08:32, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
 * and are  to  to each other based on technical evidence. With edits considered, the users are pretty much ✅. Based on CU logs for  these two are technically . Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:28, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocking both accounts due to overlap between those two. for how to tag. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:30, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I've tagged Eddysocial and St theresa01 as confirmed to each other. Having looked at the archive, I don't think there's enough evidence to say whether or not they are the same person/group as Kolapoimam, as opposed to an unrelated UPE. Both of these accounts have some fairly distinctive edit summary quirks that the accounts blocked as Kolapoimam don't do, and having had an admin show me the contents of Draft:Fresh VDM, it doesn't seem substantially similar to Eddysocial's version of the article. Closing; I'll leave it up to the next clerk whether this should be split into a new case or left here for now. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 21:36, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

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The editor who was blocked as a sock of the serial abuser  see here worked tirelessly on the article titled Buju (singer) & tried to push into  mainspace see this, this, this, Infact see their contribs, now 12 days ago the suspected sock @ emerges with precocious talents and also begins to focus on the aforementioned article, see this, this, & this. I believe seeing their entire contibs would be imperative as well. Now when both are juxtaposed they have a clear pattern or style of editing. The editor “Grace Agbo” which I believe to be one of the many accounts abused by submitted the aforementioned article, and I have declined with reasons. I believe this to be Kolapoimam continuing their serial abusing or off wiki meat puppetry. Celestina007 (talk) 17:11, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Furthermore this suspicious IP editor materializes out of thin air and submits the article. Celestina007 (talk) 23:06, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Grace Agbo is to St theresa01 and Eddysocial .  The commentary for 18 October 2021 is still valid; it's not totally clear if this trio of accounts is actually Kolapoimam. -- RoySmith (talk) 04:02, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
 * The overlap on the Buju draft, along with a few other behavioural quirks, makes me fairly confident that this is a sock of /. - please indef the sock. As noted above (and in the last filing) I'm not sure if these accounts are actually related to Kolapoimam, so since the socking seems to be ongoing I'd like to split this into a new case under Eddysocial once this account is dealt with. Thanks,  Spicy (talk) 08:08, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
 * clpo13(talk) 19:32, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Splitting case to Eddysocial. Spicy (talk) 21:24, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Tagged Grace Agbo as proven. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 21:30, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

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The suspected sock Grace Agbo has already been blocked as a sock of the sockmaster. Eddy social. They were both trying to move Draft:Crazeclown into mainspace in vain. Today the random IP pops up and both their edits was resubmitting the draft article see here. A coincidence I think not. Note that a similar draft titled Draft:Craze Clown which was created by the same IP also exists. Celestina007 (talk) 12:57, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Jack Frost (talk) 13:39, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I note that one of the socks above is blocked per Sockpuppet investigations/Kolapoimam - what is the relation between that sockpuppet case and this one? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:11, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
 * - the accounts in this case were originally filed under WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Kolapoimam, but I split them into a new case since I don't think they can be clearly tied back to Kolapoimam technically or behaviourally. Grace Agbo's block log links to the Kolapoimam SPI, but they were actually blocked as a sock of Eddysocial - see . Spicy (talk) 13:18, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
 * As it happens, the IP has been blocked by the proxy bot, so I'm just going to close this. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 02:50, 25 February 2022 (UTC)