Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Elandroid/Archive

02 June 2014

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"New account" edits two articles, RC4WD and Eleonor England, removing COI notice from one and re-creating deleted article for other. Both of these articles were previously edited by User:Elandroid and/or socks of Elandroid. I don't have links for deleted article Eleonor England. See also and. Logical Cowboy (talk) 00:06, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

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It seems to be a bit too much of a coincidence that the only two articles edited by this account were ones by Elandroid, given that the two articles have nothing at all in common. I'm happy to block as a duck, but I have reason to believe that this is part of a larger paid-editing sockfarm, so it may be worth a CU. - Bilby (talk) 10:59, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * - Worth an investigation. Diffs can be found in this page history. Previously blocked socks for the record:, , , and . King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:53, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 * First finding: is ✅ to, , and  and these accounts are.
 * Second finding: is a ✅ sock of . These edits and accounts very strongly suggest some sort of paid editing group.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  23:31, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 * All blocked, closing. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 23:48, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Hmm, note the similarity of names, Lo, La, etc. A bit too similar to Logical!  Logical Cowboy (talk) 01:17, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

19 April 2016

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The recreated and subsequently deleted RC4WD article, never seen the recreated article though. If not a sock, likely to be part of a paid editing ring. See also Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 97. Donnie Park (talk) 19:00, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * The master is stale as are several of the puppets. I see the connection between the puppets, but I see nothing related to the master. Maybe I missed something, but the evidence presentation is not particularly good.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:41, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Given that the RC4WD article, as well as the similar Rc4wd, are now create protected this may all be moot. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 16:20, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
 * In that case, I'll close this as resolved. Mike V • Talk 18:28, 21 April 2016 (UTC)