Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Essex PR/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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The suspected sockmaster Essex PR, attempts to create an article about "Somdip Dey" a member of staff at the University of Essex. They post on three users userpage, until they are directed to how to create their article through AfC etc. (diff). They then the next day create the draft article Draft:Somdip Dey (diff) and at the same time submit the draft. They continue to expand the draft by making small copy edits (contribs). Around 45 mins later, blocks the account for a username violation (log). They then precede to create a new account EssexUniCom (see log) at 16:01, make two edits to the draft which are adding references (diff) at 16:11 and removing the COI template (diff) at 16:14. The account Essex PR then requests an unblock at 16:27 (diff), but is then declined (diff) about 10 mins later. The account EssexUniCom then posts on Dlohcierekim's user talk page (diff) at 16:40. then blocks EssexUniCom with a hard block (log). EssexUniCom then requests an unblock, saying the similar stuff that the account Essex PR said in their unblock request (diff) at 17:24, which is also declined (diff) at 17:51. Then at 18:17 Essex PR requests an unblock with a new username (diff), but is rejected at 19:16 (diff). 3 mins after the last unblock request from either account, the account CrazyJoger is created (log). They make edits to other articles and drafts, but their 6th edit is their first to the draft (diff) (contribs). From there, they make a few more edits to other articles and drafts, but then makes several edits the draft Draft:Somdip Dey, over a period of around 4 hours (19:41 to 22:42). Two days later they add a bunch of references and information (diff) in a edit, as well as one more edit.

The reason the the Essex PR and EssexUniCom accounts are connected is due to their significant similarities and the log entry.

The reasons that the second suspected sockpuppet is connected is due to:
 * the time of account creation being so close to the declining of the last unblock request
 * the short time between first editing the draft and creation of CrazyJoger (only about 30 mins)
 * the proportion of edits to the draft compared to edits to other articles / drafts. It seems to me that they may be editing other articles / drafts in a minor way (adding wikilinks) to try and make linking the accounts less easy. It is also strange why the suspected sockpuppet would edit this draft.
 * The edit summaries used by all three accounts are similar to the edit summaries used by Essex PR and EssexUniCom. The edit summaries are both (nearly always, except from one case) lowercase. They nearly all start with cleaned, edit or edited. (history of draft)
 * When posting on talk pages and user pages, they format their messages in a similar way with line breaks between paragraphs. Also line breaks between the signature and ending part of the message. For example:
 * in this message from Essex PR, they start with Hello JHunterJ, (then line break) and end with With Regards, (then line break) then Essex PR (talk) 17:08, 23 April 2019 (UTC) Essex PR
 * in this message from EssexUniCom, they start with Dear Dlohcierekim, (then line break) and end with Thank you, (then line break) then EssexUniCom (talk) 15:40, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
 * on CrazyJoger's user page and second edit a minute later, they start with Hi everyone, (then line break), then has at the end Welcome to my page! (line break) Regards, (line break) CrazyJoger (talk) 10:23, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
 * The main similarities in the examples above are the use of line breaks in the start and end, the use of Regards, the use of commas after the start and end (like they are writing a letter) and tending to use a line break before they put their signature

Requesting CheckUser to get definite results if the accounts are technically connected. If proven, this would be abusive as it was attempting to get the draft published by circumventing hard blocks. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:48, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I have posted a message on CrazyJoger's talk page about this investigation, as I think their input will be useful. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:52, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * Thanks. I placed the second account on the SPI report for the record. Should have explicitly mentioned it wasn't sockpuppetry. Thanks, Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:08, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Just commenting that Essex UniCom technically is not a sock, as the original account was soft blocked, meaning they were explicitly allowed to try again. The hard block was in response to the obvious point that they made no effort to understand why they were blocked and just kept using an ORGNAME and promoting the same thing. At even a cursory glance at Crazy Joper . Beeblebrox (talk) 22:34, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't think this needs CU. I've re-blocked the first account as a hard block so they don't confuse someone with an unblock attempt. CrazyJogger is just block evading so obviously blocked. I'm not tagging anyone at this point, but if they continue after this round, we can reassess. All . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:43, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Creation of draft Draft:Somdip Dey (now in mainspace).

Account is created 15th April 2019 (log), however, since CU was declined because it was so obvious last time, there was not a sleeper check. In the space of 11 mins, the account creates and submits the draft (first edit at 10:52 and last edit at 12:03). This is incredibly fast and with the amount of content added in such short time I suspect this was a copy-and-paste creation. The only edits by the account are to make this draft (contribs). It seems strange that an account created 15 April 2019 would make no edits, until 9th May 2019 and also make all edits within 11 mins. They also seem to understand how to write a full referenced and written draft in 11 mins, which is something a newbie editor (and even most regulars) wouldn't be able to do without preparing and writing part of it first.

There is the issue that they don't use edit summaries, but I feel that seeing as the last case was connecting the accounts based on edit summaries and written information by the users, they (if proven connected) would want to give as little away as possible.

The main reason why I think this is a copy-and-paste creation, is that at 10:55 they make an edit, then immediately after at 10:55 which adds +9,041 in wikitext. This includes 3 full sections, with at least 6 paragraphs, with references, categories etc. The only possible explainations for this is either god-like editing speed or copy-and-paste edits (they couldn't have got past edit conflicts, as this edit rewrote nearly the entire draft).

This is block evasion, if proven connected, as the edits were more than a week after the other accounts on this case were blocked. Abusive, as, if proven, this account is trying to get past a block to create their draft. If blocked, please WP:G5. Also, if proven it may be worth that the article title be SALTed to prevent further creation of the draft by sockpuppets (however, this is a suggestion and may be more appropriate if further socking continues (if proven)). Requesting CU, as if proven, it is likely that there may be more sleepers (due to date of account creation). It may be best to tag this time round (if proven) as the user behind the accounts seems to not have got the message. Quack Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:42, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

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 * Cabayi (talk) 16:29, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * - Please confirm & check for sleepers. Cabayi (talk) 16:30, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Hungarimuna is ❌.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:06, 9 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Hungarimuna has now been listed at Sockpuppet investigations/Japanelemu. SmartSE (talk) 00:11, 10 May 2019 (UTC)