Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/EuphonyRandolph/Archive

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Pro forma, more to follow shortly. firefly ( t · c ) 19:10, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * These four are ✅ and look very much like UPE accounts. Blocking as such. Closing. firefly  ( t · c ) 19:17, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

 * per below. Ponyo bons mots 22:34, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * New sock came up when I was reviewing the appeal at User talk:Speed2023. ✅ and blocked. I also tagged, but notice that the first batch of socks from the archive were never tagged. Is there a reason for that ? If so, feel free to delete my tagging of Animal1 as well.-- Ponyo bons mots 22:34, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Ponyo no, almost certainly an oversight on my part. firefly  ( t · c ) 08:33, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Okie dokie. I've gone through and tagged them now. Closing.-- Ponyo bons mots 16:26, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

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WP:DUCK - see the edit history of Joseph Carvalko Jr. See also the consistent edit summaries with the word 'credible' repeated. These accounts appear to be building up edits in order to publish UPE content. See the recently created article James D. Robinson IV. Local Variable (talk) 16:55, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * As a start, Twisto2023 is ✅ to Sockpuppet investigations/EuphonyRandolph/Archive. Spicy (talk) 17:33, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Haier2023 is technically, proxy use. Spicy (talk) 17:40, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
 * is to Twisto. Spicy (talk) 17:58, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
 * the unblocked accounts based on some rather ducky behavioural evidence. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 18:00, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

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Filing this in part for tracking per User talk:Kuru. Refer to this glock request involving the master (earliest account, created July 2023), Johnsoncharles2023 and Annika59. See also Draft:Arcadia School, created by glocked Annika59 which was moved back to mainspace by Adam Mccintosh so they are very likely a sock and edited by Shirawi. Shirawi is currently Username blocked leaving Mccintosh as currently the only unblocked/locked account. S0091 (talk) 17:37, 26 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Wow! Great work @Spicy!  I agree with your assessment about Shirawi. I believe they are the client rather than part of the farm.  @Kuru the earliest I see is March 21, 2023, .  I am also going spend some time going through all of these edits.  S0091 (talk) 15:36, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I have to go by the first actual block date to meet the "in violation of a block" part of CSD G5. While FreudianLogic was created on 21 March 2023, it was not blocked until 27 May 2024. Speed2023 was blocked on 8 December 2023. I didn't see anything earlier at Sockpuppet investigations/TheCaseOfGoliath, either. The only other stray sock I saw was some overlap with, but that still only gets back to 16 February 2024. Sam Kuru (talk) 15:50, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Duh! I do know better but got lost looking at dates and wasn't thinking.  S0091 (talk) 16:30, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Speed2023 is a sock of Sockpuppet investigations/EuphonyRandolph/Archive.
 * Separately ✅ to each other, / to the above due to proxy use, but behaviourally and technically it seems possible that this is the same group:


 * The small amount of data available for Shirawi would make them, but my overall impression (esp. considering the CORPNAME) is that this is a different individual who has a COI. Spicy (talk) 00:48, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Groups 1 and 2 are probably the same operator as Sockpuppet investigations/TheCaseOfGoliath.
 * Accounts blocked, . - per my comments above, this will need a two-way merge. Request for anyone else: these accounts have created a lot of spam articles. G5 tagging/draftifying would be appreciated where appropriate. Spicy (talk) 01:18, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Cleaned up G5 articles on all accounts; the oldest block I could find in this mess was 2 December 2023 on Speed2023. I did not delete anything prior to that date. If there's an older block, please let me know as there were several overt UDPE articles created in 2023 that will need to be evaluated the old-fashioned way. There was also one article that was in active AFD which I let be, and there was a draft that I re-introdcued to the draft space and reverted back to pre-sock. Thank you, Spicy - non-trivial work there.Sam Kuru (talk) 02:13, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * After further reflection and some more checking, I've decided that Group 1 belongs at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/EuphonyRandolph while Group 2 belongs at TheCaseOfGoliath. Merged Group 1 and will refile Group 2 there. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 13:57, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

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Recreated Allison Kane (now Draft:Allison Kane) which had been originally created by a declared paid editor in draft space and move to mainspace by blocked sock from Group 1 (log). Also, similar comments on their talk page. S0091 (talk) 14:28, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Added, recreating obscure Cam Guarino as Cameron Guarino, currently at an AFD opened by . Sam Kuru (talk) 11:00, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * CU isn't entirely conclusive - they are using proxies, as the previous batch were. They're the same kind of proxies however, and the editing is pretty ducky. Blocking both, and requesting locks.  Girth Summit  (blether)  14:45, 7 June 2024 (UTC)