Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Fidelis ofoajoku/Archive

10 June 2014

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Duck. Virtually identical names. MO: Vandal tends to operate in kids TV articles. Tends to add excessive countries-of-origin to articles, typically in infobox and then in lead. In the first of these examples from the sockmaster Fidelis ofoajoku, the TV show The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky starts off as an Australian production, but then becomes an Australian-British-South Korean-Singaporean production once they're done with it. User also keeps adding infobox flags against WP:INFOBOXFLAG. warned them about this twice, I believe. Sockmaster was on the verge of being nommed for indef, and that's likely why they returned with the second account. The sock, Fidel, has three edits so far,, all of which fit the MO by adding unsourced and bizarre countries to the infobox and lead. Please hit them with the quackhammer. (I think I just coined that phrase.) Might be worth a shot to see if there are other accounts, since he's demonstrated an interest in account-hopping. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:48, 10 June 2014 (UTC) Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:48, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Update User is back as 188.29.165.106.  Some kids ask for a bicycle for Christmas, some kids ask for a proxy server. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:03, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * + 188.29.165.72. Ex: Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:53, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * 72 IP blocked a week, account tagged. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  03:51, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

22 August 2014

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Pretty ducky. The naming format is consistent with the sockpuppeteer, as have been their other socks, Edith ofoajoku, and Fidel ofoajoku. User tends to add inaccurate country information to infoboxes and lead sentences. For example, one of the IPs they are using turned Happy Tree Friends from an American flash cartoon into an "American-Spanish-Philippine-Canadian-Singaporean-Australian" flash cartoon. This very same IP also edited within Fidel ofoa's sandbox, for example in these three edits. Most of their edits are to articles related to children's television or cartoons. Happy Tree Friends, Dick Figures, Tamagotchi! (anime), etc. Happy Tree Friends seems to be a common point of vandalism. Requesting sleeper check, since he's been fairly prolific. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Addendum: TheVideoKidWiki has sprung up at Happy Tree Friends, re-asserting some of Fidelis' unsourced content about the series being an American-Singaporean-Spanish-Indonesian project. There were also some curious accounts editing at List of Dick Figures episodes, for example JoshFiveWiki, which bears a (weak) resemblance to TheVideoKidWiki by name. And JoshfrosterWiki, which bears a stronger similarity to JoshFiveWiki. But there isn't enough behavioral evidence yet to link them. Just odd that there are three *Wiki accounts editing in a row. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:57, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * It is sufficiently reasonable that &  are technically related to the archive.
 * ✅ but ❌ to this master (aka needs a separate case):
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  00:02, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  00:02, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  00:02, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  00:02, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  00:02, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  00:02, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  00:02, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  00:02, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  00:02, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  00:02, 29 August 2014 (UTC)


 * The socks of this case have been blocked. I also created a separate case here for the socks listed above. Mike V  •  Talk  01:08, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

03 November 2015

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- - Any chance we can check for sleepers? Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:07, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

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 * Do you have another non-stale account to use as a data point? I don't see any in the archives.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:32, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * No sir, I do not. TBH, I don't exactly understand how sleeper checks work. I figured you just look at the IP and bingo! The magic pixie dust reveals all. What's that? ?! Aw man. Alright, well if you can't do anyfing about this Bbb, den never mind. I've got to get back to the whispers in my head. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:37, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Hehe. First, if I were to check the account, I couldn't confirm it to another account. Second, we generally don't do sleeper checks based on one account unless the master has a history of sleepers. Third, no it's generally not as simple as you say, although it does sometimes happen. Because of your lively sense of humor (I'm a sucker for levity), I won't decline the CU. However, I won't run it unless a clerk endorses it. Many clerks, though, just close this sort of scenario with the note "already blocked". Maybe if you whisper the right thing to one of them that'll persuade them.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:18, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Meh. It's probably not terribly important. If he shows up again as an obvious sock, then perhaps I'll try again. I'll close the case in a sec. Thanks mang! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:24, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

03 February 2016

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Insertation of hoax by Edith ofoajoku3 on articles such as Happy Tree Friends: The Movie‎ (created by the edith) and Sonic Boom (TV series). I made a redirect to the main Happy Tree Friends article since the movie even though there is such planned isn't even in production yet. It is quite obvious that the article contains hoax information suggesting that the movie is a multi-country project spanning from the United States, Spain, Indonesia, and Philippines. An IP reverted the article on the same day the redirect is created. It is suspicious that an IP can convert a redirect back to an article. Upon inspection of both users history, the edited pages are similar in nature (HTF, Sonic Boom, animation) Hariboneagle927 (talk) 06:51, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * - There were lot of accounts created previously, so I think a sleepers check would be useful.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  11:12, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
 * This account is a ✅ match to the last one in the archive, but I didn't see any other accounts. They're sometimes using a busy mobile network, so the usefulness of CU is limited here. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 15:06, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:14, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

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One of the edits of these user is to revert Happy Tree Friends: The Movie back into a full fledged article from a redirect. The article was created by a user with a blatantly similar username (Edith ofoajoku3) who was proven to be a sockpuppet of Fidelis ofoajoku, with blantant hoax information such as the film being a American-Spanish-Philippine-Indonesian collaboration film.Hariboneagle927 (talk) 14:49, 8 June 2016 (UTC) Hariboneagle927 (talk) 14:49, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * - Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:55, 8 June 2016 (UTC)