Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hilspress/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
First three users have a substantial history of creating articles on non-notable topics (I am not an en.wiki admin, so cannot reference deleted contribs, but see, for example, page creation log redlinks: Hilspress, Engrdrizzy) which have prompted multiple concerns about promotion/COI/paid editing (e.g., Hilspress: ; Ajifohils: ; Engrdrizzy: indirectly through comments on DR for article they created). Users also have a substantial history of copyright violations going back to at least May 2022 (e.g., w:File:Hon. Ademorin Aliu Kuye.jpg - Hilspress uploads, and reuploads after first deletion). As only recent examples:


 * 12:35, 22 June 2023 - Ajifohils uploads copyvio w:File:Goddy Nnadi at the Rotary club Internation.jpeg;
 * 06:15, 25 June 2023 - Image deleted after Ajifohils notified;
 * 15:06, 6 July 2023 - Hilspress uploads copyvio c:File:CW Real Estate3.jpg on Commons;
 * 15:44, 6 July 2023 - Image deleted;
 * 00:20, 7 July 2023 - Hilspress blocked for copyvios on Commons;
 * 01:09, 7 July 2023 - Hilspress advised a 6 July 2023 VRT ticket related to that image is not acceptable;
 * 09:09, 10 July 2023 - Engrdrizzy reuploads the same image as c:File:Night at Lagos city CW.jpg;
 * 09:17, 10 July 2023 - Engrdrizzy adds that image (which they know is unacceptable per prior deletion and Hilspress correspondence) to CW Real Estate.

Engrdrizzy and Ajifohils are unambiguously confirmed to each other--data are here. Connection of Hilspress to Ajifohils (and thereby Engrdrizzy) is obvious by name/email/signature in 2023070610011297 (I did not include information from the ticket on CU wiki as VRT and CU are different permission sets and I don't want to run afoul of privacy policies); otherwise note name similarity ( Hils press v. Ajifo hils -- see Hilspress signature "Hilarys"). Connection of Hilspress to Engrdrizzy (and thereby Ajifohils) is obvious by the CW Real Estate image above and Hilspress' explicit acknowledgement of working in coordination. (Given that Engrdrizzy = Ajifohils, I don't buy the hypothetical that Hilspress and Engrdrizzy would be "mere" meatpuppets, but that would, of course, still be abuse of multiple accounts). Examples of certain edit overlap are as follows:


 * Ntezi: Hilspress; Ajifohils; Engrdrizzy
 * Draft:Abraham Olatunde David: Hilspress; Ajifohils; Engrdrizzy
 * CW Real Estate: Hilspress; Ajifohils; Engrdrizzy
 * Simon Okeke: Hilspress; Engrdrizzy;
 * Emeka Okwuosa: Hilspress; Ajifohils
 * Goddy Nnadi: Hilspress; Ajifohils

DrHeartz is suspected to be related as the creator of CW Real Estate (oft-referenced above) on 23:03, 4 July 2023--less than 2 days before Hilspress' first CW Real Estate copyvio upload (6 July 2023) and less than a week before Engrdrizzy (10 July 2023) and Ajifohils (11 July 2023) "found" it. Some serendipity that all three, with no edit history related to real estate brokers, found a the non-notable promo piece so near-term to its creation. DrHeartz also has same the characteristic playing around with moving to and from draft space as the others (see contribs). Эlcobbola talk 16:04, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The first three are straight confirmed and blocked. DrHeartz is certainly possible, but I can’t find the smoking gun to go further than that. There are some very active, spammy ranges involved. Courcelles (talk) 17:16, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Now, that was the technical side. I indeffed Hearts for behavior, so that one isn’t marked as a CU block. Courcelles (talk) 17:18, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Tagged the first three as confirmed and DrHeartz as suspected. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:37, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Confirmed on Commons--data are here. First edit after creating a userspace sandbox was to add significant content to obscure Draft:Aboriginal Democracy created by master; same intest in Ntezi: Hilspress; EXCEL04; Ajifohils; Engrdrizzy; etc. Эlcobbola  talk 17:02, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * I independently filed an SPI for this user after also coming to the same conclusion, without realising that this had already been filed — my apologies. I've self-reverted the duplicate filing; my comments were: Significant topic interest overlap, e.g. moving Bartholomew Okorochukwu and Oshara to mainspace, edits to Draft:Aboriginal Democracy and Ntezi (all pages created by previous accounts). Tol  (talk &#124; contribs) @ 08:42, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Also noting: These users have also focused on Draft:Prophet Emmanuel Chukwudi, which EXCEL04 more recently edited.  Tol  (talk &#124; contribs) @ 08:52, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * is ✅ from Hilspress. and  look slightly different, but they are using the same IP ranges, and I see them editing from the same IP as each other in a short space of time, implying that they're either the same person using different devices, or that they are working together. I'm going to block all.  Girth Summit  (blether)  17:05, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same /24 and ecosystem as (data are here). Brand new account submitting Hilspress favourite Draft:Aboriginal Democracy for AfC. Эlcobbola talk 17:21, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * I'm assuming is talking about commons; the situation on enwiki is basically the same, so nothing more to do here. RoySmith (talk) 14:51, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Same edits as Engrdrizzy, which is a sockpuppet of Hilspress, New user also sumbmitted Draft:Bartholomew Okorochukwu, also created by the same sockpuppeter, some users are not sure if this is a sockpuppet or not, so requesting a checkuser will help here. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Bartholomew_Okorochukwu&diff=prev&oldid=1168755235 Notrealname1234 (talk) 21:29, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Already CU-blocked. I probably would have tagged it as ✅, but the proven tag is fine too.  This is from a region of the world where the IP allocations make CU a dubious venture. RoySmith (talk) 14:55, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Creation of Draft:Nigerian Aboriginal Democracy (now that Draft:Aboriginal Democracy, a previous socking target, is protected). Tol (talk &#124; contribs) @ 18:32, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Reblocking as a CU block, tagging as proven. RoySmith (talk) 14:57, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Anayokito created MKO Balogun in draftspace as their first edit on 16 August 2023 (Anayokito has not edited since August [or thereabout]) only for SeptemberGab to move it to mainspace on 9 October 2023. How did I know this is a sock? On that same 19 October, SeptemberGab moved Bartholomew Okorochukwu to mainspace. Okorochukwu was created by User:Engrdrizzy (see above) while evading block. Best, Reading Beans (talk) 17:23, 20 October 2023 (UTC) Reading Beans (talk) 17:23, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * . MarioGom (talk) 21:24, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I had a quick look: this needs a specialist, and if I were to tell you which country, you'd know. Drmies (talk) 21:30, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
 * So, these two accounts are editing out of the same pair of wide, spammy, socky ranges that Hilspress uses. It's always hard to be confident about anything on these ranges, as they're used by various sockfarms including Sockpuppet investigations/Krystalgreat, Sockpuppet investigations/Oneboygreen, Sockpuppet investigations/Buysomebananas and various others; I'm blocking as suspected to this case, based on the articles edited.  Girth Summit  (blether)  11:22, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
User's first edit was to Ikechukwu as seen here. Them almost immediately, created a 5,058 word draft here] at Draft:Emmanuel Ikazoboh. That was it for the day. They came back after they've been auto-confirmed to make some edits at Ike Ekweremadu and Ebonyi State University—I have not checked these edits btw. Now, on 6 October 2023, they sent a message to request for the undeletion of Elliot Omose. For my suspicious, they moved Kola Oyeneyin to mainspace on 14 November 2023 as seen here. The Oyeneyin page was created by the master, you-know-who: Hilspress!

That is it, folks. Over and out. Best, Reading Beans (talk) 16:38, 16 November 2023 (UTC) Reading Beans (talk) 16:38, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * based on historical data and the behavior. Similar caveat to previous go. Izno (talk) 04:14, 17 November 2023 (UTC)