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Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)




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Looking from their contributions, it seems as if most, if not all, of their edit summaries use the same edit summary, more or less: "#WPWP #WPWPARK" (see the contributions for more information). Additionally, each of the users slaps down photos that do not seem to mean anything (and were thus reverted, mostly; again, the contributions). The sockmaster was (somehow!) let go without any warnings (see the talk page of the sockmaster); however, the other two had warnings on the talk pages (again, see the talk page of the sockmaster). Given the timestamps of each of their edits, it seems as if the sockmaster seems to be jumping back and forth from user to user to user.

Examples include each of these individual links. There are too many examples. Each of these diffs involve reverts by another user regarding the sockmaster and each of the socks. I hope that this is enough... Tfess up?or down? 12:10, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * These are likely different editors participating in the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos contest. Adding #WPWP (and variants) to the edit summaries is part of the competition. Given the nature of the contest there's actually a disincentive to be socking as the goal is to be the user who adds the most photos; hence the very noticable outcome of quantity over quality. The disruption that can arise from this annual competition has been noted at the various noticeboards previously. In summary, I doubt these accounts are related beyond participating in the same competition from the same community (Arusha, Tanzania which uses the #WPWPARK hashtag), and I believe any disruption such as the repeated addition of particularly low-quality photos should be handled in the normal manner through escalating user warnings followed by blocks, and therefore I think this SPI can be closed. --Jack Frost (talk) 07:44, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * These are people participating in the same contest, which can look like socking (see also Sockpuppet investigations/Aderiqueza). Closing without action. --Blablubbs (talk) 10:34, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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This may be more of the same contest, but could also be block evasion. See this edit by the suspected master, and compare to this edit by the suspected puppet. It could be a coincidence. I blocked them briefly but unblocked since the behavioral evidence is not strong enough. (I did not know about the competition until after blocking them so I've unblocked for now.) Since the suspected master is CU-blocked, requesting CU to confirm if this is a puppet. --Chris &#124; Crazycomputers (talk) 07:16, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * . They're in the same country, but the data seems more consistent with a coincidence than block evasion. Closing without action. Mz7 (talk) 20:32, 8 August 2021 (UTC)