Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/JoannaLetren/Archive

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Throwaway accounts keep submitting the same draft, with different names and minor differences in prose. Somebody should probably block them. Maybe run CheckUser so the puppetmaster IP can be blocked and more socks can be checked for too. Possible UPE?
 * Draft:Sustainability Initiatives of Amazon
 * Draft:Organizational Sustainability
 * Draft:Sustainability for Organizations – Novem Linguae (talk) 07:41, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * ✅. Bagging and tagging all accounts. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   09:41, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

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All accounts have created essay-like userpages/sandboxes with topics such as operational management, productivity and sustainability. The content isn't necessarily copied word-for-word between accounts but the theme is the same.

I am requesting a CU because in the recent past, I have noticed similar userpages from multiple accounts. Regrettably, I did not record all the names or diffs, but these are not the first accounts I've witnessed posting this same type of content. Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:52, 14 July 2021 (UTC)


 * I just located what is almost certainly a related case: Sockpuppet investigations/MevanKiri. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 17:28, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

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Here are some more that seem to fit the same pattern:

I find the comment at the top of Claveriemelissa's sandbox interesting - could we possibly be dealing with a student group that it editing abut the same topic? The username of AnitaStudentID2017195 also seems to fit the pattern. Best, Pahunkat (talk) 20:17, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Let's talk about that Anita thing as we can clarify that she is a student since her Student ID is in the username. I think they are using Wikipedia as a tool for writing essays and (intentionally, not all or all of them) submitting them into the AfC.

I also think that they have an online project, presumably an essay, about organizational blah-blah. User:Ahthga YramTalk with me! I want to change my name! 15:51, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Everyone heads-up, I have encountered another user who created a similarly-named draft with strikingly the same topic. Thanks. User:Ahthga YramTalk with me! I want to change my name! 05:33, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

I've seen another draft at the AfC/Sub that is made by a user called Maduranga Munasinghe. Probably they are conducting an online activity about those topics that were mentioned above. Thanks. User:Ahthga YramTalk with me! I want to change my name! 05:37, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * these are certainly students, at least one of the sandboxes makes that very clear. Suboptimally declared, but there is no abusive socking here. Ping in case you want to have a look.  The three drafts in the related SPI are fairly different from each other  and look like students working on a similar topic to me. Could it be that these users are technically indistinguishable because they are all editing from the same institutional network? Blablubbs (talk) 21:15, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Blablubbs - Yes, it is possible that they would be. I haven't run a check, but based off the evidence here, it's definitely possible that this is an educational institution.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   21:48, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
 * @Oshwah, I was referring to the accounts in Sockpuppet investigations/MevanKiri/Archive where you did run a check and block. It looks like that's the same group as here. Blablubbs (talk) 21:49, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I've located the unit coordinator mentioned in User:Claveriemelissa/sandbox and I'm sending an email now. I'll put this case (and MevanKiri) on hold until I hear back. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:10, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I've not received a response, so unless somebody has a better plan, I'm going to merge these two cases, close with no action taken, and leave everybody uw-agf-assign. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:10, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
 * See 15 July 2021 -- RoySmith (talk) 18:09, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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User created another draft and is strikingly similar to the names of previous declined pages.

Also, see this discussion that has a comment of different throw-away accounts that were used by the sockmaster under different names keeps submitting same drafts. Thanks.

User:Ahthga YramTalk with me! I want to change my name! 09:53, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * .  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:05, 15 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Please ping me on the inevitable next iteration. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:16, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
 * @RoySmith, are we sure this isn't a class? See Sockpuppet investigations/JoannaLetren. The pages in the initial filing were substantially different from each other, though that could have been missed because the filer redirected two of them before the report was actioned. Blablubbs (talk) 14:55, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, my. Yeah, that's probably it.  I'll comment more on the other page. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:07, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
 * - See Sockpuppet investigations/JoannaLetren -- RoySmith (talk) 15:12, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
 * please see the discussion above. Would you be OK with me unblocking MevanKiri? -- RoySmith (talk) 01:59, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
 * RoySmith - I've gone ahead and unblocked the account. :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   07:05, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
 * MevanKiri unblocked, everybody untagged, lots of uw-agf-assign handed out, closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:10, 4 August 2021 (UTC)