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AlphaKGN and RoseRalph both have the hallmarks of paid editors, with their first edits showing a high degree of prior knowledge regarding WP editing. However, the reason for asking a SPI is the crossover on Draft:Jones–Tino and Draft:Daniel Levine (author) - there is no connection between the article subjects, and both have only had significant edits by the two accounts. Otherwise, very similar edit summaries between the two. Both are very unlikely to be the master, but I don't know what account that woudl be. Bilby (talk) 07:26, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

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 * Bilby - I'm currently looking at the contributions between the two accounts and the contributions made to both the draft articles you listed here. To help me with making direct comparisons, can you provide a few example diffs between both accounts where you see that their edit summaries are similar and exactly why (if not obvious)? Are there any other diffs that you can provide that will help me see direct similarities between the two? Thanks :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   07:33, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I just found one. I see that this edit by AlphaKGN and this edit by RoseRalph both have edit summaries that state "Expanded lead paragraph" - are there any more that you found?  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   07:36, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I found another. This edit and this edit between the two users have a similar edit summary that state "Added image, improved links".  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   07:38, 19 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Based on the technical data, the two users are almost certainly working together. .--Bbb23 (talk) 13:31, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * - perhaps as the master? Behavioural overlap is significant (article targets, UPE, verbose unblock requests)...Thought?-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:06, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Such a smart lady. Johnsaavn is ✅ to AlphaKGN. Please move case to Johnsaavn. Thanks, Ponyo!--Bbb23 (talk) 18:20, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the compliment and will tuck it under my pillow and treasure it, but I think it's more likely that I've just been around here too long.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:45, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for identifying the master! I can flag that for the future. - Bilby (talk) 22:37, 19 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Case moved, tagged, closing. GABgab 03:11, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

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This is a yet another case of undisclosed paid editing and the suspected sock was registered a week after AlphaKGN ‎ was blocked. There are some behavioural similarities between NTfisher and AlphaKGN which I'm not feeling comfortable sharing here so requesting CU for technical evidence. GSS (talk |c|em ) 04:40, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

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 * ✅ plus:
 * . There are a lot of pages that should probably be tagged as G5. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * . There are a lot of pages that should probably be tagged as G5. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * . There are a lot of pages that should probably be tagged as G5. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * . There are a lot of pages that should probably be tagged as G5. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * . There are a lot of pages that should probably be tagged as G5. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * . There are a lot of pages that should probably be tagged as G5. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * . There are a lot of pages that should probably be tagged as G5. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * . There are a lot of pages that should probably be tagged as G5. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * . There are a lot of pages that should probably be tagged as G5. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * . There are a lot of pages that should probably be tagged as G5. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:39, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

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Based on some outer-wiki evidence Basevoter belongs to the same paid sock farm and creating the same kind of promotional articles so requesting CU for technical help to see if they have more accounts. Chaimsash was registered two days back and made no edits outside editing draft created by Basevoter. GSS (talk |c|em ) 03:40, 20 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Added Anuradhawrites who created Dance USA Dance which was later expanded by . GSS (talk |c|em ) 04:40, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

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 * is, bordering ✅, and I have blocked as such.
 * is, but the crossover on Dance USA Dance is enough for me to consider it behaviourally similar, and I have blocked accordingly.
 * is a tricky on. Technical evidence suggests this account is ❌ to the others, but GSS's off-wiki evidence (which I have also seen) makes a relationship very likely. I'm holding off on taking any action for now until I've had time to investigate further.
 * also turned up as a ✅ account while checking, blocked and tagged accordingly.Yunshui 雲 水 08:18, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Further off-wiki evidence makes it extremely likely that Basevoter is a sock of this group, despite the ISP. Blocked and tagged. Yunshui 雲 水 09:28, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Further off-wiki evidence makes it extremely likely that Basevoter is a sock of this group, despite the ISP. Blocked and tagged. Yunshui 雲 水 09:28, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

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HarryLeap belongs to the same upwork profile and created SAFE Network. Wbrasp was registered back in 2016 and made their first edit in December 2018. Requesting CU to get technical help. GSS (talk |c|em ) 04:37, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

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and are, plus with the off-wiki evidence provided by email I have no problem believing this is the same paid-editing firm. is geographically distinct and appears ❌, although this wouldn't be the first time this group had outlier SPAs that didn't seem to be technically connected to the main sock-drawer. Given Wbrasp's timing and edits, I have aslo blocked them as a suspected sock. Yunshui 雲 水 22:46, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

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SPA creating all their previously deleted paid articles. GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 16:05, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 17:34, 30 November 2019 (UTC)