Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/JonoDunn/Archive

06 February 2014

 * Suspected sockpuppets
 * "I only edit pages that are of no professional interest" disclaimer


 * Other suspicious accounts


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User:Anna Frodesiak and I noticed a strange influx of new accounts that have created user pages for themselves where they all proclaim they are working in the SEO field and have very similar user pages with the similar wording and style. Almost all say where they live, for whom they work, their social media accounts (and how a lot of them say it the same way "I am present on many social networks"), and how they are looking forward to contributing. While they are not blatantly doing SEO linking on their page, they are doing some and the large number of accounts is concerning. I also caught one of the accounts, User:MartinPanayotov, editing another account, User:KrystianSzastok, which is highly suspicious. I am requesting a CU to see if these accounts are under the control of a single individual. I am also requesting a sleeper check as I am not sure that I have noticed all of the accounts. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:11, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

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 * - There looks to be enough evidence to warrant a check on at least some of the accounts (the disclaimer is very similar for example). Given the number of accounts and possibility of both meat and sock puppetry can a CU take a look and let us know what's what. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:22, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, from a technical standpoint, they're all ❌ to one another. Some are in Europe, some in North America, others are in Asia and Oceania, and their devices and software are varied. That being said, I did find a few related accounts.
 * These are all editing from the same static IP, but are probably coworkers (except for Josh and Josh):
 * and are the same.
 * Also note that most of the reported accounts triggered filter 499. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 02:12, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
 * and are the same.
 * Also note that most of the reported accounts triggered filter 499. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 02:12, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
 * and are the same.
 * Also note that most of the reported accounts triggered filter 499. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 02:12, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
 * and are the same.
 * Also note that most of the reported accounts triggered filter 499. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 02:12, 12 February 2014 (UTC)


 * User:Anna Frodesiak and User:Gogo Dodo I'll leave it up to you to decide what to do since you've had prior dealings. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:58, 12 February 2014 (UTC)


 * After thinking this over and looking at the edits so far, I'm inclined to just let these go and hope they don't start spamming. It is good that they have self-identified and they have not done any spamming.  I suspect that this is either a group of people taking an SEO course together or, as noted, they are co-workers. I haven't seen any more accounts, so hopefully was just an unusual one off incident. It was edit filter 499 that made me notice them all, though it wasn't these kinds of accounts that I had intended the filter to detect. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:50, 13 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Closed with no action per GogoDodo's comment. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:05, 13 February 2014 (UTC)