Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kewan Nielsen/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Obvious duck is obvious, sock master isn't doing all that much to cover their tracks besides making multiple accounts. Each account has made a single massive edit to the same page which massively unbalanced the page. Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 16:45, 31 December 2023 (UTC) Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 16:45, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * I ran a check because I suspected these were not the only accounts based on the highly precocious nature of the edit. I did not see any others. The two accounts are technically ; same unusual geolocation, but no IP/range overlap, and different devices. The behaviour is pretty much WP:DUCK, but it could be two people working together. Leaving open for another admin/clerk to decide if sanctions or warnings are necessary. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 18:00, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Left uw-agf-sock warnings. Closing. Spicy (talk) 14:44, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
We appear to have a sock farm here, all three accounts appear to be being used to push Grey-zone (international relations) into having a particular POV by unbalancing the article. None of these accounts appear authentic. Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 14:36, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * The three suspected puppets are quacking, but I can't find anything in behavioral evidence linking them to Jet Bat or any other master. The Wordsmith Talk to me 23:17, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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Continuing the same pattern as previously identified socks of pointed overload of the page, not making much of an effort to cover their tracks. Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 15:33, 27 May 2024 (UTC) Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 15:33, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Blocking the two reported. - We should either rename this investigation to the earliest of the identified sock editors (which would currently be ) given the lack of specific evidence for the current suspected master (Jet Bat), or someone needs to go for blocking (or CUing) the purported master. On that note, I think there's a possible connection though I agree with Wordsmith from the archived batch that nothing jumps out behaviorally beyond the overlap on the one page. Given the age of the clear last edit for Jet Bat, I'm more inclined to rename though and wait for the one account to reawaken. Izno (talk) 00:09, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Moved case to Kewan Nielsen, tagged, closing. Spicy (talk) 17:12, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Similar pattern as the previous socks (although on a different page), a recently created account adding large chunks of information about international maritime conflicts very shortly before JEMW and Mardlige made edits:,. Mardlige claims that the edits were for an assignment for a class on maritime security, but the editing patterns of the suspected socks (adding entire sections of sourced information, the fact that RCfisch edited May 25th only, while JEMW edited on the 26th and Mardlige edited from the 27th through 31st) seem too distinctive for them to have been done by different people in a single class. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 07:18, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * I can't confidently make a connection between RCfisch and the other accounts. It's possible, but there are plenty of other valid explanations too., no prejudice against reopening the case if future edits look more like this master. The Wordsmith Talk to me 21:23, 12 July 2024 (UTC)