Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kkkikki/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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was an account dedicated to creating a large number of articles on minor non-notable Hyundai products (see page creations). In May 2021 they received a final warning for inappropriate article creations, and the account ceased editing shortly afterwards. started editing in June 2021 and has since created four articles on obscure Hyundai products. The timing and unusual editing focus makes me believe that this is the same person trying to evade scrutiny. Also note the unusual markup that both accounts use in their citations: Kkkikkki / Kyungseon Lee. Spicy (talk) 15:21, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

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I'm requesting CU because the behavioral evidence, although decent, is not as compelling as it might be, and technical confirmation would therefore be useful.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:08, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Between Kkkikki and Kyungseon Lee, the best I could say is —different IPs, but the geolocation is very similar. The following accounts, however, are ✅ to Kyungseon Lee:
 * (confirmed via login activity)
 * Could this be some kind of coordinated undisclosed paid promotional activity by Hyundai to edit Wikipedia? All of the accounts here (except 2020flower, which has never edited) are involved in editing Hyundai-related topics. The account Desaa1 tried to restore a few articles originally created by Kkkikki: see . Mz7 (talk) 01:48, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The behavioral similarities are suspicious enough that I think it would be best to require that these accounts provide an explanation for their relationship before continuing to edit. All accounts with Kkkikki as the suspected master. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 06:09, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Could this be some kind of coordinated undisclosed paid promotional activity by Hyundai to edit Wikipedia? All of the accounts here (except 2020flower, which has never edited) are involved in editing Hyundai-related topics. The account Desaa1 tried to restore a few articles originally created by Kkkikki: see . Mz7 (talk) 01:48, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The behavioral similarities are suspicious enough that I think it would be best to require that these accounts provide an explanation for their relationship before continuing to edit. All accounts with Kkkikki as the suspected master. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 06:09, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Similar behavior and interests as previous socks. Editing and creating articles relating to Hyundai and Kia ( listed those as interests on their userpage). Started editing on August 10, two days after previous socks were blocked. Also moved Genesis X, a page created by Kkkikki, from draftspace to mainspace.

Requesting CheckUser as last time a CU was done multiple socks were found. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 14:43, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 15:14, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Kkkikki ✅. Also found and confirmed:
 * -- RoySmith (talk) 15:27, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
 * All seems wrapped up, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:37, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
These are effectively single-purpose accounts creating stubs about non-notable Hyundai products, the same MO as previous socks (see , etc.) VEX (wearable) by Lerabobo is a recreation of Draft:Vest Exoskeleton by. These accounts share a distinctive way of formatting references with previous socks (compare and  for example) and most are active on or created their account on kowiki  /. Spicy (talk) 20:13, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * - I think the behavioural evidence is sufficient to link these accounts to each other and the master, but because of the number of accounts involved, I'd like a check for others. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 20:15, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 20:39, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Current CU data says Lerabobo, Juju ipa, and Yummyyummy0202 are all ✅ to each other, and CU logs put that group as to Kkkikki.  The best I can do with Honeybigpie is . -- RoySmith (talk) 20:57, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks - based on the behaviour, I'm convinced that all of these accounts are related to this case. - please indef Lerabobo, Honeybigpie, Juju ipa and Yummyyummy0202. Spicy (talk) 21:38, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Blocked without tags. Bbb23 (talk) 22:57, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Tagged and closing. Spicy (talk) 23:01, 2 April 2022 (UTC)