Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lakumen/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

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Just days after the article Lasya (anchor) (created by indefinitely-blocked Beehonsect) was deleted at AfD, it was re-created as Anchor Lasya by Coffeelover09. All three accounts are connected by promotion of the non-notable brand Lube Life (see deleted contributions plus the disclosure at User:Lakumen). This is block evasion, a paid editing ring or both.

I doubt that the group is limited to these three accounts so would request a sleepers check through CheckUser.

(Courtesy ping to .) SuperMarioMan (Talk) 21:39, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

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 * - I can see evidence to link these users. Use of dormant accounts (Lakumen was dormant from 24th April until the 11th of August with one edit and the rest of the recent edits from the 16th) suggests there may be more dormant accounts, so checkuser may be useful here to find any more of these accounts. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:02, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Beehonsect and Coffeelover09 are to each other, and Lakumen is . Based on the data, I'm inclined to say that Beehonsect and Coffeelover09 are the same person, but Lakumen is someone else, but both editors happened to be doing paid editing for the same client (Lube Life). Beehonsect and Coffeelover09, no action against Lakumen for now, closing . Mz7 (talk) 19:00, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * for further review. Mz7 (talk) 19:05, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * After further review, I noticed that Lakumen and Beehonsect seem to have much more overlap than just Lube Life. The frequency with which they show up at the same time to edit relatively obscure topics, plus the admission that paid editing is involved, makes me suspect that these two editors are coordinating their edits, which is still a violation of the sockpuppetry policy (see WP:MEAT). On that basis, I will now be blocking Lakumen as well. . Please move this case under Lakumen, the oldest account. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 19:16, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * case page moved. Closing. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:10, 22 August 2020 (UTC)