Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Makofakeoh/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

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A flurry of IPs joined the discussion at Talk:Dune (2021 film) to weigh in against. The IPs all geolocate to Buena Vista, Colorado. In one follow-up post by 73.95.134.231 (diff1), they commented, "Please stop wasting our time on this nonsense. As others have pointed out, you are being WP:POINTy". This references the POINTy allegation dropped in a comment by 2601:280:F:116E:54E7:1359:87EE:A7D5 and misleads that consensus is forming against Masem, when in fact, this is the same editor. Further evidence of this is on my talk page, in which both IP ranges are used interchangeably to respond.Makofakeoh also weighs in, acting as a third opinion siding with the IPs. This account has very few edits, some of which occurred at Talk:Marriage Story. The significance here is that recent edits at the article show activity from 2601:282:8202:a130:bca3:362c:1120:a6b2, which also geolocates to Buena Vista, Colorado. This is more than mere coincidence, which is why I'm asking for a checkuser to verify. It definitely appears that Makofakeoh is the same editor as well. The only other possibility here is meatpuppetry. I included 96.75.103.41 for good measure, but that range was not used in the Dune talk page discussion in any misleading way that I can tell. However, it also geolocates to Buena Vista, CO. GoneIn60 (talk) 03:26, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' I guess we are meatpuppets.lol Didnt know this was a thing … Five of us are in a film criticism class and we didn’t know we couldn’t debate and edit as a group. Oh well. Part of a “History of Dune piece” we are doing. I’m any case, our bad. 2601:280:D:CCD5:44BF:78E9:DEBF:48D (talk) 03:37, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Yet, you were quite aware of the SPI process, so we should assume you've read WP:SOCK, where meatpuppetry is spelled out clearly in the lead. Your recent comment at my talk page doesn't bode well for your case either. --GoneIn60 (talk) 05:27, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Bode well! Oh, no!! He's threatening now.lol..Listen to you, acting like this is all important and stuff. Yes, one of us knows quite a bit about Wikipedia and edits with a normal account, not the one listed here (I think). Look, we/I don't really care. This is your life, sad really. A bunch of us are Paulettes (see Pauline Kael) and are passionate about film journalism and took our gonzo news style here. Slay your dragon. Get your thrill. We owned up to whatever it was we did wrong. I'm guessing groups can't edit here? We had our fun, defended best we could against misinformation and the fanboy scam I'm told you editors run here. Sad this is your little corner of the world. It's bigger than you think ;) You should get out more. Not afraid. Cheers.2601:280:1:FB96:C449:4501:A50:6647 (talk) 05:53, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * This could be a plot for the show "Big Bang Theory". I think the South Park guys did an episode called Fort Collins about internet trolls like Gonein60 who thinks he some kind of internet vigilante. Too funny! Thanx 4 filling me in.haha...Guess our dorm network will get banned for a bit or something from editing. Badge of honor if ask me. It was fun. Peace out.~Ruben — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:280:1:FB96:C449:4501:A50:6647 (talk) 05:59, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Moved to account name. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:38, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Checkusers will not connect an account to an IP address. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:39, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I've protected Dune (2021 film) and blocked . Frankly, it looks like clear logged out editing to me. And if not, then it's incredibly disruptive meatpuppetry all the same. The IPs also forced protection on Marriage Story a week or two ago as well, and the interactions go beyond to several other articles. How curious. -- ferret (talk) 18:49, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Mako was already blocked for 2 weeks, so I'm going to go ahead and close this now. Edit comments like Special:Diff/1035516348 and Special:Diff/1043083351 lead me to believe this is not actually a new users, so any future clerks who work this case should consider the AGF account to be exhausted and act accordingly. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:14, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Already CU-confirmed and blocked. There are also enormous amounts of logged-out editing. Both accounts are very interested in Gregg Phillips. But! , I would like for you to check also--look for "280". There is a link here with Sockpuppet investigations/PaullyMatthews/Archive, which in turn is linked to Sockpuppet investigations/ZemenfesKidus, and it's getting a bit too complicated for me, haha. Drmies (talk) 17:28, 13 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Taking a look now. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:35, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * @Drmies, @RoySmith Took me a minute to remember why I had this watchlisted and recall the details. This user, and the IPs associated with them, have been disruptively editing for years. I found evidence of numerous IP blocks going back to at least 2017-2018 all focused around disruptive editing of films. There's significant likelihood of meatpuppetry, but as I said in the previous SPI when I blocked, that's no less disruptive if it is. They appear to identify as some sort of film club and speak in plural pronouns. -- ferret (talk) 17:50, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * PaulyMatthews is all about Ethiopian and East African military history. That seems unrelated to Makofakeoh and/or ZemenfesKidus. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:07, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * RoySmith, ZemenfesKidus and PaulyMatthews and BeteAmora are the same, aren't they? I didn't ping you necessarily because of this account, but because I saw them on the same ranges, and I didn't know if you had CUed BeteAmora or not. Drmies (talk) 20:25, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * ZemenfesKidus is all about Ethiopian/East African history as well, but I havent looked into his relations with PaulyMatthews though. Magherbin (talk) 01:20, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.''

as also documented at Sockpuppet investigations/ZemenfesKidus, both 280 and 98.50 show interest in 2000 Mules, a film in which Gregg Phillips appears, but 98.50 also edits Horn of Africa related articles, in similar ways as 280, ZemenfesKidus, and BeteAmora ( vs ). I believe that the two are each used by only one person, but that together they are meatpuppeting on both film- and Horn of Africa-related articles. ☿ Apaugasma  ( talk  ☉) 11:31, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Ugh, this is a bit of a mess. At one level, I'm reasonably certain Makofakeoh and ZemenfesKidus are the same, and that they're unrelated to PaullyMatthews.  But then I slice and dice the data a different way and I'm no longer sure.  I've left some notes under cuwiki:Wikipedia/en/ZemenfesKidus.  I'll come back and take another look later. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:55, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * 282 definitely needs a look too. Look for the tell of "m" as an edit summary. Same individual(s). /48 range is active today. -- ferret (talk) 18:32, 13 June 2022 (UTC)


 * ,, Evening all. There accounts are blocked. Are we waiting for anything, or can this case be closed? Cheers
 * Urgh, screwed up the pings., , Try again...  Girth Summit  (blether)  23:25, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * 2601:282:8100:0:0:0:0:0/48 needs reviewed. Possibly part of the MEAT half of this rather than a direct sock, and that range may not be where it needs set. Very heavily involved in this sock/meat farm, but inactive since this SPI opened. Goes back for years though. -- ferret (talk) 23:29, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Drmies' 3-month rangeblock of covers most of the recent disruption from 282. I've now given  a month off, covering the rest. If they hop any more, I think a block of the /48 would be reasonable (and it does look like /48 is the smallest viable range), but holding off for now. Closing.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 22:21, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I spoke too soon. Maxmind puts in Chicago, and whatismyipaddress puts it in Michigan, but Spur's most precise answer is a Target in Colorado. Combined with behavioral similarities, blocked 1 month.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 23:19, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Also finding of fact, but no block due to dormancy, on . --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 23:24, 2 July 2022 (UTC)