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20 March 2015

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The fact that Darreg stated in this post that he will continue to edit Wikipedia despite being block prompted me to suspect the Isakaba account, which was created on March 13, 2015. Darreg uses a simplistic format when creating stub articles about actors/actresses. The lead section of his articles are usually one sentence, followed by a filmography section as well as a reference section. For proof of this, please visit these pages: Alex Usifo,, , , Femi Jacobs, Lilian Esoro, Ayo Akinwale, etc. Now take a look at the three biographical articles (Hanks Anuku, Mbong Amata & Uru Eke) created by Isakaba. Do you see the same pattern? I don't find this editing style coincidental. Darreg has grown fond of this particular style of editing and as a result, he continues to do things he's comfortable with even while sockpuppeting. I reverted Isakaba's edits to the Omotola Jalade Ekeinde article on 17 March 2015. Few hours later, the IP reverted my revision and told me to stay away from Nollywood articles in this edit summary. Note: The IP never edited the article before their revert to my revision. I left this note on the IP's talk page, explaining the reasons for my revert. Isakaba, who I have never contacted, told me that I am "aruging with him". I don't know how one can argue with someone they've never communicated with. Although the edit patterns of the IP are not similar to that of Darreg, I suspect that the IP is a shared IP address (one that Darreg has access to).  V e r s a c e 1 6 0 8   (Talk) 02:46, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Ohhh...sh!t....My bahd! I thought I was logged on when I reverted your edit on Omotola Jalade's article. I was very distracted on that day because I was doing a lot of things at the same time. If you notice that was the only edit I made on the day if not I would have noticed earlier. It was after I saw your revert that I knew. I did not think my mistake meant I was doing anything wrong. I know nothing about Darreg. Isakaba (talk) 08:56, 20 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Have added another account that is obviously linked to that same IP address. The IP has edited that account's sandbox and other articles similar to Isakaba and Darreg. Has been used to sign edits off as both Isakaba and Marvinlord2000.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 12:26, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
. I believe that Isakaba is likely a puppet of Darreg. However, there are enough stylistic differences that I'd like confirmation. As for Marvinlord2000, the IP, and, it appears more likely that Marvinlord is related to Marvellousugorji. I don't fully see where the IP fits in, but the CU is unlikely to express an opinion on the IP. I plan on blocking the IP because their editing has been sufficiently disruptive and because I'm convinced that the address is being using by someone. Also, the IP has a huge number of open ports, making me think it's either an open proxy or close to it.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:06, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Checkuser comments. {{clerk-note}} Following up on Risker's comments. First, I'm not well-versed in edit-a-thons or meetups, but as far as I can tell, there were none held in Nigeria, at least during the relevant timeframe and possibly at all. Second, I looked more closely at the stub articles created by the master (many) and the three created by Isakaba. Versace's description of the master's articles is reasonably accurate, but Isakaba's articles, when you look at them more carefully, are different. For example, a Personal life section is usually included. The cats are far fewer than in the Darreg stubs. The formatting of the refs is different. Isakaba uses bare URLs, whereas Darreg uses formatted refs. Based on that comparison, a CU finding of likely, and the lack of any other telling evidence connecting the two accounts, I am not taking any action against Isakaba. I will have more to say later about the IP and the two accounts unrelated to Darreg.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:27, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
 * that and{{* {{checkuser|1=Darreg}} are socks; there are some technical variations, and one should consider whether the style of writing is because the editors have very similar cultural backgrounds and are writing in roughly the same pattern seen in existing articles on similar subjects.  We sometimes forget how formulaic a lot of our articles have become, and there is nothing particularly unusual about these ones that makes them at all dissimilar from stub articles on actors. We should also consider whether or not there are edit-a-thons or similar activities happening in the relevant regions, which will hopefully lead to new editors creating articles on notable subjects, even ones that aren't particularly popular in Europe/North America.
 * {{Likely}} that {{checkuser|1=Marvinlord2000}} and {{checkuser|1=Marvellousugorji}} are the same editors. Risker (talk) 20:22, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I created this SPI by copying the current case without history from Sockpuppet investigations/Darreg. The master and Marvinlord2000 have been indeffed and tagged. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:09, 29 March 2015 (UTC)