Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mikhail Kyrah/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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Something odd with User:Mikhail Kyrah, User:Martian-2008, User:Martian-2007, and User:The Martian-2000. The latter three userpages are all the same, largely a copy of DGG's (Duplication Detector).

There's a connection to User:Mikhail Kyrah, a blocked user. Note editing overlaps, the same block appeal within ten minutes of each other (here and here), both have interests in editing virus articles (Chick syncytial virus created by Mikhail Kyrah and edited by Martian-2008). Mikhail Kyrah was also blocked in part for abusing multiple accounts. [|see here]. Further overlap in editing is present at Raúl Sapena Pastor between Martian-2007, Martian-2008, and Mikhail Kyrah, see page statistics.

Looking at contributions, Martian-2008 has been passing GA's without comment (see GAN discussion), including their own noms. The Martinian-2000 maintains they are an admin, adding themselves to WikiProject Biography/Members/Admin members. Martian-2007 requested on their talk to be unblocked, but their request was denied because they have never been blocked.

Their usernames are very similar, and they have edited the same pages (See: Martian-2008 creates Fort Morgan virus on 04:28, 8 April 2020, Martian-2007 edits the same page on 05:04, 8 April 2020. Martian-2008 added Category:WikiProject Carnival members to Martian-2007's userpage. There's heavy overlap here between Martian-2007 and Martian-2008. There's also a pattern of disruption: passing good articles without review, adding ga class to an article that obviously isn't, pretending to be an admin, and creating an article on Sketchware, which is seemingly solely promotional. Evidence tying The Martian 2000 to the other two is less clear but still present; see The Martian-2000 editing the talk of a page substantially expanded by Martian-2008, and Martian-2008 editing List of Governors of Mato Grosso, which appears to be where The Martian-2000 got the format for List of Governors of Mato Grosso from. Eddie891 Talk Work 23:43, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * fixed username: doesn't exist,  does. Mdaniels5757 (talk) 01:36, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * All ✅, . -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 03:03, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:13, 14 May 2020 (UTC)