Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mithurjan/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * ( original case name)

Came across these accounts with oddly similar arguments at Articles for deletion/John Babikian (2nd nomination). Then looking at their contribution history, both created identical vector.js pages in their userspace. The YTKevduck account in particular looks like it has just been created to comment on the Babikian AfD. There have been some odd new accounts commenting on AfDs recently, so I wouldn't be surprised if there were more socks in this farm. Cheers, Number   5  7  21:03, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Mistakenly created a new sockpuppet report before realising there is already one, have included it below.

I noticed an unusual pattern of editing on Articles for deletion/John Babikian (2nd nomination) which consisted of accounts being created, making a simple one sentence user page, followed by a series of quick small edits. These accounts would then go to the AfD discussion and make delete votes, often their only large contribution to Wikipedia. Two can be seen using bold text for emphasis. These accounts then tend to stop editing.  Grey joy talk 19:21, 1 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Additionally  Grey joy talk 03:31, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users
Hello, Girth Summit, I just saw User:Compostingforlife post a rather ominous message to an editor who voted to Keep this article. I'm not sure if they are connected but they did just pop up to comment about this AFD. Liz Read! Talk! 03:16, 4 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I'm the editor involved. The Compostingforlife has zero edits, yet has sent me an email to my personal email listed in wiki. It seems far too technical for a brand new account to figure out how to do. Their userpage hasn't been created yet, yet they have advanced knowledge of where to look for items on wikipedia. Oaktree b (talk) 04:31, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * To be fair, it would be easy enough to guess my email from my wiki username, but it's using an older domain that doesn't usually appear when creating new accounts on this particular company's portal, so you'd have to know where to look to find it here. Oaktree b (talk) 04:34, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I believe that both of these accounts are using the same kind of proxies to obscure their IP data. That in itself is somewhat indicative, but is not conclusive - .  Girth Summit  (blether)  23:11, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
 * The whole lot of these, minus Danielcohens (see below) look like obvious socks to me. They were registered a while ago, presumably for nefarious purposes, but weren't used until very recently. All use language closely mirroring each others at the AfD linked above. And all of them appear to have gone to a series of random articles and made gnomish edits to no purpose, and (for me, the critical point) removed redlinks. Blocking all without tags, and I'll try to clean up some of their nonsense contributions. I will also protect the AfD. I'm suspicious that these may be socks of, who made a very similar-sounding argument at the AfD before any of the throwaway accounts. I believe a CU may be helpful, even if all it shows is that Danielcohens is using a proxy to hide their IP, which would be strongly indicative for me. Would also appreciate clerk assistance with tagging if appropriate. Vanamonde (Talk) 20:25, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I have also blocked ; clearly shares the pattern described above. Vanamonde (Talk) 05:24, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * - Danielcohens does not seem to be using the same type of connection as the other accounts. firefly  ( t · c ) 11:19, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks : in that case, I would take no further action here, though my suspicions remain. Vanamonde (Talk) 17:27, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Moved, tagged, closing. MarioGom (talk) 19:44, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * It isn't obvious to me that Compostingforlife is part of the same set; the MO is different, though of course the protection may have forced a change. However, they are clearly NOTHERE, and I have indeffed as such. Vanamonde (Talk) 03:20, 4 January 2023 (UTC)