Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Newzealand123/Archive

18 June 2014

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I came across this user via Visionbooks. I noticed that it'd been deleted previously and that the editor for that (User:NLZ06) was a confirmed sock of User:Newzealand123. The two versions were identical, making it an obvious sock. I've blocked them accordingly, but a report at ANI had several voicing concerns that there may be more socks in the wings. It'd probably be a good idea to check for sleepers, as apparently the abuse from Newzealand123 was enough to cause a lot of concern. The last edits by Newzealand123 and NLZO6 were back in May so I'm not sure if they'll be fresh enough, but Sgmyr is such an obvious sock that you could probably use their edits as a guide. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:58, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * SarahGmyr indeffed. Closing. Salvio Let's talk about it! 10:31, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

05 August 2014

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These are all "new" accounts that start creating promotional articles right away. Baxter1989, like Newzealand123, has an interest in beauty pageants and is re-doing edits from the blocked editor. Baxter1989 and MindtrickRob are working on this promotional article together  regarding a male bodybuilder. Queenofpageants is also working on several promotional articles for beauty pageant contestants, including one that was worked on by another blocked sock of NewZealand123, Lanaelle007. Pagena is an SPA making overlapping edits on a beauty pageant page with QueenofPageants. Ode2bro is an SPA making overlapping edits on beauty accounts with Baxter1989. NOTE: There is also an external paid website page f*****.com tying together all of these paid edits by an account named w*******. I can provide a link to administrators. Hence there is also a violation of the Terms of Use regarding disclosure of paid editing. Logical Cowboy (talk) 23:53, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * I've seen the website and examined the contribs and connections. I fully endorse a CU. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:08, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * Ode2bro is ❌ -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:56, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a clarification on the position of User:MindtrickRob? He has his pages listed for deletion under G5, but no confirmation here that he is a sockpuppet. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:53, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Ode2bro is ❌ -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:56, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a clarification on the position of User:MindtrickRob? He has his pages listed for deletion under G5, but no confirmation here that he is a sockpuppet. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:53, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Ode2bro is ❌ -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:56, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a clarification on the position of User:MindtrickRob? He has his pages listed for deletion under G5, but no confirmation here that he is a sockpuppet. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:53, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Ode2bro is ❌ -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:56, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a clarification on the position of User:MindtrickRob? He has his pages listed for deletion under G5, but no confirmation here that he is a sockpuppet. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:53, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Ode2bro is ❌ -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:56, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a clarification on the position of User:MindtrickRob? He has his pages listed for deletion under G5, but no confirmation here that he is a sockpuppet. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:53, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Ode2bro is ❌ -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:56, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a clarification on the position of User:MindtrickRob? He has his pages listed for deletion under G5, but no confirmation here that he is a sockpuppet. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:53, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Ode2bro is ❌ -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:56, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a clarification on the position of User:MindtrickRob? He has his pages listed for deletion under G5, but no confirmation here that he is a sockpuppet. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:53, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Ode2bro is ❌ -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:56, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a clarification on the position of User:MindtrickRob? He has his pages listed for deletion under G5, but no confirmation here that he is a sockpuppet. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:53, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Ode2bro is ❌ -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:56, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a clarification on the position of User:MindtrickRob? He has his pages listed for deletion under G5, but no confirmation here that he is a sockpuppet. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 03:53, 12 August 2014 (UTC)


 * My appologizes. Also ❌. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  13:30, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * all are tagged/blocked; nuked confirmed users; closing Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 20:38, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

14 August 2014

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These SPAs worked with Newzealand123/Klokus on the following AfDs. I am not providing diffs because the contributions are all clear in the AfDs. I think there is a good probability that some or all of these accounts are connected to the same sockfarm. If you read the AfDs you will see that Newzealand123/Klokus denies working with other accounts. But it is clear from this SPI (see archive) that Newzealand/Klokus has been running a large sockfarm.

I have discussed this with User: Anna Frodesiak

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Madison_McKinley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Stuttering_Hexagon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sammy_Porter

I have also added SarahNorth, a SPA who worked with Newzealand123/Klokus on Andy Fumolo, see.

I have also added TonySinclair1, a SPA who worked with Newzealand123/Lanaelle007 on Robert Lyn Nelson, see.

Logical Cowboy (talk) 14:23, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

"New" (PacoTake) account recreates deleted promotional article. I have a link on an external website that shows this was done by Newzealand123--please email me. I will also share this link with User:WilyD. User:Anna Frodesiak, and User:DeltaQuad. Logical Cowboy (talk) 17:20, 14 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I have blocked PacoTake as sock of User:Josiah120214 (not a sock of User:Caribbeanbio, Josiah120214's master per blocking rational because there is nothing at the Caribbeanbio SPI). I did this because PacoTake registered Aug 13 and recreated the identical article that Josiah120214 had created and which was deleted before PacoTake even registered. So, he wouldn't have a copy of the article on his hard disc unless he visited before that and kept a copy. That means, he could be the client or a meatpuppet...maybe. Much more likely is that this is just a sock throwaway account of Josiah120214 putting the same article back. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 16:56, 15 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I had blocked as a sock, but have now reblocked as spamuser as this is apparently a sockmaster client promoting himself (evidence via email request). As  and  are ✅ to each other, I have blocked Ruydabar too. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:53, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * I only checked a few of these accounts before finding that the ones I checked are not related as far as CU can tell. Did not check the rest. which I checked independantly, is also suprisingly ❌. Meatpuppetry may be in play (nothing CU to back that up). --  DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  20:59, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Dug up some more socks.
 * & are ✅ to each other, but are technically unrelated to the master. Behaviour overrides that of course. --  DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  01:35, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

31 August 2014

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MaxineBangs edited the Nela Zisser page which has had heavy involvement from the Newzealand123 sockfarm, e.g., Newzealand123, Queenofpageants, Lanaelle007. Note that this is by far the largest edit by MaxineBangs--the only article where she has added substantial text.



MaxineBangs has been heavily involved in page curation. 

This has involved of negative reviewing, e.g., marking pages as unreferenced or putting them up for deletion. However, the positive reviews all go to promotional articles that have been newly created by SPAs. Suspicious.

Five of the positive reviews are for articles that are re-creations of articles previously created by blocked Newzealand123 socks.

Nyhl L Henson recreation of Nyhl Henson

Red (artist) recreation of Red Hong Yi

Sunil Narkar

Kane Harrison

Kelly Bowring

The remaining articles can be linked to an external website f****.com that Newzealand123 has used to commission paid articles. I will send the link to admins User:Anna Frodesiak, User:DeltaQuad, User:Shirik, User:Bilby, and User:DGG. Any others can email me for link.

The bottom line is that there is a ton of behavioral evidence that MaxineBangs and the SPAs are socks of this giant sockfarm. I am submitting this for CU in case there are other hidden socks. It is possible that some of the nominated socks will not be confirmed CU—in which case this is a matter of block evasion per WP:EVASION. The behavioral evidence is enough to show that this is the work of Newzealand123.

Alex Christian Simon acsi....

(cur | prev) 01:21, August 31, 2014‎ Hazel Boyd (talk | contribs)‎. . (5,671 bytes) (+5,671)‎. . 01:22, August 31, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Alex Christian Simon as reviewed

Dragas IT draga….

(cur | prev) 02:12, August 31, 2014‎ Mary Joans (talk | contribs)‎. . (3,095 bytes) (+3,095)‎. .

02:12, August 31, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Dragas IT as reviewed

Chris Knudson (musician) kanu…. "Chris Knudson (born 12 February 1969) also known as Kanude"

(cur | prev) 04:33, August 30, 2014‎ Lynda Granger (talk | contribs)‎. . (8,347 bytes) (+8,347)‎. .

04:35, August 30, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Chris Knudson (musician) as reviewed

Amar Adatia amar….

05:17, August 30, 2014‎ Janet9990 (talk | contribs)‎. . (3,144 bytes) (+3,144)‎. .

05:18, August 30, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Amar Adatia as reviewed

HalfPriceShows.com dick…. " Owner     Richard Reed"

(cur | prev) 05:50, August 30, 2014‎ JerryR1965 (talk | contribs)‎. . (4,585 bytes) (+4,585)‎. . 05:51, August 30, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked HalfPriceShows.com as reviewed

Insider Viewpoint of Las Vegas dick…. " Owner           Richard Reed"

(cur | prev) 04:23, August 28, 2014‎ JerryR1965 (talk | contribs)‎. . (3,091 bytes) (+3,091)‎. .

04:24, August 28, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Insider Viewpoint of Las Vegas as reviewed

Nyhl L Henson recreation of Nyhl Henson deleted article by sockpuppet of Newzealand123

(cur | prev) 08:16, August 30, 2014‎ Kody T11 (talk | contribs)‎. . (7,735 bytes) (+7,735)‎. .

08:17, August 30, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Nyhl L Henson as reviewed

The Condom Pledge

(cur | prev) 04:30, August 29, 2014‎ Eliza Heart (talk | contribs)‎. . (3,454 bytes) (+3,454)‎. .

04:31, August 29, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked The Condom Pledge as reviewed

Hakan Yildiz

(cur | prev) 02:33, August 29, 2014‎ Hansel Gomez (talk | contribs)‎. . (3,972 bytes) (+3,972)‎. . 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Hakan Yildiz as reviewed

Red (artist) recreation of Red Hong Yi deleted article by sockpuppet of Newzealand123

(cur | prev) 08:07, August 28, 2014‎ Hongyi1 (talk | contribs)‎. . (10,678 bytes) (+10,678)‎. .

08:07, August 28, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Red (artist) as reviewed

Sunil Narkar deleted article by sockpuppet of Newzealand123

03:28, August 27, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Sunil Narkar as reviewed

Timothy V Murphy

(cur | prev) 02:36, August 27, 2014‎ Elena Mortvic (talk | contribs)‎. . (6,273 bytes) (+6,273)‎. .

02:37, August 27, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Timothy V Murphy as reviewed

Kane Harrison deleted article by sockpuppet of Newzealand12304:08, August 25, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Kane Harrison as reviewed

Shawn Porat

(cur | prev) 01:24, August 21, 2014‎ Jonathan Muholland (talk | contribs)‎. . (6,645 bytes)

01:25, August 21, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Shawn Porat as reviewed

Judgment Marketplace

(cur | prev) 02:35, August 22, 2014‎ Jonathan Muholland (talk | contribs)‎. . (3,976 bytes)

02:36, August 22, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Judgment Marketplace as reviewed

Bebuzee

(cur | prev) 03:22, August 24, 2014‎ Paul Lakers (talk | contribs)‎. . (3,739 bytes) (+3,739)‎. .

03:22, August 24, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Bebuzee as reviewed

Sharanyan Sharma entr….

(cur | prev) 02:27, August 20, 2014‎ Jeffy Bates (talk | contribs)‎. . (4,936 bytes) (+4,936)‎. . 02:28, August 20, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Sharanyan Sharma as reviewed

Ketto

(cur | prev) 08:18, August 19, 2014‎ Toldyousomuchso (talk | contribs)‎. . (3,372 bytes) (+3,372)‎. 08:31, August 19, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Ketto as reviewed

Kelly Bowring deleted article by sockpuppet of Newzealand123

08:03, August 19, 2014 MaxineBangs (talk | contribs) marked Dr. Kelly Bowring as reviewed

(talk) 18:30, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * I fully endorse a CU. There is very strong evidence tying these together. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 19:30, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I've just been checking again. I wouldn't say "strong". I would say "overwhelming" evidence. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 19:48, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to the archives:


 * is ❌
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  22:08, 31 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Everything seems to have been blocked and tagged appropriately, closing. Yunshui 雲 水 10:45, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

05 December 2014

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Beginning on August 12th, 2014, the article Natalie Kyriacou was created by Profmelbourne. On November 30th, 2014, the article My Green World, which was founded by Natalie Kyriacou, was created by Ryliebaby123. These are both their first articles created on the site and their first edits on here.

December 5th, 2014 was when Profmelbourne started editing the My Green World page. On the same day, Ryliebaby123 started editing Natalie Kyriacou's page.

Looking at Special:Contributions/Ryliebaby123, besides the two articles mentioned, the editor seems interested in mentioning information about My Green World on wildlife conservation pages. Comparing the editors contributions to Special:Contributions/Profmelbourne, whose only edits include Natalie Kyriacou, a sandbox for the article, My Green World, signing up onto WikiProject Orphanage, and moving the title of Characters of the Drakengard series, which is how I first noticed all of this, neither of them have edited around the same time, which gives a suspicion of a change between accounts. Or using different computers to use said accounts. GamerPro64 18:46, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

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 * Already CU blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:09, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

13 February 2015

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Sock's first edit was a bad paste of Visionbooks, evidently from an archived copy or mirror: Dai Pritchard (talk) 11:29, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

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This looks ❌ to Newzealand123. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:36, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Closing with no action taken. Mike V • Talk 04:34, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

17 February 2015

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Repeatedly trying to create the article Draft:FresHires. Initially did so as a undisclosed paid editor here User:Yinks01/sandbox. Has now disclosed and recreated it under a new account. We have requested that Fiverr take down the account of the person doing this work and they have complied. They continue to create new accounts on Fiverr. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 05:45, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * Was already investigating today, i'll take a look. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  06:33, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Dexter Lark is Newzealand123, other blocked on duck. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  06:42, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * All set, closing. Mike V • Talk 18:29, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

06 May 2015

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Requesting a procedural check, Adam Fields article previously created by one of the socks. It may be legit (although highly COI), but if anyone agrees can someone request a CU check. &#9790;Loriendrew&#9789;  &#9743;(ring-ring)  01:17, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  18:46, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Adamafields appears to be ❌. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 15:35, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Account already indeffed. Closing.

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Duck: one of their first edits was to create Shawn Porat. OnionRing (talk) 09:46, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

BLACKHAWK1122 also created Samantha Steffen, last created by User:Blacktea1122, who was blocked as a sock of User:New Editor 121. Blacktea1122 edit to Mohamaad Ghibran 11 June :. Identical edit today by BLACKHAWK1122: There might be enough overlap here for an SPI merge. OnionRing (talk) 09:59, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Adding sock User:Sportzmotovation: User:Sportzmotovation/sandbox is nearly identical to the spammy Chase Carlisle created by BLACKHAWK1122 today. OnionRing (talk) 10:07, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Just adding a link to Ephwurd, for future sockhunters: BLACKHAWK1122 has created a spammy copyvio at Draft:Ephwurd. OnionRing (talk) 10:18, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Draft:Ephwurd was also speedied a week ago G5, but I can't find a link to an SPI. OnionRing (talk) 11:07, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Note also that BLACKHAWK1122 re-added material to Patrick Hoelck, previously added by User:Redxalia1122, . Redxalia1122 is a blocked sock of User:New Editor 121. See Sockpuppet investigations/New Editor 121/Archive. I think it would be a good idea to run a checkuser to look for sleepers, given the past history of both the Newzealand123 and the New Editor 121 sockfarms which were very prolific. Voceditenore (talk) 11:02, 17 June 2016 (UTC)


 * OnionRing, the person who uploaded the image that had been added to Draft:Ephwurd was User:Katrinausama1122 whose block log states she was also a sock of New Editor 121. The socks here are all more likely to part of the New Editor 121 sockfarm which has been very active in the last 10 days and has already thrown up 30 checkuser-confirmed socks since 5 June. The Newzealand123 sockfarm hasn't had an SPI in over a year, although the New Editor 121 may be a continuation of that group's activities. I've also formally requested a checkuser above. Voceditenore (talk) 11:48, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * BLACKHAWK1122 is ✅ to New Editor 121. Blocked and tagged.
 * Newzealand123 and their previous socks are.
 * Sportzmotovation is ❌ to New Editor 121.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:03, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  19:08, 17 June 2016 (UTC)