Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Noxolochalale/Archive

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 * Noxolochalale: account created 23 October 2018; made edit request on Talk:Nelson Mandela the same day. Edit request was denied.
 * Mcpeakizzy: account created 26 October 2018; made edit request on Talk:Nelson Mandela on 31 October 2018 that was formatted identically to Lpeter3's (see below). No other edits.
 * Alexanicolee33: account created 31 October 2018; made edit request on Talk:Nelson Mandela on 31 October 2018 that was formatted identically to Lpeter3's (see below). No other edits.
 * Joehanson34: account created 31 October 2018; made edit request on Talk:Nelson Mandela on 31 October 2018 that was formatted identically to Lpeter3's (see below). No other edits.
 * Jess.daley31: account created 31 October 2018; made edit request on Talk:Nelson Mandela on 31 October 2018 that was formatted identically to Lpeter3's (see below). No other edits.
 * Coadj682: account created 31 October 2018; made two edit requests on Talk:Nelson Mandela on 31 October 2018 that were formatted identically to Lpeter3's (see below). No other edits.
 * Jlhosner16: account created 31 October 2018; made edit request on Talk:Nelson Mandela on 31 October 2018 that was formatted identically to Lpeter3's (see below). No other edits.
 * Ajones012: account created 31 October 2018; made edit request on Talk:Nelson Mandela on 1 November 2018 that was formatted identically to Lpeter3's (see below). No other edits.
 * Jpalacio0724: account created 31 October 2018; made edit request on Talk:Nelson Mandela on 1 November 2018 that was formatted identically to Lpeter3's (see below). No other edits.
 * Lpeter3: account created 31 October 2018; made edit request on Talk:Nelson Mandela on 31 October 2018 that was formatted somewhat similarly to Noxolochalale's (see above). No other edits.

I have requested CheckUser scrutiny because although it seems certain that the other accounts are socks of each other, I am uncertain about Noxolochalale. Zazpot (talk) 23:20, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Noxolochalale appears ❌ to the others.


 * The next group are all related within the same range with a handful of mixed UAs. This is an educational range but these accounts were created in a single session. There is no class info and this looks suspicious.



— Berean Hunter   (talk)  18:56, 2 November 2018 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  18:31, 4 November 2018 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:06, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 * - I am pretty sure that this is some kind of mismanaged class project. I would be happy to email you with additional info, if need be. How would you like me to handle this? Thanks,  GABgab 17:24, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Email me GAB. I'm really busy with issues of dire importance and other pressing matters.
 * A little sleuthing shows that some of the accounts are tied to SUNY Cortland. One username (won't specify which) comes up the same as a Twitter account owned by a SUNY Cortland student while this edit shows that another editor was using a database via the Cortland school. I don't think that the other account (Noxolochalale) is related, as a search for their name brings up a person who works with a media agency in South Africa. I think that they just happened to post to the talk page at the same time as the others, to be honest. It's possible that they're related, but their Linkedin profile doesn't show any sign that they are working with a college at this time. So that person aside, the topic area seems to be biographies of people who were activists and leaders. There seems to be a focus on African leaders in particular so far. I'll try digging some more. (For disclosure's sake, I work with Wiki Ed and it doesn't appear that they are a class with us.) ReaderofthePack (｡◕‿◕｡)  19:28, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Found the professor! They're in contact with Wiki Ed now and this was indeed a class assignment. :) ReaderofthePack (｡◕‿◕｡)  01:59, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 * GAB, if ReaderofthePack does not object then this report may be deleted. However, if she has linked this case in email correspondence, we may need it to be public for little bit longer. Her call.
 * I didn't link to it, so I think it's probably OK. ReaderofthePack (｡◕‿◕｡)  15:54, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Berean Hunter et al, thank you for your efforts on this. However, as the OP, I would be grateful if this report could be archived rather than deleted. Otherwise, I (as I am human and my memory is fallible) or others may, in good faith: notice, at some future time, the suspicious activity in the edit histories of the user accounts mentioned in this report; check the WP:SPI archive; find them apparently unreported; and report them (again). By archiving rather than deleting, we can avoid that unwanted outcome. Thank you, Zazpot (talk) 16:55, 10 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Per the OP, I'm archiving the report. Closing. GABgab 16:30, 13 November 2018 (UTC)