Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Oreratile1207/Archive

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Mannasi46's edits appear similar to blocked user Oreratile1207, for example:

Similar unsourced edits to same articles, e.g. Mayorkun: , and 2Baba:,.

Similar interest in plot summaries for Talking Tom and Friends (TV series):.

Similar interest in updating Isidingo character lists:,.

Similar editing style in responding to warnings on their talk pages, e.g. User_talk:Oreratile1207, User talk:Mannasi46.

Last but not least, Mannasi46 posted an oddly specific message to the talk page of, who had been active in discussions of Oreratile1207 (as was I) with the blocking admin:. (See previous discussion with Oreratile1207 here: .) Bakazaka (talk) 01:52, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

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.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:44, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm sold. and closing... ST47 (talk) 00:06, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

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Edits from IPs and new user Kopano01 match the editing style and topic coverage of repeatedly blocked, now indeffed editor Oreratile1207, for example in persistent unsourced edits to Phyno:.

New user Kopano01 was created immediately after Oreratile1207 was indeffed, and their very first edit was an unsourced edit to Phyno (restoring a previously reverted unsourced IP edit). Kopano01 then began constructing a user page with strong similarities to Oreratile1207's user page.

The overall pattern is of block evasion and continuing addition of unsourced promotional information. Requesting CheckUser to confirm behavioral evidence and determine if an IP range block would be an appropriate response. Bakazaka (talk) 20:15, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

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The named account is already blocked. I've declined the CU, keeping it open only because one of the IPs edited yesterday.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:52, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * The IP's are on a mobile network and are both too volatile and too widely used to allow any meaningful block without side-effects. Closing. Cabayi (talk) 07:06, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

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Same editing style (e.g. unsourced, breaks table formats) as indef blocked Oreratile1207 and identified socks Manasi46 and Kopani01, to same articles (e.g. Phyno, Olamide discography, CDQ (rapper)), for example this readdition of same information to Phyno: Ratiboy02, Kopani01

But the most obvious tell is the self-promoting user page with the same information as (deleted) user pages from Oreratile1207 & co. Bakazaka (talk) 04:49, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

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 * Blocked already, closing. ST47 (talk) 16:37, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

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Aside from the similar name+2 digit naming convention shared by other Oreratile1207 socks, Smayerati75 has three edits, one of which is to restore a wikilink to the mention of Dremo in the article on Mayorkun, similar to Oreratile1207 socks Mannasi46 and Ratiboy02: Mannasi46, Smayerati75 , Ratiboy02.

The other two edits are to their sandbox. Smayerati75's sandbox has fragmented pieces of an article on Dremo that has been deleted multiple times and salted, similar to Ratiboy02: Smayerati75 sandbox, Ratiboy02 sandbox. Oreratile1207 similarly stored fragments of a different article in their sandbox, see Oreratile1207 sandbox.

The Smayerati75 account seems to have been created during a period when Oreratile1207 was blocked, but before the master was indeffed. So it may simply be an account that was created to evade the block and then abandoned for other sock accounts, but it doesn't need to be available for editing. Bakazaka (talk) 22:18, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Update: Adding Ratz03, which similarly has the name+2 digits (including the "rat" element, which the Oreratile1207 & co accounts sometimes claim as part of their "artist name" on their user pages), similarly has Dremo draft material in their sandbox, similarly has added incorrectly-formatted table entries, and also has the distinctive mix of edits to Nigerian rap artists and Talking Tom and Friends (TV series) articles (see ) distinctive of multiple Oreratile1207 socks. Quack quack. Bakazaka (talk) 03:40, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Update: Adding Ruleboy12, which similarly has the name+2 digits, and makes the same mix of unsourced  and table-format-breaking  edits to Nigerian and Ghanaian entertainers, plus signature edits to Uzalo and Talking Tom and Friends (TV series), similar to other Oreratile1207 socks. Bakazaka (talk) 00:45, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Update: Adding JamesAnderson548. This account has a limited editing history, but that history includes an edit to Uzalo typical of Oreratile1207 socks, and quacking is heard from the user page, which repeats specific information and hobbies from Oreratile1207 sock user pages, e.g. being a fan of "Stino le Thwenny" and wanting to build malls. Also note the deleted edit on the user page with the "rati" reference. Bakazaka (talk) 22:14, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

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Adding Oreratile74 - apart from the name, this is loud quacking (cf this). Also note the good hand-bad hand behaviour at Ratiboy02's and Oreratile1207's talk pages. --bonadea contributions talk 11:13, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

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 * ST47 (talk) 16:36, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

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The suspected sock was registered last month, editing in the same area and recreated their deleted article Dremo under Dremo (musician). GSS (talk |c|em ) 06:01, 18 July 2019 (UTC)


 * +Haylad who created Dremo (Musician). GSS (talk |c|em ) 06:08, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

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 * WP:DUCK. Closing. The SandDoctor  Talk 18:25, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks for your time (and sorry for not reporting earlier - no attempted good deed goes unpunished...) Begoon 11:23, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Very early on, removes the sockpuppet tag from previous sock Wazirinbida
 * When I asked them why, and if they were Wazirinbida, they dodged most of the questions about their inconsistent story, but denied it.
 * Apart from the obvious contribution similarities, the only other thing needed is to read their talk page (apologies for its length)
 * When I confronted them again, later, they did not, as previously, deny all knowledge of the user, instead concocting a story (full of obvious holes) about a "twin sister"
 * At this point I told them I didn't believe a word of it, but agreed (unwisely) on condition they would edit non-disruptively, not to seek a block at that point
 * Unfortunately, the situation has not improved, and WP:CIR applies in spades, on top of the socking, so, here I am, asking for that block anyway...

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 * Just to add - I filed this under Oreratile1207 only because that's who Wazirinbida is tagged as a sock of. While I'm as certain as I can be that Wiziesan is Wazirinbida, I haven't compared them with any other socks in the archive, so I have no opinion on that. -- Begoon 15:58, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * - While the master is stale there are two blocked ducks in the archive. Given the overlap in activity periods between this sock and previous it seems prudent to establish a CU trail to confirm this sock & check for other sleepers. Cabayi (talk) 11:45, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
 * - Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 00:27, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Wiziesan is ✅ to Wazirinbida. I'm not as convinced of Wiziesan and Wazirinbida's connection with anyone else in this group, and there's a lot of noise here that makes sleeper checks pretty infeasible. Wiziesan . Closing. Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 00:59, 28 October 2019 (UTC)