Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Papyrus cyrus/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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Both only editing HBM Iqbal. Adding similar content to the article that is promotional in nature and engaging in edit war. They both wrote "Requesting not to revert to the old profile since the old version deframes (same spelling error) the person." in their edit summary, word for word. Requesting check user as the same content has been added by a number of profile, all exclusively editing this page. Vinegarymass911 (talk) 15:29, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

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I was filing a report at the same time as Vinegarymass911. I've added Mmislam74 and 117.103.84.40 above, and detailed my evidence below:

World bd7000's first edit was to duplicate on Talk:HBM Iqbal a lengthy edit made by sock master Papyrus cyrus on User talk:Vinegarymass911.  World bd7000's second edit was to re-implement an edit on HBM Iqbal made repeatedly there by Papyrus cyrus  and reverted by multiple editors (including myself).

World bd7000's edits took place after Papyrus cyrus had been admonished to disclose their conflict of interest, to not edit war, and to establish consensus on the article's talk page. World bd7000's edits were followed by another edit by Papyrus cyrus, so this is not a case of Papyrus cyrus abandoning their account and opening a new one. IP 117.103.84.40's only edit and Mmislam74's only edits  were to prepend "Dr." onto HBM Iqbal in contravention of MOS:DOCTOR, something that Papyrus cyrus and World bd7000 have also done (see first set of diffs above).

-- Worldbruce (talk) 16:31, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

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✅

✅ to each other and same city as above two. SOCK or MEAT possible.

72 hour block for Papyrus cyrus and indeffing the remaining. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:57, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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The user has removed sourced content from HBM Iqbal and added poorly sourced promotional content to the article. The promotional content is sourced to the subjects business and a trade website. The promotional content is similar to the content added by the socks of User:Papyrus cyrus. One thing in particular that stood out was the use of Dr at the beginning of the subjects name in every paragraph, something all the socks did.

User:Burair7 is an interesting case because despite being on Wikipedia for about three years, their editing is limited to National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (which has exactly two sources) or adding reviews by National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers to video game articles. Usually this is evidence of a single purpose account or a promotional only account.

The user said they were contacted by a representative of HBM Iqbal. To the best of my knowledge this user has not edited articles related HBM Iqbal or any articles related to Bangladesh. So it is surprising a representative of HBM Iqbal, a Bangladeshi businessman and former Member of Parliament, would contact this particular user.

There is a chance that a sock farm or PR firm is involved but that would require a more in-depth investigation. Vinegarymass911 (talk) 20:43, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

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Burair7 is in a different place than Papyrus cyrus and previous socks making them technically ❌. This is de facto meatpuppetry because they were canvassed but I have warned them and they should not edit that article again. If they do then they will be blocked. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  13:53, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Cautions handed out, nothing more to do. Cabayi (talk) 14:23, 19 April 2019 (UTC)