Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ProfessionalWikiMan11111/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
These accounts share the same editing objective, and their activity characteristics are consistent. All triggered filters, and the filter description is "LTA edit summary or editing pattern hit (Oshwah). Rastinition (talk) 12:14, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Confirmed, and . Izno (talk) 16:56, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
The reported accounts share the following common behavioral patterns:


 * 1) Most accounts have only a small amount of activity records.
 * 2) Main editing activities are primarily related to the page Kenneth Fang, with noticeable changes in content compared to other pages. Some accounts, such as BenjaminCourierSvester and YoYobiranPikachu, may attempt to appear less focused on editing the Kenneth Fang page by making less significant changes on other pages, such as single words or grammar.
 * 3) Some accounts have activity records on zh.wikipedia.org, such as Elmond1 and Jandj222. On zh.wikipedia.org, it is observed that several already confirmed accounts have a continuous editing history on zh:方鏗.
 * 4) When checking Global account information, a significant proportion of the reported accounts have records attached to zh.wikipedia.org. By combining the fourth and third points in inference, it is possible to deduce a potential cross-wiki abuse issue.
 * 5) Cross-wiki activity records from Skibidi1 confirm a connection to InternetArchiveBot123, which was active on the zh:方鏗 page. Accounts with bot-related names among the reported ones may be indicative of sock puppetry.
 * 6) If these accounts are operated by the same individual, the naming conventions for later-stage accounts mostly include words (some in Chinese characters) and numbers.
 * 7) Due to the possibility of the operator habitually registering excessive accounts, if multiple account abuse can be confirmed, it is recommended to consider IP blocking simultaneously. If cross-wiki abuse is also confirmed, relevant IPs may need Global locks. Rastinition (talk) 11:57, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

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I feel that his modus operandi involves repeatedly registering new accounts for activities, as seen earlier when he continued his activities through Special:Contributions/Cheahsf7/Special:Contributions/Rhabao. If technically feasible, his IP should be blocked from registering new accounts.--Rastinition (talk) 10:57, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Group 1 are confirmed:

Group 2 are confirmed:

Group 3: The accounts that have edited here are confirmed and the other few look like sleepers:

Group 4: The accounts that have edited here are confirmed and the other few look like sleepers:

Group 5: These are not confirmed to another account. Listing for completeness.

Groups 1-4, and group 5, are sufficiently technically and behaviorally similar to say they are all indeed a single group.

The rest in the list above are and so  but I think blocks are probably called for given the similarities in behavior. Izno (talk) 03:07, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I think there is no need to investigate stale accounts unless they come back. Closing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  17:07, 20 November 2023 (UTC)