Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rdeva05/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
All of these accounts appear to have been created to edit 2021 Southeast Asian Games and related articles. 2021 Southeast Asian Games has experienced a large amount of disruption from IPs over the past week.


 * all had their first edit between May 10 and May 15
 * all have "mobile web edit" tags on their edits
 * none use edit summaries
 * all edit around the same time (01:00 to 16:00 UTC)

There are a large number of other accounts I suspect of being related, but these are the most obviously connected. Because of the number of accounts, I'm requesting CheckUser to find any others. >>> Ingenuity . talk ; 00:09, 23 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Since none of these accounts have edited since the event ended, Checkuser isn't really needed anymore, so I've removed the request. >>> Ingenuity . talk ; 20:11, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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 * It could be because 2021 Southeast Asian Games started on 12 May. Do you have any diffs where they are restoring each others' edits? GenuineArt (talk) 12:52, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
 * They weren't restoring each other's edits, but they were all editing the medal table section of the event. The medal table was experiencing lots of vandalism at the time from IPs and it seems like they are connected. >>> Ingenuity . talk ; 20:11, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes I don't think that shows indication of sock puppetry. Edits need to be same, not just the choice of the article or article's section. GenuineArt (talk) 15:28, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * A bunch of new accounts with a shared interest in a major sporting event that just ended isn't enough reason to suspect socking. I looked at 2021 Southeast Asian Games to see if it needed page protection, but I don't think that's justified right now.  Closing with no action. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:26, 2 June 2022 (UTC)