Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Reene 23/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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A large number of accounts have been set up in the past few weeks with very similar editing patterns, editing multiple random articles with trivial changes, adding commas where they are inappropriate, and pointless or incorrect wikilinks. A few of the accounts have progressed to slightly more constructive edits, but overall the effect is negative and disruptive. I have tried to engage with some of the users but had no reply.

Evidence of collusion: accounts editing the same articles, usually with identical edits:
 * Reene 23 - 7Florian6: //en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cenci_Journalism_Project&diff=829043298&oldid=828883401, //en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cenci_Journalism_Project&diff=828868817&oldid=825053242
 * Reene 23 - Trristan: //en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Strickland_(basketball)&diff=829217481&oldid=828884856, //en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Strickland_(basketball)&diff=828884062&oldid=823839314
 * 3Timothy - Reene 23 - Renny Rob: //en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lew_Buford_Brown&diff=824438948&oldid=818778477, //en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lew_Buford_Brown&diff=828868534&oldid=824593606, //en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lew_Buford_Brown&diff=829385882&oldid=828883427
 * Atkins Cafa - Renny Rob: [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Autodesk&diff=828061179&oldid=827091943]], [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Autodesk&diff=829384567&oldid=828061179]]
 * 3Timothy - Eginhard Ely: [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Big_Bang_Fair&diff=825423923&oldid=818784132]],[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Big_Bang_Fair&diff=829537099&oldid=825423923]]
 * Jasper Mitch - Mason Carter: [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kuala_Lumpur_Bar&diff=825744912&oldid=605506890]], [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kuala_Lumpur_Bar&diff=830191828&oldid=825951219]]
 * Reene 23 - Riley Zac: [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nancy_Stohlman&diff=829216006&oldid=799077325]], //en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nancy_Stohlman&diff=830197976&oldid=829216493 Mean as custard (talk) 13:25, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Trristan - Dedrick Edsel: [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shaftebury_Brewing_Company&diff=828883389&oldid=813616234]], [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shaftebury_Brewing_Company&diff=830353729&oldid=828884052]]
 * Dedrick Edsel - Frimunt Garin: //en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Capture_the_Spirit_of_Ramadan&diff=830172931&oldid=788531855, [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Capture_the_Spirit_of_Ramadan&diff=830354255&oldid=830192170]]

Comments by other users
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All right, just to keep you [Bbb23] happy I have pared down the list, though I am still convinced all 45 accounts are related. . . Mean as custard (talk) 18:25, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Stop press: two more of the accounts in my original list have just made edits showing they are linked to others in the checkuser list. Added to the lists above. . . Mean as custard (talk) 10:01, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
This is a hodgepodge list with insufficient evidence. I've declined the CU. Paring it down to just those accounts for which there are diffs might keep me from closing it completely.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:09, 13 March 2018 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:35, 28 March 2018 (UTC) Nothing further to do here. Closing now. — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:24, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Group 1 – I have already confirmed and blocked Eginhard Ely and.
 * Group 2 – the following accounts are ✅ to each other:
 * Group 3 – the following accounts are ❌ to each other and to the others:
 * 7Florian6
 * Frimunt Garin
 * The technical data for the remaining accounts is highly unusual and unhelpful. They are to each other and to Groups 1-2. I have blocked the accounts in Group 2 without tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:01, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I asked User:Berean Hunter to take a look at as their article creations smell like UPE and he then noticed this case.  recreated Lisa Mae Brunson making them a DUCK of . The first 3 were all originally listed here, Anthemn is stale and not listed here, but their contribs show similar patterns. I will look into other article creations by the full list later on, but of the contribs I've checked, it's clear that these accounts were created to game the system and should presumably be blocked accordingly. SmartSE (talk) 13:26, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I haven't delved into the case above but and  are ✅ to each other.  is using a different UA but on one of the same IPs as the other two and was mentioned here in the original filing. Most  related.  is a precise match UA and IP to Atkins Cafa/Eadwald Gore but edits were from Jan 4 with other editors that appear unrelated using that IP in between. Cruz Charm is a confirmed sock in this case so this might be related. "The technical data for the remaining accounts is highly unusual and unhelpful" is spot on for what I encountered but not sure if we encountered the same thing.
 * Frimunt Garin
 * The technical data for the remaining accounts is highly unusual and unhelpful. They are to each other and to Groups 1-2. I have blocked the accounts in Group 2 without tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:01, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I asked User:Berean Hunter to take a look at as their article creations smell like UPE and he then noticed this case.  recreated Lisa Mae Brunson making them a DUCK of . The first 3 were all originally listed here, Anthemn is stale and not listed here, but their contribs show similar patterns. I will look into other article creations by the full list later on, but of the contribs I've checked, it's clear that these accounts were created to game the system and should presumably be blocked accordingly. SmartSE (talk) 13:26, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I haven't delved into the case above but and  are ✅ to each other.  is using a different UA but on one of the same IPs as the other two and was mentioned here in the original filing. Most  related.  is a precise match UA and IP to Atkins Cafa/Eadwald Gore but edits were from Jan 4 with other editors that appear unrelated using that IP in between. Cruz Charm is a confirmed sock in this case so this might be related. "The technical data for the remaining accounts is highly unusual and unhelpful" is spot on for what I encountered but not sure if we encountered the same thing.

Suspected sockpuppets





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All follow a pattern of random minor edits, followed by the creation of classic UPE articles. Time seems to have shown that User:Mean as custard was onto something. Above it seems to have been shown that Atkins Cafa and Eadwald Gore are related by Berean Hunter. jcc (tea and biscuits) 20:06, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

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 * I went through all of the users originally listed by mean as custard and have listed their article creations (minus a couple) at Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard. SmartSE (talk) 22:11, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I've added three more accounts. ABCreator was originally listed by MAC and later blocked, independently by TonyBallioni for UPE and link spamming. They created CanvasPop to which RichieLucky added a logo and AJ5500 removed the UPE tag. SmartSE (talk) 11:42, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Reene 23 is ✅ to
 * Reene 23 is ✅ to
 * Atkins Cafa is ✅ to
 * AJ5500 is to ABCreator (shares the same IPv4 range and IPv6 range, same OS but using different browser)
 * Mason Carter is on the same IPv4 range mentioned above for AJ5500 but different UA.

There is proxy usage and there is likely meatpuppetry. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:23, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Nothing further to do here. Closing now. — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:24, 24 May 2018 (UTC)