Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ruud Gwirambira/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Nthaab Enterprises was created by User:Ruud Gwirambira, and tagged for speedy deletion by User:Edward-Woodrow. The CSD tag was then removed in Special:Diff/1173847383 by User:TreaterzImbos, a brand-new account whose only edit so far has been to remove the CSD tag. A smart kitten (talk) 20:22, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * I was about to do the exact same thing. Yes, I suspect this user of sockpuppetry. They have also repeatedly recreated this blatantly promotional page, and a block is in order merely for that. Edward-Woodrow :) [ talk ] 20:24, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
 * has again removed the speedy deletion message without comment. CMacMillan (talk) 20:34, 4 September 2023 (UTC)


 * @MarioGom: I just noticed that Special:Diff/1173852980 contains the addition of, suggesting to me that this may be a recreation of a previously deleted article (or something else potentially larger than just a one time promotional edit?). Would this also mean that the edits at Draft:Nthaab Enterprises need to be revdel-ed as a copyvio by not providing attribution? Apologies if I’m misunderstanding anything. All the best, A smart kitten (talk) 21:08, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
 * It could be that they're trying to make it appear that the article is protected, but I'll fish around in the logs and whatnot. Edward-Woodrow :) [ talk ] 21:15, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Nothing (including searching under previous names). It has occurred to me that for a company that is claimed to have a revenue of 1.3 B $USD, it has surprisingly few hits on Google... Edward-Woodrow :) [ talk ] 21:19, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
 * @Edward-Woodrow Huh. It also seems like an awful lot of wikitext to have just pulled out of thin air, especially for a brand new account. I’m definitely no expert in SPI matters, but would a CU scan help to check if these two accounts are part of a larger sockfarm, given the possible indicator (insertion of a large block of wikitext that seems like it may have been copied from somewhere onwiki before)? Best, A smart kitten (talk) 21:22, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I’ve changed the status back to CU request because of my concern that there may be sleeper accounts, based on the insertion of a large (potentially copy-pasted given the  tag) amount of wikitext by the suspected sockpuppet - see conversation above. Apologies if this is not the proper procedure. I am open to being trouted if it isn’t. All the best, A smart kitten (talk) 21:40, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - looks like a duck to me. Ruud Gwirambira last edit at 2023-09-04 19:30:47. TreaterzImbos signs up 2023-09-04 19:42:31, also on mobile, and goes directly to remove speedy tag at Draft:Nthaab Enterprises. Please, block both accounts. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 20:58, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
 * The socks are already blocked and tagged. The draft is deleted. Closing. Please, do not change the status of SPI cases. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 22:12, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Master account User:Ruud Gwirambira made this cryptic post to my talk page on 28 August:. A request for clarification went unanswered.

Just now, User:ShonaNdebele Historian has made a similarly opaque post on the same topic at my user talk:.

And this talk page creation by ShonaNdebele Historian speaks volumes:. Aha, so that's what they were talking about. Wikishovel (talk) 10:16, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Blocked, tagged, closing. Bbb23 (talk) 16:29, 18 September 2023 (UTC)