Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SameStruggle/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
This appears to be the same person or someone hired to continue the edits left by the master. The account was created yesterday, and their very fifth edit undisclosed paid and autobiography tags from Sanki King, previously attempted by the master  in the edit summary. The user claimed they are here to edit "articles of notable Pakistani artists", but looking at their edit history, it seems their only focus is removing maintenance tags from the article created by the master and pushing edits that master tried in the past. For example, Maxdorx requested addition of the exhibition held at Louvre Abu Dhabi, and the same information was requested by the creator multiple times in the past (see article talk page). The master account is stale, so I'm not requesting a checkuser, but this user doesn't seem new to Wikipedia. They appear to be an undisclosed paid editor, focusing solely on continuing the edits of the master account. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so interested in a specific article. GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 10:18, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

I also noticed today that both, the master and the suspected socks, share a common interest in pinging other users whom they consider "experts" to expand the article "Sanki King". In October 2023, the master mentioned in (their last edit) that they were looking for editors to ping who are experts in art articles so they can expand the article, and the suspected sock showed a similar interest in  and, where they discussed pinging expert editors to expand the same article.

Apart from all the points mentioned above, I also observed that SameStruggle created Francis Mvemba in January 2019, merely two weeks after it was deleted under G5. SameStruggle then disclosed that they were paid to create this article in, but later removed the disclosure from their userpage just after it was draftified in. Interestingly, the article was previously created by a sock of user Ubuntuforum, it might be beneficial to compare both versions of the deleted article for potential connections. GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 18:22, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

It's quite surprising that shortly after a single message was posted on the master's talk page by the suspected sock, the master became active after six months of inactivity. This strongly suggests a case of sock/meatpuppetry so requesting CU for technical connection. GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 13:39, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * ✅. Indeffing both, as comments on the master's talk page show that they are aware of the requirement to disclose paid/COI editing but have not done so on the second account. Spicy (talk) 12:33, 27 April 2024 (UTC)