Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Scienceelectric/Archive

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Repeated attempts by the sockmaster and these 2 users to promote the same obscure YouTuber. I would recommend banning all 3 accounts as well as salting Draft:Hardik Akbari. wizzito &#124;  say hello!  06:39, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Added another IP address likely to also be this user. wizzito &#124;  say hello!  14:02, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - for training. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:42, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
 * . - Please block  indefinitely and  for a week. I will drop a warning on their talkpage after the block. Special:Contribs/2402:3A80:1C1E:7C65:0:0:0:0/64 is also highly likely to be them as well; please anon-block them for a month. --Jack Frost (talk) 00:40, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Both named accounts have already been indef blocked by . Should Scienceelectric be reblocked with a shorter duration? clpo13(talk) 01:18, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * @Clpo13- Thanks anyway for your help. Closing. --Jack Frost (talk) 01:34, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

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Quack quack. Recreating the same deleted draft, similar username. Recommend that admin indef this account and for the draft Draft:Hardik Akbari‎ to be salted. wizzito &#124;  say hello!  09:00, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

A check for sleepers or a wider CU block also wouldn't be so bad. wizzito &#124;  say hello!  09:01, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

More sleepers I found through a user search... quack quack! wizzito &#124;  say hello!  09:06, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

I also found Hardikakbari846 -- RoySmith (talk) 15:06, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Just a note on salting drafts - I am generally unsure of the merits of doing so, as it just pushes the disruption elsewhere, whereas repeated recreation of a draft can be easily monitored (it acts as a honeypot of sorts). firefly  ( t · c ) 09:03, 24 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I agree with Firefly here; if the socks keep recreating the exact same draft it means new socks can easily be spotted simply by watching that page. Salting it will push them away, and make detection harder until a new honeypot is found. -- Asartea   Talk  &#124;  Contribs  09:07, 24 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I guess that's a good idea? I've already found some possible sleepers, that I put on this page. wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  09:08, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Added the other IP that created the other draft. wizzito &#124;  say hello!  13:40, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - Hardikakbari 8 & 12 are brand new accounts who are clearly quacking, the other accounts are old with no edits. Given the recent influx of accounts, lets have a CU and sleeper check please. --Jack Frost (talk) 12:34, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * A checkuser can decide, but I don't see a check being necessary or justified. The two new accounts have no contributions. All of the stale accounts have no contributions, which means that this master creates obvious accounts but doesn't use them.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:24, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * has created Draft:Hardik Akbari and edited Draft:HARDIK AKBARI, which was mysteriously created by 1.22.199.87? --Jack Frost (talk) 13:30, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I guess my eyes aren't fully open. Apologies.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:33, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Not at all; I'm very new at this, and always appreciate feedback or a sanity check. Thanks for taking the time! Also, for clarity for the reviewing CU; 3 new accounts in ~72 hours, two of which have been pushing various iterations of Draft:Hardik Akbari, on the background of 9 eponymous accounts most of which have not yet edited, leads me to think there might be more accounts +/- an underlying range which might be feasible to block. --Jack Frost (talk) 13:43, 24 November 2021 (UTC)


 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 15:08, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅: Hardikakbari864, Hardikakbari8, Hardikakbari12, Hardikakbari846. . -- RoySmith (talk) 15:27, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I've (re)blocked those accounts I confirmed, but I'll leave the tagging to a clerk. Hardikakbari15 looks like the oldest account, so a rename might be in order (I'll also leave that up to a clerk). -- RoySmith (talk) 15:33, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Tagged blocked accounts. Not going to go for the rename given hasn't done anything since 2019. Closing. --Jack Frost (talk) 22:52, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

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- Recreating the same exact promotional draft as all socks beforehand. Image of user contributions as article is currently up for speedy deletion as I write this wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  07:52, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Sock now blocked. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 14:00, 27 November 2021 (UTC)