Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Semmy1960/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
User:Semmy1960 was indefinitely blocked from Wikidata for sock puppetry. While a ban on one project does not mean a global ban, the activities of this user and the overlaps with some some users are suspicious. I am concerned about the overlap of this user with Odomero2711 and User:PricelessJosy. Let me provide some additional context. Gbenga Adefaye was created by Semmy1960 and moved to draft by Randykitty. Semmy1960's attempt to move the draft to mainspace proved abortive, as User:Theroadislong declined it again on December 25, 2021. Then, User:Odomero2711 showed up from nowhere on April 11, made a series of edits, and moved the article to mainspace with a misleading edit summary. In less than 30 minutes, Semmy1960 showed up and make a series of similar edits (note the pattern of editing). Prior to this dubious move, Semmy1960 last edited the article on December 25, 2021. Also note that the Odomero2711 account was created the same day the article Gbenga Adefaye was created by Semmy1960 (June 10, 2021 ). Also note the style or pattern of edit summary "added citation" and "added a... " as used by the two accounts. For User:PricelessJoy, check the edit summary pattern in this history. Pricelessjosy also added Semmy1960 as the main facilitator in this grant request and User:Odomero2711 is the only user that endorsed the grant
 * editors interaction (Semmy1960 and Odomero2711)
 * editor interaction (Semmy1960 and Pricelessjosy). Tunesh247 (talk) 19:14, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Additional evidence

On 's talk page on Meta, Semmy1960 used their Odomero2711's account to appeal their Wikidata block. Note that Odomero2711's account was never blocked. If Odomero2711 is a different person, they wouldn't have appeal Semmy1960 block as theirs.

When they received no response, they returned to the talk page with their master sock account (Semmy1960) to ask for the unblock again. They later used their master sock account to post the same message (earlier posted with their sock account) to another admin's talk page. Tunesh247 (talk) 23:04, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The three accounts are very to each other. I've blocked the two socks indefinitely and the master for a week. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 23:31, 1 March 2023 (UTC)