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Split from Sockpuppet investigations/Yashthakurkamail per CU results Jack Frost (talk) 14:24, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Case split from Sockpuppet investigations/Yashthakurkamail per CU results. --Jack Frost (talk) 14:29, 5 February 2022 (UTC)


 * I ran CU on the named accounts. and  are ✅ to one another, but IP data places them both in a different country to other socks I've looked at previously in this case. Ilyadante is ❌, as far as CU can tell - also in a new country. I'm going to block the confirmed accounts without tags; behavioural analysis will be required for Ilyadante.  Girth Summit  (blether)  17:46, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * - Based on Special:Diff/1067241233/1067242416, I'm convinced that Ilyadante and Tahir Mahmood 1 are socks of each other.  I'm going to toss this on the clerk queue.  My recommendation is that these two account, along with Sidbidmidlid, be split out into their own case, after which they should be tagged for whichever of those is the oldest of the three. , I'm assuming that makes sense based on your CU results? -- RoySmith (talk) 16:07, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Splitting this out into a separate case probably makes sense. With regards to the CU data, Ilyadante and Tahir Mahmood 1 geolocated to different countries - different continents, if I'm remembering correctly - from each other, as well as from the earlier accounts. It's always possible that someone is taking steps to fool the tool though, so if you're convinced on behavioural evidence I'd be content to go with that. Girth Summit  (blether)  18:33, 4 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Accounts tagged. Closing. --Jack Frost (talk) 14:34, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Sidbidmidlid isn't the oldest account. Spicy (talk) 05:01, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I know, but in light of the CU results, I went with the oldest CU confirmed account (Sidbidmidlid) as the master, tagged the CU confirmed sock (Tahir Mahmood 1) as such, and the other account (Ilyadante, which is older by 8 days) as a suspected sock of the CU confirmed account. --Jack Frost (talk) 05:13, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

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Relatively new account coming to defend one of Ilyadante's creations at Articles for deletion/Ishell Vaughan. Other edits give off UPE vibes - CU to confirm if related if possible. Pahunkat (talk) 20:46, 7 February 2022 (UTC)


 * This would be older than the current master if confirmed (created August 2021), account was also a sleeper. Pahunkat (talk) 21:00, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * - Looking at 08 February 2022 at the same time. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:29, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Looking at the whole case as a unit:
 * Ilyadante is ✅ to Faskat.
 * Sidbidmidlid is ✅ to Tahir Mahmood 1.
 * Merkedeke appears unrelated to either of those. And, for what it's worth, none of these look like they're Yashthakurkamail (from which this was split) either. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:51, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged already. Closing. Jack Frost (talk) 00:30, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

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Ilyadante and Faskat, both basically belong to same UPE and checkuser will confirm their country. They were hired and were wrongly added to this SPI. Ilyadante created Ishell Vaughan, while Faskat uploaded a photo, see. I know they have many more accounts. 77.97.32.230 (talk) 18:53, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * See 07 February 2022 -- RoySmith (talk) 21:52, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Faskat and Ilyadante have interacted on a number of pages in a brightline breach of the sockpuppetry policy. - Please block  indefinitely. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:44, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Jack Frost - ✅, and also tagged. Closing SPI...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   14:11, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

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The Daniel Ikeobi Ekwevi article was created today as the only substantive edit for Greendeda, who has been active for less than a month. An AfD was opened by another editor for the Daniel Ekwevi article here, and suddenly two IPs with no other edits (and only active today) have !voted on the article here and here. Of course both !votes are to keep the article, and the IPs have not contributed in any other way whatsoever. Kbabej (talk) 22:27, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  06:58, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to multiple Sidbidmidlid socks. No comment on the IPs, other than to observe that they are both part of the same /64 range, and so are very likely to be operated by the same person.  Girth Summit  (blether)  07:03, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

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StupidPingvin is a (partially?) disclosed paid editor. They created Draft:Jahborne, which they have not declared any paid relationship with, and uploaded an image of the subject to Commons as "own work". An article on Jahborne, using the same image, was created by on the Belarusian Wikipedia - a bizarre place to write about a non-notable American rapper. StupidPingvin, Faskat, and  have all edited the Russian Wikipedia and are attached to the Belarusian Wikipedia. It seems unlikely that StupidPingvin is unrelated to these blocked accounts that are editing the same spammy topics & who speak languages that almost no one on the English Wikipedia does. Spicy (talk) 01:40, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * - please indef StupidPingvin as a suspected sock. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:42, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged per request. Closing. Bbb23 (talk) 01:48, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

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Pro forma, via paid-en. --Blablubbs (talk) 21:21, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to each other, fairly to . . --Blablubbs (talk) 21:23, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

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was created on 25 July 2023 after blocked Lastofthem group on 24 July 2023. They are back and doing UPE things again. 217.165.120.103 (talk) 09:54, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * Closing this per the below. SmartSE (talk) 09:09, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

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This is based on off-wiki evidence, which I can share if requested. Requesting CU as the off-wiki evidence suggests that there are other accounts being used which I haven't been able to find. SmartSE (talk) 11:33, 11 October 2023 (UTC)


 * FYI - as you blocked them before, not sure if you found other accounts then? SmartSE (talk) 11:34, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * , based on the CU data, I'd say this account is almost certainly connected to the case. I'd be interested to take a look at the off-wiki evidence you mentioned; there are other accounts on the narrow range this account is editing from, but I'm not seeing enough evidence to block any other accounts based purely on what I can see - feel free to email me.  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:08, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Urgh, repeated ping to - the capitalisation of your sig doesn't match your actual username...  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:09, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I'll drop you an email shortly, but looking at (most recently reported there) there are behavioural similarities and one of the articles seems to match off-wiki evidence. (And yeah apologies, my signature is like that because I wanted to avoid people thinking my username implies I'm a smart arse). SmartSE (talk) 16:21, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the email, . On the technical evidence alone, I'd say it was very that  was connected to the Sidbidmidlid case, and with that extra information I don't have any doubt. I'm less confident about the DuselDizel account - technically, they look different, but they might have just be operating that account on different proxies or something. I'll try to get chance to head over and take a look at that case, but for now I will move this case over there, tag and request a lock on this account.  Girth Summit  (blether)  12:33, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm more than happy to block based purely on the behavioural evidence. I have zero doubt that LTTB, Belalibera and DuselDizel are all connected. SmartSE (talk) 13:41, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Go for it, if you're convinced on the evidence - I haven't formed a view on that yet, other than to observe that DuselDizel is almost certainly UPE of one kind or another. It could easily be more than one person working in collaboration, so MEAT rather than sock, which would explain the technical differences. Girth Summit  (blether)  07:01, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
 * That's done. And yep can't preclude MEAT but that doesn't make much difference to the outcome. I presume that you didn't find any other accounts looking at DuselDizel? SmartSE (talk) 09:19, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't remember seeing anything I'd hang my hat on, but I'd just taken a quick look for comparison - I'll try to get chance to do a more thorough check later today. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:02, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Nothing further visible using DuselDizel. Didn't look further. Going to archive. Mkdw  talk 06:58, 20 October 2023 (UTC)