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Appears Jhughes2016 is a sock of Spud1002016. After a month absence from editing, Jhughes2016 was used to remove copyright CSD from article Peter Voss (scientist). red dogsix (talk) 16:33, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:13, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

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As, sock was created right after master blocked. Sock created Draft:Chiddiebere A to circumvent declined draft Draft:Chiddie Anyasodo the master had been working on. The subject matter looks very much like WP:UPE. I suspect that CU will uncover sleeper accounts. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 22:22, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Comment Another sock could be User:Kizule. They previously created Draft:Chiddie Anyasodo and also requested the undeletion of Oyinkansola Alabi, an article that also created by Owoyed at Draft:Alabi Oyinkansola. GPL93 (talk) 22:40, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Looking at Special:CentralAuth/Kizule (sort by edit count), that would be a pretty unlikely and scandalous find. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:16, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I guess this explains "I'm not scared of being blocked.". ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I can only say that I'm really shocked by mentioning my account on this page. I'm here only active volunteer, with additional rights on Serbian Wikipedia. Checkusers have full right to check my account, but I don't have any sockpuppets. Best regards! Kizule (talk) 19:57, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I believe the question is why you're adding spam about Nigerian business people which isn't adequately answered at all. PRAXIDICAE🌈 20:01, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 * @Kizule I find your two creations of ultra-spammy non-notable articles here pretty suspect, but I'm curious if you believe so fully that they're notable, why have you not written about them in your home wiki? PRAXIDICAE🌈 20:06, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 * To piggyback on 's concerns, both articles mentioned above have pretty clear histories of the subjects (or their PR people) trying to get paid articles published. GPL93 (talk) 20:19, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I think the confusion stems from the fact that the vast majority of Kizule's edits are on Balkan-centric topics. Kizrule has never (that I see) created an article in the main namespace. And despite not being a member of any African WikiProject, Kizule made two drafts: the one mentioned above and Draft:Kemi Filani Blog, the former of which was extensively edited by a now-blocked sockmaster. It seems odd. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 20:22, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 * also @Kizule you claimed here that the edits weren't paid for, how do you know this? Especially in light of the fact that you never once edited the article until you decided to remove said tag. PRAXIDICAE🌈 20:28, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

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 * Year2045 is ✅. I see a couple other possibles, but they're on busy ranges and I'm not confident enough to identify them publicly or block.
 * This brings us to the matter of Kizule. I'm quite concerned about a Serbian sysop writing spammy articles about Nigerian topics and taking a very particular interest in removing the COI tag from Jared Madere, an article created by a spamsock., I request and require that you explain your actions, including whether you are being paid for your edits. Failure to comply or to provide a satisfactory explanation will result in a block. GeneralNotability (talk) 23:36, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I am unsatisfied with Kizule's explanations here and at AN/I and have UPE-blocked them. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:35, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Merged from WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Owoyed/Archive. Spicy (talk) 17:14, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

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Shared interests in: Goldenwater29, Sandysoil719, Areara202, Stonistone and Namonamo20 were created on 26 June 2022. Stonistone created accounts Namonamo20 and Areara202. Goldenwater29 created account Sandysoil719. – NJD-DE (talk) 20:24, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
 * simple:Emotions Doctor, The Emotions Doctor, Alabi Oyinkansola, Draft:Alabi Oyinkansola, Oyinkansola Alabi, Draft:Oyinkansola Alabi
 * Draft:Chiddiebere Anyasodo, founder of Draft:Golibe
 * Draft:Mofolusade Sonaike
 * Draft:The Drake Homes, Draft:Drake Homes
 * Praise Fowowe
 * Adeyemi Mariam, Draft:Adeyemi Mariam

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 * - whew, that's a lot of spam. Pretty clear from the overlap that these are all related, but endorsing to check for others. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:31, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
 * -  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:16, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Confirmed to one another:, , , , . Purely on the technical data, all of these are very likely to the proposed master, but taking the extensive editing overlap into account I'm going to call them all ✅. I don't see any other accounts that are definitely them, but they are operating out of some very busy ranges which makes searching difficult - by all means come back if more accounts emerge.
 * is technically ❌ - different continent. Obviously I cannot rule out MEAT, or an alternative UPE picking up a job, I will leave someone else to determine that behaviourally. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:57, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
 * UPE-blocked the last one. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 12:58, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Merged from WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Owoyed/Archive. Spicy (talk) 17:14, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

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Per WP:DUCK. Opoloooo recreated a Drake Holmes article (currently at Draft:The Drake Homes (2)). Aso2018 recreated Oyinkansola Alabi and while they have previous edits, they came out of a 3+ year break to start working on this article a few weeks after the latest round of socks were blocked. It is possible that both accounts have taken on the paid editing assignments of Owoyed, but there is definitely some connection. GPL93 (talk) 23:24, 8 August 2022 (UTC)


 * They're also CU blocked on simple as socks of Owoyed. PRAXIDICAE🌈 17:00, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Section merged from Sockpuppet investigations/Owoyed. Spicy (talk) 17:13, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing per below. Spicy (talk) 17:21, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

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Pro-forma SPI mainly due to the rather large number of accounts uncovered. Primefac (talk) 20:19, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

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A few accounts are already blocked, but I'll be re-blocking as a CU block. Primefac (talk) 20:19, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
 * two of these accounts were reported at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Owoyed. Does the technical evidence support moving these cases? Thanks, Spicy (talk) 15:19, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Owoyed can be connected to this group. It's a pretty busy range, if anyone wants me to dig into the archived names as well to see about connecting them let me know. Primefac (talk) 17:08, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll merge the cases. One moment... Spicy (talk) 17:11, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Tagged socks (not entirely sure what the relationship to the master is so I went with proven), requested locks, closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 17:23, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

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This user’s only edits so far are to complain about how Oyinkansola Alabi was deleted on Ged UK’s talk page. They also attempted to accuse GPL93 and Praxidicae of being sockpuppets, two users who have been actively involved in this sock puppetry case.  ProClasher 9 7  ~  Have A Question?  03:06, 13 August 2022 (UTC)  ProClasher 9 7  ~  Have A Question?  03:06, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * - given the large number of accounts previously found, probably worth a check. The SandDoctor  Talk 03:45, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm going to mark this as . The account is on the same ranges as the other accounts, and there are other similarities, but I'm not seeing a full overlap with any of the previous accounts. Primefac (talk) 11:42, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * CU result plus the behavioural evidence (e.g. their first edit mentions "a page... that I created") is enough for me. Blocked, tagged, closing. firefly  ( t · c ) 09:57, 14 August 2022 (UTC)