Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Thebigjobsite/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
...and probably 4000 more.

Each user's user page is just a single COI template followed by a page that does not exist. They were all created in the last ten to twenty days during a specific time period (indicating time awake of suspected sockpuppet), and most of the suspected users have little to no edits. Some of the user pages have drafts on them that are clearly not noteworthy of articles. Some accounts (like User:Noisemoguls) have also blanked their userpages after placing the COI template. Some of the accounts have also made poorly-written draft pages, examples including Draft:Hank West & the Smokin’ Hots, Draft:Jahon iqtisodiyoti va diplomatiya universiteti akademik litseyi, and Draft:Afsaneh Salari. Also, some of the user pages (like User:Alamana12 and User:Dimitri konovaov) have broken COI templates that say "Title of your draft" and some templates are completely broken and missing a bracket at the end (like User:Dupcash and User:Exibocinemaz). Also, some pages (like User:Wikiwikiwa06 and nonsense or other things. Other userpages' COI templates, like User:Nirazebab, link to draft pages. All of this evidence leads to an obvious conclusion that these were mass-produced by one or a few editors. It is also possible that this template is present on some other website and that many different entrepreneurs wanting to advertise decided to hop on this opportunity. From what I could find, these go back over two years. 2003   LN  6  22:11, 4 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Update: TheLordFish added to list. Page was G3'd but previously contained in the page was another similar COI template. 2003   LN  6  16:37, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * More users added to list. 2003   LN  6  16:39, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users
Going through my browser's mini screenshots of pages, it reminds me that User:TheLordFish inserted sexually inappropriate language onto their user page, so I labeled it as G3 (vandalism) and User:Sdrqaz deleted it a couple minutes later. The same was for TheLordFish's sandbox which I labeled it as the same, and User:Fastily deleted it. My real namm (💬pros · ✏️cons) 00:10, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Firstly, I appreciate the time that has evidently gone into making this filing, given the hundreds of accounts listed. Having evaluated the evidence, I do not think that there is enough to justify use of CheckUser: disclosures of COI are not unusual acts and disclosures of COI with regards to non-notable entities/people are not unusual either. New users writing about subjects with which they have conflcits of interest are advised to disclose in the help pages (see ). There is also too much divergence in the COI template formatting, user page formatting, and draft formatting. I am therefore closing this without action. Sdrqaz (talk) 01:45, 7 June 2024 (UTC)