Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Xaeonx7/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
SPA-like behaviour around the article Maram Susli and its AfD page, including very similar language and similar errors in formatting (eg signing messages, failing to !vote in bold). The article is about a controversial figure described in RS as a conspiracy theorist and disinformation agent. The accounts named all try to edit out that she has been called a conspiracy theorist. From the AfD page:


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Maram_Susli&diff=1119547882&oldid=1119529754
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Maram_Susli&diff=next&oldid=1119547882
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Maram_Susli&diff=next&oldid=1119564066
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Maram_Susli&diff=prev&oldid=1120611831

Xaeonx7 and Jumpn jza in particular appear VERY similar: Attempts to delete RS material describing the subject's status as a conspiracy theorist, including the use of the term "vandalism"
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maram_Susli&diff=next&oldid=1120681922
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maram_Susli&diff=next&oldid=1120683269

Jumpn jza almost always edits at the same time as Xaeonx7, as a perusal of the history page shows
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maram_Susli&action=history&offset=&limit=500 OsFish (talk) 08:25, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

I am adding, who on 4 November created an account on 20:37 and then voted to keep the article one minute later on 20:38. They then made a completely random edit to an unrelated article and then just stopped editing. I would also like to say that even if they aren't operated by the same person, it appears likely that there'd be meatpuppetry involved. Nythar (💬-🎃) 08:36, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Addition post technical check: The various parties have all now fixed their !voting (putting delete in bold) at more or less the same time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FMaram_Susli&type=revision&diff=1120815173&oldid=1120694624

This to me is suggestive of off-wiki coordination. OsFish (talk) 00:33, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.

Frankly, pretty much everyone commenting on that AFD and all those who made recent edits to the articles should be checkuser’d because it sure does look like a lot of shenanigans going on, bit more than the usual “create a couple accounts to stack a vote” thing.  Volunteer Marek  08:43, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Comment: Noting recent (reverted) promotional edit by contrary to WP:RSPTWITTER, at

which has been plagued by similar accounts. -- Yae4 (talk) 16:46, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for helping. I do feel they're connected, though. , a user who made 25 edits over 9 years suddenly appeared at the same RfD today after having previously edited that article during September-October 2021 and subsequently desisting, same as, who edited the article from September-October 2021 and returned in October of this year. This doesn't appear to be a coincidence. also edited the article in September 2021 and then returned last month. is also strangely passionate about deleting the article and their language seems to resemble language used by (who also edited the article 1 day before September 2021). Nythar (💬-🎃) 05:40, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * This is getting ridiculous., another 20-something-edit SPA just voted to delete the article after having edited it IN SEPTEMBER 2021. I am requesting that all the accounts above except for Akashical (who has a different point of view and voted to keep the article) have their behavior investigated. — Nythar  (💬-🎃) 06:09, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I second this request (This edit replaces my near simultaneous comment regarding ProfessorExistential) OsFish (talk) 06:25, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * This lot are ❌ technically, which is honestly what I expected (I didn't check Akashical, as they seem to have a different POV to the others). I think this is far more likely to be some sort of off-wiki coordination (e.g. perhaps via social media calls to action) than actual sockpuppetry. That said, where such off-wiki coordination is behaviourally indistinguishable from sockpuppetry it can be treated as such. I'm going to leave this for another admin to take a look at, but all the SPA-like activity around the article and AfD smells about as fishy as week-old prawns. firefly  ( t · c ) 10:44, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * A cursory look of social media quickly shows that this AFD was the subject of off-wiki canvassing (both for keep and delete). I agree with Firefly's assessment: Akashical does not look related, and the others are certainly more than just one person. A warning about canvassing would be granted (at least). MarioGom (talk) 21:11, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I've warned the account named in the SPI, the AfD has been closed and the article EC-protected. As such I'm not going to bother with warnings for the other accounts, but if disruption resumes, NOTHERE blocks may be warranted for all parties. Marking for closure. Vanamonde (Talk) 18:55, 14 November 2022 (UTC)