Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Yungkash3x/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets



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Two WP:SPAs created within hours of each other promoting the same teenage non-notable musician. I am requesting a CheckUser as there may have been a few IPs making the same edits and there may be a history of these edits I'm missing. Singularity42 (talk) 14:53, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Update after the last blocks by, I am now adding more accounts, as they have continued the subsequently continued the same edits. Singularity42 (talk) 18:21, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

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IMO it looks like a sockpuppet, either way the edits will result in a topic/full ban Zippy (talk) 16:14, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Huh - didn't spot this case, came across the accounts via a report at AIV. The two accounts are ✅, as is ; I've already blocked and tagged, and I think I caught all their spam. Come back if they start up again - I expect they'll be easy enough to spot.  Girth Summit  (blether)  17:53, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Both ducky. Account indeffed, IP's /64 range blocked for a year (it's last six month block expired recently...).  Girth Summit  (blether)  18:27, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets

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Both the suspected puppet and two confirmed puppets have been pushing the same unknown musician. I haven't been monitoring other areas of interest of this user and they have a history of using multiple accounts and IPs when active, so a CheckUser may be in order. Singularity42 (talk) 17:10, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Confirmed puppet Adrian713 added "Ka$h3x" to Cactus Jack Records here
 * Confirmed puppet Hidethaxans added "Ka$h3x" to Utopia (Travis Scott album) here
 * The sockpuppeteer was previously vandalizing Lil Tuffy (see contribution history)
 * The suspected sockpuppet just tried to add "Ka$h 3x" to Lil Tuffy here.


 * Update (and facepalm!). Just realized the sockpuppeteer's username is the actual name of artist they are trying to push! (Can't believe I didn't catch that).  Plus, the suspected sock is now making a draft article to promote the artist at Draft:Ka$h 3x, which is almost identical to an article created by one of the confirmed socks (now deleted), and confirms in the draft both artists are the same person.  This is obviously a duck.  Leave it up for a clerk to confirm if a CU is still needed to clear out any other accounts. Singularity42 (talk) 17:28, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * There's enough here to warrant a check given the evidence presented and the fact that other socking was reported this month. Mkdw  talk 04:28, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * . Tagging as proven. Mkdw  talk 04:39, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 11:11, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets


First edit of the suspected sock is to recreate Draft:Ka$h 3x, which is the pattern of all of these socks. Singularity42 (talk) 18:35, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Adding the following IPs: The IPs at the same time started doing the usual Ka$h edits to the Cactus Jack Records article. Singularity42 (talk) 18:57, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Update. Since 's comments, below, the user has started using additional IPs from a variety of ranges (see history at Cactus Jack Records. I have make an request for page protection, but here are the latest IPs being used by this sock: Thanks. Singularity42 (talk) 14:43, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The account has already been blocked and tagged. - please block  for two weeks (anon-only, account creation blocked) - it has been used by the sockmaster since January (see, ). Thanks, Spicy (talk) 01:07, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
 * /64 blocked, closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:55, 1 March 2022 (UTC)