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04 May 2024[edit]

– A user has requested CheckUser. An SPI clerk will shortly look at the case and endorse or decline the request.

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]


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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

07 May 2024[edit]

– A user has requested CheckUser. An SPI clerk will shortly look at the case and endorse or decline the request.

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Potential compromised SPA copying content from drafts and creating new articles in the main space.

Comments by other users[edit]

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

I'm not sure Meltpees is related to Shewasafairy but prior to their recent activity here on en, their only other activity was on Commons to upload File:Brands Impact logo.jpg back in 2019. Brands Impact is a PR company and their activity here suggests UPE along with others. For example, they edited Draft:Lifeplus, which was created by declared paid editor Erika Mayer. They then recreated it mainspace [1]. An NPP reviewer moved it back to draft as Draft:Lifeplus 2 since it was duplicate then redirected it to Draft:Lifeplus. As noted above the same with existing draft Draft:Etf.com created by Fauxkallax and the article/draft has a history of UPE and also Draft:Cindy Lin created by Mneme, which was draftified to Draft:Cindy Lin (author). S0091 (talk) 15:30, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added Journalrahul related to Gayathri Vivekanandan/Draft:Gayathri Vivekanandan. S0091 (talk) 15:58, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Added Redring32: sleeper SPA created 27 December 2021. Zero edits until yesterday, when they declared COI at their user page, then created and submitted Draft:Jim Connors (radio personality). When this was declined, MeltPees re-created it at Jim Connors (RJ), first as a stub and then copying the draft over piecemeal. It's now at Draft:Jim Connors (RJ). Also adding WikiEnthuasiastGR30, who created NextDNS: this was moved to Draft:NextDNS by User:Alpha3031, then worked on by MeltPees [2]. @Alpha3031: you commented on MeltPees' behaviour at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hexaware Technologies (3rd nomination), any comment? Do you think Rchardk, creator of latest Hexaware Technologies, should be added as another sock? The rabbit hole seems to go deeper here, and other drafts which MeltPees is recreating at altered titles suggest several more socks not yet listed here: User:Johnofmars (created 2017) is another candidate for master, with stale logs but edit overlap with some of the socks already listed. Wikishovel (talk) 15:16, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't really have much experience with socks, so I don't think I can offer too much. Though TBH I think (in my very biased opinion) that MeltPees can probably be blocked for DE if nothing else until they learn to use the move button like they're supposed to at least. Alpha3031 (t • c) 15:22, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree they should be blocked if for no other reason than continuously copying drafts into mainspace, especially given they did not create them. @Wikishovel I redirected Draft:Jim Connors (RJ) to Draft:Jim Connors (radio personality) given it is a duplicate. S0091 (talk) 15:29, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well I'm adding Johnofmars, who I notice recreated PropertyLimBrothers, which was tagged and moved to draft by Alpha3031 (you see, you've got a natural talent for this), where it was worked on for tone by MeltPees [3], 2 hours after the maintenance tags were removed by an anon sock: [4]. MeltPees was also the lone "keep" !vote at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PropertyLimBrothers: [5]. Wikishovel (talk) 15:33, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's probably mostly that CORP articles have a higher density of UPE compared to other topic areas. I should probably try and pick up some more behavioural cues, though IDK what the best way to do that is. Maybe just exposure would do it. In other news, it seems that MER-C has blocked most of the participants for Whiteshield (Del Amol Banora (talk · contribs)), Connecteam (Prhinohoursers (talk · contribs), Improvised but so real unicorn (talk · contribs), FightBrightTigh (talk · contribs)) or both (扱. し. 侍. (talk · contribs)). I suppose it would be normal to add them to see if they're part of this group or another one, find any other linked accounts, etc? Alpha3031 (t • c) 07:25, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Added DesignatedOcelot, SPA created 22 May. Seven minutes after creation, blued their user page with a user tutorial template (false, not done). Three hours later created Draft:Giacomo Segre in four edits. Three hours after that, draft moved to Giacomo Segre by MeltPees. Wikishovel (talk) 15:58, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

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