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19 May 2023

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Obvious UPE, both accounts editing Draft:Narayan Hulse, with Mercy kiai making other obviously promotional drafts and moving clearly unsuitable drafts to mainspace. Requesting checkuser to see if there's a UPE sock farm, just these two, or if they're just MEAT. As always, thanks for your time. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:05, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Added Faithlyne, who created some of the articles moved by Mercy. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:07, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Well shit. I had a hunch it was a farm. Thanks. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:23, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Courcelles (talk) 14:20, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested global locks for this spamfarm. Courcelles (talk) 14:32, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

27 May 2023

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Another one working on the same drafts. Just want a check for sleepers and to verify before blocking. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:22, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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 Confirmed along with Tessylinode (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log). Will request global locks.  Blocked and tagged. Closing. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 07:49, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

04 June 2023

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Same edits and similar name to another sock. Probably needs a sleeper check. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:06, 4 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Courcelles (talk) 12:20, 4 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

21 June 2023

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Suspected sockpuppets

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MaxPG88 aroused my suspicion because of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dorian Rhea Debussy, where a few COI socks were blocked already (ping Bradv). It seems like someone called in the paid auxiliaries, because what CU revealed (due also to proxies and geolocation) was a connection to a pretty serious sockfarm. Max is also confirmed with Petertipsy, and separately with BNG23, Bogombasharon, Petertipsy, and Peterdelgrim. There's a huge range that Max was on that also had 1stJetintheSkies and a blocked editor, OwlFree, that led me here. Drmies (talk) 22:31, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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18 July 2023

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Similar edit to Draft:Njedeh Anthony. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:14, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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22 July 2023

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More of the same. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 10:19, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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25 July 2023

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Requesting decrease of protection of an article draft repeatedly recreated by Aniflower. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:49, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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14 September 2023

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User:Andy Creative was recently blocked (on July 26) as a sock of Aniflower. Before being blocked, an IP requested the undeletion of Draft:Godwin Izomor [1]. User:Andy Creative then expanded the draft, before the draft was deleted upon Andy Creative's block. [2]. In early September, Apple pellet requested that the draft be undeleted [3]. Not receiving a response, a new editor, on their first edit, created the draft in full [4] a week later. Just 11 minutes after it was created, Apple pellet moved the article to mainspace [5]

I also note that Apple pellet voted keep on the recent Cad Crowd AfD [6]. That AfD was fuill of sock votes after seven people were hired through Upwork to vote keep there.

It is possible that Apple pellet/Mangorunner are not socks of Aniflower, (one possibility is that they are a new paid editor hired to do the same job), but the timing is close enough to Aniflower to be a concern. However, Apple pellet asking for the draft to be created, Mangorunner creating the draft, and Apple pellet moving it to mainspace just minutes later seems far too coincidental. - Bilby (talk) 01:32, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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27 September 2023

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Yet more quacking over Draft:Godwin Izomor. because of the breadth and dept of the sock farm I believe a precautionary CU for a sleeper check is approriate 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 12:15, 27 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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01 October 2023

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User:Mialisa wiki created 20 Sept. This morning makes first edits, gaming autoconfirm, then recreates salted Bokksu (previously created by User:Morning Expert) at Bokksu (Japanese Food Subscription Service). Wikishovel (talk) 08:58, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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13 October 2023

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Another obvious sock. Sleeper check please. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:10, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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15 January 2024

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Proforma - all already blocked. Bbb23 brought some suspicions to my talk page, based on observations of their behaviour; CU puts them on the same IP (or in Koitaleel's case, on the same narrow range) as Sheapill and MlimaMoja, both tagged as socks from this case. Standard behaviour from this farm. Girth Summit (blether) 11:28, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Tagged, will request locks. Closing. Girth Summit (blether) 11:29, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

18 January 2024

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Newly created account, immediately left a reply on the talk page of Pinkjart (Aniflower sock) requesting undeletion of a CSDed article that that previous sock made. AlexandraAVX (talk) 10:34, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I've added Labeltt whose only edit was to create Draft:FavTutor, which was then edited by Kabuos. Because both accounts have made so few edits, I'm requesting CU to confirm and to look for others.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:10, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Blocked and tagged. Mkdw talk 07:43, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Mkdw, did you request global locks? --Bbb23 (talk) 13:58, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Bbb23: No I didn't. I didn't see any cross-wiki activity on these accounts with the exception of Bananafisherk who was already blocked elsewhere. Mkdw talk 06:35, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

06 February 2024

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Same MO as the previous socks, creating a similar userpage and then participating in deletion discussions. The WordsmithTalk to me 23:48, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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17 February 2024

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I deleted Prince Michael (Mt. Kenya Ambassador) per WP:A7. Looking at the history of this, um, article, I found all the users listed above except Antidotejunior, who intersects with the master on Draft:Small Leaks Sink Ships. Also, based on the deleted history of the master (see Winona Inc.), there may a tie-in to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Aniflower. I'm requesting a CU to confirm these accounts to each other (I know that HealTheWorld144 is stale), to cross-check against the other SPI, and to look for others. Bbb23 (talk) 19:51, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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03 February 2024

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New account that came out of nowhere to suddenly edit Akuma Divine Saningong, an article that has likely been created by UPEs. Relationship of some kind to Feerfox and/or Waqas4588 seems very likely. Fred Zepelin (talk) 05:17, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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03 February 2024

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One of two new accounts that came out of nowhere with great wiki markup knowledge to suddenly edit Akuma Divine Saningong, an article that has likely been created by UPEs. Relationship of some kind to Feerfox and/or Waqas4588 seems very likely. Fred Zepelin (talk) 05:18, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Might also want to check the two SPAs on this AfD, which was commented on earlier by Feerfox. -- asilvering (talk) 18:46, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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11 February 2024

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Spamming the same set of sales sties as references on Savannah cat. - UtherSRG (talk) 20:46, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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