Packistani

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03 December 2021

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User:HIshtiaq was created August 10 [1] with an edit to the userpage declaring a paid editing relationship with article subject Dylan Maltz. Account created Draft:Dylan Maltz [2] and then disappeared, but not before blanking their userpage. [3] User:Mlarsn account starts editing 2 days later, edits a string of lacrosse-related accounts, creates Dylan Maltz article [4] on October 15 and then likewise disappears. User:Obi Okparra then appears on November 5, submits Dylan Maltz for deletion [5] and then disappears after 3 edits. Aervanath (talk) 20:19, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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HIshtiaq  Stale, Obi Okparra Red X Unrelated -- Amanda (aka DQ) 13:52, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

07 December 2021

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Pro forma. Same editing style i.e. publishing the article at once, usage of visual editing, etc. Packistani is the oldest (recently renamed from User:Hassan.ishtiaq, see [6])
Silverstone2000 connection, compare, Melanie_Marden and Adv. 115.178.100.70 (talk) 10:29, 7 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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04 February 2022

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Alavigner overlaps with sock User:Apopolips on Sajeev Koshy and Draft:Robert M. Love, while Tourrebs tried a wild move in a bid to publish Draft:Omaha Productions in mainspace. Interestingly, another possible sock, Ddjat has created Omaha Productions again. Clearly related and highly likely there are many more sleeping accounts in their drawer. 185.167.77.79 (talk) 22:44, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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This case is being reviewed by Jack Frost as part of the clerk training process. Please allow him to process the entire case without interference, and pose any questions or concerns either on his talk page or on this page if more appropriate.

I thought I de-selected them when blocking. Obviously I didn't. Will unblock shortly. Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 14:05, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

09 February 2022

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Account created and immediately found Draft:Dee Brown (businessman) to make promotional edits. The last substantial editor of the page was Stacios; a now-blocked sock of Packistani. Jack Frost (talk) 11:26, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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18 February 2022

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Joined a few days after Mirnaqs, got AC and recreated EA Home Design as EA Home Design (company) CUPIDICAE💕 19:41, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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24 February 2022

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Created EA Home Design Group, similar to EA Home Design created by blocked sock Mirnaqs. CU requested. Thank you, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 13:08, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Further to this, the version of EA Home Design Group created by Jannayah54 on 23 February 2022 is almost word-for-word identical to EA Home Design (company) created by SurfingSharkk on 18 February and deleted the same day. The Jannayah54 account was created 2 hours and 20 minutes after that deletion. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:31, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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25 February 2022

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They just created their account to submit Draft:Gerald_Charles_(company), a draft which was created by User:Mirnaqs, another sock. >>> Ingenuity.talk(); 15:48, 25 February 2022 (UTC) >>> Ingenuity.talk(); 15:48, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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24 June 2022

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Username pattern, editing style, use of visual editor suggests these promo-only accounts are part of this farm. This UPE operates large number of SPAs which were uncovered in previous CUs. Another sleeper check requested. 2A00:23A8:4B:7D01:A4A9:F700:3964:EC42 (talk) 19:49, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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06 November 2022

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See here. The UPE guy here has bragged on Upwork about making UPE/spam articles, and I believe I found an older sock of his that is still not blocked, and those that are blocked are clearly connected to his pages now.

However, unless someone else could correct me here, I don't think that a Checkuser will be helpful in this case, as the confirmed socks are very old. I open this in the hopes that someone with more experience and determination (i.e., more or less anyone but me) may have some ideas on how to identify any more socks, as the sockmaster brags off-site about having many more.

Note: You will need an Upwork account to view the extra images on his portfolio, including the one that led me to believe Silverstone2000 is his sock account. I have a throwaway Upwork account right now that I made for the purpose of researching UPE, and I can do anything else on Upwork that anyone thinks would help here. Vanished user 60279853583153 (talk) 02:50, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, yeah, checking the archive, I have seen that a CU found Silverstone2000 stale. However, the sock master on Upwork self-identified it as their sock now, more or less. Vanished user 60279853583153 (talk) 03:04, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That sort of makes sense, I didn't know that before, as I found it publicly, but I guess I can see why too. I will email paid-en-wp soon. Among Us for POTUS (talk) 20:58, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, my ProtonMail account that I am using for Wikipedia and Uncyclopedia just got suspended by the automatic spam filter after I sent my report, and I don't think the email went through. I will contact Proton later. Among Us for POTUS (talk) 21:19, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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