WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Slowking4

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• {{checkuser|1=Ifeltafuneralinmybrain}} ({{clerknote}} original case name)

{{sock list|1=Jeanvain|2=Duncescourge|3=Chartreuse3000|tools_link=yes}}

With the exception of Chartreuse3000, who appears to be a throw-away account, all of these accounts immediately starting creating drafts and articles, most of which are short and follow similar formats. They all use the visual editor. All of the accounts have been created in the last six months. The master was created and edited in October 2024 but then there was a significant gap until a couple of days ago. On April 25 the master moved Gianluca Matarrese, created by Duncescourge on March 13, from draft to article space. Similarly, Jeanvain moved Draft:Violet Feng, also created by Duncescourge, to article space, although it was quickly moved back. There is a possible tie-in between this report and User:Slowking4: Séverine Sigrist was recreated by Jeanvain; back in 2023 it was created by confirmed sock User:Denebqax. I'm requesting a CU to confirm, look into the Slowking4 connection, and look for any others. Bbb23 (talk) 15:26, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

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• None of these obviously match each other. Duncescourge has a signature tell for Slowking, and pops out where one might expect him to be on any given day, so that's probably a Slowking sock. Feltafuneral also but of slightly different character, and user agent is a high match, but in the wrong place (but only for this weekend). Chartreuse's data jumps from one side of the relevant country to the same as Felt's, but is using an atypical user agent. Jeanvain matches both the usual location and the UA from Feltafuneral to be a Slowking sock. So I'm inclined to block three as Slowking and Chartreuse is definitely in the suspect pile. I'll merge this case also. Izno (talk) 16:11, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

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