Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Stoubora/Archive

• {{checkuser|1=JohnStannie}}
• {{checkuser|1=Fashionista Princess}}

• [http://tools.wmflabs.org/betacommand-dev/cgi-bin/uc?uc=Stoubora User compare report] Auto-generated every hour.
• [http://tools.wmflabs.org/sigma/editorinteract.py Editor interaction utility]

Stoubora created Draft:Hallfield School and Draft:Marval Software which were then created by Fashionista Princess: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hallfield_School_(Edgbaston)&oldid=754481553] and JohnStannie: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marval_Software&oldid=784542429]. SmartSE (talk) 12:20, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

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

• {{Endorse}} - There are some suspicious similarities in those recreations. Please compare these accounts. Thanks, GAB^gab 23:17, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
• The following accounts are {{tallyho}} from each other:

:*{{checkuser|PvanJaarsveld}}

:*{{checkuser|JohnStannie}}

:*{{checkuser|PacificMusicMan}}

:*{{checkuser|Fashionista Princess}}

• Sleepers include:

:*{{checkuser|Keeley Claire Hawes}}

:*{{checkuser|Simon Rex}}

:*{{checkuser|Charles Doyle}}

:*{{checkuser|JakeBoyz}}

:*{{checkuser|JohnLoganPhotography}}

:*{{checkuser|MoneyManLA}}

:*{{checkuser|Dan Charles Photography}}

:*{{checkuser|HelloTomorrow}}

• The way that these accounts are created, used, and intersect looks like a paid editing operation. As they edited solely through a webhost it's technically {{inconclusive}} as to whether they are related to {{U|Stoubora}}. --Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:09, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
• Thanks User:Ponyo. Somee sleepers are accounts used on commons to upload images and give the appearance that the claim of them being their own work is true. e.g. :C:User_talk:JakeBoyz uploading image for Jake Boys. SmartSE (talk) 21:18, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
• All blocked and tagged as socks of Stoubora. Case closed. Vanjagenije (talk) 22:42, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

{{ping|Doc James}} Given the intricate nature of this apparent paid editing case, I thought you might be interested in taking a look at the account creations and interactions.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 22:45, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

::Thanks User:Ponyo will do. Just finishing up on this case[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Xingzuin#Clerk.2C_CheckUser.2C_and.2For_patrolling_admin_comments]. This family has an interesting technique for adding spams links :-( Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 22:48, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

:::Yes being discussed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Another_group_of_socks here at the COIN]. As is typical of paid socks none of their first edits appear to be those of a new editor. As they will have blocked accounts that we simply have not connected these newer socks to yet I am happy to apply G5 in addition to G11 to those not worked on significantly by others. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 23:13, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

::::Appears they have a habit of than editing the pages by IPs such as

::::{{IP|41.114.134.90}}

::::{{IP|41.114.167.74}}

::::{{IP|41.114.215.29}}

::::These are accounts being used to upload the images

::::{{checkuser|Paparazzo CH}}

::::{{checkuser|John M. Colaneri}}

::::Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 23:33, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

At WP:OTRS :ticket:2017090110013936 in September 2017 someone writes in saying that they paid money to this user in exchange for a Wikipedia article. After the wiki article was deleted the user/business ceased contact. Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:40, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

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