Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Yoodaba

Yoodaba

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For archived investigations, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Yoodaba/Archive.

10 September 2022

– A checkuser is in the process of checking relevant users.

Suspected sockpuppets

• Ptrlc (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• DanicaFolger (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• M.S.McNab (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Tools: Editor interaction utility · Interaction Timeline · SPI Tools

Came across them through suspiciously similar mis-gnoming on moth species articles (adding 1 redundant + 1 flat out wrong category):

• Ptrlc;
• M.S.McNab;
• DanicaFolger.

At least one blocked Yoodaba sock has made an extremely similar edit: AnoushkaWatson.

Additionally:

• All three accounts created in late March of this year (19-22 March) and haven't edited since mid-late July (19-20 July);
• Similar activity patterns (with some rather suspicious timing between Ptrlc and DanicaFolger on April 19th, May 18th, May 24th and May 31st);
• Typical wide-range Yoobada gnoming w. typical Yoobada edit summaries (incl. visual editor) AddWittyNameHere 03:59, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

•  In progress - -- RoySmith (talk) 04:07, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

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