Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Budgewoi

Budgewoi

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19 September 2024

– This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.

Suspected sockpuppets

Hire power (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Similar SPA behavior at Sahaja Yoga. Compare: Special:Diff/1134120892, Special:Diff/1246456353, Special:Diff/1246479037. I would also encourage reading through responses to Hire power's edit request and RfC, as they further illustrate how Hire power has been advocating for pointed misrepresentation of cited RS and/or ignoring cited content in a consistent attempt to portray the subject more favorably. There's possible overlap with Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mr Birchwood, another pro-Sahaja Yoga SPA active around the same time as Budgewoi initially, although the exact behavior and points of contention are less of a good fit there (I suspect there may be overlapping meatpuppetry). _signed,Rosguill ^talk 13:48, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Wordsmith, just making sure you were aware that Hire power has been blocked for only 1 week for their sockpuppetry as 真对战士. Pinging Vanamonde93, who actioned these blocks. To my mind, given the pre-existing suspicions of sockpuppetry from older accounts and the SPA nature of the accounts in question, I think that an indefinite block for Hire power is more appropriate. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 12:24, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, I missed the duration on that block. Adjusting to indef. The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 15:39, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't get the sense from those diffs that these are the same people, but I think SPA-meatpuppetry is definitely on the table. Izno (talk) 23:11, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OTOH the creation dates are not favorable, Budgewoi was blocked late January 2023; Hire power was created 3 weeks later. Izno (talk) 23:13, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's inconclusive whether these are sock or meatpuppets, but they're now blocked regardless. Closing without tags. The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 00:27, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]