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Revision as of 13:29, 29 August 2012 editArcticocean (talk | contribs)Edit filter managers, Extended confirmed users46,233 edits Archiving case to Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Bamanh27/Archive← Previous edit Revision as of 04:37, 9 May 2015 edit undoBri (talk | contribs)Edit filter helpers, Autopatrolled, Event coordinators, Extended confirmed users, Page movers, Mass message senders, New page reviewers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers172,935 edits ←Created page with '{{subst:SPI report |checkuser=no <!-- Please do not enter anything in the subject/headline box! If you want to request checkuser, simply change the line above t...'Next edit →
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;Suspected sockpuppets

* {{checkuser|1=Aikia08}}
* {{checkuser|1=Kasmith221}}
* {{checkuser|1=Jaylanimkpt}}
* {{checkuser|1=Realcool141}}
* {{checkuser|1=Swdandap}}


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1) Operator of BiH has been moving many articles a few minutes after their creation by other users to proper capitalization. Examples:

*, one minute after creation
*, two minutes after creation
*, six minutes after creation
*, <20 minutes after creation

2) Account's "workshop" subpages also have a bad smell, with rapid creation of multiple likely PR-seeking (corp/celebrity) articles at a pace unlikely for one innocent editor. Here's a non-exhaustive list; timestamp of last edit is given:
*] 19 December 2014 → ]
*] 13 January 2015 → ]
*] 19 January 2015 → ]
*] 24 January 2015 → ]
*] 31 January 2015 → ]
*] 2 March 2015 → ]
*] 8 April 2015 → ]
*] 16 April 2015 → ]
*] 19 April 2015 → ]
Apparently, each "workshop" is edited, contents moved to article space, blanked, then abandoned with a remarkably repeatable process.

3) A particularly fishy case over a single article, ], where BiH rescued an abandoned article from another user's ''blanked'' sandbox:
* by Swdandap
* ] created months later, without attribution

This has the feel of a factory for paid editing with probable involvement of other accounts. Those listed in this case are just a sample. ] (]) 04:37, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

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Populated account categories: suspected

For archived investigations, see Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/BiH/Archive.

Please note that a case was originally opened under Bamanh27 (talk · contribs) but has been moved to Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/BiH. Future cases should be placed under Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/BiH.


09 May 2015

– This SPI case is open.

Suspected sockpuppets


1) Operator of BiH has been moving many articles a few minutes after their creation by other users to proper capitalization. Examples:

  • , one minute after creation
  • , two minutes after creation
  • , six minutes after creation
  • , <20 minutes after creation

2) Account's "workshop" subpages also have a bad smell, with rapid creation of multiple likely PR-seeking (corp/celebrity) articles at a pace unlikely for one innocent editor. Here's a non-exhaustive list; timestamp of last edit is given:

Apparently, each "workshop" is edited, contents moved to article space, blanked, then abandoned with a remarkably repeatable process.

3) A particularly fishy case over a single article, Pixelmatic, where BiH rescued an abandoned article from another user's blanked sandbox:

This has the feel of a factory for paid editing with probable involvement of other accounts. Those listed in this case are just a sample. Brianhe (talk) 04:37, 9 May 2015 (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
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