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Wikidata:Requests for checkuser/Case/The lion of this site

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The lion of this site

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15 August 2023

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Reason: I am not very familiar with Wikidata policy but it would seem as this is an illegitimate use of multiple accounts. The reason for why I suspect these accounts are run by the same person is that they all edit the same pages, but never at the same time. See plenty of diffs in history of Q120518179, Q120453898, Q120500978 and Q120562321. Vikipolimer requested all these be deleted with the rationale: Cross-wiki advertising and spam. Also on Commons: Category:AlAgha Company and category:AlAgha Group The most edited wiki of all users is Wikidata. The second most edited wiki of all users is sowiki. Commonswiki is the third most edited wiki of two of the users and fourth most edited wiki of one of the users. This is probably no coincidence. Both the master and Qws were created on July 1, and the third account was created July 2. All of this makes me think it's the same user.Jonteemil (talk) 14:51, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also on sowiki are edits from all three users on the equivalent pages: intersect-contribs.Jonteemil (talk) 15:29, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @Vikipolimer: who has nominated the pages for deletion.Jonteemil (talk) 14:56, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is blatant advertising and cross-wiki advertising, and the people here are sockpuppets or meatpuppets. Vikipolimer (talk) 14:59, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging also @Karim185.3: who have dealt with the spam.Jonteemil (talk) 15:31, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have now also found w:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohamed Al-Agha which seems to be related, created by globally locked user Jimmy Yelzer. So maybe Jimmy is the puppeteer of all of these? Pinging @فيصل: who in that AfD claims the user has 10 socks at arwiki.Jonteemil (talk) 20:45, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I consider the sockpuppetry of those 3 as proven by editing pattern on WikiData and id wikipedia. Also many edits deliberately breaking the cat structure on Commons must be considered as vandalism for the purpose of self-promotion. Lock the above 3 plus all other sockpuppets globally. Taylor 49 (talk) 04:29, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Results: This is a bit tricky to say. IP addresses suggest it is   Likely that Qws bldna = The lion of this site, but user agents suggest it is   Likely that Qws bldna = The strong Wikepedia. Meatpuppetry is a very plausible explanation, but it is at least just as likely that they are indeed operated by one person. Based on the similarity of usernames I'm confident enough to block them as socks, but if Commons or idwiki CheckUser investigations are done, they should forward that data (privately) to me for a better verdict.--Jasper Deng (talk) 00:13, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

To my knowledge there hasn't been a checkuser investigation on at least Commons. Don't know about idwiki, ping Taylor 49? Jonteemil (talk) 14:01, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
On id wikipedia I blocked those 3 permanently based on publicly visible editing pattern on WikiData and id wikipedia. Taylor 49 (talk) 16:34, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

04 September 2023

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Reason: Cross-wiki spamming with "AlAgha Company" "http s : / / e laghagrou p . c om" " AlAgha Group" "Mohamed AlAgha" continues. Highly aggressive LTA. Taylor 49 (talk) 07:53, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Results:   Likely related to each other. Already blocked on behavioral grounds, and no sleepers found during my checks.--BRP ever 11:31, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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