Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/RafikiSykes

RafikiSykes

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

08 July 2018

– A checkuser has completed a check on relevant users in this case, and it is now awaiting administration and close.

Suspected sockpuppets

• CallyMc (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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This was originally opened at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Otto4711; however, closer examination indicates RafikiSykes to be the more likely sockpuppeteer – please see this link for evidence. SuperMarioMan (Talk) 09:42, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Since this case was opened, most of the the overlaps that I previously linked to have expanded. These now stand at:

• Heronglen (talk · contribs): 7 pages
• YoungDrac (talk · contribs): 8 pages
• Theveravee (talk · contribs): 10 pages
• KwakuMac (talk · contribs): 13 pages
• Nirame (talk · contribs): 41 pages
• MaybeMaybeMaybe (talk · contribs): 172 pages
• RafikiSykes (talk · contribs) (sockmaster): 185 pages

CallyMc has been particularly active on eponymous category pages started by the sockmaster: see the Billy Connolly, Kathy Griffin and Susan Boyle category revision histories. See also LGBT writers from England; Kelly Osbourne, Peter Andre and Reportedly haunted locations in Scotland (all previously edited by MaybeMaybeMaybe); and Transgender and transsexual media personalities (started by Nirame and previously edited by the sockmaster).

This is in addition to the commonalities previously stated: the similar objections to the Gabrielle (Xena: Warrior Princess) article being included in LGBT categories and the heavy use of the HotCat and Reflinks tools. SuperMarioMan (Talk) 13:09, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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

I actually was about to file a case for this user but under KuhnstylePro as that appears to have the most overlap. CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 18:31, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

@Praxidicae: could you elaborate on this? According to the Intersect tool CallyMc and KuhnstylePro have only one page in common. Or is the overlap with one of more sockpuppets of KuhnstylePro? SuperMarioMan (Talk) 23:20, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Note: There has been repeated blanking of this investigation by IPs newly registered accounts, which shows that there is some type of related socking issue going on here, unless accounts like Stun1003 (talk · contribs) are just being disruptive at a number of sock investigations for the hell of it. Pinging SuperMarioMan and Chrissymad on this in case they have not seen the repeated blanking. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 10:53, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

@Flyer22 Reborn: It seems that other SPI pages have been affected: Special:PermanentLink/861272208#Checkuser_LTA_is_active_recently. I think that it's just unrelated vandalism/trolling. SuperMarioMan (Talk) 20:00, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

SuperMarioMan, yeah, I said unless the accounts are being disruptive just to be disruptive. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 21:03, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

• I haven't looked at any of the diffs yet, but @CallyMc: I see you've been actively editing since this request was filed. Please make a statement here at your earliest convenience if you would like it considered in the adjudication of this case. Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 08:41, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
• All are  Unrelated StonedCu444 (talk) 10:43, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

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