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Nsereko Afriqana

10 April 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

Juba Juice created John Blaq, which looks suspiciously similar to Draft:John Blaq and Draft:John Blaq (2), both created by Caps Lock2018 (blocked for UPE). Same goes for Joel Muhindo: Caps Lock2018 created it, it was draftified and Juba Juice moved it back into the mainspace. Same story for Doreen Kabareebe.

Juba Juice was active since Feb 27, before Caps Lock2018 was blocked. Therefore, please also check for any other sleepers. (We may be dealing with a paid editing ring here). MrClog (talk) 11:30, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Caps Lock2018 and Juba Juice are very  Likely to each other. Nsereko Afriqana is  Stale (just barely too—there would be data if this SPI had been filed yesterday). The ranges involved are shared by a large number of unrelated users, so identifying sleepers is going to be very difficult in this case. However, I can say that the following account is  Confirmed to Caps Lock2018 because it was created at around the same time:
  • I think UPE is a possibility, but I'm afraid CU is not going to be very useful at shedding more light on that in this case.
  • The stale account Nsereko Afriqana has an idiosyncratic method of adding citations (compare references at [2] with [3][4]). Based on this, I can see the WP:DUCK argument. The timing of their creation of Deejay Crim fits with the pattern of Ugandan DJ drafts created by Caps Lock2018 around the same time (e.g. Draft:DJ Pius).[a]
  • All accounts  Blocked and tagged.  Clerk assistance requested: Please move this case under "Nsereko Afriqana", the oldest account. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 23:29, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • @MrClog: Sorry for the miscommunication. This investigation was a bit of a long rabbit hole, and I ended up having to leave for dinner before I could finish wrapping up the ends, which is why I put it on hold. Mz7 (talk) 23:32, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Footnotes

  1. ^ If you want to go further down the rabbit hole, there are a number of interesting overlaps between Nsereko Afriqana and the following accounts: These accounts almost exclusively edited either Murushid Juuko or Moses Magogo Hassim, which were among the narrow set of topics that Nsereko Afriqana was also interested in (e.g. [1]). However, these accounts are long-abandoned, so I doubt that any action or further investigation is needed on them.

21 April 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

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29 April 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

see Draft:Sheilah Gashumba and Draft:Abryanz Praxidicae (talk) 20:33, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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14 June 2020

Suspected sockpuppets

Thatcher has recreated several articles by this master, including Joel M. Muhindo (Joel Muhindo, Jay Silver (musician) and various other names, as well as Mukose Umar, fka Prince Omar. Praxidicae (talk) 13:02, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I'm blocking based on the strong behavioral evidence, but wanted to note that the technical evidence in this case is a bit muddy (possible meat?). Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 06:56, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

29 April 2022

Suspected sockpuppets

Long term abuser, see Doreen Kabareebe. Deppty (talk) 17:27, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  •  Check declined by a checkuser. The past accounts are  Stale, and looking into the deleted history of Draft:Doreen Kabareebe, it seems like Nsereko Afriqana is not the only sockmaster involved with this topic. I suspect this particular Kabareebe Doreen account could be someone else who has been engaged to promote this biographical subject on Wikipedia. In any case, this account has already been blocked for spamming, so no additional action appears to be necessary. Closing. Mz7 (talk) 01:13, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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