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Hilspress

12 July 2023

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First three users have a substantial history of creating articles on non-notable topics (I am not an en.wiki admin, so cannot reference deleted contribs, but see, for example, page creation log redlinks: Hilspress, Engrdrizzy) which have prompted multiple concerns about promotion/COI/paid editing (e.g., Hilspress: [1][2][3][4]; Ajifohils: [5][6]; Engrdrizzy: indirectly through comments on DR for article they created). Users also have a substantial history of copyright violations going back to at least May 2022 (e.g., w:File:Hon. Ademorin Aliu Kuye.jpg - Hilspress uploads, and reuploads after first deletion). As only recent examples:

Engrdrizzy and Ajifohils are unambiguously confirmed to each other--data are here. Connection of Hilspress to Ajifohils (and thereby Engrdrizzy) is obvious by name/email/signature in ticket:2023070610011297 (I did not include information from the ticket on CU wiki as VRT and CU are different permission sets and I don't want to run afoul of privacy policies); otherwise note name similarity (Hilspress v. Ajifohils -- see Hilspress signature "Hilarys"). Connection of Hilspress to Engrdrizzy (and thereby Ajifohils) is obvious by the CW Real Estate image above and Hilspress' explicit acknowledgement of working in coordination. (Given that Engrdrizzy = Ajifohils, I don't buy the hypothetical that Hilspress and Engrdrizzy would be "mere" meatpuppets, but that would, of course, still be abuse of multiple accounts). Examples of certain edit overlap are as follows:

DrHeartz is suspected to be related as the creator of CW Real Estate (oft-referenced above) on 23:03, 4 July 2023--less than 2 days before Hilspress' first CW Real Estate copyvio upload (6 July 2023) and less than a week before Engrdrizzy (10 July 2023) and Ajifohils (11 July 2023) "found" it. Some serendipity that all three, with no edit history related to real estate brokers, found a the non-notable promo piece so near-term to its creation. DrHeartz also has same the characteristic playing around with moving to and from draft space as the others (see contribs). Эlcobbola talk 16:04, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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28 July 2023

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Confirmed on Commons--data are here. First edit after creating a userspace sandbox was to add significant content to obscure Draft:Aboriginal Democracy created by master; same intest in Ntezi: Hilspress; EXCEL04; Ajifohils; Engrdrizzy; etc. Эlcobbola talk 17:02, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • EXCEL04 is  Technically indistinguishable from Hilspress. Korokoro123 and Larry791 look slightly different, but they are using the same IP ranges, and I see them editing from the same IP as each other in a short space of time, implying that they're either the same person using different devices, or that they are working together. I'm going to block all. Girth Summit (blether) 17:05, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

03 August 2023

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Same /24 and ecosystem as EXCEL04 (data are here). Brand new account submitting Hilspress favourite Draft:Aboriginal Democracy for AfC. Эlcobbola talk 17:21, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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04 August 2023

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Same edits as Engrdrizzy, which is a sockpuppet of Hilspress, New user also sumbmitted Draft:Bartholomew Okorochukwu, also created by the same sockpuppeter, some users are not sure if this is a sockpuppet or not, so requesting a checkuser will help here. https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Draft:Bartholomew_Okorochukwu&diff=prev&oldid=1168755235 Notrealname1234 (talk) 21:29, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Already CU-blocked. I probably would have tagged it as  Confirmed, but the proven tag is fine too. This is from a region of the world where the IP allocations make CU a dubious venture. RoySmith (talk) 14:55, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

07 August 2023

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Creation of Draft:Nigerian Aboriginal Democracy (now that Draft:Aboriginal Democracy, a previous socking target, is protected). Tol (talk | contribs) @ 18:32, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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20 October 2023

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Anayokito created MKO Balogun in draftspace as their first edit on 16 August 2023 (Anayokito has not edited since August [or thereabout]) only for SeptemberGab to move it to mainspace on 9 October 2023. How did I know this is a sock? On that same 19 October, SeptemberGab moved Bartholomew Okorochukwu to mainspace. Okorochukwu was created by User:Engrdrizzy (see above) while evading block. Best, Reading Beans (talk) 17:23, 20 October 2023 (UTC) Reading Beans (talk) 17:23, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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16 November 2023

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User's first edit was to Ikechukwu as seen here. Them almost immediately, created a 5,058 word draft here] at Draft:Emmanuel Ikazoboh. That was it for the day. They came back after they've been auto-confirmed to make some edits at Ike Ekweremadu and Ebonyi State University—I have not checked these edits btw. Now, on 6 October 2023, they sent a message to Liz request for the undeletion of Elliot Omose. For my suspicious, they moved Kola Oyeneyin to mainspace on 14 November 2023 as seen here. The Oyeneyin page was created by the master, you-know-who: Hilspress!

That is it, folks. Over and out. Best, Reading Beans (talk) 16:38, 16 November 2023 (UTC) Reading Beans (talk) 16:38, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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