Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Boss RA/Archive

Boss RA

Boss RA (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

30 November 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

BSrap (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Both users edit articles with the same topic:

Mr. Bean (animated TV series) - (Boss RA's and BSrap's) (also earliest similarity between the two accounts)
2019 Reed Bank incident (min time of edits was 4 days) (Boss RA and BSrap)
Protests against Rodrigo Duterte (Boss RA's and BSrap's (made 10 mins earlier))
Timeline of protests against Rodrigo Duterte (here)
Philippine Drug War (Boss RA's and BSrap's (made 22 hours after))
PiliPinas Debates 2016 (Boss RA's and BSrap's (made 3 hours before))
Electoral fraud (BSrap's and Boss RA's)

Analyzing the editor interaction timeline, both accounts edit only after one has finished editing. In addition, Boss RA has also edited and moved articles in BSrap's namespace (see here, here, and here I think all of this evidence points to Boss RA using the two accounts. ITSQUIETUPTOWN.public • talk 05:12, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

I don't think any of this evidence points to Boss RA using both accounts, all you have demonstrated is similar subject matter interests. None of those pairs of diffs show the two accounts performing even remotely similar edits. ST47 (talk) 05:26, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

But why would Boss RA move pages under BSrap's userspace? If they were collaborating, we would've seen edits on the timeline in at least the same day (one of them always edit after the other edits after a day or more), messages on the talk page, or some kind of contact beyond edits. ITSQUIETUPTOWN.public • talk 07:41, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In progress. @ST47: I think there's sufficient evidence to justify a check.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:46, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, just got edit-conflicted saying the same thing. I note that the two accounts were created relatively close in time (May 2015 vs Jan 2016) and there's some similarity is their edit counts by month and year). With the name similarity and overlap in topics, that's enough for a CU run. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:08, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:14, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

19 December 2019[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

5Joints4kicks (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Possibly another sockpuppet of Boss RA. Edits the same topics with similar editing styles (Mr. Bean, Protests against Rodrigo Duterte, and Concerns and controversies at the 2019 SEA Games). In addition, the account was created a few days after the blocks on the two original accounts. ITSQUIETUPTOWN.public • talk 16:53, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Confirmed, Blocked and tagged, closing. Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 18:26, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

31 January 2022[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

MeCurraz (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
AngelesYabok (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
Tools: Editor interaction utility • Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour.

I've suspected that this account is a sockpuppet of Boss RA for a long time now, so I started investigating them. Upon inspection, this account exhibits a similar behavior to the sockmaster in that:

They have an uncanny focus on Duterte-related articles and exhibit similar writing styles. I find it quite notable that the primary contributors to the Protests against Rodrigo Duterte article are Boss RA, BSrap, and MeCurraz.
The articles that they make/draft are similar in content and structure (see MeCurraz's and BSrap's) that focuses on either Duterte criticism or TV shows.
This edit of MeCurraz is copy-pasted from BSrap's Tagalog sandbox. This also occurred from here to here and vice versa. It seems the user uses the Tagalog BSrap account for their drafts.
They really like to add IPAs to articles. (BSrap: 1, 2; MeCurraz 1, 2)

In addition, the new account was made about a week after the last account, 5Joints4kicks, appealed their block. Itsquietuptown ✉️📜 15:31, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edit: Added AngelesYabok as they heavily edited Duterte-related articles while MeCurraz was inactive. Stopped editing after MeCurraz came back. Seems to be a sleeper account. Itsquietuptown ✉️📜 16:15, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

In progress - -- RoySmith (talk) 15:45, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Everything is the archive is stale, but some CU log data makes MeCurraz Possible to 5Joints4kicks and the exceptionally strong behavioral connection makes it a no-brainer to call this proven. AngelesYabok is long stale and has a limited editing history, so I'm not going to do anything about that account. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:55, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]