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Kuchtoh

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

01 September 2012[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets

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

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Of these four accounts, I am reporting Kuchtoh as the sockmaster simply because that one has the earliest account creation, but they were all created within 24 hours of each other (see Special:Log/Kuchtoh, Special:Log/Yekyahoraha, Special:Log/Tohogaya, Special:Log/Kuchhus). Each spammed a link to bioquestmedical.com to various articles (defibrillation, automated external defibrillator, first aid, and Navin Nischol). There isn't any overlap in the articles; each account spammed a different one. Normally that wouldn't arouse my suspicions, but then Rajsharma1980 (talk · contribs) posted this comment at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#www.bioquestmedical.com, hinting that these accounts may belong to "our marketing team".

I am not sure about Kuchhus (talk · contribs) because only one contribution from that account involved bioquestmedical.com. And I doubt Rajsharma1980 (talk · contribs) is a sockmaster or sockpuppet, so I have not listed that account above, although he admits to being involved. ~Amatulić (talk) 17:20, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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

Proxies are being used, and should be blocked now, but there were also ISP edits. Kuchtoh and Tohogaya are Confirmed, Everyone else is Inconclusive. I would proceed with the blacklisting of it as soon as possible. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 23:26, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- How would I determine what proxies to report at WP:OPP? ~Amatulić (talk) 15:40, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'll ping DeltaQuad (talk · contribs) and ask him to block the proxy. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:56, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I originally meant the proxies were blocked, but I went back and tied up all lose ends. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 21:37, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk note: I'm blocking the five listed accounts as socks with a master. The clearly related spam edits and proxy abuse indicate probable abuse of multiple accounts. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:55, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]