Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Hoaeter

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Hoaeter
Original name(s)Habesha Union
WikilifespanJuly 2017 - present
ISPMASONET, RCN
Known IPs129.174.240.247 (talk), 192.5.215.186 (talk), 66.44.114.72 (talk), 66.44.115.210 (talk)
Sockpuppet investigationsWP:SPI/Hoaeter
InstructionsSuspected socks should be tagged and reported to sockpuppet investigations for confirmation. When reporting, please link to this long-term abuse report. When the active abuse has been taken care of, please update this report with the latest information.
StatusActive

Basic information[edit]

Hoaeter (talk · contribs · block log · arb · SPI confirmed suspected)
Comprehensive edits analysis
A series of sockpuppet (possibly meatpuppet) accounts, pushing an agenda in Habesha peoples (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and related articles and templates. Hoaeter is the oldest SPI-confirmed account (created 2018), but the accounts most likely begin with Habesha Union (created 2017), and possibly even earlier; similar behavior goes back to EthiopianHabesha, who was topic-banned in 2017 from editing Horn of Africa-related articles. At one point, one of the sockpuppet accounts claimed to have been blocked since 2007. As of July 2021, Hoaeter is site banned as per WP:THREESTRIKES (see WP:AN notification).

Targeted areas, pages, themes[edit]

Ethiopia and Eritrea, and their respective demographics and diasporas. Specifically the edits center around Habesha peoples. As of late 2021, the accounts' topic area began to shift toward Ethiopian Protestantism and Evangelicalism. They have also taken up editing on articles about religion (for example Chi Alpha) as well as edit warring to include excessive subfield listings on various academic topics (such as Political science or Public sector consulting)

Habitual behavior[edit]

Accounts seek to advocate for an inclusive definition of "Habesha" in Habesha peoples and related articles and templates. No one has really disagreed with inclusion of their idea, per se. The problem, rather, is that they continuously cite sources that don't corroborate their claims and/or that are unreliable. In one case they fabricated a citation to make it appear as though a blog post (credited to "Habesha Union") had been published in a peer-reviewed academic journal. But more generally, shoehorning content into unsupporting citations shows they're pushing an agenda. Other editors' pleas to review WP:V, WP:NPOV and WP:ADVOCACY are met with WP:IDHT. The pattern repeats with new accounts.

When confronted (i.e., blocked) they tend to attack other editors (e.g. through unblock requests, or via new accounts), and accuse Wikipedia(ns) of bias or outright racism. The personal attacks have extended outside of Wikipedia (since deleted).

Cases[edit]

Other notes[edit]

At one point, one of the accounts admitted to using sockpuppetry ("who do sock puppetry as the only way to defend themselves inside wikipedia") in contrast to the usual protests that they aren't a sockpuppet, or do not know what a sockpuppet is.

As of October 2020, a personal webpage titled "Habesha Union" -- at one point, misleadingly cited as an article in an academic journal -- contained Habesha Union's version of the events concerning the topic area (including wiki code used therein), with a link back to Talk:Habesha peoples.

Since late 2020 as well, Hoaeter's suspected and confirmed sockpuppets have repeatedly migrated to Simple English Wikipedia to perform the same actions. The article "Habesha Community" has been deleted, yet recreated, in addition to various templates relating to Habesha peoples and Ethiopian Christianity.

In July 2021, a Hoaeter sockpuppet solicited another editor for WP:PROXYING.

Confirmed and suspected accounts[edit]

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