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== Requests ==
== Requests ==
=== MachSpilt@eo.wikipedia ===
=== CharlesCourb@co.wiktionary ===
{{CU request
{{CU request
|status = <!--don't change this line-->
|status = done
|language code = en
|language code = co
|project shortcut= w
|project shortcut = wikt
|user name1 = MachSpilt
|user name1 = CharlesCourb
|user name2 = Barrakudaw
|user name2 = HaroldCoubs
|user name3 = Bodiadub
|discussion = None
|reason = Likely spambots all registered as part of a big group. See new user log on this project. [[User:Seawolf35|Seawolf35]] ([[User talk:Seawolf35|talk]]) 23:54, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
|user name4 =
<!-- Max 10 users -->
|discussion = [[:w:uk:Вікіпедія:Запити_на_перевірку_користувачів/2020#Diana_Andrusiv_(Crazyalien/Bodiadub/Ласті/тощо)|discussion in ukrainian wiki with other sockpuppets of Bodiadub]]
|reason = Yesterday I have noticed that articles about [[:w:eo:Wikibusines]] and [[:w:eo:Bohdan Dubylovsky]] (owner of [[WMF Global Ban Policy|globally banned account Bodiadub]]) were created in Esperanto Wikipedia. Please check whether these accounts are related to each other.[[User:Renvoy|Renvoy]] ([[User talk:Renvoy|talk]]) 10:43, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
}}
}}

=== MonsterHunter32@en.wikiquote ===
{{CU request
|status = <!--don't change this line-->
|language code = en
|project shortcut= q
|user name1 = MonsterHunter32
|user name2 = MonstrumVenandiXXXII
|user name3 = ZeGoyMan
|user name4 = 27.7.1.163
<!-- Max 10 users -->
|discussion = [[:w:en:Example]]<!-- local confirmation link / local policy link -->
|reason = MonstrumVenandiXXXII is MonsterHunter32 in English. I have checked Translation tool, this is exact translation. And MonsterHunter32 is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MonsterHunter32 blocked] user. The user edits and interests are very similar. Also adding two more users because same edits interests and same arguing using bad language (see for example [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Qur%27an_on_infidels&action=history] this was the previous article title of the same article which was moved later to new title of article) [[User:어떤 자유 사회도 말을 두려워해서는 안 된다|어떤 자유 사회도 말을 두려워해서는 안 된다]] ([[User talk:어떤 자유 사회도 말을 두려워해서는 안 된다|talk]]) 21:55, 12 July 2021 (UTC) }}
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* This is a list of accounts that appear to be related and is not conclusive that they are the same user.
*{{stale}} MonsterHunter32
** {{checkuser|HaroldCoubs}}
*{{decline}} to comment on the IP
** {{checkuser|Matthewskelf}}
*{{moreinfo}} in the form of diffs for MonstrumVenandiXXXII & ZeGoyMan -- [[User talk:AmandaNP|<span style="color:white;background-color:#8A2DB8"><b>Amanda</b></span>]] <small>[[User:AmandaNP|(aka DQ)]]</small> 04:11, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
** {{checkuser|Davidmutle}}
** {{checkuser|Jeffreytwize}}
** {{checkuser|LouisSpaws}}
** {{checkuser|MiguelDot}}
** {{checkuser|RickeyExale}}
** {{checkuser|PatrickVop}}
** {{checkuser|LouisBuh}}
** {{checkuser|ThomasPiela}}
** {{checkuser|CharlesCourb}}
** {{checkuser|Davidurido}}
** {{checkuser|Andrewnaf}}
** {{checkuser|WilliamPauby}}
** {{checkuser|Williecoect}}
** {{checkuser|HaroldTit}}
** {{checkuser|Shanenit}}
** {{checkuser|RobertTiell}}
** {{checkuser|Noblevet}}
** {{checkuser|Jefferyamawn}}
** {{checkuser|StevenIntot}}
** {{checkuser|Williamsarge}}
** {{checkuser|Davidphils}}
** {{checkuser|Normanhag}}
** {{checkuser|JamesEtese}}
** {{checkuser|ThomasEnvef}}
** {{checkuser|Bradleybesia}}
** {{checkuser|RichardViora}}
** {{checkuser|TerryNeany}}
** {{checkuser|Dannyhig}}
** {{checkuser|AlvinDew}}
** {{checkuser|Millardalcox}}
** {{checkuser|BruceTeemi}}
** {{checkuser|RandallGep}}
** {{checkuser|JamesLIera}}
** {{checkuser|ShawnCarge}}
** {{checkuser|AnthonyUtipt}}
** {{checkuser|EdwardStida}}
** {{checkuser|ThomasJouby}}
** {{checkuser|ThomasTiefe}}
** {{checkuser|Bradleysloxy}}
** {{checkuser|Blakehog}}
** {{checkuser|ArmandFes}}
** {{checkuser|Stevensooth}}
** {{checkuser|JasonLoume}}
** {{checkuser|FabianOnese}}
** {{checkuser|Timothycip}}
** {{checkuser|Wallacebrole}}
** {{checkuser|DerrickSpize}}
** {{checkuser|Harrywal}}
** {{checkuser|CharlesPuche}}
** {{checkuser|AnthonyFouch}}
** {{checkuser|Josephencub}}
** {{checkuser|JoshuaPhell}}
** {{checkuser|PhillipVes}}
** {{checkuser|Prestontum}}
** {{checkuser|AnthonyNeple}}
** {{checkuser|Jimmymup}}
** {{checkuser|GerardoDurce}}
** {{checkuser|Jamesdoogs}}
** {{checkuser|Brettgam}}
** {{checkuser|EugeneWab}}
** {{checkuser|Glennaccub}}
** {{checkuser|KennethToP}}
** {{checkuser|MichaelEffom}}
** {{checkuser|EmeryTrolo}}
** {{checkuser|Lamarpaype}}
** {{checkuser|Robertzesse}}
** {{checkuser|StewartJat}}
** {{checkuser|Williesoymn}}
** {{checkuser|HaroldThept}}
** {{checkuser|BasilOvela}}
** {{checkuser|RubenInads}}
** {{checkuser|KelleyRef}}
** {{checkuser|DewayneTup}}
}}
}}
It seems like automated account creation. --[[User:Sotiale|Sotiale]] ([[User talk:Sotiale|talk]]) 01:20, 10 May 2024 (UTC)


:Any thoughts {{u|EPIC}}? They mostly seem like spambots to me, especially the ones with the capital letter starting the last name. [[User:Seawolf35|Seawolf35]] ([[User talk:Seawolf35|talk]]) 13:02, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you AmandaNP for the reply.
::Well, I'm not sure, I agree some of these do look like spambots at first glance, but I'm not sure either since many of these don't resemble the usual spambot pattern and there is nothing in the abuse log or spam blacklist log. As Sotiale mentioned, might be mass account creation? <b>[[User:EPIC|<span style="color:blue">EPIC</span>]] ([[User talk:EPIC|<span style="color:green">talk</span>]])</b> 13:08, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

:::Fair enough. [[User:Seawolf35|Seawolf35]] ([[User talk:Seawolf35|talk]]) 13:11, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
User:MonstrumVenandiXXXII is the exact translation of '''Monsterhunter32'''. <br> Monstrum = Monster<br> Venandi = Hunter<br>XXXII = 32

And the user is editing in the same topic areas.

But after looking more into this, it seems rather this is the sockpuppet TwoHorned/Xsaorapa impersonating an innocent user (MonsterHunter32). TwoHorned/Xsaorapa is a LTA sock who is indef blocked on multiple wikis and has a massive history of sockpuppetry and of impersonating other users. Please see the new case below. --[[User:어떤 자유 사회도 말을 두려워해서는 안 된다|어떤 자유 사회도 말을 두려워해서는 안 된다]] ([[User talk:어떤 자유 사회도 말을 두려워해서는 안 된다|talk]]) 23:03, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

=== Nikosrodos@el.wikivoyage ===
{{CU request
|status = <!--don't change this line-->
|language code = el
|project shortcut= voy
|user name1 = Nikosrodos
|user name2 = Tasosrodos
|user name3 = Oka with
|reason = All three accounts share the same spammish pattern. <span style="color:DarkRed;">ǁǁǁ</span> ǁ [[user:Chalk19|Chalk19]] ([[user_talk:Chalk19|talk]]) 20:33, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
}}

=== TwoHorned@en.wikiquote ===
{{CU request
|status = <!--don't change this line-->
|language code = en
|project shortcut= q
|user name1 = TwoHorned
|user name2 = Xsaorapa
|user name3 = ZeGoyMan
|user name4 = Sylvester Millner
|user name5 = JonMilkins
|user name6 = MonstrumVenandiXXXII
<!-- Max 10 users -->
|discussion = [[:w:en:Example]]<!-- local confirmation link / local policy link -->
|reason =

I added the case about User:MonstrumVenandiXXXII see above. User:MonstrumVenandiXXXII is the exact translation of '''Monsterhunter32'''. MonsterHunter32 is an editor who is inactive now and edited about similar topics like the socks. But after looking into details, it seems that another sockpuppet is using socks to impersonate MonsterHunter32, and that MonsterHunter32 is actually innocent. This means that the sockpuppet TwoHorned/Xsaorapa has been using socks to impersonate an innocent user MonsterHunter32. Actually TwoHorned/Xsaorapa has been using socks to impersonate other users previously, for example he used multiple socks to support his main sock on talkpages and even in a dispute resolution process, and he used socks to make fake OTRS claims while claiming that he is a third party.

TwoHorned is a LTA sock who is indef blocked on multiple wikis and has a massive history of sockpuppetry and of impersonating other users. TwoHorned is indef blocked on at least english wikipedia, french wikipedia and wikiquote and had sockpuppetry claims on other wikis.

Xsaorapa is one of the latest sockpuppets of TwoHorned and is indef blocked on wikiquote.

Xsaorapa has been checked several times here at Meta, by Wim b, Ruslik and Sotiale.

Here are some of the cases:
*[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Faux-nez/TwoHorned~frwiki frwiki]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_TwoHorned enwiki]
*[https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Pedidos_a_verificadores/Arquivo/2019/06#Feitoria ptwiki]
*[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Xsaorapa&prefix=Steward+requests%2FCheckuser&fulltext=Search+archives&fulltext=Search&ns0=1&ns12=1&ns200=1&ns202=1 Meta]
*[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Category:Suspected_Wikiquote_sockpuppets_of_Xsaorapa sockpuppets of Xsaorapa]

There is also this [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Xsaorapa_check an overview] of User TwoHorned.

To summarize some of the behavioural evidence showing that Xsaorapa is the sock of TwoHorned.
*Both socks have been using identical phrases, arguments, edits and have identical POVs
*Both socks are obsessed with Rene Guenon (+ both socks are concerned about '''exactly''' the same content about Evola on the Rene Guenon page)
*Both socks are obsessed with articles about Taqiya, Al-Fatiha, Quran (+ both socks are repeatedly deleting '''exactly''' the same content using same arguments and phrases)
*Both socks are obsessed with the same Jewish and Hindu scholars, especially those that write about Neoconservatism or Politics or about Islamism
*Both socks are obsessed with articles about Islamic terrorism and with anti-semitic conspiracy theories
*Both socks have identical behaviours, for example both socks are maintaining large sockfarms and using proxies for hiding socks
*Both socks have been claiming they are not socking and were later found out to be lying by the checkuser

and

*Several of the socks edit pages on Taqîya [https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mensonge&diff=prev&oldid=140275234] [https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mensonge&diff=prev&oldid=135552266] [https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial:Contributions/Bidibidibidi&offset=&limit=500&target=Bidibidibidi] [https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taq%C3%AEya&diff=prev&oldid=138311331] [https://fr.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=taqiya&diff=prev&oldid=26334678] [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Taqiyya&diff=prev&oldid=2422660]
*Both accounts are obsessed with Rene Guenon [https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Discussion_utilisateur:DDupard&diff=prev&oldid=160181523] [https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:Contribui%C3%A7%C3%B5es/Feitoria] [https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q496850&diff=prev&oldid=959956785] see above
*Several of the sock accounts were editing the Al-Fatiha ‎ article. [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sp%C3%A9cial:Contributions/feitoria] [https://sigma.toolforge.org/usersearch.py?name=Betapictoris&page=Al-Fatiha&server=frwiki&max=] [https://sigma.toolforge.org/usersearch.py?name=Bidibidibidi&page=Al-Fatiha&max=500&server=frwiki] and both socks edit a lot on the Quran articles [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Qur%27an_on_non-Muslims&action=history] [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Quran&action=history]
**At Al-Fatiha, Feitoria several times deletes content from the Taguieff source [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sp%C3%A9cial:Contributions/feitoria], the same content is deleted several times with identical arguments (and using identical phrases) by [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion_utilisateur:Betapictoris Betapictoris] who is a confirmed sock of TwoHorned [https://sigma.toolforge.org/usersearch.py?name=Betapictoris&page=Al-Fatiha&server=frwiki&max=] [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion:Al-Fatiha]. This was already pointed out at one of the frwiki SPI.
*Both write about Ibn Warraq [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Ibn_Warraq&diff=prev&oldid=58817920] [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Ibn_Warraq&diff=2434395&oldid=2419927] [https://sigma.toolforge.org/usersearch.py?name=TwoHorned&page=Talk%3AIbn_Warraq&server=enwiki&max=] [https://sigma.toolforge.org/usersearch.py?name=TwoHorned&page=Ibn_Warraq&max=500&server=enwiki] (both argue that he is not a philosopher or humanist)
*Both write about Jewish relations [https://sigma.toolforge.org/usersearch.py?name=TwoHorned&page=India%E2%80%93Israel_relations&server=enwiki&max=] [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Islamic%E2%80%93Jewish_relations&diff=2824063&oldid=2805614] and secularism [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Secularism_in_India&diff=prev&oldid=369334802] [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Secularism_in_India&diff=2872968&oldid=2872805]

Below are some diffs, more can be added, that show that these new socks are socks of TwoHorned/Xsaorapa.

*Sylvester Millner:
this user is adding an external link that is promoting genocide denial of the [[w:1971 Bangladesh genocide|1971 Bangladesh genocide]]. This genocide was committed by the Pakistani army against the Bengali population. Three million people died in the genocide (there are different estimates of the death toll, but as with other genocides, there are also genocide deniers, especially among some hardline Pakistanis). TwoHorned/Xsaorapa seems to have created a sock just to add an external link promoting genocide denial.
TwoHorned/Xsaorapa has been accused by other users of radical fundamentalist and apologist pov pushing and genocide trivialization.
[https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Bangladesh_Liberation_War&diff=2805816&oldid=2622536 Here Xsaorapa added the npov tag] to the same article, presumably because the hardline Pakistani (or genocide denial) viewpoint is missing.

*ZeGoyMan:
this user is defaming an author, and also removing content about this author.
This is typical of TwoHorned/Xsaorapa who has been doing exactly the same to the same author and to many people who hold similar views such as Daniel Pipes. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=197495745 TwoHorned] [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Spencer&diff=2907195&oldid=2868109 a confirmed sock, see previous SPI at Meta]
See also this comment [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=2431952] [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=2431977] by another user
See also [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_B._Spencer&diff=prev&oldid=730418430] [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Spencer&diff=prev&oldid=2907195] [https://sigma.toolforge.org/usersearch.py?name=TwoHorned&page=Robert+B.+Spencer&server=enwiki&max=]
Also the rearranging of quotes is typical

*JonMilkins:
Here [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=2431952] [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=2431977] another user noted how '''Xsaorapa's censorship of quotes is often camouflaged''': for example [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Islam&diff=prev&oldid=2426117 here] he deletes a quote by [[Christopher Hitchens]], doesn't say anything in the edit summary, and at the same time adds other material so no one notices the removal.
This is exactly what JonMilkins is doing in his edits [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Dentistry&diff=prev&oldid=2972699] [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_Iqbal&diff=prev&oldid=2979864] (there are more examples in the short edit history)

The user is also deleting references (of authors and views he doesn't like), another typical behaviour [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_Shafi_Deobandi&diff=prev&oldid=2972717 deletes Bostom from the references]

Also the rearranging of quotes (while at the same time deleting some content, see the comment about camouflaging) and the adding of NPOV or cleanup tags is typical [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Islam_and_war&diff=prev&oldid=2975998]

*MonstrumVenandiXXXII:
Here [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=2431952] [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=2431977] another user noted how '''Xsaorapa's censorship of quotes is often camouflaged''': for example [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Islam&diff=prev&oldid=2426117 here] he deletes a quote by [[Christopher Hitchens]], doesn't say anything in the edit summary, and at the same time adds other material so no one notices the removal.
This is exactly what MonstrumVenandiXXXII is doing in his edits [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Mahatma_Gandhi&diff=prev&oldid=2980583] (there are more examples in the short edit history)

The user is also deleting references (of authors and views he doesn't like), another typical behaviour.

Also see the edit histories of these articles, MonstrumVenandiXXXII has returned to the same articles and topics typical of his previous socks.

Also the rearranging of quotes (while at the same time deleting some content, see the comment about camouflaging) and the adding of NPOV or cleanup tags is typical [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Slavery_in_India&type=revision&diff=2974167&oldid=2914471][https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Slavery_in_India&diff=2805709&oldid=2776815]

[[User:어떤 자유 사회도 말을 두려워해서는 안 된다|어떤 자유 사회도 말을 두려워해서는 안 된다]] ([[User talk:어떤 자유 사회도 말을 두려워해서는 안 된다|talk]]) 23:43, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
}}

=== 愛思考得豬@zh.wikipedia ===
{{CU request
|status =
|language code = zh
|project shortcut = w
|user name1 = 愛思考得豬
|user name2 = 不爱思考的鸡
|user name3 = 不爱思考的猪
|user name4 = 不爱思考的狗
|user name5 = 不爱思考的牛
|discussion = [[:w:zh:Wikipedia:元維基用戶查核請求#愛思考得豬]]
|reason = These impersonating accounts were created over short time, and we're quite sure they are existing LTAs. But, we still want to know if they are [[:w:zh:LTA:QCHM]] or [[:w:zh:LTA:HMGY]]. Thank you. For previous checks on HMGY, please see [[Steward_requests/Checkuser/2021-05#哈密瓜油@zh.wikipedia]]. --[[User:Super Wang|''<span style="color:forestgreen;">Super</span>'']] [[User talk:Super Wang|''<span style="color:dodgerblue;">Wang</span>'']] ([[special:CentralAuth/Super Wang|Chinese Wikimedian since 2009]]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;Greetings from [[w:Dalian|Dalian]]) 08:57, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
}}

=== Windy8786@zh.wikipedia ===
{{CU request
|status = <!--don't change this line-->
|language code = zh
|project shortcut = w
|user name1 = Windy8786
|user name2 = Jacky8931
|user name3 = Brucechen0857
|user name4 = 阿于
|user name5 = 秋月若水子
|discussion = [[:w:zh:Wikipedia:元維基用戶查核請求#Windy8786]]
|reason = Windy8786, Jacky8931 and 阿于 created several articles about [[:w:zh:南京|Nanjing]] again and again that violate copyright and do not suit the style of Wikipedia, and they have been blocked as ducked socks. We suspect that Brucechen0857 is a sock of them. But since they do not have contributions that are not deleted, we cannot duck it. Some also suspect 秋月若水子, which cannot be ducked because their edits focus on a different city (and is removed because of copyright violations). Thus we need a CU to check their identity. [[User:Itcfangye|Itcfangye]] ([[User talk:Itcfangye|talk]]) 19:00, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
}}
**{{Reply|Itcfangye}}基本复制自百度百科，另外有些页面被G13（快速删除标准G13：粗劣翻译）了（They're created page was '''from the BaiduBaike'''. And some page was SpeedyDeleted because the translate was VERY BAD.）。--[[User:CreeperDigital1903|CreeperDigital1903]] ([[User talk:CreeperDigital1903|talk]]) 14:34, 18 July 2021 (UTC)


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CharlesCourb (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser)
HaroldCoubs (contr · deleted · block · log · block log · CA · guc · checkuser · lwcheckuser)
Reason(s): Likely spambots all registered as part of a big group. See new user log on this project. Seawolf35 (talk) 23:54, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like automated account creation. --Sotiale (talk) 01:20, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Any thoughts EPIC? They mostly seem like spambots to me, especially the ones with the capital letter starting the last name. Seawolf35 (talk) 13:02, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'm not sure, I agree some of these do look like spambots at first glance, but I'm not sure either since many of these don't resemble the usual spambot pattern and there is nothing in the abuse log or spam blacklist log. As Sotiale mentioned, might be mass account creation? EPIC (talk) 13:08, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. Seawolf35 (talk) 13:11, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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