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Minolatte

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

10 March 2025

Suspected sockpuppets

PumpkinSeeker (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
InfinityThinker (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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All 3 of these users have very recently been adding a bunch of random (albeit unsourced) lists, such as previous slogans and previous owners/presidents, to various articles about Korean companies, including LG Chem, Yuhan, and POSCO International, among several others. There is also a noticeable pattern with their edit summaries, which usually consist of phrases such as "Add Past Officers," [1] "add Governance Structure," [2] and "Add Affiliates," [3] among other similar phrases.

Additionally, InfinityThinker and PumpkinSeeker were created just 5 minutes apart, as InfinityThinker was created at 7:09 (UTC) on March 10, 2025, [4] and PumpkinSeeker was created at 7:14 (UTC) on March 10, 2025. [5]

After not editing for four days, Minolatte resumed their editing just 15 and 10 minutes after these accounts were made respectively, at 7:24 (UTC). [6] ProClasher97 ~ Have A Question? 09:14, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

I checked because I suspected this might be a sleeper farm; somewhat to my surprise, I didn't find any, and CU only makes them Possible to one another. I do agree that the behaviour is pretty conclusive, though. What I can't figure out is why they're doing what they're doing (the edits aren't great, but also not abusive), so I'd like a 2O on how to proceed. --Blablubbs (talk) 19:34, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Given the CU results, seems reasonably likely to me that there is off-wiki co-ordinating involved of the non-nefarious variety, ie, three people all learning how to edit wikipedia together. It doesn't look like anyone's ever spoken to them. I'll hand out welcomes and warn them about making minor edits that aren't minor. -- asilvering (talk) 23:42, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like warnings/welcomes have been meted out - not much more to do here imo. NativeForeigner ^Talk 06:20, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'll close this without further action for now; if anything concerning pops up in the future, we can revisit. --Blablubbs (talk) 15:03, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]