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Editor experience invitation

Hi LR.127. I'm looking for experienced editors to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 04:45, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate the invitation, but I'll wait several months before I'll comfortably consider myself experienced! :-) Cheers. LR.127 (talk) 04:54, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. Feel free to pitch in whenever you're comfortable then :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 04:57, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Proxying

Please familiarize yourself with Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TotalTruthTeller24 if you're going to be creating redirects to fictional works. This sock puppet is habitually using WP:AFC/R to recruit people to proxy edit. What happens is one account creates a redirect (or requests that a redirect be created), and then another accounts comes by to create an article at the redirect. This is done to evade blocks on the sock puppets as we find them and avoid scrutiny on their disruptive edits. If you can report the sock puppets to the investigations page I linked above instead of helping them, it would make the administrators' job easier. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 14:50, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciate the notice - I'm not familiar with how sockpuppet investigations go on Wikipedia; could you explain to me what's happening on this case (and the technical terms like clerks and CheckUsers)? Cheers :-). LR.127 (talk) 14:58, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TotalTruthTeller24 (TTT24) was blocked several years ago. They continued editing through numerous sock puppet accounts, evading our blocks, and continuing to make the same disruptive edits. Reporting people to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations (SPI) is pretty easy. You can just follow the prompts at "How to open an investigation". However, some people prefer to use Twinkle. I personally don't think it's any easier, but I seem to be outvoted on this issue.

CheckUsers are administrators who can see the IP addresses underneath accounts. For example, if my IP address happened to be 192.168.0.1, I'd be able to see that and block it. There are a few other things that CheckUsers can access, too, but they're not really important.

Clerks are normal users (or sometimes administrators) who assist CheckUsers in the maintenance of SPI. Clerks can tag cases for Checkuser review, and they're usually the ones who give a final look at the case before it's archived.

Some people find identifying sock puppets difficult. I collected a few thoughts, which might help. TTT24 in particular tends to bulk create a bunch of redirects on some fictional work. Many of the redirects are characters, but major story lines, episodes, or spinoffs might also be targeted. I guess I'd say that TTT24 treats Wikipedia like it's Wikia/Fandom. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:17, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]