| Wikilifespan | February 2009 (or earlier) to present |
|---|---|
| Known hostmasks | 255.255.0.0/16 confirmed with checkuser and blocked; 255.255.255.0/24 reported |
| Sockpuppet investigations | Wexperts, Jeremy112233, Rudra.shukla |
| Instructions | Suspected 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. |
| Status | Active |
Basic information[edit]
WikiExperts say they were founded in 2010 by Alex Konanykhin. Domain shows up at Internet Archive December, 2010: "Everybody can change your Wikipedia profile. That’s why you should be able to monitor the articles that relate to your brand and products. WikiExperts handles this task for you, protecting your online reputation."
Community ban[edit]
Owners, employees, contractors, etc. associated with WikiExperts were community banned 17 October 2013 here. The motive was largely based on the CEO's response to a Signpost op-ed in which the CEO said that the company would not abide by Wikipedia's Terms of Service by disclosing all (in fact, any) of the accounts they use.
Confirmed and suspected accounts[edit]
- Known accounts/associates
- Wexperts 27 June 2009 - presumed connected; 3 confirmed socks tagged including Wiki Experts
- Camper-mann 7 February 2009 - presumed connected
- AKonanykhin 21 November 2010 - presumed connected
- Eclipsed/1Wiki8Q5G7FviTHBac3dx8HhdNYwDVstR - declared connected
- Jeremy112233 11 January 2012; 29 confirmed or suspected socks tagged
- In fusion productions 22 September 2006
- Special:Contributions/Chris troutman self-disclosed his 2013 editing on 8 July 2014, no reason to think there has been interaction since then
- User:Salamuddin Z. Shaikh / WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Rudra.shukla/Archive
- Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Caroline A. Murphy merged
Notes
- this administrator's note along with this attest that OTRS evidence definitively links Jeremy112233 to WikiExperts
- In fusion productions is Jeremy112233's acknowledged earlier account. COIN archive 72 has evidence that owner of In Fusion Productions became COO of Wikiexperts. Same individual wrote a book about McGill Law Journal.
- Suspected accounts/IPs
- Special:Contributions/Jdr123, created Alex Konanykhin & Delivery4tip
- 65.92.158.227 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) McGill Law Journal editor interspersed with In fusion productions (article creator) until Jeremy112233 started editing
- 65.92.213.10 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
- 67.68.20.58 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
- 132.206.96.190 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
- 132.216.86.7 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
- 132.216.86.41 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
- 132.216.86.71 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
- 132.216.86.149 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
- 132.216.86.181 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
- 132.216.86.188 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
- 132.216.86.203 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
- Special:Contributions/ProductOfMyEnvironment, listed in Jeremy112233 SPI but stale
- Special:Contributions/Caroline A. Murphy either a contractor or persona (notiontechnologies.com)
- Sarahbriggs89 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (Rudra.shukla)
- Kate A. Steel persona?
- Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Kranthi1990 possible