Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kois Georgios: Difference between revisions

07 December 2025

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Suspected sockpuppets

Kois Georgios was registered on 11 July 2024 in the English Wikipedia (29 June 2024 in Wiki as a whole); whereas the suspected sockpuppet, Wikcomposer, was registered on 7 November 2025. Both have only made a few dozen edits, and the overlap (EIA) and similarity in edits establish a definitive connection in my opinion. I was certain of a connection for many weeks now, but hadn’t moved forward with an SPI report because I thought the individual had dropped their original account (User:Kois Georgios) and chosen to edit exclusively with User:Wikcomposer; prior to KG resurfacing on 2 December, there was a pause in activity since 17 October, which predates the registration of Wikcomposer on 7 November. The latter seems to have been created for legitimate reasons, with Kois Georgios appearing to be the individual’s real name. However, they followed with edits in the Greek Wikipedia on 30 November, even after the registration of Wikcomposer, and they had no problem disclosing the same name on their userpage (diff1, diff2), before removing it again (diff). Furthermore, the fact that KG resurfaced on 2 December to restore the same unsourced information as Wikcomposer did in the same page – essentially edit warring – clearly constitutes an illegitimate use. Check the following diffs in the page List of Aromanian settlements, which were filtered to show similarity of edits and edit warring:

• Kois Georgios: They added [[Platanos, Aetolia-Acarnania|Klepa]] and an alternative caption for an image.

• Demetrios1993: I removed these additions for lacking verifiability and being redundant, respectively.

• Wikcomposer: They added the same [[Platanos, Aetolia-Acarnania|Klepa]] and alternative caption as KG did before. Furthermore, they also added [[Thermo, Greece|Chrysovitsa]] ({{langx|rup|Valcea}}) and [[Thermo, Greece|Kokkinovrysi]] ({{langx|rup|Cusina}}), which they will be relevant later.

• Demetrios1993: I removed numerous items added by Wikcomposer for lacking verifiability; WP:CIRCULAR aside, the linked articles didn’t support them either. My removals included the aforementioned items of “Chrysovitsa” and “Kokkinovrysi”.

• Wikcomposer: They restored [[Chrysovitsa Trichonidas]] ({{langx|rup|Valcea}}), again with no sources, and a red link this time.

• Kois Georgios: KG resurfaces following the registration of Wikcomposer just to restore edits performed by the latter; I am referring to the aforementioned [[Thermo, Greece|Chrysovitsa Trichonidas]] ({{langx|rup|Valcea}}) and [[Thermo, Greece|Kokkinovrysi]] ({{langx|rup|Cusina}}).

I should also note that, with a single exception (diff), neither KG nor Wikcomposer have written an edit summary or posted in a talk page, to maybe try and explain their edits or position. I am primarily requesting CU to see if there are any other associated accounts lying around. – Demetrios1993 (talk) 14:50, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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