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02 November 2022

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Suspected sockpuppets

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Very similar office hours timecards, except Shelbyhoward423 which is similar but wider. The second batch all signed up early April 2021. All current links to medium.com/startup-studio-insider were added by Shelbyhoward423 [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] and Upside WikiWriter [15]. Leaving gnoming aside, there's significant overlap on Max Polyakov, Gettr/Jason Miller (communications strategist), Newsmax/Newsmax TV, and John Gore (theatre producer)/John Gore Organization. MarioGom (talk) 22:54, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also added Joaquinranz, which is probably stale, and has a lower edit count, but has a somewhat similar timecard and significant overlap. MarioGom (talk) 22:57, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

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  •  In progress - Girth Summit (blether) 10:39, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • OK - this is in  Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely) territory for me. Most of these accounts only have a handful of non-stale edits, so there isn't a lot to go on, but here's what I see: Joaquinranz is indeed stale. All of the others use the same UA as one another, but it's a fairly common one. They're using a number of different IP ranges, all geolocating to two fairly nearby places - some show edits from both places, some just from one or the other. All of them except for Clare Jackson have overlapped on the same wide range (an IPv6 /32); Clare Jackson's only non-stale edit is on a different IP, but it geolocates to the same place. Some behavoural evaluation would be needed to be confident. Girth Summit (blether) 10:57, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pink clock Awaiting administrative action - I've spent some time looking at this and I'm convinced that these are all WP:MEAT for the same UPE operation, if not the same person. The combination of the username pattern, consistent overlap on obscure subjects that have nothing to do with each other, CU results and timecards seems highly unlikely to be a coincidence. Please block all listed accounts indefinitely as suspected sockpuppets of each other. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 16:19, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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