Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Albin Schmitt/Archive

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A one sentence page (Strippergate (Israel)) recently created by Schmitt, a new editor (joined in August 2017, has made 247 (Semi-)automated edits and 334  Edits with summaries,) was brought to AfD. Schmitt, using the same account but now signing himself  A P S , immediately opposed deletion with 2 comments that show familiarity with the AfD process , ,  and this angry and inappropriate accusation. A few days later, with the AfD attended by only a handful of editors, this single-edit IP shows up with an edit demonstrating familiarity with WP and AfD. . What is making me suspicious here is the intemperance combined with the deep familiarity with Wikipedia lingo and with AfD on the part of a new editor. E.M.Gregory (talk) 16:36, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

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 * I see the suspicious similarity of the IP's edit to earlier editing on the AfD page by Albin Schmitt. Having said that, though, I'm hesitant to call sockpuppetry or intervene in an ongoing AfD based on only one edit.  Any damage to the AfD process that might be caused by this IP edit is probably counterbalanced by the "few or no other edits outside this topic" flag placed there, which will probably cause closers to give far less weight to the comment.  Any other thoughts here?  If not, I'm inclined to just ignore this incident unless it escalates.  —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 06:54, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Closing per Richwales's comment. Bbb23 (talk) 20:22, 21 January 2018 (UTC)