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28 April 2016

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The sockmaster edits a narrow range of subjects, mainly related to Karen Sparks, her family, and their business interests. Motivation for sock puppetry has been to conceal COI editing and influence AfD discussions.

The.sparrowhawk has voted "keep" in the currently open Karen_Sparks_(2nd_nomination) AfD discussion. The.sparrowhawk also voted against the 2015 deletion of the same article, after 104.158.158.73's attempted. The article was created by Beaverbrookottawa.

Following an inconclusive COIN discussion regarding Brookstreet Hotel and Protecode in September 2011, the Andy.w.sparks account became inactive. That discussion also noted suspicions of sock puppetry, but it was never followed up. The edit history of Andy.w.sparks, The.sparrowhawk, Modernplato, and 70.25.224.66 - particularly the timeline in September 2011 - indicates they are the same person. However, edits to Protecode and access to the 70.25.224.66 IP appear to have ended in October 2011. Beaverbrookottawa arrived in 2012, though most editing has been done logged out, from a series of dynamic IPs (24.52.251.201, 24.212.160.243, etc.) until 104.158.158.73 became active in 2015.

Current editing is primarily from Beaverbrookottawa and 104.158.158.73, though The.sparrowhawk still makes the odd appearance to argue against AfD, create an article for a friend of dubious notability, or help with other chores... compare and the next day,. -- IamNotU (talk) 03:04, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

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 * - CAn we compare to ?  Vanjagenije   (talk)  22:37, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * The.sparrowhawk and Beaverbrookottawa are ✅. Blocked with no tags.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:49, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I also blocked one IP. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:45, 29 April 2016 (UTC)