Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Australianresearch1/Archive

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Suspected master, User:Australianresearch1 was blocked for persistent policy violation regarding COI, paid editing and etc. This user was also highlighted for the creation and expansion of Soprano Design, now currently on AfD discussion.

Suspected IP sock puppet resumed editing on Soprano Design, and SPA-voted on article AfD. Optakeover (U)(T)(C) 07:46, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
 * IP attempted to impersonate another user in their AfD vote; see, putting Teraplane's name in their sig. Optakeover (U)(T)(C) 07:53, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

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 * - CU will not link a named user to an IP. Cabayi (talk) 07:54, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
 * - Blatant sock. Please block the IP for a week (to cover the remainder of the AFD). Cabayi (talk) 07:56, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Done. -- RoySmith (talk) 11:41, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

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This looks like a clear sock (or meatpuppet), re-creating the AfD-deleted Soprano Design in a new Draft:Soprano Design Limited as almost verbatim copy (including previous "dead link" tags and "missing title" issues, see ref #2). GermanJoe (talk) 11:05, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

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 * Blocked, tagged, G5, closing. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:29, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

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Recreating Soprano Design as Soprano Design Limited which are nearly identical. Praxidicae (talk) 14:46, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * Also, Master account created Draft:Richard Favero. New account adds Richard Favero to articles.

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
per WP:DUCK. seems appropriate -- this is the second new account in two weeks. — Cactus Writer (talk) 17:02, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
 * West8219 is ✅ to Australianresearch1 with no additional accounts visible on the ranges used by any of the accounts so far. ST47 (talk) 21:58, 2 December 2019 (UTC)