Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bfrasure/Archive

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The names of these two accounts are too similar to be a coincidence. Also, the junior account has only edited articles on Tom Tayback, which are also being edited by the senior account. The overlap between the two accounts appears intended to confuse. Robert McClenon (talk) 07:08, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

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Aren't sock-masters & their socks, usually blocked? GoodDay (talk) 16:23, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - I've asked about their connection to the other account on their talk page. Spicy (talk) 02:22, 28 October 2021 (UTC)


 * @Spicy My guess is we're never going to hear from them. If it's OK with you, what I'd like to do is block them both and if they ever feel like talking, we could pick up the conversation as an unblock request. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:48, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
 * , well, my thoughts were that considering that the usernames are pretty much the same, it looks more like cluelessness than an attempt at deceptive sockpuppetry. There seems to be a lot of COI editing going on, but as far as I can tell, no one's ever actually told them that they shouldn't be doing that. In the absence of a response I think I'd lean towards blocking the sock account and letting the master off with a stern warning about COI/promotional editing and use of multiple accounts. I don't feel particularly strongly either way, though. User:Bfrasure/Tom_Tayback and User:Blkfrasure/Colten_Cowell_Foundation are arguably spammy enough to merit a block on their own. Spicy (talk) 18:59, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
 * OK, I've blocked Blkfrasure. I'll let you handle the stern warning stuff. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:03, 5 November 2021 (UTC)


 * They've requested an unblock (with a decent explanation); I've commented there. Nothing more to do at SPI, the rest can be handled through the unblock process. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 23:14, 5 November 2021 (UTC)