Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Carynannharlos/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
User has declared herself to be the same person, Caryn Ann Harlos (the secretary of the US Libertarian Party),. She previously caused a COI storm over at her own BLP and is now doing the same at Libertarian Party of Idaho. On Twitter, she has directed her followers to "shame" Wikipedia editors who disagree with her, and said "It's a progressive tool. That f****** article has hurt my job prospects so help me however you can" , and "I'll win but it'll take time." . Clearly WP:NOTHERE and trying to avoid scrutiny by creating a new account for this latest dispute. ― Tartan357  Talk 16:46, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * There's not been a temporal overlap (no more than one account was ever active at a time). The user may have simply forgot their password, which is not an illegitimate use of multiple accounts. However, I believe it warrants administrative review in relation to COI editing and the user / username asserting that this user is a well known person and I will mark it as such. . Jack Frost (talk) 20:16, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't think there's any question that the same person controls both accounts. The real question is, why? The first account hasn't been blocked or anything, so I can't see any need to create a new account unless, like you suggested, the user forgot their password or something along those lines. I've posed a question on the user's talk page, let's see if they respond.  —&#8288;Scotty Wong &#8288;— 03:08, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The user quickly responded and confirmed that they are the same person controlling both accounts. As you guessed, they forgot their password, and lost access to the email address used to register the old account. So, this appears to be a legitimate alternate account. Just to be safe, I blocked User:Carynannharlos. Closing this SPI.  —&#8288;Scotty Wong &#8288;— 03:33, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much. I appreciate your assistance.CAHarlos (talk) 03:57, 9 September 2022 (UTC)