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Suspected sockpuppets



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Possible sockmaster made several edits to colleges in Louisiana (specifically Louisiana-Lafaytette.) He's been reverted by another user a couple of times here is one. this is the second time the sockmaster reverted back to the way they wished. The first IP made this edit a short time ago. The way this school is notated has been hotly debated as evidenced by its talk page, but it doesn't seem to be a coincidence that these two IP's would be performing the same edits on the same article, especially since the possible sockmaster account has only edited on certain schools in Louisiana. I know IP's can't be linked to accounts, but this seems suspicious to me. See this for a talk page conversation between the possible master and another user. Also, see this as another editor advised them to look at the sock policy. Spf121188 (talk) 22:05, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * This is tough, because, as you acknowledge, clearly this is an issue a number of people affiliated with the university care about. In such cases, one usually expects a fairly high standard of evidence to show sockpuppetry as opposed to the default hypothesis of similar POVs. Now, the timing counts for that to a degree here, but isn't dispositive. On its own. Even if it's not a coincidence, it may be off-wiki coördination rather than socking—also something we don't allow, but something we're usually a bit more understanding of than of outright socking. What I think the best way forward is: . Please semi-protect for 2 weeks due to disruptive logged-out editing. If Cjm8461 continues to edit-war solo, that can be handled as a standard edit-warring matter. If a new account pops up to join them, then we can revisit this on more solid ground. (Oh, FWIW, the two IPs both geolocate to Lafayette, on two different networks, which could be interpreted both as evidence of socking or as evidence not, depending how you look at it.)  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 06:23, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Semi-protection applied, two weeks. Closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  09:47, 8 February 2022 (UTC)