Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Eiko237/Archive

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This almost certainly a WP:MEAT case rather than a socking case but something is pretty blatanly up. Eiko237 started out as JamesBellArt and created Leo Lebeau, his name matches not only an associate producer of LeBeau's but also updates the website for one of LeBeau's short films [ex here. Eiko237 is denying a COI despite what appears to be pretty clear evidence. After Lebeau's article was nominated for deletion, Stuhunter83 and LindaSaunders entered the frame. Both editors started editing at the same time in early March and made their most substantial edits in the AfD, both contributing in long paragraphs where they both attacked the motives and integrity of other editors (mostly myself as I was the only one to counter argue for a while) and made sweeping statements that arguments to delete were "not factual" despite the fact that the article has virtually no reliable sourcing. What's interesting is that I asked an admin (Bearcat) to review the sourcing I was accused of discrediting, and after he added his opinion/an admin got involved Eiko237, Stuhunter83, LindaSaunders immediately disengaged from the AfD that they had been so heatedly involved in and have not edited since. Around this time LeeArran64 decided to make their first edit in THIRTEEN YEARS, making two quick edits and voting in one AfD before deciding to completely remove any COI concerns from both the Lebeau article [talk page and the article itself and then giving another non-policy grounded keep vote while referencing non-applicable policies. There is just too much coincidence for there not to be any connection between these editors. [[User:GPL93|GPL93]] (talk) 00:57, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * - there is absolutely something fishy here, they're all following the standard "disguise targeted AfD participation with a handful of random edits and !voting on a couple AfDs" playbook. The LeeArran64 reactivation is also "sus," as the kids say. I'd appreciate a CU here. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:00, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
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 * LeeArran64 confirmed, others suspected. Closing. The SandDoctor  Talk 07:32, 18 April 2021 (UTC)