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recreated Noorin Shereef with almost the same order of sources (metromatinee - > imdb etc) Praxidicae (talk) 17:20, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * Both accounts have definitely created the same article, Noorin Shereef. However, the text and content is very different between the two, and the only same sources they both listed in their latest edits before deletion occurred (metromatinee, IMdB) seem common. While some of the other references listed are from the same publisher, none appear to be the same references (other than the two mentioned). This creation of the same person seems suspicious from the get-go, sure... but the information and content all seem different. This is worth a deeper look, but I question whether or not the evidence presented is enough, and to where sock puppetry can be confidently asserted and hence administrative action justifiable. I don't feel that it's enough, which is why I'm holding off on taking action. If another admin could take a look and ping me in your comment and with your thoughts and whether you feel there is enough evidence or not and why you believe this, I would highly appreciate it. :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   06:15, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Leaving it for you,, but this reeks of paid promotional editing to me. Both accounts have been involved in mass-creation of stubby articles on non-notable Indian actors, which is a spammy topic from the get-go and might suggest that it's two editors being hired by the same agencies, but spam nonetheless. (Talk/Edits) 19:40, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Ivanvector - Sure, I understand. What are your thoughts? Do you think there's enough evidence to SPI block?  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:21, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
 * If you're looking for another opinion, I'd say paid promotion for sure, but it's a stretch to say these two specific accounts must be socks. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 21 October 2019 (UTC)


 * I'm closing without action on the sockpuppetry, since I think it's different people based on the behavioral evidence, but other action may be appropriate wrt MEAT/NOTHERE/etc. if the user resumes editing. Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 22:31, 21 October 2019 (UTC)