Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Greenthc57/Archive

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Very similar editing patterns: enough small edits to get autoconfirmed, followed by work on Tim Cooper (academic) (at the time in draft space) and an overuse of the minor edit box. Note that said draft was originally created by another editor, whom I'm leaving out of this report because they have not made any edits since 2018. Their involvement is relevant, however, as they disclose that they are engaging in paid editing in their first edit to the page. signed,Rosguill talk 19:39, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * Since the master is stale and CU is off the table I'm leaning towards blocking for likely UPE and socking, but would appreciate a second opinion. signed,Rosguill talk 19:53, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Adding a note, Greenthc57 has since disclosed on my talk page that they are Tim Cooper, which somewhat changes the situation. I'm following up to see if they are aware of Casa del mundo's editing. signed,Rosguill talk 15:50, 28 October 2020 (UTC)


 * - moving to "on hold" pending 's inquiry. GeneralNotability (talk) 15:47, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, I think sock is unlikely from a behavior standpoint, though MEAT is always possible. GeneralNotability (talk) 15:49, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , Casa del mundo just made an edit to deny COI after my paid inquiry, is that enough to run a CU check? signed,Rosguill talk 15:55, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Given the edit summary at Special:Permalink/823320991, I think we have enough for a check given 3 different people would have had to edit it at this point that are connected to/are this person. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:03, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It's possible there is a connection between the two, but given the country, I am limited in my assessment. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:07, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, Matt Shapley and Greenthc57 (eventually) properly disclosed their relationships. Casa del mundo, however, is fitting a typical UPE behavior pattern - a bunch of minor edits to gain AC followed by moving the draft to mainspace. I'll hold a little longer to see if they fess up to having a COI, but I'm inclined to block as UPE. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:16, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , I'm working through old cases, so I took a look at this. I don't see any explanation for Casa's edit history (which includes three separate draft->mainspace moves) other than UPE.  I've gone ahead and blocked on that basis. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:05, 16 November 2020 (UTC)