Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hal Clyde/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

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My suspicions were aroused for two reasons. Both editors are very interested in the List of Finance Companies in Jaipur. Haitypicky started it (Special:PermaLink/982801207); Fedderlloyds substantially expanded it after it was nominated at AfD. And their user pages are substantially identical: Fedderlloyds; Haitypicky. I'm thinking some WP:UPE related to the finance industry in India. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 15:12, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * They are related. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:11, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'd agree this appears to be sockpuppetry, except for one thing - no temporal overlap. The accounts have not been active at the same time, and the master does not appear to be under scrutiny or sanctions. I'm going to drop a uw-agf-sock on both, let's see what they have to say. Certainly possible that they're UPE, though. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:16, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * They said The case of me operating multiple accounts, or coordinating editing with people outside Wikipedia is simply coincidental since I recently have started using my friend's laptop, who had an account on Wikipedia. He assured me that his account is blocked from editing, so nothing to worry about.. Color me skeptical. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:44, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , I'm not sure which account said that, but I would AGF that the friend no longer wants to use that account, and intends that it is blocked. So, go ahead and block it. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:22, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not convinced these are separate people. I also found a new old account in CU that is spam blocked. The overlap of exact same popular UAs, the IP differentiation (which suggests this wasn't just going to a friends house knowing how the area is usually allocated), and the maintenance type edits tell me this is the same user. Blocking and closing. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 19:00, 27 October 2020 (UTC)