Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Harwoodb/Archive

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All three have created extremely promotional pages for the company IT Partners, Inc. Compare the original version of Draft:IT Partners (created by suspected sockmaster), User:BHAWUSER/sandbox, and User:USERequired/sandbox. They share a very similar set of (refbombed) references, and they even all have the same grammar error: "Qlik, whom delivers intuitive platform solutions" (emphasis mine). The articles do have some content differences between them, but they were clearly all based on the same source text.

I have two possible explanations here. Explanation 1 is sockpuppetry, for fairly obvious reasons. Since there are a surprising number of differences between the drafts, explanation 2 is paid editing - multiple editors were given the same outline, talking points, and set of refs, and we have three slightly different results. Requesting CU to differentiate between the two. creffett (talk) 02:03, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Added the now-blocked Harwoodbr - blocked for advertising IT Partners and pretty clear name similarity to sockmaster. I recognize that it's stale for CU, just adding for completeness. creffett (talk) 02:06, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * Harwoodbr is, rest are ✅. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 14:12, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
 * puts the G5 date at 08:12, 12 October 2019. Cabayi (talk) 07:39, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
 * . Closing. Cabayi (talk) 07:44, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

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Metaversespiderpig is just one of a series of accounts that has worked on Spire Institute and Academy. All of the editors on this account seem to have adopted the exact same habits of moving the page from Draft to main space despite AFC declines. , this is just the latest one! Salimfadhley

Metaversepiderpig is a newly created account. This user seems to have have made a series of low quality edits like this just the bare minimum to get autoconfirmed, and then they moved the page.

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 * - for training --Jack Frost (talk) 01:03, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Added for comparison. They all stood out in the page history of Spire Institute and Academy. --Jack Frost (talk) 01:20, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I am happy that these are all the same editor. All already blocked, and all but Metaversespiderpig are stale. However there is a noticable gap between the block of Snownocure and the creation of Metaversespiderpig, and we're up to 7 accounts now, so for a sleeper check in relation to Metaversespiderpig. --Jack Frost (talk) 20:02, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
 * for sleeper check ~TheresNoTime (to explain!) 05:13, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * two accounts found, technical evidence is weak to :
 * , but no other sleepers ~TheresNoTime (to explain!) 05:18, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * - Please block as a suspected sock. Their only edit was to the AfC helpdesk and regarded Draft:Aaron Blight. Genuine new users don’t find obscure drafts to ask questions about. --Jack Frost (talk) 23:56, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
 * : Alreadyoutspoken. clpo13(talk) 07:34, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
 * - Please block as a suspected sock. Their only edit was to the AfC helpdesk and regarded Draft:Aaron Blight. Genuine new users don’t find obscure drafts to ask questions about. --Jack Frost (talk) 23:56, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
 * : Alreadyoutspoken. clpo13(talk) 07:34, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Can we also add User:Mooneys44, a brand new account which was registered just to vote on the AfD for Spire Academy. Salimfadhley (talk) 16:13, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * FYI Articles for deletion/Spire Institute and Academy is active now. I suspect at one sock account is active in this discussion. Salimfadhley (talk) 15:21, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Split into new SPI report. - To allow comparison of  (who was created after the last CU was run) and . --Jack Frost (talk) 06:50, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * - ~TheresNoTime (to explain!) 19:11, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * is ✅ to . I have
 * there was a failed login to the non-existent account ArachnidWorks - the failed login is also ✅ to the above accounts
 * to check the other accounts (as it appears two SPIs at play here?), tag as appropriate and to review the above evidence ~TheresNoTime (to explain!) 19:24, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Case merged (with thanks to ) from Sockpuppet investigations/StarAthlete04 given CU confirmation via . All accounts re-tagged to Harwoodb. Closing. For future reference, offwiki evidence strongly suggests undisclosed paid editing. --Jack Frost (talk) 00:56, 26 November 2021 (UTC)