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Strange goat created Apostle Emmanuel less than 2 hours after Igwatala's version at Emmanuel Etim was deleted following Articles for deletion/Emmanuel Etim. Emmanuel Etim was itself created just a few days after Emmanuel Ishie Etim was deleted following Articles for deletion/Emmanuel Ishie Etim.

The concerted effort casts doubt over the legitimacy of the creators of previous versions, Ayoajik, creator of APOSTLE EMMANUEL ETIM, a previous version of Emmanuel Etim & Draft:Emmanuel Etim.

SG has also created Steve Babaeko & Draft:Steve Babaeko, where Igwatala has overlapping edits and which features as a link in Igwatala's other creation today, Obangogo Hills. Cabayi (talk) 17:44, 8 December 2017 (UTC)


 * On further thought, the persistence over time, and on more than one subject, is indicative of WP:PAID editing. Cabayi (talk) 18:03, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Igwatala now admits to undisclosed paid editing - Special:Permalink/814416387 -- Cabayi (talk) 18:27, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: the above revision is now deleted. Mz7 (talk) 22:42, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

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Hey! I do have an alternate account on Wikipedia, but AyoAjik isn't one of them, though I know who he is. I'm working with him to create a profile for Emmanuel Etim which seems to have failed the notability test more times than necessary. I do not do this in bad faith, but as a way to properly verify that criticisms of my work on a particular page/profile isn't related to the identity associated with one account. I didn't know that this was against wikipedia rules. And if the community decides that I have acted in violation of rules, I will take the consequences. But I've enjoyed working on and creating new profiles on Wikipedia that I hope that this isn't ruled against me. Igwatala (talk) 17:57, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - There's enough overlap here to warrant a check. In particular, strange goat has been oddly active on pages created by Igwatala. Please check to confirm a connection. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:12, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * - Katietalk 23:56, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Igwatala and Strange goat are ✅ to each other.
 * These accounts are to the two confirmed accounts:


 * Pretty sure this is all UPE, but for the group.
 * Ayoajik is based on geolocation, but technical details are quite different.
 * Confirmed accounts blocked pending tags. Katietalk 00:29, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Katie, if you think there's enough here to warrant UPE blocks, go for it, otherwise no further action is required. Given the complete lack of overlap amongst themselves and with Igwatala, I'm inclined to think the likely accounts are someone else, and given the stylistic diversity in their editing, I think this is in fact multiple people. It's possible that some of the likely accounts are operated by one person, but there's not enough to go on here to reach a definitive answer one way or the other. Closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:21, 21 December 2017 (UTC)