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07 February 2013

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I came across this while looking through the AfDs and noticing that the AfD for Aura Sonic had a lot of SPAs commenting on it, all of which are arguing for it to be kept. (Articles for deletion/Aura Sonic) It's possible that the accounts came from someone that solicited for help on another board or just through meatpuppeting, but this was just fishy enough to where I thought this warranted a SPI. The last IP, 74.72.58.132, I'm not sure if they're involved but I'm including it since they tried to remove a struck remark. I have no true interest in the AfD, but I do want to report potential sockpuppetry when I see it. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   16:42, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

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This claim is not relevant to sock puppetry. I only have 1 account, and have not been sock puppetingJLurie12 (talk) 18:11, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
 * You've got to understand that when a bunch of accounts suddenly sign up to give "keep" arguments for a deletion argument within a short period of time, it looks pretty suspicious. If it comes out that you're all separate people then that's fine, but if not then this needs to be discovered. On a side note, if you have posted somewhere asking people to come and vote "keep" then it's probably a good idea to make a mention of that on the article. Again, this just looks a little too suspicious to ignore.Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   19:08, 7 February 2013 (UTC)


 * - - I find it extremely suspicious that four accounts drop out of the blue, with no other edits anywhere, to defend the notability of a small recording company in Queens. Requesting checkuser to distinguish whether this is meatpuppetry or sockpuppetry. Someguy1221 (talk) 23:50, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
 * to be the same person, but could be a group of friends, people who know each other in real life, or something similar. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (Message me) 01:07, 8 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Closing, then, per above. This seems to be external canvassing more than sockpuppetry. Reaper Eternal (talk) 11:34, 8 February 2013 (UTC)