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16 February 2013

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I have reason to suspect that there is some socking going on here, Katie Fisher is a PR consultant  that works for Hermitage consult, after a borderline legal threat  in which she was warned and has not edited since we now have a brand new account who's one and only edits  have been at the now protected page. I believe we have a serious conflict of interest which in this case is actual paid editing and our system of policies are being gamed. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 15:21, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

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The accused sock appears to have some sort of relationship with the subject of the article in question, if one looks at the twitter account. It also appears that "Marcus" != "Kaite", so if there is puppetry invovlved, it is most likely some form of canvassing. little green rosetta $central scrutinizer (talk)$ 16:13, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

ETA:Further searches indicate that both Marcus and Fisher both have a COI when it comes to Browder, but I really doubt that they are socks which I'm sure a CU will determine if one is even performed. little green rosetta $central scrutinizer (talk)$ 16:18, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * Meatpuppetry appears to be the most likely explanation. WilliamH (talk) 12:16, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I'd have to agree here and am closing; note that this does not preclude further action being taken outside SPI if the disruption continues. Rschen7754 04:59, 19 February 2013 (UTC)