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Several SPA accounts with a strong interest in controlling the POV at Kim Dingle. This appears to have been going on for a while now. The latest edits in the last day or two by User:Kim dingle and User:Gauthier.Oivia (click links for contribs) are emblematic. After I warned user Kim dingle about COI, Olivia Gauthier appeared. One comment refers to an "incompetent gallery assistant", so it may be the artist or the artist's dealer trying to control the article. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 23:18, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Adding an IP editor who seems to be article subject (diff).
 * Other diffs:
 * bio removed by Gauthier.Olivia
 * Large removal of sourced material by Gauthier.Olivia
 * Addition of personal info by User: Kim dingle


 * all in all it just sounds like one user jumping between accounts, with a very close connection to the article subject.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 00:37, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Without WP:Outing anyone, the eponymous accounts appear to be the subject (especially given the "incompetent gallery assistant" comment), and one other account relates offline to the subject's gallery in Los Angeles.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 13:56, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
 * As suspected, user Gauthier.Olivia is the gallerist for Kim Dingle and was doing UPE, per her disclosure.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 03:51, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * - The master is stale but it appears pretty related. Recommending a check on the named accounts as they appear the same to me, except Kim dingle who appears a bit off and more related to the master than the other two.  qedk ( t  桜  c ) 17:57, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
 * . All of the registered accounts are in the same city, but they're using different devices and a mix of ISPs.  Gauthier.Olivia has  that she used previous accounts, but she says she forgot her password.   can you tell us what other accounts you've used?  It would help if you can clear up some of what's going on here.  . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:15, 12 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I'm 99% sure Kim dingle = Kimdingle oneword. It's a behavioural match from me, probably lost the password and made a new account to edit. The other two probably have a MEAT connection to Kim dingle but I'm unsure of the connection between the two. Although, given that OhhGee stopped editing on 7 June 2019, it is very probably that the account Gauthier.Olivia lost the password to is OhhGee. Noting that, OG (from OhhGee) is the initials of Gauthier.Olivia (which is probably the name in reverse order).  qedk ( t  桜  c ) 07:58, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
 * That seems logical. I'm not really sure what to do about it.  If someone has disclosed that they lost a password, I don't want to indefinitely block them for using a new account.  But it would be nice to get the full story. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:32, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, the disclosures are coming after-the-fact, but everything is being disclosed. I'll close with a warning, which will hopefully be enough.  If it isn't enough, we can block. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:57, 17 June 2019 (UTC)