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Knectek is promoting Draft:TOWNEW (disclaimer: I reviewed and draftified the article because I suspect that it is COI or UPE) and seems to be affiliated with the company (based on some comments they made). After I warned Knecteck about their apparent COI/PAID status, they've tried to hide it (blanking their talk page and removing both the COI tag from the article and some comments they made on my talk page). Jpollack85 is created about half a day after Knectek's last edit and just happens to discover the TOWNEW draft and starts editing it. I strongly suspect that this is sock or meatpuppetry to evade Knectek's suspected COI/UPE status and get the article re-published. creffpublic  a creffett franchise (talk to the boss) 18:12, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Relevant links for why I suspect COI/UPE by Knectek:
 * Generally speaking, the tone of Draft:TOWNEW prior to Jpollack85's edits (see Special:PermanentLink/938419055) was sufficiently promotional to make me suspicious.
 * Post on my talk page using terms like "we" and "our brand"
 * Tries to delete conversation from my talk page after I say that it sounds like they're connected
 * Removes my COI warning from their talk page creffpublic  a creffett franchise (talk to the boss) 18:20, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * D'oh, good spot - missed that knectek was the developer of the TOWNEW product. Thanks! creffett (talk) 21:03, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

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 * Blocked suspected master for promotional username as a hard block (TOWNEW is a product by Knectek Labs). Looking into sockpuppetry. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:24, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Found enough evidence to support that the suspected sockpuppet is likely a sockpuppet. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:38, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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With the exception of Laurenlo90345, all are single-purpose accounts who have continued to contribute to TOWNEW after the sockmaster and the first sockpuppet were blocked. Similar username styles as well, name + series of numbers.

As for Laurenlo, their first action was to remove the COI tag from TOWNEW (declaring that the COI issues were resolved), gained autoconfirmed, then came back to move the article into draftspace.

Since this is pretty clear block evasion/socking, and because the sockmaster apparently likes making throwaway accounts, requesting a CU sweep to see if there are any sleepers. Not sure if you'll find anything, since the accounts seem to be created immediately before they're used, but let's be thorough. creffett (talk) 23:20, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * Following accounts are ✅:
 * . ST47 (talk) 03:22, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * All blocked. No need to rename this case to Vivian321, as it's a zero-edit sleeper. ST47 (talk) 03:25, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 03:22, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * All blocked. No need to rename this case to Vivian321, as it's a zero-edit sleeper. ST47 (talk) 03:25, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 03:22, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * All blocked. No need to rename this case to Vivian321, as it's a zero-edit sleeper. ST47 (talk) 03:25, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 03:22, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * All blocked. No need to rename this case to Vivian321, as it's a zero-edit sleeper. ST47 (talk) 03:25, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 03:22, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * All blocked. No need to rename this case to Vivian321, as it's a zero-edit sleeper. ST47 (talk) 03:25, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * . ST47 (talk) 03:22, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * All blocked. No need to rename this case to Vivian321, as it's a zero-edit sleeper. ST47 (talk) 03:25, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * All blocked. No need to rename this case to Vivian321, as it's a zero-edit sleeper. ST47 (talk) 03:25, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

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First action was to remove the COI template from Draft:TOWNEW, the article which all of these socks have been created to edit. Quack quack. Since the last CU came up with several sleeper accounts, requesting CU check for additional sleepers. creffett (talk) 18:06, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

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 * - Mz7 (talk) 21:47, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
 * . plus, which was created by Yohands per . Mz7 (talk) 21:57, 24 March 2020 (UTC)