Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lauren Kolodny

Suspected sockpuppets
User:Lauren Kolodny was created about a week ago for the sole purpose of trying to create an article about someone with the same name. The draft was eventually moved to the account's user sandbox. The account was advised about things like WP:COI, WP:AUTO, WP:REALNAME, etc. on their user talk page, but never responded. After these warnings, however, the account blanked the sandbox and switched to trying to create an article about the firm "Acrew Capital" that Kolodny has apparently co-founded. User:Maria Lourdes Diño was created about 30 minutes before this switched was made an immediately began to be used to create an article about "Lauren Kolodny" in their user sandbox. The account was also used to upload File:Acrew Logo Green.png to Commons which was then added by User:Lauren Kolodny to the draft about "Acrew Capital" they're now working on their user sandbox. User:Lauren Kolodny has also edited the draft User:Maria Lourdes Diño is working on about "Lauren Kolodny" in User:Maria Lourdes Diño/sandbox.There seems to be quite a clear connection between the two accounts; whether that's due to SOCK or MEAT is unclear, but it seems near impossible to think this is only just a coincidence. In addition, assuming User:Lauren Kolodny is really the "Lauren Kolodny" they're trying to create articles about, there are also WP:FCOI issues. If they're not that "Lauren Kolodny", then there are WP:IMPERSONATE and possibly WP:PAID issues. Since neither account seems interested in responding to any of the messages left on their user talk pages, it's probably best for a CU to check to see whether they're connected, but also for an admin to take a closer look at them even if they technically not the same. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:41, 18 July 2024 (UTC) Marchjuly (talk) 00:41, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

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