Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Limbshard/Archive

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Both accounts spend most of their edits adding citations to company pages and detailing acquisition histories and company position appointments. Their edit summary usage is also fairly similar; they often drily and passively state the contents of their edit or of the added citation. The userpages are also fairly similar, featuring very similar infoboxes, an array of userboxes and indicating interests that seem unrelated to the pages they edit. The two users also share an interest in Fujitsu and VMware, see the respective article histories. The accounts often edit on the same date and almost exclusively on weekdays (see also their fairly similar-looking timecards ,). All of these behaviours are reminiscent of sophisticated, organised UPE editing groups (e.g. the Jaktheladz or Yoodaba sockfarms). — Blablubbs (talk • contribs) 22:11, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

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 * These two accounts are technically but if it is UPE that isn't at all surprising. . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:24, 7 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Behavior is strongly reminiscent of large groups like Yoodaba, with a lot of quiet listings of company mergers, activities, and new products. I'd prefer someone else take a look, though, since I feel like I'm starting to see this group everywhere and want to make sure I'm not just being paranoid. GeneralNotability (talk) 19:27, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , I haven't specifically compared them to Yoodaba, but there's no doubt in my mind that these are UPE working from a script. Sonarsavvy's very first edit is to add Use American English to an article.  Really?  They say, " I am still quite new to this" on their user page; Limbshard also says, "I'm still new to this".  The same person?  Maybe not, but clearly working from the same "Your first day as a UPE" script.  And, as you mention, adding an endless stream of PR-type updates to corporate articles. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:43, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks . Both UPE-blocked, no tags. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 23:21, 15 October 2020 (UTC)