Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mark Ekimov/Archive

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In March, I initiated a discussion (noisy discussion, no consequences) on the Russian Wikipedia regarding Mark Ekimov, indicating that he violated the rule WP:PAID. I also accused him of creating spam articles on the en-wiki since 2017. See his contribution. Most of his articles have already been deleted, a number of remaining articles I have now nominated for deletion (Fedor Belogai, Alena Raeva, Igor Khonin, Anna Borteychuk).

Among his latest articles are Igor Khonin and Anna Borteychuk. These articles were also edited by the new editor. This new user created an article in ru-wiki about the photo model Ekaterina Astashenkova (nominated for deletion) and edited an article about the professional fisherman Victor Rogozin. On Wikimedia Commons, he uploaded 3 photos for articles about Anna Borteychuk, Ekaterina Astashenkova, and Victor Rogozin. It is important that in the article about Rogozin he surprisingly intersects within one day with a participant. It was she who created the article, and before that she had not edited anything for more than six months.

Thus, I believe that Mark Ekimov not only creates obviously unnotable articles, but also uses additional accounts for his activities. Therefore, it is necessary to check the intersection of Mark Ekimov with Super13max (unfortunately, it is not possible to check Grid Girl, because she did not make edits in en-wiki). Gruznov (talk) 20:00, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

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 * I have neither heard anything about users and  nor acquainted with them. Therefore I cannot comment anything about their contribution. Mark Ekimov (talk) 08:54, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
 * - the link appears to be clear, and in addition to this, it would also appear from looking at Super13max's contributions that the account is an WP:SPA created purely with the aim of reinstating material that the accused attempted to publish before. Patient Zerotalk 15:48, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * I'm not seeing grounds for a check or block here based on SOCK violations. If the accounts are being abusive independent of the sock allegations, go to WP:ANI or WP:COIN. Closing with no action. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:32, 5 April 2020 (UTC)