Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MattA Official/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Per WP:DUCK. This could be a case of WP:MEAT, but the fact that both accounts edit about Linton, Cambridgeshire makes me and that both have recently mostly been active on the same days starting on January 15 makes me think this is more likely a case of sockpuppetry. The edit histories on 1/15, 1/18, 1/28, and 1/29 show that one account is active and then switches over to the other account a few minutes later. This coordination has been used to try to have the promotional article Anglian Learning published in the mainspace. After I draftified the article (created by MattA Official) due to notability, COI, and promotion concerns on 1/28, Fraz900 WP:REFBOMBed the draft and then re-published it directly in the mainspace to avoid review. GPL93 (talk) 15:00, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * Technically to each other. Spicy (talk) 00:31, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
 * There is no doubt that there is a connection between these two accounts, but it is not clear exactly what that connection is. MattA Official has said, in answer to a query from, "I do not operate multiple accounts, and I have not purposefully coordinated with another user", which seems doubtful. There is also strong evidence of conflict of interest. I will not quarrel with anyone who decides to block both accounts on the basis of existing history, but I am reluctant to do so because of a lack of prior warnings. I have given both accounts the standard templated warning on conflict of interest, which, in view of their editing history, I was surprised to learn they had not been warned about before. I have also asked each of them directly what is their connection to the other. Blocks are likely if thy don't give satisfactory replies. JBW (talk) 21:21, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I have now blocked both accounts. They each denied having any connection to the other, which was absurd, in the light of evidence I have seen. JBW (talk) 00:09, 8 February 2024 (UTC)