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Both solely contribute to Bradley Tusk, both have similar format usernames. They have a history of template removal and adding promo material. Mako001 (talk) 15:37, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - both of these accounts will be very by now. I'll add that there is no overlap in their editing - one was abandoned, then the other was created, and abandoned again - that is not prohibited by policy. Promotional editing is a problem obviously, but this is the wrong venue to address that.   Girth Summit  (blether)  15:47, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocking an account which hasn't edited in over 2 years is contrary to WP:BLOCKP. Closing with no action. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:27, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

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Addition to SPI Mako001 (talk) 15:38, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * See comments in the case above this one - all but the latest account will be stale, and abandoning accounts then creating new ones isn't prohibited. FWIW, I think it's very likely that these are all the same person, based on the similarity in usernames and the single editing interest - you could mention that in any report you raise at WP:COIN.   Girth Summit  (blether)  15:51, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll strike that previous comment - there wasn't any overlap between the two accounts listed above, but there is with these new accounts, which would be inappropriate on the same article. They are stale though, all except for the one account that has edited recently, so there's no obvious ongoing socking. I'll leave this open for someone else to consider, but I imagine that looking at this through a COI rather than a SPI lens would be more useful unless he dormant accounts start up again. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:56, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Girth Summit, did you mean to strike off the "FWIW, I think it's very likely that these are all the same person..." part too? Mako001 (talk) 00:42, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I left them uw-agf-sock, which seems like enough for the moment. As Girth noted, if there's a COI/UPE issue going on, that can be dealt with outside of SPI. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:35, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks RoySmith, maybe they might realise that they are playing dangerous games (so to speak) and hopefully won't try to make multiple accounts to edit the same article... if it keeps up, I'll treat it as COI next, unless it involves more blatant socking. Cheers Mako001 (talk) 04:00, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

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Same pattern of edits, whilst it is unlikely to be actionable, and I hardly expect it to be given the age of these accounts, but this probably needs to go on record so that editors are aware that these accounts are potentially the same person or controlled by the same person, if they become active again. Also this helps to show how long this "Mbc16" (in fact it all started with Svoss78, who actually created the Tusk article) has been pushing COI and promo on Bradley Tusk. User:RoySmith since you closed out the others, feel free to close this one without action. Since their hasn't been any further activity, I'm hoping that they've decided to pull their head/s in. Mako001 (talk) 14:13, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - for training --Jack Frost (talk) 01:55, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * None of these accounts have edited in the last 12 months (one not in the last decade) and there has been no new disruption on Bradley Tusk. Closing with no further action. --Jack Frost (talk) 20:01, 16 November 2021 (UTC)