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Both users appear to be focused entirely on promotionally editing Ian Darling  Both have declared a COI for Darling and the company he works for. This includes removing the COI tag from the article. If not a sock then most likely a meat puppet  Grey joy talk 05:39, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * The master has had an account for many years, with occasional edits, but basically a long-term WP:SPA dedicated to Ian Darling and related topics. It's pretty obvious they're the same person, not just from the topics they edit, but a bunch of behavioral clues.  I do have to give them credit for disclosing their COI as they're supposed to, so just a pro-forma 3 day block for the master.  Indef and tagged the sock.   please read Sockpuppetry to understand why running multiple accounts is a problem. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:55, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Usernames and singular interest in Ian Darling make it obvious that is a sock of, who was blocked as a sock of Mobyjaws56. The IP's unblock request shows that this is either the same individual, or part of the same PR group. —  Wasell ( T ) 🌻 07:17, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * The username and subject area makes it clear these three accounts are highly likely to be related in some way, though given the gap in editing they may have simply lost the password to and created a new account. I do note they have previously been warned (including a brief block) for socking, and they should know about declaring a COI. The IP has been caught as collateral in a /32 rangeblock. Therefore, a CU is endorsed for  to look for any other accounts and also allow some log data to be captured for the future, as that will influence the next steps: If this is their only currently active account, then I'm somewhat inclined to give them one chance to declare any previous accounts and their COI to the article subject.  - Please check for sleepers. --Jack Frost (talk) 13:55, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 14:04, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I've made some notes in cuwiki for future reference.  but there is some evidence of proxy use. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:29, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I see that at Moby has denied being Sparkles (then rescinding that unblock request, presumably after realizing the block had already come and gone).   Could one of you please explain how you know each other and the nature of your involvement with the Ian Darling article? Thank you.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 21:16, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Based on the most current data, all of these are ✅ to each other . -- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * PS, I'll add the obligatory . I've closed this, but if anybody wants to explore the IP further, I have no objection to it being reopened. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:06, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, that question has been answered... The IP is caught by the rangeblock on 2001:8004:0:0:0:0:0:0/32 so I don't thing there's anything left to do with them. --Jack Frost (talk) 01:01, 24 May 2022 (UTC)