Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/NathanielRuth/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets

 * - has dumped adl.org/blog source, and account also created in May 2020 only about a week apart from the other two
 * , similar account creation time, similar edit pattern. disclosed COI.
 * , similar account creation time, similar edit pattern. disclosed COI.


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Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard

While reviewing Oceanicfeeling123's activities, the brief talk page exchange was noted. NathanielRuth's user page discloses they work for ADL's communications team, and Oceanicfeeling123's page also discloses this. While they maybe two separate employees using their own accounts, which is the only way things are supposed to be done, the very similar, advocacy edits suggest there maybe more accounts being used in advocacy capacity or that one individual maybe using more than one accounts.

These accounts were created days apart, then there's a initial pattern of corresponding gap in contribution. Possible meat puppetry situation. They both make similar contributions of making advocacy edits for their employer by working articles published by the company into numerous articles.

CU requested as there maybe additional accounts being used. Graywalls (talk) 05:14, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

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Update: The user OceanicFeeling123, who identified themselves as the point of contact for the corporate entity they're representing disclosed there are eight accounts being used by their company through their employees. About 14 hours after this case was opened, they posted https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Anti-Defamation_League/ADL this in the COI/N discussion. Graywalls (talk) 10:14, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   14:52, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
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 * Given the CU result, I think it's rather likely that these are different people in the same office. Given that none of these accounts have recently edited and that the situation has been extensively litigated at COIN (where the relationship between these accounts has been disclosed), I don't think any further action is needed. Closing. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 09:15, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
 * For the sake of future clerks, the archived COIN discussion is here. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:46, 14 May 2021 (UTC)