Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Orange1861/Archive

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Both are Orange1861 and OsagePizza72 are SPA
 * Both IP and Sock started editing Aaron Coleman today 7/26/2021.
 * Orange and Osage both use terms like balance and sin
 * All three went to Biographies of living persons. VViking Talk Edits 20:51, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

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29 July 2021
Orange1861's Response:

I am not sockpuppeting.

I do not operate OsagePizza72 nor is that my IP address. The evidence provided does not remotely prove that I am sockpuppeting. Below are my thoughts on each piece of evidence:

1. I do not know what SPA is, so I cannot provide a rebuttal.

2. I do not know how that IP or OsagePizza72 editing today could link back to me. If you think there's a link between those two, that's unrelated to me.

3. OsagePizza72 used the word "Balance" to refer to my talk page analysis where I talk about Wikipedia's rules and possible violations of them. Anyone who's referring back to my talk page would likely use the same word as it's a Wikipedia rule. Regarding "Sin", I have not used that word, so again, no link to me.

4. All we have here is that an account and an IP address agree with my talk page and what I said regarding another Wikipedia page months after I made those comments. An account agreeing with me on a controversial topic is not enough to warrant a sockpuppeting investigation.

I urge this case to be immediately closed and dismissed.

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - I'm virtually certain OsagePizza72 and the IP are the same person. The timing, combined interest on Aaron Coleman, and style of writing (especially in the edit comments) is just too much to be a coincidence.  I'm less convinced about OsagePizza72 and Orange1861, which is the real question.  The commenting style is the same, and they both talk about "violating" guidelines and rules.  And Maclura pomifera provides the connection between their usernames.  On the other hand, Orange1861 (almost) always used the visual editor, and OsagePizza72 never did.  I'm not wildly enthusiastic about endorsing, but I think there's enough to justify a look. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:51, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I'd call it . The two registered accounts seem to be editing from different cities, though OsagePizza72 has tried to use what looks like a VPN.  . NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:21, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I left OsagePizza72 uw-login, and I'll leave it there. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:32, 7 August 2021 (UTC)