Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Peter Kowalski/Archive

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Peter Kowalski created an artilce titled "Dave Petrovic". User:Dave Petrovic was then registered the same day and went straight to the article to add some "sources". Yahmezzz appears today to argue against deletion of the article at Articles for deletion/Dave Petrovic and has no other edits.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:09, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Endorsing my own request.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  15:10, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Well. Let's start off with, who is editing from the same geographic area but is not a match technically; while it's  he's a sock, he may more likely be a meatpuppet.  There is notably stronger evidence that  and  are socks, with geolocation and technical evidence showing a  connection.  May simply be easiest to hold out until after the AfD runs its course; depending on outcome, it may be a moot point whether or not to block these accounts.  Risker (talk) 18:39, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Based on the behavioral evidence, especially this, I'm concluding that this is meatpuppetry, not sockpuppetry. I've blocked as needing OTRS verification of identity and will warn  about meatpuppetry. No further action needed. ~ Rob 13 Talk 04:21, 23 February 2017 (UTC)