Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Putinstalin/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
Outed themselves with logged-in and logged out with a duplicate logged-out request at RFPP. Logged out edits are all to Vietnamese geographic locations, logged in to Indian businesses and people. I'm requesting CU because I'm guessing Putinstalin isn't the only sock they're operating. Valereee (talk) 15:32, 2 April 2023 (UTC) Valereee (talk) 15:32, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - Given, this is basically, "I'm guessing there's socks", which is pretty close to WP:NOTFISHING. Is there anything that specifically makes you suspect socking? -- RoySmith (talk) 17:02, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Hey, Roy! Yes, it's the logged in account editing pretty much only Indian businesses and people and the logged out account, a Vietnamese IP, editing pretty much only Vietnamese geographical locations. To me it looks like they've got a business account with which they do paid editing. No worries if that doesn't fully address the concern. It just looked so very odd that it made me think this was someone from a sock farm who had inadvertently become actually interested in editing but the rules for the job are that you don't make your own edits on the company account? Forgive my ignorance of the process here. Valereee (talk) 17:13, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * - Not a problem. WP:LOUTSOCK is a thing, but that's something which CU can't deal with, so I'll leave this open for somebody else to take a look at. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:23, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Account and IP have been blocked by Bishonen. Closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 21:44, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
Shortly after Putinstalin is blocked, Leninishere creates an account to edit in the general area (Indian companies) and within a few days starts editing here and here and here in the identical area: Tata. Valereee (talk) 12:53, 3 May 2023 (UTC) Valereee (talk) 12:53, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - this one is ✅, sweeping for others... Girth Summit  (blether)  16:20, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Don't see any more, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  16:41, 3 May 2023 (UTC)