Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/RM Fleming, MD/Archive

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Edited the talk page of the linked user, in that user's voice and has made recent edits to the same article the linked user was edit-warring on. I believe the linked user is currently blocked due to legal threats Beevil (talk) 16:03, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * Blocked for 1 month ST47 (talk) 22:08, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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User RM Fleming, MD was banned on March 27, 2019. IP address 172.90.197.240 was also banned. New user Juleslav began posting similar information on similar pages as Dr. Fleming and his related IP address in June 2019. Without getting into all the details, in my opinion Dr. Fleming is attempting to use Wikipedia to a) re-litigate his felony conviction for fraud (see the article edited by the Juleslav user here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_analysis_techniques_for_fraud_detection) and b) to support his scientific opinion that the manufacturer of a radioactive isotope is improperly marketing their product (see the article edited by the Juleslav user here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technetium_(99mTc)_sestamibi). Jules Lavallee is a "celebrity reporter" who works with (or worked with) Dr. Fleming and who wouldn't be knowledgeable enough to comment on either Sestamibi or data analysis, and I believe Dr. Fleming is now posting under this name as the comments are consistent with the behavior that resulted in the ban. I believe it is against Wikipedia policy for a banned user to use a different username to avoid the ban. I am a novice Wikipedia user so I apologize if I have reported this incorrectly or without proper support. ThatsRegrettable (talk) 16:45, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

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 * - Can be compared to the master?  Vanjagenije   (talk)  18:53, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * - The master is stale and CU will not link a named account to an IP address. Salvio Let's talk about it! 20:55, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The IP is clearly Fleming editing logged out, and the fact that the IP edited on the same day that Juleslav appeared suggests a connection. I think it's more likely meatpuppetry: Juleslav's edits are probably in good faith (if wrong) and based on their work with Fleming, whereas RM Fleming, MD's edits were more technically sophisticated and clearly intended to WP:RGW, and aggressively so. I don't think that Fleming is using the Juleslav account. Since none of these have edited in a few months now, I'm closing with no action. you are correct that blocked editors are not permitted to create new accounts to avoid blocks, and also editors should not edit on behalf of blocked users. Please do report again if you see this IP or any account making similar edits again. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 14:24, 30 September 2019 (UTC)