Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/RugbyWorld/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
The IP addresses that I could lookup are from around the same location, with the same ISP. All of these accounts are only interested in editing the article Michael van Vuuren, mainly removing content. I am requesting a CheckUser on RugbyWorld and RugbyMedia2022, to add further evidence to my claims of sockpuppeting. Zekerocks11 (talk) 19:06, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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This User Talk Page here is kind of where I'm getting at with this account. If you look at the entry for RugbyMedia there, there was a discussion on the COI issue. All of these accounts are only interested in this specific article, while section blanking and removing content for no valid reason. Also, why would the ip address change every time, if they're forgetting to login? I feel like the IP's would stay the same, if there was no malicious intent, but I could be wrong. Best, Zekerocks11 (talk) 22:40, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * . and  are ✅. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:37, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
 * RugbyWorld/RugbyMedia are clearly the same person, and the IPs probably are too, but I don't see where they've claimed not to be - it's not clear that they are intentionally using different accounts/IPs to mislead others as opposed to perhaps forgetting the password to their old account and not remembering to stay logged in. There is evidently a COI issue, which is currently being discussed on RugbyMedia2022's talk page and at COIN, but I'm leaning towards closing this because I don't think it's a sockpuppetry issue per se. Will leave this open for a second opinion. Spicy (talk) 22:07, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
 * - users generally do not have control over which IP address they are editing from. Many IPs are dynamic and change frequently. I'm not saying that there are no issues with their edits... just that the actionable policy issues seem to apply to their edits rather than the use of multiple accounts/IPs. Spicy (talk) 22:45, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree with 's comments above, so I am closing this without action. JBW (talk) 14:38, 3 December 2022 (UTC)