Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tsmith47/Archive

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Similar editing pattern of editing bios and company pages of questionable notability. Tsmith47 has disclosed their paid status at Bob McDonald (businessman) (and other West Point alum bios, they're passing that editor around like a bad penny) but not at Stewart Liff. Mheaddem denied theirs at Articles for deletion/Jay Byrne before they stopped editing, but both accounts edited Stewart Liff heavily, and Mheaddem uploaded the obviously professional photo of Liff to commons. They may not be the same person, but my guess is at minimum they are/were editing for the same paid editing service. I know Mheaddem edited too long ago, but I thought maybe there might be some other related sock. The IP 50.4.250.5 seems to be Tsmith47, per the only edit to that userpage. —valereee (talk) 14:27, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

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 * Are there any currently active accounts where you suspect a relationship? There is no temporal overlap and Mheaddem was never blocked, warned or otherwise sanctioned as far as I can tell, so I don't see any clear indication that WP:SOCK is being violated here – the paid editing aspect is certainly concerning on its own, but probably better dealt with at COIN. Best, Blablubbs&#124;talk 18:05, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Not that I've noticed! I just came across this and thought I'd see if there was anything helpful in it, sorry if it was a waste of anyone's time! —valereee (talk) 18:10, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks. I don't see anything actionable here at this time. Should this ever be reopened, noting that I found this and somewhat interesting. Closing.  Blablubbs&#124;talk 11:29, 1 May 2021 (UTC)