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07 August 2014

Suspected sockpuppets

• Josiah120214 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• IntactKnowledge (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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Three "new" accounts start life by creating whole promotional articles. The accounts are being used to co-edit a small number of promotional articles [1]. Here are some diffs. [2] [3] [4] Note that both Caribbeanbio and Josiah120214 removed advert tags from the same article. [5] [6] No declarations of COI--likely violations of Terms of Use. Caribbeanbio also participated in an SPI with heavy meat/sock puppeting. [7] Logical Cowboy (talk) 00:29, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

• Caribbeanbio (talk · contribs), Josiah120214 (talk · contribs) and GMB10x (talk · contribs) are  Confirmed to each other. I would treat any of their page creations as likely promotional/paid editing. IntactKnowledge (talk · contribs) appears technically  Unrelated, however the creation of the account solely to work on Draft:Intaction implicates them behaviourally as a paid editor.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 17:20, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• I've blocked the two sock accounts indefinitely and the master account for a week. I also blocked IntactKnowledge as a promotional account. Mike V • Talk 23:21, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]