Suspected sockpuppets

• Pbenken (talk ·  · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Cliff482 (talk ·  · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Africangenesis (talk ·  · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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These accounts all arrived at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Marcel_Leroux and have all attacked User:William_M._Connolley specifically, either sockpuppets or meatpuppets. ShowTimeAgain appears to be the only account used for more than one comment in the discussion. User Africangenesis may also be the actual sockmaster, he commented on the discussion but I'm less sure of that (although he is making similar red herring arguments). IRWolfie- (talk) 08:56, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Substantial evidence of meat puppetry and canvassing during the AfD:

• Marcel Leroux Wikipedia
• [1]
• [2]
• [3]
• [4]

And after:

• [5]

IRWolfie- (talk) 13:57, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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•  Clerk endorsed in part. Hmm, Pbenken slept for over 6 years before showing back up here, just a few hours after Cliff482 registered and gave their one and only contribution to date. User:ShowTimeAgain is clearly an SPA and very likely a new incarnation of User:ShowtimeNow having focused on the same article two years ago, although that doesn't look like an abuse situation as much as a possibly forgotten password. I'm not convinced about Africangenesis since they have edited in the same field but in several articles, however. The likelihood that we have some socks mixed in here is high, but I can't connect the dots without some CU data. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 14:15, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• All four users are technically  Unrelated to one another. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:23, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
•  Clerk note: Cliff482 looks like meatpuppetry (or still possible sockpuppetry since CU isn't magic pixie dust), as that being their first and only edit. Not sure how to sort this out yet. The alleged master is at ANI currently for disruption as well. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 13:12, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Since they are unrelated via CU, and meatpupptry is only possible and not certain, I'm going to extend some good faith and simply close this with no action, but no prejudice against a future filing if new evidence surfaces. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 01:09, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]