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Hi - I saw your SPI at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Phoenix man. The sock behavior you describe matches that of the nominator of two articles I wrote: Ragy Thomas and Bev (company). New editor, series of minor edits to get autoconfirmed, all reverted by others, and then after a month, takes two articles to AfD with Twinkle, and shows a more than basic familiarity with common deletion arguments used there. I think the Bev nomination is a smokescreen; the target is the Ragy Thomas article, which was targeted two years ago by a India-POV-pushing sock farm. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Electiondata/Archive. Is it possible that the nom is part of this? Might the obvious sock keeps also be related, in order to discredit other keeps? TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 23:03, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi Timtempleton, when I Google Translated their username, "POV-pushing sock farm" wasn't exactly it, but it was close. And a precocious new user found two obscure articles that you, who had previously reported a sock farm, happened to create, and you are concerned there may be some pump priming occuring by other new accounts. I am also concerned about possible signs of an WP:SPASOCK given your description of possible gaming behavior (all of the minor edits to get autoconfirmed reverted by others). I think the totality of the circumstances supports asking for a CU. Beccaynr (talk) 01:23, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

This one is a little tricky. I didn't open a sock investigation because I don't have clear proof who the other sock(s) is/are, but it's clearly not a new editor. I doubt politely asking them to give me the name of their previous account will work. I'm keeping an eye on his/her future edits, and will drop a warning on their talk page if they keep getting reverted or starting time-wasting AfDs. And BTW - thanks for the Bev (company) source hunt. I'll review and see if there's additional info I can add to the article.TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 18:32, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

@Timtempleton @Beccaynr if you are asking why I'm here and why I know some basic stuff, it's because, as you mentioned here, my edits were reverted and I took a month to read the guidelines. I found out that it's almost impossible to create a new articles as the guidelines are so strict. And then, I found quite obscure and not notable articles of Timpeleton. Which are kind of COI and PAID. Let's the community decide what to do with them. 多少战场龙 (talk) 08:04, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

I’m not swayed with this weak explanation. Very sock-like. The question is, which farm is the user part of? I was hoping they would send other socks again and burn them all. Do you want to open the CU, as an impartial party? TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 12:28, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

@Timtempleton what sock farm are you talking about? The sock was defending your article and was blocked. It was a coincidence? 多少战场龙 (talk) 12:43, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Hello folks. FYI user 多少战场龙 crossed paths with me at WP:Articles for deletion/UP Halcyon (2nd nomination), then they tried to subtly canvass me to !vote delete in the two AfD for Timtempleton's articles. It's all very fishy for a "new user" who was until a week ago merely doing simple Wikilink edits. Regards, MrsSnoozyTurtle 22:37, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Snap! Although their message on my Talk page was then deleted probably cos of the attention it drew. HighKing⁺⁺ 18:13, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi everybody, I'm closing and hatting this discussion, because I think concerns about possible sockpuppetry are best expressed at WP:SPI or to an admin. Thank you! Beccaynr (talk) 19:12, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

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