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AliciaBennot

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

25 July 2021[edit]

Suspected sockpuppets[edit]

Deeplearner99 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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The alleged sockmaster account has been mostly focused on the deletion of the article Maithra Raghu (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), first nominating it for speedy deletion, then AfD. Once the AfD was created, a new account, Deeplearner99 (talk · contribs) arrived to show support for the deletion. The sock master then posted to the article talk page to mention the article should be deleted and that "others" also support her. Longhair\^talk 05:15, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The master sock account posted admissions of meat puppetry at their talk page after being notified of this SPI. An almost identical admission was then posted to the sockpuppet talk page just minutes after the first admission. It appears the same editor is switching between accounts to edit and feign support for each other. -- Longhair\^talk 05:30, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by other users[edit]

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Hello!

Sorry, we got to know about some ML researchers (maithra raghu and her husband, and few others) are exploiting wiki and creating their own wiki pages and were trying to help avoid that since that is not good for our ML community. So, we (AliciaBennot and Deeplearner99) were trying to post messages. Apologies if this is a problem. We are not very experienced wiki editors and do not understand the protocols of wiki. We will not post again from here on. Please feel free to delete all our messages on all pages.

Sincere apologies. We are out of here! Bye! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deeplearner99 (talk • contribs)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments[edit]

Given the admission above, this looks like misguided meatpuppetry. I'm willing to let it slide without any formal action. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:16, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]