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11 May 2017

Suspected sockpuppets

• Yuenfunglai (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Joelam265 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

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I just find it a bit too much coincidence that Predatory Pricing, a fork of Predatory pricing, Abuse of dominant position (Predatory pricing) and Abuse of Dominant Position (Exploitative Abuse) all hit article-space within a short time window. These all triggered {{error}} transclusions, which I patrol for. – wbm1058 (talk) 16:35, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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@Bbb23: @Wbm1058: These articles were being edited as part of a course on Competition Law, hence why they were edited around the same time. The course is on the outreach dashboard to show that this is part of an education programme. Please could the accounts be unblocked and the articles restored. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 09:37, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Richard, let's discuss this over on the Education noticeboard. Thanks, wbm1058 (talk) 12:18, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

• The listed accounts + OLIVIA YAN (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) are  Possible to each other. All of the accounts were created on March 31, 2017, within one minute of each other, although none started editing until significantly later. If they are not sock puppets, they are meat puppets, i.e., classmates or friends. Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:44, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• I have unblocked the four accounts and removed the sock tags per Richard Nevell. (The notes by Richard, Wbm1058, and now me were placed here after the case was archived.)--Bbb23 (talk) 14:27, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]