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22 October 2015

Suspected sockpuppets

• Maxatgetmii (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Techinthailand (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• KhalifaMalibu (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Gossipsquirrel (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Yalegrad2011 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Algorhythmbeatz (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Noelduarte19 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Apart from the master not being the creator of Getmii, this is the archetypical sock/meat situation at a sudden AfD. Article gets nominated, four SPAs pop up, they now "lead the vote" by 5 Keep to 2 Delete. A CU is requested both for technical evidence supporting the quacking and for sleepers.

• 07:49, 5 October 2015 User account Maxatgetmii was created; Works on Getmii 6 and 8 October
• 16:57, 5 October 2015 User account TechGrizzly was created; Creates and works on Getmii 5 and 6 October
• 05:16, 6 October 2015 User account Techinthailand was created; Makes 1 edit to Getmii the same day; has not !votes at AfD
• 17:19, 15 October 2015 User account KhalifaMalibu was created; Edits in Getmii 15 and 18 Oct, then comments at AfD 19 Oct and !votes Strong Keep 22 Oct

• [Just part of the timeline: 18:50, 15 October 2015‎ Stuartyeates: Nominated for deletion; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Getmii.]

• 18:34, 20 October 2015 User account Gossipsquirrel was created; Solo edit: 18:47, 20 October 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+374)‎ . . Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Getmii
• 18:53, 20 October 2015 User account Yalegrad2011 was created; Solo edit: 19:01, 20 October 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+342)‎ . . Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Getmii
• 20:25, 21 October 2015 User account Algorhythmbeatz was created; Solo edit: 20:35, 21 October 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+337)‎ . . Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Getmii
• 21:11, 21 October 2015 User account Noelduarte19 was created; 22:18, 21 October 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+399)‎ . . Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Getmii

 Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me -- Sam Sailor ^Talk! 23:49, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

• Techgrizzly, Khalifa, and yalegrad are  Confirmed to each other. The rest are technically  Unlikely to  Unrelated, but I would assess these accounts on behavior rather than technical evidence per WP:MEAT etc. NativeForeigner ^Talk 09:17, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
• Admin action needed - Please, indef those three accounts that are confirmed. Vanjagenije (talk) 10:00, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

 Blocked and tagged per request. Mkdw^talk 12:45, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

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