Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SethRuebens

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The junior account popped up when the senior account was blocked briefly (and then indefinitely partially blocked) from editing Britannia (TV series). The junior account is editing only in the area that the senior account was and is also editing. It might be WP:MEAT or duck meat, so an examination of the feathers with a microscope may be in order. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:24, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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• Both are single purpose accounts. The junior account entered the discussion with a level of familiarity with the internal Wikipedia policy discussion that would not be expected from a new user and reiterated the senior account position practically verbatim. Senior account has also used IPs to amplify their position. The junior account's very first edit wasn't to an article, but entering the middle of the talk page discussion to bring up a user's talk page discussion and accuse editors of collusion. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/969877068) PAVA11 (talk) 01:18, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ETA: Concerning MEAT, senior account admitted discussing the talk page discussion with like-minded individuals off-Wiki: [1] and [2]PAVA11 (talk) 18:32, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• CU is   Possible but this will need to be decided on behaviour. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:20, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Agreed with the filers that this looks suspicious (my money's on meat rather than sock). Ping JzG since you pblocked both of them from Britannia - got any thoughts here on whether these two are working together? GeneralNotability (talk) 17:45, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]