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17 April 2016

Suspected sockpuppets

• Zedopuppy (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• John2021 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Eraplackal (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Exioms. Suspected sockmaster (and author of Exioms) was initially called User:Exioms2050 and had both auto-signed posts as Exioms2050 and signed posts using Light2021 at that AFD - I subsequently renamed the account by request. They have also had a couple of blocks during the course of the AFD for disruption and for socking.

Then, User:John2021 turned up and closed the AFD citing a fake withdrawal.

That was reverted, and then newcomer User:Zedopuppy repeated the fake withdrawal close after having made a few rather rapid comments at other AFDs as their only edits.

I hadn't noticed the similarity of names between Light2021 and John2021 or that John2021 had also commented at the AFD until then, but it seems like a duck case of socking, and Zedopuppy is clearly another sock.

I've blocked all three, but I think a checkuser confirmation might be useful here as Light2021 is complaining rather aggressively at their talk page. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 08:41, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Please note that I also duck blocked Eraplackal as another sock. Eraplackal's only edit was to the above-mentioned AfD. --Randykitty (talk) 09:15, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Ah yes, I forgot that account - I've added it above. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:21, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

• Group 1 – the following accounts are  Confirmed to each other:
  • Zedopuppy
  • John2021
• Group 2 – Light2021 is  Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely) to Group 1, but it is just as likely that the user is a meat puppet of the individual in Group 1. The three accounts are using the same ISP and IP.
• Eraplackal is between  Unlikely and  Possible to Groups 1 and 2 and is somewhat less likely to be a meat puppet. The account is not using the same IPs or ISP as those in Groups 1 and 2 but is editing from the same location.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:11, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Since all accounts are blocked indefinitely, there is nothing more to be done. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 23:42, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]