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Populated account categories: confirmed

– Clerk assistance is requested in the case below.

• Fastestboi (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Fastestboii (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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The suspected master and the suspect socks have two common interests: tropical cyclones and 2021 California wildfires. See this (Pitzzaboy) and Fastestboii. For tropical cyclones, both users have created drafts by copying within Wikipedia without attribution. See this (Pitzzaboy) and Fastestboi.

I suspect that this IP: 12.186.46.8 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) is also Pitzzaboy and Fastestboii. The IP contributed to Draft:Cyclone Paddy which was created by Fastestboi. Also, the IP added an image uploaded by Pitzzaboy. Finally, the suspected IP sock geolocates to the same area (LA, California) as 12.201.132.138 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) (geolocation), who was blocked by GeneralNotability as a Pitzzaboy sock. There is ample behavioral evidence provided above to connect this IP to Pitzzaboy and connect the suspected users as socks of Pitzzaboy.

I am requesting CU to provide technical evidence regarding the user accounts. Destroyeraa (Alternate account) 01:22, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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• The evidence presented still falls just a bit short of what I'm willing to endorse on; as I said at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Fastestboi/Archive, a certain amount of leeway has to be granted for the tendency toward very similar editing styles in this topic area. However, looking at the named accounts' contribs, I see similar ES style, including lots of typos, and this is a close enough typo to this that I'd like to know what CU has to say.  Clerk endorsed with respect to the named accounts (although, as I found at the previous SPI, it seems almost certain that Fastestboi == Fastestboii, and there is not a policy violation there if there isn't also a previous block being evaded).
  As to the IPs, three different services give me a combined six geolocations for them up and down the length of California, which I'm guessing has something to do with proxy use (they don't appear to be proxies themselves, but someone at both IPs uses the same proxy service). Fortunately we don't need to rely on geolocation here, as [1] [2] show a repeated typo that is characteristic enough to block on (ctrl+f here for comparison) .  Awaiting administrative action: Please block 12.186.46.8 with expiry 72 hours (anon. only, account creation disabled). @Destroyeraa: If they return to that IP after that, please report to the blocking admin or AIV for a quick re-block. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she/they) 04:24, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
•  In progress - -- RoySmith (talk) 13:09, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Pitzzaboy, Fastestboi, and Fastestboii are all confirmed to each other. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:14, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  PS, this needs to be merged with Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Fastestboi -- RoySmith (talk) 14:42, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks, Roy.  Clerk assistance requested: Could an admin-clerk please merge the Fastestboi case into this one? Thanks. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she/they) 22:23, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]