Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Meowz90

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Meowz90



 * Code letter: G (but possibly E)


 * Supporting evidence: I've got an interesting situation on an article that's been on my watchlist: an article about an athlete, C.J. Gable, has been the subject of strange activity spread out over several months: a user created the article, but saddled it with fairly useless fluff that was removable under NOT. I went ahead and made improvements to the article and put it on my watchlist.  The same user went ahead and readded, along with new fluff (the person is cherry-picking any quote the player makes in the LA Times that puts him in a negative light... and there are plenty of positive quotes --but the bottom line is none are encyclopedic by any stretch).  I put off taking action, but then I read the LA Times yesterday and there was another quote that put Gable in a less-than-flattering light and (surprise) it was added to the article --only this time by a new user with no other edits (the original editor is also strictly limited to this player and his related articles).  Now my suspicion is peaked, as I've seen bizarre activity like this revealed to be sockpuppetry before. There's a chance these are the same person, and/or the account of an existing user.  Please take a look.  --Bobak (talk) 05:41, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * RamaMan last edited 28 August 2008, it might be stale. -- lucasbfr  talk 15:18, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * This account is not stale, in my experience. Jehochman Talk 16:55, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ = . Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 03:46, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Couldn't this just as easily be a lost password? I'd say soft-block the abandoned account and that's it, unless there's more history to it.  —Wknight94 (talk) 04:06, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, that quite easily could have been the case. No activity on the old account since August, so I say we assume that it's been abandoned. If you want, block RamaMan and inform him that his first account has been blocked. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 04:17, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

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