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The associated IPs repeatedly introduced obvious factual errors into English v. Trump:.

Originally, I thought it was possible that the user was simply misinformed. But attempts to educate or warn them on the matter (both in edit summaries and messages left on talk pages)   were either ignored or met with vague, undetailed, and sometimes ad hominem assertions, like "facts don't care about your feelings"  or "my edits are factual".

The original IP address (User:174.212.2.200) eventually received a level 4 warning, after which the user switched to an WP:IPSOCK (namely User:174.213.0.141) in a a deliberate attempt to evade a potential block on the original IP. Even after that, the user was warned again on their new IP.

In addition to clear similarities in editing habits, both IP addresses share the same location and ISP. The chance that both of these IPs are unrelated from one another is extremely low. &mdash;cnzx (talk) 00:47, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Update: There has been some further disruption from the sock. &mdash;cnzx (talk) 04:48, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
This is not a socking issue. The filer is having a content dispute at the article with someone else who is using two IPs openly. To the extent the IPs are being disruptive or their version is unsupported by reliable sources - I express no opinion on the dispute - they should be dealt with in other forums. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:00, 10 December 2017 (UTC)