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12 February 2013

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was inactive since 14 December 2012 and his/her first after that date was on the article Shusha in January 29, 2013 (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shusha&diff=535540361&oldid=535078901). It is different topic what he edited. After s/he was reverted, the edit was restored in February 3, 2013 by other user (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shusha&diff=536249926&oldid=535547166), who was inactive since April 2012 until that date. Later the same edit was restored by another user, apparently who was not also active since December 14, 2012 till the same day - January 3, 2013. While made a minor edit to the article about Sergey Lavrov, the next day user 517design reverted Shusha (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shusha&diff=536470436&oldid=536402262). Before those edits, the last edits by both Zimmarod and 517design were to WP:AE in December 14, 2012, where they both posted support who was banned wiki user. These edits show suspicious implying that they are owned by the same person. Konullu (talk) 23:08, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

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 * - Behaviorally, I think it's possible that Zimm, Oliver, and 517 are related. Wikichecker shows them all with compatible editing patterns, although Sprutt appears unrelated by this measure. Sprutt has wider editing interests than the others. But looking at just those three, things get suspicious. In addition to the similar wikichecker patterns, there is an almost singular interest in just one page, as far as talkspace edits go. 517 would be the oldest accounts, and Zimm and Oliver immediately created userpages after creating their accounts. It's unusual on its own, and then Oliver's first article edits were to jump into an edit war. All in all, combined with the timing evidence above, this looks highly suspicious. Someguy1221 (talk) 01:18, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * - This case was originally opened under Zimmarod, but has been moved here. Someguy1221 (talk) 01:28, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

From the technical side, all of these accounts appear to be ❌. None of the IP addresses used appear to be proxies, there are differing user agents, and none of the IPs are on the same providers, nor do they geolocate close together. They could, of course, be merely members of a forum or something similar, but (I do not speak Armenian or Azerbaijan) I was unable to find any that spoke about editing this page. J.delanoy gabs adds 04:05, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Closing as these are apparently not sockpuppets. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:32, 13 February 2013 (UTC)