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Appears to be a sock designed to evade the topic ban on post-1932 American politics handed out here on January 25. Edits by the two usernames directly follow each other a day apart at President of the World Bank Group. Psalms79;6-7 edits AmYisroelChai's talk page message in a completely unrelated location here, then seems to realize the error and reverts. The accounts also found each other at Talk:Death of a Nation (2018 film). Psalms79;6-7 is editing post-1932 American politics articles extensively:. The username itself is borderline, citing this verse: "Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name." I have not yet blocked and have not had trouble with this editor in the past but unfortunately I think this requires substantial sanctions and a check for sleeper accounts. Dekimasu よ! 05:08, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

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 * I'm not sure why this wouldn't be actioned "given background of discretionary sanctions", but the sock should be perma-blocked and the master should be sanctioned, or at least warned, right? - MrX 🖋 10:19, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree - sorry I wasn't more clear. I'm just not actioning because given the background I'd want to look more into it before taking admin action, and I didn't have time to dig into the details last night. Sock definitely should be blocked, the question in my mind was appropriate action for the master. With the DS background I wasn't sure the right remedy. NativeForeigner Talk 19:07, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Although I filed this myself, since this has been sitting here, I have gone ahead and blocked both accounts. The sock has been indefinitely blocked as suggested, but I have also blocked the master indefinitely pending any necessary review by GoldenRing, Bishonen, Thryduulf, or Doug Weller. They should feel free to adjust the block length at their discretion, although given that the sock was created for the purpose of avoiding the explicit WP:AE sanctions noted above, I am not under the impression that further leniency is warranted. Dekimasu よ! 01:48, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
 * This certainly seems reasonable. Doug Weller  talk 09:56, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

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 * Technically ✅ Not actioning given background of discretionary sanctions. NativeForeigner Talk 06:25, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Both accounts blocked indefinitely and tagged. Dekimasu よ! 01:51, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:05, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

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18 articles in common, 11 of which are list articles. 33% of the articles edited by SCAH have also been edited by AmYisroelChai. SCAH has the same interest in Jewish/Israel subjects as AmYisroelChai. SCAH: Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, Purim, Gebrochts, Passover, Chametz; AmYisroelChai: Shiloh (biblical city), Passover massacre, Shmuel Auerbach, Tribe of Levi, Saul, Elijah. SCAH's account was created about three weeks after AmYisroelChai was blocked. All related counts were created at around the same time of day. - MrX 🖋 16:20, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

All three time cards are very similar: AmYisroelChai Psalms79;6-7 SCAH. None of the accounts edit late on Friday, or on Saturday, and very rarely on Sunday. , but I would still request a CU to catch any sleepers. - MrX 🖋 17:51, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * ✅ and . Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:14, 4 April 2019 (UTC)