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28 May 2014

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Three editors united by a common enthusiasm to divide early/mid/late decade splits along the 0-3/4-6/7-9 lines, on fashion articles, using similar "stop!" summaries:


 * 02:08, 16 March 2014: Osama57 on the 1990s ("Stop messing around with the dates. They're arranged like that for a reason")
 * 21:18, 14 April 2014: ArtistsCry13 on the 1990s ("Stop changing the dates, there's a reason they're like that.")
 * 16:20, 29 March 2014: Osama57 on the 1990s ("Stop messing around with the dates!")
 * 05:48, 11 May 2014: ArtistsCry13 on the 1990s ("stop changing the dates!")
 * 16:42, 27 May 2014: DarkLove808 on the 1990s ("stop using your opinion!")
 * 01:17, 27 May 2014: Osama57 on the 2000s ("Stop messing around with the dates!")
 * 16:42, 27 May 2014: DarkLove808 on the 2000s ("stop using your opinion!")

(Looks like there's some unsubtle socking going on in the other direction as well, with throwaway accounts whose username is a variant on "James Butcher" changing the dates back: User:Jamesbutcherdominic, User:Jamesbutch, User:James butcher99.)

Skimming other edits, the editors share some common ground on capitalising section headings against MOS and changing paragraphs to bullet points (ArtistCry13, Osama57, DarkLove808) and inappropriately stretching Daily Mail sources to support claims about wider fashion trends (ArtistsCry13, Osama57). McGeddon (talk) 10:15, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

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Alaykam-as-salaam McG. I hope you have sufficient evidence to back up your McCarthyist allegations. For all we know, you could be the alias of Jamesbutcher trying to get us banned for reverting vandalism to something that had been resolved over five years ago. Am I Darklove and Artistscry? Am I a feminist communist Islamist trying to ban coffee and force gay marriage upon your wonderful country? You have no proof, other than the fact that myself and Artistscry have spotted and reverted similar vandalism to a topic that we regularly edit, and use the Daily Mail as a reference because there's simply nothing else to cite. Peace and love. Ossie. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Osama57 (talk • contribs) 15:34, 28 May 2014‎

DarkLove808: Yes, ArtistsCry13 is me. Osama57 is not. I just agree with the "stop changing the dates!" thing. You see, I created this account because I couldn't log into my ArtistsCry13 one, so I created this one. I didn't know there was a "sockpuppet rule", sorry. :/ I initially intended for the ArtistsCry13 one to be for video games, and this one for fashion, as I had a really good source to post on fashion but I couldn't log into my ArtistsCry13 one to do so, so I created a new account for this reason. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DarkLove808 (talk • contribs) 17:12, 28 May 2014 (UTC) DarkLove808: Also, I never used Daily Mail as my source for specific fashion claims. Not as ArtistsCry, not as DarkLove. Please remove that accusation! — Preceding unsigned comment added by DarkLove808 (talk • contribs) 19:40, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Okay, here I am as ArtistsCry13, my original account. I started this account in 2011 with the intention of editing video game articles and adding sources into the mix. Then i moved on to fashion. One time, I couldn't log into my account, password and all (was I suspended? I didn't receive any notifications that I was and I wasn't told I broke an editing rule...). So as a result, I created DarkLove808, and I decided to start fresh. I decided to switch accounts again after I successfully attempted to sign in as ArtistsCry13 again some days later. Next thing before you know it, I was switching between DarkLove808 and ArtistsCry13 out of habit. I didn't know there was a rule preventing all of this, sorry. Oh, and by the way, what's wrong with bullet points? It makes the article more organized and it makes everything easier to read. This is because people are less likely to read paragraphs if they are long, so I would bullet point the paragraphs to make them more reader-friendly, focusing more on the main parts and less on unnecessary details. The 1980s fashion article looked way too much like a report instead of an actual article, and I added sources so I could provide accurate information for the readers, so they would know the truth, instead of stereotypes with no sources. That's why I drastically changed the article. I was simply trying to help out.

From, ArtistsCry13 — Preceding ArtistsCry13 (talk • contribs) 20:25, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - - The difffs presented look rather suspicious. Note: If it turns out that the two are not socks of Osama57, then I guess we'll AGF and not block the main account of the two (ArtistsCry13), but they must cease using DarkLove808. King of  &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 11:15, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
 * As already noted above is .  is ❌.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  22:01, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
 * DarkLove808 blocked (shouldn't need a tag), ArtistsCry13 warned. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:28, 31 May 2014 (UTC)