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02 May 2013

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similar name, same user page text, editing same articles. Accidental self-outing by replying from the wrong account. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Gun_control&diff=553116038&oldid=553115041 Gaijin42 (talk) 00:44, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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It should also be noted there is a current ANI on this editor for personal attacks and generally disruptive behavior. ROG5728 (talk) 02:53, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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There's no real need for this SPI; they already said they were the same user; that wasn't an accidental self-outing, that was them intentionally revealing the connection to "prove" they've been here a while. There is no significant overlapping of activity, especially none trying to make it appear they were different people. AzureFury stopped, PraetorianFury started. Not sure what to do about the question of linking the accounts publically - some sort of tying the history of one to another? And I don't know, maybe it makes sense to block the abandoned one, although I don't see the point really. But this shouldn't be treated like a typical sockpuppetry case. --Floquenbeam (talk) 01:22, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I think the notion they may have edited under another account in the interim, perhaps overlapping, likely. Shadowjams (talk) 04:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Closed. No violation of WP:ILLEGIT has occurred. The alleged combative behavior and personal attacks are not a matter to be decided at WP:SPI. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:26, 2 May 2013 (UTC)