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Discoqueen12's only significant action consists of mass changes of "BC" and "AD" to "BCE" and "CE", in a specific set of articles, in contravention of WP:ERA, and without discussion, talk page participation, or edit summaries. All of the edits (approximately 76 of them) by this editor occurred between February 26 and April 4, 2018. These articles include a curious combination of ancient Chinese, Japanese, Babylonian, and Roman historical figures, as well as Roman battles:

Emperor Jimmu Britannicus Nabonassar Emperor Gaozu of Han Titus Labienus Han dynasty also Han dynasty Publius Valerius Publicola Lucius Tarquinius Superbus Battle of Silva Arsia Otho Augustus Romulus Battle of Mutina

Growly9988's 43 edits, occurring between April 17 and June 12, begin after the last edits by Discoqueen12, but follow the same pattern (mostly changing one or two instances at a time, occasionally several, no discussion or edit summary, and targeting four of the same articles, covering the same combination of Chinese, Japanese, Babylonian, and Roman topics:

Emperor Jimmu Ptolemy Ptolemy again Nabonassar Nabonassar again Emperor Gaozu of Han Publius Valerius Publicola Sulla

It seems unlikely to be a coïncidence that both editors targeted "Emperor Jimmu", "Nabonassar", "Emperor Gaozu of Han" and "Publius Valerius Publicola" in their relatively short list of articles edited.

The case for Bangarator being an earlier avatar of the same editor is less certain, but there's still the matter of overlap. Three of this editor's first four contributions do include edit summaries, but the rest do not, presumably because they were being reverted quickly. Bangarator has 21 edits to 11 articles between February 26, 2016 and March 16, 2017, and these eleven articles include "Emperor Jimmu", "Nabonassar", and "Ptolemy" (the last shared with Growly9988, but not Discoqueen12):

Nabonassar Silbury Hill Broch Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) Historical comet observations in China Emperor Jimmu Oecophylla smaragdina Ptolemy Leekfrith torcs Illyrians Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC) P Aculeius (talk) 14:20, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Discoqueen12 and Growly 9988 are. Bangarator is and much older than Discoqueen12. I've blocked the two accounts without tags. I’ll leave it up to a clerk whether to move this case to Bangarator.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:52, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I have to agree Bangarator appears to be connected. Case moved and socks tagged. Sro23 (talk) 01:27, 14 June 2018 (UTC)