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More sock connections. Source Content Self-Maker (talk) 18:15, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

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 * I've added Suprasecute to the list, all members of which are blocked. Smartestguy5 is the oldest account and should probably have pride of place. Favonian (talk) 19:06, 30 June 2018 (UTC)


 * , but ❌ to the above:
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 06:02, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, behavioural evidence leaves no doubt at all that Smartestguy5 is the same person as all of the second group. Al of those four accounts are blocked. Basedonfact shows little relation in terms of editing topics to the others, apart from editing about Japanese topics, though there are various other behavioural similarities, such as similar use of English, similar response to other editors disagreeing with their edits, and so on. Rather more strongly suggestive of a connection are the same attitude to "official" links and edit summaries citing presence elsewhere in Wikipedia as justification for edits. Fact398 has not edited, but the timing of the creation of the account fits in with being another of Smartestguy5's sockpuppets. I think that combining the evidence of that kind with the "confirmed" CheckUser report there is just about enough to conclude that it almost certainly is the same person. However, the lack of overlap with the other accounts means that those accounts are not really involved in "abuse" of multiple accounts, and that being so I am holding back from blocking accounts which I think are almost certainly the same person. I shall, however, post a warning to Basedonfact. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:03, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Smartestguy5 is clearly the master account, and so can a clerk please move this case to that name? The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:03, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 06:02, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, behavioural evidence leaves no doubt at all that Smartestguy5 is the same person as all of the second group. Al of those four accounts are blocked. Basedonfact shows little relation in terms of editing topics to the others, apart from editing about Japanese topics, though there are various other behavioural similarities, such as similar use of English, similar response to other editors disagreeing with their edits, and so on. Rather more strongly suggestive of a connection are the same attitude to "official" links and edit summaries citing presence elsewhere in Wikipedia as justification for edits. Fact398 has not edited, but the timing of the creation of the account fits in with being another of Smartestguy5's sockpuppets. I think that combining the evidence of that kind with the "confirmed" CheckUser report there is just about enough to conclude that it almost certainly is the same person. However, the lack of overlap with the other accounts means that those accounts are not really involved in "abuse" of multiple accounts, and that being so I am holding back from blocking accounts which I think are almost certainly the same person. I shall, however, post a warning to Basedonfact. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:03, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Smartestguy5 is clearly the master account, and so can a clerk please move this case to that name? The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:03, 1 July 2018 (UTC)


 * - Case moved. Could an admin please block given the CU result? Sir Sputnik (talk) 17:24, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I have blocked per Sir Sputnik's request. EdJohnston (talk) 17:39, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Could I trouble you for a block against as well. I somehow managed to miss the fact that they weren't blocked before. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:12, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked per Sir Sputnik's request. EdJohnston (talk) 21:19, 1 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Tagging and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:25, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Isn't Basedonfact the oldest account? Sro23 (talk) 22:43, 1 July 2018 (UTC)


 * I'm clearly not at my sharpest today. Page moved again, accounts retagged. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:09, 1 July 2018 (UTC)