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22 January 2016

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He made several ip disruptive edits (as 79.167.164.4) in Olympiacos B.C.. They were reverted by Jim1138 and myself. As soon as the page was protected, he returned today with the exact same edit (vandalism), this time as Basque&Roll. There is a high posibility that he uses even more ips Gtrbolivar (talk) 11:47, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Adding diffs which filer gave below: and after the page gets protection: . --QEDK ( T  &#128214;  C ) 16:30, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * IPs are never linked to accounts. --QEDK ( T &#128214;  C ) 14:21, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Through the CU tool, that is. --QEDK ( T &#128214;  C ) 14:22, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello, QEDK. So that means that anybody can use several ip addresses and when he sees fit he can start using his "account" to make the same edits. This user made edits using several ips and when the page became protected because of his disruptive vandalistic edits, he started using his account to vandalize yet again. Is this legitimate? Gtrbolivar (talk) 14:58, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * If they make the same edits, it means they are most probably the same user, see DUCK. You don't need CU evidence if the behavioural evidence already establishes the fact that they are sockpuppets (and used to make bad-faith edits). CU is only to be used sparingly, when there's enough evidence for a possible connection but cannot be confirmed from their behaviour (or to find sleeper accounts of a LTAer and such). --QEDK ( T &#128214;  C ) 15:19, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * So QEDK, what should we do to put an end to his activity? He vandalizes as an ip user, the page gets protected and then he continues as an account. Nothing stops him. I've made several reports in noticeboard, in incidents, I initiated a sockpuppet investigation, I reported him on 3RR, I reverted his edits (and so did Jim1138) and absolutely nothing is done. He keeps on and nobody touches him. In fact this very moment his version (his disruptive, vandalistic edit) is the last one in Olympiacos B.C. article because I don't want to violate 3RR. Tell me -as an admin- what should be done. Gtrbolivar (talk) 15:59, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Here is the proof (beyond any shadow of doubt) that he is the same person (ip and account): and after the page gets protection: .Gtrbolivar (talk) 16:05, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not an admin, not sure what made you think so. About him, the main account will be blocked surely for disruption (if there is, I haven't gone through the stuff). As for the IPs, if they match the sockmaster's pattern, they'll be blocked for block evasion too. No worries. You just gotta calm down and wait. --QEDK ( T &#128214;  C ) 16:29, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

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 * I've declined the CU request. We rarely publicly disclose IP(s) of named accounts.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:38, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The account is already blocked. I also blocked the IP for a month, that should be enough.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:22, 23 January 2016 (UTC)