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Bimbetto

Contributions by Bimbetto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Bimbetto

Ciociaro '98

Contributions by Ciociaro ‘98 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Ciociaro_%2798

The editing pattern is that both accounts have been editing only to try to create an article on Portigliano, a town in Tuscany that either is difficult to prove the existence of or does not exist. Edits by both accounts have had the same single focus. I don’t know why he or she wants to create this town, but in the past, this pattern of editing always is a single duck. Anas platyrhynchos is found in Italy and elsewhere. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:50, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * Actually the 2 accounts never overlap and the second account appears to actually be a cleanstart. SwisterTwister   talk  06:01, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * User:Swister Twister - That is true. In the usual pattern of AFC sockpuppetry, the two accounts never overlap, and the second account appears to be a clean start, but picks up where the first left off.  Sometimes the first leaves off because a conflict of interest has been identified, but sometimes they just leave off so that a new version of the same thing is created to game the system.  I've seen this pattern repeatedly, including three times within the past week.  Robert McClenon (talk) 06:11, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Let's see if I understand. User:Drewmutt was unable to find evidence that the town in Italy exists.  That is because the town does not exist.  However, it appears that the accounts in question are part of a long-term abuse pattern on the Italian Wikipedia.  User:Vituzzu is an administrator on the Italian Wikipedia and a steward and has blocked the accounts in question on the Italian Wikipedia.  We will let the English Wikipedia administrators and Italian Wikipedia administrators and stewards follow up on this strange case of long-term abuse.  Robert McClenon (talk) 17:58, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Hey gang, thanks for looking at this. An interesting couple of things I found.. same guy in fr.wiki and not sure if this is at all relevant, as I don't know Italian, but there was an interesting mention in this book, google translate comes back as . Anywho, just food for thought. Drewmutt ( ^ᴥ^ ) talk  21:58, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * A comune is an official administrative division in Italy and this comune in the Province of Livorno does not exist at all. It doesn't exist as a frazione (hamlet) neither. The source found by Drewmutt refers to a non notable place in Calabria. This is pure vandalism and this draft should be deleted. He did the same on the Italian Wikipedia.--Alienautic (talk) 23:42, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, well. This is quite a situation, with a town that does not exist.  Robert McClenon (talk) 02:30, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I have tagged the draft for speedy deletion as a hoax. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:42, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

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— Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:49, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * has blocked both of these accounts on it.wiki for block evasion and he may know that this belongs to another master account. Let's wait and see what he says and whether he may be able to add more accounts. There are grounds to perform a check but I'd like to make sure that we have the case named correctly first. This edit is telling.
 * They're it:WP:Utenti problematici/Il 21/SP who's being vandalizing for 4 years. It's a weird case of a blatant vandal persuading himself an a posteriori justification can turn vandalisms into reality.--Vituzzu (talk) 17:12, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:07, 21 July 2017 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  20:11, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Vituzzu. I've placed the case on hold so that I can evaluate the accounts from the it.wiki vs. their activity here on en.wiki before we proceed.
 * Yw, there's also another set of CU data I should let you be aware of. --Vituzzu (talk) 20:05, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Hehe, I just finished checking here. Go ahead and let me have it. :)

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  21:40, 21 July 2017 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:42, 25 July 2017 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:42, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Since the sock is currently active, I'm going ahead and indeffing the master and sock to prevent them from editing further. We'll wait for who at this hour may have already gone to bed.
 * FYI he's back as.
 * Going ahead and closing this as it looks like we are done for now.