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This was initially reported at WT:SPI by an IP. Opening this on their behalf. At first glance, it sure looks like obvious block evasion -- RoySmith (talk) 18:12, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

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This user is very likely to be a sockpuppet of indef banned user Brogo13.

Evidence: A frequent editor changing styles and adding {nbsp} in many articles (particularly related to modern US-Politics), often with "ce" as an edit summary 1 2 3 4

2: Although seemingly innocuous, both users have received warnings on their talk page for their disruptive editing - Brogo13 was indeffed for this 5 6

3: Brogo13's last edit was at 03:53 on the 26th September, Bofuses first was at 09:57 on the 27th September. 7 8

4: Both have very similar user pages, both containing the same gif, the emoticon (?) 8r' and a link to diligence LotT (talk) 18:16, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Wow! That duck's quack is deafening. Block them. -- Valjean (talk) 00:54, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, that indeed seems obvious. I started a fruitless discussion with Bofuses at an article talk page here, to which they reacted by blissfully ignoring the advice given. I didn't know then they were a sockpuppet, but the evidence presented here does explain their behaviour. I second the block request. --LordPeterII (talk) 12:09, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Just to add to this it seems he's acknowledged the connection but has passed it off as deciding to find a recently banned user and knowingly copy their style... Is there a prize for the least likely alibi? LotT (talk) 13:09, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * – behavioral quacking was too hard to ignore. Favonian (talk) 12:21, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

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Same behavior as other sockpuppets, but the account has practically the same name as. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 18:54, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * . Favonian (talk) 19:02, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

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Same type of cosmetic edits to same articles (upcoming TFAs) with same edit summaries, e.g.. Seems to have been using this IP range since September. Spicy (talk) 17:12, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

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I agree, the edits and edit summaries match the behaviour. They also quite blatantly edited in the userspace of both former users, Brogo13 here and Bofuses here, which seems to be a little too unlikely to be coincidence to me. Sigh, some people... --LordPeterII (talk) 20:23, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * Range blocked for 3 months. Closing. Favonian (talk) 15:12, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * . Yay, I get to use the rubber-ducky template! Reported to me in passing by the IP belonging to the abandoned SchroCat account (diff). El_C 12:39, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

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Same style of copyediting with (ce) edit summaries with wikilinks in them. Compare: --Blablubbs&#124;talk 14:08, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
 * This one:
 * Previous accounts:

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 * – Duck, but this one has never been checked as far as I can tell, so it's probably a good idea to look for others. Courtesy pings Given, I thought you two may be interested.  Blablubbs&#124;talk 14:10, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Good catch, and thank you for the ping.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:52, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Also still active on, compare . Last edit about a week ago, but extremely static. Please check it for collateral (though I very much doubt there will be any) – this is probably good for a 6month+ hardblock. Blablubbs&#124;talk 14:26, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'd previously blocked the account and have hard-blocked the IP range for a year, as an interim measure. Graham 87 02:37, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ to Skews Peas:
 * (previously blocked as a sockpuppet of this master)
 * , closing. Mz7 (talk) 03:30, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
 * (previously blocked as a sockpuppet of this master)
 * , closing. Mz7 (talk) 03:30, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
 * (previously blocked as a sockpuppet of this master)
 * , closing. Mz7 (talk) 03:30, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * per below. Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:55, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * Blocked and tagged as proven based on technical and behavioural intersection.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:55, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * per below. Ponyo bons mots 21:08, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * Exceedingly obvious behavioural overlap + technical match based on the logs. Blocked and tagged as proven.-- Ponyo bons mots 21:08, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

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For the record. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:45, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * Checked per behaviour and username similarity (see ). ✅ to the master, --Blablubbs (talk) 14:45, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

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As with previous iterations, this account focuses on articles coming up for TFA, adding the nbsp template and other hidden changes, , changing some capitalisation , leaving “ce” as the edit summary. - SchroCat (talk) 07:08, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅, plus:
 * Blocked and tagged, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  18:17, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked and tagged, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  18:17, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

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Similar behaviour -- replacing dashes with templates, adding spaces in infoboxes, incomprehensible links in talk page messages, putting links alone in edit summaries of reversions, capitalization changes. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:24, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * Yep, that's them., closing. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 12:36, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

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As with previous sockpuppets they seem to target articles upcoming on the featured article calendar, replace numbers with their text version, adding or replacing  with and using wikilinks exclusively in both the edit summary and when replying to people. Also a lot of fiddling with images –  Mesi dast   (talk) 09:29, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

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I agree; this is clearly Brogo13. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 09:59, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

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 * Blocked (again). Spicy (talk) 17:28, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

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This displays some of Brogo13's most obvious characteristics -- pointless changing of case, and use of &amp;nbsp;,, and  –. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:24, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * Same range as last time. Blocked for a while. Spicy (talk) 17:53, 3 September 2023 (UTC)