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05 May 2015

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BST has been editing Brookside Theatre which they're obviously affiliated with, After I CSD'd there sandbox they've now returned as "Bear 2002" just to readd the prev edits & revert me, B2002s userpage is just a poor attempt at fooling us, Thanks, – Davey 2010 Talk 15:38, 5 May 2015 (UTC)


 * I was perhaps wrong to file this, I simply wanted to be safe than sorry but meh no harm done, Cheers, – Davey 2010 Talk 17:48, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

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I did not know that this was wrong? I thought I was not allowed to have the username of Brooksidetheatre so opened another account .. I have not done anything to intentionally mislead anyone and I do not understand why I cannot edit a listing about a theatre that we have been trying to renovate at our own cost and expense to bring the war memorial buildings back to a state where people can pay respects to their lost loved ones - some of the information about the theatre was incorrect so I was just trying to update it. And why can I not add the writer's details to Disco Inferno may I ask? It is just information that should be on there. Maybe Dave could add this if he feels that I cannot not. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bear2002 (talk • contribs) 15:50, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * The problem is you've gone back to editing the article that you're affiliated with ?, If you want edits made to article usually you have to ask via the talkpage where an editor will either add it for you or decline for some reason, Thanks, – Davey 2010 Talk 15:55, 5 May 2015 (UTC)


 * The contribution times of the 2 accounts don't seem to overlap, so I don't see the issue here. Assuming that they've abandoned their old account for this new account, it seems legit to me. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:55, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Although they've abandoned it for now I assumed creating another account just to start where you left off is still sock puppetry ? – Davey 2010 Talk 16:06, 5 May 2015 (UTC)


 * I will be only using Bear2002 going forward and I do ask please that the Brookside Theatre and Disco Inferno (musical) have the information that I added on there. We really didn't mean any wrong .. just wanted to get the theatre's wikipedia page up to date and as this is a not-for-profit organisation and everyone involved is a volunteer we make no monetary gain from helping with the theatre or the renovations, genuinely. It is all for the love and to keep the names of the people that lost their lives during World War II remembered. Many thanks for any help Bear2002 (talk) 16:10, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * I don't believe this qualifies as socking. They correctly surmised that they shouldn't be using that username (which I was just about to block when I saw the notification of this SPI case) and they created a new account to avoid the username issue. That is exactly what we would have asked them to do when blocking the old account. I think what we have here is a good-faith user who is just learning the ropes here and this SPI can be closed with no action. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:12, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I have blocked the "Brooksidetheatre" account for the unsuitable user name. Marking for close. -- Diannaa (talk) 01:21, 6 May 2015 (UTC)