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User is attempting to create Charlie Conte which has been deleted three times already as promotional; Charlieconte was blocked. 331dot (talk) 21:53, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

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The individual may be blockable for other reasons but I don't see any evidence of sock puppetry. The master account's username block was soft and instructed him that he could create another account. About five minutes later, the new account was created. There's nothing wrong with that. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:32, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I respect your decision, but I would like to add that Charlieconte was blocked because we don't know if it is Conte using the name or someone else; he could have registered a new username to avoid the fact he is writing an autobiography. 331dot (talk) 23:45, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
 * True, but it's still not a socking issue. If the blocking administrator,, feels that the instructions in the block notice have not been satisfied, he of course can take any appropriate action.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:08, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 331dot, I agree with Bbb23 this not a socking issue. If the editor is not Conte, he followed instructions. If he is Conte, writing an autobiography under a pseudonym is discouraged, not forbidden. That being said, this editor needs close scrutiny. The two references he used do not seem to be valid. I've BLPPRODded the article. --Neil N  talk to me 00:28, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Avoiding scrutiny is listed on WP:SOCK as an example of it(avoiding the scrutiny that an autobio would get as opposed to an uninvolved person writing the same page). That said, I appreciate your involvement and don't wish to bog this down further.  Thank you  331dot (talk) 01:06, 24 June 2016 (UTC)