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01 October 2014

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There seems to be some sort of petty internet rivalry between two American 'Clan Ross' clan associations: "Clan Ross of the United States" and "Clan Ross America". The problem is the puppeteer, who almost certainly has a conflict of interest, is hell-bent on promoting "Clan Ross of the United States" at the expense of "Clan Ross America". So it's back-and-forth edit warring.

The two single purpose usernames reveal that the accounts are related and have a conflict of interest. Chronologically the IP's edits neatly bookend those of the two usernames, and they're all promoting and demoting the same websites. Clearly the three are controlled by one person.


 * 8 July‎, User:66.195.118.21 replaces 'www.clanrossassociation.org' ("Clan Ross America") with 'clan-ross.org' ("Clan Ross of the United States").


 * 10 July, I reverted this edit by updating the 'www.clanrossassociation.org' to its redirect 'clanross.org', and placed all the links in alphabetical order in the attempt of stifling future back-and-forth fighting.


 * 19 September‎, User:Clanrossusa puts the "Clan Ross of the United States" link at the top of the external links section, and puts "Clan Ross America" at the bottom.


 * 1 October, User:Clanrossunitedstates does the same as User:Clanrossusa (moving "Clan Ross of the United States" to the top, and "Clan Ross America" to the bottom).


 * 1 October, User:Clanrossunitedstates adds the "Clan Ross of the United States" link into the 'see also' section for good measure.


 * 2 October, User:66.195.118.21 puts the "Clan Ross of the United States" link at the top of the external links section, and puts "Clan Ross America" at the bottom.


 * 2 October, User:66.195.118.21 adds the "Clan Ross of the United States" link into the 'see also' section. Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 22:14, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

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 * - This is a duck case. No CU needed. -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  04:31, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I've blocked Clanrossunitedstates as a sock and Clanrossusa as a promotional account with multiple accounts. I've also blocked the IP address for a week. Mike V  •  Talk  19:48, 3 October 2014 (UTC)