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31 March 2013

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User has been making disruptive edits to the WP:AN noticeboard by defending himself in a discussion concerning him. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 20:21, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

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I am not against an SPI. Maybe I should be? I don't want to be, again, the subject of a WP:OUTING, neither do I want my pre-WP:CLEANSTART account to be tied to this one. Because that would be a re-outing. If A=B and B=C, then A=C. I never socked. "Lord Sjones23" said it okay: I defended myself in a discussion concerning me. Yes, I was drinking coffee and browsing this morning Easter Sunday, blinked because I spotted my user ID somewhere in a mass of text window I'd have clicked closed the next few seconds, looked further and there are Nyttend and Beeblebrox saying I hacked Nyttend's Gmail account. Good lord. I'm blocked, how else should I defend myself except to IP edit? Send a written letter of complaint to the Wikimedia Foundation? What would you do? Well, I don't want this to get long. SPI clerk, if you conclude there's no violation, I hope you will go the step further and say "unblock this editor." This is Colton Cosmic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.211.155.173 (talk) 21:56, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

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66.211.155.128/25 rangeblocked 1 week. Elockid  ( Talk ) 22:26, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

05 November 2013

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Self ID's a Cosmic Colton, second IP of the night can we do a rangeblock? Hell In A Bucket (talk) 15:38, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * Obvious per [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=580315994 this], but there is no point in blocking a dynamic mobile phone IP, and the ranges he uses are way too busy for rangeblocks. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:17, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

26 November 2013

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Apparent block evasion, as IP user recently !voted in several AFDs. Previously self-identified as indefinitely blocked sockpuppeteer User:Colton Cosmic. BOZ (talk) 12:47, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * For the record, Colton Cosmic has commented on this SPI [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:DoRD&oldid=583383754#That_current_SPI_on_me here]. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:46, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. We can WP:AGF to assume that if they say that IP was not Colton Cosmic (this time), then perhaps that is the truth. However that response on your talk page has me curious about a few items. First of all, this assertion of "going over the list of administrators randomly" and somehow choosing my name out of all of them to notice my contributions, and just happening to come across an associated SPI is certainly unusual. Also, the respondent claims that while the AFD edits were not his, he at the same time refers to it as "justifiable block evasion". I'll leave that up to a clerk to assess. BOZ (talk) 16:18, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Indeed, the "random administrator" comment is implausible, but as seen below, he is currently editing via Verizon Wireless. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:03, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * Colton Cosmic typically signs his non-mainspace edits[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ultraexactzz&diff=prev&oldid=535873341] - is there any evidence that these edits were made by Colton Cosmic? Please note that this is a shared IP. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:18, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Closing as it is unlikely that this is CC. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:03, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

26 November 2013

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[] Hell In A Bucket (talk) 16:44, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

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 * There really isn't much we can do - even blocking is ineffective - because this is a mobile phone range and he can get a new IP address at will. In other words, there's not much point in filing an SPI for this range of addresses. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:57, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

01 March 2014

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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ARobert_McClenon&diff=597674586&oldid=596288496 Robert McClenon (talk) 16:35, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * Blocked yesterday by . Favonian (talk) 13:00, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

24 March 2014

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JoeSperrazza (talk) 15:03, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

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I have added another IP, 174.254.162.104 --David Biddulph (talk) 17:45, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

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 * Already blocked. Rschen7754 04:59, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

28 September 2014

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Clear case of block evasion. The IP has posted on a number of editor's talk pages directing them to a request from Colton Cosmic on meta (eg enwp meta & enwp meta). The discussion he is directing them to is here. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:35, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

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Filing this for the record as the ban discussion made it clear that Colton Cosmic would need to stay away from enwp for a year with no socks or block evasion. Clearly not done. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:35, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

16 February 2015

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Should be blocked and timer reset. Neil N  talk to me 17:33, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * I blocked this address for evasion, but I'll leave the rest to another admin or clerk. If he returns on this IP (or range) after the block expires, feel free to extend it. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:48, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Everything seems to be set for now. Mike V • Talk 20:36, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

30 March 2015

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Self indentifies Neil N  talk to me 16:47, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

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 * Blocked for 48 hours, probably much longer than needed before he will switch IPs. -- GB fan 16:52, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

02 May 2015

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Similar behavior to recently blocked sock User:BIG OL BENDER: both talk page pinged a similar list of editors after being blocked. Both trolling popular discussion locations. Both continued until talk page revocation. Mostly to add to the record, though a sleeper check may be prudent. Monty 845  02:30, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

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Admission made here: JoeSperrazza (talk) 09:57, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

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 * Sock blocked; nothing more to do; closing. Favonian (talk) 10:39, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

06 February 2016

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Repeatedly posting unblock requests at WP:ANI. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:58, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked. Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 01:42, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

07 February 2016

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Posting repeated signed unblock requests to WP:ANI. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:10, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * IP blocked. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 01:42, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

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Signed ban appeals at WP:AN. Noting evasion for the record. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:43, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

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 * filing to maintain record of this user's ongoing block evasion. All IPs already blocked. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:46, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

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self admission Septrillion (talk) 05:38, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * I have already blocked this account with talk page access revoked. I recommend not tagging with any sockpuppetry templates per WP:DENY. Given this account's age, it may be helpful to run a check for sleeper accounts. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 05:50, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Nada. Sorry. Drmies (talk) 05:52, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * 'Tis okay. Thanks for checking. I've gone ahead and marked the case as closed. Mz7 (talk) 05:55, 21 December 2017 (UTC)