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This is less about seeing if the accounts are related, and more to the fact that it is an abuse of multiple accounts. Drunkenpeter has personally claimed that each account is the same, as seen by the user page of StewieBaby05 and the user page of TVBuff90. The issue is that each of these accounts is in violation of WP:VALIDALT and WP:ILLEGIT. WP:VALIDALT allows for "Clean starts" but it also says there "Do not use your new account to return to topic areas, disputes, editing patterns, or behaviors previously identified as problematic" and this user has returned to the same topic areas and has been problematic as each of their talk pages points out, with multiple warnings on all (sans TVBuff). WP:ILLEGIT also says "Misusing a clean start by switching accounts or concealing a clean start in a way that avoids scrutiny is considered a breach of this policy." and that is what is happening here. The user page of TVBuff even confirms this, when they say "my third [account] (StewieBaby05) got me in too much trouble despite my good intentions. I'd like to start fresh."

For comparison:


 * Drunkenpeter edited from 21 August 2007 to 3 September 2011
 * Skywalker80100 edited from 30 August 2011 to 03:06, 15 September 2012
 * StewieBaby05 edited from 08:52, 15 September 2012 to 31 March 2016
 * TVBuff90 edited from 31 March 2016 to present

The talk pages of Drunkenpeter and Skywalker do note that they are not sockpuppet accounts, but I think the user is abusing the "clean start" option, running to a new username when things are not going good for them. The user even recently said they were going to abandon their newest account, TVBuff, on 7 June as seen here "I apologize for any trouble I might have unintentionally caused. This will be my last post under this username." Please also see a relevant discussion regarding this at the talk page of, here. Favre1fan93 (talk) 23:56, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Comments by other users
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I didn't realize this was a big issue. I only created new accounts for myself because I didn't think I would be permitted to erase the notifications that informed me I was doing anything wrong. You can do what you want. It's probably best if I visit Wikipedia as a reader. I'm proud of the contributions I've made, except the ones that have caused unrest in the community. --TVBuff90 (talk) 00:35, 8 June 2016 (UTC)


 * I don't think he/she made some mistakes, but he/she should give an e-mail (which is optional), to prevent forgetting passwords.  333-blue  09:48, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * What do you mean by that? You created current account (TVBuff90) after you removed all the warnings from your previous account's talk page. I am not going to block you if you promise you will stick to this one account in the future. Would you?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:10, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm going to close this case now. The user is aware that it's best for him to stick to one account and should add his email address if he forgets his password. Mike V • Talk 19:03, 3 July 2016 (UTC)